ANNUAL REPORT Dancers © 2008 Basil Childers RIOULT 2010–2011
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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 Performing Arts 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 P ENN 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 G RANTS 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