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encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 In Search of Artistic Community: My Year with the Umbrella Project Writers Group

The Umbrella Project Writers Group in discussion. Photo by Starglass Photography. Courtesy of Umbrella Project.

Danielle Mohlman pulls Every time I walk into The Cloud Room, I Most of my plays come from a place of remind myself to breathe. Inhale one, two, rage and Rushing was no different. I’d back the curtain on three. Exhale one, two, three. It’s a stage read Missoula by Jon Krakauer and the inaugural Umbrella direction I’ve included in my plays more Unsportsmanlike Conduct by Jessica than once—a necessary one because it’s a Luther, two books that report on sexual Project Writers Group reminder to trust, to let go, to be vulner- violence at the hands of Division I football able. This Capitol Hill co-working space is players. I spoke with mentors about the and the four new plays more than a place to gather and share new topic—including one playwright who’s that have come out work. It’s also the place where I’ve shared made his career on the football as hero’s my most vulnerable work: new pages from journey story—and everyone was very of it—including one of a script that terrifies me, its creator. Inhale encouraging. But I’m a playwright—a one, two, three. Exhale one, two, three. particularly anxious one. And no matter her own. how much encouragement I receive, When Sara Keats, Umbrella Project’s it’s not going to change the fact that I director of dramaturgy, told me she was ultimately need to write the play alone. starting a writers’ group, I was immediately And, for this play, that was a terrifying interested. I’d been kicking around the idea. Which is why, when Umbrella Project idea of writing a play about the fanaticism accepted me into their inaugural Writers of college football and the way campuses Group, I knew that this was the play I address rape allegations when players are wanted to write. involved.

4 ENCORE STAGES the flexibility the Writers Group timeline productions of my play Do It for Umma offers. While I used the February to and she’s an amazing delight,” Yim said. December calendar to write a first draft of “I’ve found the Umbrella Project folks are a Rushing, Seayoung Yim used our monthly brilliant and kind group, so I knew I would meetings to get feedback on Summoning really enjoy working with them.” Frankie, a play that was produced at Seattle Public Theater. Now that the show has Summoning Frankie, the play she’s spent the closed, she’s oscillating between bringing most time with in Writers Group, is a nod in new drafts and starting a completely to the wizarding world of Harry Potter. It’s a new play. Meme García is working on an comedy about a magical school, but it’s also adapted play but paused midway through a play that tackles classism, gender and the to bring in new pages of House of Sueños politics surrounding school funding. in advance of their 18th & Union and Bumbershoot performances. And Brandon “Writing about wizardry is something J. Simmons came into the Writers Group completely foreign to me, but I’ve been with a play he’d been simmering on for a surprised how much I enjoyed making long time—but ultimately decided to start magical elements up,” Yim said. “It’s also writing an entirely new play just a few the first time I’ve written for an all youth months before our showcase. cast and it was really challenging and fun to write for that age group.” Meme García, Umbrella Project Writers Simmons says that the most challenging Group playwright. Photo by Starglass part of the Writers Group is his struggle to García applied to the Writers Group Photography. Courtesy of Umbrella simply write. because they wanted to see how other Project. playwrights work and what their process is like.

Umbrella Project’s work stems from a “Umbrella Project is “I’m a relatively new playwright,” García philosophy of radical dramaturgy. For said. “My play, tnc, isn’t exactly autobio- Sara Keats, that means a flexible, dynamic all about serving plays graphical, but I’ve been exploring what the and anti-oppressive artistic practice that concept of love looks like through queer marries more traditional dramaturgical and playwrights, and Latinx eyes. Many of the speeches or songs practices with producing, advocating for in the play are poems I’ve written about and generally being incredibly involved in we think the best way people in my life. So, having them read a new play’s journey from first page to final aloud is oddly cathartic but also terrifying. production. to do that is to inspire

“The Umbrella Project Writers Group was, and empower new in a lot of ways, a natural outgrowth of our mission as an organization,” Keats said. play dramaturgs.” “Umbrella Project is all about serving plays and playwrights, and we think the best way to do that is to inspire and empower new “Having space and time to work on a piece play dramaturgs.” I’ve been struggling with for years allowed me to actually explore the limits of the She added that most good playwrights have idea before moving on to something more a dramaturgical streak within them, one interesting,” Simmons said. “Goldberg is no that’s often activated within the confines longer nagging at the back of my brain. It’s of a writers’ group. But it’s a different effectively been put to rest, and I have space experience altogether to be part of a cohort for new ideas.” solely as a dramaturg. Yim applied to the Writers Group because “The biggest difference between Writers she’s always admired the artists who make Group at Umbrella Project and other script up Umbrella Project. She’s found that the development opportunities is that the most rewarding part has been meeting dramaturgs are there from the beginning,” other playwrights and digging into their Keats said. artistic processes. Brandon J. Simmons, Umbrella Project In addition to the sheer amount of “I have worked with Erin Bednarz, the Writers Group playwright. Photo by dramaturgical support, Keats is proud of director of engagement, on previous Starglass Photography. Courtesy of Umbrella Project.

encoremediagroup.com/programs 5 As a genderqueer Latinx person who is true nature of Latinx communities. We are “So far in my career, I’ve done more not out to their family, the concept of love so much more diverse than that. I wanted production dramaturgy, which involves a tends to simmer inside me until it bursts to write plays which place Latinx folx at the lot of solitary work,” Kovich said. “It’s not forth in erratic ways. What would it look heart of the story. I wanted to create epic until rehearsals start that a dramaturg like if the poems I write could just be said worlds of war, love and loss. And I wanted really gets to engage with others and have aloud, spoken for the world to hear, not it now!” meaningful conversations. Some local hidden? What does love look like in a world theatres and directors recognize the value where Latinx people are being detained, of having a production dramaturg, but imprisoned and shunned? How do we “Having an it’s not as common here that a dramaturg continue to love in a time so bent on hate?” has been involved in the development of organization the script. Having an organization like The play García has been spending the most Umbrella Project that recognizes what time on in Writers Group is an adaptation like Umbrella dramaturgs can do for new plays is hugely of William Shakespeare’s Troilus and important to the creation of new work in Cressida, simply titled tnc. It’s set on the Project that Seattle.” border of Texas and Mexico in 2025 and is about a group of Latinx guerrilla soldiers recognizes Mario Gomez has also enjoyed the energy fighting against a white supremacist, of the cohort. patriarchal United States. García came up what dramaturgs with the idea earlier this year, when they “Most of my script development work had were yelled at for speaking Spanish on the can do for new been one on one with the playwrights, bus here in Seattle. where we’re both focusing on the same plays is hugely project,” Gomez said. “In the Umbrella “As a Latinx person there are very few Project Writers Group, we’re working with instances where I have felt true power important to the four playwrights and four dramaturgs, on stage or in a rehearsal room,” García which makes for a completely different said. “Spaces and productions were not creation of new dynamic!” designed for my body in this current political climate. My past traumas and work in Seattle.” And while that dynamic is exciting, it also fears are never taken into account and presents its own set of challenges. I frequently feel like a commodity—on Of course, these four plays wouldn’t be display and dancing for white theater-goers the same without the army of dramaturgs “For me, the challenge is that there are and artists. I cannot express how many we’ve been fortunate to work with. Andrea eight other people in the room—smart and times I’ve been asked to use my “native Kovich, one of the four Writers Group talented playwrights and dramaturgs— dialect” on stage—or how many times I’ve dramaturgs, considers the collaboration all giving valuable insights and feedback,” had to play a prostitute or a maid. These among playwrights and dramaturgs the Gomez said. “This makes it hard for me stories, while important, do not reflect the most rewarding part of the program. to find the balance between the amount

Danielle Mohlman, Umbrella Project (Left to right) Sara Keats, Umbrella Project Writers Group director of dramaturgy, and Writers Group playwright and Encore Rachel M.E. Wolfe and Iphigenia Rising, Writers Group dramaturgs. Photo by Starglass Stages contributor. Photo by Starglass Photography. Courtesy of Umbrella Project. Photography. Courtesy of Umbrella Project.

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Alexander String Quartet with Joyce Yang | May 22

The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish people of this land, the land that touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. Welcome to Meany Center

Dear Friends: Meany Center welcomes some old friends vocalist Lisa Fischer. In an interview with to share new perspectives, all multi-faceted the The Mercury News, King expressed his artists that demonstrate a broad range view that there is no essential difference of influences and highly creative thinking. between poetry recitation and music, or Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet brings between creating sound and creating dance, its Winters Eve program in celebration of since both involve “rhythm and shape and the holiday season with diverse music from form, tonality and dynamics and color and around the world, while MacArthur “genius,” construction.” Jeremy Denk, returns with an exploration of the “Variation” form in popular themes from Rhythm, shape, form, tonality and dynamics, great masterworks. color and construction are characteristics that extend not only to poetry and dance, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has appeared many but also to the music performed by the times at Meany, and lost languages are at the Turtle Island Quartet and Jeremy Denk. As heart of choreographer Alonzo King’s latest Alonzo King said in his interview, “Everything work, Figures of Speech. In collaboration with that human beings do, when taken to its slam poet and linguistic preservationist Bob highest level, becomes a kind of poetry.” Holman, King has taken Holman’s recordings of vanishing languages and woven them into I hope you enjoy the performance tonight. the musical score.

King has a long history of working with sound and the artists who create it, from instrumentalists such Zakir Hussain (tabla) and Pharaoh Sanders (tenor saxophone) to Michelle Witt Executive and Artistic Director

ADVISORY BOARD

Craig Miller, President Seema Pareek EMERITUS BOARD Joel Baldwin Darcy Paschino Linda Linford Allen / Linda Armstrong / Ross Boozikee John Robinson Cynthia Bayley / Thomas Bayley / Cathryn Luis Fernando Esteban Donald Rupchock Booth-LaForce / JC Cannon / Elizabeth Cooper / Davis B. Fox Marcie Stone Gail Erickson / Ruth Gerberding / Randy Kerr / Brian Grant Donald Swisher Susan Knox / Matt Krashan, Emeritus Artistic Aya Hamilton Rick Szeliski Director / Sheila Edwards Lange / Frank Lau / Becky Harris David Vaskevitch Lois Rathvon / Dick Roth / Eric Rothchild / Jeff Seely / K. Freya Skarin / Rich Stillman / Kyra Hokanson Gray Gregory Wallace David Stone / Lee Talner / Thomas Taylor / Cathy Hughes Mark Worthington Ellen Wallach Yumi Iwasaki Kathleen Wright O. David Jackson Ellsworth C. “Buster” Alvord, In memoriam EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Dr. Susan Joslyn Betty Balcom, In memoriam Sally Kincaid Ana Mari Cauce, UW President Ernest Henley, In memoriam Kurt Kolb Robert C. Stacey, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Mina Person, In memoriam Jeff Lehman Catherine Cole, Divisional Dean of the Arts Jerome Sanford, Sr., In memoriam Chelsey Owen

A-2 MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS International Chamber Music TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET SEASON SUPPORT COMES FROM December 8 | 7:30 p.m.

David Balakrishnan, violin Gabriel Terracciano, violin Benjamin von Gutzeit, viola, baritone violin Malcolm Parson, cello

PROGRAM | WINTER'S EVE MEDIA PARTNER In this joyous concert of eff ervescent music that evokes visions of a frosty winter’s eve and year-end celebrations from around the globe, the Turtle Island Quartet delves into the timeless music that has been an integral part of wintertime festivities for centuries. MEANY CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING SIGNATURE SPONSOR Janet Boguch and Kelby Fletcher There will be a short intermission. The program will be announced from the stage and will include selections ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMES FROM from the following pieces: Estate of Ellsworth C. Alvord † Nancy D. Alvord † Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Christmas Eve — Irish Reel Warren & Anne Anderson Randy Apsel Cesta Byla Ušlapaná — 19th Century Moravian Carol Ariel Fund Stephen & Sylvia Burges Vathapi — Hindu Spiritual (Kirtan) Ana Mari Cauce & Susan Joslyn — J.S. Bach/Miles Davis Delaney & Justin Dechant Air on a G String / Seven Steps to Heaven Britt East & Scott VanGerpen Chant Mouride — Benoît Diamé Gail Erickson & Phil Lanum Ira & Courtney Gerlich Ha Nerot Halalu — Traditional Hanukah Song Lynn & Brian Grant Family M. Elizabeth Halloran Thin Ice — Variations on Vivaldi's “Winter” Concerto Chelsey Owen & Robert Harris Matthew & Christina Krashan King Wren Songs — Ancient Celtic Winter Solstice Tunes Jeff rey Lehman & Katrina Russell Hans & Kristin Mandt Atraente — Brazilian Choro Classic Craig Miller & Rebecca Norton Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert Winter in Cairo — based on the “Arab Dance” movement Estate of Mina Person † from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite Estate of Carmel Hennessy Pope † Eric & Margaret Rothchild Kommet, Ihr Hirten — Bohemian Folk Melody Don & Toni Rupchock David & Marcie Stone This Christmas — Donny Hathaway Donald & Gloria Swisher Estate of Barbara Weinstein †

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encoremediagroup.com/programs A-3 TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET | About the Artist

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ince its inception in 1985, repertoire consisting of hundreds by string players for nearly 200 the S Turtle Island Quartet has of ingenious arrangements and years. At the time of Haydn’s been a singular force in the originals. Turtle Island has over a apocryphal creation of the string creation of bold, new trends dozen recordings on labels such as quartet form, musicians were in chamber music for strings. Windham Hill, Chandos, Koch and more akin to today’s instrumental Winner of the 2006 and 2008 Telarc. Other accomplishments masters of the jazz and pop world, Grammy Awards for Best Classical include soundtracks for major i.e., improvisers, composers and Crossover, Turtle Island fuses the motion pictures, TV and radio arrangers. Each Turtle Island classical quartet aesthetic with credits such as The Today Show, member is accomplished in contemporary American musical All Things Considered, Prairie these areas of expertise. Each styles. Cellist nonpareil Yo-Yo Ma Home Companion and Morning musician continues to refi ne their has proclaimed the Turtle Island Edition, feature articles in People skills through the development Quartet to be “a unifi ed voice and Newsweek magazines, and of repertory by some of today’s that truly breaks new ground — collaborations with artists such cutting-edge composers, through authentic and passionate — a as clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, performances and recordings with refl ection of some of the most vibraphonist Stefon Harris, guitar major symphonic ensembles, and creative music-making today.” legends Leo Kottke and the Assad through a determined educational brothers, The Manhattan Transfer, commitment. In doing so, Turtle The Turtle Island Quartet’s birth pianists Billy Taylor, Kenny Barron, Island stakes its claim as the was the result of violinist David Cyrus Chestnut and Ramsey Lewis, quintessential “New World” string Balakrishnan’s brainstorming singers Tierney Sutton and Nellie quartet of the 21st century. explorations and compositional McKay, the Ying Quartet, and the vision while writing his master’s Parsons and Luna Negra Dance Violinist David Balakrishnan, the thesis at Antioch University Companies. group’s founder and resident West. The journey has taken composer, graduated from Turtle Island through forays into Another unique element of U.C.L.A. with a B.A. in music folk, bluegrass, swing, be-bop, the Turtle Island Quartet is composition and violin. After funk, R&B, new age, rock and their revival of venerable moving to the San Francisco Bay hip-hop, as well as music from improvisational and compositional Area, he quickly established his Latin America and India, in a chamber traditions left unexplored reputation as a talented young

A-4 MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET | About the Artist improvising violinist, making Island’s Grammy Award-winning winner Eugene Friesen, Parson “is guest appearances with the David Telarc release, 4+Four. that rare player with feet planted Grisman Quartet and jazz violin fi rmly in classical music and the legend Stephane Grappelli, and Commissioned again by the Lied music of our time while possessing earning a master’s degree in Center in 2008, Balakrishnan perfect intonation, fl uent technique music composition at Antioch composed a full-length work and stylistic versatility.” University West. entitled The Tree Of Life. This piece — involving theater, dance, Parson studied at the Atlanta His compositional approach poetry, video performed by the Symphony Orchestra’s Talent — based on the principle of Turtle Island Quartet with the Development Program and Berklee multi-stylistic integration applied Kansas University Wind Ensemble College of Music in Boston, giving his to bowed string instruments — was an artistic response to fi rst performance as a soloist with — established the Turtle Island socio/political issues concerning an orchestra at age 14. He made template that, in addition to the the various theories of evolution, his debut in Atlanta with the Atlanta group awards, has earned him both scientifi c and cultural. In Symphony Community Orchestra two Grammy nominations in the 2015, he received Chamber Music after winning their Young Artist arranging category, and most America’s prestigious Classical Competition and followed with debuts recently a 2016 nomination in Commissioning Program grant, at The National Black Arts Festival’s the composition category for his supporting a full-length work “Classics From The Next Generation,” piece "Confetti Man" on the latest commemorating the quartet’s and Andre Watts’ “50th Birthday Turtle Island recording of the 30th anniversary season. Celebration.” He was awarded his same name. fi rst personal violin from The Louis A native of New Orleans, cellist Armstrong Foundation’s “Golden He is the recipient of numerous Malcolm Parson has been hailed Horn Award” and his fi rst personal grants, from private sources as one of the most creative cello from The National Academy of such as conductor Marin cellists of his generation. Recording Arts & Science (NARAS). Alsop, who commissioned his According to Grammy Award- piece for violin and orchestra, “Little Mouse Jumps,” as well as organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, League of American Orchestras and Meet the Composer. In 2005, he received a MTC/ASOL Music Alive residency with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra for which he composed six works. The NCO also commissioned Balakrishnan’s with Special Guest composition “Darkness Dreaming,” which premiered in April 2004 with INDIGO MIST guitarists Sharon Isbin and John Jorgenson. His 1992 piece, “Spider Dreams,” has been widely performed and Indigo Mist = UW Music faculty recorded throughout the world BILL FRISELLCuong Vu, trumpet; by a diverse array of musical Richard Karpen, piano; organizations, including a live Ted Poor, drums; and recording by Turtle Island with the Juan Pampin, live electronics Detroit Symphony, conducted by Neeme Järvi on Chandos Records. A 2002 commission awarded by a SUN. JANUARY 13, 2019 MEANY STUDIO THEATER 7:30 PM consortium of presenters headed TICKETS: $20 ($10 STUDENTS/SENIORS) by the Lied Center of Kansas resulted in a string octet entitled WWW.MUSIC.WASHINGTON.EDU - 206.543.4880 “Mara’s Garden Of False Delights,” MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE UW CREATIVE FELLOWS INITIATIVE which is featured on Turtle

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-5 This TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET | About the Artist A longtime member of the Grammy Germany, into a musical family. February Award-winning Carolina Chocolate His father is a well-known music Drops, Parson has shared the stage pedagogue; his mother is a with musicians and bands such pianist, and two of his siblings at Meany as James Lauderdale, Della Mae, are classical string players. He Del McCoury, Old Crow Medicine began his viola studies at the Center Show, Ron Carter, Paquito D’Rivera, age of 4, starting on a very small Patrice Rushen, Toshi Reagon, Terri violin that was fi tted with viola Lynn Carrington, Dave Liebman strings. He received instruction and Christian Howes, as well as from his father until age 12 when collaborating with choreographers he became the student of violist such as Twyla Tharp, Julia Gleich Emile Cantor of the Orpheus and the Brooklyn Ballet. String Quartet. Originally from Portland, ME, Von Gutzeit won the 1992 and Gabriel Terracciano is a violinist 1994 German Youth Competition and composer currently residing Jugend Musiziert, which led to a in Brooklyn, NY. Classically trained solo concert tour in Japan. At age from a young age, Terracciano 15, he developed a fascination for has spent his career focusing on popular music and took up the playing the violin in a variety of electric bass in addition to viola. non-classical genres, including From 2001 to 2004 he studied at TANYA TAGAQ | FEB 8 jazz, bluegrass, rock and hip hop, the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, among others. He has played Austria, under the tutelage of jazz throughout the U.S. as well as violinist Andreas Schreiber. internationally, including the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage In 2004, Von Gutzeit moved to Festival. Holland to further his jazz studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam Terracciano was most recently with saxophonists Ferdinand Povel awarded First Prize in the 2018 and Jasper Blom, and guitarist Freshgrass Fiddle Competition Jesse van Ruller. He became an and won Third Prize in the 2018 active participant in the Dutch Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin jazz scene and performed with Competition. Terracciano holds numerous groups including undergraduate degrees from Tufts Maurice Horsthuis’s Elastic Jargon University and the New England and Martin Fondse’s Starvinsky Conservatory of Music, and a Orkestar. He was sought after by FILIPPO GORINI | FEB 15 master’s degree from New York prominent concert venues and University in jazz performance. festivals such as the Bimhuis and He has studied with teachers that the famed North Sea Jazz Festival. include Tanya Kalmanovitch, Don Von Gutzeit has performed Doane, Cecil McBee, John Scofi eld, and recorded with many great Ari Hoenig and Rob Thomas. musicians including jazz violinist Mark Feldman, electronic music In 2010, he moved to New York City virtuoso Matthew Herbert, cellist (supported by scholarships from Ernst Reijseger and saxophonist the Dutch Fonds Podiumkunsten, Dave Liebman. the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and the Kogel&Schmidt Foundation) and became the fi rst violinist to earn a master’s degree from the jazz department of the Manhattan School of Music. MARK MORRIS Benjamin Von Gutzeit, one of DANCE GROUP only a handful of true jazz violists FEB 21-23 worldwide, was born in Bochum,

A-6 TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET | About the Artist World Dance World Dance Series generously sponsored by ALONZO KING GLENN KAWASAKI LINES BALLET SUPPORT COMES FROM FIGURES OF SPEECH January 10–12 | 8 p.m.

Choreography Alonzo King YOUTH MATINEE SUPPORT Music Alexander MacSween and Philip Perkins Lighting Design David Finn Costume Design Robert Rosenwasser Salwar Design Colleen Quen Creative Consultant Bob Holman Ballet Master Meredith Webster ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMES FROM

THE COMPANY Linda & Tom Allen Babatunji | Robb Beresford | Adji Cissoko | Madeline DeVries | Shuaib Estate of Ellsworth C. Alvord † Nancy D. Alvord † Elhassan | James Gowan | Ilaria Guerra | Maya Harr | YuJin Kim | Ashley Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Randy Apsel Mayeux | Michael Montgomery | Jeff rey Van Sciver Ariel Fund Stephen & Sylvia Burges William Calvin & Katherine Graubard EXECUTIVE STAFF Ana Mari Cauce & Susan Joslyn Delaney & Justin Dechant Choreographer, Artistic Director and Co-founder Alonzo King Britt East & Scott VanGerpen Creative Director and Co-founder Robert Rosenwasser Gail Erickson & Phil Lanum Ira & Courtney Gerlich Chief Executive Offi cerMuriel Maff re Lynn & Brian Grant Family M. Elizabeth Halloran Glenn Kawasaki, Ph.D. Matthew & Christina Krashan Jeff rey Lehman & Katrina Russell Marcella D. McCaff ray Craig Miller & Rebecca Norton Chelsey Owen & Robert Harris Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert Estate of Mina Person † Estate of Carmel Hennessy Pope † Lois Rathvon Estate of Fern Rogow † Eric & Margaret Rothchild Joseph Saitta Richard Szeliski & Lyn McCoy Ellen Wallach & Thomas Darden

Figures of Speech was made possible by: New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lisa and John Pritzker Family Fund, Battery Powered, The Bernard Osher Foundation and Panta Rhea Foundation.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet benefi ts from the support of Bank of the West / BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of its projects.

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-7 ALONZO KING LINES BALLET | Program

I. Adji Cissoko

II. Company (language: Mountain Maidu)

III. Adji Cissoko, Michael Montgomery, Ilaria Guerra, Shuaib Elhassan and Ashley Mayeux Theft of Fire by Lizzy Enos (language: Nisenan)

IV. Madeline DeVries, James Gowan and Maya Harr with Company

V. Babatunji with Company

VI. Robb Beresford with Company Theft of Fire by Lizzy Enos (language: Nisenan)

VII. Ilaria Guerra (1/10, 1/12) / Ashley Mayeux (1/11) with Company Numbakulla by Kristian Didgeridoo’s Ensemble (language: Aboriginal Australian)

VIII. Madeline DeVries Sinotcha followed by a Tus by Sato House and Ihumke by Kiyo Kurokawa (language: Ainu)

IX. Company Comanche Hymn by members of Petarsey Church (language: Comanche)

X. Adji Cissoko and Michael Montgomery Red Coil by Cecilia Vicuña (language: SemiYa)

LANGUAGES FEATURED

AINU EUSKERA IWAIDJA Population: 10 Population: 468,000 Population: 140 Ethnic population: 15,000 Ethnic population: 2,000,000 residents Location: Northern Territory of Croker Location: Hokkaido prefecture, Kuril and of 3 provinces of Basque territories; 25% Island Tsishima islands born outside territory, 40% in territory Language Status: Threatened Language Status: Nearly extinct born to Basque parents. Location: País Vasco — Alava, Bizkaia, KHOISAN CHEYENNE and Gipuzkoa provinces; Navarra Population: 27 diff erent languages Population: 2,400 autonomous region Location: Southwestern Africa Ethnic population: 4,000 in Montana Language Status: Provincial Language Status: Endangered Location: Montana (northern Cheyenne Reservation); associated with Arapaho HAWAI'IAN KIOWA language users in western Oklahoma. Population: 27,200 Population: 1,270 Language Status: Threatened Ethnic population: 336,000 Ethnic population: 6,000 Location: Hawaii — mainly Ni’ihau Island, Location: west, central Oklahoma COMANCHE Island of Hawai’i, some on all other Language Status: Moribund Population: 100 islands; some in every state. Ethnic population: 8,500 Language Status: Provincial (Statutory Location: western Oklahoma provincial language in State of Hawaii, Language Status: Moribund the only state with a second offi cial language)

A-8 MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS XI. Maya Harr Ke Aloha O Ka Haku sung by Nalani Olds (language: Hawai’ian)

XII. Company Absence of the Word with voices of LINES Ballet dancers: Lourdes Unanua, Lucia Choi-Dalton, and Alonzo King

XIII. Adji Cissoko and Robb Beresford Hunter’s joik (language: Sámi)

XIV. Ashley Mayeux Birds in Hawaii recorded by Bernie Krause Haize Hegoa by Lourdes Unanua (language: Euskera) Prayer Song by Dorothy Whitehorse Delaune (language: Kiowa)

XV. Maya Harr with Company Red Coil by Cecilia Vicuña (language: SemiYa)

XVI. Robb Beresford with Company

XVII. Madeline DeVries and Michael Montgomery with Company

XVIII. Babatunji, Shuaib Elhassan, and Robb Beresford (1/10, 1/12) / Babatunji, James Gowan, and Michael Montgomery (1/11) Cheyenne Hymn sung by Moses Starr and Creg Lee Hart (language: Southern Cheyenne)

XIX. Company Male joik by “Vito D” (language: Sámi)

XX. Company

LADINO OHLONE SELK’NAM Population: 100,000 (Total users in all Population: no known L1 speakers, (ALSO KNOWN AS ONA) countries: 112,000) but emerging L2 speakers*. Last fluent Population: no known L1 speakers*. The Location: Jerusalem district & scattered speakers in the 18th or early 19th ethnic group disintegrated by early 20th Language Status: Educational centuries. century; last speakers died in the 1970s. Location: California — Monterey and San Location: Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia MOUNTAIN MAIDU Benito counties Language Status: Extinct (ALSO KNOWN AS NORTHEAST MAIDU) Language Status: Reawakening Population: 1 (Only a few semi-speakers) Source: Ethnologue.com Ethnic population: 110 SÁMI *L1: first/native language. L2: a language that is not the native language Location: California — Plumas and Population: 30,000 of the speaker, but that is used in the Lassen counties, northern Sierras Location: Northern Europe (parts of locale of that person Language Status: Nearly extinct northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia). NISENAN Language Status: Endangered Population: no known L1 speakers* Location: California — central foothills of the Sierras Language Status: Dormant

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ARTIST STATEMENT ALONZO KING LINES BALLET and most recently the Théâtre The term LINES alludes to all Thirty-fi ve years of outstanding, National de ChailIot in Paris. that is visible in the phenomenal multi-disciplinary collaborations LINES Ballet is proud of its world. There is nothing that is for the stage place Alonzo King continuing commitment to dance made or formed without a line. LINES Ballet at the forefront education and community — Straight and circle encompass of artistic innovation in ballet. serving and impacting lives through all that we see. Whatever can With each collaboration, LINES LINES Community Programs, the be seen is formed by a line. Ballet investigates deeply rooted LINES Ballet Training Program and In mathematics it is a straight affi nities between Western and Summer Program, the joint B.F.A. or curved continuous extent Eastern classical forms, elemental Program in Dance with Dominican of length without breadth. materials, the natural world and University of California, and the Lines are in our fi ngerprints, the human spirit. At LINES Ballet, LINES Dance Center, one of the the shapes of our bodies, the artistic investigation is infi nite largest dance facilities on the West constellations, geometry. It and essential, for it leads to Coast. implies genealogical connection, what unites us as human beings: progeny and spoken word. It empathy, joy and the ability to marks the starting point and transcend. ARTISTIC STAFF fi nish. It addresses direction, Alonzo King (Choreographer, communication and design. LINES Ballet’s spring and fall home Artistic Director and Co-founder) A line of thought. A boundary seasons and global tours share this has been called “a visionary or eternity. A melodic line. vision of transformative, revelatory choreographer who is altering the The equator. From vibration dance with over 40,000 audience way we look at and think about or dot to dot, it is the visible members worldwide every year. movement.” King calls his works organization of what we see. LINES Ballet has been featured at venues including the Venice “thought structures,” created by the — Alonzo King Biennale, Monaco Dance Forum, manipulation of energies that exist Maison de la Dance de Lyon, the in matter through laws governing Edinburgh International Festival, the shapes and movement Montpellier Danse, the Wolfsburg directions of everything that exists. Festival, the Holland Dance Festival Named as a choreographer with

A-10 MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS “astonishing originality” by The contributions to the advancement lecturer on the art of dance; his New York Times, King has been of contemporary dance. Joining contributions appear in the books guided by his unique artistic vision historic icons in the field, King Masters of Movement: Portraits since 1982. was named one of America’s of American Choreographers and “Irreplaceable Dance Treasures” Dance Masters: Interviews with King has works in the repertories by the Dance Heritage Coalition Legends of Dance. In 2005, he was of the Royal Swedish Ballet, in 2015. San Francisco Mayor awarded an honorary doctorate Frankfurt Ballet, Ballet Bejart, Les Gavin Newsom presented the from the Dominican University Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Joffrey 2nd Annual Mayor’s Art Award to of California, the Green Honors Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Alonzo King in October, 2008. Chair Professorship from Texas Dance Theater, Hong Kong Ballet, Christian University, and an San Francisco Ballet, Hubbard He also received the Barney honorary doctorate from CalArts. Street Dance Chicago and many Choreographic Prize from others. He has collaborated White Bird Dance in April 2013, Robert Rosenwasser (Creative with distinguished visual artists, numerous Isadora Duncan Director and Co-founder) musicians and composers across awards, the San Francisco shapes the aesthetic and artistic the globe, including Pharaoh Foundation’s 2007 Community direction of each project at the Sanders, James Campbell, Hamza Leadership Award, the Hero Company, including conceptual El Din, Pawel Szymanski, Jason Award from Union Bank, the design and production. In Moran, Charles Lloyd and Zakir Lehman Award, and the Excellence addition to his work with LINES Hussain. Renowned for his skill Award from KGO. In October, Ballet, he has designed for as a teacher, King was honored 2012, the San Francisco Museum Ballet de Monte Carlo, Ballet with the Lifetime Achievement & Historical Society named Alonzo Bejart, the Royal Swedish Ballet, Award by the Corps de Ballet King a “San Francisco Treasure.” Joffrey Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet International Teacher Conference He is a former commissioner and Alvin Ailey American Dance in 2012. An internationally for the city and county of San Theater. Rosenwasser has also acclaimed guest ballet master, his Francisco, and a writer and collaborated with artists and training philosophy undergirds the educational programming at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center UW Department of Dance FEATURING of San Francisco. Faculty Dance Concert Brian Brooks King’s work has been recognized Etienne Cakpo for its impact on the cultural AND fabric of the company’s January 25 – 27, 2019 Alethea Alexander home in San Francisco, as well as internationally by Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater Jeffery Fracé the dance world’s most Rachael Lincoln prestigious institutions. Named Juliet McMains Choreographer of the Year by Danza & Danza in Italy, and 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 Irvine Fellowship in Dance, the U.S. Artist Award in Dance, a N.Y. Bessie Award, and the National Dance Project’s Residency and Touring Awards. In 2014, King was appointed to the advisory council of the newly established Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. In 2015, he received the Doris Duke Artist Award Tickets: ArtsUW.org in recognition of his ongoing More info: dance.uw.edu photo: Steve Korn

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-11 ALONZO KING LINES BALLET | About the Artist poets, including Richard Tuttle, David Finn (Lighting Designer) is a dance, theatre and fi lm Kiki Smith, Laurie Reid, Kate lighting designer who has worked projects. As a composer and Delos, Rena Rosenwasser, Mei- extensively in dance, opera, and sound designer he has worked mei Berssenbrugge and Barbara theater. He began his career as a with Natasha Bakht, Marie Guest in designing fi ne press lighting designer for the master Brassard, Daniel Brooks, Paul- books. His work can be found puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and Andre Fortier, Dana Gingras, at the New York Museum of Kukla, Fran & Ollie. Finn was a Brigitte Haentjens, Francois Modern Art in the Department of resident lighting designer for Girard, Jennifer Lacey, Robert Books and Illustrated Prints, at Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Lepage, Montreal-Danse, Jose the Whitney Museum, and at the Dance Project. His designs have Navas, Public Recordings and Spencer Collection of the New been seen at the Royal Ballet, Paris The Stratford Festival. He is York Public Library. Opera Ballet, the National Ballet of active as a drummer and multi- Canada, the Joff rey Ballet, American instrumentalist in the fi elds of Muriel Maﬀ re (Chief Executive Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet rock, electronic and improvised Offi cer) was born in Enghien-les and Birmingham Royal Ballet. music, having played with Bionic, Bains, France, and received her Finn’s work includes stage lighting Foodsoon and The Nils, and in ballet training from the Paris for Martin Scorsese’s The Age of the duo Detention with Sam Opéra Ballet School and Paris Innocence, and he was the producer/ Shalabi, as well as in Martin National Conservatory of Music, director of the PBS documentary Tetreault’s Turntable Quartet. from which she graduated with The Green Monster. Finn has also Alexander has created numerous a Premier Prix with honors. Prior designed lighting for two Cirque solo musical performances and to joining San Francisco Ballet du Soleil shows: Zed and Michael sound installations. He is also as a principal dancer in 1990, Jackson’s ONE. a teacher, giving workshops Muriel danced with the Hamburg in live sound processing for Ballet and Monte-Carlo Ballet. Bob Holman (Creative Consultant) the performing arts in diverse She retired from San Francisco has played a signifi cant role in the institutions around the world. Ballet with a Farewell Gala in spoken word movements of the last His latest record, The Squiggle May, 2007. Muriel continues several decades. He is the author of Game, is available on &records. her work in dance education 16 poetry collections, most recently and public humanities with Sing This One Back to Me. He was Philip Perkins (Composer, Sound institutions such as the Richmond the original slam-master and a Designer) has served as LINES Art Center, Stanford University, director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Ballet’s audio designer since the Oakland Museum of coordinator and curator at St. Mark’s 2012. Other choreographers he California, the Cantor Art Center, Poetry Project, creator of the world’s has worked with include Risa and most recently, the Museum fi rst spoken word poetry record Jaroslow, Charlotte Griff en and of Performance + Design in label, Mouth Almighty/ Mercury, Mary Oslund. He has released San Francisco. Her honors and and the proprietor of Bowery Poetry 20 albums of his own music awards include Chevalier in the Club. As a professor, he has taught and sound works, was in the Order of Arts and Letters (France, at Columbia, New York University, Residents band from 1979-84 2008), Visiting Fellow (Cornell Bard, and The New School. Holman (and was the cinematographer University, 2008), Arts Honoree has produced and hosted a number of most of their early videos). (French American School Soirée of television series and various Perkins has recorded music des Arts, 2008), Gold Medalist fi lms includingOn the Road with Bob for Tom Waits, Fred Frith, (Paris 1st International Ballet Holman and Language Matters, both Frederika von Stade, negativland, Competition, 2004), and Isadora of which documented the poetry of Phillippe Jaroussky, Kronos Duncan Awards for Outstanding endangered languages. In 2010, he Quartet, Pauline Oliveros and Achievement in Individual co-founded the Endangered Language many others. He has worked on Performance (1990, 2002). Alliance, where he currently serves mixed fi lm projects for directors Muriel holds a B.A. in performing as co-director. His partnership with including Errol Morris, Oliver arts from St. Mary’s College of Alonzo King LINES Ballet is his fi rst Stone, John Korty, Rob Nilsson, Moraga, California, and an M.A. collaboration utilizing his endangered Albert Maysles, Emiko Omori, in Museum Studies from John F. language recordings collection with a Debra Chasnoff and Nancy Kelly. Kennedy University, California. major dance company. Muriel joined LINES Ballet in Colleen Quen’s (Couturier) three November of 2017. Alexander MacSween (Composer) decades of work in couture has navigated many musical genres fashion and art are inspired by and participated in numerous global cultural infl uences from

A-12 MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS her Eastern spiritual heritage, Munich, Germany, where she He graduated with a B.F.A. in her American upbringing and trained at Ballet Academy dance from Point Park University, French couture education. She Munich. Cissoko attended the where he worked under teachers has had international museum Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and choreographers Kyle commissions exhibited around School at American Ballet Abraham, Doug Bentz, Randy the world. She is an optimistic Theatre in New York City on a Duncan, Christopher Huggins, poet and romantic sculptor, full scholarship before joining Keisha Lalama, Emery LeCrone, expressing and creating each the National Ballet of Canada in Garfield Lemonious and Peter art piece with heart and hands 2010. In 2012, she was awarded Merz. Gowan has danced as a through the characteristics of the Patron Award of Merit by the company member with Texture fabric and the human spirit. Patrons’ Council Committee of Contemporary Ballet, River North Grateful to be a vessel, educator The National Ballet of Canada. Dance Chicago and DanceWorks and communicator for our Cissoko joined LINES Ballet in Chicago. He has performed works planet, she moves organically in 2014. by George Balanchine, Robert the world to bring the message Battle, Frank Chavez, Christopher of hope, joy, love, compassion Madeline Devries grew up in Gattelli, Dwight Rhoden and and beauty through art and Southern California studying at Ashley Roland. James joined design. the Santa Clarita Ballet Academy. LINES Ballet in 2016. She continued her training at the THE COMPANY Pacific Northwest Ballet School Ilaria Guerra was born in Torino, and PNBS Professional Division Italy. At the age of 5, she moved Babatunji was born in Portland, program on full scholarship, to Palos Verdes Estates, CA, OR, but raised on the Big spending summers with the where she trained in classical Island of Hawaii. He received Houston Ballet, The Rock School, ballet at Lauridsen Ballet Center, his formal dance training from PNB and National Ballet of performing with their pre- Center Stage Dance Studio Canada. DeVries apprenticed professional company, South Bay and the University of Hawaii with the Semperoper Ballet in Ballet. Guerra graduated Summa in Hilo before moving to San Dresden, Germany, in 2012, and Cum Laude from the Alonzo Francisco to train at the LINES in 2013, she danced with the King LINES Ballet B.F.A. Program Ballet Training Program on Seattle based contemporary at Dominican University with a full scholarship. Babatunji has companies Whim W’Him and B.F.A. in dance and a minor in performed works by diverse Coriolis. DeVries joined LINES arts management in 2013. She choreographers such as Sidra Ballet in 2014. joined dawsondancesf under the Bell, Amanda Miller, Gregory direction of Gregory Dawson in Dawson and Maurya Kerr. He Shuaib Elhassan, from 2013. With dawsondancesf, she has performed overseas in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, had the opportunity to perform Japan and China and danced began his formal dance training in New York, Denver, Southern with Philein/ZiRu productions, at The Ailey School under the California and the San Francisco Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol, and the co-direction of Tracy Inman Bay Area. In 2016, Guerra Dawson|Wallace Dance Project. and Melanie Person on a full received an Isadora Duncan Babatunji joined LINES Ballet in scholarship. Elhassan has also 2013. trained at intensives such as Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Robb Beresford was born and Jacob’s Pillow and Complexions Bischofberger raised in Elmira, Ontario. He Contemporary Ballet, and was trained at Canada’s National a member of Complexions Violins est. 1955 Ballet School, is a graduate of Contemporary Ballet during their The Quinte Ballet School of 2012-2013 season. Additionally, Professional Canada, and has taken part Elhassan has performed with Life Repairs in Festival Dance at the Banff Dance Company, Zest Collective, Appraisals Centre for four summers. Dance Iquail and the Von Howard & Sales Beresford has danced Project. Elhassan joined LINES professionally with Ballet Ballet in 2014. Kelowna, Vancouver’s Joe Ink, 1314 E. John St. and Ballet Victoria. He joined James Gowan, from Phoenix, Seattle, WA LINES Ballet in 2013. AZ, began dancing at the age of 206-324-3119 Adji Cissoko grew up in 16 at Tempe Dance Academy. www.bviolins.combviolinsltd.com

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Dance Award for Ensemble Ashley Mayeux was born in scholarship recipient, Shenson Performance. Guerra joined Houston, TX. She began her Performing Arts Fellow, and LINES Ballet in 2018. dance training at the High School received both the Princess Grace for Performing and Visual Arts and Chris Hellman awards in Maya Harr grew up in Alexandria, and graduated cum laude with dance. Van Sciver has performed VA, where she studied ballet at a B.F.A. from SUNY Purchase. works by Karen McDonald, Rennie The Washington School of Ballet Mayeux continued her studies at Harris, Sandrine Cassini, Sidra Bell, under the tutelage of former the Dance Theatre of Harlem and Gregory P. Dawson, Nina Flagg, and LINES Ballet company dancer, went on to perform in the tour of most recently, Jose Navas at the Kristina Windom and award- the Broadway musical Aida. She Springboard Danse Montreal. He winning choreographer Mimmo has been featured in publications joined LINES Ballet in 2013. Miccolis. As a student, Harr was including The New York Times, the recipient of the Mary Day The Los Angeles Times, Essence Meredith Webster (Ballet Master) Scholarship and was selected to Magazine and Pointe Magazine. grew up in Manitowoc, WI, studying participate in the Kennedy Center Mayeux danced with Complexions under Jean Wolfmeyer. She worked Master Class Series. Harr spent Contemporary Ballet from 2012 to with Sonia Dawkins and Donald her summers with San Francisco 2016, before becoming a company Byrd in Seattle, and earned a B.S. Ballet, PNB, Ballet West, ABT member of Alvin Ailey American in environmental science from and the Kirov Academy. After Dance Theatre from 2016 to 2018. the UW before moving to San graduating from high school, She is excited to join LINES for the Francisco to work with LINES. In Harr moved to the Bay Area to 2018 Season. her nine seasons as a dancer with attend the LINES Ballet Summer the company, Webster originated Program and began her training Michael Montgomery of Long many central roles and received in the LINES Ballet Training Beach, CA, trained at the Orange a Princess Grace Award. In 2014, Program. Harr joined LINES Ballet County High School of the Arts she moved into the role of Ballet in 2016. and studied at the Alvin Ailey Master. Since then, she has School in the certifi cate program. performed with Ledoh/Salt Farm, Yujin Kim was born in Busan, In 2011, he graduated from the worked with the Maureen Whiting South Korea, and studied Korean Alonzo King LINES Ballet B.F.A. Company and co-created Empress traditional dance for two years Program at Dominican University Archer, an evening-length duet before beginning ballet lessons of California. Montgomery was produced by The Cambrians of at age 12. She trained at the awarded the American College Chicago. Webster has served as Young Ji Kim Ballet Studio, the Dance Festival Association’s best a faculty member for all of the Peniel International Arts School student performer award for LINES programs, and as a guest and the Pre-Korean National the Southwest Region in 2008. teacher around the world. She has University of Arts, then attended In 2010, he joined LINES Ballet contributed as a writer to Dance Switzerland’s Department and was named a Shenson Spirit and Conversations. Tanz de Hochschule Musik und Performing Arts Fellow that same Theater on full scholarship. year. Montgomery was named to The winner of numerous the list of “25 to Watch” by Dance competitions in South Korea, Magazine in 2013. He joined LINES Kim was awarded a gold medal Ballet in 2010. at the 2005 Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition. Jeﬀ rey Van Sciver of Los Angeles, She has danced with Sun Hee trained at the Juilliard School Kim Ballet Company, National and the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Opera Company of Korea and B.F.A. Program at Dominican the Covenant Journey Musical University of California. He has Group. Kim joined LINES Ballet danced with Southern California in 2011. In 2013, Kim was invited Ballet, Copious Dance Theater, to perform at the Korea World Dawson/Wallace Dance Project, Dance Stars Festival and was San Francisco Opera Corps de selected for the cover of the Ballet and dawsondancesf, for dance magazine Momm. Kim which he received an Isadora joined LINES Ballet in 2011. Duncan Award nomination. Van Sciver is a Dizzy Feet Foundation

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EXECUTIVE STAFF MOMIX Choreographer, Artistic Director and Co-founder Alonzo King Creative Director and Co-founder Robert Rosenwasser APRIL 25-27 Chief Executive Offi cerMuriel Maff re BUY TICKETS EARLY for this SELL-OUT SHOW ARTISTIC STAFF General Manager Lauren Chadwick Celebrated for performances Ballet Master Meredith Webster of astounding inventiveness Production Director James Ogden II and physical beauty, Moses Company Stage Manager Teresa Wood Pendleton and the dancer- Lighting and Production Supervisor Dylan Phillips illusionists of MOMIX take audiences into surreal Lighting Supervisor Christopher Chambers and fantastic worlds by Sound Designer/Engineer Philip Perkins seamlessly blending illusion, Wardrobe Supervisor Victoria Mortimer magic and whimsy. Costume Construction Joan Raymond with Hoa Lam, Sarah Smith, Keely Weiman Colleen Quen Costumes Connie Fung Fabric Dying Kelly Koehn, Connie Strayer Assistant to Alonzo King Syam Waymon Medical Director Dr. Sonia Bell

ADMINISTRATION Director of Finance and Operations Richard Fehler Development Director Rachel Ash Marketing Manager Lizzy Hazard Managing Director of Education Kristen Gurbach Jacobson BFA Program Director Marina Hotchkiss Summer Program Director Tammy Cheney Training Program Director Karah Abiog Dance Center Manager Jen Bakane Make a Difference

During the 2018-19 Season, up Not everyone has the means to Ticket sales only cover 50% of the to 6,000 K-12 students will come attend events at Meany Center, cost of presenting artists, and not to Meany Hall as part of our free so we collaborate with campus a penny of arts education and student matinee program. So far this and community partners to present outreach. That comes from generous season, our young audiences have free community concerts, lectures, donors, like you. experienced Odissi dance from India workshops, master classes and with Nrityagram Dance Ensemble more in libraries, community Become a Friend of Meany Center. and the folk music of Ukraine with centers, parks and other venues Make a gift—at any amount—then Kurbasy. The 2019 student matinee across the city. take your seat and watch the curtain series will feature Alonzo King LINES rise on a season you helped make Ballet, Time for Three and MOMIX. For example, Inuit throat singer possible. Your donation not only Tanya Tagaq will appear on our stage helps bring extraordinary music and When the students can’t come to us, for one ticketed performance on dance to our stage—it helps spread we take the artists to them. Every February 8th, but that’s only a small the transformative power of the arts year, hundreds of K-12 students—the part of what she’ll be doing while throughout our community majority at schools that have limited she’s visiting Meany Center. Though arts education—have opportunities Tanya’s music might appeal to a to learn from the masters when we niche audience, her role as an activist bring visiting artists from all over the for indigenous rights has attracted world for in-school residencies that broad community interest. She’ll be can last from a day to a week. Meany participating in several free events on Center also provides teachers with campus and she’ll read from her new guides that align with Seattle Public book, Split Tooth, at the Seattle Public School’s 21st Century Learning Skills Library. initiative and connect the arts to classroom learning.

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A recording of the Sonatas with Jackiw is forthcoming from Nonesuch Records. Abroad, Denk was presented by the Barbican in multiple performances as artist-in-residence at Milton Hall. He also returned to play- direct the Britten Sinfonia in London, and on tour in the UK. In Asia, Denk made his debut in recital in Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore.

In 2014, Denk served as Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival, for which, besides performing and curating, he wrote the libretto for a comic opera. Photo Credit: Michael Wilson Denk is known for his original and insightful writing on music, which Alex Ross praises for its “arresting sensitivity and wit.” The pianist’s writing has eremy Denk is one of America’s with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, appeared in the New Yorker, The New foremostJ pianists. Winner of a makes his debut with the City of Republic, The Guardian, and on the front MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and the Birmingham Symphony, and returns page of The New York Times Book Review. Avery Fisher Prize, Denk was recently to the Helsinki Philharmonic. He also One of his New Yorker contributions, elected to the American Academy of appears in recital in Europe, including “Every Good Boy Does Fine,” forms the Arts and Sciences. Denk performs his return to the Wigmore Hall as part basis of a book for future publication frequently at Carnegie Hall and in recent of a three-year residency. His recording by Random House and Macmillan. seasons has appeared with the Chicago c.1300–c.2000 will be released by Recounting his experiences of touring, Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Nonesuch Records with music ranging performing and practicing, his blog, Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco from Guillaume de Machaut, Gilles "Think Denk," was recently selected Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra, as Binchois and Carlo Gesualdo, to for inclusion in the Library of Congress well as on tour with Academy St. Martin Stockhausen, Ligeti and Glass. web archives. in the Fields, and at the Royal Albert Hall In 2017–18, Denk reunited with as part of the BBC Proms. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San In 2012, Denk made his Nonesuch debut with a pairing of masterpieces In the 2018–19 season, Denk will Francisco Symphony to perform old and new: Beethoven's fi nal Piano embark on a three-week recital tour Bartok, following a performance Sonata, Op. 111 and Ligeti's Études. of the U.S., including appearances in of the same concerto with the BBC The album was named one of the Washington, D.C., Seattle, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra at the BBC best of 2012 by the New Yorker, NPR and Pittsburgh, and culminating in his Proms. He returned to Carnegie Hall and the Washington Post, and Denk's return to Carnegie Hall. His orchestral to perform Beethoven with Orchestra account of the Beethoven sonata was highlights include play-directing Mozart St. Luke’s, alongside Joshua Bell. Denk selected by BBC Radio 3s “Building a with the Toronto Symphony and a toured with the Seattle Symphony, Library” as the best available version U.S. tour with Academy St. Martin and was featured as Artistic Partner of recorded on modern piano. Denk has a in the Fields. He also returns to the the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra with long-standing attachment to the music Atlanta and Colorado Symphonies and multiple performances throughout of American visionary Charles Ives, continues his work as Artistic Partner the season, including the premiere of and his recording of Ives’s two piano with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. a new piano concerto written for him by Hannah Lash. He also appeared sonatas featured in many “best of the In addition, Denk will reunite with his in recital throughout the U.S., with year” lists. long-time collaborators Joshua Bell and performances in New York, Chicago, Denk lives in New York City, and his Steven Isserlis on an eleven-city tour of Philadelphia, Boston, Houston, Seattle, web site and blog are at: the U.S. that includes appearances in Los Angeles, Baltimore and Princeton. jeremydenk.net. New York, Boston, Washington and San Francisco. He will perform and curate a Collaborations also included a U.S. tour series of Mozart Violin Sonatas (“Denk & of the complete Ives Violin Sonatas Friends”) at Carnegie Hall and perform with Stefan Jackiw in a special project the Ives violin sonatas at Tanglewood in which Denk presented the sonatas with Stefan Jackiw. Abroad, he returns with a vocal ensemble performing to the Barbican in London to reunite hymns embedded in the compositions.

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Five Variations on “Rule (many works). Adams has not after the ocean liner Achille Lauro Britannia” in D Major (1804) shied away from incorporating was commandeered by Palestinian LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN jazz, pop and Latin infl uences. He terrorists — Adams’ viewpoint Among many crossword has also not avoided controversy, expressed sympathy for both enthusiasts, Thomas Arne’s most notably with his opera, The the victim and the cultural milieu surname is a frequent answer Death of Klinghoﬀ er (1990–91), that spawned the resentment by, to “composer Thomas.” To which off ended listeners for and the violent tactics adopted music lovers (which may include presumably supporting a pro- by pro-Palestinian perpetrators. cruciverbalists), he was among Palestinian viewpoint as a Throughout his career, Adams’ the English worthies of the 18th counterpoise to the murder of music embraces an ecumenicalism century. His well-patriotic ditty, the eponymous Jewish invalid toward all peoples. “Rule Britannia” (1740), appealed to Beethoven as an apt and entertaining tune to undergo the master’s penchant for variation BELLA GAIA form. Thursday, January 17 | 7:30 pm | $19–$44 Experience an unprecedented NASA-powered An unassuming presentation of immersive experience, inspired by astronauts the theme yields to the opening who spoke of the life-changing power of seeing variation, a world apart from the Earth from space. Illuminating the beauty its initial appearance, courtesy of the planet both natural and cultural and of punchy, roiling bass notes. the interconnectedness of all things on Earth, this live concert blends music, dance, and In turn, the theme receives a NASA-immersive imagery to turn the stage rippling treatment of both the planetary. This event will include a pre-show talk tune and the accompaniment. 6:00–6:40 pm in the theatre. Velocity increases in variation No. 3, while the ensuing mini- NAI-NI CHEN DANCE essay No. 4 boasts a martial pose redolent of the fi rst variant, now COMPANY & AHN TRIO, cast in the minor. The concluding “A QUEST FOR FREEDOM” variation brings a rapid scalar Saturday, February 23 | 7:30 pm | $34–$59 accompaniment, skipping and Inspired by the personal stories of Nai-Ni Chen, a Taiwanese choreographer-dancer who energetic. A brief sequence of emigrated to America, and the Ahn Trio, three major and minor key shifts leads sisters born in Seoul, Korea, who moved to to a boisterous conclusion with New York, this production examines leaving one’s a tongue-in-cheek close, a quiet home, family and friends to embrace new dreams dominant to tonic two-note wink. and freedom. This event will include a pre-show talk 6:00–6:40 pm in the theatre. I Still Play (2017) JOHN ADAMS THE MIKADO John Adams is one of our nation’s Saturday, April 13, 2019 | 7:30 pm | $39–$69 most performed and recorded This all-new, critically-acclaimed production of living composers. Born into a The Mikado premiered in New York in January 2017. The production represents a great deal musical family in Worcester, of work between New York Gilbert & Sullivan MA, he graduated from Harvard Productions and the Asian-American theatrical University in 1971 and moved to community in New York and serves as an example California where he taught at the of a cooperative effort to promote diversity, San Francisco Conservatory of equity, and inclusive practices with classic works of art. This event includes a pre-show talk Music and served as composer in 6:00–6:40 pm in the theatre. residence for the San Francisco Symphony from 1979–85. Adams 10% discount for Seniors 62+ & Military on events presented by ECA! draws on music from a broad range of styles and periods, from the 17th century Baroque (as in ec4arts.org | 425.275.9595 the haunting slow movement 410FOURTHAVENUENORTH of his fi rst Violin Concerto) to contemporary popular culture EDMONDSWA98020

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In 2017, Adams composed I Still his valedictory opera Carmen, Variations sérieuses in D Minor, Play, fi rst performed that year at seconded by the music to Op. 54 (1841) the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the ballet L’Arlesienne and the FELIX MENDELSSOHN by tonight’s soloist. The work was youthful and brilliant Symphony Mendelssohn, as one wag put it, commissioned in honor of pianist in C. What is less-known is that was the only composer to have Bob Hurwitz. The composer has the composer was a formidable “unmatured,” an ironic reference noted: pianist who, like Liszt, possessed to his early blossoming and alleged enviable sight-reading skills. In I Still Play is a short fi ve-and- later decline. While not without 1868, seven years before Carmen, a soupçon of validity, the truth is a-half-minute piece for piano he composed the Variations composed to celebrate Bob not quite so simple. No doubt the chromatiques, a strenuous pianistic early masterpieces — the Octet, Hurwitz, president of Nonesuch exercise boasting a strange yet Records, upon his retirement Overture to A Midsummer Night's compelling theme. Commentators Dream, the Hebrides Overture (aka after three decades of leading acknowledge Bizet’s indebtedness that company. It is Bob who Fingal’s Cave) — were miraculous to Beethoven, specifi cally to examples of youthful mastery, but “still plays” the piano every that composer’s Variations in C day when he’s not traveling. the composer still had much to say Minor. Even today, Bizet’s work in the relatively short life accorded Cast as a set of short demands a fi ne technique and variations on a generating him. Many musical gems can be hands large enough to span found throughout his career, harmonic progression, the wide spaces between “adjacent” piece acknowledges Hurwitz’s including perhaps most famously notes. One notes a nod not just to his E-Minor Violin Concerto, longtime love of the Bach Beethoven but to another devotee Goldberg Variations. completed but three years before of the “magnifi cent rebel,” Robert his death. Variations chromatiques (1868) Schumann. GEORGES BIZET In a century known for its often The stark chromatic theme rises broadly talented musicians, Bizet’s deserved approbation and falls in scalar fashion as well Mendelssohn’s extravagant gifts derives most persuasively from as in dynamics. In shape and expressed themselves in many almost unison fashion, the spirit areas. Obviously, his rich musical recalls the stern opening section legacy testifi es to his stature in the of Liszt’s B-Minor Sonata. As the pantheon of composers, but he theme continues, it becomes was also a superb pianist, skilled increasingly virtuosic. A quieter watercolorist and an excellent version of the “tune” follows, then writer. gives voice to challenging episodes abounding with rapid scales The Variations sérieuses are before an agitated polonaise (a unquestionably Mendelssohn's nod to Chopin perhaps) emerges masterpiece in the solo piano unexpectedly. Like the theme repertoire — even more than itself, a lot of contrary motion his justly popular Songs without permeates the set. An eerie variant Words. A theme of compelling with quaking right-hand fi gurations chromatic-harmonic implications anticipates similar passagework in slowly unfolds, all in anticipation Mussorgsky’s “Catacombs” from of a sequence of 17 engaging Pictures at an Exhibition, followed by variations. The tone is varied but a lyrical episode that suggests the prevailingly dark. Though some aforementioned Schumann. After variations depart from the basic a skittering variant also suggestive harmonic scheme of the initial of a polonaise and a lyrical section theme, the subject’s melodic with more up and down trills contour weaves a connective and more hints of Schumann, thread throughout the piece. Of the closing variation revisits the special note, perhaps, are the angular and dark beginning, Bach-like fugal tenth variation bringing a close to this strangely and its rhapsodically Schumann- compelling work. inspired neighbor.

A-20 MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 as pianist took off, Robert for you.” Even without this (1816) Schumann shifted into confessional explanation, LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN composition. Most of his Schumann’s feelings for Clara solo piano music derives can be divined in the quotation One typically does not think of from the 1830s, including his (from the poet August Wilhelm Beethoven as a composer of Fantasie in C Major, a paean Schlegel) he affixed to the title songs (though he composed of love to his inamorata and page of the score: “Through all around 80 such numbers), future wife, Clara (née Wieck). the sounds in earth’s motley particularly of the German Schumann had served as dream, one soft note can be Lied, nurtured and brought her teacher when he was 26 heard by him who listens to unparalleled heights by years old and she was 17. stealthily.” Schubert while Beethoven was When her father, the eminent still living. Even his “ethnic” Despite the sincerity and pedagogue Friedrich Wieck, songs, such as the various intensity of his feelings, learned of their intentions, he settings of Scottish folk tunes, Schumann had initially intended did everything in his power to sound comfortably international the Fantasie as his contribution prevent them from marrying in the 18th century Classical to defray the cost of a memorial or even seeing each other, style that was the more-or- statue to Beethoven, a project including a period of enforced less universal language of that never came to fruition. To separation during the mid- the period. In 1816, during complicate matters even more, 1830s. The bereft Schumann a largely fallow period of Schumann dedicated it not to composed the Fantasy under creativity, Beethoven collected Clara, not even to Beethoven, those conditions, writing to six poems by a 22-year-old but to Liszt. Nonetheless, the Clara that it was “the most medical student named Alois completed work reflects the passionate thing I have ever Jeitteles and composed an music of Beethoven, including composed — a deep lament actual cycle, i.e., the songs form echoes of the “Emperor” a coherent whole, called An die ferne Geliebte (“To the distant beloved”). If Beethoven remained formally a classicist, in this song cycle he clearly was expressing one of the cardinal features of the Romantic era, that special sense of unrequited love termed Sensucht (“yearning”). Still, the feeling is more implicit and reflective than overtly painful, as if recalling lost love through FACULTY RECITAL the healing passage of time. As was typical, the relative manifest calm of the songs is Craig Sheppard, piano; at variance with the extreme turbulence of his life at the time, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello when he was battling for control CONCLUDING THEIR CYCLE OF PERFORMANCES OF THE COMPLETE BEETHOVEN WORKS FOR CELLO AND PIANO WITH THE MAGNIFICENT of his nephew’s life following A MAJOR SONATA, OPUS 69, AND THE THREE SETS OF VARIATIONS the death of the boy’s father — Beethoven’s brother — and the final descent into nearly complete deafness. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 (1836) THU. JANUARY 31, 2019 ROBERT SCHUMANN GERLICH THEATER*, 7:30 PM TICKETS: $20 ($10 STUDENTS/SENIORS) Having ruined his right hand WWW.MUSIC.WASHINGTON.EDU - 206.543.4880 before a promising career *formerly Meany Theater

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-21 JEREMY DENK | About the Program Power Concerto’s slow movement was relentless in his pursuit of his and an explicit reference to the beloved, marrying her in 1840 after song-cycle An die Ferne Geliebte. a court decided against her father’s attempts to block their union. of play The fi rst movement of the Fantasie, Durchaus phantastisch © Steven Lowe und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen At U.S. Bank, we believe (“to be performed throughout in the power of play. It with fantasy and passion”), captures the dual nature of brings joy, helps develop the composer — personifi ed problem-solving skills, in his prose writings as creativity and relationships, Eusebius (Apollo, god of light and measure) and Florestan and builds social and (Dionysus, god of intoxication emotional learning. and passion). Wild desperation and profound introspection That’s why we invest in polarize his labile mood-shifts community programming (and presage as well the bi-polar that supports access to nature of the mental illness that would end his life in an asylum). the arts, arts education It is a measure of Schumann’s Meany Hall lower lobby and learning through play greatness that this tempestuous movement, bursting with for children and adults contradictory feelings and in low- and moderate- conveying a palpable sense of SCHOOL OF ART making it all up on the spot, is a income communities. Last carefully constructed sonata-like + ART HISTORY + year, we provided more movement. The very opening DESIGN than $25 million in grants, theme undergoes a series of modifi cations until morphing STUDENT ART WORK corporate contributions into its inspiring derivation and sponsorships to — Nimm sie bin denn, diese Lieder (“Take them, beloved, THE ARTISTS make play possible across these songs I sang you”) from the country. U.S. Bank is Beethoven’s above-mentioned GRANITE CALIMPONG cycle. proud to support Meany LUCY COPPER Center for the Performing After so emotionally strenuous and wide-ranging a fi rst ANNE BRYSON DOYLE Arts, bringing culturally movement, Schumann provides ABIGAIL DRAPKIN diverse performing arts a march listed as Mässig. Durchaus energisch (“moderato, RYANN FUNK programming to our energetic throughout”). This XIAOYI GAO region’s kids. comparatively straightforward YUZI LI essay creates stability, clarity and steadfast consistency. It JASON LIANG #Communitypossible also provides a good transition TODD MCKINNEY to the third and fi nal movement, Langsam getragen. Duchweg leise YABSIRA WOLDE zu halten (“Adagio sostenuto, sempre piano”). The overall

mood here is otherworldly, CURATION: even spiritual, and expresses EMILY ZIMMERMAN & GLORIA DE LIBERALI the composer’s resignation to separation from Clara. In real life, of course, the composer

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David & Gloria Prins / James & Ruth Raisis / Wendy & Murray Raskind / Dennis Reichenbach / Matt Reichert / Carrie Richard / Carla Rickerson / Paula Riggert / Rachel & David Robert / Sam & Josie Roskin / John & Janet Rusin / Jesse Salomon / Norman & Elisabeth Sandler / Laura Sargent / Robert & Doris Schaefer / Charles Schooler / Janet Schweiger / Jean Schweitzer / Noah Scooler / Charyl & Earl Sedlik / Julie & Reza Sharif / Roberta Sherman & Charles Meconis / John Sindorf & Mary Ann Bolte / Hazel Singer & John Griffi ths / Douglas Smith / Mani & Karen Soma / Harold & Ruth Spalter / Derek Storm & Cynthia Gossett / Pamela Stromberg / Stella Suzara / Rachel Swerdlow / Virginia Sybert & Peter Byers / Sarah Temple / David & Barbara Thomas / Mary Anne Thorbeck / Myrna & Donald Torrie / Dorene & Dennis Tully / Frits van Oppen / Phyllis Van Orden / Yvonne & Bruno Vogele / Kaoru Wada / Patricia Wahl & Dean Wingfi eld / Debora & David Wakeley / Michele Wang & Gregory Carter / Jerry Watt & Vreni Arx / Larry & Lucy

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-25 ENDOWMENT AND PLANNED GIFTS Many thanks to the following individuals for supporting the future of Meany Center through planned gifts and contributions to our endowment:

Planned Gifts Live Music for World Dance Series Anonymous Endowed Fund Linda & Tom Allen Kai Fujita Ellsworth C. & Nancy D. Alvord† Dandan He Wimsey J.N. Cherrington Bernita W. Jackson Consuelo & Gary Corbett Gwendolyn Lundberg Bill† & Ruth Gerberding & David Aggerholm Matthew & Christina Krashan Sayantani Mukherjee Margaret Dora Morrison Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert* Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert Gregory Petrie & Margaret Petrie Mina B. Person† Lois Rathvon Meany Center Education Endowment Dave & Marcie Stone Kalman Brauner & Amy Carlson Donald & Gloria Swisher Jackie Forbes & Douglas W. Bleckner Lee & Judy Talner Jill S. Hanley Conner Ellen J. Wallach Meany Center Programming Ellsworth C. and Nancy D. Alvord Endowment Fund “If I have seen a Endowed Fund William A. Friedman Estate of Ellsworth C. Alvord* Eric & Margaret Rothchild little further, it is Windsor R. Utley*† Arts Al!ve Student Fund for Exploring Estate of Barbara L. Weinstein† only by standing the Performing Arts Phillip & Constance Winberry Susan Knox & Weldon Ihrig* on the shoulders Mina Brechemin Person Nancy and Eddie Cooper Endowed Fund Endowed Fund of Giants." for Music in Schools Estate of Mina B. Person*† — BERNARD OF CHARTRES Dave & Marcie Stone* Gloria Wilson Swisher Music Education Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Endowment for and Outreach Endowment From Haydn to Mozart to Artistic Excellence Bernita W. Jackson Beethoven to the Beatles, Katharyn Alvord Gerlich* Donald & Gloria Swisher* each generation owes its George Wilson & Claire McClenny progress to the ones that Elaine and Ernest Henley Endowment Deborah Wilson & Ngan Chong Teng for Classical Music David & Mary Willams came before. Dr. Joseph Bosco, III Dr. Jane B. Fellner & Neal S. Friedman * Endowment Founder You, too, can be a giant. Helen Henley † Deceased Elaine & Ernest Henley*† Katherine Jane Hanson, Ph.D. Matching Corporate Gifts CONSIDER A GIFT to the & Prof. Michael Schick Adobe Systems, Inc. Meany Center through your Dr. Joshua J. Jacobs AT&T Foundation will, trust or retirement plan, Dr. Richard A. Mesher & Cynthia S. Lee Chevron Corporation and help future generations Frits W. Van Oppen City of Seattle Prof. T. David & Gloria Prins East West Bank of artists and arts lovers see Google, Inc. a little further by standing on Catherine and David Hughes Asian IBM Corporation your shoulders. Programming Endowment Intel Corporation Catherine & David Hughes* Merck Company Foundation Microsoft Corporation Contact: Matt Krashan Endowed Fund for Artistic Puget Sound Energy Cristi Benefi eld, Director of and Educational Excellence in the Shell Oil Company Philanthropy, Meany Center Performing Arts State of Washington Matthew & Christina Krashan The Boeing Company 206-616-6296 Lee & Judy Talner The K Foundation [email protected] (*Multiple Founders) T-Mobile USA, Inc. meanycenter.org/donate U.S. Bank United Way of Greater Los Angeles United Way of King County United Way of Snohomish County Wells Fargo, LLC

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EAP full-page template.indd 1 7/25/18 1:30 PM and type of contributions I make, while leaving enough space for everyone to contribute and, especially, making sure that the playwrights receive the feedback and support they are looking for in each meeting.”

Dramaturg Rachel M. E. Wolfe has loved seeing her impact show up on the page.

“Seeing my suggestions surface in the next version of a script has been pretty rewarding, I’m not going to lie!” Wolfe said. “There’s a lot of satisfaction and validation in knowing that you’ve helped shape a play into the best version of itself that it can be.”

What Iphigenia Rising most appreciates about the Writers Group is the time she’s been able to spend with playwrights this year.

“Many of the new work opportunities that I’ve been part of before have been a month or two long—super short—so having a whole year to work with four different playwrights and see their journey is really VERDI’S amazing,” Rising said. From the beginning I knew that Rushing REVENGE was going to be in good hands in Writers Group, but I couldn’t articulate why. I started this play with so many doubts— STORY maybe I’m not qualified enough to write about football, maybe I’m not smart enough to tell this story, maybe this isn’t a play at all and I’m trying to force something that Il trovatore will never be. I still have some of those doubts. But Writers Group gives me the energy to keep going. These artists care for me—and my characters. They question my SWEEPING EMOTIONAL THRILLER JANUARY 12–26 choices and remind me of seeds I planted in In Italian with English subtitles. early scenes. They challenge me to be better. Heat up your winter with a high-stakes Evenings 7:30 PM And isn’t that the dream? classic by the great Giuseppe Verdi (Aida, Sundays 2:00 PM Rigoletto). During a time of civil war, a The Umbrella Project Writers Group Featuring the Seattle Opera mother’s love awakens a dark secret from showcase runs December 7–16. Find out Chorus and members of Seattle the past as two rival soldiers feud for the Symphony Orchestra. more at umbrellaprojectnw.org. favor of a pure-hearted noblewoman ■ destined for tragedy. Packed with rousing MCCAW HALL Danielle Mohlman is a nationally produced choruses, impressive arias, and familiar 206.389.7676 feminist playwright based in Seattle. Her play melodies, the intensely operatic 2018/19 SEASON SPONSOR: is among the 2015 Honorable Mentions masterpiece had audiences shouting “Viva Nexus LENORE M. HANAUER on The Kilroys list. She is an alumnus of the Verdi!” after its premiere. PRODUCTION SPONSORS: SEATTLE OPERA FOUNDATION inaugural class of Playwrights’ Arena at Arena SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/TROVATORE ANN P. WYCKOFF Stage and a member of the 2018 Umbrella

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8 ENCORE STAGES Dialogue Encore Stages in conversation

Courtesy of Ryan Henry Ward.

Encore Stages recently Even if you don’t know who Ryan Henry sat down with the urban Ward is, you’ve seen his work around town. Maybe it’s that weird Sasquatch artist, Ryan Henry Ward, painting on a building in Fremont. to discuss the role of Maybe it’s an elephant on a Value Village wall. Maybe it’s googly-eyed children in today’s society, fish, a walrus, a gnome along Interbay. Amazon hackers and Marking his work “Henry”, his murals where he’d love to paint have been popping up all over the city for years. a mural next. Ryan Henry Ward “Henry”, Seattle muralist. Courtesy of Ryan Henry Ward.

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What sparked your interest in art as a in my private work more. I do have to speak to. Five-year-olds, teenagers kid? What artists did you look up to? a basic philosophy as a public artist and adults of all ages enjoying the Who do you look up to now? and that is to acknowledge that work in the same show is interesting to watch. I think all ages know when I grew up in rural Montana and had children are part of the public. I think something works; when it has intuitive very little influence besides Sunday a lot of public artists overlook their balance and flow. When you look at comics, Saturday morning cartoons responsibility towards the children something and for an unknown reason and children’s books. I really was whose eyes are wide open and seeing want to keep looking. I think that influenced by illustrators. Quentin everything. I’m no Mr. Rogers but I experience happens and transcends Blake was my favorite. I was in love admire him, and Jim Henson too, and the age barrier. I’ve seen it happen with with how it felt like his drawings took find as an adult that I should take my black-and-white work, my bright no time at all to make. I always pushed into account the development of the color work and my imagery that has myself to draw cartoons fast because generations that will be responsible nothing to do with fun characters. of him. I liked Shel Silverstein and then for taking care of my soon-to-be I think I open the door and allow a Jim Unger, Gary Larson and Ralph geriatric a**. big audience in, but I think they see Steadman as I got older. Presently, I’m something and can’t easily explain being influenced by Hieronymus Bosch why it works for so many. That’s the and Alex Kuno. I’ve also had a thread “I do have a basic fun for me. I get to be the scientist of influence as an adult from Diego philosophy as a behind the concoctions, so to speak, Rivera, Keith Haring and, as cliché as and watch my experimental process it sounds, Picasso and Dali. public artist and that take hold in the hearts and minds of Your murals are often full of odd delight is to acknowledge people from all walks of life. and charmed whimsy. Do you picture yourself that way? If not, how would that children are part What’s your favorite piece that can you categorize yourself? of the public.” be seen in Seattle right now? What I find myself to be a pretty lighthearted murals do you miss that are no laid-back guy. I tend to have a lot of longer there? funny thoughts going through my What do you think is different about a I always say my favorite piece of art head most of the time. But I am a full kid appreciating your art over an adult? is the one I’m about to paint. But of person; I have a definite shadow side It feels like I found an interesting voice the stuff that exists, I’m most proud and embrace it. It seems to come out that somehow finds people of all ages of the work I’ve done for Flatstick

10 ENCORE STAGES Saleea, Age 12 Give the gift.

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Give the gift of hope.

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Pub/s: Encore (Saleea) Traffic: 10/29/18 Run Date: December Color: CMYK Author: TH Trim: 8.375”w x 10.875”h Live: 7.375”w x 9.875”h Bleed: 8.625”w x 11.125”h Round#: 1 Pub and the ongoing relationship I’ve developed with those guys. The installation on the corner of Mercer and Westlake is really worth experiencing. I had been dreaming of full room interactive installations for a while and I was ﬁnally able to do it. I’ve lost a handful of murals, mostly due to the tearing down of old buildings and putting up new ones in their place. It’s hard to see your babies go but it’s also the nature of the game. It’s sad when I lose one because I know how attached the community gets to them and how they become a part of their lives. When Mix ingredients. Season to taste. someone gets a hold of me and asks for Serve over 17 days. permission to replace or cover it with something new, I feel a responsibility to Vancouver stays from $99 CAD* historic preservation of the work and JANUARY 18 to FEBRUARY 3, 2019 basically tell them no. Of all of them,

PREMIER PARTNER FESTIVAL PARTNER PRODUCED BY I wish my ﬁrst one was still here. That was on the Triangle Lounge in Fremont.

You came close to being able to paint ™ Trademark of Tourism Vancouver, The Metro Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau. * Prices in Canadian dollars. Rates are per night, per room, based on double occupancy and are subject to change and availability. the top of the Space Needle in a competition. What happened there? Oh, the Space Needle saga. Q13 hired a computer forensics scientist and found an Amazon employee hacked into the voting program and swayed the process. It was weird because I had to remain neutral although I was upset because so many people put so much time and effort into voting for that. In the end they found it was hijacked. I felt horrible for my fans that put the time in and also felt bad for the other artist that was chosen that had to deal with the whole thing on her end. Basically, I don’t enter competitions anymore and have no interest in being involved in games that involve artist’s careers or lives.

September 15, 2018–January 6, 2019 If you could paint a mural on anything in Seattle, what would it be?

Shana Moulton. My Life as an INFJ, 2015. Single channel video, decorative objects. Courtesy of the artist and Crèvecoeur, Paris. © Aurélien Mole. It would be the Seattle Aquarium. I love that place and that wall is a beauty. Group Therapy is organized by the Frye Art Museum and curated by Amanda ■ Donnan. Generous support is provided by ArtsFund, the Frye Foundation, the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, and Frye Art Museum members. Media sponsorship is provided by City Arts. Jonathan Shipley is a freelance writer living in West Seattle. He’s been published in the Los 704 Terry Avenue | fryemuseum.org | Always Free Angeles Times, Fine Books & Collections Magazine, and Seattle Magazine, among others.

12 ENCORE STAGES Dialogue Encore Stages in conversation

Courtesy of Art with Heart.

Encore Stages recently sat down with Art with Heart’s CEO, Heidi Durham, to discuss the power of art.

For 20 years, Art with Heart has been an innovator helping kids build resilience, self- regulation and social-emotional skills to heal from Adverse Childhood Experiences. They use art-based, age appropriate, therapeutic activity books to help abused and traumatized kids heal. They have served 190,000 children so far and are on a mission to provide resources to at least 10 percent of the 35 million kids facing trauma in America in the next 10 years.

How did you get involved with Art with of art to help kids heal by accessing the Heidi Durham, CEO of Art with Heart. Heart? part of the brain where trauma is stored, Courtesy of Art with Heart. After over a decade at Starbucks, a I jumped at the chance to join. year in Ethiopia and two years working at a local brand strategy and design What sorts of kids participate? What firm, I met our founder who was ready types of traumas/adversities have they to pass the torch after 20 years. I faced? was so impressed with what she had Kids who take part in Art with Heart built. Motivated by the reality that 35 curriculum are often trying to cope with million kids are struggling with various an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE). adversities and inspired by the power These kids are not alone. A staggering

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with difficulty. There are so many stories of how art is a powerful tool to help kids through trauma. An 11-year-old said of the program, “Art helped me Courtesy of Art with Heart. to get my feelings out on paper. Doing these actives let me know that there is someone out there in the world that has “The National Child Traumatic Stress the same feelings as me.” A 16-year-old said, “Over the course of my life, I’ve Network estimates that one in four experienced many negative emotions, there were some good ones as well. I kids has experienced a serious trauma have trouble expressing my emotions in a non-harmful way, so these art by age 16 . . .” projects are a good way to express these emotions.” 35 million American children are and isolated socially while struggling Why art? How does art reach a child struggling with one or more ACEs; to cope with overwhelming emotions. when other things don’t? 28 percent are dealing with physical Knowing so many children are abuse, 27 percent with substance struggling to cope with ACEs with no Talking about trauma is difficult, in abuse, 20 percent with sexual abuse, resources and not enough adults trained large part because it’s stored in the 13 percent with domestic violence and in trauma-sensitive interventions is visual, nonverbal part of our brains. This 11 percent with emotional abuse. After what drives us. Their teachers, parents, is how creative expression has a unique exposure to ACEs, kids have twice the family doctor and other caregivers are role in healing—making art connects risk of heart disease, three times the often at a loss for how to help. They may the head, heart and hands like no other risk of depression and a greater risk of not understand the effects of trauma on method that exists. chronic disease, mental illness, violence a young, developing brain or have the How can someone help? and being victimized by violence. skills to reach these kids. They may be The National Child Traumatic Stress too strapped for time and money to Make a gift online. Come to an event. Network estimates that one in four kids give kids what they truly need: trauma- Volunteer. has experienced a serious trauma by sensitive, guided, therapeutic activities age 16—that’s eight children in a school that help them safely express their chal- You can learn more about Art with class of 32. Eight kids who can’t pay lenging emotions and build resiliency Heart’s curriculum, programs and attention, sit still long enough to read, skills for a healthier, happier future. how to get involved by visiting or concentrate on the math problem on www.artwithheart.org. What are some of the most powerful ■ the chalkboard because their central experiences you’ve had while Jonathan Shipley is a freelance writer living nervous systems have been hijacked by interacting with the kids? in West Seattle. He’s been published in the traumatic stress. If they’re not helped, Los Angeles Times, Fine Books & Collections those eight kids can’t make up for lost Art with Heart is successful if kids Magazine, and Seattle Magazine, among time. They’re likely to be shuffled on finish an art project and feel like art is others. to the next grade, labeled “disruptive” a coping strategy for them when faced

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this holiday season, running from November 21–December 29. This romantic romantic This 29. 21–December November from running season, holiday this

is Taproot Theatre’s Austenian offering offering Austenian Theatre’s Taproot is 1) Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Christmas Bennet: Miss

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