CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ANNUAL REPORT dancers © 2008 Basil Childers RIOULT 2010–2011

College of Arts and Architecture 1 Dear Friends,

This has been an extraordinary year at the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State. We were honored to receive one of six national Creative Campus Innovations Program grants. At the time, in August 2010, the grant of $250,000 was the largest the Center for the Performing Arts had re- ceived. The project, centered on a multidisciplinary collaboration with Los Angeles dance company Dia- LETTER volo, began in earnest in January 2011 and culminates in April 2012. In June 2011 we were proud to receive a $450,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a three-year Classical Music Project. The two grants advance the Center for the Performing Arts to a higher level of national recognition. The projects, with a combined total budget of $1.25 million from grant funding and partnerships, give us the FROM THE opportunity to lead the field of university-based performing arts centers through the development of in- novative cross-campus programs. The deeply engaging works we presented on our stages, plus the engagement activities we offered DIRECTOR at the University and in the community, reflect the Center for the PerformingA rts vision to enrich lives through inspiring experiences. From the moving theatre of The Laramie Project and its epilogue to the final tour of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, from the emotionally uplifting story of The Color Pur- ple to a gripping performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, the season overflowed with performances by renowned artists who connected with audiences in profound ways. The time artists spent on campus and in our community provided unparalleled opportunities for Penn State students and community mem- bers to meet, engage, and learn from highly creative individuals. This annual report provides documentation of the Center for the Performing Arts impact at Penn State and in the central Pennsylvania region we serve. As you review the report, I believe it will be evident that our influence is significant. We can have a major effect thanks to the support provided by the University, the participation of our patrons and partners, and generous financial support from our members, sponsors, and contributors.

Thank you!

George Trudeau Director, Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State

2 2 LeTTer FroM The DireCTor

4 sTaTeMenTs oF PUrPose

5 2010–2011 PresenTaTions

6 sUPPorTers

8 MeMBers

10 nina C. BroWn enDoWMenT

11 FinanCiaL reVieW

12 sTaFF anD VoLUnTeer aDVisors

13 Connie GensiMore reTireMenT

14 ParTiCiPaTion

15 esPn’s PaTerno-krzyzeWski shoW

16 DisTinGUisheD serViCe aWarD

17 sChooL-TiMe MaTinees

18 MaJor GranTs

22 enGaGeMenT ProGraMs

24 season hiGhLiGhTs

3 sTATEMENTs OF PURPOsE CORE VALUEs VIsION • ARTS LEAdERSHIP—artistic distinction and exceptional experiences are the cor- Enriching lives through inspiring experiences. nerstones of the Center for the Performing arts and are integral to its position of national leadership.

• PEOPLE FIRST—We value everyone who benefits from and contributes to the Center for the Performing arts. We take pride in fostering an environment of mutual respect and teamwork in which everyone’s involvement is honored, supported, and appreci- ated. MIssION • SERvICE FOCuSEd—We provide our constituencies and partners with a consistently high level of support, access, and opportunities ensuring the greatest possible inclu- siveness, diversity, and enrichment for those we serve. The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State engages and enriches the University and • CREATIvE INNOvATION—We seek and promote innovative, provocative, and risk- communities through exemplary programs in taking ideas and creative approaches across our organization. presentation, education, research, and service.

• COMMITTEd STEwARdSHIP—our business model, practices, and policies ensure fis- cal health, sustain superior facilities, create self-sustaining systems, and support the reduction of our environmental footprint.

4 Each performance was in Eisenhower Auditorium, unless indicated as having been in Schwab Auditorium (SA) 2010–2011 PREsENTATIONs or Pasquerilla Spiritual Center (PSC).

Jeffrey siegel Buika John scofield and The CoLor PurPLe keyboard Conversations® Thursday, October 28 Joe Lovano Quartet Tuesday and Wednesday, Chopin for Lovers! Thursday, January 27 (SA) March 22 and 23 Wednesday, September 15 (SA) eroica Trio Wednesday, November 3 (SA) an evening with Trio Mediæval Monty Python’s Joshua Bell Tuesday, March 29 (PSC) SPAMALoT Moscow state Thursday, February 3 Tuesday and Wednesday, symphony orchestra Dave Brubeck Quartet September 28 and 29 Pavel kogan, conductor Merce Cunningham and ramsey Lewis Trio Jennifer koh, violinist Dance Company Friday, April 8 The Laramie Project Tuesday, November 9 Saturday, February 12 Tectonic Theater Project room on the Broom Wednesday, October 6 New orleans Nights Cirque Éloize Tall stories Theatre Company allen Toussaint, iD Sunday, April 10 The Laramie Project: nicholas Payton, Tuesday, February 15 Ten Years Later, An epilogue and The Joe krown Trio SPrING AWAKeNING Tectonic Theater Project Tuesday, November 16 Takács Quartet Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday, October 7 Tuesday, February 22 (SA) April 12 and 13 natalie MacMaster Taylor eigsti Trio Christmas in Cape Breton Tango Buenos aires Chamber Music society with special guest Thursday, December 2 Fire and Passion of Tango of Lincoln Center Becca stevens Thursday, February 24 russian Spirit Tuesday, October 12 (SA) runt of the Litter Thursday, April 14 (SA) Tuesday, December 7 (SA) apollo’s Fire Monteverdi’s Vespers Jonathan Biss of 1610 Wednesday, January 19 (SA) Friday, October 15 (SA) Two scheduled presentations did not reach the Eisenhower stage. Click, Clack, Moo The national tour of Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead was rioULT TheatreworksUsa cancelled, while the Center for the Performing Arts withdrew from Sunday, October 17 Sunday, January 23 { the Ballet Grand Prix tour due to artistic personnel changes. } A ChoruS LINe FIDDLer oN The rooF Thursday, October 21 Tuesday, January 25

5 S pONSORS Nittany Eye Associates Bud and Carol Rowell Platinum $10,000 and more • Diamond $5,000 to $9,999 SPE Federal Credit Union Ruby $4,000 to $4,999 • Gold $3,000 to $3,999 • Silver $2,000 to $2,999 • Bronze $1,000 to $1,999 Bronze Platinum Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. AT&T John L. Brown and Lynn Sidehamer A rTS Endowment McQuaide Blasko Attorneys at Law Benefactors Penn State Hospitality Services THANKS FOR Nina C. Brown Endowment TIAA-CREF Cultural Learning Initiative with McQuaide Blasko Diamond (CLIMB) Helen and Sidney S. Friedman Endowment * Norma and Ralph Condee Chamber Music THE SUPPORT Honey and Bill Jaffe Endowment Endowment Corvette America * Future pledged endowment Foxdale Village, A Quaker-Directed Continuing Care Retirement Community Arts Endowments We are grateful to these businesses, Robert and Helen Harvey Lynn Donald Breon Endowment * organizations, and individuals for sup- Kranich’s Jewelers John L. Brown Jr. and Marlynn Steele Sidehamer porting the Center for the Performing Mount Nittany Medical Center Endowment Sandra Zaremba and Richard Brown Arts 2010–2011 season. Richard Robert Brown Program Endowment Norma and Ralph Condee Chamber Music Ruby Endowment John L. Brown Jr. and Marlynn Steele Sidehamer Eisenhower Auditorium Endowment Endowment Glenn and Nancy Gamble Endowment Glenn and Nancy Gamble Hall-LeKander Endowment Dotty and Paul Rigby William E. McTurk Endowment * Penn State International Dance Ensemble Gold Endowment Gay D. Dunne and James H. Dunne Gerald B. M. and Sylvia Stein Endowment * Don and Mary Ellen Fisher Kelleann Foster * Future pledged endowment Penn State International Dance Ensemble Endowment Endowment Contributors The Village at Penn State Life Care Retirement $150 and more Community John L. Brown Jr. and Marlynn Silver Steele Sidehamer Endowment Beating the Odds Foundation & U.S. Foodservice John L. Brown and Lynn Sidehamer (Western PA) Steven and Catherine Holmgren Designer’s Studio William and Suzanne Jenkins Hoag’s Catering/Celebration Hall Patricia Kelley Bill and Honey Jaffe Rich Kissinger Kish Bank Polly H. Rallis

6 The Sturtz-Davis Family WPSU Pnne State Program Kimberly S. Watkins and Family WTAJ Your News Leader Young World Day School 93.7 THE BUS Partners Frank and Alice Zonts 95.3 3WZ College of Engineering HUB-Robeson Gallery Nina C. Brown Endowment Gantsr Innovation Park/coolBlue Community Pamela M. Aikey Institute for the Arts and Humanities Association of Performing Arts Presenters Creative Estate of Nina C. Brown Office of Alumni Relations Campus Innovations Grant Program Columbia Artists Management, Inc. Pasquerilla Spiritual Center Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau Norma and Ralph Condee School of Music Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Ted Giatas, president and chief executive officer School of Theatre National Endowment for the Arts of McCallum Theatre H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The Sturtz-Davis Family of Architecture and Landscape Architecture University Park Allocation Committee Richard Robert Brown Program Endowment A cCESSIBILITy Outreach H oSPITALITy Partners Program Richard Brown and Sandra Zaremba The Atherton Hotel Avánt Garden Sponsor Norma and Ralph Condee Nittany Eye Associates Chamber Music Endowment Best Western University Park Inn & Suites Comfort Suites/Sleep Inn Robert and Dorothy Cecil Supporters Courtyard by Marriott Norma and Ralph Condee Fairfield Inn & Suites Nanette Anslinger Gardners Candies Rana and Steve Arnold Cultural Learning Initiative Fred and Joanne Thompson with McQuaide Blasko (CLIMB) Hampton Inn & Suites Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering Tom and Carolyn Schwartz * Tickets for patrons with sight loss were provided by the Holiday Inn Express Sight-Loss Support Group of Central Pennsylvania using a Honey and Bill Jaffe Endowment Penn State Hospitality Services one-year grant from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Quality Inn administered in this region by Galaxy, Central Intermediate Honey and Bill Jaffe Ramada Inn Unit 10. Penn State International Residence Inn by Marriott Dance Ensemble Endowment Springhill Suites John Booske Zola New World Bistro Elizabeth Hanley and Patrick Kolivoski Cmmo unity Program * Future pledge Partners Maedi Sponsors Centre County Office of Aging Centre County Women’s Resource Center ABC 23/FOX 8 Foxdale Village B94.5 Gay-Straight Alliance of State College Area ESPN 1450 High School FROGGY 98 C. Barton McCann School of Art Jazz Spectrum on THE LION 90.7 FM Nittany Valley Youth Choir MAJIC 99 State College Area High School WJAC-TV Tir Na Gog School of Irish Dance

7 Andy and Kelly Renfrew John and Gretchen Leathers David DiBiase and Cindy Brewer Russell and Jeanne Schleiden Ellie and Jack Lewis Jim and Polly Dunn Paul and K. C. Sheeler Benson and Christine Lichtig Glenn and Nancy Gamble Jackson and Diane Spielvogel Dorothy and Kenneth Lutz Arnold and Marty Gasche MeMBeRS Susan and Lewis Steinberg Philip McConnaughay and Charlene and Frank Gaus Marilynne W. Stout Janet Murphy Maribeth Giannone We appreciate the support of Center for the Performing Arts members George and Debbie Trudeau Kenneth and Irene McIlvried Gary L. Gray and during the 2010–2011 fiscal year. Ray S. Walker Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Meisner Suzanne Mohney Leadership Circle $3,000 and more • Director’s Circle $1,500 to $2,999 Carol and Rex Warland Leslie Meyer John Groenveld Encore Circle $1,000 to $1,499 • Advocate $500 to $999 • Partner $250 Mark and JoAnne Westerhaus James and Sharon Mortensen Lee Grover and Anita Bear to $499 • The Jazz Train $200 and more • Friend $150 to $249 • Debut David and Diane Wisniewski Chris and Bobbie Muscarella Paul and Robin Guillard Circle $50 and more Bob and Dottie Neff Robert and Helen Harvey ParTner Edward S. and Relda E. Newlin Steven L. Herb and Robert F. and Donna C. Nicely Sara Willoughby-Herb Jill Anderson and Sydney Brown Patricia and Stephen Noel Charmaine and Al Horvath LeaDershiP Janet Atwood Tracy and Brad Noll Robert Hufnagel CirCLe Arnold and Marty Gasche Karen and Scott Shearer Jeffrey H. Baker, M.D. Jack and Sue Poremba Bob and Jacki Hunt William and Beverly Hickey The Wunz Family J. Michael Barlup Martena Rogers Lynn and Anne Hutcheson John L. Brown and Harlan and Suzanne Dudley Hoffa Richard L. and Carla Mae Daniel and Mila Sahakian Honey and Bill Jaffe Lynn Sidehamer Honey and Bill Jaffe aDVoCaTe Baumgardner Sally L. Schaadt Brian and Christina Johnson Joan and Martin Duff Richard and Sally Kalin Thomas P. Bem Robert and Peggy Schlegel Michael Johnson and Tom and Leesa Folmar Kay F. Kustanbauter John E. Baillis Sven and Carmen Bilén Dave Shaffer and Eve Evans Maureen Mulderig Blake and Linda Gall Eileen and Hersh Leibowitz Pat and Steve Benkovic Alan Brown Vaughn and Kay Shirk Cindy and Al Jones Robert and Helen Harvey Barbara Palmer Ned and Inga Book Tom and Jo Chesworth Dr. Manohar Singh Jeffrey Kern and Dorothy and Lloyd Huck Dotty and Paul Rigby Jack and Diana Brenizer Roger and Corinne Coplan Roz and Phil Sky Jerrilyn Muth-Kern Robert Hufnagel Shirley Sacks Dr. John E. and Deborah Carder Mr. and Mrs. Max Coploff Kae M. Spoerl Tom Kulakowski The Krentzman Family Robert Schmalz Richard Carlson and Lori Forlizzi Lee and Joan Coraor Kenton Stuck Kathleen D. Matason and Peggy Hall LeKander and Tom and Carolyn Schwartz JR and Dante DiAndrea Stephanie Corcino Richard and Marti Supina Richard M. Smith Dan LeKander Louis P. Silverman and Mark A. Falvo Adrienne and Bob Darrah Shawn and Amy Vashaw Jodi Hakes McWhirter Bruce Miller and Dean LaVigne Veronica A. Samborsky Dan and Connie Gensimore Joe and Lavada Dixon David and Julianne Vaughan Peter and Randi Menard Dr. Richard D. Wertz Fred and Joanne Thompson Richard B. Gidez Peg and Joe French Mary Jane and William Wild Dr. Marla L. Moon Gail and Conrad Weiser Bill and Connie Hayes Catherine Greenham David and Betsy Will Wilson and Maureen Moses DireCTor’s Nina and George Woskob Steven L. Herb and Sue Haug Judy and Bob Wiser Timothy and Erin E. Murtha CirCLe Sandra Zaremba and Sara Willoughby-Herb Ann and Tom Hettmansperger Nancy and Ted Ziff Harriet and David Nembhard Richard Brown Nancy L. Herron Chris Hort and Bill and Joan Zimmer Jack and Sue Poremba Paul and Patricia Axt Lam and Lina Hood Mary Kay Paterno Hort Cal and Pam Zimmerman John Mark Rafacz Grace M. Bardine enCore CirCLe Cindy and Al Jones Bob and Jacki Hunt Pete and Sue Rubba Patricia Best and Thomas Ray B. Hagan and Montez King Susan K. Hutchison The Jazz Train Sally L. Schaadt Lynn Donald Breon Hu and Mary Barnes James and Barbara Korner Gina and John Ikenberry David and Ann Joan and John Chernega Richard W. Bryant Robert and Marjorie Manning Bill and Sally James William W. Asbury Shallcross-Wolfgang Norma Condee Philip and Susan Burlingame Robert Martin and Kathy Weaver Marilyn and Jack Jenkins Patricia Best and Thomas Ray Lynn Sidehamer Andrea Cotner and Mimi Barash Coppersmith John and Michelle Mason Daniel and Kathleen Jones David and Susan Beyerle Dan and Melinda Stearns Edward Galus Jim Dixon and Rosalie Bailey Patrick W. and Susan N. Morse Shaun B. Keister and Philip and Susan Burlingame Richard and Marti Supina Janet Fowler Dargitz and Donald W. Hamer and Mrs. Dorothy B. O’Connor Walter J. Allen William Brockman and Maria A. Sweet Karl George Stoedefalke Marie Bednar Lida and Pieter W. Ouwehand Mel S. Klein Ann Copeland Jean Tate Rod and Shari Erickson Michael P. Johnson and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Perez Philip A. Klein Barb Copland and Russ Meyers Dennis and Joan Thomson Anthony J. and Carol M. Ferraro Maureen Mulderig Patricia Hawbaker Quinlivan James and Bonnie Knapp Andrea Cotner and Linda and Dan Treviño Glenn and Nancy Gamble Stan and Debra Latta William Rabinowitz Nick and Kathy Kokus Edward Galus James and Deena Ultman 8 Monica and Donn Wagner Bob and Jan Lindsay Jennifer Bailey Don and Molly Heller Elizabeth Pennock Billie and Jim Young Herb and Trudy Lipowsky Micah Barbash Gerald Henderson Gary Petersen In memory of James Zmyslo Jane and Edward Liszka Reg and Diane Bartram David and Linda Hershey Barbara Peterson John and Nancy Lowe Rich and Janice Becker Michael Hetsko Christina Pillot Friend Betty and Sandy Macdonald Ernest L. Bergman Tom and Ann Houseknecht Michael Poorman Helen Manfull Barry and Diane Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Jim Houser Tiffany T. Powley Ellis and Lynn Abramson Betty McBride-Thuering Barbara Boal David Hsiung Travis Prebble Anne and Arthur Anderson Dean and Pamela McCloskey Mr. Benjamin Bronstein Brandon Hunt Dave and Gina Ray The Bailey Family Harold and Priscilla McFerren Booker Brooks Daniel and Kathleen Jones Anne and Richard Ready C. P. Bastuscheck Sherren and Harold McKenzie John Bukowski Geraldine V. Jones David and Mary Richards In memory of Harry Bell Richard and Marjorie Milgrub Brian S. and Rebecca M. Casey Anne Kaintz Dr. and Mrs. Phil Roberts John and Penny Blasko Don and Carol Miller John E. Carlson Ms. Stephanie Kasales Len and Nancy Rockey Ron and Jane Breon June Miller Nancy Chapa Diane Kesidis John and Carla Rossi Thomas Burean and Deborah Ettington Gary and Judy Mitchell Jane Charlton Pete and Julia Kiefer Kathy Salloum E. Jane Clevenstine Betty and John Moore Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Clair Charles and Nancy King Anita Sather Ellen Coffman Joseph A. and Marian R. Oleary Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kirkpatrick Randy and Diane Schmidt John Collins and Mary Brown Greta O’Toole Marie Cordiano Lisa Kopp Samuel Seltzer John and Connie DiNunzio Dr. Frank and Valerie Parker Andrea Commaker and Jim Levin Don and Cindy Koss Janice Shanafelt George and Bunny Dohn Jean Pazur Dr. Steven Crain Jeffrey Kranch Joann and Richard Shore Teresa and John Dolan Dave and Jan Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Charles Croskey Margaret E. Krebs Brian and Jill Shunk Dr. and Mrs. Steven P. Draskoczy Guy and Grace Pilato Ellen Dannin Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Krum Melissa Sinner Egan Family Andrew Pytel and Jean Landa Pytel Don Davis June Krumrine Donald L. Smith Pamela L. Francis Ed and Georgia Reutzel Frank and Mary Deutsch Karen Kuebler Alvin L. Snowiss Elaine and Bill Given The Shondeck Family Robert Dornich Kenneth and Oliva Kuo Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Snyder Susan and Buzz Graham James B. and Anna Lee Smith Ann Dotsey William Lamberson Mr. E. Kepler Sones David and Kay Green Allan and Sherrill Sonsteby David and Betsey Eggler Carl and Pam Lehman Cindy Spangler Bethlyn and Scott Griffin Carol Sosnowski and Rosemary Weber Ida Eustis Fred and Louise Leoniak Lisa Spicer Ellen M. Grubb Frances Sowko Eric Feigelson and Zoe Boniface Ralph Licastro Dr. Diane Spokus Elizabeth Hanley and Patrick Kolivoski Barry and Ellen Stein Eleanor Mackey Ferguson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lilien Stewart Stumpo and Lisa Celia John Lloyd Hanson Ward and Grace Stover Fred and Joelle Ferguson Robert Lillie William Taylor Peter J. Hart Greta and Norman Suhr J. Marcos and Sheila Fernandez David R. Maneval Arkady and Marina Tempelman Jean D. Hawthorne JoLaine Teyssier Arthur and Nancy Fine Kella Manning Mr. and Mrs. Guy Thompson Mary J. Heflin Ken and Nancy Toepfer Lynn and Arthur Fishbaine Edward and Judie Marsden Mark Toniatti Steven and Shirley Hsi Stephen and Jennifer Van Hook Barry and Patti Fisher Amy Milgrub Marshall Nancy Tuana Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hughes Nancy and Wade VanLandingham Charles Fitzgerald James and Janet Meister James and Deena Ultman Anne F. Hummer Carl and Sharon Winter Heather and Robert Fleck Deborah Marron and Barbara VanHorn Bob and Jacki Hunt Mary and Tom York Barbara Foose Michael Rosenberg George and Barbara Vogler Daniel and Suzanne Isidor Andrew and Laura Zimmerman Vicki and Frank Forni Linda Mason Chris Vrentas Allen and Nancy Jacobson Charlotte Zmyslo Jim and Carmen Frost Ms. Arline Miller Barbara Weiss Klaus and Ellin Jaeger Troy Gardner Gary Mitchell Samuel Wetherald Ed and Anne Keller Debut Circle Ms. Parastoo Ghodsi Peter Moran Linda White Todd and Liz King Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gibbons Mark and Minda Morath Susan Whitehead Ed and Debbie Klevans Michelle Abrams Amy S. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Jon Nelson Ms. Alice Wilson John Knepp Amarpreet Ahluwalia Patrice Greene Adrian Ocneanu and Christine Nowe Sandra Wingard Harry B. Kropp and Edward Legutko Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alley Dan Grow Jay and Kelly Paterno Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf Mark and Theresa Lafer Virginia F. Althouse Miles and Tawni Guralnick Marcia and Gary Patterson David Yocum Fran E. Levin Joyce Arbutina Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hammerstedt Camille Payne Gyunghoon Yoo Sharon and David Lieb Anthony and Mary Atchley Dawn Hawkins Joanne Peca Dave and Loretta Zehngut 9 NINA C. BROwN EsTATE EsTABLIsHEs $100,000 PERFORMINg ARTs ENDOwMENT

The Center for the Performing arts at Penn state and married raymond h. Brown, who went on to has a new source of funding for classical music become director of choral music at Penn state. thanks to the generosity of longtime supporter Together the couple shared a love of music, the- and Penn state artists series Director nina C. atre, dance, poetry, and travel until he died in 2001. Brown. The estate of Brown, who died in March The Center for the Performing arts has its 2010, has established a $100,000 nina C. Brown roots in the artists series, which began in 1957. endowment for the Performing arts. From its inception and for nearly three decades The endowment provides continuing support until her retirement in 1985, Brown directed the for presentations of Beethoven’s string quartets presenting organization. The first season featured and other chamber music at the Center for the appearances by the Cleveland symphony orches- Performing arts. tra, american Ballet Theatre, and jazz pianist Dave “nina Brown and i talked when she last visited Brubeck. since then, the artists series and the campus in 2006 about her interest in establishing Center for the Performing arts — formed in 1985 an endowment to support future presentations of from a merger of the artists series and auditorium The Center for the Performing Arts Beethoven string quartets,” says George Trudeau, Management — have presented a who’s who of 2010–2011 season was dedicated to the director of the Center for the Performing arts. twentieth- and twenty-first-century music, theatre, memory of Nina C. Brown. “nina had a passion for chamber music and par- and dance artists from six continents. { } ticularly the Beethoven quartets. i am touched that nina included a provision in her estate to put this endowment in place. The nina C. Brown endow- For more information about the endowment ment will ensure that future generations have the or to contribute to it, contact Dave Shaffer, opportunity to hear these great works and is a assistant director for special programs at truly fitting legacy for this arts pioneer.” the Center for the Performing Arts, at 814- Brown was born in Paris in 1922. she lived in 863-1167 or [email protected]. england and was an officer transport and ambu- lance driver during World War ii. in 1945, she met 10 ExPENsEs 76% PROGRAM ANd EvENTS 12% GENERAL ANd AdMINISTRATIvE 5% SPECIAL PROGRAMS ANd PROJECTS 4% EQuIPMENT ANd CAPITAL IMPROvEMENTS 3% dEvELOPMENT

INCOME 28% uNIvERSITy SuPPORT 27% TICKET SALES 13% RENTALS 13% CONTRIBuTEd 12% OTHER * 5% SPECIAL PROGRAMS ANd PROJECTS 2% ENdOwMENT/INTEREST

* includes performance program advertising, concession sales, ticketing services, and other miscellaneous income.

INCOME ANd The Center for the Performing Arts organizational budget totaled $3,702,460. Seventy-two percent of revenues were earned and contributed through tickets sales and services, facility ExPENSES FOR and equipment rentals, performance program advertising, concession sales, fundraising, FISCAL yEAR grants, and endowments.

11 CoMMUniTy aDVisory CoUnCiL CenTer For The

chair robert Martin PerForMinG arTs sTaFF vice chair alfred Jones Jr. William asbury Patricia Best George Trudeau Ben Hammel Lynn Donald Breon director production supervisor rick Bryant Lea Asbell-Swanger Deanna Heichel Janet Fowler Dargitz assistant director assistant finance director helen harvey nancy herron Connie Gensimore Tom Hesketh Bill James finance director events manager kay kustanbauter Deb Latta Tracy Noll Christine Igoe Fran Levin sales and development services director ticket manager Pieter ouwehand Patricia hawbaker Laura Sullivan Tony Intorre Quinlivan marketing and communications director information technology specialist Dorothy rigby shirley sacks Amy Dupain Vashaw Urszula Kulakowski Vaughn shirk audience and program development director art director susan steinberg nancy VanLandingham Pamela Aikey Peg Lucas nina Woscob contracts/logistics coordinator marketing information coordinator student Julian haas representatives Douglas Lohman Shannon Arney Sherren McKenzie Brant Markley assistant ticket manager group sales coordinator Bram McGinnis Erik Baxter Jennifer Pencek multimedia specialist associate editor VoLUnTeer eVenT sTaFF aDVisory BoarD Shannon Bishop John Mark Rafacz downtown ticket center manager editorial manager

president emily Gregory Len Codispot Wanda Scaife vice president Jake Werner sales and development accounting coordinator assistant to the director ruth Bell Jean Bloom Gary Collins Dave Shaffer roger Cartright production supervisor assistant director for special programs Lee Grover Paul hartley Medora Ebersole Mark Tinik Jan Phillips education programs manager production supervisor Marlynn Pupo Jan raupach Lisa Faust Brenda Zucco Colette rozo audience services manager financial assistant

12 CONNIE gENsIMORE RETIREs 37 years after thirty-seven years at Penn State

Connie Gensimore, who retired in april 2011 from ness served her well in the senior leadership posi- her position as Center for the Performing arts tion. her responsibilities included oversight of the finance director, had served Penn state with dis- Marketing and Communications Department. tinction in a number of administrative positions of as human resources liaison, Gensimore pro- increasing responsibility. vided support to her colleagues through major Gensimore began her Penn state career in 1974 projects such as development of a staff handbook, at Purchasing services as a mail clerk and staff Position information Questionnaire reviews, a cli- assistant. a few years later, she began a more than mate survey, and the transition to the competencies six-year position as secretary to the director of program. Printing and Communication services. in 1984, she Gensimore assisted Penn state york with de- became administrative aide for Printing and admin- veloping the financial operation for creation of the istrative support services, and two years later was Pullo Family Performing arts Center. promoted to supervisor in Mailing and addressing as a member of the Major University Presenters services. in 1989, she became accounting and per- consortium of twenty arts centers from throughout sonnel coordinator and later that year administra- the United states, Gensimore took a leadership role tive manager for the office of Telecommunications. in the collection and analysis of financial data. she joined the Center for the Performing arts in recognition of her contributions to the Cen- as finance director in 1993. her supervision resulted ter for the Performing arts and the College of arts in balanced budgets despite the challenges of an and architecture, Gensimore received the college’s unpredictable internal and external financial envi- staffa ward for outstanding service in 2010. ronment. Gensimore’s ingenuity and resourceful-

13 WoRkfoRCe PREsENTATIONs AND PARTICIPATION

FULL-TIME COMMuNITy EvENTS: 16 EMPLoyEES Journey of Courage, nittany Valley symphony, Ballet Theatre of Central 28 Pennsylvania, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the arts

RENTALS: 2 Goo Goo Dolls and straight no Chaser PART-TIME EMPLoyEES 77 ACAdEMIC PRESENTATIONS: 201 includes 176 esber recital hall concerts

uNIvERSITy PRESENTATIONS: 52

STudENT-SPONSOREd EvENTS: 28

STUDENT 133 EMPLoyEES TOTAL EvENTS: 348 includes all events in all supported venues

TOTAL ATTENdANCE: 90,407 includes only public events in eisenhower and schwab auditoriums

GROuPS: 132 125 63 Penn state-related, 69 public

Center for the Performing Arts presentations are only included VoLUNTEERS in the TOTAL EVENTS and TOTAL ATTENDANCE categories.

14 Production crew members on the set of Difference Makers: Life Lessons with Paterno & Krzyzewski.

Eisenhower becomes ESPN studio for Paterno-Krzyzewski show

On June 20, 2011, Eisenhower Auditorium became production primarily through a long association with The full-time Center for the Performing Arts events an ESPN television studio complete with live audi- WPSU. The ESPN experience was significantly dif- staff was integral to the final product’s success and ence, ESPN commentator Rece Davis, and two of ferent, though, since it involved the production of a relied on well-established relationships with the the most well-known coaches in college athletic non-Penn State program and required a marketable Bryce Jordan Center staff, University Police Ser- history. The occasion marked the first meeting product that would interest an audience beyond vices, University Transportation Services, and the between then Penn State coach Joe Paterno and those affiliated with either university. Office of Physical Plant to exceed the expectations Duke University’s Mike Krzyzewski. The taped inter- The window of opportunity to make the pro- of ESPN and the Curley Center. view, Difference Makers: Life Lessons with Paterno gram happen was small. Production staff members New relationships with Penn State Intercolle- & Krzyzewski, included questions from members of had three days, Friday through Sunday, for the stage giate Athletics staff members were forged and some the audience at Penn State and at Duke via a link of Eisenhower to be transformed into a studio envi- Center for the Performing Arts student employees provided by Cisco Telepresence technology. The ronment complete with a set, designed specifically made connections with professionals in a variety of taping also included a panel discussion with Matt for the Monday taping, which included a live audi- disciplines in the television industry. It was an excel- Millen and Michael Robinson, who played football for ence as the backdrop and multiple camera locations lent learning experience for our student employees Paterno, and Jay Bilas and Jay Williams, who played in the auditorium’s seating area. Combining the and a challenging opportunity for the full-time staff basketball for Krzyzewski. needs of lighting and audio for television recording to do something different. The idea for the program, sponsored by The and those same elements for the live audience was The recorded program was broadcast in two John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, a unit a challenge. parts on June 30, 2011. The first hour aired onE SPN of Penn State’s College of Communications, came The crew required to produce the show ex- with an additional thirty minutes of question-and- about several years ago. But coordinating the coop- ceeded 100 with representation from Center for answer following on ESPNU. The Center for the eration of Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics, Duke the Performing Arts and ESPN staffs, rental equip- Performing Arts received positive feedback from Athletics, and ESPN took time. Selecting the venue ment vendors, Penn State security, and free-lance those in attendance. But the most exciting respons- to host the event did not. camera and television audio operators. Center for es came from former event staff student employees Eisenhower staff members already had a his- the Performing Arts part-time wage payroll staff who said they were proud of their history with the tory of involvement with university large event members worked more than 1,000 hours combined Center for the Performing Arts and how well repre- management and some experience with television during the three set-up days and the shooting day. sented the venue was in the program. 15 The Center for the Performing Arts named State ences. The couple, members of the Center for the College couple Tom and Carolyn Schwartz, long- Performing Arts at the Director’s Circle level, also time supporters and members of the fine arts pre- helped arrange early activation support — annual Tom and Carolyn Schwartz senter, recipients of its 2011 Distinguished Service gifts by the law firm in addition to the endowment Award. contributions that began providing financial as- share 2011 Distinguished McQuaide Blasko Attorneys at Law created an sistance until the endowment became fully funded endowment in 1999 to provide support for various last year. Service Award Penn State programs, including the Center for the In 2010 the couple also made a personal chari- Performing Arts. Tom Schwartz was president of table gift annuity donation to Penn State — desig- the law firm at the time and played a significant nated to the McQuaide Blasko Endowment — that L-R: George Trudeau, Carolyn Schwartz, Tom Schwartz, role in ensuring the Center for the Performing Arts provides for an eventual contribution to the endow- Barbara Korner. A girl shows off her craft creation at a Kids Connections session before TheatreworksUSA’s would be a major beneficiary. ment in their names. performance of Click, Clack, Moo. The McQuaide Blasko Endowment supports “Tom and Carolyn Schwartz are great advo- the School-Time Matinees program, which in the cates and friends of the Center for the Performing 2010–2011 season attracted more than 5,000 stu- Arts,” says George Trudeau, director of the Center dents from forty-five schools in nine counties, plus for the Performing Arts. “Their commitment to pro- weekend matinee performances for family audi- viding legacy support for our children and family 16 programs helps to ensure that future generations will have the opportunity to attend, enjoy, and be enriched by performances at the Center for the Performing Arts.” Tom Schwartz, a native of Bellefonte, graduated sCHOOL-TIME MATINEEs from Penn State in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree each performance was in eisenhower auditorium, unless indicated as having been in schwab auditorium (sa). in history and from The Dickinson School of Law in 1972. for thirty-three years, he was a senior partner at McQuaide Blasko. In addition to his law practice, RIOuLT Three Cups of Tea Monday, October 18 Schwartz was involved with the management of The American Place Theatre the law firm and served as its president from 1999 Literature to Life® to 2003. In 2005, he became general counsel and Runt of the Litter Monday, February 28 (SA) executive vice president for Claysburg-based NPC, Tuesday, December 7 (SA) Tuesday, March 1 (SA) Inc., a privately owned printing services company. In 2008, Schwartz became president of State College- Click, Clack, Moo Room on the Broom based Immersion, Ltd., an NPC subsidiary. TheatreworksuSA Tall Stories Theatre Company A Valley forge native, Carolyn Schwartz earned Monday, January 24 Monday, April 11 an associate’s degree at Centenary College. She became office administrator of Immersion, Ltd., in 2008 after spending more than thirty-six years as a paralegal, twenty-five of those years with McQuaide Blasko. She has volunteered with the United Way Total attendance: 5,045 and Special olympics, and she served on the Cen- Partners: 45 (30 elementary ter for the Performing Arts Community Advisory schools, 2 middle schools, 2 high Council. schools, and 11 daycares/ “Tom and Carolyn are among our closest preschools) from 9 counties. friends at the Center for the Performing Arts,” says {} Dave Shaffer, Center for the Performing Arts as- sistant director for special programs. “They attend and enjoy performances, directed critical corporate support, have given of their own time and talents as volunteers, and most recently pledged their future personal support to help grow their corporate en- The honey and Bill Jaffe endowment funded 70 percent of total busing subsidy requests. dowment they helped to create.” The Distinguished Service Award, presented Thanks to the Jaffe endowment, Centre hall elementary was able for the first time annually since 1996, recognizes significant contribu- to send students to a school-Time Matinee. some 235 children and educators experi- tions and distinguished service to the Center for the enced a performance by the modern dance company rioULT. Performing Arts. 17 1 THE sECRET LIFE OF PUBLIC sPACEs

funded through the Creative Campus Innovations Program at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

MAJOR gRANTs Background: • The grant total was $251,670, and the total budget for the project is $458,520. seek to elevate the role of the The Secret Life of Public Spaces aims to invigorate performing arts within the Uni- public space. Public space is the theatre of every- day life; on its stage we engage with the environ- versity and cultivate apprecia- details of The Secret Life of Public Spaces: tion for Western classical music ment, culture, and citizenship. everyday patterns often slip into invisibility and are lost to mindful • in addition to working with artistic partner engagement. The Secret Life of Public Spaces Diavolo dance theatre, the Center for the Per- proposes that a rediscovery of movement (people), forming arts is partnering with Penn state’s topography (surfaces), and devices (objects) — Dance program and departments of architec- based on inquiry and performance — will reveal ture, Landscape architecture, and engineering. and recast the everyday dynamics of public spaces. • The goal of the program is to reawaken people student performances will build on the interplay of to their environment; recast the role of public movement and devices, a central theme in the work space; and create two unique performances — of Diavolo dance company, the Los angeles-based one by the students using structures designed artistic partner. Their explorations of community and created by the architects and engineers and campus spaces will introduce a third element, and a world premiere work by Diavolo that will topography, and inspire Diavolo to bring active become part of the company’s repertoire. topography to the theatre stage. Creative activity • anticipated project outcomes: development and research, a team-taught class, and two world- of a new curriculum integrating dance, archi- premiere dance pieces will result. tecture, landscape architecture, and engineer- • The Creative Campus grant program supports ing; two unique works of dance; and a height- exemplary campus-based performing arts pre- ened awareness of the performing arts as a senters to develop and implement programs vehicle through which teaching and learning and strategies that integrate their work across across disciplines can occur. the academy. • The Center for the Performing arts was one of more than 140 applicants, out of which only six For more information about projects received awards in august 2010; the The Secret Life of Public Spaces, visit proposal was fully funded. www.creativecampus.psu.edu.

18 Penn State students participate in a June 2011 dance intensive with Diavolo in Los Angeles. 19 • The grant funds a three-year classical music program beginning in the 2011–2012 season.

• The grant total was $470,000, and the total budget for the project is $787,300.

Mellon Foundation funding will support a program consisting of four components: • Major Residency Program — The Center for the Performing arts will develop and present a major residency program with an opera com- pany during the 2012–2013 season and with a major american symphony orchestra for the 2013–2014 season. • Student Engagement Activities — The Center for the Performing arts will engage classical music artists to interact with students through both organized and spontaneous presentations 2 that explore different formats. Presentations Background: will occur in traditional as well as non-tradi- tional venues. Partnerships with student clubs The Mellon Foundation invited a group of univer- and organizations and innovative marketing sity performing arts center directors to a conven- approaches will support engagement activities. CLAssICAL ing in september 2010 to discuss the state of classical music presenting activities on university • Curriculum Partnerships — The Center for the campuses. Foundation staff then solicited ideas for Performing arts will develop an expanded cur- MUsIC PROJECT ways in which the Center for the Performing arts riculum program with campus partners to inte- would allocate funds to strengthen classical music grate classical music artists and projects with funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation presenting at Penn state. a full proposal, focusing the arts and humanities curriculum. Through on four components, was requested. The process on-campus courses, special topic courses, by which the Center for the Performing arts devel- online courses, and interdisciplinary seminars, oped the proposal was as inclusive as possible and classical music presentations will be connected specific to the Penn state environment, involving with academics in order to provide students department heads and faculty from a number of with a more comprehensive understanding of other units. The foundation board elected in June the history and culture surrounding classical 2011 to fund the proposal in full. music.

20 • Penn State Altoona Project — The Center for the Performing arts will collaborate with altoona faculty to bring visiting string en- sembles to the altoona campus each season for engagement activities and performances. The project will interact with and track altoona students who engage with the project and then change assignment to the University Park campus. The goal is to have students continue their engagement with classical music through Center for the Performing arts programs at University Park. • Center for the Performing arts Director George Trudeau leads the program. Marica Tacconi, professor of musicology, provides faculty lead- ership1 for the curriculum and academic com- ponents of the program. • Penn state partners to date include the schrey- er honors College; Paterno Fellows Program; institute for the arts and humanities; school of Music; College of arts and architecture e-Learning institute; and Timothy Melbinger, lecturer in music at Penn state altoona.

Previous page: Paul Neubauer, a violist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, works with a music student during a Penn State master class.

The Classical Music Project will help the Center for the Performing Arts bring artists such as composer and pianist Lera Auerbach, right, to Penn State to interact with students and the public. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performed an Auerbach composition, co- commissioned by the Center for the Performing Arts, in April 2011 at Schwab Auditorium. 21 The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, An Epilogue Tectonic Theater Project

• Community potluck with cast members (23) • Master class with Theatre 320 students ENgAgEMENT (11) • Learning lunch, in partnership with the PROgRAMs outreach Diversity Council and the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, REACH OUT TO CAMPUs and Transgender equity, for innovation Park staff and, via video link, other Penn AND COMMUNITy state locations throughout Pennsylvania • Cast member discussion with Biobehav- Pianist Taylor Eigsti, vocalist Becca ioral health class (93) Stevens, and bassist Harish Raghavan Mini jazz performance at Centre Crest nursing Each year the Center for the Performing • Cast member discussion with Biobehav- home (67) Arts coordinates dozens of activities in ioral health 251 class (21) which members of the Penn State and • Master class with american Theatre history surrounding communities are able to in- students (9) Apollo’s Fire teract with visiting artists. The following • actor brown bag lunch at hintz Family The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra recaps the engagement programs that alumni Center (14) • Lecture by Jeanette sorrell, apollo’s Fire took place during 2010–2011. A number • actor question-and-answer session with director and harpsichordist, and Marica in parentheses indicates the number of state College area high school Gay Tacconi, Penn state professor of musicol- participants, if available, in that activity. straight alliance (37) ogy (200) • Post-performance discussions with cast • Master class with Penn state opera stu- members dents (25) • Master class with Penn state Baroque en- semble (15) ThE CoLoR PuRPLE Collaboration with Centre County Women’s resource Center to collect gift cards for use Eroica Trio by client families and to raise awareness of Mini classical concert at Foxdale Village retire- domestic violence and sexual assault, themes ment community (53) prevalent in The CoLor PurPLe

22 RIOuLT • Master class with advanced Modern Dance students (12) • Community advisory Council retreat at McCann school of art • Dancing with rioult stars camp at McCann school of art (11) • audition for dance students to perform with rioULT at eisenhower auditorium (24) • six rehearsals with dance students performing with rioULT • rioULT company class with Penn state’s orchesis Dance Company (10) • Guest performances by Charles Dumas, Penn state associate professor of theatre, and Justin shondeck, elementary student from Boalsburg, in rioULT’s Fables

Natalie MacMaster nittany Valley Children’s Choir, directed by Lou ann shaffer, rehearsal and performance with MacMaster and her band (35)

Merce Cunningham dance Company Children participate in a family workshop • Master class for advanced Modern Dance led by a Merce Cunningham Dance Company students (28) teaching artist at Penn State’s HUB-Robeson • Merce Cunningham Dance Company teach- Center. ing artist-led workshop, inspired by animal- themed paintings by Pennsylvania artist Members of Nittany Valley Children’s Choir Patricia a. Griffin on exhibit at hUB Gallery, for elementary-aged children at hUB- perform with Cape Breton fiddler Natalie robeson Center (47) MacMaster as part of a Christmas concert in Eisenhower Auditorium.

23 Brubeck, Lewis, and University alumni among season highlights

The 2010–2011 season brimmed with School of Theatre alumni in touring shows Violinist Joshua Bell wonderful, engaging performances by world-renowned artists. A few of the Each of the four national touring Broadway shows The most celebrated and popular classical violinist most notable highlights follow. at Eisenhower Auditorium included at least one of his generation appeared in concert. It was Joshua Penn State School of Theatre alumnus or student Bell’s second visit to Eisenhower and his first solo in the cast. recital at Penn State. Two memories of Bell’s visit Caroline Bowman, a graduate of Penn State’s stand out. The violin virtuoso was gracious enough Musical Theatre program, starred as Lady of the to invite Penn State School of Music students to at- Lake in Monty Python’s SPAMALOT. tend his rehearsal and to spend time with them af- Two graduates of the Musical Theatre program, terwards answering their questions. The Center for Gina Duci and Julia Freyer, were among the cast the Performing Arts staff made special provisions members in A CHORUS LINE. for Emily Steffensmeier, a physically challenged Allyson Kaye Daniel, another graduate of the Bell fan, to attend the violinist’s performance. Bell Musical Theatre program, was a member of THE took the time to meet her after the concert. COLOR PURPLE cast. Jim Hogan, a Penn State Musical Theatre major Joshua Bell with Emily Steffensmeier on leave from the University, portrayed Georg in SPRING AWAKENING.

Clockwise from large photo: Caroline Bowman, Gina Duci, Julia Freyer, Jim Hogan, and Allyson Kaye Daniel. 24 Pianists Dave Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis Music Accord commission concerts Trio Mediæval at Pasquerilla Spiritual Center

Two National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters The Center for the Performing Arts is a member When Trio Mediæval performed at Penn State shared the Eisenhower stage in a once-in-a-lifetime of the national chamber music commissioning with Bang on a Can All-Stars in November 2009, evening of music. Dave Brubeck, a jazz icon for consortium Music Accord and strives to present at Center for the Performing Arts Director George six decades, opened with a set filled with favorite least one Music Accord-commissioned work each Trudeau asked if the singers would visit Pasque- compositions plus his engaging banter. Ramsey season. In 2010–2011, three commissions were rilla Spiritual Center to determine how the space Lewis followed intermission with a hard-driving available to be performed at Schwab Auditorium. fit their voices. They fell in love with the acoustics, set showcasing a talent that has earned him three That provided a particularly rich opportunity to and Trudeau immediately engaged them for the Grammy Awards and seven gold records. present new works by the ensembles for which 2010–2011 season. The trio’s March 2011 perfor- they were commissioned. mance at Pasquerilla drew a large audience to a L-R: Dave Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis The Eroica Trio program included Trio-Sinfo- spellbinding evening of medieval music and Nor- nia (2007) by Kevin Puts. Pianist Jonathan Biss wegian folk tunes. performed Bernard Rands’ Three Pieces for Piano. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Photo by Asa M. Mikkelsen presented composer Lera Auerbach’s Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Seraphim Canticles (2010).

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