2020 OTC Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 1 (FRONT COVER) ANNUAL REPORT 2O2O ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 2 (IFC) ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Ted Leib STAFF YOUTH ACADEMY DIRECTOR: Anna Duchi YOUTH ACADEMY DIRECTOR: Sharon Duchi BOX OFFICE MANAGER: Margi Arguello RENTAL COORDINATOR: Sandra Asbury OUR MISSION IS TO: VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Maria Sofranko BOARD PRESIDENT: John McCoy Retired Reinsurance Broker • PRODUCE professional theatrical productions VICE PRESIDENT & FUNDRAISING CHAIR: Bridgette Young Licensed Realtor for the entertainment TREASURER: Chase Tushaus and enrichment of our Partner, Tushaus Wealth Management community SECRETARY: Rebecca Pierce Goodman CEO & Co-Founder, TenPints Entertainment / Senior Manager, Institutional Giving, La Jolla Playhouse • PRESENT educational ACCOUNTANT: Erik Bradbury Licensed CPA, Licensed Realtor opportunities in the arts for children and adults YOUTH OUTREACH DIRECTOR: Carol Naegele Brooks Theater Art Gallery Curator / Retired Youth Services Librarian and GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Leann Garms Publisher & Publicist, Build.Buzz.Launch. Media & Publishing • PROVIDE a venue for BOARD MEMBER: Ed Parish expansion of artistic Owner, Empire Associates - Mobile Home Mortgages endeavors in North ADVISORY Kathy Brombacher – Founder & Artistic Director-Emeritus, Moonlight Stage Productions San Diego County BOARD Je Lehman – Piano Tuner – Technician Jay & Julie Sarno – Theatre Consultants, Philanthropists John Sofranko – Theatre Consultant Anne Speraw – Community Volunteer, Theatre Groupie, Philanthropist Bonnie Ward – Former Co-artistic Director, Starlight Theatre / Retired Tracy Williams – MiraCosta College Theatre Faculty / Actor’s Acedemy Director ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 3 (VELLUM) Oceanside Theatre Company (OTC) continues to shine brightly as a beacon for the arts in North County – even while overcoming the challenges of COVID-19. Although shuttered since March 2020, OTC still produced many well-received live-streamed and online events, including two staged readings (Quiet Cross and Donna Orbits the Moon), two visual art tours at the Brooks Theater Art Gallery, two piano concerts (Robert Parker), three music concerts (Luke Monday, and Nina Herzog, twice), and A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play for the holidays; additionally, we hosted, filmed, and live-streamed the inaugural Oceanside Culture Festival. These wonderful productions provided our audiences with quality theatre, music, and visual arts experiences from the safety of their own homes, properly socially-distanced, and without the need for face masks. Our 2019-20 season began with a successful run of Foxfire (in partnership with Scripps Ranch Theatre), followed by a full run of A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play. March 2020 brought the launch of Sweet Charity – our most ambitious musical production ever – complete with live orchestra, the largest adult cast and crew ever for OTC, and the most expensive live theatre event in the history of the Brooks Theater stage! Although cut short after only three spectacular performances, Sweet Charity was acclaimed by well-attended audiences and poised for a highly successful four-week run. Other notable events this past year included the full-scale musical Seussical, Jr. (an OTC Youth Outreach collaboration with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside, including 50+ youth participants), successful Music Series concerts (including Rio Peligroso with Francis Blume and Nick Schnebelen Band with Backwater Blues Band), a planned collaboration with the Tustin Area Council For Fine Arts to produce Wizard of Oz, a strategic planning session with the OTC Board of Directors and Artistic Director Ted Leib to develop short-term plans and solutions for addressing COVID-19 challenges, and the addition of three new board members: Chase Tushaus, Ed Parish, and Erik Bradbury – Welcome! As we start fiscal 2021, we remain a financially stable and vibrant organization thanks to our generous individual donors, well-organized fundraising programs, virtual production proceeds, community and private grants, and local stimulus-related funding. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! You are our lifeblood. Due to swift financial actions by our board early in the year, including strict cash-flow management practices, and significant reductions to operational expenses, OTC has sustained no formal debt. Although our positive cash-flow position has allowed us to sustain limited operations into 2021, additional support is necessary to weather ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. As we look forward to relaunching live performances, serving as a venue for artistic endeavors, community events, and youth education, in keeping with our mission, and as stewards of the historic Brooks Theater – our board is embarking on a 2021-22 Capital Campaign to fund the redesign and renovation of the Brooks Theater lobby, studio space, restrooms, and air filtration systems. This will extend the longevity and functionality of this historic community asset. I am immensely proud of our accomplishments this past year, and I am eternally grateful for our wonderful donors, patrons, volunteers, board, and sta. I wish to extend a special “Thank You” to our wonderful production partner Scripps Ranch Theatre, our Oceanside California Cultural District partners, the City of Oceanside, and MainStreet Oceanside, just to name a few. We couldn’t do it without you. Cordially, John McCoy President, Oceanside Theatre Company ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 5 Oceanside Theatre Company is a beacon of the performing arts in the city. OTC’s re‐emergence as a “ vibrant presence signals the cultural awakening of downtown Oceanside. – Jay and Julie Sarno OTC Advisory Board Members, ” Theatre Consultants, Philanthropists Robert May as Mark Rothko in Red Photo Credit: Ken Jacques ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 6 “OTC is a large part of PROFESSIONAL THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS why the city of Oceanside is recognized as an ‘up FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND and coming’ artistic and creative destination ... ENRICHMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY OTC is a professional theatre company with the PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS production values of Broadway and is an & ACCOMPLISHMENTS important artistic asset to downtown Oceanside.” SEASON 9 20192020 • Sweet Charity – John Hyland • Foxfire Oceanside resident, • 2020 Virtual Productions patron and major donor Filmed Play Readings: Quiet Cross; Donna Orbits the Moon “OTC has made its place in the North County Online Music Events: community with its Luke Monday – Callback Queen; stimulating programming, Nina Herzog featuring Jack & growth in audience Benny Lipson and Jonathan Pinson; participation and Robert Parker – Pianist Extraordinaire inventive youth theatre productions.” Encore Performance: A Christmas Carol – An encore video – Kathy Brombacher presentation of the 2018 production OTC Advisory Board of A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play Member; Founder and Artistic Director-Emeritus, Moonlight Stage SEASON 8 2018‐2019 Productions • Man of La Mancha • Dancing Lessons • A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play SEASON 7 2017‐2018 • Red – A co‐production with Oceanside Museum of Art • Outside Mullingar – A co‐production with Scripps Ranch Theatre Rudy Martinez in Man of La Mancha Photo Credit: Ken Jacques ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 7 PRODUCE “Man of La Mancha ... "The company has “Oceanside Theatre’s “The co‐production ... is a quality theatre succeeded in its eort sharply rendered maintains a leisurely pace experience for the to break new ground.” production of the John and a heavy focus on citizens of Oceanside.” Logan play Red ... turns knee‐slappin’ bluegrass – Matthew Lickona out to have a compelling music. But what really – Bill Reese pulse and flow of its own.” makes the well‐designed production sing is the – James Hebert Dagmar Fields & Adam Daniel in Foxfire performances Photo Credit: Ken Jacques — honest, focused.” –Pat Launer Kalin Booker in “Director Kevin Hafso‐ Sweet Charity Photo Credit: Koppman has marshaled Ken Jacques an outstanding cast and encouraged two finely nuanced, marvelous performances ... OTC has created their own little masterwork.” – Pat Launer ANNUAL REPORT FOR OCEANSIDE THEATRE COMPANY – PAGE 8 “We are so grateful to OTC for helping us increase EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN access to performing arts for youth in Oceanside. We have a wonderful collaborative partnership THE ARTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS that allows our youth to benefit from the skills and experiences that youth theatre provides.” OTC YOUTH OUTREACH: In collaboration with the Boys & Girls – Jodi Diamond Clubs of Oceanside and Title I schools, this free nine-week CEO – Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside program teaches at-risk youth about theatre arts while also building self-confidence, cooperation, creativity, and trust. Studies “OTCYA’s The Little Mermaid Jr. was the first play I was show student involvement in the arts improves academic ever in and where I discovered my love for singing performance, lowers dropout rates, and fosters better attitudes and performing. I can’t thank them enough for all about community service. OTC Youth Outreach is committed to the amazing opportunities they have given me.” bringing arts opportunities to the youth in our community by filling – Annika H. the gap left by the elimination of arts education in local schools. Youth Academy Participant OTC YOUTH ACADEMY: The OTC Youth Academy is a “Doing performances with OTC has been amazing. four-week-long summer day camp, oering