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CONTENTS Calendar ........................................................................ 8 History ........................................................................... 9 A Message from the President & CEO..............15 A Message from the Board Chair ........................17 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back In Concert with the NJSO .................................. 21 STOMP........................................................................ 27 National Symphony Orchestra of Romania ................................................................ 41 Ron White ................................................................. 53 Savion Glover’s All FuNKD’ Up The Concert .............................................................. 57 Gifts to State Theatre New Jersey .................. 62 General Information.............................................. 68 Board of Trustees & Staff .................................... 69 Sightings at The State ........................................... 74
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Frozen Sing-Along Chicago The Musical Chicago The Musical Chicago The Musical State Theatre New Jersey Family Day featuring Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live STNJ.org/FamilyDay John Mellencamp The John Mellencamp Show
Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live! — 2/18
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WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC STATE THEATRE NEW JERSEY! State Theatre New Jersey, which recently celebrated its 97th anniversary on December 26, was built as a grand movie palace in the heyday of silent film and vaudeville. Reade’s State Theatre was designed by one of the most accomplished theater architects of the day, Thomas W. Lamb, and was one of the biggest, most lavish, and modern theaters in the region. The December 26, 1921 opening matinee audience—including the first ticket buyer, nine-year old Victor Levin of Paterson Street, New Brunswick—willingly paid the 20-, 30-, or 50-cents admission. They were treated to a live orchestra concert and a tenor rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The first feature presentation was the silent film, White Oak, a western starring cowboy hero William S. Hart. There were also five vaudeville acts, a newsreel, and a nature film.
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A few years after the opening, the theater’s management was transferred to the B.F. Keith theater chain. Benjamin Franklin Keith and his partner, Edward Franklin Albee, operated the largest string of vaudeville theaters and the largest booking agency for vaudeville acts in the east. Eventually the vaudeville and silent movies were superseded by films with sound (“talkies”), at which point Radio-Keith Orpheum (RKO) began operating the facility. The RKO logo can still be seen above the brass window boxes at the theater’s entrance. WATCH THE STATE THEATRE DOCUMENTARY! New Jersey’s public television network, NJTV, recently premiered its second episode of its documentary series, Treasures of New Jersey, featuring the State Theatre. Treasures of New Jersey: State Theatre New Jersey spotlights the complexities of operating a modern “presenting theater” and family-friendly non-profit community arts haven while telling the Theatre’s history through archival photographs, film, and interviews with those who know it best. Watch the full episode of Treasures of New Jersey: State Theatre New Jersey at STNJ.org/history 9
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO
Dear Friends, Welcome to State Theatre New Jersey! On February 18, we are very excited to host the 13th annual State Theatre New Jersey Family Day on Presidents’ Day! As my first Family Day as President & CEO, I look forward to sharing this wonderful day with all of you. This Presidents’ Day, families can spend the school holiday enjoying dozens of performances, workshops, and hands-on activities—many of them free—plus costumed characters, ice sculpting demonstrations, face painting, balloon animals, a photo booth, sand art, games, and more. The day-long festival, which runs from 10am to 4pm, takes place at the State Theatre and at the The Heldrich Hotel across the street, bringing downtown New Brunswick alive with nonstop activity!
Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live! — 2/18
The featured event of the day includes three mainstage performances (10am, 12:30pm, and 3pm) featuring America’s favorite zookeeper Jungle Jack Hanna! Watch and listen as Jack shares stories and video footage of his worldwide adventures (from brushing a hippo’s teeth to eating with wombats), and introduces the audience to an array of wild animals—live and “in person!” Of course, none of this would be possible without the help of our festival sponsors including the Family Day sponsor, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and the Family Series Lead Sponsor, Investors Bank. Thank you to these sponsors for helping us to continue our mission of encouraging and enabling members of the community to have a life-long association with the performing arts. For more information about Family Day, visit our website at STNJ.org/FamilyDay. Sincerely,
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A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR Dear Friends, Happy New Year and welcome to the State Theatre! We have so many great shows in 2019, including some new musical events that were recently added. Here are some shows that you won’t want to miss: •
Frozen Sing-Along (2/10) — Sing-along with the whole family and your friends Anna, Elsa, and Olaf. Watch this Disney favorite with the songs’ lyrics on the big screen and sing-along to “Let It Go,” Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” and more.
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An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt (3/1) — Join us for two of America’s most admired singer-songwriters live in an intimate acoustic evening.
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Kip Moore (5/3) — Country star Kip Moore makes his State Theatre debut with his acoustic tour, Room to Spare. Hear hits like “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck,” “More Girls Like You,” and “Last Shot.”
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Happy Together Tour 2019 (5/29) — Starring The Turtles (“Happy Together,” “Eleanore”), Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night (“Joy to the World,” “One”), Gary Puckett & The Union Gap («Lady Willpower,” “Over You”), The Buckinghams (“Kind of a Drag,” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”), The Classics IV (“Traces,” “Spooky”), and The Cowsills (“Hair,” “Love American Style”).
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An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt — 3/1
To learn more about these performances and the rest of our 2019 line-up, visit our website at STNJ.org. Thank you for your support and enjoy the show! Sincerely, Happy Together Tour 2019 featuring The Turtles — 5/29
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STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK IN CONCERT Feature Film with Orchestra Starring Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels Co-Starring David Prowse as Darth Vader Kenny Baker as R2-D2 Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca Frank Oz as Yoda Directed by Irvin Kershner Produced by Gary Kurtz Screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan Story by George Lucas Executive Producer George Lucas Music by John Williams
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STAR WARS FILM CONCERT SERIES PRODUCTION CREDITS President, Disney Music Group: Ken Bunt SVP/GM, Disney Concerts: Chip McLean Supervising Technical Director: Alex Levy – Epilogue Media Music Preparation: Mark Graham, Matthew Voogt, and JoAnn Kane Music Service Film Preparation: Ramiro Belgardt Business Affairs, Lucasfilm: Rhonda Hjort and Chris Holm Business Affairs, Disney Concerts: Darryl Franklin, Meg Ross, and Jesenia Gallegos Business Affairs, Warner-Chappell: Scott McDowell Non-Theatrical Sales, Twentieth Century Fox: Julian Levin Operations, Disney Concerts: Mae Crosby and Royd Haston
ABOUT THE ARTISTS CONSTA N T I N E K I TSOPOU LOS Constantine Kitsopoulos is a conductor whose musical experiences comfortably span the worlds of opera, symphony, musical theater, and film with live orchestra. The 2018–19 season marks his 10 th as music director of the Festival of the Arts BOCA. He was artistic director of the OK Mozart Festival from 2013–15 and spent eight years as music director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra. Kitsopoulos founded Chatham Opera in 2005 and is general director of the New York Grand Opera. Highlights of recent seasons include appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Baltimore, Colorado, Detroit, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Toledo, San Antonio, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, and the Calgary Philharmonic, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the New York Pops. Kitsopoulos has been music director and conductor of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway and the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical revival featuring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis. He is 22
co-composer of a new musical theater piece called Temple, based on the life of Temple Grandin. N E W J E R SE Y SY M PHON Y ORCH EST R A Named “a vital, artistically significant musical organization” by The Wall Street Journal, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra embodies that vitality through its statewide presence and critically acclaimed performances, education partnerships, unparalleled access to music, and the Orchestra’s superb musicians. Music Director Xian Zhang—a “dynamic podium presence” The New York Times has praised for her “technical abilities, musicianship and maturity”— continues her acclaimed leadership of the NJSO. The Orchestra presents classical, pops, and family programs, as well as outdoor summer concerts and special events. Embracing its legacy as a statewide orchestra, the NJSO is the resident orchestra of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and regularly performs at State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick, Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, and bergenPAC in Englewood. Partnerships with New Jersey arts organizations, universities, and civic organizations remain a key element of the Orchestra’s statewide identity. In addition to its lauded artistic programming, the NJSO presents a suite of education and community engagement programs that promote meaningful, lifelong engagement with live music. Programs include school-time Concerts for Young People, NJSO Youth Orchestras family of student ensembles, led by José Luis Domínguez, and El Sistema-inspired NJSO CHAMPS (Character, Achievement and Music Project). NJSO musicians annually perform original chamber music programs at community events in a variety of settings statewide through the NJSO Community Partners program.
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NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XIAN ZHANG, Music Director, The Jaqua Foundation Chair FIRST VIOLIN Eric Wyrick, Concertmaster, The Donald L. Mulford Chair Brennan Sweet, Associate Concertmaster David Southorn, Assistant Concertmaster Adriana Rosin, Assistant Concertmaster Naomi Youngstein James Tsao Xin Zhao Darryl Kubian SECOND VIOLIN Francine Storck, Principal, The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair Rebekah Johnson, Assistant Principal Debra Biderman Ann Kossakowski John Connelly Susan Gellert* Alexandra Neglia Ming Yang Héctor Falcón VIOLIN Fatima Aaziza Wendy Y. Chen Maya Shiraishi JoAnna Farrer Minji Kwon Bryan Hernandez-Luch Monica Davis
VIOLA Frank Foerster, Principal, The Margrit McCrane Chair Elzbieta Weyman, Assistant Principal Michael Stewart Christine Terhune Martin Andersen Lucy Corwin Henry Kao Brett Deubner David Blinn CELLO Jonathan Spitz, Principal, The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman Na-Young Baek, Assistant Principal Sarah Seiver Ted Ackerman Frances Rowell Hyewon Kim Philo Lee BASS Paul Harris•, Principal, The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair Frank Lomolino Jonathan Storck, The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair David Rosi FLUTE Bart Feller, Principal, The Edda and James Gillen Chair Kathleen Nester PICCOLO Kathleen Nester OBOE Robert Ingliss, Principal, The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair Andrew Adelson
ENGLISH HORN Andrew Adelson CLARINET Karl Herman, Principal, The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair Andrew Lamy E-FLAT CLARINET Andrew Lamy BASSOON Robert Wagner, Principal, The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair Mark Timmerman HORN Chris Komer, Principal Andrea Menousek Lawrence DiBello Susan Standley
PERSONNEL Adria Benjamin, Personnel Manager Naomi Youngstein, Assistant Manager LIBRARIAN Ann Kossakowski * Leave of absence for the 2018–19 season • Deceased Sep 2, 2018 The NJSO uses a system of string rotation. In each string section, members are listed in order of seniority. The musicians and librarians employed by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
TRUMPET Garth Greenup, Principal, The Amadeus Circle Chair Michael Baker David Larson TROMBONE Charles Baker, Principal Vernon Post Vincent Belford TUBA Derek Fenstermacher, Principal, The Liss Chair TIMPANI David Fein, Acting Principal, The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair PERCUSSION David Fein, Principal
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Casting Director Vince Liebhart
Associate Producer Fred Bracken General Manager Joe R. Watson
Executive Producers Richard Frankel Productions / Marc Routh / Alan Schuster / Aldo Scrofani STOMP IS PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION. THE USE OF ANY CAMERA, RECORDING DEVICES OR LASER POINTERS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. STOMP WEBSITE: http://www.stomponline.com
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ABOUT THE SHOW STOMP, a unique combination of percussion, movement, and visual comedy, was created in Brighton, UK, in the summer of 1991. It was the result of a 10-year collaboration between its creators, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. They first worked together in 1981, as members of the street band Pookiesnackenburger and the theater group Cliff Hanger. Together, these groups presented a series of street comedy musicals at the Edinburgh Festival throughout the early 80s. After two albums, a UK TV series and extensive touring throughout Europe, Pookiesnackenburger also produced the highly acclaimed “Bins” commercial for Heineken lager. The piece was originally written and choreographed by Cresswell as part of the band’s stage show; it proved to be the starting point for STOMP’s climactic dustbin dance. In 1986, Cresswell and McNicholas created an eight-minute “percussive movie” for Bette Midler’s HBO special Mondo Beyondo. Between 1987 and 1990, Cresswell staged, as Artistic and Musical Director, four large-scale outdoor events, including “Beat the Clyde,” which involved floating a drum orchestra on a pontoon in the centre of Glasgow; the largest of these events, “The Heineken Hove Lagoon Show,” involved a 120-piece drum orchestra featuring the Brighton Festival Chorus and a full orchestral string section. In 1991, McNicholas and Cresswell first created STOMP, previewing at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre and premiering at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, where it became The Guardian’s “Critics’ Choice” and won The Daily Express “Best of the Fringe Award.” Between 1991 and 1994, the original cast of STOMP played to capacity audiences around the world: from Hong Kong to Barcelona, from Dublin to Sydney. The touring culminated in a sell-out season at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre in January 1994, where STOMP received an Olivier nomination for Best Entertain28
ment and won Best Choreography in a West End Show. An expanded version of STOMP, involving up to 30 cast members, was originally created for the Brighton Festival, UK, and was subsequently presented in Melbourne, Australia. It was most recently seen in September 1995, open-air, at the Acropolis in Athens and at the Royal Festival Hall, London. This production broke all box office records, which had been established by Frank Sinatra in 1972. STOMP began its run at the Orpheum Theatre in New York in February 1994 and quickly went on to win both an Obie and a Drama Desk Award for Most Unique Theatre Experience. By the summer of 1994, the first American cast was in place at the Orpheum, freeing the original cast for sell-out tours of North America and Japan. In the summer of 1995, two more American productions were created for the sole purpose of U.S. touring, which continues to this day. U.S. casts have also debuted STOMP in Chile, Brazil, and Korea. Meanwhile, a fifth STOMP company, also touring from the UK, was formed in 1997 and has consistently toured the world ever since. This company presented STOMP for the first time in Scandinavia and South Africa, and has been a regular visitor to Germany, Holland, and France. Another STOMP production opened in San Francisco in May 2000, running for two and a half years. The original cast of STOMP have recorded music for the Tank Girl movie soundtrack and appeared on the Quincy Jones album, Q’s Jook Joint. A soundtrack recorded by McNicholas and Cresswell for the Showtime movie Riot was released in the spring of 1997. STOMP has also featured in a number of commercials, including Coca-Cola’s “Ice Pick” and numerous spots for both Target stores in the U.S. and Toyota in Japan. STOMP also created the Mr Frears’ Ears series of short films created for Nickelodeon, whilst Brooms, a 15-minute short based around the opening routine, was nominated for an Academy Award®. “Brooms” was also selected for screening at Robert
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Redford’s Sundance Festival and for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. STOMP made a special appearance at the Academy Awards® in March 1996, with an original piece involving the live synchronization of classic film clips and onstage action, featuring 20 performers from all five productions. In the summer of 1997, McNicholas and Cresswell created and directed STOMP OUT LOUD, a 45-minute television special for HBO, which combined stage material with new pieces created for TV. It was premiered in the U.S. in December 1997 and subsequently received four Emmy® nominations, for direction, sound mixing, multi-camera editing, and art direction. 1998 saw the release of the STOMP OUT LOUD video and DVD around the world. Another unique blend of live action and film footage was created for the Emmy Awards®, in which STOMP effectively performed with Spike Jones! STOMP performed after midnight on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at U.S. President Clinton’s millennium celebrations. During 2000, a Sesame Street
special, “Let’s Make Music,” a collaboration between STOMP and the Muppets, was released on TV and video in North America. Cresswell and McNicholas began production of their IMAX movie Pulse: A STOMP Odyssey in Brazil during Carnival 2000 and completed it in the summer of 2002. Pulse takes the IMAX audience on a spectacular global journey, featuring performances from Kodo, Timbalada, and Eva Yerbabuena. It was released to critical acclaim in New York in the autumn of 2002, and went on to win two major awards at the International Festival of La Géode in Paris. In September 2002, STOMP finally entered London’s West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, and later that year STOMP performed as part of The Royal Variety Show for the second time. 2003 saw a new STOMP production open at the Stuart Street Theatre in Boston and a unique Dolby Digital trailer featuring STOMP performances debuted in cinemas across the globe. In 2004, New York celebrated 10 years
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of continuous performances of STOMP at the Orpheum Theatre by renaming 2nd Avenue at 8th Street “Stomp Avenue.” In addition to the European tour, in 2005 STOMP returned to Tokyo for three weeks and also toured to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. In 2006, STOMP’s New York production passed its 5,000th performance mark. In the same year, Cresswell and McNicholas directed a public service announcement for television called “Stomp Out Litter,” which featured the cast ‘sweeping up’ at iconic locations in the five boroughs. In addition, they were commissioned to create and produce The Lost and Found Orchestra, which takes the ideas behind STOMP to a symphonic level, in celebration of 40 years of the Brighton Festival. The LFO subsequently performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival early in 2007, was seen at the Royal Festival Hall in London at Christmas 2008 and the Theater Carré in February 2009. In 2007, STOMP OUT LOUD opened in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino with an expanded cast and performed inside a new $28 million theater, specifically created for the production. The West End entered its sixth consecutive year with a move from the Vaudeville to the Ambassadors Theatre. In 2008, STOMP returned to its roots for a new DVD shoot at the Brighton Dome, bringing together a cast from all over the STOMP world. For the first time, the entire show has been captured in high definition sound and video. 2008 also saw McNicholas and Cresswell expand into new areas with the release of their IMAX 3D nature documentary Wild Ocean, with a symphonic mix of percussion and traditional orchestra in the soundtrack. In September of the same year, Wild Ocean won two awards at the Giant Screen Cinema Association for Best Sound and Best Original Score at their annual conference held in New York. The Lost and Found Orchestra reunited in 2010 for a new show, PANDEMONIUM, which appeared in several U.S. cities 30
throughout the autumn. In 2011 the New York production of STOMP entered its 18th year, trouncing the Orpheum house record set by Little Shop of Horrors. It also entered its 10th year in the West End at the Ambassadors Theatre, whilst at the same time McNicholas and Cresswell continued with their 3D film work. 2012 has seen the release of The Last Reef 3D, a film about the beauty and the plight of reefs worldwide. As with Wild Ocean, Cresswell and McNicholas composed the film’s orchestral soundtrack, recording it at The Old Market Theatre in their hometown of Brighton & Hove in the UK. They have also celebrated the one year anniversary of The Old Market Theatre, which, having renovated it back in 2011, they now run as a full time venue, bringing music, theater, dance, comedy, and visual arts to the UK’s south coast. Most recently, in August 2012, the largest ever assembly of STOMP performers (40 performers from 12 different countries) were brought together for a specifically choreographed appearance in the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. STOMP was created with the original U.K. cast: Luke Cresswell, Nick Dwyer, Sarah Eddy, Theseus Gerard, Fraser Morrison, David Olrod, Carl Smith and Fiona Wilkes.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS KAYLA COWART (Performer) From St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, this dancer and choreographer is quickly emerging as a leader in Tampa Bay’s performing arts community. A qualified and passionate entertainer, her dream is to become the heart of Florida’s tap dance industry. From local dance studios to the main stage of the Orpheum Theatre, she is thrilled to be a part of STOMP’s award-winning cast. Driven by sheer passion, this Tap Girl of Florida is extremely motivated by rhythm and believes that STOMP is the perfect home for her mischievous musicality to flourish. JONATHON ELKINS (Performer) Born and raised in the Metro Detroit area, Elkins feels blessed to be doing what he
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loves and especially to be doing it as part of the STOMP family! Since 2010 he has drummed, marched, and instructed within DCI and WGI groups throughout Michigan and was fortunate enough to be a member of the Detroit Pistons Entertainment Team and Detroit Lions Drumline. He’d like to thank ALL of his family and fiancée, Kelsey, for their never-ending love and support. Many thanks to his friends back home, past instructors, and the Lord for their guidance and inspiration throughout the years! DESMOND HOWARD (Performer) Desmond is a West African and AfroCaribbean percussionist/dancer, also specializing in American urban dance forms (House Dance, Freestyle Hip-Hop, Popping, B-boying, and Locking). From Washington, DC, he has been performing professionally since the age of 12, with Coyaba Dance Theater, Urban Artistry, and others. Howard graduated from The New School with a B.A. in contemporary cusic.
ALEXIS JULIANO (Performer) is an award-winning dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She is best known as a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance. She has performed as a part of Tap Kids, the Hands Down Tap Project, Tap N Time, Jarod Grimes Underground Tap, Universal Studios’ Winter Parade, Nigel Lythgoe’s Dizzy Feet Gala, Capezio A.C.E. Awards, So You Think You Can Dance Tour and the Fox Presentation of Grease LIVE! She would like to thank Mom, Dad, Kristin, and Joey for their continued support. Also huge thank you to Luke, Steve, and Fiona for giving her this opportunity. GUIDO MANDOZZI (Performer) is from the U.K. After graduating in Acting from Mountview Theatre School in London, he performed in many shows before being fortunate to get to be part of the STOMP family. Through this show, Mandozzi has managed to perform in all four STOM P companies around the world and has also ticked off 49 of America’s states! He is also an avid photographer and loves to document his travels via this visual
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form on facebook, instagram (@gmando) and twitter. This bio had to be no more than 100 words so to be precise, this sentence is a filler. ARTIS OLDS (Performer) this Chicago native earned his B.A. at Central State University, served as the marching band’s Head Drum Major, and honed his stepping skills as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. Olds has performed with Grammy Award®-winning artists Kanye West, John Legend, and The Roots, and as a cast member of Step Afrika!, has performed in over 25 countries. Catch Artis teaching in an interactive virtual stepping exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture (Washington, DC) and building the Bring Your Own BOOM brand in Chicago, IL. Thanks be to God. IG: @ Artis.The.Artist JEREMY PRICE (Performer) Born and raised in Roanoke, VA, Price has been performing with STOMP intermittently since 2003! Initially a break dancer and drum set player, he now finds himself working as a multi-instrumentalist and touring with his own percussion ensemble Plastic Musik. plasticmusik.com. KRYSTAL RENÉE (Performer) A New York native and LaGuardia High School alumna, Renée attended California Institute of the Arts, trained vocally abroad at Florence University of the Arts, and graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Purchase. Among others, Renée has worked under the esteemed coaching of Ben Harney, Michael Cassara, Charles Tuthill, Craig Derry, and various instructors at Broadway Dance Center. She is grateful for the blessing of this role and extends gratitude to the show’s creators, as well as to her supportive family and friends. The frontwoman of her self-started rock band, She invites you to find out more at www.WhoisKrystal.com. IVAN SALAZAR (Performer) From Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. Buoyed by his passion for movement and music his whole life, he joined Chris Rubio’s percussion movement group and has performed throughout Southern California, from 32
street corners to stadiums. Special thanks to Carlos Sigala, Chris Rubio, and Massapê for the inspiration and fundamentals. Bruno, Mum, Ne, Debe, and Nani and friends—He loves you guys! CADE SLATTERY (Performer) Originally from San Diego, Slattery joined a percussion motivational performance group called Jr. Crew in 2006 run by Chris Rubio, formerly of STOMP, who instilled rhythmic foundation, hard work, and dedication in him. He also works with special needs kids and adults and teaches drum classes to kids of any age. Slattery first saw STOMP in 2007 and has wanted to be in the show ever since. He thanks, Mom and Dad, Chris, Nancy, his best friends Alex and Suco, and Uncle Paul. Outside of STOMP, Slattery creates his own electronic music. Find out more at soundcloud.com/cade-slattery. STEVE WEISS (Performer) is proud and excited to be part of a truly legendary show. From Philadelphia, Weiss now lives in Las Vegas and recently concluded a three-year run performing in the headline show “Recycled Percussion” on the Las Vegas strip. During the day he teaches fitness classes and loves eating well. “Thank you and so much love to Dad for his endless and unwavering support, Mom for her driving creative force, the rest of the family for bearing the racket for so many years.” IG: @stevecweiss JOE WHITE (Performer) has been stomping all over the globe since 2007 and is now delighted to perform on the U.S. tour for the first time! In addition to STOM P, White works as a freelance performer/musician and has composed music for numerous short films and theatr projects. His latest work Pale Phoebe (an original solo music–theater show) was performed in London throughout 2015 and 2016. White also works as a university lecturer and drama facilitator in the UK. For more info you can visit Joe’s website www.clearlyjoewhite.com. Follow him on twitter @JoeWhiteClearly. LUKE CRESSWELL (Director) is a selftaught percussionist from Brighton. His session work as a drummer and rhythm
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Covent Garden Community Theatre, and Pookiesnackenburger. Despite also being an original member of the a cappella group the Flying Pickets, and a final appearance in Mr. Bean, McNicholas no longer performs. He shares directorial credits with Luke Cresswell on STOMP-based films and commercials, and their new show, the Lost and Found Orchestra. With Cresswell, he composed the soundtrack to the Showtime movie, Riot, and shares the Oscar® and Emmy® nominations for his work on Brooms and STOMP OUT LOUD, and co-directed the award-winning IMAX movie, Pulse: A STOMP Odyssey. He also co-created the LFO and co-directed the 3D IMAX movie Wild Ocean, released worldwide in 2008. VINCE LIEBHART (Casting). OffBroadway: Orange Lemon Egg Canary, Cyclone, Summit Conference, Smashing, Four Beers, Men Without Shadows, Hold Please, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, The Plank Project, Texarkana Waltz, Trueblinka, The Golem, As You Like It, Four, The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von
programmer includes Beats International, Bette Midler, Elvis Costello, and Bryan Ferry. After working for several years as a street musician and performer, he first created STOMP in 1991. He has directed, with Steve McNicholas, several award-winning commercials and short films. He received an Oscar® nomination for the film Brooms, an Emmy® nomination for STOMP OUT LOUD, and co-directed the award-winning IMAX movie, Pulse: A STOMP Odyssey. He has also received a special achievement award from the Chicago Human Rhythm Project. More recently, Cresswell co-created the Lost and Found Orchestra and the Vegas production of STOMP OUT LOUD and also co-directed the 3D IMAX movie Wild Ocean. He occasionally performs with STOMP, and is currently conductor of the LFO. STEVE McNICHOLAS (Director), from Yorkshire, has worked as an actor/singer/ musician/writer with various theatrical and musical groups, starting out with the Bradford Theatre Group in 1973. Through the ’80s he worked with Cliff Hanger,
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Kant, #11 (Blue & White), Isn’t It Romantic. Classic Stage Company: Savannah Bay, The Winter’s Tale, Ghosts, The Underpants, Monster, Race, Naked, The Alchemist, Look Back in Anger, The Misanthrope, Hurricane. NY Stage and Film 2001, 2002, and 2003 seasons. Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival: The Scene. Boston: The Provok’d Wife & Dido, Queen of Carthage (A.R.T.), Family Stories, Swimming In March and Amazons/Imperialists One-Acts (Market Theater), Oklahoma City (Theater Offensive). Danton’s Death, 1000 Airplanes On The Roof, and The Mysteries And What’s So Funny (Bessie Award - Best Ensemble Cast). Film: Brother To Brother, Revolution #9, My Angel Is A Centerfold, Ordinary Sinner, and Company K. TV: As The World Turns. FGTM / JOE WATSON (General Management). Richard Frankel and Joe Watson have been working together for the past 18 years in New York and on tour in the U.S. Shows general managed by Richard Frankel Productions and FGTM include STOMP, Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music, The Weir, Swing!, The Producers, Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, Company, Young Frankenstein, Gypsy, The Norman Conquests, Finian’s Rainbow, Burn the Floor, A Little Night Music, The Rocky Horror Show, Forever Tango, Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, Necessary Targets, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Murder Ballad, Los Monólogos de la Vagina, Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, and Flashdance. Frankel and his partners Tom Viertel and Steve Baruch own and operate Feinstein’s/54 Below, Broadway’s supper club. PRODUCERS: COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT, INC. (Producer) is an international leader in managing the careers and touring activities of the world’s most prominent performing artists and institutions. CAMI has been on the forefront of performing arts management and production throughout the world for nine decades. Columbia Artists Theatricals (CAT), founded in 1956 as a subsidiary of CAMI, collaborates with artists, producers, production companies, and management agencies, bringing performances to 34
over 450 cities around the world. Currently, CAT’s roster includes: Blue Man Group, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Chicago, Elvis Lives, Just Jim Dale, Legends in Concert, Lennon: Through A Glass Onion, Menopause: The Musical, New York Gypsy All Stars, Brian Henson’s Puppet Up!, Saturday Night Fever, Shaping Sound, The Phantom’s Leading Ladies, and Voca People. HARRIET NEWMAN LEVE Broadway: four-time Tony Award®-winning producer: Anastasia; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; An American in Paris; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Of Mice and Men; Ann; One Man Two Guvnors; War Horse; Norman Conquests; Mountaintop; La Cage Aux Folles; A Little Night Music; 39 Steps; Diary of Anne Frank; Crucible; Hedda Gabler; Liuetenant of Inishmore; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Off Broadway: Beebo Brinker Chronicles; Family Secrets; Shockheaded Peter; Necessary Targets; Communicating Doors. She is a member of The Broadway League and was on the Board of Directors of New York Stage and Film for four years. JAMES D. STERN CEO of Endgame Entertainment. Has produced or directed over 50 shows or movies including Broadway: A Little Night Music, Hairspray, The Producers, Legally Blonde, and STOMP. Film: An Education, Every Little Step, It’s the Rage, Pulse: A STOMP Odyssey, Michael Jordan to the Max, Proof, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, I’m Not There. MORTON WOLKOWITZ Theatrical Producing Credits: Donnybrook, music and lyrics by Johnny Burke; The Enemy Is Dead starring Linda Lavin; My Astonishing Self, starring Donal Donally; The Unexpected Man, by Yasmina Reza starring Alan Bates and Eileen Atkins; From Door to Door by James Sherman; One Shot One Kill by Richard Vetere; Tryst by Karoline Leach, directed by Joe Brancato; STOMP OUT LOUD in Las Vegas. He is managing part of “Suitz LLC” with Richard Sudock and Michael Wolkowitz. He has enjoyed success in the industrial and financial worlds and is former Chairman and current Director of Key Energy Services, Inc. He is married to the actress Anita Keal.
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MITCHELL MAXWELL has produced six Broadway shows, 21 Off-Broadway shows, four national tours, three West End shows, and five feature films. His shows have won the Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Obie Awards and his long-running Off-Broadway hit, Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies, was the recipient of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. SUSAN QUINT GALLIN / SUKI SANDLER: Productions include Desperately Seeking Susan (London, opening November 2007); Spamalot; STOMP (NY & tour); Woman Before A Glass; The Retreat From Moscow; Man Of La Mancha (2002 Revival); The Shape Of Things; Hedda Gabler (2001 Broadway); Fully Committed; Cowgirls; Angels In America; From The Mississippi Delta; The Rothschilds (Revival); Other People’s Money; Burn This; The Cryptogram (London). DA N M A R K L E Y: Producing credits include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidelity, Family Secrets (rev.), Vagina Monologues, Lifegame, Damn Yan-
kees, On The Waterfront, Oleanna, and Jeffrey (film), with Alison Sheehy, Sarah, Hayden and Sander. JENNIFER M A NOCH ER I A N: Broadway credits include Spring Awakening; The Little Dog Laughed; Caroline, or Change; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Crucible; Jane Eyre, the musical; and The Kentucky Cycle. Off Broadway: Berkshire Village Idiot; STOMP; Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh; Showing Off; Palace of Amateurs. Film: Family Blues, which she also co-wrote. FRED BRACKEN (Associate Producer) first saw STOMP in Australia and resolved to see it performed in New York. Bracken works for CNN. RICHARD FRANKEL PRODUCTIONS/MARC ROUTH (Executive Producers) Richard Frankel and Marc Routh have been producing and general managing shows together since 1985. Some of their productions include Young Frankenstein, Hairspray, Gypsy, STOMP in New York;, and STOMP OUT LOUD in Las Vegas,
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GENERAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Chris Boneau Jackie Green TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE C MAJOR MARKETING & PUBLICITY Catherine Major Production Manager........................................Brian Claggett Assistant Company Manager.............. Veronica Graveline Production Carpenter.......................Dennis O’Leary-Gullo Lighting Director................................................. Brian Gowen Production Props......................................... Shane McCarthy Production Electrician......................................Joseph Doerr Production Sound...................................David Spangenberg Management Associate...................................... Rosie Sullivan Controller..............................Galbraith & Co./Amanda Hayek Assistant to Mr. Frankel............................................Heidi Libby Assistant to General Manager............. Annie Shea Hulcher Assistant................................................................ Maddie Carney Assistant to Mr. Routh......................................... Ryan Brodsky Information Technology Manager.......................... Ben Bigby Set Dresser.......................................................Stacey-Jo Marine Photographers..... Marc Bryan-Brown, Steve McNicholas, Lois Greenfield .................................................Jun-Ichi Takahashi, Harry Pocius Legal Counsel..................................................S. Jean Ward, Esq. Insurance.....................................................DeWitt Stern Group ........................................Risk Management Underwriters, Inc. Accounting....................Ira Schall, Schall & Ashenfarb CPA’s Travel & Housing......... Road Rebel Entertainment Touring Payroll Services............................PEOPLE HRO/Kim Merhar ........................................................ Payroll Data Processing, LLC Merchandising.................Marquee Merchandise, Inc./Matt Murphy Physical Therapy.......NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc Physical Therapist..................................... Kyle Miller, PT, DPT Medical Director........................................Charles Garten, MD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Original production presented by Yes/No People in association with Glynis Henderson and Loretta Sacco. STOMP’s exclusive agent and general inquiries: Loretta Sacco, c/o Yes/No Productions, N1 Offices, The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove BN3 1AS Tel: 011.44.127.371.1151, Fax: 011.44.127.373.7538 Credits Designed by Yes/No Productions, Ltd.; Trucking by Janco; Scenery built by Light & Sound Design; Zippo lighters courtesy of Zippo Manufacturing Corp.; “Super Big Gulp” cups courtesy of Southland Corp.; Ski boots by Rossignol Ski Co. Special Thanks More Merchandising/George Fenmore; Brad Bauner; Paul J. Botchis; David W. Caldwell; Sarah Eddy; E. Maria Flotta; Theseus Gerard; Fraser Morrison; Niclas Nagler; Jason Pelusio; Carl Smith; Fiona Wilkes; Derek Worley
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PROGRAM NOTES ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11 (Born August 19, 1881, in Liveni Virnav, later renamed George Enescu, Romania; died May 4, 1955, in Paris) Georges Enescu was one of the great versatile musicians of the first half of the 20th century, a composer, a virtuoso violinist, and a conductor who appeared with most of the world’s leading symphony orchestras. He graduated from the Vienna Academy at the age of 11, and then he moved to Paris to study composition with Massenet and Fauré. In his conservatory years, Germanic and French traditions were most important for his development: he played in the Vienna Academy Orchestra under Brahms, and of Wagner’s influence he said, “His chromaticism became part of my vascular system.” The Romanian Rhapsodies for orchestra are based on the folk music of his native Romania, which was influenced in turn by Indian, Egyptian, Latin, Teutonic, Slavonic and Magyar music. Enescu used aspects of Romanian folk music that was part-modal and part-pentatonic, embedded in richly-ornamented melodies, in composing his rhapsodies. He completed Rhapsody No. 1 in 1901, when he was only 20; he composed a second rhapsody a year later. Enescu conducted the first performance of the two together in Bucharest on March 8, 1903. Their worldwide fame dates from 1908, when Pablo Casals conducted them in Paris. Rhapsody No. 1, the better known of Enescu’s two rhapsodies, musically replicates festive rural scenes and dances of the Romanian gypsy music style. Enescu claimed that it was “just a few tunes thrown together without thinking about it,” but his surviving sketches show that he carefully worked out the order in which the melodies should appear and the best instrumental setting for each one. The work begins with the main theme, a quote of the folksong “Am un leu şi vreau 42
să-l beau-” (“I want to spend my money on drink”) in the solo winds. The whole orchestra then takes up the theme and recreates the sound of a cobza, a plucked folk instrument. The colorful virtuosic music accelerates to the climax. At the end comes a ciocirlia, popular with Romanian string-players, imitating a bird’s song. Enescu dedicated Rhapsody No. 1 to the composer /teacher Bernard Crocé- Spinelli, who was a fellow-student at the conservatory with him. DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 (Born September 8, 1841, in Helahozeves; died May 1, 1904, in Prague) Dvořák’s most popular work after the New World Symphony is his Cello Concerto, which he wrote during his three-year stay in the United States. On the first page of the score Dvořák wrote, “Seventh composition written in America,” but unlike the wellknown New World Symphony and American Quartet, also written in the United States, the concerto has no hint of the folk music of our continent, which Dvořák admired very much. The composer came to the United States in 1892, at the invitation of Mrs. Jeanette M. Thurber, to assume the directorship of the National Conservatory of Music, which she had established in New York. Although Dvořák and his family settled in an apartment near the Conservatory, they spent a summer vacation in 1893 in Spillville, Iowa, a small town that had been settled by Czech immigrants. Dvořák heard his friend Victor Herbert’s Cello Concerto No. 2 performed by its composer, with the New York Philharmonic in 1894. It inspired him to compose his own Cello Concerto. Herbert is remembered today chiefly as a composer of charming operettas, but he was a distinguished conductor, composer of concert music, and a cellist, and Dvořák consulted him and other cellists on cello technique before he began writing his own concerto in early November 1894, in New York. He completed it on February 9, 1895. Later that spring,
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Dvořák revised its ending after the death of his first love, his dear friend and sisterin-law, Josephina Kaunic. He had written a song for her, Kezduch muj sam (“Leave me alone”) that he had already included in the second movement of the concerto, and after he heard of her passing, he rewrote the coda to include another reference to that song to memorialize her. Dvořák dedicated the Cello Concerto to his friend, Hanus Wihan, the leading Czech cellist of the time, but he firmly refused to make most of the revisions in it that Wihan hoped for. In fact, although it would be seemingly unimaginable today, Dvořák had to write to his publisher on October 3, 1895 to make sure his intentions were respected: “I must insist that my work be printed as I wrote it. I insist that no one—not excepting my good friend Wihan—make any changes without my knowledge and permission. In sum, it must have the character that I felt and conceived. It is impossible to add patches to a piece like this.” Perhaps such differences between the composer and Wihan explain why Leo Stern, another cellist, played the première under Dvořák’s direction at a concert of the Philharmonic Society of London in Queen’s Hall on March 19, 1896. Other greater musicians did not share Wihan’s reservations, and when Brahms, (who wrote two beautiful sonatas for cello) read through the work in manuscript, he said, “Why on earth didn’t I know that a Cello Concerto could be this good? If I had, I would have written one.” The Cello Concerto has three movements
of free, but nevertheless, controlled form. The absence of folk melodies of American origins, contained in his other American works, presumably betrays Dvořák’s longing for his homeland and foretells his decision to return there. In the concerto’s first movement, an unhurried Allegro, the clarinets first articulate the principal theme quietly in the beginning measures, before the bassoons join them. Later this theme appears again in the solo cello part and in the basses and lends itself to greatly varied treatment. The lovely, nostalgic second theme, which the horn introduces, contrasts beautifully. When the cello begins to display its virtuosity, it carries on a dialogue with the orchestra. The poetic slow movement, Adagio, ma non troppo, in a three-part ABA form, is rich in lyric themes, one of them an adaptation of Dvořák’s song, from Op. 82, No. 1 (mentioned above). Dvořák carefully indicated an intense passage for cello, accompanied only by solo woodwind instruments and later, a roll on the timpani, to be quasi cadenza. The Finale, a Rondo, Allegro moderato, has highly varied episodes that sometimes require a solo violin and near the end, recalls the concerto’s opening. During the latter part of the movement, the gentle lyricism of the two other movements recurs, while the cello’s potential for song is exploited in its lovely high registers. Dvořák’s biographer, Otakar Sourek, comments that this dance-like movement is imbued with the joyous anticipation of Dvořák’s return to his native land. Dvořák,
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himself, described this movement, saying, “The Finale closes gradually diminuendo—like a breath—with reminiscences of the first and second movements; the solo dies away to a pianissimo, then there is a crescendo, and the last measures are taken up by the orchestra, ending stormily.” Also, at the end is the above-mentioned emendation added as a final memorial to his first love. After his return to Europe, he removed the last four measures near the end of the finale and inserted instead an extended quotation from Josephina’s song. The score requires a piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, three horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, kettledrums, triangle, and strings. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (The Knight of the Rose) (Born June 11, 1864, in Munich; died September 8, 1949, in Garmisch) Around the turn of the 20th century, Strauss abandoned the symphonic poem as his principal vehicle of musical expression and turned toward opera. His first two operas are now almost forgotten, but the second two, Salome (1905) and Elektra (1909) are dramatic masterpieces whose durable success has not been diminished by their shocking subjects. In 1911, in his fifth opera, Strauss turned away from tragedy and disaster toward brilliant comedy. Der Rosenkavalier came as close to the spirit of Mozart as a 20th century opera could come. It is set in 18th century Vienna and tells a frothy tale of love and intrigue in which a silver rose comes to symbolize betrothal. Both libretto and music are brilliantly witty and colorful. Strauss did not overlook any opportunity to enliven the work: he even exploited the 19th century Viennese favorite, the waltz. The plot in Der Rosenkavalier is centered on the middle-aged Marschallin, who has a 17-year-old lover, Count Octavian, and the lecherous Baron Ochs, the Marschallin’s boorish cousin, who has neither money nor social graces, and who has arranged to marry Sophie von Faninal, who is both rich 44
and more sophisticated than he. When Octavian is chosen to present Sophie a silver rose, an elaborate engagement “custom,” the two fall in love. In the end, inevitably, Octavian leaves the Marschallin for attractive, young Sophie, and Ochs is revealed as a silly, old fool. This Suite was created shortly before Strauss’s death. It is a musical summary of the opera in one long, continuous movement in a form similar to Strauss’s own symphonic poems; it weaves together several of the opera’s highlight melodies and substitutes instruments for the human voice where that is necessary. It has seven sections: introduction, entrance of the Cavalier and presentation of the rose, duet of the young lovers, waltz, love-triangle trio of the young couple with the older grande-dame, another love duet, and a closing waltz. It begins with the introduction, in which the bold, erotic, jubilant horn music, the most famous of the music of Der Rosenkavalier, evokes the youth, Octavian, and his passion for the much older Marschallin. The following music depicts the meeting of the Marschallin and her young lover Octavian, with music that reflects both the sensual and the tender quality of their relationship. Then, in the emotionally moving Presentation of the Rose, which Octavian delivers to Sophie for Baron Ochs, Sophie and Octavian meet for the first time; the music reflects their immediate feelings of rapturous ecstasy. Baron Ochs is introduced in the most famous of the opera’s waltzes. The opera’s librettist Hofmannsthal suggested the waltz as a form that he felt Strauss should incorporate, suggesting that it needed to be “sweet and saucy, and should pervade the whole of the last act;” the waltz became the opera’s signature. The suite then climaxes with the celebrated trio of the Marschallin, Octavian, and Sophie, reflecting on love from their different points of view, revealing their private thoughts in an incredible outpouring of emotion. The music for this glori-
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ous scene is touching and full of harmonic complexity. It is followed by the much simpler, folk-like final duet of Octavian and Sophie. The Suite ends with a return of the waltz, and with a short allusion to the theme with which the opera opened. The instrumentation consists of three flutes including piccolo, three oboes including English horn, three clarinets and e-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, three bassoons including contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, glock, ratchet, snare drum, tambourine, triangle, one or two harps, celeste, and strings. RAVEL BolĂŠro (Born March 7, 1875, in Ciboure; died December 28, 1937, in Paris) When Ravel returned from an American tour in the spring of 1928, one of his first obligations was to prepare a score for a dance pantomime with a Spanish setting that he had promised his dancer friend, Ida Rubinstein. She originally wanted him to orchestrate six piano pieces from Iberia
by Isaac AlbĂŠniz, but since the rights had already been granted to someone else, Ravel thought that he would orchestrate some piano works of his own. In the end, he decided to write an entirely new piece, the Bolero. He composed it during a seaside vacation that he took after his American tour and completed the work in October. Rubinstein, as the tantalizing dancer, performed the bolero on a tabletop in the set of a Spanish inn, in its first performance on November 22, 1928, at the Paris Opera. In the dance, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska, men quietly gather to watch the lone dancer, and as her movements become more animated, they become more excited. The music, mirroring this dance, grows in both power and violence until it peaks. By that point, the woman is tossed from man to man, they draw knives, and a wild tavern brawl begins. It was first performed in an orchestral concert on January 11, 1930, with the composer conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra. In the never-changing music, the per-
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sistent beat of the rhythm is characteristic of another Spanish dance, the fandango, which was originally to be the title of the work, but for some reason, Ravel and Rubinstein changed it to Bolero while it was in progress. The overall plan, Ravel said, was to repeat the melody and rhythm, without developing them. He utilizes a highly stylized bolero rhythm at several removes from the tradition. Ravel was concerned that the work would be misunderstood and explained his purpose to contemporary critics. He felt Bolero was “an experiment in a very special and limited direction.” He said it is “orchestral tissue without music, one long, very gradual crescendo. There are no contrasts, there is practically no invention except the plan and the manner of the execution.” Six large cycles of the two-part melody begin with a flute’s sultry solo over the repeated bolero figure in the drum and grow to the large full orchestral conclusion. He was incorrect in his initial assessment: it received unparalleled public endorsement. That result brought forth Ravel’s ambivalence about his work. He said, “Alas, it contains no music.” As the melody is repeated, more instruments are added. The orchestra grows by accretion, like a rolling snowball. At the climactic moment, there is a startling wrench as Ravel makes the single harmonic change in the piece and shifts the music from C Major to E Major. The enormous effectiveness of the Bolero springs from Ravel’s great mastery of the orchestra, which he employs as almost the sole source of variety in this score. The large orchestra consists of piccolo and two flutes, two oboes, oboe d’amore (a mezzosoprano oboe pitched between the oboe and English horn), English horn, two clarinets, small clarinet in Eflat and bass clarinet, two bassoons and contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones and tuba, three saxophones, timpani, snare drum, cymbals, gong, celesta, harp, and strings. © Susan Halpern, 2018 46
ABOUT THE ARTISTS National Symphony Orchestra of Romania Acclaimed as one of the world’s top youth ensembles, the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania has made a name for itself in recent years as Romania’s best and brightest orchestra. Touring regularly at leading venues throughout Europe, it has earned a reputation for delivering performances at the highest level characterized by virtuosity, abandon, joy, and drama. The orchestra’s concerts at the Romanian Athenaeum and the George Enescu International Festival are regularly sold out and international tours have brought them to the Gustav Mahler International Festival, Ravello International Festival, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Konzerthaus, Grande Theatre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence. Forthcoming tours will see them perform in France including for their debut at the Philharmonie de Paris and to Germany, Spain, Brussels, and Austria. The mission of the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania is to “attract the brightest Romanian musicians between the ages of 18-35 to create a unique creative experience in the common pursuit of musical excellence.” The orchestra’s roots lay in a unique artistic and educational program, which was founded in 2008 following an initiative by cellist Marin Cazacu with the support of the Friends of Music from the Serafim Antropov Foundation. The orchestra’s academic program strives to offer young musicians the opportunity to explore demanding repertoire through master classes and concerts, and more importantly, to participate in the joy of music-making under esteemed conductors such as Lawrence Foster, Kristjan Järvi, and Cristian Măcelaru and with leading soloists including Pinchas Zukerman, Sarah Chang, David Garrett, Elizabeth Leonskaja, and Andrei Ioniță. In 2019, the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania will honor the 100th anniversary of the unification of Romania and Transylvania in their first-ever tour to the United States, led by renowned conductor Cristian Măcelaru.
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CRISTIAN MĂCELARU Newly appointed Chief Conductor Designate of the WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cristian Măcelaru is one of the fast-rising stars of the conducting world. He takes on this new position at WDR, one of Europe’s leading orchestras, effective with the 2019/20 season. Măcelaru is Music Director and Conductor of the internationally renowned Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. In August 2018, he leads his second season in premiere-filled programs of new works by an esteemed group of composers. Among the 2018 season’s highlights are three world premieres, a record-breaking 16 composers-in-residence, a stunning roster of international guest artists, and two special tributes to commemorate William Bolcom’s and John Corigliano’s respective 80th birthdays. Măcelaru attracted international attention for the first time in 2012, when he stepped into the breach with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, deputizing for Pierre Boulez. In the same year, he received the “Solti Emerging Conductor Award” for young conductors, followed in 2014 by the “Solti Conducting Award.” Since then, he has performed regularly at the podium of the best American orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, and National Symphony Orchestra. A particularly close collaboration connects him with the Philadelphia Orchestra: Since his subscription debut in 2013, he has been on the podium of this orchestra over 100 times and served there for three seasons as Conductor-in-Residence. Prior to that, he was their Associate Conductor for two seasons and previously Assistant Conductor for one season from September 2011. He continues a close relationship with the orchestra in leading them on annual subscription programs and other special concerts. In January 2019, he brings the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania on their 47
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first-ever tour to the States in commemoration of Romania’s centennial. Cristian Măcelaru was born in Timișoara, Romania and comes from a musical family. As the youngest of 10 children, he received instrumental lessons at an early age—like all his siblings—in his case on the violin. His studies took him from Romania to the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, University of Miami in Florida, and Rice University in Houston, where he studied conducting with Larry Rachleff. He then deepened his knowledge in Tanglewood Music Center and Aspen Music Festival in masterclasses with David Zinman, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Oliver Knussen, and Stefan Asbury. Măcelaru was the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Miami Symphony Orchestra and made his Carnegie Hall debut with that orchestra at the age of 19. He also played in the first violin section of the Houston Symphony for two seasons. He resides in Philadelphia with his wife Cheryl and children Beniamin and Maria. ANDREI IONIŢĂ The Gold Medal-winner at the 2015 XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, the phenomenal young cellist Andrei Ioniță was called “one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade” by the prestigious Times of London. A versatile musician focused on giving gripping, deeply felt performances, Ioniță has been recognized for his passionate musicianship and technical finesse. Ioniță made his U.S. debut in 2017 with recitals in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and gave his New York debut recital in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. Highlights of his 2018-19 season include performances at Verbier, Lugano, and Tonhalle Zurich; with the Romanian National Youth Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru, with the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds, and with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Yuri Temirkanov. His 201718 season featured performances with the Hallé Orchestra, BBC Wales, Staatskapelle Weimar, Vienna Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, Bucharest Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, and 48
Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and at the Wigmore Hall. Ioniță regularly collaborates with Valery Gergiev, Mikko Franck, and Cristian Măcelaru. Other recent highlights included major debuts with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the MDR Orchester, and the Munich Philharmonic; recital debuts in Chicago and Washington, D.C.; performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev at Cadogan Hall in London; as well as performances with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Filarmonica di Bologna, and the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest. Before winning the Tchaikovsky Competition, Andrei won First Prize at the Khachaturian International Competition in June 2013; in September 2014, he won Second Prize and the Special Prize for his interpretation of a commissioned composition at the International ARD Music Competition. In 2014, he received Second Prize at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin. Ioniță was born in 1994 in Bucharest and began taking piano lessons at the age of five before receiving his first cello lesson three years later. He studied under Ani-Marie Paladi in Bucharest and under Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Andrei draws his musical inspiration from the greatest cellists of our time, among them David Geringas, Steven Isserlis, Heinrich Schiff, Wolfgang Boettcher, Gary Hoffman, and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Ioniţă is a scholarship recipient of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and performs on a cello made by Giovanni Battista Rogeri from Brescia in 1671, generously on loan from the foundation.
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NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF ROMANIA FIRST VIOLIN Rafael Butaru Radu Dunca Ana Maria Tanase Razvan Anemtoaiei Iulia Adriana Cazacu Ciprian Oravet Daniela Nita Vadim Grumeza Ioana Jijian Vasile Sult Maria Marica Estera Ghica-Racz Andreea Grelus Ioana Maria Tudor SECOND VIOLIN Cristian Moldovan Roxana Barsan Andreea Mazareanu Cristina Bunescu Arpad Attila Feher Nicoleta Petre Stefan Rosu Alexandra Dragomir Ana Maria Tipeanu Andrei Mihail Radu Dumitrita Gore Gabriela Timofte VIOLA Sorin Spasinovici Monica Bejenaru Emanuel Vots Cosmina Stinga Daniel Vots Maria Coltatu Catalina Iov Daniel Robu Eugen Cojocaru
CELLO Stefan Cazacu Ella Bokor Horatiu Ludusan Octavian Alin Lup Florin Burlacu Izabela Ghergu Alexandru Totan Cornelius Zirbo DOUBLE BASS Cezar Knihinschi Vlad Rațiu Daniel Dumitrana Iulian Tut Tiberiu Petrean Adrian Muntean FLUTE Stefan Diaconu Oana Leonte Szallos Kis Anna
HORN Cristian Borcan Daniel Dumitrescu Mihai Adetu Valentin Gavrila Ion Marina TRUMPET Corneliu Meici Ambrus Laszlo Bogdan Barbu Iosif Satmarean TROMBONE Mircea Neamţ Ciprian Partenie Istvan Laposi TUBA Felix Burghelea HARP Adriana Ciltea
OBOE Felicia Greciuc Haaz Bence Szabo Adorjan
TIMPANI Bogdan Pop
CLARINET Razvan Poptean Alexandru Avramovici Stefan Voinic
PERCUSSION Andrei Marcovici Alexandru Popovici Ioan Daraban Ilinca Lorentz Gergely Reman
SAXOPHONE Makkai Istvan BASSOON Alexandra Neaga Ionut Mardare Adrian Moisuc
PIANO/CELESTA Iulian Ochescu
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ABOUT THE ARTIST RON WHITE Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour phenomenon, but now as a chart-topping Grammy®-nominated comedian and a feature film actor, White has established himself as a star in his own right. He has always been a classic storyteller. His stories relay tales from his real life, ranging from growing up in a small town in Texas to sharing stories of his daily life to becoming one of the most successful comedians in America. All four of his comedy albums charted number-one on the Billboard Comedy Charts. He has sold over 14 million albums (solo and with the Blue Collar Comedy Tour), been nominated for two Grammys®, and over the past 14 years (since 2004) been one of the top three grossing standup comedians on tour in America. White began performing comedy in 1986 and was quickly opening for legendary co-
medians Sam Kinison and Jeff Foxworthy. After eventually becoming a comedy club headliner, in 2000 White was asked to join the Blue Collar Comedy Tour alongside Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. The show toured for over three years to sold-out audiences in over 270 cities and grossed more than $35 million. In 2003, Warner Brothers filmed the show, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie for a theatrical/ TV/DVD/CD release. The film premiered as the most-watched movie in Comedy Central’s history. In 2005, the video Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again was filmed and released on TV and DVD/CD. In November of 2003, White released his breakthrough comedy CD Drunk In Public followed by his first one-hour TV comedy special They Call Me Tater Salad. The special had the highest viewership for a Sunday program in Comedy Central history. The DVD version was released in 2004 and reached #1 on the Billboard Comedy Chart. In 2005, White’s second one-hour special You Can’t Fix Stupid aired on Comedy Central to 4.5 million viewers, making it the
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to the Armed Forces Foundation to assist troops and their families. Many of White’s celebrity friends have participated in these shows: Lewis Black, Dave Attell, Kathleen Madigan, Brian Regan, and Rascal Flatts. In 2011, the show was recorded for TV/DVD and was the second highest-watched show on CMT that year. The taping location that year and the next was the historic Grand Ole Opry. In 2013, the show was recorded in Las Vegas and premiered March 2013. In 2016, Ron White’s acting talents were showcased alongside Luke Wilson, Carla Gugino, and Imogen Poots, in music-industry veteran Cameron Crowe’s Showtime series, Roadies. White played road-tested tour manager Phil in a critically praised performance.
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ABOUT THE SHOW Savion Glover returns to the stage in— SAVION GLOVER’S ALL FuNK’D UP! The Tony Award®-winning choreographer and Tap genius, brings his signature styled, foot stomping percussive sounds back to the concert stage in SAVION GLOVER’S ALL FuNK’D UP! This HIGH IMPACT, FUNK filled concert is guaranteed to keep audiences dancing in their seats! Savion Glover allows audiences to feel pulsating vibrations, while shaking the house infusing Funk in Tap, with a live band, rocking classic grooves, and one-ofa-kind Funk Jams. Experience an integrative composition of classic Hoofer sophistication, and a brand of Funk through Tap Dancing In Concert that will rock your sole-in SAVION GLOVER’S ALL FUNK’D UP!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS SAVION GLOVER Savion Glover, Tony Award®-winner, Tap Dancer, Choreographer, and Producer, is celebrating his 37th year as a performing artist in show business. Broadway and film credits include The Tap Dance Kid, Black & Blue, Jelly’s Last Jam, Bring in ‘da Noise Bring in ‘da Funk, the movie Tap with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr., Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, and the acclaimed Academy Award®-winning 2006 Warner Brothers release of Happy Feet and Happy Feet 2, both choreographed by Savion Glover. Most recently recognized for his award-winning choreography in the acclaimed Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, Glover continues to focus on bringing attention to the art form of tap dance as an instrumental component as well as maintaining a highly entertaining visual. Glover has also enjoyed dancing on concert stages throughout the world with legendary jazz musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes, and McCoy Tyner. In his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, 58
Savion Glover holds the honor of being on the board of directors at the NJPAC where he also serves as NJPAC’s Dance Ambassador. Also in his hometown of Newark, Savion Glover established The HooFeRzCLuB School For Tap as well as Savion Glover Productions—a production entity highlighting the tradition of tap dancing and sound, and also serves as a team—based organization that seeks to provide quality production and project management services for tap dancers. Production credits for Savion Glover Productions include Classical Savion®, Savion Glover’s Bare Soundz, Visions of a Bible, Savion Glover’s SOLO IN TiME, Savion Glover’s SoLE Sanctuary, Invitations to a Dancer, Savion Glover’s STePz, Savion Glover and The Otherz, and assistant segment producer of Savion Glover’s Bare Soundz, appearance on Dancing With the Stars. Savion Glover is thankful for and wishes to forever acknowledge Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines, Isaiah Lon Chaney, Buster Brown, Dianne Walker, Chuck Green, Sir Slyde, Ralph Brown, Ivery Dan, Henry LeTang, George Hillman, and John Coltrane, some of the greatest entertaining Hooferz and musicians to date. DANCE CANDY Dance Candy is a tight, polished sixpack of musicianship, schooled in the vibrant VCU music scene in Richmond. This all-star lineup features a soulful, sensuous female voice that draws influences from everyone like pop stars Adele and Whitney Houston to R&B greats like Jill Scott and Sharon Jones. The deep groove rhythm section can set the tone for everything from 70s funk to hip hop. The sophisticated, funky leads of the guitar set up the soaring melodies of the trumpet to leaves jaws dropped and hearts broken. The thing we love about neo-soul is all the layers—all the influences. Hip hop, pop, jazz, funk, and straight-up R&B all creating a big, funky scene of party-down. Dance Candy has got this thing down cold.
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GIFTS TO STATE THEATRE NEW JERSEY State Theatre New Jersey, a non-profit organization, is deeply grateful to the many individual, corporate, and foundation donors that gave to our Annual Giving program from 12/18/17-12/18/18.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT $200,000+ Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders New Jersey State Council on the Arts The Star-Ledger / NJ.com $100,000+ The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Magic 98.3 $50,000+ Bank of America The Heldrich Investors Bank New Jersey 101.5 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 105.5 WDHA $25,000+ Borden Perlman The Karma Foundation The Provident Bank Foundation United Airlines WMTR - AM 1250
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PATRONS’ COUNCIL (CONTINUED) Silverstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sleppin Karen Steingart UFCW Local 464A Mr. and Mrs. Robert Valentine Allan and Bonnie Warton Kathryn Welgoss FRIEND ($100+) Anonymous (5) Gail and Jeffrey Aaron Carol Adelman Linda Agalloco Tom and Marie Andreano Denise Arnone Dale and Linda Bachman Stephanie and Ed Bartz Albert and Mildred Bieber Charles Billy Victoria Bixel Justin Black and Andrea Mackaronis Barbara Boland Sandy Book Mr. and Mrs. Osman Boraie Bill Braden William and Mavis Brier Jan and Gary Broder Ms. Lyndsey Rose Buren Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Burns Mark and Frankie Busch Leonard and Tamara Busch Roger Bush Joan C. and Gary I. Busman Gerald P. Campagna Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Campagnoli Anthony Casale Jr., in memory of Karen M. Michane Dan Cassidy and Jeff Wilkes Vincent Catanzaro Denise Ciccone Slickers Laura A. Cisar and Robert Gowin Jeanne and Peter Clarke Dr. and Mrs. James Cline Elizabeth Columbo Kevin Corcoran Bruce and Robin Corini
Ellen and Cliff Cramer Margaret Cristelli Marie A. Curtis Henry and Amira De Fex Di Donato Family John and Lisa DiBlasio Michael and Jennifer Doktorski Elizaeth Domingo Nancy Duffy Egenton Family Sandi and Allan Ellis Lois and Mort Farrah John Fedors, Jr. Lenore and Harvey Feldman Lori and Bob Fink Robert Fischer James and Diana Flaherty William and Patricia Foster Bonnie and Sheldon Freidenreich Friends of Union County Arts Center Esther George Karen Giacobbe Craig and Eileen Glaser Kevin and Kathleen Golmont Gilbert Grant Mr. Stuart Grow Daniela Guido George H. Guptill, Jr. Susan Guss Brenda Hagan Christian Hanns Kristine Hansen Ray Hanson, in memory of Joyce Lucille C. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higgins David and Jan Houtman Barbara Howard Harry, Kathy, and Kara Hudson Denise Iosue Patricia Jones Mr. Walter and Mrs. Galyle Jones Robert and Carol Joyce Kapraszewski Family Carol and John Kassay Fred and Loretta Keimel
Leonard and Bonny Kelter Thomas Kerekes Michael Kesler and Barbara Reed Susan Kingsley Iris I. Kislin Edna Klein Suzanne M. Klein Joyce Kosa Eleanor Kovalinsky William and Eleanor Kover Joanne Lagrecalic Miriam W. Lampen Stephanie Landrieu Sally LaPelosa Alec Lazarescu Karen and David Levinsky Joan Lezark Barbara and Milton Loeb Anthony Lopez Linda Maciborski Alfred Magro Sharon and Lou Marczak Thomas and Mary Marhevka Tom, Diane, and Chris Miller Ms. Jill Morrow Barbara Nathan Irene Ng Joan A. Nowicki Talib Nunnally Michael and Joyce Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olson Mr. Eugene F. O’Neill Celeste Onka Eileen Opitz Ostrowitz & Ostrowitz, Esqs. Kate Pinner Pam Piotrowski Carmen Pizzuto Debbie Joy Polacik George Poppe III Robert J. Powers Robert S. Pritchett Mugure Pyron Chris and Helen Quinn Joanne Ramundo Jo Ann and Tony Razzano Dawn Roccaro Robert Rocco
Buena Rosenbloom Judy and Abe Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ross Pam and Bill Ryan David and Frumet Sachs Powell and Diane Saks Michael and Laurie Saks Josef and Susan Saloman Frank and Annette Santamaria Ronald R. Sauers Edward Scheuer, in honor of Lynn Hernandez Karen and Andy Schmitt Ronald and Nina Schmitt Karen Schoenberg Michele Senko The Shaughnessy Family Gerald Sherief and Natalie Soto Barbara Shine Dr. Mark Siegert S. Simpson Ruston and Diane Sitren Park Smith Jr. Amy Sommer Eugene and Kathleen Soucek Ronnie Staffenberg John and Alexis Stashkevetch Mary Steever Barbara J. Stone Robert Strunk Mr. and Mrs. Bob Swank, Jr. Karol Tariska Michael Taylor Alexis Testa Dr. Barbara A. Tocco Vincent Tseng Dalia I. Ubinas Salvatore Volpe Eric and Suzanne Westberg Lynne Wilkinson Lynda Woodworth and Larry Costello John and Harriet Worobey Diane L. Wright Phyllis Zarko Walter Zatorski Judith Zone The Zych Family
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Each year more than 17,000 students from across New Jersey experience the thrill of live theater at State Theatre New Jersey’s Performances for Schools. In addition, we are proud to offer AutismFriendly Relaxed Performances, part of our commitment to making the performing arts accessible to all.
Patrons’ Council members mingle with fellow donors and performers on November 15, 2018 at the annual Donor Appreciation Event before Parsons Dance. David Parsons made an appearance with some dancers and gave an impromptu talk, as well as answering questions and taking photos.
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES ADP Aetna American Express Ameriprise Financial Arch Chemicals Inc. AT&T Foundation AXA Foundation Bank of America Bank of New York Bristol-Myers Squibb Company CAN Insurance Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb & Son Cigna HealthCare Cisco Systems, Inc. Citigroup Coca-Cola Company Colgate-Palmolive Company Duke Energy Corporation Eli Lilly and Company Elsevier Science, Inc.
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ExxonMobil Chemical Company FMC Good Government Program GAP GE Foundation General Mills Give With Liberty Glenmede Trust Company Goldman Sachs Honeywell Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield IBM IDT IFF Foundation Ingredion Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. JP Morgan Chase Kimberly Clark Kraft General Foods
Lucent The McGraw-Hill Companies Merck Partnership Merrill Lynch Microsoft Mondrain Investment Partners The Pew Charitable Trusts PepsiCo Pfizer foundation Prudential Financial Robert Wood Johnson Foundation State Farm Companies Tyco UBS Unilever The Vanguard Group Verizon Wells Fargo Bank Xerox YAHOO!
On September 27, 2018 members of the Chairman’s and President’s Councils were honored with a dinner on stage, including a special performance by lyric tenor Vincent Ricciardi.
THE ENCORE SOCIETY State Theatre New Jersey’s Encore Society honors those who believe in our mission and support us by including The State in their will, as a beneficiary of an IRA, retirement plan, or insurance policy, or by creating a charitable trust or other planned gift. We thank the following individuals for their vision and continued support. If you have included State Theatre New Jersey in your plans or for more information about The Encore Society, please contact Linda Van Derveer, Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving at 732-247-7200, ext. 594 or lvanderveer@stnj.org. Connie S. Breech Gerald P. Campagna Alisson Canavera Andrew Chen and Heidi Mass Stephan DeMicco and Jeanne M. Fox Scott and Barbra Fergang John and Jeanne Fitzgerald
Friend of The State Doug and Diane Garback Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Harkins Bill Herman Richard and Larisa Leist Andrew J. Markey Kenneth G. and Jennifer J. Osterman
Dave Retcher Laura L. Rothkopf Irving and Claire Sinai Ms. Robin E. Suydam Linda Van Derveer May Van Norman Warren and Wendy Zimmerman
ENDOWMENTS Endowment guarantees financial stability by providing reliable income, year after year, to support State Theatre New Jersey’s programs, and is thus the perfect charitable investment opportunity for the donor who wishes to ensure permanence and excellence. Following are our endowed funds of $50,000 or more: Regina and John Heldrich Symphony Endowed Fund Betty Wold Johnson Endowed Fund J. Seward Johnson, Sr. 1963 Charitable Trust Endowed Fund
Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust Endowed Fund David Lloyd Kreeger Endowed Fund The New Jersey Cultural Trust Fund George F. Smith Charitable Trust Endowed Fund
Barbara B. Voorhees Symphony Endowed Fund Donna and Jack Walcott Symphony Endowed Fund
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FAMILY OF DONORS! Members sustain our artistic programming and community outreach while receiving special privileges like advanced ticketing before the general public, invitations to behind-the-scenes events, exclusive Boraie Lounge access, artist Meet-and-Greets, show underwriting, and so much more! For more information on how to join our Patrons’ Council and make a difference year-round, please contact Leah Anglum, Manager of Patron Relations & Development Operations at 732-247-7200, ext. 512 or langlum@stnj.org. To inquire about President’s or Chairman’s Council membership, kindly contact Linda Van Derveer, Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving at 732-247-7200, ext. 594 or lvanderveer@stnj.org. 67
GENERAL INFORMATION GUEST SERVICES: 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Information & Tickets: 732-246-SHOW (7469) Broadway Season Ticket Concierge: 732-247-7200, ext. 555 Fax: 732-745-5653 Guest Services Hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm; Sat: 1pm-5pm; Sun: Closed unless there is a performance. On weekends, State Theatre Guest Services is open at least 3 hours prior to any performance we ticket. For all performances we ticket, Guest Services is open at least one half hour past curtain and open through first intermission, when applicable. ORDER ONLINE 24/7: STNJ.org FIRE NOTICE: The red exit sign nearest to your seat indicates the shortest routes to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please do not run—walk to the nearest exit. LOST AND FOUND: If you discover that you have lost something during the performance, please contact the Director of Event Services in the lobby or call the theater at 732-246-7469. CELL PHONES/CAMERAS: Please note that ipads, go pros, selfie sticks, tripods, monopods, cameras with detachable lens and recording devices are not permitted in the theater at any time. Guests who do not adhere are subject to ejection without a refund.
THEATER POLICIES: Guests who arrive after a performance has begun will be seated at the discretion of the Theater Manager during an appropriate break in the performance. Please note this may not be until intermission, so guests should always plan to arrive early. Guests who must leave the theater during a performance are encouraged to do so during a break in the performance, and are subject to being held in the lobby until another suitable performance break. Please be sure to have your ticket on you at all times. If you do not have a ticket to show you will be asked to leave. Food and drink are allowed in the theater for most performances, check with an usher before entering the theater. Outside food and drinks are strictly prohibited from entering the theater. Smoking and vaping is strictly prohibited in all areas of the theater. State Theatre New Jersey has a zero tolerance policy regarding aggressive or abusive behavior at any time at State Theatre. Guests who engage in fighting, throwing objects, using foul/abusive language or gestures, attempting to enter restricted areas or engaging in other behavior detrimental to the experience of other guests will be immediately ejected from the venue. Please refer to our guest code of conduct at: STNJ.org/your-visit/guest-code-of-conduct
STATE THEATRE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES Only the orchestra level is wheelchair accessible. Patrons can make arrangements for accessible seating through the Ticket Office when purchasing tickets. The theater is equipped with an assistive listening system that improves sound clarity and ampli fication. The lightweight, wireless headsets may be borrowed free of charge at either coat check.
Large-print programs are available free of charge for most perform ances. Ask for your copy at the lower-lobby bar. Deaf and hearing-impaired patrons may contact the State Theatre through the NJ Relay Service at (TTY) 800-852-7899. If you know someone who loves the arts and would benefit from these services, please share this information.
ADVERTISE IN OUR PROGRAM! Contact us today to find out how you can affordably align your organization with the excitement of live entertainment and put your company front and center among our growing customer base. For information, call 732-247-7200, ext. 534. 68
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Scott Fergang CHAIR
John S. Fitzgerald VICE CHAIR
Richard J. Leist TREASURER
Peter Stavrianidis SECRETARY
Brian D. Agnew Hiam Boraie Luis De La Hoz Stephan DeMicco Etta Denk Robert J. DiLeo Antonio Fernández Douglas M. Garback, Sr. Craig J. Guiffre John Harrison Bill Herman Wanda Hope Farryn Melton Edward Moragas Robin Suydam Matthew Taylor Wendy Wiebalk, Esq. EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
The Honorable James M. Cahill, Mayor, City of New Brunswick Ronald G. Rios, Freeholder Director, County of Middlesex ADVISORY COUNCIL
Sharon Cyktor John Gantner Timothy W. Harbison Andrew J. Markey Richard McDonald Vincent Pungello Ernesto Quinteros Dave Retcher James Tignanelli Jennifer Zimmer
STAFF ADMINISTRATION
DEVELOPMENT
Sarah K. Chaplin President & CEO
May R. Van Norman Vice President of Development
Marlene Canavera u Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Linsey Short Deputy Director of Development
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Lian Farrer 9 Vice President of Education & Community Engagement Erik Stratton Education & Community Engagement Manager FINANCE Ann C. Zawartkay, CPA, CGMA Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patricia Lanza l Accounting Clerk & Volunteer Coordinator Joseph Rodriguez l General Ledger Accountant OPERATIONS Joe Stoltman Vice President of Theater Operations Bill Riker Project Manager Tim Bailey C Facility Manager
Indicates 5+ years of service Indicates 10+ years of service Indicates 15+ years of service Indicates 20+ years of service Indicates 25+ years of service
Linda Van Derveer l Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving Leah J. Anglum l Manager of Patron Relations & Development Operations Audrey E. Carmeli Manager of Corporate & Foundation Relations MARKETING & GUEST SERVICES Howard Levine Vice President of Marketing & Guest Services Marketing Kelly Blithe l Director of Communications Tracy Furr C Creative Director Jason Paddock u Director of Event Marketing Hanna Wasserman Marketing Coordinator Garry Owen u Sales Manager & Ticket Concierge
Production Marian Zennie Production Manager
Gary Frangione u Inventory Control Supervisor and Ticket Concierge
Craig Werner 9 Master Electrician, Lighting Designer
Guest Services Don McKim C Director of Ticketing Services
Willie Weist C Head Audio Michael G. Sivetz 9 Master Carpenter Richard Stanek 9 Head Technician Roman Klima C Head Video Technician William K. Pocsik Head Flyman Front of House Jessica Trechak l Director of Event Services
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Lisa L. Patterson Capital Campaign Director
Dan Lyons u Concessions Manager
Raymond Dobrovolsky Guest Services Director Alison A. Hegarty l Guest Services Assistant Manager Susan Blumert Z Guest Services Sales Associate PROGRAMMING Simma Levine Programming Consultant State Theatre New Jersey is proud to be associated with the professional technicians of IATSE Local #21
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MAYHEM! Back by popular demand, the Mayhem Poets delivered two stellar (and sold out!) performances for schools. Photos by Jeffrey Auger.
HOLIDAY CHEER BACKSTAGE AT THE STATE State Theatre President & CEO Sarah Chaplin (right) backstage with author and journalist Bob Woodward and the moderator for “An Evening with Bob Woodward,� former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
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Smiles all around this past December during our many holiday performances. Below from left to right: Dave Koz & Friends celebrated the season with Christmas favorites; Melissa Etheridge rocked the State Theatre with her festive guitar (Photo by Love Imagery); Guests at a performance of Cirque Dreams Holidaze .
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