April 28, 2015

APRIL 28, 2015

1 BAM PRESENTS APRIL 28, 2015

2 “In Karen, I found as fearless a CONTENTS dreamer and as brave a leader 7 Welcome Letter from BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo as I could have ever imagined.” 9 The Karen Gala Program —FORMER BAM PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HARVEY LICHTENSTEIN

10 A Message from the Hosts

14 Gala Leadership and Supporters

20 Letter from The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, New York State Governor

21 Letter from The Honorable Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City

22 About Karen

31 Tonight’s Featured Performers

44 BAM Visual Art Commission

74 BAM Board of Trustees

75 The Karen Campaign Supporters

76 BAM Staff Photo: courtesy of BAM Hamm Archives

78 Special Thanks

4 5 WELCOME

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this special gala evening celebrating BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins and her 36 exceptional years of service to BAM.

We have a memorable night in store. Some of Karen’s favorite artists will perform, including Mavis Staples, Steve Reich, and Rufus Wainwright. And a host of Karen’s colleagues, family members, and friends will describe the incredible impact Karen has had on BAM, Brooklyn, and the careers of innumerable artists and arts professionals around the world.

But through all the tributes and testimonials, remember that Karen has also had an impact on you. Even if you don’t know Karen personally, you know her through the ineffable energy that pervades every part of BAM—the buzz, the sense of anticipation—or through the commitment to adventurous art and experiences that defines so much of what BAM presents. You also know her by the positive mark she has left on this neighborhood, and by a vision that has boldly extended from the stage out into the streets. You know Karen as one whose commitment is all-encompassing, and it thrills me that you’ve been able to share in that passion.

On a personal note, I know Karen as my tireless professional partner—a role she has occupied for almost as long as she has been at BAM. I say “professional partner” because, more than just a colleague, she has been my invaluable complement, my resonant sounding board, and my inspired and inspiring other half. I simply cannot imagine the last few decades without her tenacious spirit and exceptional leadership helping to guide BAM towards the fulfillment of its mission. It has been an exhilarating journey, and one that I am more than happy to have traveled by her side.

Tonight is a night for celebration. Tonight we toast a legend.

Cheers,

Joseph V. Melillo BAM Executive Producer Photo: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins

6 7 PROGRAM

DIRECTED BY Anne Bogart WRITTEN BY Charles L. Mee PRODUCED BY Joseph V. Melillo

FEATURING Mavis Staples Steve Reich & Gary Kvistad Rufus Wainwright Martha Wainwright Illstyle & Peace Productions The Institutional Radio Choir CONGRATULATIONS, KAREN, ON 36 YEARS OF and surprise guests PHENOMENAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION LIGHTING DESIGN BY Alban Sardzinski TO BAM. IT WON’T BE THE SAME HERE STAGE MANAGER Erica Schwartz OPERA HOUSE FAÇADE LIGHTING BY Arc3design WITHOUT YOU! WE ARE ALL SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR BAM ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE AND FOR YOUR INVALUABLE IMPACT ON THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY OF OUR BELOVED BROOKLYN.

—ALAN & JUDY FISHMAN

Photo: Elena Olivo

8 9 A MESSAGE FROM THE HOSTS Peerless Dear Karen,

The three of us want to thank you profoundly for the relationship you have created with your Board and its leadership. Each of us has established an incredible connection with among your peers. you on so many levels. So, with great personal gratitude, thank you.

Additionally, it is our great joy to thank you on behalf of the entire BAM family for what With our congratulations and very best wishes, you have done for artists, art, audiences and our community. You have accomplished so much. You have built and repaired and cared deeply about our magnificent stages and buildings. You have welcomed countless artists and enabled these great players BEDFORD STUYVESANT RESTORATION CORP. to do their very best for BAM. You have brought great cinema to us. You have put the Colvin W. Grannum, President & CEO essence and ideas of a great Academy back into BAM. You have made BAM part of every community and every community a part of BAM—whether it is Fort Greene or Brooklyn or New York City or the world.

BRIC We will miss your brilliance, your generosity of spirit, your commitment and your Leslie G. Schultz, President singular perseverance. But, most of all, we will just miss working with you every hour of every day for BAM.

We congratulate you for all of your monumental achievements. Because of you, BAM’s future BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDEN never looked brighter. Onward continues the crusade for BAM. We will not let you down. Scot Medbury, President All of our love and respect, Alan, Bill, and Adam BROOKLYN MUSEUM Arnold L. Lehman, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY Linda E. Johnson, President & CEO

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE Jeffrey Horowitz, President & Founding Artistic Director

URBAN GLASS

Cybele Maylone, Executive Director Photo: Etienne Frossard

10 11 leadership [lee-der-ship] noun

1. (primary definition) and then it hits you... Karen Brooks Hopkins 2. the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: …she’s a leader Her leadership was characterized by warmth, and arts crusader focus, and persistence. without peer! Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, governorship, stewardship.

3. ability to lead: She proved her remarkable leadership skills by never wavering regardless of the length of the show. Synonyms: authoritativeness, influence, command, effectiveness, sway, clout.

4. an act or instance of leading; guidance; direction: She demonstrated leadership in projects both large and small. Karen, Thank you for all you have done for BAM. —The Campbell Family With love and respect, Diane & Adam Max

12 13 LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP

HONOREE GALA BENEFIT COMMITTEE BNY Mellon James I. McLaren & Lawton W. Fitt Karen Brooks Hopkins Henry & Constance Christensen The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation BAM President Con Edison Earl Lewis, President DeWitt Stern Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Dow Jones National Grid HOSTS Thérèse M. Esperdy & Robert G. Neborak News Corporation GGMC Parking, LLC NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Alan H. Fishman William I. Campbell The Howard Gilman Foundation Onassis Foundation (USA) BAM Chairman of the Board BAM Vice Chairman of the Board Laura Aden Pack, Executive Director Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation Great Performances Jennifer Small & Adam Wolfensohn Adam E. Max Joseph V. Melillo Agnes Gund Tiger Baron Foundation The Kriegel Family Toll Brothers City Living BAM Vice Chairman of the Board BAM Executive Producer François & Calleen King Letaconnoux Richard C. Yancey Gary Lynch & Kate Hall

GALA CHAIRS William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter Campbell GALA HONORARY COMMITTEE Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Laurie A. Cumbo United States Senator New York City Council Member Diane & Adam E. Max Joseph & Diane Steinberg Forest City Ratner Companies PRESIDENT TABLES Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Diane & Adam E. Max Joseph & Diane Steinberg GALA VICE CHAIRS Bank of America Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TABLE Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman Donald R. Mullen Jr. Forest City Ratner Companies Aashish & Dinny Devitre May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Beth Rudin DeWoody Anna Kuzmik Sampas & George Sampas Jeanne Donovan Fisher The SHS Foundation VICE PRESIDENT TABLES Barbara Haws & William Josephson Axel Stawski & Galia Meiri Bank of America May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman Anna Kuzmik Sampas & George Sampas The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation Pedro Jose Torres & Cecilia Picon Aashish & Dinny Devitre The SHS Foundation Penn & Diane Holsenbeck Eva & John L. Usdan Beth Rudin DeWoody Axel Stawski & Galia Meiri Anne Hubbard & Harvey Schwartz Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation Pedro Jose Torres & Cecilia Picon Anne Hubbard & Harvey Schwartz Eva & John L. Usdan Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum

American Express Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin Barclays Nets Community Alliance St. Francis College DIRECTOR TABLES Linda & Adam Chinn Jessica E. Smith & Kevin R. Brine American Express Sarah & Spencer Robertson Cheryl & Joe Della Rosa Sarah Billinghurst Solomon & Howard Solomon Barclays Nets Community Alliance Sarah Billinghurst Solomon & Howard Solomon Mark Diker & Deborah Colson Stavros Niarchos Foundation Linda & Adam Chinn St. Francis College Steven & Susan Felsher Joseph A. Stern Cheryl & Joe Della Rosa Jonathan F.P. & Diana Calthorpe Rose Mark Diker & Deborah Colson Jessica E. Smith & Kevin R. Brine Barry M. Fox Time Warner Inc. Steven & Susan Felsher Joseph A. Stern John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz Viacom Barry M. Fox Time Warner Inc. Sarah & Spencer Robertson Richard & Elizabeth Witten Family Foundation John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz Viacom Stavros Niarchos Foundation Anonymous Jonathan F.P. & Diana Calthorpe Rose Anonymous

14 15 LEADERSHIP COLLABORATOR TABLES BNY Mellon Gary Lynch & Kate Hall William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter Campbell James I. McLaren & Lawton W. Fitt Con Edison Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. DeWitt Stern National Grid Dow Jones News Corporation Thérèse M. Esperdy & Robert G. Neborak NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering GGMC Parking, LLC Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation BEST WISHES Great Performances Jennifer Small & Adam Wolfensohn Penn & Diane Holsenbeck Tiger Baron Foundation The Kriegel Family Toll Brothers City Living FOR A FABULOUS FUTURE. François & Calleen King Letaconnoux Richard C. Yancey PROMOTER TICKETS Roger Alcaly & Helen Bodian M&T Bank Jody & John Arnhold Onassis Foundation (USA) Alberta & Edward Arthurs Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater JOE AND DIANE STEINBERG Tony Bechara Rona & David Picket Neil & Kathleen Chrisman Gabriel & Lindsay Pizzi Pamela Codispoti & Mark Habner Rajika & Anupam Puri The Corinthian Foundation The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc. Ide & David Dangoor Bette & Richard Saltzman Diana Diamond & John Alschuler Anthony Schlesinger & Anne Forward Henry B. & Karoly S. Gutman Amy W. Schulman Barbara Haws & William Josephson Edward Spilka Cheryl Henson & Ed Finn William & Anne M. Tatlock Mary Kantor Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Robin & Edgar Lampert Margot & Anthony Viscusi Leon Levy Foundation Anonymous

PARTNER TICKETS Sarah Arison The Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund Felice Forer Axelrod John Lieber & Amy Glosser Jayne H. Baum Kitty C. Linder Stanley Baumblatt Anne Hodge Livet Denise Bernardo & Eddie Muentes Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Paula & Earl Black Marks Paneth & Shron LLP Paul Broches McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc. Robert & Joan Catell Medgar Evers College Gifts and Grants Susan Chin John Morning Mary Sharp Cronson Kirsten Munro Jeffrey Deitch The New York Times Katie Dixon & Richard Fleming Nonesuch Records Frederick N. & Michele Oka Doner NYC & Company Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Joey O’Loughlin Andre & Stephanie Dua Jim & Mary Ottaway Indira Etwaroo The Polk Management Wealth Group Teri Everett & Mark Davidson Rosemary Scanlon Eleanor F. Friedman Thomas Schutte Paul Gangsei & Susan Herman Timothy & Julie Sebunya H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture The Sequoia Foundation for Arts & Education Anne Hamburger Bartholomew A. Sheehan & Sheila A. Cain Kenneth V. Handal & Mary Francina Golden The Shubert Organization, Inc. The Harkness Foundation for Dance Susan & Larry Sills In Memory of Robert Sklar Hildy Simmons & David Sprafkin Stephen & Ruth Hendel Philip J. Smith Herrick, Feinstein LLP Sam & Ellen Sporn Sophie Hughes Theatrical Wardrobe Union, Local 764 Miriam Katowitz & Arthur Radin Hon. Roger Tilles James & Marcia Kelly Carl Weisbrod Younghee Kim-Wait & Jarett F. Wait Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation The Zeitz Foundation Jayme Koszyn Andrew Zolli & Jennifer Carlson Thomas Koveleskie Anonymous Eileen M. Lach & Alan Berenbaum

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ADVOCATE TICKETS WE SALUTE Armando Aguirre Renee Levine-Packer Patricia Arellano Carol & Joel Levy Dwayne Ashley Rachel Loeb & Zachary Block Robert Ashton Christian Lohrmann Benjamin & Leah Barber Gina Marcon Adele Bernhard & Peter Neufeld Mary McKay KAREN BROOKS Suzanne Bernstein Ross Mollison Roslyn Black Mary Moloney Randall Bourscheidt Nicole Mondschein BRIC Brandon Nelson Russell Brown Sarah Norton Linda Brumbach Roger W. Oliver HOPKINS, Norman & Terri Buchan Elena Park Amy Cassello Mel Parker Art Chang Kathleen Phillips Ruth Chapman Québec Government House, New York Babette Coffey-Fisch Wendy Raad Kimberly Cox Jennifer Rawe WHO MADE BAM Ligia Cravo Norma & Joe Rosenberg Alexis Daran Andrea Salvatore Karen Dauler & Gaston Silva Roland Scahill Louise Diamond Edward Scarvalone & Hillary Weisman Danielle Dybiec Alexandra Siladi Judith Epstein Patricia J. S. Simpson A CULTURAL Britta Faust-Burak Cass Smith Angela Fox Bree Sposato Shawn Freeman Caren Spruch Steve Friedlander Marie-Monique Steckel Laurie Garrett Tobie Stein Robin & Alice Griffiths Sarah Stevens LANDMARK FOR Patricia Hallstein & Axel Kramer Jennifer Sunshine Angelica Harrison Katherine Ga Wae Tam Elisabeth Hayes Stuart Thompson & Joe Baker Jennifer Herman-Feldman & David Feldman Jane & Robert Toll Aviad Ivri Limor Tomer Barbara Julius & Marc Silberberg Joel Tse BROOKLYN, Aurora Kessler Udaya Vaidya Sloane Klevin Susan Walkush Kameron M. Kordestani Elissa G. Weinstein Judy Kow Naomi Weinstock NEW YORK CITY, Albert & Joan Kronick CONTRIBUTORS The Apollo Theater Marty & Jamie Markowitz Margaret C. Ayers Susan S. Marshall Katie Barthmaier & Brent Buck Robert and Joyce Menschel Foundation Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation Donald R. Mullen, Jr. AND THE WORLD Alice Bernstein & Jack Couch New Jersey Performing Arts Center Julia Bienstock The New York Community Trust Brooklyn College David & Janet Offensend Brooklyn Hospital Foundation Stephen Palmese Arline Brown Carla I. Perlo Natalia Chefer Harry Phillips III BRUCE C. RATNER, Saul Cohen John Michael Powers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III Pratt Institute MARYANNE GILMARTIN Seth & Sara Faison Marcel Przymusinski Nathaniel N. Felsher Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin AND Ford Foundation David Saltonstall Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Seligman Foundation Vera Julia Gordon Judy & Michael Steinhardt FOREST CITY RATNER Agnes Gund Glenn Alan Stiskal & Andy Lupin Anna & Raja Harb The Studio Museum of Harlem COMPANIES John Hart Theatre Development Fund The Cleveland Jewish Federation Fund of Toby D. Lewis Alice M. & Thomas J. Tisch Foundation The Joyce Theater Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Family Foundation Alexander E. Kipka & Katherine Nintzel Robert & Jane Toll Foundation Kravis Center for the Performing Arts James Wilentz and Robin Maxwell Rocco & Deborah Landesman Richard & Elizabeth Witten Family Foundation Set in Opera, a custom typeface created for the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2004 by Pentagram Arnold & Pamela Lehman WNYC and Joseph Finocchiaro to mark the restoration of the facade of the BAM Opera House. Dorothy Lichtenstein Mark Morris Dance Group Listings as of April 15, 2015 19

T HE C ITY OF N EW Y ORK O FFICE OF THE M AYOR N EW Y ORK, NY 10007

April 28, 2015

Dear Karen:

It is a great pleasure to join with your friends, family, and everyone at BAM in congratulating you on your retirement after 36 years of service to the people of our city.

BAM is one of our city’s most outstanding cultural institutions that has become an international epicenter of the arts, yet still remains a place for everyone – a place for all of Brooklyn and for all of New York City. For this, we have your outstanding leadership and tremendous vision to thank. As president, you have transformed BAM into the thriving cultural center that it is, expanding education initiatives, showcasing the work of renowned artists, and strengthening relationships with the community.

Your work to enhance the arts in our city extends far beyond your efforts at BAM. From the guidance you provided during your tenure as the Chair of the Cultural Institutions Group and as a member of the Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission to your commitment to connecting American audiences to the work of international artists, you have made an indelible impact on the cultural landscape of our city and our world. As you reflect on your incredible career, Chirlane and I are delighted to add our voices to the chorus of well-wishers.

On behalf of all New Yorkers, we offer best wishes for a celebration that is as worthy as your innumerable accomplishments, and a very happy and healthy retirement.

Sincerely,

Bill de Blasio Mayor

20 21 ABOUT KAREN

KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS is of Sweden—the first time the honor was the president of the Brooklyn Academy of awarded to anyone outside of that country. Music (BAM), where she has worked since Additionally, in recognition of her work on 1979. As President, Hopkins oversees the behalf of the Norwegian National Ballet, Academy’s 248 full-time employees and Norway awarded her its King Olav Medal. facilities, including the 2100-seat Howard In November 2006, Hopkins was awarded Gilman Opera House and 833-seat BAM the honor of Chevalier de L’Ordre des arts Harvey Theater, the four-theater BAM Rose et des Lettres by the Republic of France for Cinemas, the BAMcafé, and the BAM Fisher her work supporting the French arts in the building which houses the flexible, 250-seat United States. In 2007, she was named one Fishman Space. of the “100 Most Influential Women in New York City Business” by Crain’s. That same

Photo: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins In May 2004, Hopkins concluded a year, she was appointed Commander of the two-year term as Chair of The Cultural Royal Order of the Polar Star, in recognition Institutions Group (CIG), which consists of her role in solidifying ties between the of 33 prominent New York City cultural performing arts communities of Sweden and institutions. In this capacity, she also the United States. In May of 2012, Hopkins served as a member of the Mayor’s was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission and Humane Letters from St. Francis College in is currently a member of the Boards of Brooklyn. She was designated a “Woman NYC & Company, the Downtown Brooklyn of Achievement” by the professional Partnership, and the Global Cultural Districts association Women in Development in 2013 Network. Hopkins is an active member of and named one of the “50 Most Powerful the Performing Arts Center Consortium, Women in New York” by Crain’s. Among a national association of performing arts the many honors BAM has received during centers, and served as its chair from 1994 her tenure is the 2013 National Medal of to 1996. She also served on the Advisory Arts, the highest award given to artists and Committee of the Salzburg Seminar Project arts organizations by the US government; of Critical Issues for the Classical Performing the Medal was presented to Hopkins Photo: Jonathan Barth Arts from 2000-2002 and a fellow of by President Obama at a White House The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Center for ceremony. In 2014, Hopkins was one of 10 Business Innovation from 2001-2002. In esteemed business leaders appointed to the 2005, Hopkins received the Encore Award inaugural Crain’s Hall of Fame. in Arts Management Excellence from the Arts & Business Council of New York, and Hopkins was an adjunct professor for chaired the Hospitality and Tourism cluster the Brooklyn College Program for Arts of the Initiative for a Competitive Brooklyn. Administration for four years. Her widely In 2006, she was elected by the New York read book, Successful Fundraising for State Legislature to the Board of Regents for Arts & Cultural Organizations, is currently a term that expired in 2010. available in a revised second edition through Greenwood Publishing. A graduate of the In the spring of 1995, Hopkins served as University of Maryland, she received her the executive producer of the Bergman MFA from George Washington University Festival, which celebrated the life and work in Washington, DC. Hopkins resides in of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. The Park Slope, Brooklyn. success of the Bergman Festival earned her Photo: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins a medal from the Royal Dramatic Theater 22 23 KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS TIMELINE 1987 The Mahabharata, a nine-hour production directed by Peter Brook, inaugurates the renovated BAM Majestic Theater.

1989 Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales SEP 24, 1951 attends BAM’s gala for the Welsh National Karen Brooks Hopkins is born in Opera’s Falstaff. The production launches Baltimore, MD. the presentation of opera at BAM.

KBH publishes her book

Photo: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins Successful Fundraising for Arts and

Cultural Organizations, now in its Photo: Martha Swope Associates/Linda Alaniz second edition and third printing. 1966 KBH serves as Student Council Treasurer at 1993 Milford Mill High School. KBH oversees the launch of the BAM Endowment Trust. 1974 KBH graduates with honors from Photo: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins 1995 The University of Maryland KBH is executive producer of a citywide Department of Theatre. Ingmar Bergman Festival featuring 350+ events, including the Royal Dramatic 1975 Theater of Sweden at BAM. KBH hitchhikes in Europe. 1998 1979 BAM Rose Cinemas, the first cineplex in a KBH joins BAM as development officer in performing arts center, opens. the Planning Department. 1999 1981 Harvey Lichtenstein retires and is succeeded KBH becomes Vice President of Planning. by KBH as president and Joe Melillo as executive producer of BAM. Together they 1983 reimagine BAM as “Destination BAM.” The Next Wave Festival launches with 11 shows, including Philip Glass’ The The BAM Majestic Theater is renamed Photo: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins Photographer/Far From the Truth and The BAM Harvey Theater in honor of Harvey Gospel at Colonus featuring a young Morgan Lichtenstein. Freeman and the Institutional Radio Choir. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders 2004 1986 The BAM Dedication Celebration KBH secures the first major sponsorship commemorates the restoration of the façade for the Next Wave Festival. The new of 30 Lafayette Ave. The building is renamed partnership is featured in The New York the Peter Jay Sharp Building in honor of the Times Magazine. foundation’s support of this project.

24 25 KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS TIMELINE 2011 Conductor William Christie and Les Arts Florissants revive Jean-Baptiste Lully’s opera Atys. This is Atys’ third time in the opera house, this time co-produced by BAM.

2011—12 2006 BAM: The Complete Works, an illustrated BAM begins a partnership with Sundance written history, and BAM150, a Institute, which leads to the annual documentary, are released to celebrate BAMcinemaFest. BAM’s 150th anniversary and its status as the country’s oldest performing arts center.

2008 Photo: Elena Olivo BAM produces a three-week, three-program 2012 tribute to Paul Simon. The BAM Richard B. Fisher building, a multi-use facility that includes the Fishman 2009 Space, a flexible 250-seat theater, opens at The Bridge Project—a three-year 321 Ashland Pl. transatlantic production partnership between BAM, The Old Vic, and Neal St.—begins. 2014 Photo: Elena Olivo On behalf of BAM, KBH receives BAMtravel, which takes BAM audiences the National Medal of Arts from around the world, launches in Epidaurus, President Obama. Greece with The Bridge Project’s closing performance of The Winter’s Tale. KBH is inducted into the inaugural Crain’s Hall of Fame. BAM, together with Asia Society and NYU’s Center for Dialogues, presents 2015 Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas, a citywide KBH retires from her position as the celebration of Islamic art and culture. president of BAM after 36 years of exceptional service. She is celebrated 2010 on April 28th at BAM Presents: Photo: Jocelyn Augustino BAM and the US Department of State begin The Karen Gala. producing the cultural exchange program DanceMotion USASM. Ground is broken on a brand new building on Ashland Pl and Lafayette Ave. It will be 2011 named the BAM Karen in her honor. BAM participates in the ¡Sí Cuba! Festival, a citywide celebration of Cuban arts and a milestone in BAM’s many cultural exchanges with Cuba.

26 27 KAREN’S SCRAPBOOK Photos: courtesy of Karen Brooks Hopkins (Clockwise from top left): Karen with her mother, Paula; Karen with her grandfather; five generations of the Brooks (Clockwise from top left): Karen with Patricia Thomas, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Brooklyn Borough President family; Karen with Fernando Saez of the Ludwig Foundation in Havana, Cuba; Karen with Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden; Karen’s friends Tina Silverman and Carlo Perlo; Ron and Karen; Karen with her son Matt, daughter Howard Golden and Hilary Rodham Clinton; Karen with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Michael Jackson, and Ron Feiner; in law Annie, granddaughters Caroline, Adrienne, and Natalie, and Cookie Monster; Karen with her parents Paula and Karen at 19 years old Howard, Matt and Annie, and Ron 28 29 TONIGHT’S PERFORMERS

WHO’S WHO Antigone; Under Construction; Freshwater; Who Do You Think You Are; IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY THE Radio Macbeth; Hotel Cassiopeia; Death and the Ploughman; La Dispute; OTHER DAY THAT WE MET. Score; bobrauschenbergamerica; Room; War of the Worlds; Cabin AND NOW BAM! YOU ARE LEAVING. Pressure; War of the Worlds: The Radio Play; Alice’s Adventures; Culture of BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL Desire; Bob; Going, Going, Gone; Small PLACE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS. Lives/Big Dreams; The Medium; Noel Photo: Craig Schwartz Coward’s Hay Fever and Private Lives; IF YOU HAD ANOTHER NAME ANNE BOGART is a co-artistic August Strindberg’s Miss Julie; and director of SITI Company, which she Charles Mee’s Orestes. Operas include IT WOULD BE RELENTLESS! founded with Japanese director Tadashi Norma, Carmen, I Capuleti e i Suzuki in 1992. She is a professor at Montecchi, Nicolas and Alexander, Columbia University where she runs the Lilith, and Seven Deadly Sins. She is Graduate Directing Program. Works the author of five books: What’s the WITH DEEPEST ADMIRATION, with SITI, several of which have been Story; A Director Prepares; The seen at BAM, include Persians; Steel Viewpoints Book; And Then, You Act; AASHISH AND DINNY DEVITRE Hammer; A Rite; Café Variations; and Conversations with Anne. Trojan Women; American Document;

CHARLES L. MEE has presented several pieces at BAM: Big Love, bobrauschenbergamerica, and Hotel Cassiopeia. His plays have also been performed at the Signature Theatre, Lincoln Center, the Public Theater, La MaMa ETC, and many other venues in New York and around the world. All of his plays are available at charlesmee.org. His work is made possible by the Photo: courtesy of the artist support of Richard B. Fisher and Jeanne Donovan Fisher.

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is the artistic director of Illstyle & Peace White, now a bishop, followed by his Productions. He is well versed in the brother, Alfred White, and then the late various styles of hip-hop dance. Same Professor John Hason. Nationwide tours Spirit Different Movement I & II— resulted from its first gold-selling album, IMpossible IZZpossible, which was Stretch Out, which achieved worldwide presented at BAM and is the most acclaim. The choir has traveled to Europe, recent work he has choreographed for the Caribbean, Greece, Mexico, Canada, Illstyle, entails locking, popping, and Asia, and has recorded 25 live breaking, beat boxing, hip-hop, tap, albums, including the forthcoming Just modern jazz, African dance, belly Have Church. The choir is led by Bishop Photo: courtesy of the artists Photo: Julieta Cervantes dance, singing, and deejaying, has been Carl E. Williams, Jr. and Professor Butch ILLSTYLE & PEACE touring nationally and internationally to INSTITUTIONAL RADIO CHOIR Heyward. They receive visitors from PRODUCTIONS is a multicultural critical acclaim, and has been The Institutional Radio Choir has been around the world at their weekly services. Philadelphia-based dance company performed in Russia, Poland, Canada, serving the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ The choir has performed with great founded in 2000 by Brandon “Peace” London, Italy, France, China, Japan, in the ministry of song for almost 50 entertainers such as Ben Vereen, Donald Albright. The company creates work Denmark, Scotland, Sweden, and years. Their repertoire consists of all types Fagin, Paul Simon, Morgan Freeman, Max rooted in contemporary, West African, elsewhere. Albright also offers high of gospel—traditional, anthems, and hard Roach, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle, Yusef old-school, and new-school hip-hop energy workshops, master classes, and rock gospel—thus the choir is referred to Lateef, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, blended with an eclectic mix of dance educational program in shows such as as a traditional gospel choir with a Barry Manilow, and others. In 1980 and performance disciplines, including, Become Your Dreams, a history of hip- contemporary message. The choir came Bishop Carl E. Williams, Jr., senior pastor breaking, popping, locking, tap, hip- hop; Hip-Hop Math, a math lecture as the result of the vision God gave its of the Institutional Church of God In hop, and house dancing. It has toured demonstration program; and NO- founder and pastor emeritus, Chief Christ of Brooklyn, began carrying the to critical acclaim nationally and Bullying STOP-Bullying, And Let’s Be Apostle Carl E. Williams, Sr.—that if the baton as administrator and manager of internationally, and is committed to Friends :), an anti-bullying show. people served Him, He would take them the award-winning choir. He is assisted delivering positive messages to all Albright is intrigued by the universality from “glory to glory.” The choir was by the Minister of Music Alex Williams. audiences. Illstyle & Peace Productions of hip-hop and continues to seek originally under the direction of J. C. was a 2013 US Culture Ambassador, inspiration from other dance forms and chosen by the State Department and arts. His latest project for Illstyle is GARRY KVISTAD, founder/owner of BAM, and toured Russia, Belarus, and called We Dance II Inspire. Woodstock Chimes®, has been the Ukraine. Brandon “Peace” Albright performing with Steve Reich since 1979. He is a member of the world renowned percussion group NEXUS. Kvistad has a BM from the Oberlin Conservatory and a MM from Northern Illinois University where he received its Distinguished Alumni Award. He was a Tanglewood Fellow in 1968, worked with Lukas Foss Photo: courtesy of the artist in Buffalo, co-founded the Blackearth Percussion Group, and is currently on the faculty of Bard College Conservatory. 32 33 WHO’S WHO continents. His latest work, Quartet, for percussionist Colin Currie, sold out two THE consecutive concerts at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London shortly after tens of RUDIN FAMILY thousands at the Glastonbury Festival heard Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) perform Electric Counterpoint followed EXTENDS OUR by the London Sinfonietta performing his CONGRATULATIONS & BEST WISHES Music for 18 Musicians. In 2012 he TO OUR FRIEND was awarded the Gold Medal in Music Photo: Jay Blakesberg by the American Academy of Arts and KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS STEVE REICH has been called letters. Earlier he won the Preamium FOR HER “America’s greatest living composer” Imperale in Tokyo, the Polar Prize in (Village Voice), “the most original Stockholm, the BBVA Award in Madrid, VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO musical thinker of our time” (The New and, recently, the Golden Lion at the BAM Yorker), and “among the great Biennale de Venzia. He has been named Commandeur de l’ordre des Arts et ON THIS CELEBRATORY OCCASION composers of the century” (The New York Times). His music has influenced letters and has been awarded honorary HONORING HER FOR composers and mainstream musicians doctorates by the Juilliard School, the THIRTY SIX YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE all over the world. Music for 18 Liszt Academy in Budapest, and the Musicians and Different Trains have New England Conservatory of Music, YOU HAVE EXPANDED THE BAM FOOTPRINT AND earned him two Grammy awards, and in among others. “There’s just a handful of HELPED TO SPUR THE CULTURAL RENAISSANCE 2009 his Double Sextet won the Pulitzer living composers who can legitimately Prize. His documentary video opera claim to have altered the direction of THROUGHOUT ALL OF BROOKLYN! works—The Cave and Three Tales, done musical history and Steve Reich is one of WELL DONE & ALL THE BEST! in collaboration with video artist Beryl them,” states The Guardian. Korot—have been performed on four

MAVIS STAPLES has been the solid rock of American music for six decades. While she is strongly identified with the family group the Staple Singers, she has also managed to transform herself along the way. Through the delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s (“Uncloudy Day”), to the engaged protest of the civil rights era (“Freedom Photo: courtesy of the artist Highway”), and on 70s pop radio with the hits “I’ll Take You There,” “Respect 34 35 WHO’S WHO

Yourself,” and “Let’s Do It Again,” Fellowship Award recipient. VH1 named Staples has carried on, her warm her one of the 100 Greatest Women embrace of a voice the only constant. of Rock and Roll, and Rolling Stone With the Grammy-nominated 2013 listed her as one of the 100 Greatest album One True Vine, her second Singers of All Time. Her previous collaboration with the legendary singer album, the Tweedy-produced You Are and producer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Not Alone, won the Grammy Award she has crafted a gospel album for the for Best Americana Album in 2011, 21st century. On the record, Staples adding a remarkable new chapter gives voice to something new in her to an already historic career. With THANK YOU, KAREN, repertoire, something deeper and more Yvonne Staples singing backing vocals resonant with our times. Her Stax- from 1969 until patriarch Roebuck FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE, era hits spoke to a growing black “Pops” Staples’ death in 2000, social consciousness, and her ‘70s the Staple Singers were configured as collaborations with The Band gave a quartet, with Pops and Mavis joined ALL THAT YOU’VE DONE, spiritual weight to the rediscovery of by Cleotha and Yvonne Staples. The traditional American music. Tweedy clan’s musical signatures were Pops’ AND ALL THAT YOU WILL DO. has crafted a pulpit from which Staples gospel-based songwriting, reedy tenor, lends her voice in search of grace. and bluesy guitar; Mavis’ rich, raspy Staples, who has previously performed vocals and precise phrasing; and the WITH THE GREATEST ADMIRATION AND AFFECTION, at BAM, is a Rock and Roll Hall of supple, ringing harmonies of Cleotha TERRY AND CONNIE CHRISTENSEN, Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement and Yvonne, who also acted as the AHRIN AND LIGAYA MISHAN, Award winner, and a National Heritage band’s manager. AND, WITH US IN SPIRIT, RITA HILLMAN decade. The band got its start in a basement studio in Brooklyn in the summer of 2002. In 2003, the band started its first residency on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at the Gin Mill on Amsterdam Ave. In 2007, Sugartone released its first album, Live In Brooklyn. Sugartone continued its Upper West Side residency in 2008 at Jacques-Imo’s restaurant, a cafe Photo: courtesy of the artists fashioned after the famous Jacques- SUGARTONE BRASS BAND Imo’s restaurant in New Orleans. After has been funkin’ up the brass band the unfortunate closing of Jacques- scene in New York City for over a Imo’s, Sugartone moved to a new

36 WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO restaurant in 2010 on the famous album was released on November 18, premiered in the fall of 2018 in Toronto. Restaurant Row in Midtown Manhattan, 2014. In 2010 Wainwright was commissioned called Bourbon Street Bar and Grill. In by the San Francisco Symphony to 2012, Sugartone moved uptown to The Sugartone Brass Band has compose and interpret Five Harlem and played every Wednesday appeared on MTV’s “Making the Shakespeare Sonnets, a five-movement night at the Harlem Tavern. The band’s Band,” the James Beard Awards Show, song cycle that sets Shakespeare’s second album, Fourth Man Down, was BET’s “106 and Park”, the New York sonnets to orchestra and voice. They released shortly afterwards in February Burlesque Festival and on several tours have since be since been performed of 2012. Sugartone’s newest studio across the United States. worldwide by orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Montreal Photo: Lian Lunson Symphony, and others. The Berliner Kitteridge. Wainwright will soon cross RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, born in New Ensemble, directed by Robert Wilson, into the literary world with a memoir York and raised in Montreal, is one of performed Shakespeare’s Sonnets at entitled Stories I Might Regret Telling the great male vocalists and songwriters BAM in 2014. Wainwright recently You for Flatiron Books, an imprint of of his generation. At the age of six he completed his PledgeMusic campaign Macmillan Publishing. Wainwright had his first piano lesson, and at 13 he to raise money to record Prima Donna was born in New York City to folk appeared in the band McGarrigle Sisters with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. legends Loudon Wainwright III and Kate and Family with his mother, sister, and Last fall he had his debut with the McGarrigle, and is the sister of singer- aunt. At the age of 14 he was named London Proms at the Royal Albert Hall songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Raised Canada’s best young musician and later and also performed at Last Night of the in Montreal, she spent her childhood on received Juno Awards for Best Proms in the Park. In 2010 he was the Photo: courtesy of the artist immersed in music, taking the first step Alternative Album. He has released first artist to complete a five-concert MARTHA WAINWRIGHT has of her own recording career in 1998 seven studio albums, three DVDs, and residency at the Royal Opera House released three full-length studio albums, when she contributed the song “Year of three live albums. His live album Rufus Covent Garden in London. In 2013 he various EPs, a live album of Edith Piaf the Dragon” to her mother and aunt’s Does Judy, recorded at Carnegie Hall in sang for Billy Joel at the Kennedy songs, a soundtrack to the Canadian album The McGarrigle Hour. The same 2006, was nominated for a Grammy. Center Honors in Washington. Other television series Trauma, and tours year, she started singing back-up for Wainwright has collaborated with artists recent achievements include the 2012 extensively all across the globe. Her her brother, both live and on recordings. including Elton John, David Byrne, Boy world premiere of Sing Me the Songs latest album, Come Home to Mama, Since then, she has consistently George, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shop Boys, That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate was heralded by Mojo magazine as a developed her craft and carved out Burt Bacharach, Robbie Williams, and McGarrigle, a feature-length music “substantial and brilliantly sung career her own unmistakable identity in the producer Mark Ronson, among others. documentary starring Rufus, Martha best,” and follows her two previous music world, collaborating with such His much acclaimed first opera, Prima Wainwright, and their family and releases, I Know You’re Married But luminaries as Pete Townshend and Donna, premiered at the Manchester directed by Lian Lunson, which I’ve Got Feelings Too and Martha Donald Fagen. She appeared at BAM in International Festival in July 2009 and screened at BAM and was celebrated in Wainwright. She has also crossed 2013 in A Benefit Concert for Kate’s has since been presented in London, a live concert in 2013. The film over into film/TV, performing in Martin Kids: An Evening of Music with Rufus Toronto, and at BAM. The Canadian captures the May 2011 tribute concert Scorsese’s film The Aviator, and acting and Martha Wainwright. Opera Company commissioned honoring Rufus’ late mother, the great in the acclaimed HBO miniseries Olive Wainwright’s second opera, about singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. Roman Emperor Hadrian, to be

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FEATURING ARTISTS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES OF KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS Laurie Anderson, Artist Alberta Arthurs, Former Director for Arts & Humanities at The Rockefeller Foundation David Bither, Senior Vice President of Nonesuch Records Paula Brooks, Karen’s mother KAREN IS AN INSPIRATIONAL LEADER. SHE William I. Campbell, BAM Vice Chairman of the Board HAS ALLOWED BAM TO EXCEL IN ALL AREAS OF Baba Chuck Davis, Artistic Director and Founding Elder of DanceAfrica THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES. I AM ESPECIALLY Ron Feiner, Karen’s partner and BAM Board Trustee GRATEFUL FOR HER ENCOURAGEMENT AND Alan H. Fishman, BAM Chairman of the Board SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING OUR EDUCATION Jane Gullong, Karen’s friend and former colleague PROGRAM. IT IS A STATE OF THE ART PROGRAM Matthew Hopkins, Karen’s son and his family, Annie, Adrienne, Natalie, and Caroline THAT WILL BECOME A MODEL FOR Adam E. Max, BAM Vice Chairman of the Board OTHER INSTITUTIONS. Joseph V. Melillo, BAM Executive Producer

Norman Peck, President and Director of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation CONGRATULATIONS ON Carla Perlo, Karen’s friend and Founding Director of Dance Place in Washington, DC 36 TREMENDOUS YEARS, Bruce C. Ratner, BAM Chairman Emeritus Mikki Shepard, Executive Producer of the Apollo Theater and former BAM Producer/ Board Member, Founder/Executive/Artistic Director of 651Arts RICHARD E. FELDMAN Tina Silverman, Karen’s friend PRESIDENT, THE SHS FOUNDATION Jan Winarsky, Karen’s friend

Photo: courtesy of the BAM Hamm Archives

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CONGRATULATIONS TO KAREN HOPKINS ON 36 YEARS OF DEDICATION, INSPIRATION AND The arts are for everyone ACCOMPLISHMENT! When community members support the arts, they help inspire and enrich everyone. Artistic diversity helps unite communities, creating shared experiences and inspiring excellence.

LINDA & ADAM CHINN Bank of America is honored to be connected to BAM and join in celebrating Karen Brooks Hopkins and her dedication to bringing the arts to our community. Visit us at bankofamerica.com/arts Life’s better when we’re connected®

In honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins, BAM Visual Art has created a limited edition print series in collaboration with acclaimed artist Shinique Smith.

3 archival inkjet prints, 2015 30 x 19.5 inches each Courtesy of the artist

MAGNETIC BEAM ABIDING LIGHT BEAUTIFUL DREAMER

Produced in editions of 50, prints are available individually for $1,200 each or in a suite of three for $3,500. Exclusive 10% discount for gala guests, through May 30th only. Proceeds benefit BAM’s artistic programming. Email [email protected] for more information.

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ON BEHALF OF THE BAM STAFF,

THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ONLINE BIDDING PADDLE8.COM/BAM SALUTES THE APR 27—MAY 11 ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT BAM GREATEST OF MATTHEW BARNEY HONORARY ARTIST CHAIR FUNDRAISERS, MARK DIKER AUCTION CHAIR & BAM TRUSTEE KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS FEATURING A SELECTION OF WORKS SPECIALLY DONATED TO SOTHEBY’S AUCTION IN HONOR OF KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS: RONI HORN KAWS ROY LICHTENSTEIN DAVE MULLER DAMIÁN ORTEGA RICHARD PRINCE DAN WALSH DUSTIN YELLIN AND MANY MORE

2015 BAM ART AUCTION SPONSOR:

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BAM YOUNG PRODUCERS CONGRATULATE KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS ON HER MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, AND A LEGACY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO US, AND TO CONGRATULATIONS THE GENERATIONS WHO COME AFTER. KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS BAM YOUNG PRODUCERS LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE Barclays Center recognizes SASHA KIPKA, CO-CHAIR AND STEPHEN PALMESE, CO-CHAIR Karen Brooks Hopkins for her 36 years of service KATIE BARTHMAIER, JULIA BIENSTOCK, NATASHA CHEFER, to Brooklyn’s leading cultural institution. NATHANIEL FELSHER, ANNA HARB, CAROLYN PRIDE, MARCEL PRZYMUSINSKI, AND PEDRO TORRES JR.

Through your dedication and vision, BAM has GABRIEL KAHANE, HONORARY ARTIST MEMBER provided a voice and space for artists everywhere to share their passions with the world.

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MBITIOUS

DONALD R. MULLEN JR. SALUTES ESILIENT KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS ON HER UNPARALLELED NGAGING 36 YEAR CAREER AT BAM

URTURING Thank You

CONGRATULATIONS TO KAREN ON YOUR TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON BAM, BROOKLYN, AND ARTS COMMUNITIES NEAR AND FAR! Karen SARAH BILLINGHURST & HOWARD SOLOMON for your years of service and long-lasting impact in the arts at BAM and throughout New York City.

52 53 . THE. STAVROS NIARCHOS CONGRATULATIONS, KAREN! FOUNDATION THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR BAM IS A pROUD SUppORTER OF THE AND BROOKLYN. Brooklyn AcAdemy of music AND SAlUTES ANNA AND GEORGE SAMPAS kAren Brooks Hopkins’ 36 yeArs of leAdersHip .

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CONGRATULATIONS TO KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS IS AT THE

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, CENTER OF IT ALL. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON CULTURE IN BROOKLYN, IN AMERICA, AND AROUND THE WORLD. VIACOM SALUTES YOU FOR ALWAYS WITH OUR BEST WISHES, PUSHING CREATIVITY AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ARTS.

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CONGRATULATIONS, KAREN!

You have brought BAM and all of us to new heights. LAURA R. WALKER, PRESIDENT AND CEO To the inimitable Karen Brooks Hopkins CYNTHIA KING VANCE, CHAIR Warrior Innovator True Believer You changed the Arts in America forever

With love and admiration, Susan and Andy and the St. Ann's Warehouse Gang

58 59 You have inspired us for over 30 years – as New Yorkers, partners and friends.

We will keep your roast chicken and mashed potatoes on the menu.

With our love, Your family at Great Performances

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Nonesuch-BAM-1.indd 1 4/13/15 12:54 PM The Board and Staff of The Studio Museum in Harlem salute Karen Brooks Hopkins on her incredible commitment to arts and culture in Brooklyn, throughout New York City, and beyond.

Her thirty-six-year tenure at BAM has been deeply President Karen L. Gould inspirational, profoundly and the Brooklyn College community impactful, and truly visionary. salute Karen Brooks Hopkins We extend her our sincerest for her enduring and exceptional thanks and congratulations. contribution to arts and culture in Brooklyn. THE MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP APPLAUDS OUR FRIEND KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS, The Brooklyn Hospital Center Credit: Ken Friedman congratulates our esteemed A TRUE FORCE AND friend and neighbor, INSPIRATION. Karen Brooks Hopkins, and salutes her extraordinary run!

Jonathan M. Weld, Interim President & CEO

Carlos P. Naudon, Chairman, The Brooklyn Hospital Center

Dino J. Veronese, Chairman, The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation

Photo: Ken Friedman Pratt Institute Congratulates

Brooklyn Academy of Music President Karen Brooks Hopkins on 36 Years of Transformative Leadership at BAM

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BAM.indd 1 3/31/2015 11:39:49 AM You’ve helped make Brooklyn an arts capital. All the best from your friends at

Theatret Developmentdf Fund Earl D. Weiner, Chairman Victoria Bailey, Executive Director Michael Naumann, Managing Director

THANKS TO YOUR To a cultural visionary, master fund-raiser, EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION organizational genius, and dearly held friend TO THE ARTS AND KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS Your 36-year legacy in forging BAM’s sterling reputation UNWAVERING COMMITMENT has inspired NJPAC and arts centers worldwide to reach for greatness with every curtain. TO BROOKLYN, WE ARE ALL We join your legions of fans in sending the BENEFACTORS OF YOUR heartiest congratulations as you enjoy the next act of your ever-amazing life. MAGNIFICENT LEADERSHIP New Jersey Performing Arts Center AND GUIDANCE. John Schreiber President and CEO MIKKI SHEPARD Lawrence P. Goldman EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Founding President and CEO

New Jersey Performing Arts Center • One Center Street, Newark, NJ 70 71

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FROM ONE BROOKLYN INSTITUTION TO ANOTHER,

MICHAEL O’KEEFFE We salute Karen AND THE RIVER CAFÉ SALUTE KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS AND THANK HER FOR 36 and all she INCREDIBLE YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP has done for BAM and

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BAM BOARD CHAIR PRESIDENT PRESIDENT EMERITUS THE DONORS TO THE KAREN CAMPAIGN Alan H. Fishman Karen Brooks Hopkins Harvey Lichtenstein Booth Ferris Foundation brigitte nyc BAM BOARD VICE CHAIRS SECRETARY William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell William I. Campbell Joseph V. Melillo Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III Adam E. Max Ide & David Dangoor TREASURER Della Rosa Family Foundation James I. McLaren Aashish & Dinyar Devitre Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Thérèse M. Esperdy & Robert G. Neborak MEMBERS EX OFFICIO Mallory & Elizabeth Factor Tony Bechara Jonathan F.P. Rose Lori Luis Andrew & Audrey Feiner Fran Bermanzohn Anna Kuzmik Sampas Laura Popa Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Gordon Bowen Alberto Sanchez Jeanne Donovan Fisher Linda Chinn Timothy Sebunya CHAIRMEN EMERITI Forest City Ratner Companies Henry Christensen III Bartholomew A. Sheehan III Neil D. Chrisman The Howard Gilman Foundation Pamela A. Codispoti Danny Simmons Seth Faison The Harkness Foundation for Dance Dr. Rudolph F. Crew Jessica Smith Bruce C. Ratner Barbara Haws & William Josephson David E. R. Dangoor Brian Stafford The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation Cheryl Della Rosa Axel Stawski HONORARY TRUSTEES Penn & Diane Holsenbeck Dinyar S. Devitre Joseph A. Stern Robert L. Forbes Anne Hubbard & Harvey Schwartz Beth Rudin DeWoody Pedro J. Torres Charles J. Hamm Richard Hulbert Mark Diker John Usdan Barbara B. Haws, C.A. Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia Andre Dua Brigitte Vosse William Josephson The Jaharis Family Foundation Brendan J. Dugan Nora Ann Wallace Mary Kantor Miriam Katowitz & Arthur Radin Thérèse M. Esperdy Veronica Westberg John Lipsky Christoph & Flora Kimmich Teri Everett Adam Wolfensohn Laurie Mallet Robin & Edgar Lampert Mallory Factor Claire Wood Cathy-Ann Martine Carol & Joel Levy Ronald E. Feiner, Esq. Andrew Zolli David L. Ramsay, M.D., M.Ed. Diane & Adam E. Max Richard E. Feldman, Esq. Elaine Weinstein James I. McLaren & Lawton W. Fitt Steven G. Felsher Hon. Franklin R. Weissberg Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Jeanne Donovan Fisher Vaughn C. Williams, Esq. Donald R. Mullen Jr. Barry M. Fox Nash Family Foundation MaryAnne Gilmartin BAM ENDOWMENT TRUST BOARD Michael Palm Foundation Robert M. Greenberg Timothy J. Ingrassia, Chair Norman & Liliane Peck G. Penn Holsenbeck Gabriel Pizzi, Vice Chair Bruce C. Ratner Anne Hubbard Keith Stubblefield, Treasurer The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc. Mark H. Jackson William A. Douglass, III Jonathan F.P. & Diana Calthorpe Rose Dan A. Klores Steven G. Felsher Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin Philippe Krakowsky Elizabeth Holtzman May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Edgar A. Lampert James I. McLaren The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund François Letaconnoux Norman L. Peck The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Gary Lynch Alberto Sanchez The SHS Foundation Patricia E. Michels Timothy Sebunya Jennifer Small & Adam Wolfensohn Ahrin Mishan R. Edward Spilka Jessica E. Smith & Kevin R. Brine Donald R. Mullen Jr. Nora Ann Wallace Edward Spilka William A. Perlmuth Henry Christensen III (Ex Officio) Starry Night Fund David L. Picket Thérèse M. Esperdy (Ex Officio) Joseph & Diane Steinberg Frances A. Resheske Alan H. Fishman (Ex Officio) Joseph A. Stern Sarah C. Robertson Two Trees Management Company David & Jane Walentas Jed Walentas & Kate Engelbrecht Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust Listings as of April 15, 2015

74 75 EDUCATION & HUMANITIES & Benjamin Cohen, Assoc. Director of Video GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BAM STAFF BAMCINÉMATEK Ben Katz, Video Production Manager Tamara McCaw, Director of Govt. Shana Parker, Director of Operations for E&H Alexander Guns, Catherine Lee, & Community Affairs Jennifer Leeson, Operations Manager for E&H Assistant Video Producers Dewonnie Frederick, Community PRODUCTION Jackie Katz, Education Assoc. Jenny Choi, Publications Manager Affairs & Bazaar Manager Karen Brooks Hopkins, President DEVELOPMENT Joseph V. Melillo, Executive Producer Neil Kutner, Director of Production CORPORATE RELATIONS Victoria Collado, Education Asst. Seán McKeithan, Robert Wood, Copywriters Ilex Bien-Aime, Govt. & Alice Bernstein, Executive Vice President Josh Escajeda, Dylan Nachand, Chantal Bernard, Director of Rebekah Gordon, Admin. Asst. Community Affairs Coordinator Stephanie S. Hughley, Vice President of Assoc. Production Managers Corporate Relations DIGITAL MEDIA AND PROJECT Education & Humanities & BAMcinématek Paul Bartlett, Ryan Gastelum, Jennifer Gwendolyn Pointer, Director, Corporate BAMCINÉMATEK MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES John Lanasa, Vice President of Grutza, Elizabeth Moreau, Barbara Wohlsen, Sponsorships/New Business Development Gabriele Caroti, Director Stephen Litner, Director of Digital Seth Azizollahoff, Director of Human Resources Marketing & Communications Production Supervisors Ashley Jacobson, Corporate Relations Nellie Killian, David Reilly, Programmers Media and Creative Production Jenny Rodriguez, Human Resources Manager Riccardo Salmona, Vice President Danielle Colburn, Laura Williams, Manager Lisa Thomas, Publicity Manager Aaron Weibel, Manager of Web Production Cynthia Smith, Payroll Manager for Institutional Advancement Palmer Johnston, Production Coordinators Elizabeth Sarkady, Andrew Chan, Marketing Manager Jamie Kraus, Nancy Chow, Sajal Javid, Benefits Manager Keith Stubblefield, Chief Financial Officer and Heli Soell, Admin. Coordinator Business Development Manager Jesse Trussell, Programming Asst. Digital Media Coordinators Samara Alexander, Recruiter Vice President of Finance & Administration Eliza Brennessel, Intern Rebecca Carew, Corporate Sponsorship Hannah Thomas, Publicity & Marketing Asst. Josephine Llorente, Digital Production Asst. Alexis Boehmler, Human Resources Project Coordinator Ryan Werner, Programmer at Large Casey Cleverly, Creative Services Coordinator PRESIDENT’S OFFICE STAGE CREW Katerina Patouri, Intern Kate Rouhandeh, Intern Project Manager Taryn Kao, Intern Grace Eubank, Manager Thomas Paulucci, Crew Chief Cyrus Similly, Katherine McDonald, Creative Services Annie Steingold, Intern Head Carpenter, OH ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIVING EDUCATION Admin. Assoc. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Paul McManus, Ass’t. 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Feiner PC Ivonne Paredes, Anika Paris, Mark Toepfer, Ronald Hunter, Maintainers Jessica Hindle, Patron Services Coordinator Keomi Tarver, Karen Thornton-Daniels, Leese FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Rebecca Walsh, Kendra Williams, Interns Carl Blango, Asst. Maintainer Samantha Shay, Alexander Jofe, Walker, Adia Whitaker, Todd Woodard CAPITAL PROJECTS Medical Consultants Larysa McKenna, Volunteer Patron Services Assts. Jonathan Jones, Director, Capital Projects Ahmar Butt, MD SECURITY MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Matthew Baclini, Capital Projects Analyst Anders Cohen, MD GENERAL MANAGEMENT Chris Thompson, Security Manager SPECIAL EVENTS COMMUNICATIONS Laura Grady, Capital Projects Manager Patrick J. Scully, General Manager Melvin Patterson, Manuel Taveras, Margaret Breed, Director of Special Events Sandy Sawotka, Director of Communications Restaurateur Sara Danielsen, Asst. General Manager, Supervising Attendant Guards Marissa Neiman, James Vause, Joe Guttridge, Assoc. Director of Publicity FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Great Performances Fisher Building Kenneth Aguillera, Collie Dean, Special Events Managers Susan Yung, Editorial Manager Ellen Leszynski, Project Coordinator Carrie Reynolds, Asst. General Manager Senior Attendant Guards Paloma Wake, Special Events Coordinator Sarah Garvey, David Hsieh, Adriana Leshko, Jaclyn Bouton, Project Manager Marlon Desouza, Felix Jusino, Kevin Lemon, Kim Howard, Special Events Associate Publicity Managers FINANCE Liana Agredo, Jessie Fairbanks, Teonia Smith, Andel Thomas, Baha Ebrahimzadeh, Publicist Kozue Oshiro, Controller Project Supervisors Michael Whyte, Attendant Guards VISUAL ART James Sutton, Publications Asst. Tameka White, Asst. Controller Molly Rodino, GM Coordinator, Holly Shen, Curator of Visual Arts Drew Devero, Publicity Intern Claudia Bailey, Budget Manager Budgets & Contracts CUSTODIAL SERVICES Mary Gordanier, Visual Arts Asst. Brian Gee, Accounting Assoc. April 15, 2015 Chris Mode, Admin. Asst.& BAMshop Liaison Ramon Cabassa, Custodial Supervisor Hadley Leary, Intern CREATIVE David McCullough, Budget Coordinator Nivia Prescod, BAM Fisher Front of House Yossess Allen, Allan Boyce, Ludlow Clara Cornelius, Creative Director Seon Gomez, Staff Accountant Rep. & Rentals Asst. Chamberlain, Isaias Flores, Mayra Guillen, Patrick Morin, Assoc. Director of Design Iman Bance, Accounting Asst. Ron Rathan, Akeon Thomas, Custodians Ryan Rowlett, Senior Interactive Designer Adam Sachs, Fiscal Manager Katie Positerry, Interactive Designer Douglas Fischer, Fiscal Coordinator Michelle Angelosanto, Kyle Richardson, Yusuf Siddiquee, Fiscal Asst. Designers 76 SPECIAL THANKS We would like to thank the following for their invaluable involvement behind the scenes for BAM Presents: The Karen Gala:

Allied Printing Melissa Murray Ruby Amanze Santtu Mustonen AndrewAndrew Pat Noecker Joe Amrhein Iviva Olenick Nancy Baker Elena Olivo Derrick Belcham New York City Water Taxis Thomas Broadbent The New York Times The Brooklyn Navy Yards Newburgh Brewery Delta Air Lines Darin Pfeiffer Duggal Greenhouse The 88th Precinct Ron Feiner See Factor Ramsey Fendall Beowulf Sheehan Fleurs Bella Skyliner Great Performances Michael Sladek Matt Hopkins Stamford Tents Kate Spade New York Sugartone Brass Band Knight Security Tiffany & Co. Oliver Jeffers Kathleen Vance Jennifer Leightner Jorn Weisbrodt MAC Cosmetics Claire Wood Metropolis Ensemble Heeseop Yoon

And of course all of the BAM staff members who worked so hard to make this celebration a success—THANK YOU!