TPA Program: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Yo-Yo Ma

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Yo-Yo Ma An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma The incomparable Yo-Yo Ma returns to Austin for the first time in over a decade for a transcendent evening of music and words.

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Welcome to Texas Performing Arts!

Thank you for joining us! We’re halfway through our 23/24 performing arts season featuring incredible international theatre, dance, and music that you won’t find anywhere else.

We have a lot in store for you in the coming months with exciting new projects from both established and emerging performance-makers. We are delighted to welcome back iconic artists and companies who have not been to Austin in recent years, including world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the celebrated Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This spring also brings more adventurous live performance to Austin through our TPA x Fusebox series— four cutting-edge events that you won’t want to miss will make their Texas premieres. You can explore the complete lineup and see all that we have to offer at texasperformingarts.org.

The 23/24 TPA season complements our always-popular Broadway in Austin series and our Texas Welcomes lineup of concerts and comedy. We invite you to get inspired and join us at TPA this spring to experience the very best in new performance experiences.

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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.

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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.

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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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More than 1200 area students filled Bass Concert Hall for a special youth performance showcasing West African and African American drum, music, dance, and storytelling coordinated by Imani Aanu, co-founder of Austin-based artist collective Re-CLAIM. Photo by Robert Silver.

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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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Grammy Award-winning jazz composer Terence Blanchard accompanied the UT Jazz Orchestra and Ensemble for their final concert of the semester—part of his weeklong residency with Texas Performing Arts and the Butler School of Music. Photo by Manoo Sirivelu.

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Our 23/24 Season opened in September with an incredible lineup of international theatre, dance, and music and opportunities to engage with our visiting artists. TPA’s spring programs continue with more exciting live performance experiences you won’t want to miss, and we hope you will join us. Here are a few highlights of our campus and community activities from this fall:

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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.

Nurturing homegrown talent and guiding and supporting the next generation of artists is central to TPA's mission and we could not be happier for Langston, Kyra, and all of the nominees. Bravo!

Want to learn how you can support the Jimmy Awards® through TPA? Contact support@texasperformingarts.org or call 512.471.1195.

But the Jimmys is not only an awards event, it’s a once-in-lifetime opportunity for the students to learn what it takes to build a performing arts career through coaching sessions, training, and rehearsals led by some of Broadway’s most accomplished professionals.

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Mar 2 & 3, 2024 Bass Concert Hall

Texas Performing Arts presents

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey, Founder Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita

Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director Ronni Favors, Rehearsal Director Clifton Brown, Assistant Rehearsal Director

Bennett Rink, Executive Director

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Company Members Jeroboam Bozeman Khalia Campbell Patrick Coker Shawn Cusseaux Sarah Daley-Perdomo Caroline T. Dartey Isaiah Day Coral Dolphin Solomon Dumas Samantha Figgins James Gilmer

Vernard J. Gilmore Ashley Kaylynn Green Jacquelin Harris Michael Jackson, Jr. Yazzmeen Laidler Yannick Lebrun Xavier Mack Renaldo Maurice Ashley Mayeux Corrin Rachelle Mitchell Chalvar Monteiro

Alisha Rena Peek Jessica Amber Pinkett Miranda Quinn Hannah Alissa Richardson Deidre Rogan Constance Stamatiou Christopher Taylor Jermaine Terry De’Anthony Vaughan Isabel Wallace-Green Christopher R. Wilson

Ailey Tour Sponsor The 2024 National Tour is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major funding of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is also provided by AARP, Anonymous, American Express, Bloomberg Philanthropies, BNY Mellon, Diageo North America, Ford Foundation, Fund II Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Howard Gilman Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Kendeda Fund, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York City Center, Prudential, The Shubert Foundation, Southern Company, and Verizon Communications.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater • The Joan Weill Center for Dance 405 West 55th Street, NY, NY 10019-4402 • Tel: 212-405-9000 • AlvinAiley.org Facebook: @AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater • Instagram: @alvinailey • Tiktok: @AlvinAileyOfficial

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Members of the Company in Alvin Ailey’s For ‘Bird’ - With Love.

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SAT, MAR 2 AT 7:30 P.M.

FOLLOWING THE SUBTLE CURRENT UPSTREAM (2000, new production 2023) Choreography by Alonzo King Rehearsal Associate Meredith Webster Music by Zakir Hussain, Miguel Frasconi, and Miriam Makeba Costumes by Robert Rosenwasser Original Lighting Design by Axel Morgenthaler Lighting by Al Crawford

“No weapon can pierce the soul; no fire can burn it; no water can moisten it; nor can any wind wither it. The soul is uncleavable [indivisible]; it cannot be burnt or wetted or dried. The soul is immutable, allpermeating, ever calm, and immovable— eternally the same. The soul is said to be imponderable, unmanifested, and unchangeable.

Therefore, knowing it to be such, thou should not lament!”

—The Bhagavad Gita II:23-25 This new production of Following the Subtle Current Upstream is made possible by Crawford Parker, M.D.

Alonzo King calls his works “thought structures” formed by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter, through laws that govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that exists. Named a choreographer with “astonishing originality” by The New York Times, King has created works for ABT, Royal Swedish Ballet, Joffrey, PNB, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet Béjart, Frankfurt Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Hong Kong Ballet, Hubbard Street, Ballet Rambert, National Ballet of Canada, and many others. His work has been recognized internationally by the dance world’s most prestigious institutions. Named a Master of Choreography by the Kennedy Center in 2005, King is the recipient of the NEA Choreographer’s Fellowship, the Jacob’s Pillow Creativity Award, the US Artist Award in Dance, NY Bessie Award, and the National Dance Project’s Residency and Touring Awards. In 2015 he received the Doris Duke Artist Award in recognition of his ongoing contributions to the advancement of contemporary dance. Joining historic icons in the field, King was named one of America’s “Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” by the Dance Heritage Coalition. He is a former San Francisco commissioner, and a writer and lecturer on humanity and art. He holds an honorary Doctorate from Dominican University, California Institute of the Arts, and The Juilliard School.

“Unhome” – Miriam Makeba (Makeba Music Corp.) courtesy of Novus and Bonji Music distributed

by BMG.

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DANCING SPIRIT

(2009, new production 2023) Choreography by Ronald K. Brown Rehearsal Associates: Arcell Cabuag, Matthew Rushing Music by Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, Radiohead, War Costumes by Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya Lighting by Clifton Taylor Happy Birthday, Judith Jamison!

Generous support for this new production of Dancing Spirit was received from an Anonymous supporter, Judith McDonough Kaminski & Joseph Kaminski, Sara & Bill Morgan New Works Endowment Fund, Dr. Crawford Parker, and the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey through the generosity of its donors.

Fabric dyeing of costumes by Shayee Awoyom.

Ronald K. Brown is an advocate for the growth of the African American dance community and uses movement as a way to acquaint audiences with the beauty of traditional African forms and rhythms. Mr. Brown founded Brooklyn-based EVIDENCE, A Dance Company in 1985 and has also set works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jennifer Muller/The Works, Jeune Ballet d’Afrique Noire, Ko-Thi Dance Company, PHILADANCO!, and others. Mr. Brown choreographed Regina Taylor’s award-winning play, Crowns, for which he won an AUDELCO Award. In addition, he has received a John Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a United States Artists Fellowship, among others.

“The Single Petal of a Rose” by Duke Ellington, performed by Stefon Harris, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment, by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing. “What Have You Done?” by Wynton Marsalis, performed by Wynton Marsalis, Victor Goines, Wycliffe Gordon, Douglas Wamble, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley and Eric Lewis, by arrangement with Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc. “The Single Petal of a Rose” performed by Joe Temperley, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment, by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing. “Tsotsobi – The Morning Star (Children)” by Wynton Marsalis, performed by Wynton Marsalis, Yacub Addy, Odadaa!, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, by arrangement Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc. “Everything In Its Right Place” performed by the Vitamin String Quartet and written by Colin Charles Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Edward John O’Brien, Jonathan Greenwood and Thomas Edward Yorke courtesy of Warner Chappell Music LTD (PRS) All Rights Administered

by WC Music Corp. “Flying Machine (The Chase)” written by S. Allen, H. Brown, M. Dickerson, L. Jordan, C. Miller, L. Oskar and H. Scott,” courtesy of BMG Rights Management.

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REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and Costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked

Arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel Arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus

Arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor

Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water

Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins.

“A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins.

I Wanna Be Ready

Arranged by James Miller

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man

Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

The Day is Past and Gone

Arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On

Arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. * Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

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SUN, MAR 3 AT 2 P.M.

AILEY CLASSICS

Choreography by Alvin Ailey All ballets in “Ailey Classics” have been restaged by Masazumi Chaya except where noted Excerpt from MEMORIA (1979) Music by Keith Jarrett Costumes by A. Christina Giannini Lighting by Chenault Spence “Runes” (Keith Jarrett – Cavelight Music). Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Charlie Haden, Members of the RSO Stuttgart, Mladen Gutesha. ℗ 1976 ECM Records GmbH. Used by arrangement with ECM Records

Excerpts from NIGHT CREATURE (1974) Music by Duke Ellington Costumes by Jane Greenwood Costumes recreated by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Chenault Spence Movement II Movement III “Night Creature” used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

— INTERMISSION — Excerpt from PAS DE DUKE (1976) Music by Duke Ellington Costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting by Chenault Spence “Such Sweet Thunder” used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

Excerpt from MASEKELA LANGAGE (1969) Music by Hugh Masekela Scenic Design by William Hammond Costumes by A. Christina Giannini Lighting by Chenault Spence “Morolo” 20 texasperformingarts.org

“Morolo” composed by Hugh Masekela.

Excerpt from OPUS McSHANN (1988) Music composed by Jay McShann and Walter Brown Performed by Jay McShann Sets and costumes by Randy Barcelo Lighting by Timothy Hunter “Doo Wah Doo” Excerpt from LOVE SONGS (1972) “A Song for You,” music and lyrics by Leon Russell Sung by Donny Hathaway Costume by Ursula Reed Lighting by Shirley Prendergast “A Song for You,” used by arrangement with Universal Music Corp.

Excerpt from FOR ‘BIRD’ – WITH LOVE (1984) “A Night In Tunisia” music by Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli Set and costume design by Randy Barcelo Lighting by Timothy Hunter “A Night In Tunisia” performed by Charlie Parker and John (Dizzy) Gillespie, composed by Coleridge - Taylor Perkinson.

REFLECTIONS IN D Restaged by Judith Jamison Music by Duke Ellington (“Reflections in D”) Costume recreated by Jon Taylor Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch “Reflections In D” by Duke Ellington. Used by Permission of Sony/ATV Harmony, TEMPO MUSIC INC. All rights reserved.

Excerpt from FOR ‘BIRD’ – WITH LOVE (1984) “Bird Lives” music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Set and costume design by Randy Barcelo Lighting by Timothy Hunter Original music composed, assembled, and conducted by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson

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REVELATIONS

(1960) Choreography by Alvin Ailey Music: Traditional Décor and Costumes by Ves Harper Costumes for “Rocka My Soul” redesigned by Barbara Forbes Lighting by Nicola Cernovitch PILGRIM OF SORROW I Been ‘Buked

Arranged by Hall Johnson*

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel Arranged by James Miller+

Fix Me, Jesus

Arranged by Hall Johnson*

TAKE ME TO THE WATER Processional/Honor, Honor

Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

Wade in the Water

Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts “Wade in the Water” sequence by Ella Jenkins.

“A Man Went Down to the River” is an original composition by Ella Jenkins.

I Wanna Be Ready

Arranged by James Miller

MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE Sinner Man

Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

The Day is Past and Gone

Arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

You May Run On

Arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers

Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham Adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts

All performances of Revelations are permanently endowed by a generous gift from Donald L. Jonas in celebration of the birthday of his wife, Barbara, and her deep commitment to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

The Sunday family matinee is made possible in part by Abbey & Mike Herman, Kristen & Josh Alexander, and the Carolyn Bartlett Charitable Foundation. * Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. + Used by special arrangement with Galaxy Music Corporation, New York City.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Alvin Ailey, Founder Alvin Ailey was born on January 5, 1931, in Rogers, Texas. His When Alvin Ailey and a small group of African American dancers experiences of life in the rural South would later inspire some took the stage on March 30, 1958, of his most memorable works. at New York City’s 92nd Street He was introduced to dance in Y, the engagement was for one Los Angeles by performances of night only, but it turned out to be the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo the start of a new era in the arts. and the Katherine Dunham Dance Mr. Ailey envisioned a company Company, and his formal dance dedicated to enriching the training began with an introduction American modern dance heritage to Lester Horton’s classes by and preserving the uniqueness his friend Carmen de Lavallade. of the African American cultural Horton, the founder of one of the experience. He became one of the first racially integrated dance trailblazers of modern dance, and companies in the United States, the work of his Company grew to encompass education, community became a mentor for Mr. Ailey as he embarked on his professional outreach, and cultural diplomacy. career. After Horton’s death in To date, the Company has gone 1953, Mr. Ailey became director of on to perform for an estimated the Lester Horton Dance Theater 25 million people at theaters in and began to choreograph his own 48 states and 71 countries on six works. In the 1950s and 60s Mr. continents—as well as millions Ailey performed in four Broadway more through television, film, and shows, including House of Flowers online. More than 270 works by and Jamaica. In 1958, he founded over 100 choreographers have Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. been part of the Ailey repertory.

He established the Alvin Ailey In 2008, a U.S. Congressional resolution designated the Company American Dance Center (now The Ailey School) in 1969 and formed as “a vital American cultural the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble ambassador to the world.” Before (now Ailey II) in 1974. Mr. Ailey was his untimely death in 1989, Mr. a pioneer of programs promoting Ailey named Judith Jamison as his arts in education, particularly successor, and over the next 21 those benefiting underserved years, she brought the Company communities. Throughout his to unprecedented success. Ms. lifetime he was awarded numerous Jamison, in turn, personally distinctions, including the Kennedy selected Robert Battle to succeed Center Honor in 1988 in recognition her in 2011, and The New York Times declared he “has injected the of his extraordinary contribution to American culture. In 2014, company with new life.” he posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Alvin Ailey American Dance country’s highest civilian honor, Theater gratefully acknowledges in recognition of his contributions The Joan & Sandy Weill Global Ambassador Fund, which provides and commitment to civil rights and dance in America. When Mr. Ailey vital support for Ailey’s national died on December 1, 1989, The and international tours. texasperformingarts.org

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New York Times said of him, “you didn’t need to have known [him] personally to have been touched by his humanity, enthusiasm, and exuberance and his courageous stand for multi-racial brotherhood.”

Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing was born in Los Angeles, California. He began his dance training with Kashmir Blake in Inglewood, California, and continued his training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He is the recipient of a Spotlight Award and a Dance Magazine Award and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

He was a scholarship student at The Ailey School and later became a member of Ailey II. During his career Mr. Rushing has performed as a guest artist for galas in Vail, Colorado, as well as in Austria, Canada, France, Italy, and Russia.

He has performed for Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, as well as at the 2010 White House Dance Series. During his time with the Company, he has choreographed four ballets: Acceptance In Surrender (2005), a collaboration with Hope Boykin and Abdur-Rahim Jackson; Uptown (2009), a tribute to the Harlem Renaissance; ODETTA (2014), a celebration of “the queen of American folk music”; and Testament (2020), a tribute to Alvin Ailey’s Revelations created in collaboration with Clifton Brown and Yusha-Marie Sorzano. In 2012 he created Moan, which was set on PHILADANCO! and premiered at The Joyce Theater. Mr. Rushing joined the Company in 1992,

became Rehearsal Director in 2010, and Associate Artistic Director in January 2020.

Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and quickly became an international star. Over the following 15 years, Mr. Ailey created some of his most enduring roles for her, most notably the tour-de-force solo Cry. During the 1970s and 80s she appeared as a guest artist with ballet companies all over the world, starred in the hit Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies, and formed her own company, The Jamison Project. She returned to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1989 when Mr. Ailey asked her to succeed him as Artistic Director.

In the 21 years that followed, she brought the Company to unprecedented heights—including two historic engagements in South Africa and a 50-city global tour to celebrate the Company’s 50th anniversary. Ms. Jamison is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, among them a primetime Emmy Award, an American Choreography Award, a Kennedy Center Honor, a National Medal of Arts, a Bessie Award, the Phoenix Award, and the Handel Medallion.

She was also listed in “The TIME 100: The World’s Most Influential People” and honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the first White House Dance Series event.

In 2015, she became the 50th inductee into the Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance.

In 2016, she received the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fred and Adele Astaire

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Awards. As a highly regarded choreographer, Ms. Jamison has created many celebrated works, including Divining (1984), Forgotten Time (1989), Hymn (1993), HERE...

NOW. (commissioned for the 2002 Cultural Olympiad), Love Stories (with additional choreography by Robert Battle and Rennie Harris, 2004), and Among Us (Private Spaces: Public Places) (2009).

Ms. Jamison’s autobiography, Dancing Spirit, was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and published in 1993. In 2004, under Ms. Jamison’s artistic directorship, her idea of a permanent home for the Ailey company was realized and named after beloved chairman emerita Joan Weill. Ms. Jamison continues to dedicate herself to asserting the prominence of the arts in our culture, and she remains committed to promoting the significance of the Ailey legacy— using dance as a medium for honoring the past, celebrating the present, and fearlessly reaching into the future.

Ronni Favors, Rehearsal Director Ronni Favors began dancing as a child in Iowa City, Iowa. After studying at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, as recipient of the Camp Scholarship, she continued her training at The Ailey School as a Fellowship student. Ms. Favors was a member of Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and has received the Min-On Art Award. Ms. Favors was the ballet instructor at the 1989 inaugural session of AileyCamp in Kansas City and served as Artistic Director of the Camp. She is the Founding Director texasperformingarts.org

of Children’s Aid AileyCamp New York and provided guidance in the national implementation of the AileyCamp program. In 1997, Ms. Favors was named Assistant Rehearsal Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and was its Rehearsal Director from 1999 to 2010. She worked with local dance students who performed in Alvin Ailey’s Memoria in Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as in Seattle, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and most recently, Edinburgh, Scotland. She set Alvin Ailey’s Night Creature on TU Dance and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Ms. Favors rejoined the Company as Rehearsal Director in 2019.

Clifton Brown, Assistant Rehearsal Director Clifton Brown, from Goodyear, Arizona, began his dance training at Take 5 Dance Academy and continued in the first class of the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance program. Mr. Brown began his professional career when he joined the Ailey company in 1999 and served as choreographic assistant to Judith Jamison. He has also danced with Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and was a founding member and rehearsal director for Jessica Lang Dance. He was nominated in the U.K. for a Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Male Dancer and received a Black Theater Arts Award as well as a New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award. As a guest artist Mr. Brown has performed with Miami City Ballet, Rome Opera Ballet, Nevada Ballet, and Parsons Dance. He has set the work of Alvin 25

Ailey, Earl Mosley, and Jessica Lang on various companies around the world. Television appearances as a guest artist include So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With The Stars. He has had the privilege of performing at the White House for President Obama. Mr. Brown became Assistant Rehearsal Director in 2019.

Bennett Rink, Executive Director Bennett Rink became Executive Director in 2013. Mr. Rink first joined Ailey as Manager of Special Events in 1994, became Development Director in 1998, and then worked as Senior Director of Development and External Affairs from 2007 to 2012. In his tenure overseeing Ailey’s development and fundraising efforts, Mr. Rink led a $75 million capital campaign supporting Ailey’s first permanent home, The Joan Weill Center for Dance, which opened in 2005 and attracts more than 200,000 visitors each year. When the Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008, Mr. Rink supervised an 18-month celebration, including events, promotions, collaborations, and special performances, bringing public awareness of the Ailey organization to new heights.

Mr. Rink also oversaw The Next Step Campaign, which grew the organization’s endowment to

$50 million. During his tenure as Executive Director, the Company has deepened its presence in New York City by establishing an annual spring season to complement its New York City Center winter season, while also extending its role as America’s “Cultural Ambassador to the World” with tours to Africa, Europe, and South America. In order to reach audiences beyond live performances, the Company has broadened its commitment to creating film and digital content, including Ailey All Access, an online streaming series featuring fulllength works from the repertory, Ailey Extension classes, and other specially created content. Mr. Rink has extended the reach and impact of Ailey’s educational offerings as well, including the creation of new curricula and programs that reach across generations, from elementary school children to senior citizens. To meet the growing demand for its educational offerings, Ailey unveiled the Elaine Wynn and Family Education Wing in 2017, providing much-needed additional studios and classroom space. The building now comprises 87,000 square feet and is the largest destination for dance in New York City. Mr. Rink is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a BFA in theater.

Artist Bios and Casting can be found by scanning this QR code The Ailey dancers are supported, in part,

by The Judith McDonough Kaminski Dancer Endowment Fund.

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ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Daria L. Wallach, Chairman Anthony S. Kendall, President Sela Thompson Collins, Jaishri Kapoor, Stephen J. Meringoff, Arthur J. Mirante II, Vice-Chairmen

Joy Allen-Altimare Jolen V. Anderson Eleanor S. Applewhaite Gunther T. Bright Laura D. Corb Suzan Kereere Robert Kissane Anthony A. Lewis

Leslie L. Maheras Lucinda C. Martinez Jack Pitts Muhammad Qubbaj Lata N. Reddy Bennett Rink Oti Roberts Danielle M. Robinson, PhD

Cara Sabin Joan H. Weill Julia C. Wellborn Edna Kane Williams DeJuan V. Wilson Jean-Rene Zetrenne Pamela D. Zilly

Philip Laskawy, Stanley Plesent, Esq.*, Joan H. Weill, Chairmen Emeriti Debra L. Lee, Henry McGee, Presidents Emeriti Gina F. Adams, Simin N. Allison, Anthony M. Carvette, Kathryn C. Chenault, Guido Goldman*, Bruce S. Gordon, John H. Schaefer, Lemar Swinney, Honorary Trustees *In Memoriam

ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION Recipient of the National Medal of Arts Bennett Rink, Executive Director Pamela Robinson, Chief Financial Officer Ines Aslan, Chief External Affairs Officer

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER Eric D. Wright, General Manager Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs Gregory Stuart, Company Manager Joseph Anthony Gaito, Technical Director HaeJin Han, Production Stage Manager Yi-Chung Chen, Lighting Director Jon Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor Jorge Lanuza, Master Carpenter David Trudeau, Master Electrician Rob Byerly, Sound Engineer Jason Rosenberg, Property Master Justin Coffman, Assistant Company Manager Lexie Klasing, Assistant Stage Manager William Brown, Assistant Lighting Director Danté Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant Emilio Tosti, Flyman/Assistant Carpenter Cody Richardson, Assistant Electrician Amadea Edwards, Director of Administration Chelsea Gillespie, Licensing & Clearance Manager Michelle Grazio, Company Business Affairs Manager Selena Andino Lopez, Company Management Production Assistant Christopher Zunner, Director of Public Relations Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing Donald J. Rose, M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, NYU Langone Orthopedics

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Sheyi Ojofeitimi, PT, DPT, OCS, CFMT, Director of Therapy Services / Health & Safety Advisor Jessi Patz, PT, DPT, CKTP, Physical Therapist Dionne Vernon, PT, DPT, PES, MBA, Physical Therapist Amy Zink, PT, DPT, CSCS, CPI, Physical Therapist Ronnell Kitt, Physical Therapy Aide TOURING CONTACT OPUS 3 ARTISTS Tel: 212-584-7500 | opus3artists.com PRODUCTION CREDITS Lighting system provided by 4Wall Entertainment.

Touring sound system provided by Gibson Entertainment Services.

Domestic trucking services provided by Stage Call Corporation.

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Dancers appear at the courtesy of the American Guild of Musical Artists.

Ailey crew members belong to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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Texas Performing Arts presents

Yo-Yo Ma An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma

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ABOUT YO-YO MA, CELLIST

as “Hush” with Bobby McFerrin and the “Goat Rodeo Sessions” with Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career and Chris Thile. Yo-Yo’s recent is testament to his belief in releases include “Six Evolutions,” culture’s power to generate trust his third recording of Bach’s cello and understanding. Whether suites, and “Songs of Comfort and performing new or familiar works Hope,” created and recorded with for cello, bringing communities pianist Kathryn Stott in response together to explore culture’s to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yorole in society, or engaging Yo’s latest album, “Beethoven for unexpected musical forms, YoThree: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 Yo strives to foster connections ‘Archduke,’” is the third in a new that stimulate the imagination series of Beethoven recordings and reinforce our humanity. with pianist Emanuel Ax and Most recently, Yo-Yo began violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

Our Common Nature, a cultural Yo-Yo was born in 1955 to journey to celebrate the ways Chinese parents living in Paris. He that nature can reunite us in began to study the cello with his pursuit of a shared future. Our father at age four and three years Common Nature follows the Bach later moved with his family to New Project, a 36-community, sixYork City, where he continued continent tour of J. S. Bach’s cello his cello studies at the Juilliard suites paired with local cultural School before pursuing a liberal programming. Both endeavors reflect Yo-Yo’s lifelong commitment arts education at Harvard. He has received numerous awards, to stretching the boundaries of including the Avery Fisher Prize genre and tradition to understand (1978), the National Medal of the how music helps us to imagine Arts (2001), the Presidential Medal and build a stronger society. of Freedom (2010), Kennedy Center Yo-Yo is an advocate for a Honors (2011), the Polar Music future guided by humanity, trust, Prize (2012), and the Birgit Nilsson and understanding. Among his Prize (2022). He has performed many roles, Yo-Yo is a United for nine American presidents, Nations Messenger of Peace, the most recently on the occasion of first artist ever appointed to the President Biden’s inauguration.

World Economic Forum’s board Yo-Yo and his wife have of trustees, a member of the two children. He plays three board of Nia Tero, the US-based nonprofit working in solidarity with instruments: a 2003 instrument Indigenous peoples and movements made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice, and worldwide, and the founder of the the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius. global music collective Silkroad.

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Leadership Board The Texas Performing Arts Leadership Board is a group of volunteer leaders in the arts, business, and philanthropy.

The Board is dedicated to expanding Texas Performing Arts’ world-class programming, positioning the organization as an international leader in the performing arts, and strengthening the bond between the performing arts and the communities we serve.

Board Members

Brian Haley, Chair Kristin Alexander Malu Alvarez 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 Malu Alvarez Carly & Clayton Christopher William & Anita Cochran Jaime Davila Debbie Dupré 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

Jamie Barshop 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

Gifts pledged or received by October 31, 2023

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Texas Performing Arts Staff Bob Bursey

Scott Bussey

Michael Shanks

Executive and Artistic Director

Facility Manager and Senior Technical Director

Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Artistic & Executive Project Manager

Carolyn Hardin

Staging and Rigging Supervisor

BUSINESS OFFICE

Jason Huerta

Robert Cross

Operations Manager, Fabrication

Assistant Staging and Rigging Supervisor

General Manager

J. E. Johnson

Blake Addyson

Kamille Deysel

Associate Director of Fabrication

Production Supervisor

Senior Human Resources Coordinator

Karen Maness

Kat Carson

Kristi Lampi

Associate Director of Fabrication

Production Supervisor

Earnest Mazique

Drew Millay

Academic Production Technology Manager

Audio Video Supervisor

Ashton Bennett Murphy

Assistant Audio Video Supervisor

Bianca Hooi

Associate Director, Business Operations

Leigh Remeny Business Operations Manager DEVELOPMENT

Anna Langdell Director of Development

Jeannette Thomas Director of Major Gifts

Amy Burgar

Properties Manager

Project Specialist, Fabrication

Hank Schwemmer Lead Fabricator

David Tolin

Programming Manager Emerging Arts Professional, Event Management

Alex Reindl Event Manager

Design Manager

TICKETING & GUEST EXPERIENCE

Erica De Leon Marketing Specialist, Digital Media

Director of Education and Engagement

Brady Dyer

Education Program Manager

Director of Programming

Lizzie Choffel Cantu

Tim Rogers Brenda Simms

Bobby Asher

Mika O’Dwyer

Director of Marketing and Communications

EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT

PROGRAMS & EVENTS

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Chelsea Casner

Development Associate

Chris Payeur

Brendan Burke

Phil Rosenthal

Miguel Robles

Ruben Vasquez

Project Manager, Fabrication

Associate Director, Development Development Associate

Travis Perrin

Blake McDonald Director of Guest Experience

Amanda Adams

Associate Director, Communications

Associate Director, Guest Services

Romina Jara

Meredith Delay

Associate Director, Marketing

Patron Services Manager

Emerging Arts Professional, Education and Engagement

PRODUCTION

Shade Oyegbola

FABRICATION & ACADEMIC PRODUCTION

Director of Production

Aubrey Felty

Jeff Grapko Director of Fabrication and Academic Production

Jim Larkin Joey Colao Lighting Supervisor

Camryn Senioris Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Associate Director, Ticketing

Dianne Whitehair Ticketing Systems Manager

Basil Montemayor Ticketing 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 Daniela Albert Rachel Alexander Sophia Alikakos Alina Almaraz Cassandra Amaya Jonathan Amezcua Samia Arni Leah Austin Arash Baghipour Elizabeth Banda Georgia Beckham Nahla Beltran Zoe Bihan Hayley Carbajal Eugenio Chapa Demian Chavez Shivani Chidambaram Audrey Clay Bridgette Clifford Adam Coronado Maria Dalton Kaila Delafance Griffin Drake Amanda Earp Gabriela Escamilla Eric Fan Laine Farber Jan Florentino Carla Garcia Leija

Indigo Giles Mars Giles Gabriel Gomez-Reyes Anna Graber Dominic Gross Mia Guerra Joshua Hale Samuel Hallam Catherine Heeman Faith Hilchey Madison Jackson Joe Jaxson Victoria Jefferson Bindi Kaplan Abigail Lantis Ana Lara Codie Lightfoot Austin Livingston Theary Lloyd Olivia Longoria Josh Martin Gilbert Martinez Krista Mcleod Regina Mendiola Samantha Moles Genevieve MonterrosoSyevens Jordan Myers Braden Newlun Annie Nguyen

Katelyn Nguyen Lanna Nguyen Insha Noorani Rachel Norris Valeria Nunez Estrada Ngozi Onya Zoya Patel Sereniti Patterson Kallie Pierce Leila Rabah Zackary Read Bryce Riggle Natalia Rodenzo Hayley “Lee” Rodgers Lorena Rogers Elyse Rosario Victoria Salazar Jose Salcido Monse Sandoval-Maherbe Nitsan Scharf Isobel Shannon Matthew Smith Karla Solis Nguyen Tang Julia Thompson Isabel Velasquez Lyric Villarreal Rylee Vines Cassidy Wen Julia Yelvington 33

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+

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

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $3,000–9,999

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 Shari and Eric Stein

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Renee Butler and Kay Stowell Louann and Larry Temple Bill and Claudia Wilson Carol Walsh-Knutson and Kelley Knutson Dr. Mary G. Yancy Annie Zucker and Michael Regester DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $1,500–2,999 Mandy and Heather Andress Bonnie L. Bain Carolyn R. Bartlett Cynthia and Jim Bast Becky Beaver Dr. Steven A. Beebe Kyndel Bennett Grizelda and Tim Black Tahra and Michael Boatright Andrew Bowman Joann and Scot Brew Michelle Brocklesby Kara and Shelby Brown Kim and Thomas Reed Brown Danielle Bundy Sam Caire Shellie and Martin Campos Carol and Shannon Casey Raquel and TJ Chandler Farrah Chelstrom Anita and William Cochran Tracy Coffin Beth and Walter Compton Cathy and Rick Coneway Karen and Bill Cox Monica and Carl De Leon Niccolo and Natasha De Masi Joan Dentler Kathleen Dignan Dana and Ken Dockser Jared Ellis K Susan Farias Ken Fess Nanci L. Fisher Jennifer Floyd Pamela and David Frager Sandra Freed Alicia Furst Robert Gardner Nancy Gary and Ruth Cude Eva Garza-nyer Cheryl and R. James George, Jr. Dr. Lisa Go and Dr. Lucas Wong Susan and Barry Goodman Mohit Goyal Karen and Rowland Greenwade Sven Griffin Cheri Gross texasperformingarts.org

Juan M. Guerrero, M.D. Jeremy Harrell Sarah Harris Jennifer and Randall Harris Gunnar Hellekson Sheri Henriksen Anne and Thomas Hilbert Melissa and Rick Gorskie David Honeycutt Jody Hooten Michael Hostick Amy and Jeffrey Hubert Jeanine Hudson Rob Ignatowski and Daniel Pacheco Linda and James Jarvis Victoria Johnson Helen Johnston Dr. Peniel Joseph Maxx Judd and Donn Gauger K Friese & Associates* Elizabeth Kalamaha-Wynn and Michael Wynn Lynn Katz and Scott Hinz William Kellogg Heather King Betsy and Matt Kirksey Margaret Denena and Cliff Knowles Sheila Kothmann Loree and Burney LaChance Matthew Lara Donna, Calvin and Callie Lee Ellen and Richard Leyh Dracos Locario Jennifer and Christian Loew Katherine Maddox Casey Blass and Lee Manford Salman Manzur Art Markman Leslie and Charles Martinez Richard McCathron Molly McDonald Alexandra and Tom McKeone Ford McTee Christine Messina Melissa Moloney and Chris Walk John and Brenda Mosher Meri Nelson Scott Neuendorf Jeff Neumann Milam Newby Linda Nguyen and Jorge Garcia Cathy Oliver OroSolutions* Vicki Osherow Terri Pascoe Connie and Samuel Pate Michele and Roy Peck Robert Perez Shari Pflueger Machelle Pharr

Liz and Jon Phelan Suzanne Pickens and Douglas Hoitenga Luis Ramirez Sara and Dick Rathgeber Richie & Gueringer P.C.* Bob Roberts Susan and Cesar Rodriguez Chuck Ross and Brian Hencey Jaime Rubenstein Steve Schaffer Susan Schaffer Teresa Schaffer Nina and Frank Seely Vijay Sitaram Lorri Stevenson Bruce Stuckman Joan and Peter Swartz Caroline Tang Caroline, Olivia, and John Taylor Heather and Jeffrey Tramonte Erin Vander Leest and Tom Pyle Daniel and Sara-Jane Watson Angie Watson Leslie and Bryan Weston Susan and Chris Wilson with Bonita Grumme Jacqueline Wittmuss Melinda Young Micka and Richard Ziehr CENTER STAGE $600–1,499

Anonymous (5) Austin Seal Co. Margaret Abbott Cynthia Abel Amy Adame Dwain Aidala Mark Aitala Sujata Ajmera Lauren Aldredge Jake Aleman Emily Allen and Ron Altizer Terry Amacher Page and Neal Amador Brian Amato Libby Amato Joe Annis Laura Arabie Cecelia Arvallo Evan Atkinson Tony Aventa Donna and Manuel Ayala Catherine Bachik The Ballon Family Jana and Barry Bandera Elisa and Scott Barnes Armando Basualdo Anne Bawden Travis and George Baxter-Holder Joshua Becker April Berman Carolyn and Jon Bible Nawaf Bitar Kevin Black and William Basinger Denis Blake 35

Stephanie and Michael Blanck Robert Bracewell Brook and Gerald Broesche Christy and William K. Browning Esther Ray Burns Annie Burridge Robert Bush Robert Butchofsky Kelly Canavan Geri Candow Ms. Susie Capozza Carolyn Stone Productions, LLC* Cheryl Carswell Kristen and Luis Casaubon Shane Chambers Beth Chelton Amy Clemmons and Mark Clarke Sharon Cohan Sarah Compton Sherri Cook-rousey Jeanette Cortinas Jessica Cullen Elaine Daigle Gail and Mark Dankis Wilma Dankovich Lorraine and John Davis Lisa and Paul Delacruz Lucy Ditmore Kristin Doles Susan and David Donaldson Christa Dove Kevin Dowling Bethany Dudley Glenn and Britta Dukes Maria Dwyer Jeffrey Dwyer Brian Dziuk Susan and David Eckelkamp Michael L. Edwards Kelsey Elliott Tim Elliott Sheila Ellwood Julia Evans Rebecca D. Ewing Whitney Falcon Travis Farris Jane W. Fountain Drs. April and Donald Fox Christopher Frampton Vivian and James Froncek Rob Fuller Sara J. Gaetjens Katina and Matthew Gase Maragaret Gessner and Andrew Alpar Breanna and James Giannoules Sharon and Richard Gibbons Sean Gibbons Nancy and Glenn Gilkey Laura and John Gill Don Gladden Becky and Craig Griffin Jana and John Grimes Dr. Suchitra Gururaj and Joe Carey Maria Gutierrez and Peter Nutson Elizabeth Gutierrez Jane Hall Cindy and John Hanly Amy and Peter Hannan Darcy and Rick Hardy Jane Hatter Lynda Haynes Denise Hemphill John Hernandez James Hester

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

Rich Perrone Adele and Brian Peterman RJ and Terra Peters Tami Pharr Samantha Porter Carla and Steve Portnoy John Potthoff Kate and Scott Powers Anant Praba Liza, Ed and Hannah Prendergast Eric Rabbanian Gary Rae Meghan Railey Lisa and Curtis Randa Tracy Rawl Marquette Maresh Reddam Elinor and Edwin Reese Dawn and Thomas Rich Martin Ritchey Jeanine and Dan Roadhouse Tracy Romano Alyssa Russell Corey Ryan Summer Rydel Susan E. Salch Julie and Richard Schechter Christine and Anthony Sementelli Rashid Shamsie Bradley Sheldon Robert Shimanek III Erin Silvertooth Linda Simonson Christen Simpson Allen Small Steven Smith Raymond Smith Hank Smith Kimberly and David Soloman Toni and Ted Spalding Randy Sparks Logan Spence Nancy Spong Lisa and Rick Stipe Stephanie and Paul Stone Pamela Stryker Scott Studer Katherine and Matthew Sturich Geeta and David Suggs Anna and Suresh Sundarababu Dona and Ali Tabrizi Karen Taheri Dwight Tejano Bri Thatcher and Andy Modrovich Mackenzie and Burwell Thompson Letty Tomlinson Stacy and Michael Toomey Alice Toungate Gregory Tran Claudia and Luis Trejo Lee A. Warbinton Kenneth R. Webb Chrissie Welty Marie and Phil Wendell J’Lynn Wheeler Kathleen White Caro Wilbanks Michael Wilen Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Williams James Williams Ann and Eric Wilson Thomas Wilson Cecilia Wood Kevin Wood Jeannette and Mitch Young Lena Yoo and Gerry Cardinal III

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