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MALASHOCK DANCE & SACRA/PROFANA in partnership with UCSD Department of Theatre & Dance present Temptation comes with a price Yaro Jane Photography May 15 - 17, 2015 The Forum Theater at UCSD Producers Circle ($25,000+) James & Lois Lasry John & Sarah Rebelo From John Malashock Danah Fayman Alex & Judy McDonald Anita Reith Russell Frackman & Myrna Morganstern Paul Robinson & Trudy Stambook Mickey Malashock Abbe Wolfsheimer & David Stutz Stuart Schwartz Linda & Stuart Robinson I love a good artistic collaboration. Blending my artistic vision with that of another City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Elaine Galinson & Herbert Solomon John & Bonnie Rush creative artist always takes me into new and exciting territory. Working with Krishan on Culture Miriam Summ Neno & Victoria Segura Joseph Brooks & Douglas Walker Reema R Shah Shanna & Tom Bradley SNAKESKIN has been the most satisfying sort of collaboration for me. His brilliant music has Sponsors Circle ($10,000-$24,999) Dancers Circle ($100-$499) Jerome Shaw & Joyce Cutler Shaw Anonymous Tracy Skaddan been a delight to work with. I think it is safe to say that, working together, we have Dr. Irwin & Joan Jacobs Caroline Amanquah-Hiller* Steve & Paciencia Armstrong Evelyn Spilka Jeffrey & Sheila Lipinsky Lois & William Stanton created something that neither of us could have imagined on our own. I also love telling Sycuan Casino* Joyce Axelrod & Joe Fisch Peter & Lorri Bauer Francy Starr a good story. Starting with a Tennessee Williams play (Orpheus Descending) as inspiration Lynn Beller Marilyn Stenvall Designers Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Joan Bernstein Frank Kalmar & Susan Stern let us create a rich, dramatic storyline that has depth, character, and great appeal. C.J. & Dot Stafford Memorial Trust Joseph & Edith Bookstein Barry A Fisher TTEE California Arts Council Mildred Weisz Susan Barbey Booth County of San Diego (Under the supervision of Roberta Burnett George & Kate Willis My dancers were also great collaborators on SNAKESKIN. They approached this show the Dave Roberts & Ron Roberts) Janice Steinberg & Jack Cassidy Caryl Lees Witte Daniel & Phyllis Epstein* Lori Champagne Louis Wolfsheimer way actors would – with a lot of time devoted to discovering the characters they are David C. Copley Foundation Lyman Christopher Hal & Debby Jacobs Patti & Coop Cooprider playing. They helped me shape the storyline of SNAKESKIN; found movement that Friends Circle ($1-$99) Dorothea Laub Natalie Dahl Albert Atesalp represents their characters; had great ideas about how to make dramatic sense of a Jeanette Stevens* Oliver McElroy & Karen Delaurier Phylaine Bemel Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation Anne B Dick Jeanette Chayes story told through dance; and even generated the movement for some of the sections. Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust Bernard Eggertsen & Florence Nemkov Eric Pitarresi US Bank Bill & Elaine Farran Joyce Field Everyone had a lot of input into this project. Now it’s time for you, the audience, to help Bob & Debbie Fellman Sonia P. Fuentes Directors Circle ($1,000-$4,999) Andrew Frackman Mary Fujimoto Charles Glidden us complete the work by sharing the experience. After all, SNAKESKIN was created for Gary Eastman Gordon & Sharon Fuller Diana Glimm Pat Finn Diana & Michael Griggs you. Michael & Nancy Glynn Maureen & Charles King Judy Dolan & Raymond Hardie Jerry & Linda Goldberg Bill & Evelyn Lamden Heather Hawkins Don & Dale Goldman Reinette & Marvin Levine Michael Hopkins From Krishan Oberoi Meg & Allan Goldstein Chris Loughridge Annette Insdorf Neil Hadfield & Mararet Jackson John & Nina Malashock Jim Gold International, Inc Jill Hall Traci & Derek Ostertag Laurie Itkin Edna & Alexander Harper When I was in college, I discovered the works of Tennessee Williams through the classic Paul Pietranico Charles Johnson Betty & Hank Harriman Qualcomm Matching Grant Program Jennifer Jones Betty Hiller film “A Streetcar Named Desire”, starring Marlon Brando (which my roommate - a film Stacy & Don Rosenberg Faye Kilstein Jan Huttner Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation Diane Holland & major - insisted I watch). I became fascinated with Williams’ entire output, and Nancy Barlow James Karin Sherr Geoffrey Manning Betsy Frank & John Kafka Dr. Bob & June Shillman Katy J McDonald systematically went through his plays in whatever form I could find them. The 1990 film of Dori & Charles Kaufman Howard Silberman Martha McPhail Elliot Lasser “Orpheus Descending” was particularly intriguing for me at the time; its dreamlike, Julie Strong Mary & Mike Meyer Fang Lin Paul Henkart & Nancy Tomich Jared Ostertag Hamilton & Estelle Loeb nocturnal depiction of a small Southern town was somehow otherworldly, and utterly Takeda Pharmaceutical U.S.A., Inc. Brianna Wood Pilkinton Carroll Long Molli & Arthur Wagner Rhonda Schwartz Lynne Martin captivating to my imagination. Sheryl & Harvey White Anne & Ronald Simon Victor Maslov Diane Seaberg & Glenn Smith Barbara Moss Martin & Charlotte Stern Choreographers Circle ($500-$999) Joani Nelson Nostalgia, memory, imagination - these are all key elements of Tennessee Williams’ Boudin Holdings, INC. & Subsidiaries Richard A Braun Vicki Nenner Ana Chaguel von Kalinowski plays. As a line from “The Glass Menagerie” states at the outset of that play: “In memory, Florence Cohen Diana & Ric Nicastro Margo Wilding & Richard Avery Community Service Association Kathy Paulin everything seems to happen to music.” As John and I began to develop this Louis & Renee Feinswog John David & Mary Peters Zdenka Fronek & Walter Olsen Louis Proyect collaboration, we got further away from any one specific play, and worked instead from Center for Cultural Innovation Jane Rand our mutual appreciation of Williams’ world, wherein drifters and seekers often collide * Special thanks for support of SNAKESKIN with bigots and chauvinists. BOARD OF DIRECTORS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO: John and I both have eclectic tastes, so I was happily encouraged to include any and Paul Petranico, President Sue Brenner all of my musical influences in creating this score. You may hear strains of Bach, Howard Silberman, Treasurer Jim Carmody Traci Ostertag, Secretary Raymond Elstad Stravinksy and Bartok, as well as Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello and Band of Horses. Although I Manuel Rotenberg Gary Eastman Carl Yamamoto never set out to deliberately create such an eclectic score, the piece organically Pat Finn Kate Bower became more personal for me, as John and I began to mine the possibilities of Evelyn Lamden All of our dedicated John Malashock volunteers SNAKESKIN. Karin Sherr Julie Strong Krishan Oberoi New York native Krishan Oberoi is a visionary conductor whose passion for unorthodox programming is bolstered by a firm grounding in musical tradition. Oberoi attended the Yale School of Music, earning his master’s degree in conducting in 2006. In 2009, Oberoi founded SACRA / PROFANA, a professional choral organization that has quickly risen to become “San Diego’s go-to choral ensemble” (U-T San Diego). SACRA/PROFANA regularly performs with the San Diego Symphony, and has also embarked SOLD on major collaborations with the La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Dance Theater, and San Diego Museum of Art. In 2014, Oberoi was personally invited by Disney Theatrical Productions in New York to develop a choral contingent for a new musical with an Oscar-nominated score by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, based on the 1996 animated film, had its U.S. premiere in October of 2014 at the La Jolla Playhouse, with Oberoi serving as Choir Master on a creative team including the show’s authors, as well as Director Scott Schwartz and conductor B-A Huffman. In this capacity, Oberoi recruited and prepared 120 choristers, providing a 32-voice onstage choral ensemble for over 50 consecutive performances. John Malashock John Malashock is Artistic Director of Malashock Dance, which he founded in San Diego after a distinguished performing career with Twyla Tharp’s company in New York (where he danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov and was featured in the film Amadeus). SOLD Malashock has created over 75 choreographic works and artistic collaborations. He has been commissioned for productions at La Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe Theater, San Diego Opera, San Diego Symphony, La Jolla Music Society, KPBS-TV, and numerous others organizations. John has garnered six Emmy Awards for his dance films, which have aired on 30 PBS stations nationwide. His work in opera has been staged at San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, L’Opera du Montreal, among many others. Malashock established the company as the resident dance group at the Old Globe Theater, where he presented his work for twelve years. He was an Artist-in- Residence at La Jolla Playhouse where, along with composer Yale Strom, he is currently developing a dance musical based on the life, work, and relationships of artist Marc Chagall. A leader within the local and national dance communities, Malashock currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Dance USA and is proud to have taken the leadership role in conceiving, developing and establishing Dance Place San Diego at Liberty Station. Blythe Barton Sara Perez (Vocals/Keyboard) Blythe Barton earned a BFA from Chapman University and MFA Sara is a vocalist dedicated to furthering living composers from Florida State University. She currently performs professionally and performance art. She has enjoyed a rich relationship with both Malashock Dance and San Diego Dance Theater, and