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WELCOMEFrom Seattle Theatre Group, a non-profit arts organization

We proudly welcome you to the start of Seattle Theatre Group’s 2019/2020 Performing Arts Season, featuring a lineup of proficient, innovative artists who bring a wide range of talent to our historic venues! As the people’s theatre, where all are welcomed and represented, STG is committed to advocating for greater participation in the arts by granting access for all, reducing barriers, and including diverse people, cultures, and perspectives on our stages. This season has been carefully curated to support these values, and as we kick off our season with these fall events, we look forward to the varied experiences and conversations we hope these performances will inspire. The season opens with the world premiere of The Sun Still Burns Here, an evening-length dance and music project created by Seattle-based choreographer Kate Wallich and her company The YC and musician/ composer Mike Hadreas of the band . The piece, which was My legacy. My partner. commissioned by STG, blends Hadreas’ music with Wallich’s choreographic narratives to radically integrate an indie rock performance with contemporary dance.

PAUL HEPPNER President Throughout the month of October, we are working in association with MIKE HATHAWAY Senior Vice President LANGSTON to present our Silent Movie Mondays: Pioneers of African You have dreams. Goals you want to achieve during your lifetime and a legacy you want to leave KAJSA PUCKETT Vice President, American Cinema Series, which highlights influential and innovative African behind. The Private Bank can help. Our highly specialized and experienced wealth strategists can Sales & Marketing American artists from the silent era, bringing attention to the significant role GENAY GENEREUX Accounting & these artists played in the early days of cinema. help you navigate the complexities of estate planning and deliver the customized solutions you Office Manager In a special collaboration, we are partnering with On the Boards to present need to ensure your wealth is transferred according to your wishes. Production SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production composer ’s and librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle’s Triptych JENNIFER SUGDEN Assistant Production (Eyes of One on Another), which uses music, images, poetry, and a Take the first step in ensuring the preservation of your wealth for your lifetime and Manager performance by vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth to capture the complex future generations. ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VANBRONKHORST effects of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s works. Electro-acoustic Production Artists and Graphic Designers polymath MAX RICHTER then rounds out the month of October in a Sales performance with American Contemporary Music Ensemble and To learn more, please visit unionbank.com/theprivatebank or contact: MARILYN KALLINS, TERRI REED San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Grace Davidson. BRIEANNA HANSEN, AMELIA HEPPNER, In November, we present two performances that bridge cultures and expand ANN MANNING Seattle Area Lisa Roberts Account Executives boundaries. First is Indian Ink Theatre Company’s Mrs. Krishnan’s Party—at Managing Director, Private Wealth Management CAROL YIP Sales Coordinator the Erickson Theatre—which offers an evening of laughter, tears, good music, and great food as the audience is invited around a dining table in the back [email protected] Marketing SHAUN SWICK Senior Designer & Digital Lead room of an Indian-run convenience store. Then comes our annual Global 415-705-7159 CIARA CAYA Marketing Coordinator Party show, a high energy performance of cultural and contemporary dance and music that gives students and families the opportunity to learn more Encore Media Group about their world and the diverse Seattle community. 425 North 85th Street • Seattle, WA 98103 800.308.2898 • 206.443.0445 With the success of last year’s sold-out performance, we welcome The Hip [email protected] Hop Nutcracker back to The Paramount for two performances this holiday encoremediagroup.com season. This contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music is a modern take on a beloved classic and is not to be missed. Encore Arts Programs and Encore Stages are published monthly by Encore Media Group to serve performing arts We want to thank you for helping us kick off our new season, and we look events in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Seattle Area. All rights reserved. ©2019 Encore Media Group. forward to sharing these, and all of our upcoming performances with you Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. throughout the coming year! Wills, trusts, foundations, and wealth planning strategies have legal, tax, accounting, and other implications. Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. Jack McLarnan Manager of Fine Arts Programs ©2019 MUFG Union Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. Union Bank is a registered trademark and brand name of MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

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The Sun Still Burns Here

Kate Wallich (Co-Director + Choreographer + Performer) Mike Hadreas (Co-Director + Composer + Performer) Alan Wyffels (Composer + Performer + Collaborator) Lavinia Vago (Rehearsal Director + Performer + Collaborator) Andrew Bartee (Performer + Collaborator) David Harvey (Performer + Collaborator) Thomas House (Performer + Collaborator) Sam Gendel (Musician) Darren Weiss (Musician) Laura Carella (Apprentice + Collaborator) Amiya Brown (Production Designer) Christine Tran/cuniform (Costumer) Colton Dixon Winger/cuniform (Costumer) Andrew J.S. (Art Director) Deanne Franklin (Sound Engineer) Alex Hyman (Company Manager)

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The Sun Still Burns Here is an evening-length dance and music About Perfume Genius: collaboration between Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich + The YC Perfume Genius is the nom de poster-wraith of American pop-star commissioned by Seattle Theatre Group, The Joyce Theater and MASS Mike Hadreas, whose 2014 breakout marked a MoCA. The Sun Still Burns Here had its World Premiere at The Moore musical and performative leap that sounds unlike anything before or Theatre in Seattle and will tour to The Joyce Theater, The Walker Art since. With the songs on his wildly acclaimed -produced, Center Co-Presented by SPCO’s Liquid Music Series, and ICA Boston. GRAMMY nominated 2017 album , he’s gone even further, merging church music, makeout music, R&B, art pop, krautrock, and Combining Perfume Genius’ unique sound with the exacting craft of queer soul into his take on stadium anthems. This is church music Kate Wallich’s choreographic narratives and Amiya Brown’s expansive the same way Prince’s Black Album is — too dirty. And it is femme art production design, The Sun Still Burns Here unravels themes of pop the way Kate Bush’s The Dreaming is — too scary — its emotions deterioration, catharsis, and transcendence from the body. Wallich arranged all along the slippery continuum from rage to irony to love. and Hadreas unite a team of musicians, dancers, and designers to create a stunning and emotionally complex performance that radically Perfume Genius has graced the stages of late night television shows integrates indie rock with contemporary dance. (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), prominent venues including the Walt The Sun Still Burns Here was created in collaboration with Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, longtime Perfume Genius collaborator Alan Wyffels, the artists in and Forest Hills Stadium in New York among many others. They Wallich’s company The YC, costume stylists cuniform, Art Director have been featured in publications including GQ, New York Times, Andrew J.S., and Production Designer Amiya Brown. The work Pitchfork, The Guardian, Vogue, and the cover of The FADER. features Perfume Genius, Kate Wallich, Lavinia Vago (The YC, RUBBERBandance, Sidra Bell), Thomas House (The YC, Kyle About The YC Abraham, Merce Cunningham Trust), David Harvey (The YC, Alonzo The YC was co-founded by Kate Wallich and Lavinia Vago in 2010 King Lines Ballet) and Andrew Bartee (The YC, Pacific Northwest and is a program of Studio Kate Wallich. The YC is comprised of Ballet, Ballet BC). world-class dance artists who research and collaborate on new works under Artistic Director Kate Wallich and Rehearsal Director Lavinia This work was developed over the course of 18 months, supported by Vago. The company has premiered five evening-length works and creative residencies at the Joyce Theater Foundation’s Artist Residency multiple short-form works including Super Eagle (Velocity Dance Center and technical residencies at MASS MoCA and at The Moore Center, 2014), Splurge Land (On the Boards, 2015), Industrial Ballet Theatre in Seattle. (Velocity Dance Center/Seattle Theater Group, 2016), Dream Dances (On the Boards, 2017) and The Sun Still Burns Here (Seattle Theatre ‘The Sun Still Burns Here’ is commissioned by Seattle Theatre Group Group/The Joyce Theater/MASS MoCa, 2019). Additionally, The YC and MASS MoCA and was commissioned and created, in part, with has toured nationally and internationally to acclaimed institutions the support of The Joyce Theater Foundation’s Artist Residency Center, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Boris Hristov House of Culture in Bulgaria, made possible by lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Newfields/IMA; upcoming tours include The Joyce Theater, Howard Gilman Foundation, LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Walker Art Center & Liquid Music, and ICA Boston. The company and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Sun Still Burns Here also works on design and film projects that have been presented as was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program books, in forums, at film festivals and on the internet. support and/or endowment gifts from The Andrew Mellon Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, About Studio Kate Wallich and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Production of ‘The Sun Studio Kate Wallich is a non-profit organization founded by Kate Still Burns Here’ is made possible with major support from Studio Wallich in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington. Studio Kate Kate Wallich. This presentation of The Sun Still Burns Here was made Wallich is dedicated to cultivating a community of artists and the possible through generous support from Hotel Theodore and Hotel Max, public through dance-based, design-forward experiences. Studio Kate Provenance Hotels. Wallich envisions a collaborative and connected community that engages and supports uncompromising dance projects. Studio Kate Wallich supports the work of the YC, YC2, Dance Church® + more.

Kate Wallich | Choreographer + Co-Director + Performer Kate Wallich is a Seattle-based choreographer, director and educator – named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”. She has left a significant mark in the Pacific Northwest with commissions and presentations from leading institutions including On the Boards, Seattle Theatre Group, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Whim W’Him and Northwest Dance Project; nationally at Walker Art Center with Liquid Music, MASS MoCa, The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Newfields/IMA, ICA Boston; internationally at Springboard Danse and SPOTLIGHT: USA in Bulgaria. In 2010 she co-founded her company The YC with Lavinia Vago and has gone on to create five evening-length works and three large scale site-specific works with the company since.

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In 2010 she founded an all-abilities, Kate was a 2013 and 2015 Rauschenberg Alan Wyffels | Performer + Composer + community-focused class Dance Church® Residency Fellow and a 2018 Ucross Collaborator (no religious affiliation) which reaches over Foundation Fellow, and has received awards Alan Wyffels is a Los Angeles based pianist 550+ attendees per week and is taught by and grants from 4Culture, Artist Trust, The with a degree in piano performance from professional dance artists weekly in New York Glenn H. Kawasaki Foundation, MANA Purchase College. Alan is the primary City, Seattle, Portland, Indianapolis, Salt Lake Contemporary, and Seattle Magazine. She Perfume Genius collaborator and has toured City, Los Angeles and has popped up in cities has been a Visiting Artist at the National with the band internationally for the last 10 worldwide. Dance Church has partnered with Center for Choreography at University of years. local and national organizations including Akron, University of Washington, University Gibney, Mark Morris Dance Center, LA of Oregon and University of Utah as well Lavinia Vago | Performer + Collaborator + Dance Project, Newfields/IMA, BodyVox, as Cornish College of the Arts and Beloit Rehearsal Director Adidas Studio London, Velocity, On the College. Lavinia Vago is a Seattle-based dance artist Boards, The Sweat Spot, Design Week from Italy, working between Montréal, New Portland and goop among others. In 2016 she Mike Hadreas | Co-Director + Composer + York, Berlin, and Vienna. She holds a BFA founded Studio Kate Wallich, a non-profit Performer Magna cum Laude from Cornish College of arts organization dedicated to cultivating a Mike Hadreas, better known by his stage the Arts. community of artists and the public through name Perfume Genius, is a Los Angeles- Lavinia has created, performed and toured dance-based, design-forward experiences. based solo artist. His debut album Learning internationally with Sidra Bell Dance New Through the support of the Studio, Kate (2010) on Matador Records was followed by York, Loni Landon Projects, Vim Vigor founded YC2 — a new platform for (2012) Too Bright (2014) Dance Company, Tom Weinberger, and professional dance professionals — in 2016. and his most recent release No Shape (2017). more extensively with Montrèal based RUBBERBANDance Group. Since 2017, she has worked with Saint Genet (Wiener

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Festwochen / Holland Festival), most recently performing an eight hour madness opera at WUK Performing Arts. She will be joining Tianzhuo Chen’s new 12 hour performance “Ksana”, premiering at M WOODS in Beijing.

Lavinia researches, creates and collaborates with Berlin-based artist Harald Stojan. Their work “NOESIS X, a solo for two” premiered in Seattle February 2019.

As an educator, Lavinia teaches improvisational contemporary practices, Dance Church®, the RUBBERBAND Method, and Dance for People with Parkinson’s Disease. She also works as a choreographic assistant and rehearsals director for choreographers Victor Quijada, Loni Landon and Kate Wallich. She is Associate Artistic Director of Studio Kate Wallich, the Rehearsal Director for YC2 and has been co-directing, creating and performing with Kate Wallich and The YC since 2010. www. laviniavago.com

Andrew Bartee | Performer + Collaborator Andrew is a dance artist, maker and educator based in Vancouver, Canada. He has danced, created and toured nationally and internationally with Ballet BC, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Whim W’him, and Kate Wallich + The YC. In 2007 he received a Princess Grace Award, and was the first recipient of the Fleming Halby Exchange with The Royal Danish Ballet. In 2015 he was one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”. In 2017/18 Andrew was artist in residence of Ballet BC. Currently Andrew is full time dance faculty at Arts Umbrella in Vancouver. He has made dances for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet Company, Whim W’Him, Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle International Dance Festival, Arts Umbrella Dance Company, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, Alberta College of Art and Design, the University of British Columbia Medicine, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Andrew has been performing with The YC since 2012.

David Harvey | Performer + Collaborator David Harvey is a Seattle-based dance artist and educator. He studied at Interlochen Arts Academy, The Kirov Academy of Ballet and Alonzo King Lines Ballet School. Harvey then danced for Alonzo King Lines Ballet from 2007-2014, and continues his relationship with AKLB School as a returning faculty member and choreographer. He has also collaborated with and performed work

encorespotlight.com 7 THE MOORE THEATRE Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius (CONTINUED) OCTOBER 4 & 5 by Bobbi Jene Smith, Tom Weinberger, Sarah Church® teacher—all of which are projects of Toronto, Ontario. She graduated Magna Foster Sproull and David Raymond+Tiffany Studio Kate Wallich, a dance-based, design- Cum Laude from SUNY Purchase with a Tregarthen. Harvey began working with Kate forward non-profit for which Thomas is BFA in dance. She spent a semester studying Wallich and The YC in 2015. an associate and board member. Thomas abroad at the Western Australian Academy is certified in Cunningham Technique®. @ of the Performing Arts. In 2016 Laura joined Thomas House | Performer + Collaborator tomhouse90 Kristen Carcone’s immersive work ‘4-7-8’ Thomas House is a dance artist, creator, and which continues to tour across New York educator based in Seattle, WA. Raised in Darren Weiss | Musician and Toronto. Since moving to Seattle in 2018, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Thomas received Darren Weiss is a song writer and drummer Laura has worked with YC2 performing his BFA in dance from Purchase College, from Los Angeles. He has recorded and works by Tom Weinberger, Sidra Bell and SUNY in 2014. He has performed nationally performed with artists like T Bone Burnett, Kate Wallich. She has also worked with and internationally with companies including Florence and The Machine, Lana Del Coleman Pester //Tectonic Marrow Society Aszure Barton & Artists, Abraham in Motion, Rey, Girls, and Albert Hammond Jr, but and zoe | juniper. This is Laura’s first project Kate Wallich + The YC and the Merce most people know him from his body of with The YC. Cunningham Trust. Thomas has presented work fronting his own projects PAPA and creations with composer Kayla Cashetta in Monastereo. He lives in California with his Amiya Brown | Production Designer Seattle and New York City. He recently was a wife and son. Amiya Brown is a Lighting Designer and resident artist through an emerging platform visual artist based in Seattle. She holds for new dance PILOT where he worked on Sam Gendel | Musician a Master’s Degree in Theatrical Lighting a new performance creation. He worked as Sam Gendel lives in Los Angeles. His primary Design from the University of Washington. movement director for screen dance THE instrument is the saxophone. Find him Designing nationally and internationally for CALLING, a film directed by Jeff Schick online. theatre, dance, and opera, she specializes in premiering Fall 2019. Currently, Thomas site-specific and devised performance. Her is a dancer with Kate Wallich + The YC, a Laura Carella | Apprentice + Collaborator work has been presented at The Baryshnikov rehearsal assistant for YC2, and a Dance Laura Carella was born and raised in Arts Center, New York Live Arts, The Joyce SOHO (NYC), On the Boards (Seattle, WA), The Moore (Seattle, WA), REDCAT (Los Angeles, CA) and many others. She received a Gypsy Rose Lee Award in 2012 for her work on The Skriker (Janet Findley Production) and designed lights for Pat Graney’s Bessie award-winning production Girl Gods. Amiya has been collaborating with Kate Wallich since 2012, designing lighting and visual elements for 4 of the YC’s full- length productions.

Andrew J.S. | Art Director Andrew J.S. is a New York–based visual director dealing in the realms of photography, music, design, and performance.

cuniform | Costumes cuniform is a sliding scale personal styling and creative agency. Co-founders, Christine Tran and Colton Dixon Winger, each have a background of 13 years experience in the fashion industry. cuniform operates out of five major cities, working with individual clients and collaborators to promote authenticity, self-discovery, connection, subversion, and transformation. This is their fifth project with Studio Kate Wallich.

Alex Hyman | Company Manager Alex Hyman was born in Bellingham, Washington and has been the Executive Director of Studio Kate Wallich since September 2016.

8 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Photos by Christopher Nelson Christopher by Photos Nurturing Future Artists

Seattle Theatre Group’s Education and Community Former DANCE This participant Aaron Loux attended Programs (ECP) invest in meaningful experiences for Juilliard before dancing with The Metropolitan Opera and our community and future generations of performing Arc Dance Company. He has danced with Mark Morris artists. Each season, STG offers over 260+ education Dance Group since 2010. programs impacting over 56,000 students and community members from diverse ages and backgrounds. These Pamela Yasutake, from Northwest Tap Connection, is also programs deepen significance to performances through a DANCE This alum who performed with Savion Glover on opportunities to engage with artists, inspire youth the Paramount stage before making her Broadway debut and local artists through training and performance in the 10-time Tony nominated musical Shuffle Along. opportunities, and provide exposure to the arts through access initiatives. Seattle-based hip-hop artist and producer Otieno Terry is a former participant of STG’s More Music @ The Moore Over the years, we’ve seen numerous ECP participants program. He was recently featured on Macklemore’s build upon the skills they’ve learned in our sessions to new album Gemini, opened for Macklemore at his create successful and fulfilling careers. Below is a snapshot Seattle concert last year, and has played Sasquatch! and of past ECP participants who have done just that! Bumbershoot.

Multi-Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Macklemore Seattle’s own ParisAlexa is a young songwriter on the participated in STG’s first ever More Music @ The Moore rise and former More Music @ The Moore participant. program in 2002. She has since worked on her songwriting chops in STG’s Songwriters Lab and recently competed in NBC’s new Dancer Aaron Alexander participated in STG’s DANCE This songwriting TV show Songland. program. He has choreographed and performed hip-hop in Los Angeles and Seattle, and in 2016, was cast in the production of Hamilton. —Vicky Lee, Director of Education & Performance Programs

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The Paramount Theatre is lucky to house Wurlitzer opus 1819, one of only about 40 theatre organs still playing in their original venues. Built to allow a single musician to create a “symphony” of sound, this intricate instrument was installed for the Paramount’s grand opening in 1928 and has flourished well beyond its expected lifespan.

Volunteers from the Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society (PSTOS) have been maintaining this beautiful Publix 1 organ for the past 50 years, and also work closely with STG to provide educational opportunities involving the organ and the silent films it was invented to accompany. In recent years, PSTOS has been conducting an extensive restoration of the organ to repair inevitable deterioration that has occurred during the nearly 90 years it has been in the theatre. The most recent phase of this process has been restoration of the console (the organ’s operator interface) and installation of a new digital control system, as a result of which the organ doesn’t look or sound appreciably different; it just works much better.

We are extremely grateful to those who have made contributions to this restoration project, making it possible for present and future generations to experience the magic of our Mighty Wurlitzer. To make your donation to ensure the health of the Paramount’s historic instrument, please visit the PSTOS website at PSTOS.org.

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As we look back in cinematic history on the importance of these three significant African American films, we also look to now and legendary SILENT MOVIE filmmakers like , Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins and locally to LANGSTON’s Seattle Black Film Festival. The opening film is a rare surviving example of what the movie industry once labeled “race MONDAYS movies,” films with African American casts intended for African American audiences. The next two films are by Oscar Micheaux, who broke cinematic barriers as the first African American filmmaker, and PIONEERS OF AFRICAN made movies about the perils of racial inequality. He mobilized his actors to blur and destabilize the color line and operated independently AMERICAN CINEMA of the Hollywood industry. Micheaux was a Pullman porter, farmer, homesteader, publisher, writer, director in the areas of Chicago, South Dakota and Sioux City, Iowa and traveled all over the country In association with LANGSTON to distribute his films. We urge you to explore more found and restored films from Kino Lorber’s collection of Pioneers of African- American Cinema.

Vicky Lee, Curator of Silent Movie Mondays Director of Education & Performance Programs, Seattle Theatre Group

ABOUT THE FILMS October 7: SCAR OF SHAME (1927), directed by Frank Perugini, tells the story of when a young woman escapes from her abusive father and is rescued by an aspiring composer but encounters opposition from his class-conscious mother. The film, a collaboration between races, was produced by Colored Players Film Corporation out of Philadelphia. Print source 35mm from the Library of Congress restoration in 2015. Introduction and post-screening CineClub hosted by Andrea Stuart-Lehalle, Director for LANGSTON's Seattle Black Film Festival, and joined by Roger Guenveur Smith, acclaimed film star in many Spike Lee films. October 14: BODY AND SOUL (1925) is written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux and stars Paul Robeson in his first film role. He plays twin brothers, one a badly behaved minister and the other an ordinary working man, both vying for the affection of a young woman who is trying to abide by the misguided wishes of her devout mother. Print source DCP from Kino Lorber restoration. Introduction and post-screening CineClub hosted by Zola Mumford, Curator for LANGSTON’S Seattle Black Film Festival. October 21: WITHIN OUR GATES (1920) is written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux and is the earliest surviving feature film by an African American director. Micheaux made this groundbreaking film as a bold response to D.W. Griffith’s controversial film “Birth of a N a t i o n .” The story involves an idealistic young woman who attempts to raise money for an elementary school to serve the Black community. The film touches upon themes that recur throughout the filmmaker’s career such as the promise of rural life vs. the corruptive influence of the city, and the use of religion as a means of misleading the Black community. The film is included in the Library of Congress National Film Registry as a significant film in the history of African American cinema. Print source DCP from Kino Lorber restoration. Introduction and post-screening CineClub hosted by Vivian Phillips, Arts & Cultural Instigator/Consultant. encorespotlight.com 11 Silent Movie Mondays (CONTINUED)

PLEASE JOIN US AFTER THE FILM IN early 20th century. Tedde has been THE PARAMOUNT BAR FOR CineClub, accompanying films for Silent Movie A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION EXPLOR- Mondays since 2015. ING THE FILM ITSELF AND THE ART OF SILENT CINEMA. Special thanks to: Andy Gault, American Sign Language TEDDE GIBSON CREATED SCORES Interpreter for Introductions FOR ALL THREE FILMS AND ACCOM- Kurt Morrison, for song selections on PANIES ON THE MIGHTY WURLITZER Knabe Ampico reproducing grand piano in ORGAN. Lobby Mezzanine Phil Hargiss and Puget Sound Theatre Organ ABOUT THE MUSICIAN: Society Tedde Gibson started Miles McRae, Projectionist playing the piano at age Scarecrow Video 4. He is one of a few Hotel Theodore Seattle musicians able to play not only classical and The Paramount Theatre is theatre pipe organ, but home to Wurlitzer opus also jazz and gospel 1819, one of only about 40 organ on the Hammond and piano and theatre organs still playing integrates these styles into his playing of the in their original venues. Mighty Wurlitzer organ. A native of Volunteers from the Puget Tacoma, Tedde studied pipe organ with the Sound Theatre Organ Society (PSTOS) have late Dr. Edward Hansen, president of the been maintaining this beautiful Publix 1 American Guild of Organists and organ organ for the past 50 years, and also work professor at the University of Puget Sound; closely with STG to provide educational David Dahl, organist emeritus of Pacific opportunities involving the organ and the Lutheran; Dr. J. Melvin Butler of the silent films it was invented to accompany. In University of Washington and St. Marks recent years, PSTOS has been conducting an Cathedral; and while attending UW, with extensive restoration of the organ to repair MFA IN Dr. Carol Terry. Tedde has also coached inevitable deterioration that has occurred with international theatre organist Jonas during the nearly 90 years it has been in the ARTS LEADERSHIP Nordwall of Portland and the late Andy theatre. The most recent phase of this Crow of Olympia. Since moving to the DC process has been restoration of the console area in 2003, he has studied classical organ (the organ’s operator interface) and with Dr. Mickey Thomas Terry, editor of the installation of a new digital control system, 7+ volume anthology of organ works by as a result of which the organ doesn’t look African American composers. Tedde also or sound appreciably different; it just studied organ performance at The Peabody works much better. To learn more about the Institute of Johns Hopkins University in organ, or to contribute to its restoration, Baltimore. In the DC area he is organist/ please visit the PSTOS table in the lobby, or musician-in-residence at First Baptist visit the PSTOS website at www.pstos.org. Church of Highland Park; organist at Capitol Hill Seventh-Day Adventist Church The Paramount Theatre’s Knabe and Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Roman Ampico reproducing grand piano Catholic Church and teaches music at located in the first mezzanine is Highland Park Christian Academy. Tedde is playing again thanks to the on the board of directors for the American efforts of the Pacific Can-Am Empowering a new wave Theatre Organ Society, an international non- chapter of AMICA (Automatic Musical profit organization comprised of worldwide Instrument Collectors Association) of socially responsible volunteer members who are committed to International. Local AMICA and PSTOS helping preserve and perpetuate the musical member Kurt Morrison restores, maintains arts professionals theatre pipe organ heritage that began in the and demonstrates this historic instrument. www.amica.org. Online and in-person information sessions seattleu.edu/artsleaderhip/graduate

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UPCOMING SILENT MOVIE MONDAYS

Special presentation in partnership with Seattle Jewish Film Festival March 23: THE ANCIENT LAW/DAS ALTE GESETZ (1923) with live music by composer/violinist Alicia Svigals, pianist Donald Sosin and clarinetist Laura DeLuca

Star Power Series April 6: A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928) starring Greta Garbo, with music by Christian Elliott on the Mighty Wurlitzer April 13: BLOOD AND SAND (1922) starring Rudolph Valentino, with music by Christian Elliott on the Mighty Wurlitzer April 20: GET YOUR MAN (1927) starring Clara Bow, with music by Donna Parker on the Mighty Wurlitzer

Don’t miss LANGSTON’s Seattle Black Film Festival, April 23-26, 2020 langstonseattle.org

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Bryce Dessner + korde arrington tuttle’s TRIPTYCH (EYES OF ONE ON ANOTHER) Featuring Roomful of Teeth In partnership with On the Boards

Produced by ArKtype / Thomas O. Set & Costume Design by Carlos Soto ROOMFUL OF TEETH Kriegsmann Lighting Design by Yuki Nakase Sarah Brailey, Martha Cluver, Eliza Bagg, in Cooperation with The Robert Video by Simon Harding Virginia Kelsey, Thomas McCargar, Thann Mapplethorpe Foundation Sound Design by Dylan Goodhue / Scoggin, Jason Awbrey, Steven Hrycelak nomadsound.net

Production Management William Knapp Jessica McJunkins, violin; Joe Gottesman, Dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks & Christopher viola; Virginia Dziekonski, cello; Jen Harrison, Myers French horn; Jennifer Nelson, clarinet/bass Composed by Bryce Dessner Managing Producer, ArKtype J.J. El-Far clarinet; Kate Campbell, piano/harmonium; Libretto by korde arrington tuttle Associate Music Director William Brittelle Donnie Johns, percussion; Chris Monroe, Featuring words by Essex Hemphill & Patti Lighting Supervisor Kathrine R. Mitchell percussion; James Moore guitar Smith Associate Video Designer Moe Shahrooz Directed by Kaneza Schaal Production Stage Manager Megan Schwarz Music by Bryce Dessner is used with Featuring Roomful of Teeth Dickert permission of Chester Music Ltd. with Alicia Hall Moran and Isaiah Robinson Company Manager Iyvon Edebiri Associate Director/Touring Jennifer H. Session Copyist & Score Manager Dominic “The Perfect Moment, For Robert Newman Mekky Mapplethorpe” by Essex Hemphill, 1988. Associate Director/Development Lilleth Consulting producer Gill Graham Courtesy of the Schomburg Center for Glimcher Public relations Carla Parisi / Kid Logic Research in Black Culture, reprinted by Music Direction & Conducting by Brad Wells Media permission of The Frances Goldin Literary Contributing Choreographer & Performer Agency. Martell Ruffin

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“American Wedding” by Essex Hemphill, Program Note by African American gay sensibilities provides from Ceremonies, Cleis Press, 1992, reprinted Christopher Myers an alternative way of viewing some of by permission of The Frances Goldin Literary There is a stream of thinking in the West the same bodies Mapplethorpe depicts, Agency. that associates “the beautiful” with, as Kant and forms one cornerstone of the present calls it, a “disinterested pleasure.” “Interested” oratorio, Triptych (Eyes of One on Another). “The Boy Who Loved Michelangelo,” by Patti pleasures like pornography and propaganda But still the question lingers: How do we Smith, from The Coral Sea, 2012. were contrasted with more noble pursuits, as contemporary viewers acknowledge and for example, the nude or classical dramas. embrace all of the ways, all of the vantage “Untitled,” by Patti Smith, June 1988, from This disinterest lays the foundations for high points, from which we can see this work? The Perfect Moment Exhibition Catalogue modernism, its formalisms, its universalist fallacies, the abstractions that purport to be In Triptych (Eyes of One on Another), COMMISSIONER CREDITS thin as the canvases they are painted on, the Bryce Dessner and korde arrington tuttle, movement vocabularies that pretend to come in collaboration with Kaneza Schaal, Produced in Residency with and from the deepest recesses of the human soul, Roomful of Teeth, producer ArKtype, Commissioned by University Musical Society, the radical borrowings that see all forms as and with texts from Essex Hemphill, Patti University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. somehow “neutral.” Smith, and the Cincinnati obscenity trial, rethink Mapplethorpe’s work as not only an Co-produced by Los Angeles Philharmonic, Though several generations of artists and intersection of the photographer’s interests Gustavo Dudamel Music and Artistic thinkers have made clear that there is no and multiple positionalities, but also to Director. such thing as “disinterested pleasure,” for imagine the work itself as a locus around a certain era of makers who lived on the which various communities find themselves TRIPTYCH was co-commissioned by cusp of the transition from high modernism both included and alienated by the work Luminato Festival, Toronto, Canada; BAM; to the hydra of forms that have followed, itself, often at the same time. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center they discovered in the double-speak of as part of the Nostos Festival, Athens, Greece; modernist ‘universalities’ a certain liberation. The work and its collaborators, who bring Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati, OH; Cal Robert Mapplethorpe was one such artist to bear performance languages as diverse as Performances, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; who photographed bodies, practices, and Tuvan throat singing techniques, pop, folk, Stanford Live, Stanford University, Stanford, selves that were considered abject or taboo CA; Adelaide Festival, Australia; John F. at the time but was able to do so with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for assurance that his interest in these forms was performance as part of DirectCurrent 2019; “disinterested.” He said, about the work he ArtsEmerson: World on Stage, Emerson showed in his 1986 solo exhibition “Black College, Boston, MA; Texas Performing Males,” “I’m photographing them as form, in Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, the same way I’m reading the flowers.” TX; Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Wexner Mapplethorpe’s work, its beauty and its Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, controversies, its legal challenges, most Columbus, OH; the Momentary, Bentonville, notably the obscenity trial in Cincinnati AR, Celebrity Series, Boston, MA; and surrounding the exhibit, “The Perfect developed in residency with MassMOCA, Moment,” all spun on the question of North Adams, MA. this “disinterested” beauty. Were these photographs pornography or were they Your ticket Our deepest thanks to Joree Adilman and the nudes? Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation for their to the arts! care and support in bringing this work to life. But what are we to make of the work in our current moment of understanding, Very special thanks to the commissioning that there are no disinterested pleasures, Teens can enjoy tons partners who made this project possible, Josh that the white marble figures that LaBelle, Jack McLarnan, and Seattle Theatre of affordable events Mapplethorpe referenced so cleanly in Group Team, Joseph V. Melillo, Michael his photographs were originally splashed Kondziolka, Josephine Ridge, Gill Graham, with TeenTix! with vibrant color, that the valorization James Rushton, Rob Bailis, Mary Hickson, of Greco-Roman bronzes or nearly grain- It’s FREE to sign up Daniel Fish, Ashley Tata, Jim Findlay, Robert less black and white photography is as O’Hara, David Lang, Ashton Muñiz, Shanta culturally specific as saying that the only for the pass that Thake, Rachel Chanoff, Sue Killam, Curt real music was written by Beethoven. Artists Leclair, Jesse Ontiveros, Sunny Cyr, Victoria like Glenn Ligon, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, entitles you to $5 Nassif, Trevor Litsey, Daniel Alexander and less directly, Catherine Opie, have Jones, Jeff Miller & Williams College, Beth arts & culture tickets. addressed some of the complications of Given, Ted Pallas, Ryan Gohsman, Heather Mapplethorpe’s oeuvre. Essex Hemphill, Englander, Mily Paschali, Ad Van der Koog, Mapplethorpe’s contemporary, who along Jeremy Geffen, Robin Pomerance, Chris with Marlon Riggs delineated a set of teentix.org Lorway, Nat Trottman and The Guggenheim.

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film, and experimental music, 80’s downtown performance, Ailey and classical ballet, inhabit the space between the photographic work and its audiences. Much like the fable of The Blind Men and the Elephant, they cobble together a landscape of viewerships. The artists ask questions of the work and of themselves within the work.

Is it possible to imagine these men who are photographed with the impersonal intimacy of flowers, or bronze sculptures, as full human beings, with desires and pleasures of their own? Can we read the desire of the photographer, his conflicts and self-denials, in his steadfast commitment to a classical language that recasts leather daddies and daddy’s boys into upper-middle class living room fantasies? Where in this thorny bramble of gazes, objectification, outrage and intimacy do our own wants and expectations as an audience live?

When Martell Ruffin, the classically trained dancer who functions as a kind of ghost of both Mapplethorpe’s subjects and invisible audiences, enters he literalizes the sense of multiple viewerships and makes us aware that as we take in this work and Mapplethorpe’s work there are and will be other eyes, other ways of engaging with these bodies, these sounds, these hearts. Beauty is never “disinterested;” it is made of a thousand overlapping interests and wants and cares. - Christopher Myers

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16 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE MOORE THEATRE Max Richter OCTOBER 16

In a little more than a decade, led by cellist and artistic director Clarice Jensen, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) has risen to the highest ranks of American new music through a mix of meticulous musicianship, artistic vision, engaging collaborations, and unwavering standards in every regard. The membership of the amorphous collective includes some of the brightest young stars in the field. ACME recorded Max Richter’s Sleep and From Sleep for Deutsche Grammophon and frequently tours with the composer/ pianist. They have joined Richter for epic 8-hour, overnight performances of Sleep in New York, Los Angeles, Auckland, at SXSW, and more. NPR calls ACME “contemporary music dynamos,” and describes the group’s performances as “vital,” “brilliant,” and “electrifying.” www.acmemusic.org

Grace Davidson Grace Davidson studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, specialising in Baroque music and now enjoys a busy MAX RICHTER and versatile career, performing in concert Performing with American Contemporary Halls and recording studios the world over.

Music Ensemble and Grace Davidson Her exceptional musicality and purity of tone has attracted many critically acclaimed conductors and composers. Grace has broadened her repertoire into the world Max Richter American Contemporary Music Ensemble of film and contemporary music, most Max Richter stands as one of the most (ACME) notably working with Max Richter as a influential figures of the contemporary Clarice Jensen, cello & artistic director soloist on his Lullaby “Sleep” and “Three music scene, producing ground-breaking Ben Russell, violin Worlds”, both recorded on the Deutsche work as a recording artist, composer, Laura Lutzke, violin Gramophone label. Grace is delighted to pianist, and collaborator. Long a staple Isabel Hagen, viola be returning to the U.S.A with Max and of the avant-garde, by virtue of his Claire Bryant, cello ACME. influential solo that include The Blue Notebooks, Memoryhouse, Songs From Before, Infra, Vivaldi Recomposed, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works and the eight-and-a-half hour epic Sleep. Sold-out overnight performances of Sleep at venues across the world and numerous Classical No. 1 records, are a testament to Richter’s wide appeal. Richter has written widely for film and television with recent projects including Hostiles, Black Mirror, Taboo - which gained him an Emmy nomination, HBO series The Leftovers and My Brilliant Friend and most recently White Boy Rick, Mary Queen of Scots and the sci-fi drama Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt. His music also featured in Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, Ari Folman’s Waltz With Bashir and in the Oscar-winning Arrival by Denis Villeneuve.

encorespotlight.com 17 Indian Ink Theatre Company Indian Ink Theatre Company The artistic partnership of Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis is now comfortably in its second decade. Inspired by a love of mask and story they continue to pursue their idea of the ‘Serious Laugh’ - opening mouths with laughter to slip serious ideas in. With a series of remarkable productions of intimate scale that blend western theatrical traditions with eastern flavours they have become one of New Zealand’s most successful theatre companies. They aim to leave an indelible imprint on your heart; that’s why they’re called Indian Ink.

Indian Ink is represented by David Lieberman Artists’ Representatives [email protected]

Our People JACOB RAJAN Writer Jacob is a founding partner of Indian Ink and co-wrote all of Indian Ink’s plays as well as performing in many of them. He is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama school, Otago University (B.Sc Microbiology) and Wellington Teacher’s College. Jacob is an Arts Foundation Laureate and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to theatre.

JUSTIN LEWIS Mrs. Krishnan’s Party Writer and Director Justin is a founding partner of Indian Ink. He has Justin’s Notes co-written and directed all Everyone loves a good party; endless laughter, catching up with friends, dancing on tables. But of Indian Ink’s plays. He what if you don’t know anyone and feel self-conscious about your dancing? What if you’re not was one of the founders feeling a box of birds? Do you stay home or fake it till you make it? How do you set yourself of Auckland’s Q Theatre and received a free? Onam is such a great celebration because it shows there is more to happiness than just a Kaupapa Oranga Award for his services smile, that to know joy you must also feel sorrow, without death there can be no rebirth. Maybe to theatre. Justin is a graduate of the John a party can change your life; you may meet someone who gives you the courage to set yourself Bolton Theatre School and the University of free or shows you the resilience required to be truly happy. Thanks for coming out tonight. Auckland. Justin Lewis

Jacob’s Notes For the uninitiated Krishnan’s Dairy was the name of our very first play. A love story set in a corner shop, the power of which caught everyone by surprise – including us. That shop has kept its doors open for 20 years, touring the length and breadth of New Zealand and throughout the world, becoming as loved and cherished as a child. The story you’re taking part in tonight is somewhat of a sequel, but don’t worry, you don’t have to have seen Krishnan’s Dairy to enjoy the party. All you need is here, in the strangers that surround you and the imagination that abounds within, and the wonder of what’s going to happen next. That moment of not knowing, of being lost and confused, excited and a little scared is really what tonight is about: change. Something has to die in order for something to be renewed. It’s a tough lesson but a constant, existing at every stage of life and extremely present for us in a world that seems to be spinning ever faster. Rather than bemoan how hard it is to get to grips with all this shifting sand we want to celebrate the new castles we will build from it. Party on! Jacob Rajan

18 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP ERICKSON THEATRE OFF BROADWAY NOVEMBER 15 – 24

KALYANI NAGARAJAN JOHN VERRYT Actor Set and Props Designer This is Kalyani’s second John has worked on all of role with Indian Ink Indian Ink’s productions. SPONSORS following 2017’s The With over 30 years’ Pickle King. She is very experience John is a passionate about her leading New Zealand stage culture and representing her background designer with an extensive portfolio of work in the arts industry. She practices bharatha including NZ Opera, Auckland Theatre natyam (Indian classical dance) and has a Company, The Large Group and many flair for accents. Kalyani is a graduate of Toi others. Whakaari: NZ Drama School and studied in France with Philippe Gaulier. JANE HAKARAIA Lighting Designer JUSTIN ROGERS This is Jane’s third Actor production with Indian This is Justin’s first role Ink following on from with Indian Ink. He loves Welcome to the Murder musical theatre and has House and The Elephant performed with Auckland Thief. Jane holds a degree in product design Theatre Company, most but her passion is lighting for theatre. recently in Shortland Street – The Musical. Justin is also a magician and magic FIONA NICHOLS consultant for theatre. He is a graduate of Costume Design Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. This is Fiona’s second production for Indian MURRAY EDMOND Ink after her work on Dramaturge The Pickle King. She Murray has been works mainly in film and dramaturge on all of television with credits including Star Wars: Indian Ink’s productions. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, A poet and founder and Spartacus. of Town and Country Players (NZ), Murray has recently retired LIAM KELLY from his role as Professor of Drama at The Sound Design University of Auckland where he headed This is Liam’s first the drama programme. production with Indian Ink. He won an award for D. ANDREW POTVIN ‘Most Innovative Work’ at Production & Stage the 2018 Wellington Fringe Manager Festival and is part of Playshop - a late night Andrew toured improv group. Liam recently completed his extensively with Indian Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Practice at Ink for 2017’s The Pickle Victoria University. King and was the logistics coordinator for the 2015 tour of Kiss the SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Fish. He is the Director of Andrew Potvin SUSTAINING SUPPORTERS Designs Ltd which specializes in tour management, business development and lighting design.

encorespotlight.com 19 STG CORPORATE SPONSORS THE MOORE THEATRE Global Party NOVEMBER 15 GLOBAL PARTY

CATERING & EVENTS

Produced by STG Education & Community Programs, GLOBAL PARTY is a high energy performance of cultural and contemporary dance and music. Celebrating 11 years, the performance features Northwest community performers representing the rich cultural traditions from around the world. It’s a not-to-be-missed experience for all ages. This performance gives students and families the opportunity to learn more about their world and our diverse Seattle community. Think Global, Celebrate Local!

Pours on Pine Sponsor

PROGRAM SUPPORTERS

The Bradley Family Foundation

20 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE The Hip Hop Nutcracker NOVEMBER 16 & 17

Seattle Theatre Group The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary and dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER music, returns to The Paramount for two with performances this holiday season! Executive Producer EVA PRICE PRESENT Directed and choreographed by the Lucille Lortel and Bessie Award-nominated Jennifer Weber, The Hip Hop Nutcracker is an evening-length production performed by a supercharged cast of a dozen all-star dancers, a DJ, a violinist, and MC Kurtis Blow, one of hip hop’s founding fathers, who opens the show with a short set. The show is produced by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with three-time Tony Award- winning Executive Producer, Eva Price, and co-commissioned by the United Palace of Cultural Arts.

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"We're thrilled to be back once again, bringing “Christmas Rappin’,” and it sold more than streaming channels starting Friday, September our show to new audiences as well as to those 400,000 copies, becoming an annual classic. 27 at 8 p.m. The full program will air this fall who have made The Hip Hop Nutcracker a Its gold follow-up, The Breaks, helped ignite and winter on local PBS broadcast stations holiday tradition," said NJPAC Producer an international “Rap Attack.” He released 10 throughout the country and nationwide David Rodriguez. albums in over 11 years: his full-length debut, through the free ALL ARTS streaming app Kurtis Blow; his second, Deuce, a Top 50 Pop and on allarts.org. Just like the original, in The Hip Hop album and a big hit across Europe; Party Time Nutcracker, Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker featuring a pioneering fusion of rap and gogo; "This year, not only will audiences experience Prince go on a dream adventure battling and Ego Trip, including the hits “8 Million the magic of The Hip Hop Nutcracker live, but a gang of mice, visiting the land of sweets Stories,” “AJ” and “Basketball.” In 1985 he they'll be able to re-live the magic in their own and learning the lessons of the holiday released America, featuring “If I Ruled the homes as well, through our partnership with season. Innovative digital graffiti and visuals World,” a Top 5 hit on Billboard’s R&B chart; PBS,” Rodriguez said. transform the landscape of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Columbia/Sony recording artist Nas debuted beloved story from traditional 19th Century at No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Album chart with Through this re-mixed and re-imagined Germany to the vibrant, diverse sights and a cover of the song in 1997. version of the classic, the dynamic performers sounds of contemporary New York City. of The Hip Hop Nutcracker take us on a In addition to live performances throughout journey that celebrates love, community and Each evening will kick off with a brief live set the country, this year PBS has exclusively the magic of the holiday season! by hip-hop legend Kurtis Blow. Blow was 20 partnered with the production to air ALL in 1979, when he became the first rapper to ARTS Presents The Hip Hop Nutcracker at be signed by a major label. Mercury released NJPAC on the ALL ARTS broadcast and

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JOIN STG IN PROVIDING A SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE OF © Disney

Dear STG Supporter,

I am the mother of a 9-year-old son with Down syndrome. Watching musicals, plays, and dance performances is something that our family values. However, knowing that my son may not be able to sit through entire performances, or that noises made by my son would make us feel pressured to leave, I’ve been hesitant to spend upwards of $100 on a Broadway ticket. Last winter, I heard that STG was presenting a senso- ry-friendly matinee performance of THE LION KING and that the tickets were underwritten by generous donors to the affordable prices of $15, $30, and $50! I immediately purchased tickets.

On the day of the performance, we arrived at The Paramount Theatre with great anticipation and many reservations. I quickly learned that STG thought of EVERYTHING to make this show comfortable for families like ours: reduced sound, family restrooms, noise-cancelling headphones, fidget toys, activity zones, and a leniency to allow food, talking, and movement at seats. All was going well for my son and I felt like my bases were covered. Then, we went to take our balcony-level seats and as soon as we walked into the auditorium he stopped and said, “No.” I convinced him to go see our seats, but he said, “Too high.” I had no idea that seat location would be an issue! I shared our predicament with a volunteer and within five minutes we were moved to floor-level seats. I was shocked and delighted.

The opening scene started with the animals walking down the aisle and my son’s face lit up with delight! It was at that moment that I started crying. I was crying because attending a show like this with my son was something that I thought would not happen for many years, if at all.

I am writing this letter to express to you that these kinds of experiences are necessary, deeply appreciated, and only possible with our community’s support. I hope you’ll read my story and want to bring the magic of live theatre to everyone diagnosed with Down syndrome, autism, and other sensory sensitivities. With your support, STG will be able to present another sensory-friendly performance of a Broadway hit musical – Disney’s FROZEN – on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the Paramount Theatre. Please consider making a donation today to give community members like my son and me the ability to create amazing memories. I promise you, every family in the theatre that day will have their own story like mine. Sincerely, What is a Sensory-Friendly Performance? A special live theatrical performance designed to be a supportive and judgment-free Rebecca Winters environment for those with sensory sensitivities, like autism, and their family and friends. Mother and STG Patron

YES! Scan Me! I will underwrite tickets to make live theatre accessible to those with sensory sensitivities! Donate Here: bit.ly/stgsensory

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One of STG’s core values is to serve as stewards of Seattle’s historic Paramount, Moore, and Neptune Theatres, and part of our commitment to keeping these spaces healthy and vibrant is to welcome a new generation of visitors and patrons to experience their magic firsthand. That’s why STG is proud to offer free Historic Theatres Tours, led by members of our well-versed volunteer staff.

“Over 450,000 patrons pass through the doors of The Paramount each year. These free tours give the public a chance to learn more about this historic Theatre while giving them a glimpse behind the scenes.” - Josh LaBelle, Executive Director of Seattle Theatre Group

Tours of the Paramount Theatre take place on the first Saturday of every month and guests should meet in front of the main entrance, on the corner of 9th and Pine. Tours of the Moore Theatre are the second Saturday of every month and guests should meet in front of the main entrance, on the corner of 2nd and Virginia. Neptune Tours are the third Saturday of every month and guests should meet in front of the main entrance, on the corner of NE 45th St. & Brooklyn Ave. All tours begin at 10 a.m.

Additionally, Seattle Theatre Group is able to schedule tours upon request for student groups ages 7 and up. This is an excellent way for students to experience the technical aspects of the stage, take a behind-the-scenes look at backstage operations, and get an introduction to the history of the building.

For more information on STG’s Historic Theatre Tours, and to access virtual tours of the Paramount, Moore, and Neptune, please visit STGPresents.org/tours Bob Cerelli on this page by photos

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$100,000 & Above Rohit Gopal Lisa & Fred Farin Jackie Payne Anonymous Scott & Suzette Guenther FlowPlay Edward Pesik & Teresa Blanchett Peter & Susan Davis Charles Hammontree Jr. Laurie & Brian Flynn Sean & Bridgette Pierce Eliza & Brian Shelden Susan Hood & Thomas Leonard Forrest & Rebecca Foltz Diane Prescott Washington State Heritage Teri Howe Barry & Joann Forman Adam & Tanya Reinhardt Capital Project Fund Carolyne Howley Michael & Lynnele Forrest Paul Rich & Karen Nakagawa administered by the Washington Alan Hunter Anne Francis & Craig Simmons Derek & Natalie Robbecke State Historical Society Jubilation Foundation Fund of Aaron Frein Frank Rohrschneider Tides Foundation Christy & Travis Gagnier Michael Rokasy $50,000 - $99,999 Lily & Lucien Lamotte The Gargus Family Michelle Ulick Rosenthal Anonymous (2) Haven Ley Will & Melissa Garner Dorie Ross ArtsFund Ross & Tracy Lincoff Carmen Gayton Emma Roudabush The Bradley Family Foundation Bob & Monique Lipman Pamela Glazier Kali Sakai Ida Cole Dylan “Exobyte” Mayo Elizabeth Glazov Stephen & Sheila Salamunovich Microsoft Matching Gifts Mark Mcclarty & David DeChand Diane Godfrey Gordon Adams & Corie Sandall Tim & Kristen Rose Kristi Miller Google Matching Gifts Scott & Lisa Schade City of Seattle Office of Arts & Judith Moccia Sattler Jonathan Green & Brenda Berry Ashley Seffernick & Mel Carson Culture Mike & Ashley McCready Joe Grisso – Detachment 3 LLC Merric & Rebecca Shank $25,000 - $49,999 Pacific Learning Academy, Kirsten Kristi & John Guin Andrew Shultz & Wade Stritzinger 4Culture O’Malley Richard & Leif Hansen Susan Silver Costco Wholesale Matching Gifts Steve & Nena Peltin Robert & Annette Harmon Cheryl Smith Tom Douglas & Jackie Cross Bryan & Amanda Peters Rebecca Harris George Soltes Glenn & Masha Hart Arthur & Laura Pfund Lucy Helm Staff, Inc. HNS Charitable Gift Fund Paul & Maureen Pigott Janie Hendrix & Ryan Jackson John & Eva Stephanus Jim Kraft & Dominique Posy Kristina & Jeff Preedy Cynthia Hennessy Krieder/Sunderland Fund National Endowment for the Arts Logan Seetharaman Mary & Tom Herche The Swinerton Foundation Judge Douglas Smith & Mrs. Judy Doug & Lori Hillman Jesse & Marissa Taylor $10,000 - $24,999 Smith The Hirayama Family Dillon Tellier Ted & Danielle Ackerley David & Naomi Spinak Ben Hodges Tyler & Bianca Tillman Robert & Ali Alexander Start It! Foundation Thomas Horton Selena Tonti Jan & Kenneth Block Tom & Kathy Story John Houlihan Jason & Erica Tripard Boeing Matching Gifts Amy Theobald & Cara Beth Lee Aidan Hughes & Shirley Hatia Maya Trujillo Ringe Rebecca L. Bogard Katie & Amy Thickpenny Zhenya & Michael Hyman Johnny Underwood & Monte Broadway Across America Nancy Urner & Greg Lovinger Insight Strategic Partners Bridges The John Brooks Williams & USI Laura Inveen & Bill Shaw Darwin Viernes John H. 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Claire & Douglas Beighle Chad Errett John & Karen Kois Dave & Kristy Peterson Paul Berg Eddie Escardo-Raffo & April William Konrady Mary Pigott Eric Bissell Bailey Jeb Korzilius Scott & Lisa Porad Stephen Black & Kevin McNamara Rachel Escoto Henry & Jackie Kotkins Bill Predmore Mary Ann Bolte Elizabeth & Jeff Evans Susan Kramer Ryan Price Marni Bonnin Mark Everts & Will Howington Ekawee Kriengkraipetch & PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Shaun Botha Lilia Fannin Michael Wilson Diana & Michael Prise Julie Bourm Maritza Farrant Elisa Krinsky-Unser Michelle Pruitt Barbara & Don Box Lisa Fazio & Greg Schwartz Elizabeth Kronoff Judy Quick Tim Boyd Rod Fichter Emily Krouse Toni Kuhl-Radford George Brewer Lani Fisher Robin Krueger Jim & Patricia Ramseth Tammra Brougher William Fitzharris Tim Krueger Adam Reineke Alan Brown Cecilia Flombaum Cathy Krug & Erik Lundberg Rao Remala The Edge Apts. LLC – Craig Michael & Marta Fortin Amelia & Ana Krumholz Kevin & Patrick Richardson Brown Albert Foster Ryan Madden Brian Richmon & Kathleen S. Lori Brown Deborah Fouts Monica Lane Peterson Robert & Lisha Brown Chris & Christy Frary Holly & Taryn Laneville Rush & Susan Riese Shavondelia Brown Michele Freed Dave Larson Chuck & Jane Riley Susan Brown James Paul Fridenmaker Ian Latham The D&P Roberts Family Dan & Pat Brzusek Maureen Frisch Robert Leet Foundation Mark & Tiffany Buerk Jamie Fullen Therese Leggiere & Matthew Barbara Roper Tom & Linda Burley Glynn & Jessica Furby Porosky Zan Ross Mark Byers Kevin Geloff Thomas Leonard & Marianne Shawn & Jessica Rourk Karen Caldwell Eric & Siege Getsinger Leslie Robin & William Rutherford Edward & Nancy Callaway Emily Gigot Phyllis Leventhal Allan Ryan Lori Campana Ginny Gilder J.C. Leveque Debra L. Sand Roger Campbell Lynn & Colleen Giroir Kasey Lewis Victoria Sanders Kim & Blake Cantrell Laura Glass Sharon Lott Anthony Santos Pam & Steven Cardamenis Thomas & Tracey Glembin Sallie Lumley Isaiah Schaff Joseph Carlucci Joanna Glickler & Brenda Majercin Julie Lyman Maren & John Schnebeck Kevin & Megan McCarpenter Turner Gochanour Grant & Sarah MacLeod Mark Schulz Steve Carstensen Anna Goeke Deming & Michelle Maclise Erin Schwartz & Adam Johnson Paul & Beverly Cascio Corey Golden Casey & Philip Madsen Molly & Lindsey Schwartz Paul & Theresa Casey Irwin Goverman Mona Lisa Magal Bryan & Stephanie Scott Richard Castaneda Douglas Grady Deborah Magallanes Erin & Mark Shagren Myla Causing & Todd Versaw Peggy Graving John Maganas Michelle Shaw Tim & Sarah Cavanaugh Bob Greco Martha Makosky & Stephen DeLee & Dick Shoemaker Joe & Sara Cerrell Dan & Gigi Green Prentice Rachel Sirkin & Brian Bowman Aatman Chaudhary Tim & Michelle Green Sally Maloney Ryan Slaugh - Slaugh Engineering Suzan & Richard Chavez Mark & Stacey Griffith Lori & Stephen Markowitz Tyler & Maggie Slone Amanda Chin Gerard Grohl Trisha Marshall John Spoden Jane Chua Thomas Guinn Anthony Viggiano Dana Stirn Derick & Tracey Clack Maria Gunn Donna Martin Amanda Stoffer Matt Clarich Cari Gunter Michael Massaro Deborah & Keith Streeter Gloria Fern Catherine Haapala Bruce C Mathey Robin Supplee & Mike Derzon Sharon & Melanie Coleman Andrew & Michelle Haines Frank Maxwell Michael Swilling Debbie & Anna Collins Alexander & Rebecca Hamilton Charles & Janette Mayes Orsolya Szoke Matteo & Rachel Colombo Sonia Handforth-Kome & Chris Stephen Mccandless Andrew Tamm Jason & Lisa Colton Bobbitt Mary Mcclellan Aronen BG & Leslie Tanzer Erin Combs & Mike Monroe Edward & Marybeth Harley Susan McConnell Rose Tatlow & Neil Roseman Ross & Linda Comer A. Gustav Hartmann Nicole & Kirk Mcdonald Kenneth Temiyasathit David & Sherie Coons Pete Hayes Kristofor Mckean Sandra & Brian Tennyson Jeremy Court & Deryn Doverty Seattle Genetics Megan Mclaughlin Kristina Thomas & Lindsey Lind Michael Covarrubias Tammy Heldridge Michelle Mejia Grant Tillemans Johnna Craig Jan Hendrickson & Chuck Linda & Robert Melin Jennifer & Mark Tomas John & Emily Crandall Leighton Julie Metzger Timothy Tomlinson & Vu Pham Gail Crawford & John Barnard Bob & Jennifer Henning Eric Middleton & Doug Alder Tandy & Susan Trower Donna J. Crider, Dvm Michael & Kim Hensley Chad Monson Linda Tucker Kristy & Dan Crouse Charles & Lisa Herb Margaret Montoya Cornelis Van Rij Kevin Currier Sandra Herman Jennifer & Aaron Morgan Adam Vwich Sarah D’Onofrio Kelly & Michael Hershey The Almo Group at Morgan Celia Fulton Walden Anna Daniell Lenee Hicks Stanley Eric Wallace Robert Davisson Charlie Hill & Sarat Vann-Hill Mitzi & John Morris Brett & Lisa Wallden Monica & Stephen Day Christina Hitchcock Manette Moses & Dan Jayne Melanie & Jeff Walsh Michael Deer David Holt, Arnp & William Scott Murray & Peter Corippo Clifford & Scott Webster Dan & Natalie Delorey Freestone Jonathan Nadeau Josiah Wedgwood Kathleen & Philip Demaree Douglas & Andrea Holtan Rebecca & Rod Nelson Gary Wenet Alex Deutmeyer Jeffrey Howard & Jan Carlton Dr. Neil Nicholson Daryl Whitley & Greta Musland Catherine Dhanki Marie Huwe Nintendo of America, Inc. Liesl & Jeff Wilke Suzanne Dilanzo Tony Ibrahim George & Gloria Northcroft Byron & Alonda Williams Jaennae Dinius Erik Ismert Alicea & Nathaniel Novak Jari & Jill Williams Gail M. Doll Peter Jahn Alida & Douglas Oles Sherry Wilson Donald Family Foundation Kevin & Nina Jahne Victoria & Jacob Olson Amy Windham Mark Donovan & Erica Chriss Jessica Jamtaas Joe & Kathy Ornelas Bruce Wiseman Gay Dorsey & Mike Poppoff Brady Johnson Jessica Ostrow Matt Woltman Julie & Brook Durant Asha Johnston & Tina Dishman Joe & Lea Anne Ottinger Steven & Mary Wood Louise Durocher & Mike Nelson Harvey Jones & Nancy Iannucci Terry & Joe Ozimek Kate Woodcock Nathan Dwyer Jessica Jones Michelle & Greg Page Adrienne Wu Olga & Curt Dyckman Meg Jones Ruthann Parish Grace & David Yuan Karen Easton Jeff Kaufer Emily Parsons Mark Zimmerman Derek & Juiling Edmonds Jeanine Kielb Sean Pelletier Sara & Andy Zuchetto Steve Egge Dale Kingman Vic Pentz Jim Zurcher David McShea & Sophia Eitel Matthew Kinzelman Catherine Peterman Brandt Elster Kimberley Kirkland Autumn Peterson

26 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP SUPPORTERS of Seattle Theatre Group

$500 - $999 Grace Chang Michelle Goldberg & Michael Adler Sierra Larkin Anonymous (3) Jessica & Eric Chantelois Nathan Goldberg Shannon Lassen Dan & Daria Absher Andrea Chatard Paul & Leisa Goldberg George Laws Nick Achmon Pete & Robin Chikos Ronald & Elizabeth Goldberg David Lecompte Jon Aguirre M Patrick Chinn Beth Golde Angelina Lee Carla & Mark Ainsworth Eric Chipps & Jennifer Pettyjohn Jennifer Goldstein Se-Wai Lee Kim Albrecht Steve Cho Jonathan Goodman Frank & Waltraut Lehmann Raven Alder Grace Clark Steven Gottlieb Sanni Lemonidis Doreen Ali Sean Clark Agnes Govern & Mary Peterson Eric & Suzi Levine Rene Alkoff Kim Clauson Laura B. Gowen Jan Levy Barbie Allen Jeff & Kathi Coffler Jeffrey Graham Charles Liban Tom & Linda Allen Charles Collins Christopher Greenwood Christopher, Jessica, & Alexander Holly Alleva Dow & Shirley Constantine Barbara Griffin Lider Ken & Jennifer Altena Mr. Ari Consul Troy Guilao Armin & Kelly Liedtke Trae & Amy Andersen Celeste Cosgrove Patricia Haight Roland Lindsey Megan & Christopher Anderson Aaron Crawfis George Hall Doug & Nan Little Heather Andrew CC & Bill Crenshaw Jeff Hall & Karen O’Brien Jay & Jenifer Loomis Jessica Angel Julie Crudele Tom Hall Andrea Lott Patricia Aro John Cunningham & Kate Hallahan John & Jennifer Lovik Cassandra Aspinall Karen Gentles Jim Hamilton & Billie Coopwood Lowen Family Foundation Matthew Bailey Cory Curtis & David Adams Suzette & George Hamilton Chris & Katharine Lucas Rich Baker & Katie McEachern- Dale Curtis Sarah & Mike Hamrick Dillon Lynch & Ikuyo Tsunoda Baker Cynthia & Mike D’Angelo Marcus & Michelle Handler Libby G. MacPhee Susan Baker Russ & Gemma Daggatt Annette Hankins Ariana Magedson Kate Endle & Chris Ballew Jeff Daniel Marlene & John Harmeling Christine & Steve Mallouk Michael Barclay Lisa & Terry Davenport Ashley Harper James & Tracy Manlove Jacqueline Barnes Addy Davis Katherine Haselton & Benjamin Naomi Marquez-Blake & Jeff & Carmen Barr Leslie Decker Andrews Bruce Blake Anne Bartol Dave Dederer Karen & Mark Hayward Christopher Marr Kenneth Bayer Devon Dehaas James Heine Maria Marsans Katherine Beal Jeff Delong Marilyn & Richard Herzberg Sherry & Mitchell Maurer Erin Weled Thomas DesLongchamp & Higashiyama Family Charitable Dani Mcdonough Dawn Beatty Jessica Phoenix Fund Scott Mcfadden Merrill Behnke Dan Dixon Jaclynn Hiranaka Patrick & Keri Mcgill Shawn Behrens Matt Dixon William Hochberg & Anna Choi Ken & Lisa McGraw In Memory Of Ron Bell Beverly Doleac Karen Holeman-Brown Tracy Mcguire Marc Bellis & Lauri Burroughs Claire M Donahue Robert & Linda Holland David & Karin Mckee Jordi Bengtsson Alfred Donohue Andrea Holliman Bret Meaker Gregg & Lauren Bennett Marie Doyle & Robert Ingman Wayne Hollister John & Tammy Meehan Yoram & Maya Bernet Ralph & Freddie Dreitzler Leslie & Daniel Hopkins Shevaun Meggitt Anthony Beyer-Tyler Richard Duncan Mary P Horan Dr. Marcy Meyer Tushar Bhatnagar Erin Dziedzic Alisa Horwitz Heather Mickler A.K. Bishop Duane S Easterly Tina Houston Emmanel Miranda-Steiner Sally Bjerklie Terry & Robin Emmingham Tami Hurwitz Manoranjan Mishra Michael & Bryn Black Renee Engelking Katherine & Brian Husted Kassandra & Aaron Mitchell Virginia Blaine Andrew & Stacy Erisman Steven Ip & Tina Pham Judy Mock Donald Blair & Kathleen Bemis Andrew Estes Robert Jack Andrew & Annette Monary Gary Blevins Linda Etim Daniel & Carol Jackson Rebecca Monk Francie & Jason Bluming Kelly Evans & Greg Sherles Larry Jacobson & Heather Trim Gabrielle & Michael Morganti Jonathan Bockelman & Margo Flynn Robert Everist Jack & Sheila Jaynes Sean Morse Emerald City Guitars Kay Nozaki Ewing Cameron Jezorek Meg & David Mourning Sarah Boss Expedia Inc. Robert & Barbara Jirsa Christine Mowery Linda & Nicholas Boxwell Juli Farris Ben Johnson Janet Muldrow Christopher Boyd Ann Felton Frederick Johnson Liberty Munson Trevor Brauser Elayna Ferguson Ken Johnson Doug & Suzy Myers Philip Brazil Paul Ferraro Dana Johnston Carolyn Nance & Klaus Lustica Brenda Breuer Avi Finkel Jett Jones Michael Neufeld Sandee Brock Bruce Fischer Paula Jones Gong Randall Newell Martha Brockenbrough Tom Fisher & Kathy Jorgensen Judy Jorgensen Nextune, Inc. Ray & Yuko Broscovak Kashawna Foster The Judson Family Fund Julie Ngo Kari Brotherton & Merrily Betzold The Dan Foster Family Christian Juenke Jennifer Nichol Mark & Jen Broughton Michele Fowler Judy Kalb Amy Niermeyer Pamela Brouns Sally & Eben Frankenberg Rob & Joyce Kalivas-Griffin Kevin Norman Allyson Brown & Greg Mcnutt Jesse Freitas Nandita Kamath Erika Nusser Zane Brown Greg & Lorien Friedman Jessica Kennedy NW Rain Gutter Systems John & Amy Bruce Dick & Sharon Friel Family Robert Kennedy Steven O’Brien Sean Bulger Foundation Sandy Kennedy John O’Neill Sarah & Tom Bullock Holly Fritz Ruth Kerr Sheila O’Sullivan & David Leen Tracy N Burgess Jerry Fulks Berb Kidder Allison Odenthal Dina Burlingame Lana Fuller & Ted Siebert Jill Killen Timothy Ohara Tom & Yelena Button James M. Fursman Lorna Kneeland Yasemin L. Oktay Dennis Byrd Brian & Kristi Galante Lindsay Knickelbein Gary Olson Joan Cainan Erica Garcia & JJ Jaramillo Koh-Lee Foundation Janice & Jack Olson Samantha Caplan Annabel Lee Garcia-Andresen John Kohlsaat Karen Ortiz, Phd Janet Caragan Mark & Kathleen Garrido Stephanie & Aaron Kornblum Susan & Carl Ott Marshall Carter Sheri Gazitt Sara & Mark Kranwinkle Jeremy Paget Patricia Cartmill Anna Gentry Michael Kuhnsman & Adrian Carin & Andrew Parcel Marianne Cartwright Sarah Giles Bennett Tanya Parypa Greg & Mark Castelin Jonathan Gill Perry & Janet Kusakabe Michael Pasewark Derek Castro Shelley & Lee Gill Beverly Lakey Mara Patton Adrienne Caver-Hall Marc & Heather Gillette Robert Laks Darren Peterson Barbara & Paul Chamberlain Brian Gish Katharine Lamperti Eric Pettigrew Beth Chandler David Giuliani Nicholas Lane Noah Pittis

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Eric Pokorny & Jessica Kurtz Daniel Strickland Melanie & Casey Arena Alan & Karin Dashen Pokorny William Sugarman Michael Aspi Gretchen Davey Ken Potts Stuart Sulman AT&T Matching Gifts Judith Davey Bec Powell Gordon & Jennifer Sun Dorothy Atewologun Heather Davidson Paul Pradel Christopher Svara Susan Aznoff Thomas & Launa Davis Susan Pray Penn Tasinga Jan Backstrom & Brian Hanson O’Donnell Day James Presson Tracy Tavis Badgley + Phelps Leonardo Del Riego Trish Priest Jeannette Delay Tammy & Joel Bahr Sharon Delabarre Tony S. Quang, MD, JD Scott Taylor David Baldwin Jacki Delecki David R. Quick Stauffer Taylor & Annie Poetker Michael Barnard Wendy & Peter Deluca Juli Rasmussen Robin Thomas Corrin Bauer Jeffrey & Nancy Denson Brian & Mina Rauschenbach Jyl & Michael Thompson Steve Bean Robert Deweese Rebecca & Barry Ray Paul Thorpe Edward Ben-Judah Amy & Derreck Dickson Jennifer Raz-Levake Andrew Toner Jeff Biddy Richard Dizon & Louise Parker Tristan Reidford Jessica Torrez-Riley Eric & Elaine Bidstrup Christopher Doll Geoffrey Reiman Toby & Jen Travis Jayanne Bixby Jana Dombrowski Kenneth Reimers Michael Trzupek Brian & Denise Black Nancy Dombrowski Jennifer Reiner Clint Tseng Mona Blad Dundeana & Eamon Doyle Lauri & Mike Reinhart Ralph & Jeanette Tuliano Matthew & Joanna Boisen Radu Dragan Sonia Rekdahl Scott Unger Ann Borelli Josh Dudash Renee Remlinger-Tee & James Tee Annie Uran Randall Boseman Jennifer Durand Jane Repensek Ronneil Valdez & Dustin Clewell Lisa Bouchard Mark Durfee Patrick & Sarah Rhoads Chelsea & Connor Valentine Jerry Bougie Cheryl Duryea Matt & Laurel Richardson Vanessa Vallejos Michael Boyle Janet Duvardo Michael Rider & Lisa Hogan Jonathan Vangstad Julia Braid Malaika & Michael Eaton Robert Riggle Donna VanSwearingen Brandt Forensic Economics Dwayne & Kristin Edwards Timothy Riggs Mikal & Jenifer Viencek Elisabeth Bratlien Malinda & Jean-Emile Elien Karen Rilke & Roger Dubbs Jim Virgil Rebecca & Jody Brayton Wendy Ellington Michaela Ripley John & Janet Walker David & Satin Brennan Chris Elliott The Roarty Family Kate Walters Pamela & Thomas Breske Brian Ellis Colin Robinson Chia Wang David Breskin Richard Ely Don & Judy Rogers Vincent & Ami Ward Sara Brin Cindi Engelhardt Sara Rogge Susan Warwick Shane Brooks & Martin Pearce Todd Ensign Letcher Ross Geir & Mary Watland Joe Brown Tamara Erhart Jacob Rossi Jerry & Vreni Watt Stephen & Lise Brown Catherine Erickson Ashley & Chris Rossman Crystal Willits Susan Brown Philip & Michele Erickson Jim & Ann Rudd Wayne & Laurie Wenneman Melanie Burch Alicia Evans Mike Ryan Elizabeth Weybright Paula Burke Marci Eversole David Salamon Merianne White Sara Burke Dan & Jeanne Everts Raymond Sam KC Whitehouse Joshua Busch & Cara Oliver Laura Ewbank Shirley Sanchez David Whitney Tania Busch Isaksen Lauren & Andrew Exnicios Carol Sanders & John Loux Carolyn Whitver Alan Cabodi Jonathan Feifs Judie Sanders Karri Wicka Janet Moulton Caler Robert & Ramona Femiano Peter Sanderson Dean & Nancy Wiese Maxwell & Mindy Cameron Doug & Robin Ferguson Faith & Jason Sandmaier Heather Wilde Andrew Cantor Kent Ferris Michael Sarabosing Fred & Deborah Wilds Micah Carcellar Alyx Fier Micah Saraceni Rachel Wilka Senator Reuven Carlyle Robyn Finkbeiner Jonathan Schmidt Rob Willits Lauri Carter Ben Fjosne Joe Schwartz Brianna Winn Brian & Melanie Casparro Jeff & Kristy Flagel Rockwell Scott Sherri Wolson Corey Casper Flatstick Pub Scott & Meredith Selfon Stephen Woodland Arianna Castor Holly Flatt Matt Shaw & Tirza Sanchez-Shaw Sung Yang & SoYoung Kwon Jean-Pierre Chamberland Kevin Fleming Uzma Siddiqi Christopher Yee Mon Arti Chandra & Paul Gast Jed & Michelle Foster Lillis Silbernagel Ann & David Yost Doug Charles Lee & Sally Fouche Nancy Simon & Mark Igra Hilary Young Elaine & Kierin Chase Belinda Fu Carol & Stacy Simpson Craig Zajac Steven Chau Joe Fuller Kristina Simpson Mary Zavala Kristen Chick Susan Fung Arunjeet Singh & Navjot Kaur Robert Zipp M.E. Chisholm Brian Fusco Virtaj Singh & Sarah Marie Chong Mary Galash $250 - $499 Sullivan-Singh Kyle Christensen Steven Gales Anonymous (2) David & Catherine Skinner Patricia Christenson John Gallagher & Michael Oscar Abello Sylvain Slaton Andrea Chymiy Bitterman Paul Abundis Jr. Angie Smith Penny Clayton Kelley & Larry Garcia Chrissy Acarregui Brian Smith & Megan Domenech Kathryn Coats Stanley Garlington Diane Ack Christina Smith Timothy Coffey William H. Gates III Gary Ackerman & Robin Dearling Debra Smith Robin L Cole Connie Gereaux Doug & Shelly Ackerman Karen Smith Doug & Jodi Collins Mary Kay Germany Bethany Acree Nicole Smith Paige & Ross Collins Gregory Gessell Julie Adam & Tom Boriotti Tracey Smith & Eric Keto Dawn Colston Karen & Thomas Getzinger Aetna Matching Gifts David Sousa George Cook Renee Giugliano Yonatan Ahdut Merwin Moe Spencer Rick Kustina & Nancy Cooper Robert Glaser Bryan & Yuko Alberts Alexander C. & Tilly S. Speyer Patti & Peter Amundson Vicki Godden-Allen Amanda Aldous Foundation Jennifer Cota John Goebel Audrey Alexander Jennie & David Spohr William Courshon Neil Gompertz Rachel Allen Kristi Spouse Meaghan Craig E.J. Gong Spencer Ambauen Charlie Stanton Catherine Crandell Ilene Gorski Casey & Melinda Anderson James & Barbara Stapper Daric Craven Benjamin Gose Douglas Anderson Ian Stark Kim Cripe Brittany & Darin Granger Jennifer Anderson Cassi & Ciara Gadler & Lori Jill & Kellee Crisafulli Stephanie Greenberg Mari Anderson & Terry Green Stephens Julie & Brian Cunningham Darlyne Greenwalt Mary Anderson Kristin Sternberg Patti & Tom Cunningham Jennifer Greer Sheila Anderson Darby Stewart Luke & Misha Dacy Marilyn Grenet Terra Anderson Melanie Stewart Kathryn & Rick Dalzell Gordon Griggs & Valerie Stevens Nwando Anyaoku

28 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP SUPPORTERS of Seattle Theatre Group

Katharine Grubb Glynnis Kirchmeier Patricia Nef Jim & Laura Smith Jennifer Guild Robert Kirshenbaum Kendra Neil Smith-Stoe Family Debra Gumbardo Kenneth & Lisa Klions Bonnie Nelson Tracy Speed Sabrina Gunderson Tracy Knox Rocky Newton Lana Staheli Carol Hagen Mark Konings Susan O’Neill Dorothy Sterling Stephen & Vicki Hagen Amanda Kopman Kimberly Olivas Bret Storo Mr. & Mrs. John Hambacher Margaret Kovacs Kevin Ong Rosa Suen Osama & Kisah Hamdan John Koval Michele Orrico Robert & Patricia Sullivan Erick & Sarah Hammersmark Scott Krahling Thomas Ortenzi Loren Supp Kelli Hanenberg Stephanie Kristen Barbara A Osborne T-Mobile, USA, Inc. Jessica Hanson Dieter & Jing Krumpelmann Shana Osmer Mary Martens Greg & Leslie Harlow Xavier Lambarri Janice Oten-Jensen Julie & Tom Taylor Kendal Harr Karen & David Lane Lindsay & Behzad Pakzad Logan Jay Taylor Gretchen Harrell Carrie Lang Jason Pankow Lisa & Marty Thenell Christian Haselbach Theresa & Bryce Carabello Susan Parker Heather Thibault Carolyn Hastings Gregory Lanter Robert Parnell Jordan Thompson Jason & Stacie Haworth Jeni Largent Kimberly & James Pedersen Michelle Tieder Marlo Haynes Matt Lathrop Russell Pengelly Michelle Tiegs Mohamed Hegazy Erin & Mike Lavin Minerva Del Razo & Cesar Perez Dr. John & Joan Tornow Eric & Monica Heinberg Brian & Suzanne Leavitt Liz & Nick Permann Paula Towne Heather Heinzen Herb & Deborah Lebeau Yan Perng & David Song Jeannie Toy Ian & Jana Hellen Shannon Reynolds Gary Peterman Evelyn Trabant Maryjo Heller Hock Lee & Sok Seah Carol Peters Frida Cecilia Trollby Patricia Hellrigel Rob & Kelly Lee Elton Pinto Patricia Tucker-Dolan Thomas & Patricia Henderson William Levering Kathleen Pitts Sharleen Tufts Marnie Hendrix Lisa Levine & Eddie Rehfeldt Brian & Joan Poor Chris & Lori Twomey Chuck & Christine Hendryx Neil Levine Anthony Porras Laura Tyler Bradley Henry Dana Levy Gary Pounder Allan & Barbara Tyson Miguel & Christine Herrera Greg & Teresa Lineberry Kenneth Powers Michelle Urberg David Herrera Donald & Joellen Loeb Joseph Pruitt Murray Urquhart Dick & Sheila Hess Mark Lombardi Denise & Robert Putnam Jolianne Valentino Peter & Jane Hesslein Brandy Long Steve Puz Jennifer & Donald Van Dyke Tony & Vicki Hewlett Gabriel Longoria Roger Quigley Robert Van Gorkom Tara Hicks Jeremiah Lopez Diann Rainer Tara Van Niman Ann Hicks-Thomas Richard & Alexandra Lowell Steve Ransom Monserrat Vargas Michael Hills Justin Luger Colby Ray Leroy Vaughn-Ogin Larry & Mary Hoback Ivan Lysene Kevin & Robbi Reed Richard & Marcia Venne Darren Hochstedler Shawn & Laura MacDougall Harry Reinert Jeremy Vermilyea Erin Ellen Hoff Jonathan & Susan MacLaren Cindy & Rick Reishus Jay Victor Christine Hogle Murdock & Agnes MacPherson Julia Renouard Sara Wade Steve & Michelle Hoglund Mark Madsen Mark Rentz & Rupa Patel Eden & Hank Waggoner Brenna & Jerry Holkins Sharon Mahsman Karen Resquer Burnham Jessica Wagoner Katy Hollenbaugh Scott & Leigh Anne Malavotte Tracy Reuter Beth Wann Melissa Holschbach Christopher & Kristin Maloney Donna Reynolds Robert & Becky Ward Beau Holt Joseph Manalang Sean Reynolds Tyler & Jenny Weaver Harvey & Barbara Holt David Mann Rodney & Sandy Rich Edward Webber Bettie Hopkins Burnie & Penni Maples Nicholas Riesland Dawn Webster Sarah & Sam Huber Jeffrey Margolis Joe & Linnet Roberts William & Judy Weinberger Joleen Hughes Michael Marshall Shawn Roberts & LaShon Watson Eric & Blaine Weller Michael Hui Sandra & Steve Marshall Bethany Robinson Mark & Jennifer Wenrick Rachel Hungerford Irene & Jim Martel Dorothy Roca Kathryn Werdal Nathan & Melissa Ingersoll Anne Martin Kirsten Rogers Brad Wethington & Liliana Robles Michelle & Jack Ireton Diane Martin Scott Rosen Branston & Kelly Weyer Michelle Irwin Jeremiah Martin Laurie Rosen-Ritt Jake & Katie Wham Jocelyn & Scott Isaacs Wendi Martin Ryan & Jeanine Pang-Rubianes Shannon Whitemarsh Kerry & Steve Itami Estela D Martinez Meegan Rucker Stephanie Wieland Scott Iwata Trenton Mast Chuck & Jessica Rullman Andre Wiggins Lesley Jacobs Michael Mathieu Elizabeth Rummage Jeff & Monica Wilcox Jessica & Rajit Jain John Maynard & Sally Annabella Patricia Russell Jordan Wilcox Gail James Cameron Mccoll Andrea Ryder Margaret Wiltz Erik Jansen Barbara & Jerry Mccullough Barry Sacks Christopher Winchester Purnam Jantrania Liz Mcdaniel Brian Sanders Damion Winship Jeri Jardine Celine Mclean Mark & Sylvia Sands Michael Winter Laura & Mark Jennings Victoria Henson & Howard Brenna Sandstrom Karl Wirsing Alyssa Johnson Meacham Sarah Sapp Will Witherspoon & Anna Kalat Dianna Johnson Carin Mengert Linda & Michael Schiewe Marcus Wolfington Tracy & Greg Johnson Steve Mentele David & Janet Schumacher Carol Workman Ben Jones Erin & Joseph Milan Larry Setlow Monty & Amy Wright Loretta Juarez Sheree Miller & Ben Greer George & Sovanny Sexton Inc. Jackie Wu Leni Karr Tristan & Carole Mills Jake & Ruth Ann Shannon John & Katia Wuest Eduardo Kassner Lindsey Mills Glen Shapiro & Sebina Setia Ken & Jan Yalowitz Deborah Katz Bob & Peggy Moore Meghan & Dan Sheridan Lynn Yanagida Terry & Lori Katzakian Cole Mora Dana Shimmin Brian Yee Gordon C Keith Becky Moreno Chuck & Gretchen Shively Rob & Diane Young Mark & Jeanette Keller Wendy & Kevin Morey Evan Shuster Michael Young Kaylynn Kelley Kathy & John Morrow Rudy & Brennan Sias Nathan Young Elise Kelly Marc Mrkvicka & Cynthia Pierce Virginia Simmons Michael Yurka & Michelle Philbin Sallie Kessey John & Ann Mueller Joel Simpson David Kiker Sanaya & Rachana Mundra Amy Powell Lisa Kimmet MJ Munsell Cheryl Lee & Rick Skadan Joshua & Heidi King Aileen Murphy Mike & Megan Slade Lauren King Franco & Jacklyn Naling Robin Sloane Lindsey King James Navone Elon Slutsky

encorespotlight.com 29 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Masha Hart, President SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Bob Lipman, Treasurer Josh LaBelle, Executive Director Steve Peltin, Vice President VISION To enrich, inspire, challenge and expand our world through the arts Shavondelia Brown, Secretary Ricardo Frazer, Chairman MISSION Making performances and arts education in the Pacific Northwest enriching, while keeping Seattle’s historic Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres healthy and vibrant Directors CORE VALUES • Stewards of historic theatres • Catalysts for community alliances • Passion for diversity in the Lindsay Anderson arts, artists and audiences • Arts leadership locally, regionally and nationally Jan Block Becky Bogard Larry Cohen MEMBERS OF STAFF Peter Davis EXECUTIVE OFFICE PATRON SERVICES Ted Dowling James Kraft Josh LaBelle Tory Wimer Contreras House Manager Brian Langstraat Executive Director Director of Sales and Patron Services Brandon Cyprian Jim Margard David Allen Jeff Beauvoir House Manager David McShea Chief Operating Officer Director of Ticketing Lila Hughes Olivia Thomas Phil Brock, Greg Pacenti, Stefanie Wolf House Manager George Northcroft Executive Assistant Show Supervisors Bob Phare Tina Podlodowski Heather Doublestein House Manager PROGRAMMING Natalie Robbecke Club Relations Manager Billie Webber Adam Zacks Alicia Gibson House Staff Ron Wilkowski Chief Programming Officer Club Relations & Events Assistant Manager Ryan Cook MAINTENANCE Mandi Kimes Senior Talent Buyer Jeff DeVick Club Relations Coordinator HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Debra Heesch Director of Building Services Evan Frolov Special Events Manager Julia Beckley Ida Cole, Founding Director Patron Services Lead Jack McLarnan Building Services Manager Ngai Kwan Manager of Fine Arts Programs Judith Carroll, Grant Fryer, Robert Phare, Ticketing Manager CENTERSTAGE COUNCIL Nadia Quitslund Connor Sturzen Jenny Lachuta Booking & Sales Manager Maintenance Staff Ted and Danielle Ackerley Club Relations & Ticketing Assistant Howie Barokas Mackenzie Mercer Manager CUSTODIAL Booking Associate Ann Deutscher Bryan Lineberry Dembo Hatu Community Sales Manager Janie Hendrix MARKETING Building Services Assistant Manager Ken Potts PJ Mertz Joshua Aberilla, Denise Antoine, Alex Marty Loesch and Cyndi Lewis Director of Marketing & Communications Sales Manager Arthur, David Beckley, Brenton Bennett, John Maynard Kina Ackerman Zach Adams David Breyman, Jordan Elliott, Fadumo Chris McReynolds Social Media & PR Associate Season Sales Coordinator Farah, Skylar Ford, Orlando Garcia, Eugene Joe Maxwell Garrett, Michael Girardi, Andrea Groce, Tina Pappas and Robert Aigner Lauren Daniels Digital Communications Manager Patron Services Coordinator Lonnie Haynes, Chris Last, Renica Leach, Paul Pradel Emily Krahn Sara Sucharski Nikita Pines, Sherry Procell, Nathan Ranft, Stephen and Sheila Public Relations Manager Concert Ticketing Coordinator Nikita Tarver, Kirk Thompson Custodial Staff Salamunovich Kevin Harris Elizabeth Davenport Front Desk Administrator Graphic Designer LEAD CREW PARAMOUNT Michael Shrieve Susie Chavez Stevie Holloway Mike Miles Jeff Trisler Patron Services Assistant Digital Communications Associate Technical Director/Master Carpenter Gustavo Amaya, Cenee Cain, Courtney Gigi and Alan White Kelly McMahon Ian Gardner Comfort, Jessica Davis, Rodney Dungo, Data Manager Master Carpenter Sophia El-Wakil, Chad Gabagat, Brandon Hilary Northcraft Peck, Mia Sessions Byron Reynolds IN MEMORIAM Marketing Manager, Season Programs Box Office Associates Head Flyman Kabby Mitchell, III Jason Ross Jeff Payne Senior Marketing Manager PHONE ROOM Head Electrician Marcus Shriver Jordan Acosta Mike Miller SLATE OF OFFICERS 2018 – Junior Marketing Manager Phone Campaign Manager Head Sound Engineer 2020 DEVELOPMENT Tom Barnes, Derek Felter, Scott Fisher, Jason Montgomery Jeff Kahrs, Cathy Krug, Penelope Loucas, Maura Ahearne Head Props Cheryl Nance, Andrew Peate, Frida Bonnie Briant Development Director Pam Farrow Chairperson Weisman Head of Hair & Makeup Anna Culp Callers Melinda Wilson Major and Planned Gifts Director Delia Mulholland Wardrobe Vice-Chair Brian Layton HUMAN RESOURCES Historic Facilities Program Director Nate Dwyer Roy Niendorf Arlene Rankin Angela Lindou Director of Human Resources Assistant Carpenter Secretary Grants Manager Misty Stevens Kelly Mickelson Myra Mushalla HR/Safety Manager Assistant Sound Members Corporate Relations Coordinator FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION LEAD CREW MOORE Carol Allen Angela Neubauer Gary Corrington Robert Margoshes Donor Relations Manager JoAnn Field Chief Financial Officer Technical Director/Head Electrician Danielle Olson Sara Hart Pat Butler Steve Martin Director of Corporate Relations Controller Stage Manager Susan Jackson Aaron Semer Brianna Evans Anneka Kielman Linda Middlebrooks Director of Individual Giving Venue Accountant Electrician Ginny Rabago EDUCATION & COMMUNITY Jennifer Moore LEAD CREW NEPTUNE Lynn Thrasher PROGRAMS Accountant Dan Reinharz Marian Thrasher Vicky Lee Katy Roffe Theatre Manager Director of Education & Performance Accountant Payable Specialist Mark McLean Honorary Members Programs Ellen Trowbridge Head Electrician/Lighting Designer Phil Hargiss, Puget Sound Shawn Roberts Payroll Specialist Johnny Venegas Ailey Camp Director & Dance for PD Eva Cooperman Stage Manager Organ Society Director Accounting Assistant Kristopher Couture Sarah Strasbaugh STG Volunteer Office Head Audio Engineer Associate Director of Community THEATRE OPERATIONS Coordinator Programs David Allen Miranda Lerian Jim Malatak Marisol Sanchez Best Chief Operating Officer House Manager Associate Director of Education Programs Dean Wattles Josh Bahr Amberlee Joers Operations Manager Key Grip Broadway Administrator Michael von Kempf HISTORIC THEATRES LIBRARY Rex Kinney Network Administrator Staffed by volunteers Dance Education & Performance Manager Alexis Ramirez HOUSE STAFF Program Assistant Mason Sherry Martin Sepulveda Theatre Manager Special Artistic Projects Manager 30 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Historic Theatres Library

As the steward of three historic theatres, STG places great emphasis on protecting the rich history of the Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres and the countless, diverse performances that have taken place on their stages. Because of this, STG created the Seattle Theatre Group Historic Theatres Library. Located on the fourth floor of the Paramount Theatre Office Tower adjacent to the theatre, the STG Historic Theaters Library is free and open to the public every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 3pm, as well as during all public and student tours of the Paramount.

The Library first opened its doors to the public on March 1, 2012, though the project began early in December 2010. It required the gathering, sorting, documenting, cataloging, and preserving of over 100 years of historical data. With tens of thousands of volunteer hours to date, this continues to be an on-going project.

The objective of STG’s Historic Theatres Library is three-fold: • To ensure historical material that exists of the three theatres is properly preserved and documented for future generations. • To provide an educational environment for youth that would offer an opportunity to learn and experience the remarkable history of the three theatres. • To offer the community a setting in which to become better acquainted with the history and thereby develop a deeper understanding of three of the few remaining historic theatres in Seattle.

Managed by our long-term volunteers, The Thrashers, and aided by several other dedicated volunteers, the library’s collection includes: materials about the performers that graced the stages over the many decades, documents depicting the peaks and valleys that these theatres had to endure, information on the visionaries responsible for these theatres, priceless memorabilia, and countless signed posters, among other historical resources.

The collection’s contents are searchable by and accessible to everyone, both at the library location in the Paramount building and on STG’s website. For more information about the Library and its services, please visit stgpresents.org/library.

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