2018 2019 SEASON SHOWCASE Contents 4 Letter from the President 4 Board of Directors and Staff 7 The Lightning Thief The Percy Jackson Musical 20 Comprehensive Campaign 21 Institutional and Government Support 22 Individual Support 24 Matching Gifts Chris McCarrell as Percy. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. 24 Honickman Family Society 26 Kimmel Center Staff The use of cameras and recording equipment is prohibited during the performances. As a courtesy to the performers and fellow audience members, please turn off all beepers, watch alarms, and cellular phones. Latecomers and those who leave the concert hall during the performance will be seated at appropriate intervals. Showcase is published by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Administrative Offices, 1500 Walnut Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102 For information about advertising in Showcase, contact OnStage Publications Proud Season Sponsor 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail:
[email protected] www.onstagepublications.com @KIMMELCENTER #ArtHappensHere #BWYPHL KIMMELCENTER.ORG#ArtHappensHere 3 Kimmel Center Cultural Campus BOARD OF DIRECTORS Teresa Bryce Bazemore, Chair Anne C. Ewers, President and CEO Robert R. Corrato, Vice-Chair Jane Hollingsworth, Vice Chair Michael D. Zisman, Treasurer and Chair-Elect Jami Wintz McKeon, Secretary David P. Holveck, Immediate Past Chair Madeline Apollo Bart Blatstein Richard D. Carpenter Reverend Luis A. Cortés, Jr. Katherine D. Crothall Dear friends, Robert J. Delany Sr. James F. Dever, Jr. Frances R. Graham Welcome to our Merriam Theater and the Philadelphia Michael B. Hill premiere of the brand-new show, The Lightning Thief: Philip P. Jaurigue The Percy Jackson Musical. From page to stage, this Obra Kernodle Brook J.