Will on the Hill 2017 Final Report
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WILL ON THE HILL 2017 FINAL REPORT The Shakespeare Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following companies and friends who helped make Will on the Hill possible: FROM THE CO-CHAIRS On Monday, June 12, the Shakespeare Theatre Company held its 15th annual Will on the Hill event. The largest cast to date, we welcomed 40 distinguished Members of Congress, national media personalities, corporate VIPs and senior Hill staff to Sidney Harman Hall and raised $510,000 for the Company’s year-round LEAD SPONSOR MEDIA SPONSOR EXECUTIVE SPONSORS education and community engagement programs. Following the pre-performance reception with Members of MET BY MOONLIGHT Congress and Washington influencers, guests settled in for the show. The Will on the Hill performance was preceded by a unique JUNE 12, 2017 performance of the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet prepared by the Company’s star Text Alive! class from Thomas Jefferson DIRECTOR SPONSORS High School for Science and Technology—a key demonstration of the programs supported by Will on the Hill’s fundraising efforts. Nick and Marla Allard The highlight of the evening was a performance of the original play Met By Moonlight, written by Peter Byrne with assistance from West Wing Writers. The illustrious cast was led by 30 Rock star Maulik Pancholy, D.C.-native Emily Swallow of The Stephen & Mentalist, Ian Kahn, best known as George Washington on Turn: Lisa Ryan Washington’s Spies, and Santino Fontana of Broadway’s Cinderella and Disney’s Frozen. Fellow cast members included U.S. Secretary of the Interior The Honorable Ryan Zinke, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), The Honorable Kim Darroch (British Ambassador to the PRODUCER United States), Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform), Ari Aflac • Computer and Communications Industry Association • CLS Strategies • Cozen O’Connor • Shapiro (NPR) and nearly 20 U.S. Representatives including Reps. Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam • Goldman Sachs & Co. • K&L Gates LLP • Nissan North America, Inc. • Daniel M. Donovan (R-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), George Sovereign Strategy Limited • Visa Inc. • Vulcan Materials Company Foundation • West Wing Writers • Holding (R-NC) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). The show “warmed Lynn and Jonathan Yarowsky our bipartisan-craving hearts” (Roll Call), and found creative ways PATRON to work in good-natured jabs at contemporary political issues Alston & Bird LLP • Bloomberg Philanthropies • Duke Energy Corporation • Ernst & Young LLP • while still centering on the theme of working across the aisle. Of H&R Block • Mike and Gina House • Jerry and Isabel Jasinowski • Gail and Jeff MacKinnon • course, the power of Shakespeare triumphed in the end! Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals • Bernard and Mary McKay • Oracle America Corporation • The evening concluded with a buffet dinner attended by Will Karishma and Jonathan Page • Reset Public Affairs • Story Partners • TPG Capital • on the Hill sponsors, cast members, the Honorary Hill Advisory Wells Fargo Philanthropy • Whirlpool Corporation • Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Committee and Will on the Hill’s Media Partner The Hill. BENEFACTOR On behalf of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and all those who American Express Company • American Legislative Exchange Council • participate in its programming, we would like to extend our most Association of Flight Attendants-CWA • AT&T Services, Inc. • Capitol Counsel LLC • sincere gratitude and appreciation to all who made this year’s Will Charter Communications • Cornerstone Government Affairs, LLC • Cox Enterprises, Inc. • on the Hill possible. Your commitment is crucial to the continued Fierce Government Relations • Forbes Tate Partners • Franklin Square Group • FTI Consulting • success of the Company’s work to bring arts education programs Alice and John Goodman • Greenberg Traurig LLP • Kovler Fund of the Community Foundation to so many high school and middle school classrooms throughout for the National Capital Region • National Association of Realtors • National Credit Union Foundation • the D.C. metro area each year. Thank you for your dedication to National Multifamily Housing Council • Navigators Global • The OB-C Group, LLC • the Shakespeare Theatre Company! The Smith-Free Group LLC • Software and Information Industry Association • Southern Company • Kind Regards, Time Warner Inc. • United Airlines • The Washington Examiner SUPPORTER Ameresco • Doug and Nina Boggs • Janet C. Boyd • Michael Evans • Grant Thornton LLP • International Brotherhood of Boilermakers • Melissa Moss • OCNC Group • Andy Navarrete • Liz Varley • Washington Resource Associates • Xcel Energy Bernie McKay Karishma Page Intuit, Inc K&L Gates LLP HONORARY CO-CHAIRS CAST Bob Cusack Maria Teresa Kumar 2017 WILL ON THE HILL Editor in Chief, The Hill President, Voto Latino Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer Featuring Santino Fontana, Ian Kahn, COMMITTEE Maulik Pancholy and Emily Swallow Kim Darroch Representative Carolyn Maloney Marla Allard British Ambassador to the (D-NY) HONORARY HILL United States Dana Milbank Bernie McKay, Co-Chair ADVISORY COMMITTEE Wa’el Alzayat Executive Director, EmergeUSA Johanna Derlega Columnist, The Washington Post Intuit, Inc. Aaron Allen Alexandra Curd Casey Kustin Phil Rudd Publisher, The Hill Gregory Angelo Erica Moody Margie Almanza Bridgette DeHart Sophia Lafargue John Ryan President, Log Cabin Republicans Representative Ted Deutch Deputy Editor, Washington Life Karishma Page, Co-Chair Faith Ammen Bekah DeMordaunt Kristen Lebryk Bob Schwalbach (D-FL) K&L Gates, LLP Ross Arnett Marilyn Dillihay Anthony Lopez Alexis K. Segal Representative Joyce Beatty Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton Cyrus Artz Kevin Eastman Patrick Malone Arthur D. Sidney, Esq. (D-OH) Representative Dan Donovan (D-DC) Nick Allard, Past Chairman Jason Attermann John Elizandro Tracy Manzer Janice Siegel (R-NY) Representative Suzanne Bonamici Grover Norquist Wilson Croskey Baldwin Dominic P. Gabello Darren Martin Cassie Smedile Dentons, Joseph Crea Dean (D-OR) Karen Dunn President, Americans for Tax Reform Janice Bashford Colleen C. Gallagher Margaux Matter Sean Snyder Partner, Boies, Schiller, & Flexner LLP; Consultant for and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Gabriel Bastomski Zach Gates Nicole McAllister Gabriela Spence Representative Jamie Raskin Representative Brendan Boyle House of Cards Law School Christine Biron Jay Gertsema John W. McCarthy Anna Swick (D-PA) (D-MD) Rachael Bornstein Treon Glenn Taleen Mekhdjavakian Alem Tewoldeberhan Michael Eric Dyson Jess Bravin Christina Sevilla Janet C. Boyd Bradley Bottoms Estephania Gongora Justin Meuse Alicia M. Tighe Professor, Georgetown University; Host of The Raw Word; Supreme Court correspondent, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Caroline Bovair Chelsea Grey Melissa Miller Cristina M. Villa Author The Dow Chemical Company The Wall Street Journal David Bowes Kelsey Griswold Rikki Miller Krystyl Watson Rina Shah Rich Edson Lewis H. Myers III Samantha R. Warren Political Consultant, Run with Rina Peter Cherukuri Adam Bramwell Liana Guerra William Christian Correspondent, Fox News Cynthia Patton Mary Werden 1776 Francis Brunet Joe Hack Director of Government Affairs, Citizens Against Ari Shapiro Cara Pavlock Bianca Ortiz Wertheim John Feehery Leacy Burke Mark Henson Government Waste Host, NPR Carol Danko Rachel Burkett Keith Higginbotham Reagan J. Payne Laurence S. S. Wildgoose II Political Communications Strategist Katherine Pereira Alana P. Wilson Ron Christie Pamela Lynne Sorensen Sarah Callaway Daniel J. Hillenbrand Lee Goodman Securities Industry and Financial J. Scott Petersen Suzanne B. Wrasse Political Strategist Founder, Pamela’s Punch LLC Kate Cassling Rosie Hilmer Member and former Chair, Federal Election Commission DeBorah L. Posey Franz Wuerfmannsdobler Markets Association Peter Chandler Christopher P. Hoven Steve Clemons Representative Dina Titus Jon Pyatt Ellen Young Representative Jim Himes Dave Christie Tim D. Hysom Editor at Large, The Atlantic (D-NV) The Honorable Tom Davis, Catherine Chrobak Mike Iger Susie Perez Quinn Lenny Young (D-CT) Lori Kinder Prater Emily Ziegler Senator Chris Coons Kelly Jane Torrance Past Chairman Philipp Clarke Julian M. Johnson Representative George Holding Erica Riordan (D-DE) Deputy Managing Editor, The Weekly Standard Molly Cole Mary Margaret Johnson (R-NC) Deloitte, LLP Robert A. Robbins Josh Connolly Joseph Kalmin Maggie Coons The Honorable Ryan Zinke Agnes Cornibert Diana A. Konate Kyle Roerink Rick Klein Michelle Dimarob Representative Gerry Connolly U.S. Secretary of the Interior Yvette P. Cravins Jill Kozeny Ben Rosenbaum Political Director, ABC News (D-VA) Altria Group Chelsea Cuellar Wes Kungel David Rosenbaum Gloria Story Dittus Story Partners Mike House, Past Chairman Hogan Lovells US LLP John Howes Computer & Communications Industry Association Jerry Jasinowski Business Consultant; Former President of National Association of Manufacturers Karen Kuhlman Dr. Michael Eric Dyson (Georgetown University) United Airlines and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) backstage; Marla Allard, Christina Sevilla (Deputy Assistant, U.S. Andy Navarrete Trade Representative), John Feehery (Political Capital One Communications Strategist) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL); Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Johanna Derlega Steve Ryan, Past Chairman (Publisher, The Hill) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD); Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform) and Rep. McDermott Will & Emery George Holding (R-NC); Actors Santino Fontana, Ian Bill Signer