TPA Program: Les Ballets Trockadero & Geoff Sobelle by Texas Performing Arts

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo JAN 19 | BASS CONCERT HALL

Geoff Sobelle FOOD FEB 1–4 | MCCULLOUGH THEATRE

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Beyond the Performance At Texas Performing Arts we make sure engagement with the arts extends beyond the stage, both on campus and in the community. Through workshops, discussions, youth performances, and more, we strive for everyone to be able to feed their artistic spirit.

The Women Drummers of Rwanda and playwright Kiki Katese joined the Carver Museum and community members for a special performance and discussion in conjunction with the Texas premiere of her acclaimed new play The Book of Life.

Members of celebrated contemporary dance company MOMIX led a workshop for ballet students in UT’s Theatre & Dance Department during the national tour of new dance work Alice. Photo by Aubrey Felty.

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Killeen High School AP European History students attended a performance of the Broadway smash hit SIX: The Musical followed by a talkback with company members as part of TPA’s Broadway Experience for Youth program.

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Take a Bow! Austin’s own Langston Lee Wins National Jimmy Award Last June the most talented teenagers from across the country took the stage at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City for the 14th National High School Musical Theatre Awards®, better known as the Jimmys. Among them, two Austinarea students, Langston Lee and Kyra Carr had the opportunity to compete on the Broadway stage with 94 other nominees. This annual awards event is a coast-tocoast celebration of outstanding student achievement recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance, and acting performance. Both Langston and Kyra are winners of the 2023 Heller Awards for Young Artists for leading roles in their high school musicals. This was the first year that Heller winners could compete at the national level, thanks to a partnership with Texas Performing Arts, a member of the Broadway League. At the end of an unforgettable evening of show-stopping performances, the top honor of Best Performance by an Actor was awarded to Langston.

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Texas Performing Arts presents

Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

Featuring Colette Adae Ludmila Beaulemova Maria Clubfoot Holly Dey-Abroad Nadia Doumiafeyva Elvira Khababgallina Varvara Laptopova Anya Marx Resi Oachkatzlschwoaf Grunya Protazova Olga Supphozova Gerd Törd Bertha Vinayshinsky Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya Blagovesta Zlotmachinskaya Bruno Backpfeifengesicht Ilya Bobovnikov Boris Dumbkopf Araf Legupski Marat Legupski Sergey Legupski Timur Legupski Mikhail Mudkin Boris Mudko Chip Pididouda Yuri Smirnov Kravlji Snepek Pavel Törd Jens Witzelsucht Tino Xirau-Lopez

Tory Dobrin Artistic Director Liz Harler Executive Director Isabel Martinez Rivera Associate Director Raffaele Morra Ballet Master Shelby Sonnenberg Production Manager The Trocks would like to dedicate tonight’s performance to the memory of Mike McKinley, an early Trockadero Artist and longtime resident of Austin. 14 texasperformingarts.org

DANCERS Blagovesta Zlotmachinskaya and Mikhail Mudkin Olga Supphozova and Yuri Smirnov Gerd Törd and Pavel Törd Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya and Araf Legupski Resi Oachikatzlschwoaf and Ilya Bobovnikov Elvira Khababgallina and Sergey Legupski Maria Clubfoot and Tino Xirau-Lopez Anya Marx and Chip Pididouda Nadia Doumiafeyva and Kravlji Snepek Holly Dey-Abroad and Bruno Backpfeifengesicht Ludmila Beaulemova and Jens Witzelsucht Bertha Vinayshinsky and Boris Mudko Grunya Protazova and Marat Legupski Colette Adae and Timur Legupski Varvara Laptopova and Boris Dumbkopf

Raydel Caceres Robert Carter Matias Dominguez Escrig Andrea Fabbri Gabriel Foley Kevin Garcia Alejandro Gonzalez Rodriguez Shohei Iwahama Philip Martin-Nielson Felix Molinero del Paso Trent Montgomery Sergio Najera Salvador Sasot Sellart Jake Speakman Takaomi Yoshino

COMPANY STAFF Artistic Director Tory Dobrin Executive Director Liz Harler Associate Director Isabel Martinez Rivera Ballet Master Raffaele Morra Production Manager Shelby Sonnenberg Lighting Supervisor Matthew Weisgable Wardrobe Supervisor Andrea Mejuto Production Associate Anthony Feola Company Advancement Associate MaryBeth Rodgers Education Manager Roy Fialkow Digital Engagement Manager Anne Posluszny Fundraising Consultant LG Capital for Culture Costume Designers Ken Busbin, Jeffrey Sturdivant Stylistic Guru Marius Petipa Orthopedic Consultant Dr. David S. Weiss Photographer Zoran Jelenic Supported by the Phillip Auth Endowed Dance Fund for Texas Performing Arts Media Sponsor: Austin PBS, KUT-FM, Gay.Do512 texasperformingarts.org

Les Sylphides Music By Frederic Chopin Originally Staged For The Trockadero By Alexandre Minz Costumes By Mike Gonzales, After Benois Decor By John Claassen Lighting By Kip Marsh Originally entitled Chopiniana, this ballet was produced as a charity benefit in St. Petersburg in 1907 as a series of idealized incidents in Chopin’s life. Restructured and presented in the first 1909 Ballets Russes season in Paris under Diaghilev’s title, Les Sylphides, Michel Fokine created this dance suite unifying music and movement in an implied drama of Romanticism. Les Sylphides is famous as the first “abstract” classical ballet, without narrative structure or defined characters. Although it atmospherically suggests Giselle and La Sylphide, the sentiments aroused spring from the sublime music of Chopin– the evanescence of dreams, desire, and melancholy. The first Ballets Russes cast included Pavlova, Karsavina, Baldina, and Nijinsky. Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 2 Valse, Op. 70, No. 1 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 7 Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 3 Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 3 Valse, Op. 64, No. 2 Valse, Op. 18., No 1

The Company Nadia Doumiafeyva Elvira Khababgallina Araf Legupski Varvara Laptopova Elvira Khababgallina and Araf Legupski The Company

-IntermissionPas De Deux, Solo Or Modern Work To Be Announced Go For Barocco Music By J.S. Bach Choreography By Peter Anastos Costumes By Mike Gonzales Lighting By Kip Marsh Stylistic heir to Balanchine’s Middle-Blue-Verging-On-Black-and-White Period, this ballet has become a primer in identifying stark coolness and choreosymphonic delineation in the new(neo) neo-new classic dance. It has been called a wristwatch for Balanchine clock-time. Varvara Laptopova and Grunya Protazova With Ludmila Beaulemova, Holly Dey-Abroad, Anya Marx, Resi Oachkatzlschwoaf

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-IntermissionValpurgeyeva Noch (“Walpurgisnacht”) Music By Charles Gounod Staged And With Additional Choreography By Elena Kunikova After Leonid Lavrovsky Costumes By Nicole Valencia-Gann Lighting By Jax Messenger Décor By Kip Marsh This ballet is inspired by the Bolshoi Ballet’s Valpurgeyeva Noch, which Russians have long respected as a specimen of Soviet balletic camp. Bacchante Nadia Doumiafeyva Bacchus

Pavel Törd

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Boris Dumbkopf

Fauns Marat Legupski, Chip Pididouda, Timur Legupski, Mikhail Mudkin Nymphs Elvira Khababgallina, Olga Supphozova, Ludmila Beaulemova Maidens

Artists Of The Trockadero

Music for ballets on the program is conducted by Pierre Michel Durand with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Pavel Prantl, Leader

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Make up provided by MAC Cosmetics The official Pointe Shoe provided by Nikolay

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COMPANY HISTORY Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 by New York City-based ballet enthusiasts in order to present a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and with men performing all of the roles – and in the case of roles usually danced by women: en travesti and en pointe. Founders Peter Anastos, Anthony Bassae, and Natch Taylor broke away from Larry Ree’s Gloxinia Trockadero Ballet to create a dance- and choreography-focused company. They put on their first shows on the makeshift stage of the West Side Discussion Group, an early gay and lesbian political organization, which was led by future Trockadero General Director Eugene McDougle. The performances were infused with a subversive edge as the country was still a long way from bringing drag performance to a mainstream audience. The Trocks, as they are affectionately known, soon garnered critical acclaim and cultural cachet in publications with major reach, such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the Village Voice. By mid-1975, the company’s inspired blend of dance knowledge, comedy, and athleticism, moved beyond New York City when the Trocks qualified for the National Endowment for the Arts Touring Program, hired a full-time teacher and ballet mistress, AND made its first extended tours of the United States and Canada. Packing, unpacking, and repacking tutus and drops, stocking giant-sized toe shoes by

the case, and running for planes and chartered buses all became routine parts of life. They have been going non-stop ever since, appearing in 43 countries and more than 660 cities worldwide. The company has garnered a dedicated fan base, repeating performances in countries year after year, and continuing to add first-time engagements as the company enters its 50th Anniversary season. Interest and accolades have accumulated over the years. The Trocks have proved an alluring documentary subject, featured in an Emmy-winning episode of the acclaimed British arts program The South Bank Show; the 2017 feature film Rebels on Pointe; and most recently Ballerina Boys, which aired on PBS American Masters in 2021. Several of the Trocks’ performances at the Maison de la Danse in Lyon, France, were also aired by Dutch, French and Japanese TV networks. Other television appearances have ranged from a Shirley MacLaine special to the Dick Cavett Show, What’s My Line?, Real People, and On-Stage America. The dancers also have the distinction of appearing with Kermit and Miss Piggy on Muppet Babies. The company’s awards include a prestigious UK Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Classical Repertoire (2007) and nomination for Outstanding Company (2016), the UK Theatrical Managers Award (2006); and the Positano Award for Excellence in Dance (2007, Italy). The company has appeared in multiple galas and benefits over the years, including at the 80th anniversary Royal

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Variety Performance to aid the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund in December 2008, which was attended by members of the British Royal family, including the (now) King Charles III. The original concept of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has not changed. It is a company of professional male dancers performing the full range of ballet and modern dance repertoire, including classical and original works in faithful renditions of the manners and conceits of those dance styles. The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance. Muscular, athletic bodies delicately balancing on toes as swans, sylphs, water sprites, romantic princesses, and angst-ridden Victorian ladies enhance the appreciation for the art form, delighting die-hard ballet fans and newcomers alike. Looking to the future, the Trocks are making plans for new commissions, new debuts, and new audiences, while continuing the company’s original mission: to bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience. The company will, as they have for 50 years, “keep on Trockin’.” –– Program subject to change without notice. trockadero.org facebook.com/thetrocks Instagram @lesballetstrockadero

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LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO, Inc. is a nonprofit dance company chartered by the State of New York. Martha Cooper, president; Jenny Palmer, vice-president; Amy Minter, treasurer; Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis, secretary. James C.P. Berry, Tory Dobrin All contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law. Special Thanks to our Major Institutional Supporters: Booth Ferris Foundation The New York Community Trust The Howard Gilman Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus foundation Rallis Foundation Shubert Foundation This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Major support for the Choreography Institute is provided by Denise Littlefield Sobel. Thanks to our local and state cultural funding agencies for their contributions to our work in New York with support, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; and the NYU Community Fund. Thanks to our Board of Directors and individual supporters for their generous contributions that make our nonprofit mission possible. 19

MEET THE ARTISTS Colette Adae was orphaned at the age of three when her mother, a ballerina of some dubious distinction, impaled herself on the first violinist’s bow after a series of rather uncontrolled “fouette voyage.” Colette was raised and educated with the “rats” of the Opera House but the trauma of her childhood never let her reach her full potential. However, under the kind and watchful eye of the Trockadero, she has begun to flower and we are sure you will enjoy watching her growth. Ludmila Beaulemova, famed country and western ballerina and formerly prima ballerina of the grand Ole Opry, recently defected from that company when they moved to their new Nashville home. The rift was caused by their refusal to stage the ballet with which her name has become synonymous, I Never Promised You a Rose Adagio. Maria Clubfoot. The latest of the great Native American ballerinas: Larkin, Tallchief (Maria and Marjorie), Clubfoot. Maria, pride of the Luni tribe, blazed a path with her interpretation of “Slaughter on 10th Avenue,” set in the Wolf Den club at Mohegan Sun. Maria appears with the Trockadero under special permission from Federal authorities. Holly Dey-Abroad. Miss DeyAbroad lacks the talent and intelligence that are required to be good at dancing and did not understand that this lack of talent and intelligence are often the same qualities needed to recognize

that one is not good at dancing— and if one lacks such talent and intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not good at dancing. Consequently she auditioned for the Trocks and was accepted. Nadia Doumiafeyva. No one who has seen Heliazpopkin will soon forget the spiritual athleticism of Nadia Doumiafeyva, a child of Caucasus who changed her name for show business reasons. Her fiery attack, combined with her lyric somnolence, produces confusion in audiences the world over, particularly when applied to ballet. Elvira Khababgallina, voted “the girl most likely to,” is the living example that a common hardworking girl can make it to the top. Our friendly ballerina was pounding the pavement looking for work when the Trockadero found her. Her brilliant technique has endeared her to several fans, as well as to some of the stage hands. Her motto is “a smile is better than talent.” Her nickname is... well, never mind what her nickname is. Varvara Laptopova is one of those rare dancers who, with one look at a ballet, not only knows all the steps but can also dance all the roles. As a former member of the Kiev Toe and Heel Club, she was awarded first-prize at the Pan-Siberian Czardash and Kazotski Festival for artistic misinterpretation. Anya Marx comes to the ballet stage after her hair-raising escape from the successful (but not terribly tasteful) overthrow of her country’s glamorous government. She made

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a counter-revolutionary figure of herself when she was arrested for single-handedly storming the State Museum of Revolutionary Evolution, where her fabulous collection of jewels were being insensitively displayed alongside a machine gun. The resilient Madame Marx is currently the proprietress of America’s only mail order Course in Classical Ballet. Resi Oachkatzlschwoaf was born on a locomotive speeding through the Alps in her native Bavaria. She quickly realized the limitations of her native folk dancing and quaint handicrafts. After her arrival in America, she learned everything she now knows about ballet from a seminar entitled “Evil Fairies on the Periphery of the Classical Dance.” Grunya Protazova is the missing link between the crustaceans of the old Russian school and the more modern amphibians now dancing. Before joining the Trockadero, Grunya was the featured ballerina at Sea World, where her famous autobiographic solo, Dance of the Lower Orders, brought several marine biologists to tears. Olga Supphozova made her first public appearance in a police lineup under dubious circumstances. After a seven-year-to-life hiatus, she now returns to her adoring fans. When questioned about her forced sabbatical, Olga’s only comment was “I did it for Art’s sake.” Art, however, said nothing. Gerd Törd, “The Prune Danish of Russian Ballet,” abandoned an enormously successful career as a film actress to become a texasperformingarts.org

Trockadero ballerina. Her faithful fans, however, need not despair as most of her great films have been made into ballets: the searing Back to Back, the tear-filled Thighs and Blisters, and the immortal sevenpart Screams from a Carriage. Because of her theatrical flair, Gerd has chosen to explore the more dramatic aspects of ballet, causing one critic to rename her Giselle, “What’s my Line?” Bertha Vinayshinsky has defected to America three times and been promptly returned on each occasion -- for “artistic reasons.” Recently discovered “en omelette” at the Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, D.C. Prima Ballerina Vinayshinksky was hired by the Trockadero, where their inexplicable rise to stardom answers the musical question: Who put the bop in the bop-shibop shibop? Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya created many original roles in St. Petersburg where she was the last of a long line of Italian etoiles to appear at the Maryinsky Theater. It was her dazzling triumph in the role of “Electricity” in the extravagant “Excelsior” in her native Milan which brought her fame. However, no less electrifying was the line up of perfectly trained elephants, performing like the present day Rockettes. Unfortunately, Mlle Youbetyabootskaya’s jealous scenes over the publicity given to these elephants and their ensuing popularity with the public, caused numerous problems. She subsequently refused to appear again in this role.

Blagovesta Zlotmachinskaya. Ever since her auspicious debut as the Left Nostril in the ballet extracted from The Nose by Gogol, Blagovesta has shown a unique appreciation of her homeland’s literary heritage. Back home, she is best known as the star of the hit TV show Challenge Anna Karenina, in which the eponymous heroine of Tolstoy’s classic novel seeks to expose the fin de siecle malaise at the heart of pre-Revolutionary Russia with the aid of a helicopter and walkie-talkie.

COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES Raydel Caceres Birthplace: Pinar del Río, Cuba Training: Centro pro danzaLaura Alonso Joined Trockadero: July 2023 Previous companies: California Ballet, Twins City Ballet of MN, Ballet Theater of Maryland, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami. Robert Carter Birthplace: Charleston, SC Training: Robert Ivey Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: November 1995 Previous companies: Florence Civic Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble, Bay Ballet Theater. Matias Dominguez Escrig Birthplace: Santiago, Chile Training: José Espadero Professional Dance Conservatory, Sofia Sancho Dance School, Madrid Dance Center. Joined Trockadero: October 2023 Previous company: International Ballet Festival

Andrea Fabbri Birthplace: Lugo, Italy Training: Il Balleto, The HARID Convservatory. Joined Trockadero: October 2023 Previous companies: Los Angeles Ballet, Estonian National Ballet. Gabriel Foley Birthplace: Overland Park, KS Training: Ballet Chicago, Miami City Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre. Joined Trockadero: July 2023 Previous companies: City Ballet of San Diego, Queer the Ballet. Kevin Garcia Birthplace: Gran Canaria, Spain Training: Centro Coreografico de Las Palmas Trini Borrull, Conservatory of Dance Carmen Amaya. Joined Trockadero: August 2017 Previous companies: Ballet Jose Manuel Armas, Lifedanscenter, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Alejandro Gonzalez Rodriguez Birthplace: Holguin, Cuba Training: Camaguey Academy of Ballet, Provincial Ballet School, Holguin, Cuba Joined Trockadero: May 2019 Previous companies: Holguin Chamber Ballet, Ecuadorian Chamber Ballet, Municipal Ballet of Lima, Peru Shohei Iwahama Birthplace: Komae-shi, Tokyo, Japan Training: Sam Houston State University, The Ailey School, Miyako Kato Dance Academy. Joined Trockadero: March 2022 Previous Companies: NobleMotion Dance, James Sewell Ballet, Hope Stone Dance.

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Philip Martin-Nielson Birthplace: Middletown, NY Training: Natasha Bar, School of American Ballet, Chautauqua Institution of Dance. Joined Trockadero: September 2012 Previous company: North Carolina Dance Theater

Jake Speakman Birthplace: Philadelphia PA Training: Marymount Manhattan College Joined Trockadero: November 2021 Previous companies: New York Dance Project, New York Theater Ballet.

Felix Molinero Del Paso Birthplace: Granada, Spain Training: Hochschule fur Darstellende kunst Frankfurt am Main Joined Trockadero: August 2019

Takaomi Yoshino Birthplace: Osaka, Japan Training: Vaganova Ballet Academy, Ellison Ballet. Joined Trockadero: August 2018 Previous company: Atlantic City Ballet

Trent Montgomery Birthplace: McGehee, AR Training: Arkansas Academy of Dance, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Accademiá dell’Arte, Florida State University. Joined Trockadero: August 2021 Previous companies: Arkansas Festival Ballet, Tallahassee Ballet. Sergio Najera Birthplace: México City Training: Dance School of Mexico City, Joffrey Ballet School, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. Joined Trockadero: February 2023 Previous companies: Ballet Folklorico De México de Amalia Hernández, Convexus, Contemporary Ballet, FABC, Mexico de Colores. Salvador Sasot Sellart Birthplace: Lleida, Spain. Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid Mariemma, Escuela de Ballet Camina Ocaña and Pablo Savoye. Joined Trockadero: August 2019 Previous company: Severočeske Divadlo Opera a Balet texasperformingarts.org

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Texas Performing Arts presents TEXAS PREMIERE

Geoff Sobelle FOOD

FOOD is commissioned by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Arizona State University – Gammage, FringeArts Philadelphia, Allen & Meghan Thorpe, and Garth Patil. Additional support provided by the Wyncote Foundation. Developmental support provided by Mercury Store. Media Sponsor: KMFA-FM 24 texasperformingarts.org

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Credits Creator, Performer & Co-Director, Geoff Sobelle Co-Creator/Magician, Steve Cuiffo Co-Director, Lee Sunday Evans Sound Design, Tei Blow Original Lighting Design, Isabella Byrd Lighting Design, Devin Cameron Chandelier Creation, Steven Dufala Props Creation, Jessie Baldinger, Julian Crouch, Steve Cuiffo, Nathan (Pierre) Lemoine, Raphael Mishler, Connor O’Leary, Geoff Sobelle, Matthew Soltesz, Christopher Swetcky Associate Sound Design, Tyler Kieffer Creative Stage Manager, Lisa McGinn Assistant Stage Manager, Red Guhde Production Manager/Technical Director, Chris Swetcky Creative Producer, Jecca Barry A Note from Geoff Sobelle A quick caveat to the show’s crediting While the following people absolutely did the following jobs, each and every one of them did much much more - and in a manner that is difficult to describe exactly. All of these humans, including most of the people in the “special thanks,” contributed not just their skills, but their ideas. Their opinions, taste, personal experiences, and generosity of spirit created a culture for “FOOD” that has been specific, vibrant and vital. Their collective imagination (as well as their labor) has fueled the integrity and delirium of this show. – Geoff Sobelle Special Thanks Adam Blumenthal, Sophie Bortolussi, Ryan Bourke, Violaine de Carné, Ernesto Collado, Joey Cosio-Mercado, John Del Gaudio, Jim Findlay, Will Frear, Tyler Gunther, Kevin Hanley, Hermitage Artists Retreat, Nate Lemoine, Jeremy Lydic, Dick & Liz Sobelle, Matthew Soltesz, Tannen’s Magic, UCDavis - and all of the cast/crew of the first FOOD show

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film of “White Noise” directed by Noah Baumbach, was the Magic Geoff Sobelle (Creator/Performer/ Consultant for the new season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Other Co-Director) is a US-based actor work includes: Illusion Design and creator devoted to making for Geoff Sobelle’s “Home” and original actor-driven performance “The Object Lesson”; Magic for works. His shows include: HOME, Thaddeus Phillips’ “Zoo Motel”, The Object Lesson, The Elephant Magic Director for “David Blaine Room, all wear bowlers and : Live”; an associate with the machines machines machines Wooster Group theater company; machines machines machines and co-founder of Secret Arts. machines (among others). He has received commissions from BAM, Lincoln Center, Arizona State Lee Sunday Evans (Co-Director) is a two-time Obie Award-winning University, Center Theatre Group, director + choreographer, and the Edinburgh International Festival Artistic Director of Waterwell. and The New Zealand Festival. His Recent credits include Oratorio shows have been recognized by a for Living Things by Heather Bessie Award, an Obie Award in Christian, Dance Nation by Clare design, two Edinburgh Fringe First Barron, HOME by Geoff Sobelle, Awards, the Best of Edinburgh In the Green by Grace McLean, Award, a Total Theatre Award and Detroit Red by Will Power and The an Innovative Theatre Award. He Courtroom, a reenactment of one is a Pew Fellow and a Creative woman’s deportation hearings Capital Grantee. Geoff was a company member of Philadelphia’s with transcripts arranged by Arian Moayed, now a feature film Pig Iron Theatre Company from (www.thecourtroomfilm.com). 2001-2012. He trained in physical Her work has been seen at The theater at the Lecoq school in Paris and is a graduate of Stanford Public Theater, Lincoln Center, University. www.geoffsobelle.com BAM, Playwrights Horizons, Steppenwolf, The Atlantic, WP Theater, The Play Company, The Steve Cuiffo (Co-Creator/ Bushwick Starr, ArtsEmerson, Magician) is a magician and Edinburgh International Festival, theater maker who creates among others. She is also a cosolo performance, as well as creator of The Flores Exhibits collaborative works with other (www.flores-exhibits.org) artists, filmmakers and theater companies. His work incorporates Isabella Byrd (Lighting Design) aspects of sleight of hand, is a Brooklyn-based artist. New misdirection, imitation and York credits include Sanctuary reenactment to create unique City and Light Shining in performance, art, theater and Buckinghamshire both at New York magic. Most recently he was the Theatre Workshop. Heroes of the Illusion & Lip Sync Consultant Fourth Turning, Corsicana, and for Lucas Hnath’s “Dana H.” on Thanksgiving Play at Playwrights Broadway, created Sleight Of Horizons. Epiphany (Lincoln Hand for the upcoming feature 26 texasperformingarts.org

Center.) PLANO (Clubbed Thumb), “DADDY” A Melodrama (Vineyard/ New Group), and Continuity (MTC.) International: Cabaret (West End, Olivier nomination), Endgame (Gate Theatre, Dublin), “DADDY” A Melodrama (Almeida, London.) Regional: ACT San Francisco, Actors Theatre Louisville, Alley Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Hartford Stage, Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Westport, and Williamstown. Upcoming: Epiphany at Lincoln Center, Corsicana at Playwrights Horizons. Awards: Lucille Lortel, Henry Hewes, Obies. USA829 member, www.isabellabyrd.design Devin Cameron (Lighting Design) For over two decades, Devin Cameron has illuminated the worlds of theatre, dance, music, and immersive experiences. From New York City’s premier stages to acclaimed global venues, the New York Times has recognized his work as “brilliantly designed” and “extraordinary.” Notable design credits include the Drama Desk Award-winning “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart” with the National Theatre of Scotland, Toshi Reagon’s “Parable of the Sower” at Lincoln Center, “Carmen” with Opera Naples, and myriad productions for Norwegian Cruise Line. In addition, Devin holds longstanding positions with two esteemed institutions: resident lighting designer for Punchdrunk’s groundbreaking “Sleep No More,” and theatrical lighting designer for Apple’s Steve Jobs Theatre, where he has had the privilege of collaborating with the likes of Malala Yousafzai and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. devincameron.com texasperformingarts.org

Tei Blow (Sound Design) is a media designer and performance maker. Tei’s work combines original compositions with found sound and images, and re-produces them with obsolete technology and live bodies. He has performed and designed with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Big Dance Theater, David Neumann/ Advanced Beginner Group, and The Future of Death. Tei’s work has been featured at Hartford Stage, Dance Theater Workshop, PS122, Lincoln Center, The Kitchen, BAM, The Public Theater, The Broad Stage, MCA Chicago, MFA Boston, Kate Werble Gallery, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Roundabout, The Wadsworth Atheneum, and at theaters around the world. He is the recipient of a 2019 Baryshnikov Arts Center Cage/Cunningham Fellowship, A 2016 NYSCA Composer’s Grant, and a 2015 “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Sound Design for David Neumann/ Advanced Beginner Group’s “I Understand Everything Better,”. Tei is 1/2 of Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, whose ongoing multipart series “The Art of Luv” received the Creative Capital Award. Tyler Kieffer (Sound Associate) is the Assistant Professor of Sound Design and Technology for LSU Theatre. His work is primarily new plays, opera, and immersive theatre and has been twice nominated for the New York Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Sound Design in 2019 for Will Arbery’s Plano and in 2021 for Tectonic Theater Project’s Seven Deadly Sins. Other recent credits include Craters (Swine Palace); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tribes (Le Petit Theater), Parcel From America (Smock 27

Alley Theater, Dublin) and Of A Mind a new immersive headphone experience for Oklahoma City Repertory Theater. tylerkieffer.com Lisa McGinn (Production Stage Manager) Recent credits: Geoff Sobelle’s Home and The Object Lesson; Elephant Room: Dust from the Stars (Center Theatre Group); Underground Railroad Game (Jennifer Kidwell, Scott R. Sheppard, Ars Nova, tour); A Hard Time (Pig Iron Theatre Co), Ocean Filibuster and How to Build a Forest (PearlDamour/ART); Detroit Red (ArtsEmerson); Sleep (Ripe Time Theatre); Chimera and The Wholehearted (Stein | Holum Projects); This is Reading (Lynn Nottage, Kate Whoriskey); LA Dance Project (European tour); Jacuzzi (The Debate Society/Ars Nova); The Light Years (The Debate Society/NYSAF); Revolt. She said. Revolt Again and Winners and Losers (Soho Rep); Rememberer and Open House (Steven Reker); Eager to Lose (Ars Nova); Forbidden Creature Virgin Whore; From the Spot Where We/You/I Stand (Stood) (Miller Rothlein Dance); You, My Mother (Theatre of a TwoHeaded Calf); Card and Gift and Baby Screams Miracle (Clubbed Thumb); The Seagull and Ivanov (Chekhov at Lake Lucille); The Room Sings, The Peripherals; Hot Lunch Apostles (Talking Band). RED (Assistant Stage Manager) (he/they) is a trans theater maker, designer, and enthusiastic gendercannibal. RED received their BM at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Music and their Masters in Theater at Sarah Lawrence. RED has previously scenic designed

RABBITS RABBITS, SPOUT, WAKE UP (SLC) as well as Scenic Assistant/ Prop Master for URINETOWN (SLC). His scenic and prop design work was featured in CITYSCRAPE by Sophie McIntosh at Arts on Site and WILLA’S AUTHENTIC SELF by writer Lisa Clair at Theater Mitu in May of this year. They are thrilled be part of the FOOD tour. They most recently performed as Albert Cashier in THE VICKSBURG PROJECT (Mabou Mines) and was in THE BEAUTIFUL LADY (La MaMa) this May under the direction of Anne Bogart. RED is a New York Musical Festival award winner, and has performed at prominent venues and theaters across NYC. They have puppeteered alongside Little Amal, Processional Arts, Basil Twist, St. Anne’s Warehouse, and Bread and Puppet Theater. RED was a presenter at the 2022 CUNY Graduate Conference: Theater in Rupture. Website: www.theaterinthered.com Chris Swetcky (Technical Director/Production Manager) has held positions as the head of Technical Direction for the School of Theatre at Penn State University, and Technical Director for CalArts. In addition to his work in academics, Chris has worked at numerous venues across the country including most recently as Production Manager for Classical Theatre of Harlem’s First Noel at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. He was also Technical Director for the Ouroboro’s Trilogy, a compilation of three operas, Naga, Gilgamesh and Madame White Snake, performed at the Majestic Theatre in Boston. Chris previously worked for American Repertory Theater

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts as Associate Technical Director. While at A.R.T. Chris worked on numerous productions including a few Broadway hits, such as Porgy and Bess, Pippin, All the Way and most recently Finding Neverland. Jecca Barry (Creative Producer) is an independent theatre, theatre, film, and music producer. She is the founder and creative producer of Fin Productions, and a co-founder of Up Until Now Collective. Jecca’s practice focuses on developing work with artists that are challenging the conventions of the performing arts industry. From 2012-2022, she served as Executive Director of the acclaimed production company Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and was a Co-Director of New York’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival from 2017-2022. Jecca has overseen the commissioning, development, production and touring of over 30 new theatre, music-theatre, and opera works, and has toured those works to over 40 national and 18 international venues. Jecca holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in avantgarde flute performance from the Royal Northern College of Music and New York University.

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Board Members

Brian Haley, Chair Kristin Alexander Carly Christopher Jaime Davila Tamara Dorrance Debbie Dupré Dennis Eakin Deborah Green Mike Herman Steve Houston

Steve Kahng Nancy & Angus Littlejohn Chris Mattsson Lauren Reid Marc Seriff Lisa B. Thompson Natasa & Michael Valocchi

Major Donors Texas Performing Arts is a nonprofit supported by generous patrons and donors. We extend a special thank you to the following major supporters:* $100,000+

Anonymous Kristin and Joshua Alexander Carly & Clayton Christopher William & Anita Cochran Jaime Davila Kandace & Dennis Eakin Deborah Green Caroline & Brian Haley Abbey & Mike Herman

Mimi & Steve Houston Maria & Steve Kahng Nancy & Angus Littlejohn Julia Marsden Chris Mattsson Susan & Robert Morse Carolyn & Marc Seriff The Tocker Foundation Natasa & Michael Valocchi

$50,000–99,999

Carolyn Rice Bartlett Charitable Foundation Isabella Cunningham $10,000–49,999 Mary Ann & Andrew Heller Marcia & Gary Nelson Bettye Nowlin Laura & David Starks

Special gratitude to donors who have established endowments at Texas Performing Arts to provide long-term funding for mission-driven projects and programs:

Alex and Dee Massad Endowment Fund Arts Education Endowment Joann and Gaylord Jentz Endowment for Student Engagement Kathy Panoff Texas Performing Arts Student Engagement Endowment Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Concert Hall Endowment William & Anita Cochran Endowment for Performing Arts Access & Education Phillip Auth Endowed Dance Fund for Texas Performing Arts PAC Fund for the Creation of New American Art Performing Arts Center Endowment for Performing Excellence Robert L. Tocker Endowed Excellence Fund for Student Volunteerism Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production Z. T. Scott Family Endowment for the Performing Arts 30

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Executive and Artistic Director

Facility Manager and Senior Technical Director

Staging and Rigging Supervisor

Artistic & Executive Project Manager

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Assistant Staging and Rigging Supervisor

BUSINESS OFFICE

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Robert Cross

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Associate Director of Fabrication

Production Supervisor

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Associate Director of Fabrication

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Chris Payeur

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Leigh Remeny Business Operations Manager DEVELOPMENT

Anna Langdell Director of Development

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Design Manager

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Marketing Specialist, Digital Media

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Brady Dyer

Tim Rogers

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Director of Education and Engagement

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Brenda Simms Education Program Manager

Aubrey Felty Emerging Arts Professional, Education and Engagement FABRICATION & ACADEMIC PRODUCTION

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Associate Director, Marketing PRODUCTION

Jim Larkin

Ruben Vasquez

Bobby Asher Director of Programming

Brendan Burke Programming Manager

Mika O’Dwyer Emerging Arts Professional, Event Management TICKETING & GUEST EXPERIENCE

Blake McDonald Director of Guest Experience

Amanda Adams Associate Director, Guest Services

Meredith Delay Patron Services Manager

Tess Todora Director of Ticketing

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Director of Production

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Dianne Whitehair

Lighting Supervisor

Camryn Senioris Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Ticketing Systems Manager

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Texas Performing Arts is also proud to acknowledge the hundreds of part-time and volunteer staff who play a critical role in presenting our annual season of world-class performing arts events to the Austin community.

House Managers Dina Black Virginia Bosman Margaret Byron Nancy Carrales Sheri Dildy Janine Dos Remedios Tony C Garcia Sam Hallam Leslie Hawkins Carlos Hernandez-Heine Olga Kasma-Carnes

Charlotte Klein Tamara Klindt Sharon Kojzarek Eric Lee Lara Miller Mad Poarch Kimberly Reaves Jessica Reed Lee Rodgers Mary Ruiz Simon Salinas

Micah Sall Gracie Sanders Hasina Shah Andrea R Stanfill Castro Debra Thomas Kristine Tydlacka Leah Waheed Marty Watson Tonya Woods Sally Zukonik

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Student Employees Sophia Alikakos Alina Almaraz Cassandra Amaya Samia Arni Leah Austin Arash Baghipour Elizabeth Banda Dina Barrish Georgia Beckham Nahla Beltran Zoe Bihan Hayley Carbajal Christian Carmona Mathaly Carranza Demian Chavez Audrey Clay Bridgette Clifford Adam Coronado Maria Dalton Kaila Delafance Christina Dove Griffin Drake Amanda Earp Gabriela Escamilla Laine Farber Carla Garcia Leija Indigo Giles texasperformingarts.org

Gabriel Gomez-Reyes Anna Graber Noah Graham Joshua Hale Samuel Hallam Catherine Heeman Faith Hilchey Madison Jackson Joe Jaxson Victoria Jefferson Bindi Kaplan Abigail Lantis Austin Livingston Theary Lloyd Austin Luchak Josh Martin Gilbert Martinez Jonah Maughan Krista Mcleod Joyce Medina Samantha Moles Genevieve MonterrosoSyevens Braden Newlun Lanna Nguyen Katelyn Nguyen Insha Noorani

Benjamin Nunn Ngozi Onya Sereniti Patterson Vaishnavi Penta Leila Rabah Zackary Reed Bryce Riggle Natalia Rodenzo Hayley “Lee” Rodgers Lorena Rogers Elyse Rosario Victoria Salazar Monse Sandoval-Maherbe Nitsan Scharf Hasina Shah Matthew Smith Ashlyn Stansell Nguyen Tang Julia Thompson Michelle Upham Isabel Velasquez Lyric Villarreal Rylee Vines Cassidy Wen Julia Yelvington

Texas Inner Circle Members Texas Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the financial support of our members. Each year, members help fund robust education and engagement initiatives, affordable student tickets, and critical student employment opportunities that make Texas Performing Arts so much more than what you see on our stages.

Donations made as of Aug 15, 2023 We regret that limited space does not allow us to list every member. For information on ways to give, please visit texasperformingarts.org/ membership, call the membership office at 512.232.8567, or email us at support@texasperformingarts.org.

*Corporate Circle members

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000+

Malu Alvarez Virginia and Gilbert Burciaga Heather Crenshaw Petkovsek Lynne Dobson and Greg Woodridge

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Anonymous Kayla Christie Joanne Guariglia Drs. Lynn Azuma and Brian Hall Christie Barany Deepika and Somdipta Basu Roy Debra Bawcom Kelli and John Carlton Lee Carnes Edwina P. Carrington ChemCentric* Suzanne and Bill Childs Colleen Clark Sue and Kevin Cloud John Coers Elizabeth Curtis Barbara Ellis and Alex McAlmon Soriya Estes and Kelli House Jim Ferguson and Art Sansone Jane Flieller Frost Bank* Phil and Lisa Gilbert Shawn Smith Gleason and Brian Gleason Radena and Brian Hampton Lisa Harris Gladys M. Heavilin Mary Ann and Andrew Heller Mellie and Tom Hogan Janis and Joe Pinnelli Gary C. Johnson Melissa and Chris Knox Cathy and James Kratz Gretchen and Lance Kroesch Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Loftus Peggy Manning Julia Marsden Glenn, Jennifer, Waylon, and Wyatt Muniz Jacqueline and Shawn O’Farrell Wayne Orchid Javier Prado and Family Debbie and Jim Ramsey Gina and Don Reese Linda and Robert Rosenbusch Sanchez Law* Niki and Prahar Shah Syd Sharples Dan and Sylvia Sharplin Robyn and Bret Siers Jaime Silver Barry and Laura Smith Carole Tower and Matthew St. Louis

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Brad Heyse Chris Holden Marjorie and David Hunter John C. Jackson Kathleen and Jim Jardine Kristin Jarrett Christina Johnsen Kathleen Johnson Anita and Ralph Jones Suzannah Jones Jonathan Joshua Katie Kauachi Kristen Khazzoun Susanna and Michael Khazhinsky Hugh King Mrs. Jan Houston Knox Gail and Jeff Kodosky Stacey Kotson Aileen Krassner Kiehl and Michael Kiehl Carrie Kroll John Kump Kathy Kuras Ferne Kyba Amelia Larkin Dr. Jeffrey Lazar Kristin Lemons Jeanette and Donn LeVie Stacy Libby Jenny and Luis Lidsky Cindy Lo Brian MacKinlay Gayle and Scott Madole Richard Maier Lenée and Dick Marshall Drs. Victor Martinez and Christopher Rose Michelle Mason Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Masullo Elizabeth and Donald Maynard Chris McClung Katharine McCormick Denise McCullough JodyAnn McIntosh Jen Meigs Robert Messing Frances Ellen and Paul Metzger Lynn Meyer and Rick Clemens Pauline and Alfred Meyerson Janet Mitchell Annabel and Tony Mize Paul Montague James W. Moritz Sarah Morris Motal Family Denise Margo Moy Barbara Muntz Michelle and Eric Natinsky Rachel Naugle Philip Neff Brian Neidig Diane and John Newberry Laura, Bryan & Sophie Newell Ms. Margaret Ann Massey Nilson and Brian Nilson Forrest Novy Lori Nunan Shaw Debbie Olander Eric and Allison Olson Dan and Deborah O’Neil Tanya Ortega and William O’Donnell Augustine Park Linda Parker Kelly Payne Robert Pender Karen and Wes Peoples

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