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Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. ©2018 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. EAP full-page template.indd 1 7/25/18 1:30 PM Welcome to the 2018–19 Season The Broadway Center is now Tacoma Arts Live! For more information on our new identity, 2018–2019 see page 7. Tacoma Arts Live’s mission: energize community through live performance. The performing arts are the pulse of the city, and radiate a vital and joyful energy while engaging in the momentum of social change. Connect and discover remarkable and transformative experiences. For all upcoming events, visit www.TacomaArtsLive.org. New Name. Same Passion. WHO WE ARE A non-profit performing arts organization, activating Tacoma’s Theater District since 1979. OUR VISION A South Sound community that honors all cultures and enjoys shared prosperity. OUR MISSION Energizing community through live performance. OUR VALUES Joy celebrating our humanity Courage smart risk-taking, learning, changing Diversity reflecting our community onstage and off Inclusiveness inviting broad access, building strong relationships Stewardship honoring the legacy we inherit, nurturing the future Broadway Center for the Performing Arts is now Tacoma Arts Live. Tacoma’s Resident Arts Organizations EAP full-page template.indd 1 10/11/18 10:38 AM season sponsors: IN THIS ISSUE 2018-19 PROGRAM VOLUME 1 Dear Friends, 8 Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike . November 8-25 Welcome to Tacoma 8 The Hip Hop Nutcracker with MC Kurtis Blow . November . 15 Arts Live! Formerly the 10 Jane Lynch: A Swingin’ Little Christmas . November 23 Broadway Center, we will continue to serve 11 Imago Theatre’s Frogz . November. 24 as the pulse of the city 12 Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice . December 7 with the same passion LISA MONET PHOTOGRAPHY 13 Harry Potter & The Sacred Text . December . 8 and enthusiasm, and 14 Seattle Men’s Chorus: Jingle All the Way . December. 8 hope that you will join us in celebrating so many new changes, as 15 Film Focus: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation . .December . 9 well as the 100th anniversary of the Pantages 16 Take 6: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year . December . 22 Theater. The theater will reopen in November 17 Portland Cello Project: Radiohead’s OK Computer . January . 12 after extensive renovations, including a center aisle and new seating. 18 Film Focus: Quest . .January . 13 We begin the launch of our new regional theater program. The first production is of Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike. We look forward BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2018–19 to building a long term theater program in our Mark D. Pinto – President • Tiffany T. Harmon – Immediate Past President venues. This is followed by the grand opening Kelly Lane – Secretary • Clint Johnson – Treasurer of the Pantages Theater on November 15 with Christopher Algeo Loren Cohen Kathy S. Keele Kristen Sawin The Hip Hop Nutcracker with MC Kurtis Blow. Judy Baerg Holly Hayes Lisa Kremer Danene Spaeth The holiday season kicks off withJane Lynch: Alison Beason Nicole Hume Connie Ladenburg Keri Thompson A Swingin’ Little Christmas, and the 73rd annual Brian Bergren Mike Hutchinson Christopher McPhail Mike R. Wark Holiday Tree Lighting will be followed by the Holly Bocchi Lisa R. Jangard Darriel Menefee family presentation of Imago Theatre’s Frogz. Jon Bowser Genie Jefferson Jumi Sakurai December is a busy season at the theaters, STAFF as Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice brings some Executive Sean Blacketer, Maintenance Coordinator of the most decorated acoustic musicians to David Fischer, Executive Director** Gini Sommer, Volunteer Coordinator* Holly Klindt, Executive Assistant Jeff Jainga, Event Lead* Tacoma. For the podcast crowd, Vanessa Zoltan Box Office Sierra Carr, Front of House Team Member will host a fresh examination of J.K. Rowling’s Vanessa Cadungug, Box Office Manager Melanie Cole, Front of House Team Member** classic series with Harry Potter & The Sacred Amanda Oliver, Assistant Box Office Manager Akida Dancer, Front of House Team Member Sara Judy, Box Office Lead Carissa Daniels, Front of House Team Member Text. Then the South Sound winter tradition Mollie Parce, Box Office Sales Representative Jamie Goddard, Front of House Team Member continues with Seattle Men’s Chorus: Jingle Sarah Koestler, Front of House Team Member Andy Stark, Box Office Sales Representative All The Way, before Clark Griswold returns to Amanda Baggett, Box Office Sales Representative* Aaron Leach, Front of House Team Member Janae Lewis, Front of House Team Member the screen in Film Focus: National Lampoon’s Philanthropy Jake Nix, Front of House Team Member Stacey Guadnola, Director of Philanthropy, CAP Kaiya Rodriguez, Front of House Team Member Christmas Vacation and renowned a capella Kristine Finch, Donor Engagement Manager Rochelle Wells, Front of House Team Member group Take 6 brings The Most Wonderful Time Education Finance of Year to the Pantages Theater. Katie Lappier, Director of Education** Robyn Engleking, Director of Finance The new year kicks off with Portland Cello Tony Gomez, Education Manager Shannon Johnson, Associate Director of Finance Marsha Walner, Education Manager* Aimee Takayoshi, Finance Assistant Project: Radiohead’s OK Computer, a classical Tiffany Lemmon, Senior Coordinator of Expanded Learning Marketing & Presenting twist on contemporary music, and Film Focus: Jill Heinecke, Education Coordinator* Lacey Wright, Associate Executive Director** Quest, the award-winning documentary Darlene Anderson, Master Teaching Artist Emily Alm, Associate Director of Presenting* C. Rosalind Bell, Master Teaching Artist Mariesa Bus, Associate Director of Communications & Grants* covering a south Philadelphia family. Aubrey Cearley, Master Teaching Artist Jared Wigert, Associate Director of Marketing** We believe that live events are the pulse of Katie Engel, Data and Patron Services Manager* Citlali Garcia-Rolon, Master Teaching Artist the city. We look forward to sharing this energy LaNita Hudson, Master Teaching Artist Kyleigh Palmer, Sponsorship Manager Deanna Martinez, Master Teaching Artist Quincy Henry, Marketing Coordinator with you throughout the season ahead. Let’s Gabe McPherson, Master Teaching Artist* Stage & Operations gather to experience art, community, and life Jake Nix, Master Teaching Artist* Scott Painter, Director of Operations** Amanda Nixon, Master Teaching Artist Nick Shellman, Stage Department Coordinator together in vibrant downtown Tacoma. 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