Calendar of Events March–June 2014

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A Dramatic Return to the Stage | 4
Calendar of Events | 6
NJPAC Shining Stars | 11
NJPAC Contributors | 12
Muse | 14
Season Funders | 16
Show-time Starts Before the
Curtain Goes Up | 18
NJPAC Staff & Administration | 20
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A dramatic return
to the stage
NJPAC’s new theater ventures take a cue from
Broadway and beyond
The theater is full of comeback stories.
This story is about the comeback of theater
to NJPAC.
Following the 2010-2011 season, NJPAC
“went on hiatus,” as President and CEO
John Schreiber puts it, from Broadway-centric
programming, largely composed of touring
productions of American musicals like South
Pacific and A Chorus Line. The idea was to
take a break, reassess and make new partners
of other theaters in the region so NJPAC
could take a proactive role in curating and
producing dramatic works.
Rather than booking a road show, the Arts
Center would write its own script, so to
say, by presenting fresh plays and musicals,
almost always in collaboration with others.
New dialogues began in earnest with Two
River Theater Company in Red Bank and
other stages.
With projects simmering in its Arts Education
Department, and the creation of a producer
position with oversight on new theatrical
ventures and community programming,
NJPAC was preparing to answer a frequent
question from patrons: “Are you bringing
back Broadway shows?”
Yes, and then some.
“The key to our programming approach is
to not repeat what’s on Broadway or what is
touring elsewhere in the market, but rather
create and develop original content that
can continue beyond its genesis at NJPAC,”
says NJPAC Executive Producer David
Rodriguez. “There’s also an opportunity to
build relationships with exciting creative
talent and to partner with other theaters that
have strong track records.
“Our hope is to lead in the creation of new
works, rather than follow.”
Take a splashy Broadway chestnut like
The Music Man. Obie award-winning
director and playwright Robert O’Hara
(Antebellum) has signed on to direct a
new version for a co-production between
NJPAC and Two River Theater Company.
Meredith Willson’s The Music Man will play
Red Bank before moving into the Victoria
Theater for four performances, March 21-23.
O’Hara has reinterpreted the story for an
all-African-American cast.
Drawing some inspiration from New York
City Center’s Encores! concert stagings
of American musicals, the show will be
performed book-in-hand, focusing more on
orchestral arrangements and performance,
less on choreography and with minimal
sets. Kenny J. Seymour (Memphis) will be
musical director and arranger, working with
a hummable score that includes “Seventysix Trombones,” “Goodnight, My Someone”
and “Till There Was You.”
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Last November, NJPAC unleashed an in-yourface reveille for theater fans. John Leguizamo,
the actor and writer who dishes about his
life, loves and pinballing movie career in
his brash solo shows, brought his 2011
Broadway hit Ghetto Klown to Newark for
four performances in the Victoria Theater.
The shows were taped by HBO for an airing
later this year, a result of the Arts Center’s
readiness to attract and accommodate
broadcast opportunities.
John Leguizamo performs his one-man show,
Ghetto Klown
March 2014
The booking also provided a gateway for high
school students to interact with Leguizamo
behind the scenes, and clicked with the
State’s Latino community. All seats were
priced at $59.
On May 11, 2003, Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old
lesbian and sophomore at West Side High
School, was murdered at a bus stop in
Newark when she rejected the advances of
her assailant. The outrage expressed by LGBT
(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) leaders,
and throughout the city, led to the creation
of the Newark Pride Alliance.
Playwright Chisa Hutchinson was so moved
and angered by the tragedy that she wrote
She Like Girls, a taut 90-minute drama
about intolerance. The New York Times
called it “a love story at heart” and praised
Hutchinson’s “sharp ear for dialogue.”
She Like Girls received its first New Jersey
reading in October, when NJPAC provided
space for the community to gather, converse
and embrace in remembrance. The free
reading, directed by Rodney Gilbert, took
place in the Chase Room and drew a full
house, including members of the Gunn family.
In January, NJPAC hosted a week-long
workshop for a musical version of Gift of the
Magi, based on O. Henry’s ironic tale about
the price of love. The Christmastime favorite
was given a new treatment by composer and
co-lyricist Josh Schmidt (Adding Machine,
A Minister’s Wife) and bookwriter and colyricist James DeVita.
Darnell Moore, left, moderates a discussion with
playwright Chisa Hutchinson and She Like Girls
director Rodney Gilbert. Photo by Tobias Truvillion.
about 100 students from four schools to
show off their newfound theatrical skills –
and self-confidence – before an audience.
Nearly two years ago, NJPAC was the
incubator for another family musical: A Night
in New Orleans, inspired by Mary Pope
Osborne’s book Magic Tree House #42:
A Good Night for Ghosts. The touring
production, about a young Louis Armstrong,
has since been seen at arts centers throughout
the country.
A musical version of another of the
author’s books, Dinosaurs After Dark, is
currently in the works in fourth- and fifthgrade classrooms in five Newark schools.
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Arts Education and iTheatrics – a Manhattanbased company founded to promote a love of
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and performed by the students at their
the fourth city to host Second City’s on-site schools. In a Broadway Junior Performance
training program of comedy workshops for
at NJPAC on June 5, the five casts will
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Don’t miss out on the magic as NJPAC welcomes the world’s best performers to its stages…
Lou Gramm, the voice of Foreigner, joins with Marty Balin of Jefferson Starship on March 14 for
a greatest hits benefit event for guitarist Slick Aguilar, also of Jefferson Starship. Gianandrea
Noseda leads the Israel Philharmonic on March 29 in a grand performance of Symphonie
fantastique and works by Faure and Ravel. On April 6, Legendary South African trumpeter Hugh
Masekela performs a tribute to Nelson Mandela in Victoria Theater, while the ladies of Heart
grace the Prudential Hall stage to perform their chart-storming hits from the ‘70s to today. And
folk singer Ani DiFranco melds soul, funk, jazz, electronica and spoken word into her eclectic
repertoire on April 23.
Calendar of Events
March–June 2014
All events and programs subject to change without notice.
March
Mammoth Follies
Hudson Vagabond Puppets
Saturday, March 1 at 2pm
An Evening with
Patti Lupone and
Mandy Patinkin
Christian McBride presents…
Jazz Meets Sports
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Bernie Williams and the
Christian McBride Trio
Sunday, March 2 at 7pm
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Thursday, March 6 at 7:30pm
Schubert: Piano Sonata in D
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2
Scriabin: Seven Etudes
Part of the Bank of America
Classical Series.
Comedy Central presents
Bill Cosby
Far From Finished
Friday, March 7 at 8pm
Part of the Horizon
Foundation Urban
Comedy Series.
Lou Gramm
The Voice of Foreigner
with special guests
Marty Balin & Friends
NJPAC & AATMA co-present
Mystic India: The World Tour
Part of the World Music
Series sponsored by
American Express.
Meredith Willson’s
The Music Man
Two River Theater Company
Friday, March 21 –
Sunday, March 23
Exciting all-new concert
version featuring an allAfrican-American cast
Jersey Moves!
Festival Of Dance
Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Company and 10 Hairy Legs
KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler
A Swell Party –
RSVP Cole Porter
Saturday, March 22
at 6pm & 8:30pm
March 2014
Sommore’s Standing
Ovation Tour
Bill Belamy, Tommy Davidson
and Tony Rock
Presented with North
American Entertainment
Dorthaan’s Place
The Antoinette
Montague Quartet
Sunday, March 23
at 11am & 1pm
Theresa Caputo Live!
The Experience
An Evening with
Johnny Mathis
accompanied by orchestra
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
Symphonie fantastique
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Saturday, March 29 at 8:30pm
Classical Series.
An Acoustic Evening with
Jon Anderson
The Voice of YES
April
The New Jersey Symphony
Chamber Orchestra performs
The Music of Led Zeppelin
Friday, April 4 at 8pm
Presented in association
with Cliffhanger Productions.
New Jersey Ballet
Celebrates New Jersey
Saturday, April 5 at 7pm
Jazz Songbook with
Bill Charlap
Echoes of Harlem:
Duke Ellington
Bill Charlap, Ernie Andrews,
Renee Rosnes,
Sean Jones, Houston Person,
Steve Nelson,
Peter Washington and
Lewis Nash
Saturday, April 5 at 7:30pm
Hugh Masekela:
75th Birthday Tour
In Honor of Mandela
Sunday, April 6
at 2pm & 7pm
Part of the World Music
Series sponsored by
American Express.
Heart
Sunday, April 6 at 8pm
NJ Falun Dafa Association
presents Shen Yun
Friday, April 11 at 7:30pm;
Saturday, April 12 at
2pm 7:30pm
Renaissance
Saturday, April 19 at 8pm
In association with
Metropolitan Entertainment
Ani DiFranco
Wednesday, April 23 at 8pm
Dorthaan’s Place
The Eric Alexander Group,
Harold Mabern,
Joe Farnsworth and more
A Salute to Mulgrew Miller
Sunday, April 27 at
11am & 1pm
An Evening with
Julio Iglesias
Sunday, April 27 at 7pm
One of Broadway’s most beloved
musicals is revived in an
exciting new concert version,
featuring an all African-American
cast and including such hits
as “Seventy-six Trombones,”
“Goodnight, My Someone”
and “Till There Was You.”
(March 21-23)
March 2014
May
Family Feud Live!
Thursday, May 1 at 8pm
Norm Lewis
Saturday, May 3
at 6pm & 8:30pm
Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance
American Repertory Ballet /
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company /
Cleo Mack Dance Project /
Maurice Chestnut /
Timothy Kochka / Claire Porter
Saturday, May 3 at 8pm
Eddie Izzard –
ONLY NJ APPEARANCE!
Force Majeure
Wednesday, May 7
at 7:30pm
Presented in association with
Metro/Westbeth
Jazz Songbook with Bill Charlap
My Favorite Things:
A Tribute to Richard Rodgers
Bill Charlap, Sandy Stewart,
Jaleel Shaw, Terell Stafford,
John Allred, Peter Washington,
Willie Jones and Freddy Cole
Friday, May 9 at 7:30pm
Joshua Bell, violin
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Friday, May 9 at 8pm
Classical Series
Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater
Saturday, May 10 at 8pm;
Sunday, May 11 at
1pm & 5pm
Moscow Virtuosi
Chamber Orchestra
Vladimir Spivakov,
conductor and violin
Friday, May 16 at 8pm
Works by Vivaldi, Rossini,
Boccherini and Tchaikovsky
Classical Series
Stuart Little
Dallas Children’s Theater
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April and May begin to heat up as NJPAC welcomes the unstoppable Julio Iglesias on April 27
for a truly unforgettable evening of hits. On May 1, Prudential Hall transforms as the Family Feud
Live stage show brings huge laughs, cash and prizes in a fast-paced, interactive stage production
based on the hit TV game show. And on May 7, British actor, writer and stand-up genius, Eddie
Izzard brings his Force Majeure world tour to NJPAC in an exclusive New Jersey appearance!
Dick Fox’s Golden Boys
Frankie Avalon, Fabian,
Bobby Rydell
The Original Stars of the
Broadway hit Jersey Boys
The Midtown Men
Wednesday, May 28 at 8pm
June
RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles
Tuesday, June 10 at 7:30pm
Cinderella The Remix
Imagination Stage
Saturday, June 7 at 2pm
A brand-new, ultracontemporary version of this
timeless tale.
El Gran Combo
with special guest Charlie Cruz
Saturday, June 14 at 8pm
World Music Series sponsored
by American Express
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Did You Know?
Young people who participate in the arts
for at least three hours on three days each
week through at least one full year are:
• 4 times more likely to be
recognized for academic achievement
• 3 times more likely to be elected
to class office within their schools
• 4 times more likely to participate
in a math and science fair
• 3 times more likely to win an award
for school attendance
• 4 times more likely to win an award
for writing an essay or poem
March 2014
Victoria Theater
Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 2pm
NJPAC presents
MAMMOTH FOLLIES
Hudson Vagabond Puppets
Host
Missing Link, Back up Tree, Tony
Lead Tree, Minnie Pearl, Trixie
Willy, Rex, Clem Clam
Smiley Smiladon, Tony
Bessie, Back-up Tree, Trixie
Kevin Abrams
Stavros Adamides
Rick Apicella
Jeffrey Davis
Meryl Thurston
Emily Vetsch
Director: Book & Lyrics: Composer:
Technical Director:
Choreographer:
Scenic Designer: Graphic Designer:
Lois Bohovesky
Bernie Garzia
Andrew Wilder
Peter Bohovesky
Ted Forlow
Rand Angelicola
Lisa Mahoney
As a courtesy to the performers and fellow audience members, please be
sure to silence all mobile devices. The use of recording equipment and
the taking of photographs are strictly prohibited.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for
the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Program
Musical Numbers:
“Mammoth Follies”
“Vegetation”
“Triassic Hoedown”
“Did You Know That I Could Dance”
“I Can Fly”
“You’re the Triceratops with Me”
“Egg Song”
“Tyrannosaurus Stomp”
“Saber-Tooth Tango”
“The Show Goes On”
The Company
The Vegettes and Trees
Clem Clam and Minnie Pearl
Bessie Apatosaurus
Terry Pterodactyl
Tony and Trixie Triceratops
Dino Babies
Rex
Smiley Smiladon
The Company
Synopsis:
Mammoth Follies explores the wonder of
evolution in an old-fashioned revue of original
songs, and earth-shaking dances performed
by giant dinosaur puppets. Smiley the SaberToothed Tiger, Tony and Trixie Triceratops,
22-foot long Bessie Apatosaurus and 12-foot
tall T Rex are just a few of the characters that
take the audience on a musical romp through
pre-history, dramatizing facts as well as some
myths about the great age of the dinosaur.
Hudson Vagabond Puppets uses a variety of
puppets, body puppets, hand puppets, and
rod puppets, all in the Japanese Bunraku style
of puppetry. Drama, humor and some unique
theatre artistry come together both to educate
and entertain. The presentation and subject
material are appropriate for children and
adults alike.
Meet the Artists
Cast
KEVIN ABRAMS, an Oregon native, relocated to
New York in early 2012. On the East Coast
he has had the opportunity to work with Basil
Twist’s Tandem Otter Productions, The Bread
and Puppet Theater, The Puppet Kitchen, Island
Shakespeare and Hudson Vagabond Puppets.
Kevin also built puppets for the one-woman
show I Put the Sing in Single at The Salt Space
in NYC, and built and staged a puppet version
of Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark
as his senior thesis at Oral Roberts University.
In addition to puppet building, Kevin also
paints, animates and creates short films.
STAVROS ADAMIDES is a New York-based
actor who has many stage credits in regional
theatre, independent film and web series.
Notable roles include Prospero in The Tempest
(Rockland Shakespeare Company), Ricky
Romero in dEAD dOG pARK (Garage Band
II New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Theatre Company), Lennie Small in Of Mice
and Men (Antrim Playhouse) and Grandpa
in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Stage Left
Children’s Theatre).
RICK APICELLA is an award wining actor/writer/
director and co-founding member of Garage
Band Theatre Co. In 2006 he was awarded Best
Actor in the Strawberry Festival in NYC and
in 2010 won best director in the same festival.
His play Desire won Best Play at the Avery
20/20 Play Festival at the Philipstown Depot
Theatre and went on to production at Flagler
College in St. Augustine, Florida. Some of his
regional theatre credits include John Proctor in
The Crucible, John Merrick in The Elephant
Man and Nicholas in Over the Rainbow and
Through the Woods. Rick can also be seen
on the I.D channel in the shows A Crime to
Remember, episode: “The Chillingworth
Murders,” as Jim Yenzer, and REDRUM,
“episode 209,” as Detective London.
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Meet the Artists
JEFFREY DAVIS trained at the Atlanta Dance
Works and studied dance at Point Park
University in Pittsburgh. His choreography
was performed at the American College
Dance Festival. Jeff was a Company Member
of Attack Theatre for five years. His musical
theater credits include: West Side Story,
Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Who’s Tommy,
The Pirates of Penzance and a national tour
of FOSSE! Opera credits include: Samson
& Delilah, Aida, Rigoletto, Faust, the
Voluptuous Tango, and Red Dust at the Andy
Warhol Museum. Jeff has performed in shows
at Walt Disney World, Busch Gardens, the
Pittsburgh Symphony, Asheville Symphony,
Ion Sound Project, Pillow Project, Knot Dance
and Rebecca Davis Dance Co. in Philadelphia.
MERYL THURSTON, born in Sarasota, FL,
received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance
from the University of Florida, Gainesville,
where she performed with Kelly Drummond
Cawthon in M.O.D. Project and Ric Rose
in Jazz Repertoire. Meryl performed in
the National Showcase of the American
College Dance Festival in Never Enough, by
choreographers Daniel Shapiro and Joanie
Smith. She also performed in Russia in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream as an aerial dance
fairy and dance captain.
EMILY VETSCH hails from beautiful Idaho. She
is a graduate of The North Carolina School
of the Arts, and holds a B.F.A. in Dance
Performance from SUNY Purchase. In addition
to performing with the Hudson Vagabond
Puppets, Emily has danced with Anabella
LenzuDance/Drama, Cori Kresge Dance, Tai
Dang, Noemie LaFrance, Asun Noales, Nelly
Van Bommel’s NOA Dance, Ofelia Loret
de Mola’s Danscores, Takehiro Ueyama,
Toni Pimble’s Ballet Idaho and Kate Hutter.
Emily enjoys creating her own work and has
presented it throughout New York City at the
following venues: The Gershwin Hotel, The
Merce Cunningham Studio, New Dance Group
Theater, St. Mark’s Church (in collaboration
with musical group The Children), and The
House of Yes in Brooklyn. She choreographed
for the music video “Lost and Found”
in collaboration with the up and coming
musical artist Abby Payne. She is currently
participating in an ongoing collaboration with
musical group Cuddle Magic.
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Production/Creative
RAND ANGELICOLA has painted for feature
films including: I am Legend, Wanted,
The Interpreter, Stepford Wives, My Sassy
Girl, Perfect Stranger, Anger Management,
Departed, Revolutionary Road, Taking
Woodstock, It’s Complicated, Wall Street 2,
The Cradle will Rock, War of the Worlds, A
League of Their Own, The Cider House Rules
and Beloved. Rand designs and paints scenery
for opera and theater, and works with Clarke
Dunham on large custom train layouts. Rand
has painted sets, costumes and masks for
Mammoth Follies, Butterfly, Jemima PuddleDuck, Ferdinand the Bull, The Snow Queen,
The Silly Jellyfish and many other shows
produced by HVP.
LOIS BOHOVESKY, Founding Director of HVP,
has designed and built hundreds of puppets,
including outsized members of the animal
kingdom for a production of Benjamin Britten’s
Noah’s Flood as well as dinosaurs and other
creatures that act, sing and dance with major
symphony orchestras. Lois studied puppetry
with Bill Baird, danced with Erik Hawkins
and worked at Henson Associates. For
twenty years an exhibit of Lois’ puppets was
on display during the month of December
at the World Trade Center. In addition to
directing HVP, she presents workshops on
mask making and performance of the Greek
Myths for the 5th and 6th grades.
PETER BOHOVESKY holds a Bachelor of Science
in Education for Childhood Education from
Dominican College. He has been designing
and building masks and puppets for the
Hudson Vagabond Puppets since the 1980s.
Peter has designed and sculpted the exterior of
puppets for HVP’s productions of Mammoth
Follies, Caps for Sale, Butterfly: the Story of a
Life Cycle, The Silly Jellyfish, Jemima PuddleDuck, The Snow Queen and Ferdinand the
Bull, among many others. Peter also designs
and creates the mechanical framing and
workings of the puppets’ interior. While
currently a teacher on the Island of Cyprus,
Peter spends the latter part of his summers
back in Rockland County New York building,
repairing and creating the puppets.
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Meet the Artists
TED FORLOW has been directing and
choreographing plays and musicals, as
well as acting, throughout his 30 years in
professional theater. Beginning as a singer
and dancer, he has 15 Broadway shows to his
credit including Man of LaMancha, Milk and
Honey and A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum. His many Off-Broadway
and regional theater credits include the 1990
revival of The Rothschild’s. Ted’s directorial
credits include over 50 plays and musicals
and many productions of Man of La Mancha.
Ted is a founding member of the Hudson
Vagabond Puppets.
BERNIE GARZIA’s work has been seen on
Sesame Street, Nickelodeon and BAM to
name a few. Off-Broadway, he co-wrote
the book and lyrics for The Prince and the
Pauper and contributed lyrics to A Christmas
Survival Guide. His family musical, The
Super Fantastic Magical Adventures of Bob
(music by Andrew Wilder), was honored by
the Williamstown Children’s Musical Festival.
He wrote the book and/or lyrics to a number
of Hudson Vagabond Puppets musicals,
including The Mammoth Follies, Where in the
World Christopher Columbus, Guess Who
Signed the Constitution, Sody Sallraytus and
Wrong or Right Now. Bernie also is an award-
winning writer/producer for commercials
and industrials.
LISA MAHONEY (Designer and Publicist) holds
a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic
Design (Alpha Chi Honors). She has been a
freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Web
Designer and Fine Artist for many years.
Along with other commercial design work, her
portfolio includes creating the crest, complete
design and layout of collateral materials, for
the Fire Service Intelligence Enterprise in
their collaboration with Homeland Security
for the 2008 National Fusion Conference
and also designing the U.S. Fire Service’s
Crest on Homeland Security’s Intellinet.
She builds and paints props, along with
painting scenery and puppets for HVP plus
web design/maintenance and graphic design/
layout work of the printed materials.
ANDREW WILDER has appeared in various
musical capacities—music director, conductor,
pianist, and arranger—on Broadway (Little
Women, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde,
Dream, Swing!, Sweet Smell of Success), OffBroadway (Annie Warbucks, The Fantasticks,
Spitfire Grill, The Prince and the Pauper),
national tours and regional theatres.
About the Company
HUDSON VAGABOND PUPPETS, incorporated
in 1980 as a not-for-profit company, creates
larger-than-life puppetry and mask programs
designed to fit into the school curriculum as
well as to entertain children and their families.
Our performers are professional dancers and
actors. Clad in black, the puppeteers borrow
from the traditional Japanese Bunraku style
of puppetry, becoming mere shadows of the
enormous figures they bring to life. HVP
performs more than 100 times per year for
over 50,000 students, teachers and families
throughout the country. We perform in concert
halls, schools, theaters, festivals, colleges and
major performing arts centers including The
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Lincoln Center Institute, Orange County
Performing Arts Center, The Broward
IV New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Center for the Arts, The Tilles Center for the
Performing Arts and New Jersey Performing
Arts Center. Narrated ballets are a specialty
of the company. Our puppets have danced
with symphony orchestras including the Little
Orchestra Society, the Phoenix Symphony
Orchestra, the Wheeling West Virginia
Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Detroit
Symphony, The Williamsport Symphony
Orchestra and the United States Military
Concert Band at West Point. This event is
made possible with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
HVP receives support from the County of
Rockland and Rockland Community College.
HVP gratefully acknowledges support from
the Arts Fund of Rockland, a project of the
Arts Council of Rockland.
March 2014
Prudential Hall
Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 8pm
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Directed by
MANDY PATINKIN
The American Songbook series at NJPAC is made possible, in part,
by the generosity of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
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ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE WHEN A COCKEYED OPTIMIST *
TWIN SOLILOQUIES SOME ENCHANTED EVENING SOME ENCHANTED
EVENING REPRISE
GETTING MARRIED TODAY LOVING YOU A COCKEYED OPTIMIST REPRISE
I’M OLD FASHIONED I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T A QUIET THING IT TAKES TWO
I WON’T DANCE I WANT A MAN
APRIL IN FAIRBANKS
Stephen Sondheim (Company)
Stephen Sondheim (Evening Primrose)
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (South Pacific)
Stephen Sondheim (Company)
Stephen Sondheim (Passion)
Jerome Kern & Johnny Mercer (You Were Never Lovelier)
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II (Showboat)
Frank Loesser (Neptune’s Daughter)
Stephen Sondheim (Anyone Can Whistle)
John Kander & Fred Ebb (Flora the Red Menace)
Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woods)
Jerome Kern (Roberta)
Vincent Youmans & Oscar Hammerstein (Rainbow)
Murray Grand (New Faces of 1956)
INTERMISSION
OLD FOLKS John Kander & Fred Ebb (70, Girls, 70)
EVERYTHING’S COMING
UP ROSES
Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim (Gypsy)
THE GOD-WHY-DON’T-YOULOVE-ME BLUES
Stephen Sondheim (Follies)
THE HILLS OF TOMORROW
Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along)
OLD FRIENDS Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along)
LIKE IT WAS
Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along)
OH WHAT A CIRCUS
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber & Sir Tim Rice (Evita)
DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber & Sir Tim Rice (Evita)
SOMEWHERE THAT’S GREEN
Howard Ashman & Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors)
IN BUDDY’S EYES
Stephen Sondheim (Follies)
YOU’RE A QUEER ONE,
JULIE JORDAN **
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (Carousel)
IF I LOVED YOU
IF I LOVED YOU REPRISE
WHAT’S THE USE OF WOND’RIN Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (Carousel)
IF I LOVED YOU REPRISE
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (Carousel)
*SOUTH PACIFIC. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Oscar
Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the
South Pacific by James A. Michener.
**CAROUSEL. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Ferenc
Molnar’s play Liliom as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer. Original Dances by Agnes de Mille. These selections
are used by special arrangement with Rodgers and Hammerstein: an Imagem Company, www.rnh.com.
All rights reserved.
All selections by Stephen Sondheim are used by special arrangement with Stephen Sondheim.
Song list subject to change without notice.
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Meet the Artists
PATTI LuPONE is thrilled to be reunited with her
Evita co-star for this concert. Author of the
New York Times bestseller, Patti LuPone A
Memoir, Miss LuPone’s most recent Broadway
appearances include David Mamet’s The
Anarchist and the new musical Women on the
Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, for which she
was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and
Outer Critics Circle Awards. Other recent NY
stage appearances include her debut with the
New York City Ballet as guest soloist in their
new production of The Seven Deadly Sins
and her performance as Joanne in the New
York Philharmonic’s production of Company.
Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer
Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in a
Musical and the Drama League Award for
Outstanding Performance of the Season for
her performance as Madame Rose in the most
recent Broadway production of Gypsy, her
other stage credits include her debut with the
Los Angeles Opera in Weill-Brecht’s Mahogany,
the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s opera To
Hell and Back with San Francisco’s Baroque
Philharmonia Orchestra, Mrs. Lovett in John
Doyle’s production of Sweeney Todd (Tony,
Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations;
Drama League Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Musical Theatre), the title role
in Marc Blitzstein’s Regina, a musical version
of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes at the
Kennedy Center, Fosca in a concert version
of Passion, which was also broadcast on PBS’
Live From Lincoln Center, a multi-city tour
of her theatrical concert Matters of the Heart,
the City Center Encores! production of CanCan, the NY Philharmonic’s productions of
Candide and Sweeney Todd (NY Phil debut)
and performances on Broadway in Michael
Frayn’s Noises Off, David Mamet’s The Old
Neighborhood, Terrence McNally’s Master
Class, in her own concert Patti LuPone On
Broadway and three solo concerts at Carnegie
Hall. In addition to Matters of the Heart she
also performs three other concerts Coulda,
Woulda, Shoulda, The Lady with the Torch
and The Gypsy In My Soul. Beginning in
2000 she’s appeared regularly in the Ravinia
Festival’s Sondheim series, starring as Mrs.
Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Desiree in A Little
Night Music, Fosca in Passion, Cora Hooper
in Anyone Can Whistle, Madame Rose in
Gypsy and in two different roles in Sunday in
the Park with George. A graduate of the first
class of the Drama Division of New York’s
Juilliard School and a founding member of
John Houseman’s The Acting Company in
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which she toured the country for four years,
her subsequent New York credits include
Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of An Anarchist,
David Mamet’s The Water Engine, Edmond
and The Woods and Israel Horovitz’ Stage
Directions and performances in the musicals
Pal Joey for City Center Encores!, Anything
Goes (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk
Award), The Cradle Will Rock, Oliver!, Evita
(Tony and Drama Desk Awards- Best Actress
in a Musical), Working and The Robber
Bridegroom. In London, she won the Olivier
Award for her performances as Fantine in the
original production of Les Miserables and in
the Acting Company production of The Cradle
Will Rock. She also created the role of Norma
Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and recreated
her Broadway performance of Maria Callas
in Master Class. Films include: Union Square,
directed by Nancy Savocca, Parker, directed by
Taylor Hackford, City By The Sea, Heist and
State and Main, both written and directed by
David Mamet; Summer of Sam, Driving Miss
Daisy, Witness. TV includes: American Horror
Story: Coven, Glee, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty,
NBC’s Will & Grace, the Emmy Award winning
PBS broadcasts of Passion and Sweeney Todd,
PBS Great Performances’ Candide, Oz, the
TNT film Monday Night Mayhem, Frasier
(1998 Emmy nomination), Law & Order, An
Evening with Patti LuPone (PBS) and ABC’s
Life Goes On. Recordings include: Far Away
Places, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, the 2008
Broadway cast recording of Gypsy, The Lady
With the Torch, Sweeney Todd (both the 2006
Broadway revival cast recording and 2000 live
performance recording on NY Philharmonic’s
Special Editions Label), Matters of the Heart
(cited as one of the best recordings of 1999 by
both Time Out/NY and The Times of London),
Pal Joey, Heatwave with John Mauceri and the
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Sunset Boulevard
and Patti LuPone Live. www.pattilupone.net.
MANDY PATINKIN In his 1980 Broadway debut,
Mandy won a Tony Award for his role as Che
in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita and was
nominated in 1984 for his starring role as
George in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical,
Sunday in the Park with George. In 1991 he
returned to Broadway in the Tony Awardwinning musical The Secret Garden and in
1997 played a sold-out engagement of his oneman show, Mandy Patinkin in Concert, with all
profits benefiting five charitable organizations.
Mandy’s other solo concerts, Dress Casual,
Celebrating Sondheim and Mamaloshen have
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been presented both on Broadway and Off.
In 2009 he celebrated the 20th Anniversary
of performing his solo concerts with a twoweek run of all of his concerts in rep at New
York’s Public Theater, the very space he
began his concert career. Mandy continued
the celebration with a critically acclaimed
two-week run of Mandy Patinkin in Concert
in London’s West End at the Duke of York’s
Theatre. Mandy’s other stage credits include:
the world premiere of Compulsion, a new
play by Rinne Groff and directed by Oskar
Eustis, appearing in productions of the play
at Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep and finally at The
Public Theater in early 2011, Paradise Found
(London’s Menier Chocolate Factory), The
Tempest (Classic Stage Company), Enemy of
the People (Williamstown Theater Festival),
The Wild Party (2000 Tony nomination),
Falsettos, The Winter’s Tale, The Knife, Leave
It to Beaver is Dead, Rebel Women, Hamlet,
Trelawney of the ‘Wells,’ The Shadow Box,
The Split, Savages and Henry IV, Part I.
Feature film credits include: Wish I Was Here
(upcoming), The Wind Rises (upcoming),
Everybody’s Hero, The Choking Man, Pinero,
The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland, Lulu
on the Bridge, Men with Guns, The Princess
Bride, Yentl (1984 Golden Globe nomination),
The Music of Chance, Daniel, Ragtime,
Impromptu, The Doctor, Alien Nation, Dick
Tracy, The House on Carroll Street, True
Colors, Maxie, and Squanto: Indian Warrior.
Mandy won a 1995 Emmy Award (as well as a
Golden Globe nomination) for his performance
in the CBS series Chicago Hope, and also
starred in the CBS series Criminal Minds as FBI
profiler Jason Gideon, and in the Showtime
Original Series Dead Like Me as the reaper
Rube Sofer. Mandy returns to TV in the Emmy
and Golden Globe Award-winning Showtime
Original Series Homeland as CIA Agent Saul
Berenson. His other television appearances
include the role of Kenneth Duberstein in
the Showtime film Strange Justice, playing
Quasimodo opposite Richard Harris in the
TNT film presentation of The Hunchback, a
film version of Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass
for BBC/WGBH-Boston and episodes of Three
Rivers, The Larry Sanders Show (1996 Emmy
nomination), Law & Order, Boston Public,
Touched by an Angel, and The Simpsons.
In 1989, Mandy began his concert career at
Joseph Papp’s Public Theater. This coincided
with the release of his first solo album entitled
Mandy Patinkin. Since then he has toured
extensively, appearing to sold-out audiences
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across the United States, Canada, London
and Australia, performing songs from writers
including Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Randy Newman,
Adam Guettel and Harry Chapin, among
others. In 1990 he released his second solo
album entitled Mandy Patinkin In Concert:
Dress Casual on CBS Records. His 1994
recording, Experiment, on the Nonesuch label,
features songs from nine decades of popular
music from Irving Berlin to Alan Menken. Also
recorded on the Nonesuch label are Oscar &
Steve, Leonard Bernstein’s New York, Kidults
and Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim. In
1998 he debuted his most personal project,
Mamaloshen, a collection of traditional,
classic and contemporary songs sung entirely
in Yiddish. The recording of Mamaloshen won
the Deutschen Schallplattenpreis (Germany’s
equivalent of the Grammy Award). In October
2007, Mandy debuted a new concert with dear
friend Patti LuPone and they continue touring
their show An Evening with Patti LuPone and
Mandy Patinkin throughout the US, Australia,
New Zealand, and most recently during
a 9-week Broadway run at the Barrymore
Theatre. Mandy continues to collaborate with
An Evening with Mandy Patinkin & Nathan
Gunn and most recently The Last Two People
on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville starring
Mandy and the performance artist Taylor Mac,
with direction and choreography by Susan
Stroman and Bridges, a new concert starring
Mandy, Paul Ford and a Middle Eastern trio.
Mandy resides in New York City with his wife,
actress and writer Kathryn Grody.
PAUL FORD (Music Direction, Piano) was
the original pianist for the Broadway/OffBroadway productions of Stephen Sondheim’s
Sunday in the Park with George, Into the
Woods, Passion, Assassins, the revival of
Pacific Overtures and the Tony award winning
revival of Assassins. His other Broadway/OffBroadway credits include the Roundabout
Theatre’s revivals of Pal Joey and 110 in
the Shade, Tom Sawyer, High Society, The
Rink, Rags, A Day in Hollywood / A Night
in the Ukraine, The Secret Garden, Curtains,
Falsettos and Upstairs at Oneal’s. Paul was
the pianist for the acclaimed Follies concert
at Lincoln Center, the Carnegie Hall concert
performances of A Sondheim Tribute, Anyone
Can Whistle, A Little Night Music with the
Philadelphia Symphony, Gypsy with Patti
LuPone and the Chicago Symphony, and
episodes of PBS’ My Favorite Broadway. In
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2008 he played for the televised production
of Camelot with the NY Philharmonic
and the Carnegie Hall concerts of South
Pacific (with Reba McIntyre), Show Boat
and ABBA’s Kristina. Paul has accompanied
Mr. Patinkin on tour, Broadway and Off- in
Mandy Patinkin: Dress Casual, Mamaloshen,
Celebrating Sondheim, and An Evening with
Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Recent
shows include Anyone Can Whistle at Encores,
the Encores gala honoring Stephen Sondheim,
and the televised Celebration for Sondheim’s
80th Birthday at Avery Fisher Hall. Paul can
be heard on all of Patinkin’s CDs, Bernstein’s
New York, Jerry Hadley’s crossover CDs, and
many original cast recordings of the abovementioned shows.
ANN REINKING (Choreographer) won the 1997
Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle
Awards for Choreography for the Broadway
revival of Chicago and nominated for a Tony
for co-direction of Fosse. Choreography credits
include: A Tribute to George Harrison (ABT),
Applause (National Tour), Bye-Bye Birdie
(ABC-TV), Legends (Joffrey Ballet), Nilsson/
Schmillson (Spectrum Dance Company),
Threepenny Opera (Williamstown Theatre
Festival), Chicago (Civic Light Opera Long
Beach), Suite to Sondheim (Pacific Northwest
Ballet), Pal Joey (Goodman Theatre), The Visit
(Goodman Theatre, Signature Theatre), The
White City (Thodos Dance). Performance:
Roxie Hart in Chicago, Bye-Bye Birdie
(National Tour), Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (1978
Tony nomination), Sweet Charity, Roxie
Hart in Bob Fosse’s Chicago, Pippin, Coco,
Over Here!, Goodtime Charley (1975
Tony nomination), The Unsinkable Molly
Brown. Feature Film: All That Jazz, Annie,
Micki and Maude, Movie, Movie. Producer
of two award-winning documentaries:
Two Worlds, One Planet, concerning high
functioning autism, and In My Hands, a
story of Marfan Syndrome.
DAVID KORINS (Production Design) Broadway:
Motown, Annie, Bring It On, Vanya and
Sonia and Masha and Spike, Chinglish, An
Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy
Patinkin, Magic/Bird, Godspell, The Pee-Wee
Herman Show, Lombardi, Passing Strange,
and Bridge and Tunnel. Extensive OffBroadway and Regional work. Opera: world
premieres of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
at San Francisco Opera, and Oscar and
Life is a Dream at Santa Fe Opera. Creative
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director to Kanye West, designing several
concerts in the US and abroad. Recipient
of Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, three Henry
Hewes Awards and an Obie Award for
Sustained Excellence in Design. Dad to Stella
& Vivian. davidkorinsdesign.com
ERIC CORNWELL (Lighting Design) has been
associated with Mandy Patinkin’s tours and
Broadway concerts for more than 20 years.
He has also created lighting for John Lithgow,
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson and dozens of
dance, opera, and theatre companies in the
New York area. Eric’s lighting work has taken
him across North America many times, and
through Europe, Asia, South America and
Australia and New Zealand. While waiting
for gigs in Africa and Antarctica to complete
his world tour, he creates software for
entertainment lighting design.
DANIEL J. GERHARD (Sound Design) has
extensive audio design experience in both the
live and recorded divisions of the business.
He has designed and engineered many live
telecast events such as the Tony Awards, the
Grammy Awards, Comedy Central Series, X
Factor, Celebrity Apprentice Finale, Robert
Klein Show, Denis Leary-HBO, Wanda
Sykes-HBO, Big Apple Circus, The Today
Show, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and
numerous other specials. Dan has created
studio designs for the Late Show with David
Letterman, Who Wants to be a Millionaire,
Survivor, The View, and others. He has
designed theatrical and multi-media shows in
the US, Europe, and Japan such as Sinatra, His
Voice, His World, His Way, Damn Yankees,
Hello Dolly, A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum, Pirates of Penzance,
and the Radio City Christmas Spectaculars
across North America. Dan still performs as
a flutist, his original vocation. He graduated
from the Eastman School of Music and
has performed with such groups as the NY
Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Philharmonic,
the San Diego Symphony, the Met Opera and
the Rochester Philharmonic.
STACI
LEVINE
(Producer)
owner
of
Groundswell Theatricals, is a producer/general
manager working in theater, concerts, and
event management. Staci has produced on
Broadway, London’s West End and on tour
with shows playing both domestically and
internationally. Current productions include
An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy
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Patinkin, John Lithgow’s one-man show
Stories By Heart, An Evening with Mandy
Patinkin & Nathan Gunn, The Last Two
People on Earth: An Apocalyptic Vaudeville,
starring Mandy Patinkin and Taylor Mac, with
direction/choreography by Susan Stroman,
and all of Mandy Patinkin’s solo concerts.
Staci has produced works by the playwright
David Simpatico including the play Mary, the
musical drama The Screams of Kitty Genovese
(with music by Will Todd), and the film Wish
Fulfillment. She general managed the OffBroadway play The Bitter Tears of Petra
von Kant by Fassbinder and was the General
Manager for dre.dance, a contemporary dance
company created by Taye Diggs and Andrew
Palermo. Projects in development include
the new musical Let Loose the Horses, with
music by The Rescues, and They’re Playing
His Songs, a musical tribute to the late Marvin
Hamlisch, created by David Zippel. From
1996 to 2005 Staci was associated with The
Dodgers, working on numerous Broadway,
Off-Broadway and touring productions
including Titanic, Footloose, High Society,
Blast!, The Music Man, 42nd Street, Wrong
Mountain, Into the Woods, Urinetown,
Dracula and Good Vibrations, as a member
of Dodger Management Group.
AWA PARTNERS (Exclusive Tour Direction)
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Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, A Christmas
Story—the Musical, Mandy Patinkin in
Concert, An Evening with Patti LuPone and
Mandy Patinkin, and Dr. Seuss’ How the
Grinch Stole Christmas!—the Musical. Past
projects include The Phantom of the Opera,
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, DreamWorks
Madagascar Live and Monty Python’s Spamalot.
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Production Manager..................Eric Cornwell
Stage Manager/
Lighting Supervisor................ Jason Brouillard
Stage Manager/
Lighting Supervisor........Matthew Aaron Stern
Stage Manager/
Lighting Supervisor..................... Ron Vodicka
Stage Manager.......................... Laura Skolnik
Sound Mixer..................................Mark Fiore
Management Associate.................. Tim Hurley
Assistant to Miss LuPone............Maeve Butler
Dresser.............................................Lyle Jones
Associate Choreographer.......Jim Borstelmann
Artwork/Logo.............................Serino/Coyne
Production Photos................ Brigitte Lacombe;
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Publicist for Miss LuPone........... Philip Rinaldi
Special thanks to Victoria Traube,
Carol Kaplan, Nicole Borrelli Hearn
and Opus 3 Artists.
Please silence all personal electronics.
The use of cameras, audio and/or video
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Victoria Theater
Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 7pm
NJPAC presents
JAZZ MEETS SPORTS
Christian McBride - host
with special guests
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Bernie Williams
Lesley Visser
and
The Christian McBride Trio
Christian Sands, piano
Ulysses Owens, Jr. drums
Christian McBride, bass
Produced for NJPAC by FestivalWest, Inc.
There will be a brief intermission during this performance.
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Away from the bass, Christian has become
quite an astute and respected spokesperson
for the music. In 1997, he spoke on former
President Bill Clinton’s town hall meeting
“Racism in the Performing Arts.” In 2000, he
was named Artistic Director of the Jazz Aspen
Snowmass Summer Sessions. In 2005, he was
officially named the co-director of the National
Jazz Museum in Harlem. Also in 2005, he was
named the second Creative Chair for Jazz of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
In 1998, McBride composed, “The Movement,
Revisited,” a four-movement suite dedicated
to four of the major figures of the civil
rights movement: Rosa Parks, Malcolm X,
Muhammad Ali and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. The piece was commissioned by the
Portland (ME) Arts Society and the National
Endowment for the Arts and was performed
throughout the New England states in the
fall of 1998 with McBride’s quartet and a
30-piece gospel choir led by J.D. Steele.
Christian McBride
Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger,
educator, curator and administrator, Christian
McBride, has been one of the most important
and most omnipresent figures in the jazz
world for 20 years. Sometimes hard to believe
considering this man is not yet 40.
Beginning in 1989, this Philadelphia-born
bassist moved to New York City to further
his classical studies at the Juilliard School,
only to be snatched up by alto saxophonist,
Bobby Watson. Since then, McBride’s list of
accomplishments has been nothing short of
staggering. As a sideman in the jazz world
alone, he’s worked with the best of the very
best: Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, J.J.
Johnson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, McCoy
Tyner, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Herbie
Hancock and Pat Metheny. In the R&B world,
he’s not only played with, but also arranged for
Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Lalah
Hathaway, and the one and only Godfather
of Soul himself, James Brown. In the pop/
rock world, he’s extensively collaborated with
Sting, Carly Simon, Don Henley, and Bruce
Hornsby. In the hip-hop/neo-soul world,
he’s collaborated with the Roots, D’Angelo,
and Queen Latifah. In many other specialty
projects, he’s worked closely with opera legend
Kathleen Battle, bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer,
the Shanghai Quartet and the Sonus Quartet.
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Ten years later in 2008, “The Movement,
Revisited” was expanded, re-written, revamped and performed again in Los Angeles at
Walt Disney Concert Hall. The updated version
now featured the gospel choir, an 18-piece
big-band and four actors/speakers. The Los
Angeles Times claimed the “Movement” as,
“a work that was admirable—to paraphrase
Dr. King—for both the content of its music
and the character of its message.”
Since 2000, McBride has blazed a trail as
a bandleader with the Christian McBride
Band.
McBride’s
fellow
bandmates—
saxophonist Ron Blake, keyboardist Geoffrey
Keezer and drummer Terreon Gully—have
sympathetically shared McBride’s all-inclusive,
forward-thinking outlook on music. Releasing
two CDs—2002’s Vertical Vision, and 2006’s
Live at Tonic—writer Alan Leeds called
McBride’s band (affectionately known as the
CMB) “one of the most intoxicating, least
predictable bands on the scene today.” It is
a group that has mesmerizingly walked an
electro-acoustic fault line with amazing results.
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In 2009, Christian released his quintet CD
Christian McBride & Inside Straight on the
Detroit-based Mack Avenue Records. The
CD was a return to his undiluted “straightahead” roots featuring alto/soprano saxophonist
Steve Wilson, vibraphonist Warren Wolf,
pianist Eric Reed and drummer Carl Allen.
His second release on the label was
Conversations with Christian a recording
of duets with McBride and some of his best
friends and mentors: George Duke, Angelique
Kidjo, Dr. Billy Taylor, Hank Jones, Chick
Corea, Eddie Palmieri, Regina Carter, Ron
Blake, Roy Hargrove and Russell Malone,
among many others.
In a stellar career that continues to showcase
his remarkable talents as a consummate
musician, bassist Christian reaches another
milestone with the 2011 release of The Good
Feeling, his first big band recording as a leader
and newest release for Mack Avenue Records.
For over 20 years, McBride has appeared in
numerous musical settings with just about
any musician imaginable in the jazz as well
as R&B and pop worlds. From playing with
the likes of Milt Jackson, Roy Haynes, Chick
Corea, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny;
to playing with and/or arranging for the
likes of Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Lalah
Hathaway, Sting and the legendary James
Brown—what has always been unique about
McBride is his versatility.
In addition to his work in the neo-soul arena
with The Roots, D’Angelo, Queen Latifah and
others, the Philadelphia native has also led
his own ensembles: The Christian McBride
Band, A Christian McBride Situation and
his most recent group, Inside Straight (fresh
off their critically acclaimed 2009 effort,
Kind of Brown). There are many sides to
the musical persona of Christian McBride,
and The Good Feeling has him realizing
another one: as the leader, arranger and
conductor of his big band.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball Legend
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a global icon that
changed the game of professional basketball
and went on to become a celebrated author,
filmmaker and ambassador of education. As
one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players,
the 7-foot-2 Hall of Fame center, famous
for his indefensible skyhook, dominated the
NBA for 20 years and is the NBA’s All-Time
Leading Scorer with 38,387 points. Prior to
his stellar professional career, Kareem led the
UCLA Bruins to three consecutive NCAA
championships and is the only player in the
75-year history of the NCAA to be named
the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament
three consecutive years.
Media Star
Kareem has made a career of defying the odds.
His 20 years in the NBA gives him one of the
longest careers in professional sports. The
fact that he played for two decades virtually
injury-free also defies the statistics. Many
professional athletes have written books
after retiring, but only Kareem has written
five New York Times best-sellers and only
Kareem has written on topics as varied as
World War II, the Harlem Renaissance and
the impact of African-American inventors. His
co-authorship of the children’s book, What
Color Is My World, and the documentary,
On the Shoulders of Giants, earned him
two 2013 NAACP Image Awards. He has
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also continued the acting career he started
with Airplane! and Game of Death (with his
friend Bruce Lee) by taking comedic roles in
New Girl and The Colbert Report.
Community Activist
In 2012, Kareem was appointed to be the
US Cultural Ambassador by Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. That
same year he and was named California’s
After School STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering & Mathematics) Ambassador.
He is an inspirational leader who has become
a passionate advocate for cancer research and
a healthy living style after being diagnosed
with
Philadelphia
chromosome-positive
chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph + CML) in 2008.
Currently, Kareem is writing three more
children’s books for Hyperion/Disney, is a
contributing columnist for Huffington Post
and Esquire Magazine, he is starring in a
new reality competition show for the ABC
Television Network called Splash. Learn more
at kareemabduljabba.r.com
Bernie Williams
Growing up in Puerto Rico, Bernie Williams
discovered his love for baseball and music at
roughly the same time. At the age of eight, he
fell in love with the sounds of a flamenco guitar
his merchant-marine father brought home
from Spain, and also felt the same exhilaration
when he first picked up a baseball bat. The
young student-athlete quickly excelled in
both pursuits, going on to attend the special
performance arts school Escuela Libre de
Musica at the age of thirteen and becoming
one of the most noted young athletes on the
island, both as a track and field standout
(posting record times in the 400-meters) and
one of Puerto Rico’s most sought-after young
baseball prospects. When Williams signed a
contract with the New York Yankees at age
17, he brought his love of music with him—
first to Albany for his development in AA and
then on to the Bronx and the most famous
field in sports when called up to join the
Yankees in 1991.
In his 16-year career patrolling centerfield
for the New York Yankees, Bernie Williams
was a four-time World Series Champion and
a five-time All-Star. Williams has more postseason RBIs to his credit than any other player
in Major-league history and his resumé also
boasts four Gold-Glove Awards, six American
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League pennants, the 1996 ALCS MVP award,
and the 1998 American League batting title.
Bernie is also among the Yankees all-time
leaders in every major batting category, with
his performance statistics often standing
alongside such legends as Babe Ruth, Mickey
Mantle, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio.
Throughout Williams’ years with the Yankees,
his passion for music never waned, and
the sound of a guitar would often be heard
emanating from the clubhouse or during team
flights. Whether acoustic or electric, a guitar
was a constant presence in the star’s locker
or equipment bag, and it was no surprise in
2003 when he demonstrated how serious
his musical pursuit was with the release of
his first album, The Journey Within. The
record featured fusions of jazz, rock and
the tropical rhythms of Williams’ heritage
and was met with both strong critical praise
and instant chart success — reaching #3 on
Billboard’s “Contemporary Jazz Chart.”
Bernie Williams raised his musical game
even further with the release of his second
album Moving Forward. Featuring guest
appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Secada,
Dave Koz and an all-star cast of renowned
studio musicians, Moving Forward debuted
as Billboard’s #2 Contemporary Jazz album
in the country, and continued to hold that
chart position for five straight, and spawned
two consecutive Billboard #1 singles, “Go
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For It” and “Ritmo de Otono.” The album
was nominated for a Latin Grammy® Award
for “Best Instrumental Album” in 2009.
Bernie returned to the studio in 2011 to
record his third album, and co-authored a
book that was released in July 2011 titled
Rhythms of the Game: The Link Between
Music and Athletic Performance (Hal Leonard
Books). The book examines the symbiotic
relationship between musical artistry and
athletic performance through the eyes of a
man who has mastered both. You can find
Bernie online at www.bernie51.com.
Lesley Visser, Hall of Fame Sportscaster
Lesley Visser is the most highly acclaimed
female sportscaster of all-time. She is the
first and only woman enshrined in the Pro
Football Hall of Fame. She was the first
woman sportscaster to carry the Olympic
Torch, the only woman to handle a Super
Bowl Trophy presentation, and is the first and
only recipient of Billie Jean King’s “Billie”
Award for “Outstanding Journalist.” Visser
was voted the No. 1 Female Sportscaster
of All-Time by the American Sportscasters
Association. As a reporter for CBS for more
than 25 years, she has broadcast everything
from the NFL to the Olympics, the NBA
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Finals, the NCAA Final Four, the World Series,
the Super Bowl, tennis, including Wimbledon
and the US Open, World Figure Skating and
the World Skiing Championships. In 1989, she
added to CBS’ coverage of the Fall of the Berlin
Wall, focusing on how sports would change
behind the Iron Curtain. Visser also worked
at ESPN and ABC, where she became the first
woman assigned to Monday Night Football
while also covering the Triple Crown and the
World Series. For five years, she was a reporter
for HBO’s highly-regarded Real Sports With
Bryant Gumbel. A graduate of Boston College,
Visser won a prestigious Carnegie Foundation
Grant in 1974 which entitled her to write for
the Boston Globe, where she became the first
woman to cover the NFL as a beat, in addition
to the Final Four, the Olympics, Wimbledon
and the World Series. The Boston Globe Sports,
during her time there (1974-85), was voted the
“No. 1 Sports Section of All Time” by Sports
Illustrated. As a pioneer in two careers, she
faced credentials that often said, “No Women
or Children in the Press Box.” She has been
on the Board of Directors of the V Foundation
for Cancer Research for 20 years and is active
speaking and mentoring young women. Visser
is married to businessman Bob Kanuth, a
former captain of Harvard basketball. They
live in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.
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NJPAC Shining Stars
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center reserves special accolades for its Shining Stars, the generous visionaries,
luminaries and great dreamers who made everything possible. This list includes contributors whose cumulative giving
to NJPAC totals $1 million and above. As of December 31, 2013
Dreamers
$10,000,000 million & above
State of New Jersey
Women’s Association of NJPAC
The Prudential Foundation
The Raymond G. Chambers Family
Victoria Foundation
Betty W. Johnson
Lore and Eric F. Ross
Judy and Josh Weston
The Star Ledger/Samuel I. Newhouse
Foundation
Allen and Joan Bildner
Katherine M. and Albert W. Merck
Merck Company Foundation
Toby and Leon G. Cooperman
City of Newark
Essex County
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Luminaries
CIT
Bank of America
Visionaries
Anonymous
Alcatel-Lucent
American Express Company
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
AT&T
ADP
Randi and Marc E. Berson
Casino Reinvestment Development
Authority
Chubb Foundation
Joanne D. Corzine Foundation
Jon S. Corzine Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Veronica M. Goldberg
The Griffinger Family
Harrah’s Foundation
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Jaqua Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
JPMorgan Chase
Kresge Foundation
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation
Arlene and Leonard Lieberman
A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper
McCrane Foundation, Inc.
New Jersey Cultural Trust
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Dr. Victor and Mrs. Jane Parsonnet
Pfizer Inc.
PSEG Foundation
Michael F. Price
PwC
Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust
Arthur F. and Patricia E. Ryan
The Sagner Family Foundation
The Smart Family Foundation/David S.
Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini
Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum
Turner Construction Company
Turrell Fund
Diana and Roy Vagelos
Verizon
Wells Fargo
Mary Ellen and Robert Waggoner
Wallace Foundation
NJPAC Leadership
Board of Directors
Co-Chair
William J. Marino
Co-Chair
John R. Strangfeld
President and CEO
John Schreiber
Treasurer
Marc E. Berson
Assistant Treasurer
Steven M. Goldman, Esq.
Secretary
Michael R. Griffinger, Esq.
Assistant Secretary
Donald A. Robinson, Esq.
*Founding Chair
Raymond G. Chambers
*Chair Emeritus
Arthur F. Ryan
Lawrence E. Bathgate
II, Esq.
Brian T. Bedol
Allen I. Bildner
James L. Bildner, Esq.
Daniel M. Bloomfield, M.D.
Ann Dully Borowiec
Linda Bowden
Percy Chubb III
J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr.
Pat A. Di Filippo
Brendan P. Dougher
Thasunda Brown Duckett
Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq.
Anne Evans Estabrook
Leecia R. Eve, Esq.
Gregg N. Gerken
Christine Gilfillan
Savion Glover
Steven E. Gross, Esq.
N. Lynne Hughes, Esq.
Judith Jamison
The Hon. Thomas H. Kean
Ralph A. LaRossa
Michelle Y. Lee
Leonard Lieberman
Ann M. Limberg
A. Michael Lipper, CFA
Thomas J. Marino, CPA
Marc H. Morial
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Anthony R. Coscia, Esq.
Edward Cruz
Andrea Cummis
Robert Curvin, Ph.D.
Samuel A. Delgado
Steven J. Diner, Ph.D.
Andrew Dumas, Esq.
Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.
Mary Beth Backof
Curtland E. Fields
Beverly Baker
Albert R. Gamper, Jr.
Audrey Bartner
Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.
Tai Beauchamp
Renee Golush
Judy Bedol
Paula Gottesman
M. Michele Blackwood,
Sandra Greenberg
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Kent C. Hiteshew
Mary Ellen Burke
Patrick E. Hobbs
Directors Emeriti
Jillian Castrucci, Esq.
John A. Hoffman, Esq.
Dennis Bone
Patricia A. Chambers*
Lawrence S. Horn, Esq.
Barbara Bell Coleman
Sally Chubb* **
Reverend M. William
Albert R. Gamper
Barbara Bell Coleman**
Howard, Jr.
Morris Tanenbaum
Erica Ferry
Reverend Reginald
Diana T. Vagelos
Chanda Gibson
Jackson
Marilyn “Penny” Joseph
Howard Jacobs
Ex Officio
Veronica M. Goldberg*
Byerte W. Johnson, Ph.D.
The Hon. Christopher J.
Archie Gottesman
Robert L. Johnson, M.D.
Christie
Bunny Johnson
Marilyn Joseph
The Hon. Mildred C.
Heather B. Kapsimalis
Donald M. Karp, Esq.
Crump
Sheila F. Klehm
Douglas L. Kennedy
The Hon. Joseph N.
Immediate Past President Gene R. Korf, Esq.
DiVincenzo, Jr.
Ruth C. Lipper
Rabbi Clifford M. Kulwin
The Hon. Andrew P.
Dena F. Lowenbach
Ellen W. Lambert, Esq.
Sidamon-Eristoff
Pamela T. Miller, Esq.
Michelle Y. Lee
The Hon. Kimberly M.
Gabriella E. Morris, Esq.* Paul Lichtman
Guadagno
Trish Morris-Yamba
The Hon. Luis A. Quintana Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq. Lester Z. Lieberman
Kevin Luing
Elizabeth A. Mattson
Christine Pearson
Joseph Manfredi
Patricia E. Ryan* **
Robert L. Marcalus
WA Board of Trustees
Mikki Taylor
Antonio S. Matinho
Christine C. Gilfillan
Kate S. Tomlinson
Bari J. Mattes
President
Diana T. Vagelos* **
John E. McCormac, CPA
*Founding Member Catherine M. McFarland
Suzanne Spero
**Trustee Emerita Joyce R. Michaelson
Nina M. Wells, Esq.
Co-Executive
Maria L. Nieves
Council of Trustees
Vice Presidents
Edwin S. Olsen
Val Azzoli
Barry H. Ostrowsky, Esq.
Mary Beth O’Connor
Michael F. Bartow
Richard S. Pechter
Vice President, Fund
Frederic K. Becker, Esq.
Daria M. Placitella
Development
Rona Brummer
Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP
John M. Castrucci, CPA
Tenagne Girma-Jeffries
Steven J. Pozycki
Elizabeth G.
Vice President,
Clement A. Price, Ph.D.
Christopherson
Promotion
Marian Rocker
Susan Cole, Ph.D.
David J. Satz, Esq.
Mary Kay Strangfeld
Robert S. Constable
Barbara J. Scott
Vice President,
Irene Cooper-Basch
Advocacy
Harold L. Morrison, Jr.
Thomas M. O’Flynn
Victor Parsonnet, M.D.
Philip R. Sellinger, Esq.
Jeffrey S. Sherman, Esq.
Susan N. Sobbott
The Hon. Clifford M. Sobel
David S. Stone, Esq.
Michael A. Tanenbaum, Esq.
Joseph M. Taylor
Stephen M. Vajtay, Jr., Esq.
Robert C. Waggoner
Nina M. Wells, Esq.
Josh S. Weston
Linda A. Willett, Esq.
Karen C. Young
Treasurer
Robin Cruz McClearn
Assistant Treasurer
Marcia Wilson Brown
Secretary
Gary Shaw
Marla S. Smith
Suzanne M. Spero
Joseph P. Starkey
Sylvia Steiner
Arthur R. Stern
Andrew Vagelos
Richard J. Vezza
Kim Wachtel
Rita K. Waldor
Constance K. Weaver
Elnardo J. Webster, II
E. Belvin Williams, Ph.D.
Gary M. Wingens, Esq.
Jazz Ambassadors
Trayton M. Davis
Paul V. Profeta
Jeffrey S. Sherman
NJPAC Senior
Management Team
John Schreiber
President and CEO
Bobbie Arbesfeld
Executive Vice
President and COO
Laurie Carter
Vice President,
Arts Education
Peter H. Hansen
Vice President,
Development
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Vice President,
Marketing
Ross S. Richards
Vice President,
Operations and
Real Estate
David Rodriguez
Executive Producer &
Vice President,
Programming
Warren Tranquada
Vice President and CFO
Theater Square
Development Company, LLC
President
John Schreiber
Project Advisors
Lawrence P. Goldman
Thomas L. Lussenhop
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NJPAC Contributors
Business Partners
NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations, individuals and government agencies for
their generous annual support of artistic and arts education programs, the endowment fund, and maintenance of
the Arts Center.
As of February 1, 2014
Benefactor Level
$1,000,000 & above
Women’s Association of NJPAC
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Leadership Circle
$200,000 & above
Bank of America
The Horizon Foundation
for New Jersey
McGladrey LLP
The Prudential Foundation
PSEG Foundation
Victoria Foundation
Co-Chair Circle
$100,000 & above
American Express Company
ADP
TD Bank
Wells Fargo
Director’s Circle
$50,000 & above
BD
Capital One, N.A.
Chase
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation
PwC
The Roche Foundation
The Star-Ledger
Steinway and Sons
Surdna Foundation
United Airlines
Verizon
President’s Circle
$25,000 & above
Audible Inc.
Bloomberg
Chubb Corporation
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Gibbons P.C
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
CohnReznick LLP
Johnson & Johnson Family
of Companies
The Blanche & Irving Laurie
Foundation
Lowenstein Sandler PC
McCarter & English, LLP
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Richmond County Savings Foundation
The Law Firm of Robinson,
Wettre and Miller
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
TD Charitable Foundation
Composer’s Circle
$10,000 & above
Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office
The Berger Organization
Berkeley College
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
C.R. Bard Foundation
Central Parking System
Coca Cola Refreshments
Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
ISS Facility Services
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Landmark Fire Protection
M&T Bank
The Nicholas Martini Foundation
NJM Insurance Group and NJM Bank
National Endowment for the Arts
Novo Nordisk
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP
PNC Bank, N.A.
The PNC Foundation
Sandalwood Securities
Sandy Hill Foundation
Sun National Bank
Turrell Fund
Turner Construction Company
Verizon Wireless
Wyndham Worldwide
Encore Circle
$5,000 & above
Accenture, LLP
Advance Realty Group
Bollinger Insurance
Brach Eichler LLC
CBRE
C&K Properties
Citi
Deloitte, LLP
DeWitt Stern Group
Devils Arena Entertainment
Eisai USA Foundation
EisnerAmper LLP
Elberon Development Co.
Energy Capital Partners
EpsteinBeckerGreen
Ernst & Young
Fidelity Investments
Fifth Third Bank
Gateway Group One
Gellert Global Group
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
The Glenmede Trust Company
of New Jersey
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Heineken USA
The IDT Charitable Foundation
Inserra Shop-Rite Supermarkets
LeClairRyan
The Lichtman Foundation
Linden Cogeneration Plant
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney &
Carpenter LLP
Mountain Development Corp.
Nordstrom
Podvey, Meanor, Catenacci, Hildner,
Cocoziello & Chattman
Provident Bank Foundation
Michael Rachlin & Company LLC
RBH Group
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland &
Perretti LLP
Sedgwick LLP
SILVERMAN
Towers Watson Co.
The Law Offices of Bruce E.
Baldinger, LLC
TigerShark Foundation
WeiserMazars LLP
Wolff & Samson PC
March 2014
The Vanguard Society
NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following individuals and families for their generous annual support of artistic and
arts education programs, the endowment fund and maintenance of the Arts Center.
Benefactor
$1,000,000 & above
Leadership Circle
$200,000 & above
Anonymous
Toby and Leon Cooperman
Betty Wold Johnson
The Smart Family Foundation/David S.
Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini
The Chambers Family and
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
Co-Chair Circle
$100,000 & above
Director’s Circle
$50,000 & above
McCrane Foundation, Inc.,
care of Margrit McCrane
Steve and Elaine Pozycki
Pat and Art Ryan
The Walter V. and Judith L. Shipley
Family Foundation
Judy and Brian Bedol
Joan and Allen Bildner
Nancy and James Bildner
Jennifer A. Chalsty
Edison Properties and
The Gottesman Family
Dana and Peter Langerman
A. Michael and Ruth C Lipper/
Lipper Family Charitable Foundation
William J. and Paula Marino
Thomas O’Flynn and Cheryl Barr
Mary Pope Osborne
Karen and Gary D. Rose
The Sagner Companies/
The Sagner Family Foundation
Michael and Jill Tanenbaum
John and Suzanne Willian/
Goldman Sachs Gives
President’s Circle
$25,000 & above
Jeffrey and Karen Sherman
David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner
Charitable Trust
John R. & Mary Kay Strangfeld
Morris and Charlotte Tanenbaum
Mary Ellen and Robert C. Waggoner
Composer’s Circle
$10,000 & above
Jean and Bruce Acken
Audrey Bartner
Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation
Ann and Stan Borowiec
Rose and John Cali
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Chubb, III
Stewart and Judy Colton
Trayton M. and Maris R. Davis
Linda and Pat Di Filippo
Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq.
Lawrence P. Goldman and
Laurie P. Chock
Steven M. Goldman, Esq.
Phyllis and Steven E. Gross
Steve and Bonnie Holmes
Meg and Howard Jacobs
Kaminsky Family Foundation
Don and Margie Karp
The Honorable and
Mrs. Thomas H. Kean
Lee and Murray Kushner and Family
Michelle Y. Lee
Judith and Lester Lieberman
Ann M. Limberg, Bank of America
Bill and Amy Lipsey
Norma and Robert Marcalus
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Morrison, Jr.
Richard S. and Kayla L. Pechter
Susan and Evan Ratner
Marian and David Rocker
Philip R. Sellinger
Susan N. Sobbott
Cliff and Barbara Sobel
Diana and Roy Vagelos
Ted and Nina Wells
Jan and Barry Zubrow
Encore Circle
$5,000 & above
Anonymous
The Rita Allen Foundation
Barbara and Val Azzoli
Lawrence E. Bathgate/
Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf
Barbara and Edward Becker
Eileen & Frederic K. Becker
Philanthropic Fund
Judith Bernhaut
The Russell Berrie Foundation
Mindy A. Cohen and David J. Bershad
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Bloomfield
Denise and Dennis Bone
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt T. Borowsky
Liz and Blair Boyer
James C. Brady
Norman L. Cantor
Sylvia J. Cohn
Bobbie and Bob Constable
Brendan P. Dougher
Susan and Thomas Dunn
Dexter and Carol Earle Foundation
March 2014
Anne E. Estabrook
Robert and Brenda Fischbein
Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Gregg N. Gerken
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons
Archie Gottesman and Gary DeBode
Peter O. Hanson
Hobby’s Restaurant/
The Brummer Family
The Huisking Foundation
Jockey Hollow Foundation
Karma Foundation/Sharon Karmazin
Rabbi and Mrs. Clifford M. Kulwin
Ralph A. LaRossa
Elaine and Rob LeBuhn
The Lichtman Foundation
Arlene and Leonard Lieberman
Dena F. and Ralph Lowenbach
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Marino
Jane and Brian McAuley
Judy and Heath McLendon
Edwin S. and Catherine Olsen
Deanne Wilson and Laurence B. Orloff
Jean and Kent R. Papsun
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Parsonnet
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Quick, III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Radest
Jessie Richards
E. Franklin Robbins Charitable Trust
Susan Satz
John Schreiber
Joan Standish
Robert and Sharon Taylor
Warren and Alexine Tranquada
Steve and Gabi Vajtay
Richard Verdoni, M.D.
Richard J. and Arlene Vezza
Thomas C. Wallace
Robert and Nancy Ward
Linda A. Willett, Esq
Helene and Gary Wingens
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Muse (myooz) n.
A source of inspiration; esp. a guiding genius
Join NJPAC’s Muse Society
NJPAC has established The Muse Society to ensure it can continue to offer life-affirming educational
programs and inspirational performances. The Muse Society recognizes those visionary friends who
include NJPAC in their financial planning through bequests, charitable gift annuities, insurance and
other deferred gifts. For more information or to notify NJPAC of your intent to include it in your estate
planning, contact Deter Wisniewski, Assistant Vice President of Development, at (973) 297-5822.
The Muse Society
We are deeply grateful to the following friends who have included the Arts Center in their estate plans
and made known their future gift.
As of December 31, 2013
Anonymous
Audrey Bartner
Andrew T. Berry, Esq. †
Allen I. Bildner
Candice R. Bolte
Edmond H. & Joan K. Borneman
Raymond G. Chambers
Toby & Leon Cooperman
Fred Corrado
Ann Cummis
Mr. & Mrs. James Curtis
Harold R. Denton
Richard E. DiNardo
Charles H. Gillen †
Phyllis & Steven E. Gross
Jackie & Larry Horn
Rose Jacobs †
Gertrude Brooks Josephson †
and William Josephson in
Memory of Rebecca and
Samuel Brooks
Adrian and Erica Karp
Joseph Laraja Sr. †
Leonard Lieberman
Ruth C. Lipper
Dena and Ralph Lowenbach
Opera Link/Jerome Hines †
Joseph and Bernice O’Reilly †
Mr and Mrs. Paul B. Ostergaard
Donald A. Robinson, Esq.
Estate of Eric F. Ross †
Arthur F. and Patricia E. Ryan
Ethel Smith †
Paul Stillman Trust †
Morris and Charlotte Tanenbaum
Carolyn M. VanDusen
Artemis Vardakis †
† Deceased
Members
New Jersey Performing Arts Center gives special thanks to the following Members who help meet the Arts
Center’s annual financial needs with gifts of $650 to $4,999. For information on becoming a Member, please
call (973) 297-5809. Connoisseurs
$3,000 & above
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Augsburger
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bach
Ms. Susan Blount
Eleonore Kessler Cohen and
Max Insel Cohen
Alice and Glenn Engel
Joanne M. Friedman
Richard and Elizabeth Gilbert
Herb and Sandy Glickman
Alice Gerson Goldfarb
Renee and David Golush
Hellring Lindeman Goldstein &
Siegal LLP
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP
Louis V. Henston
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Kronthal
Latham & Watkins LLP
LeClairRyan
Ellen and Donald Legow
Mrs. Carmen Lopez
jpl
Amy and John McHugh
Mr. Bruce Murphy and
Ms. Mary Jane Lauzon
Jeffrey S. Norman
Mary Beth O’Connor
Romano Family Ronetco Supermarkets
Target Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Weinbach
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Zinbarg
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zoidis
Platinum
$1,250 & above
Anonymous
Anonymous
Bobbie Arbesfeld
Joseph and Jacqueline Basralian
George Bean
Suzi Bethke
Barata B. Bey
Coast Boating School
Ms. Linda M. Bowden &
Mr. Harold B. Jenssen
Barbara and David Bunting
Patricia L. Capawana
President Carlisle, Jr.
Marc Caruso
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin, III
Roger Chartouni
Ms. June M. Ciasulli
Ms. Judith Musicant and
Mr. Hugh Clark
Austin G. Cleary
Robert and Josephine Cleary
Mindy A. Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Conger
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cordes
Carmen Amalia Corrales
Joseph and D’Maris Dempsey
Michael J. and Mary Ann Denton
Adriana and Raymond Eisdorfer
Dr. T. Donald and Janet Eisenstein
Robert M. Embrey
Herbert and Karin Fastert
Dorothy Thorson Foord
Phyllis Fox and George Sternlieb
Foundation
Lauren and Steven Friedman
Enid and Stuart Friedman
Doralee and Lawrence Garfinkel
Jay and Ellen Garfunkle
Kenneth and Claudia Gentner
Thomas P. Giblin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gilfillan
Carol and Robert Gillespie
Rebecca Glass and Derek Fields
Karolee and Sanford Glassman
Sue Goldberg
Ellen L. and Jonathan L. Goldstein
John Gorecki
Dorothy Gould and
Michalene Bowman
Lonnie and Bette Hanauer
Kitty and Dave Hartman
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Platinum
$1,250 & above
(continued)
Mary Ellen and Gates Hawn
Christine and Scott Hayward
W. Stan Holland
Mysia and Hank Hoogsteden
Jackie and Larry Horn
Drs. Suresh and Sheela Jain
Gregory and Gale Jenifer
Richard and Cindy Johnson
Julie B. Kampf
Adrian and Erica Karp
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klehm, III
Koven Foundation
Irvin and Marjorie Kricheff
Robert G. Kuchner
Mark and Sheryl Larner
Bill Leung
Melanie and Alan Levitan
Robert and Susan Lord
Gloria and Kenneth Louis
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Louria
Mr. Kevin and Dr. Trisha Luing
Lum, Drasco & Positan LLC
K. Dianne Maki and Ravi Sethi
Massey Insurance Agency
Charles Mayfield and
Marybeth Dunham
Nicholas G. McClary
Marc H. Morial
Gabriella E. Morris
Michael and Nancy Neary
Mrs. Norma Sewall Nichols
Nicole Nunag
Christy and Bessie T. Oliver
Barbara and Barry H. Ostrowsky
Wayne C. Paglieri and Jessalyn Chang
Paragon Restoration Corp.
Margaret H. Parker
Jane C. Parsonnet
Sandra and Arnold Peinado, III
John J. Phillips
James W. Pierson
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Rabinowitz
Red Bank Oral Maxillofacial
Surgery Associates, LLC
Kathleen Regan
Althy and John Ridley
Drs. Shirley and Morton Rosenberg
Brent N. Rudnick
Dennis Sanders and Family
Hermes Santiago
Laurence and Elizabeth Schiffenhaus
Mr. and Mrs. Newton B. Schott, Jr.
Rita and Leonard Selesner
K. Dianne Maki and Ravi Sethi
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shapiro
Joan and Allan Spinner
Elaine J. Staley
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Taylor
Marina and Darius Tencza
Jeanne and Vince Tobin
Kate S. Tomlinson
The Henry S. & Agnes M. Truzack
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. R. Charles Tschampion
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Twardock
George Ulanet Company
Elaine Walker
Dr. Joy Weinstein and
Dr. Bruce Forman
The Honorable Alvin and
Mrs. Hannah Weiss
E. Belvin Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. Dorian J. Wilson
Sonny and Alan Winters
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wood
Karen C. Young
Dr. Monib and Mrs. Shazia Zirvi
Copper
$650 & above
Maureen Foley and
Clarence Abramson
Ronald K. Andrews
Millicent and Richard Anisfield
Susan and N. William Atwater
Bernadette Aulestia
Victoria and A. Nurhan Becidyan
Dr. Lillesol Kane and David Beck
Bernice L. Bennett
Marge and John Bonnet
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Braun
Laurie Breen
James and Sharon Briggs
Dr. Kimberly Brown (and PARKWAY
EYE CARE CENTER)
Robin and Neal Buchalter
Gertrude and Eric Chemnitius
Gail and Joseph Chmura
Jean and Michael Chodorcoff
Willie L. Cooper
John and Carol Cornwell
Ann Denburg Cummis
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Dacey
Dr. and Mrs. David Diuguid
Irwin and Janet Dorros
Barbara Duncan
Seymour A. Ebner and
Arlene Shafman
James P. Edwards
Mr. Richard R. Eger and
Ms. Anne Aronovitch
Harlean and Jerry Enis
Charlotte Fallon
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Feldman
Sanford and Zella Felzenberg
Gerald Ficchi
Rebecca Glass and Derek Fields
Barbara and Marc Gellman
Dr. Louis Gianvito
Clifford and Karen Goldman
Stacey S. Goods
Wayne and Catherine Greenfeder
March 2014
The Gruber Family
Peter H. Hansen
Charles J. Heller
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Herbert
Joan Hollander Salutes NJPAC
Gregory Hlubik
Jean A. Horton
N. Lynne Hughes, Esq.
Linda and Charles Jantzen
Alphonso Jenkins
Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Kerner
James & Carolyn Kinder
Barbara and Barry Klein
Joan and Daniel Kram
Robert G. Kuchner
Mark and Sheryl Larner
Lassus Wherley & Associates, P.C.
Lois Lautenberg
Leslie and Peter Levine
Jody Levinson
Joan H. Lowery
Ms. Gail A. Mattia and
Mr. Frank A. Boffa
Carol and Thomas Martin
Henry and Carol Mauermeyer
Douglas K. Mayer
Molly McKaughan
Joan Mistrough and Jim Peck
Robert L. and Rita Modell
Joan Murdock
Nora O’Brien-Suric
William and Patricia O’Connor
Ms. Georgeanne O’Keefe and
Mr. John M. Comparetto
Palriwala Foundation of America
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Pearson
Lisa and Daniel Peterson
Rocco Petrozzi
Karen Perkins
Cindy and Al Phillip
Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP
Dr. Kalmon D. Post and
Linda Farber-Post
Caroline B. Pozycki
Kathleen Regan
Ina and Mark Roffman
Ann Roseman and Stan Lumish
Carole Roth-Sullivan
Cheryl and Michael Rowden
Barbara Sager
Dr. and Mrs. Peter R. Scaglione
Nicholas R. Scalera
Suzanne and Richard Scheller
Leslie D. Schlessinger
Sharon and James Schwarz
Anthony and Rosanne Scriffignano
Jeffrey and Lisa Silvershein
William E. Simon Foundation
Edith Simonelli
Evelyn Simpson
Vickie J. Snoy
Marilyn and Leon Sokol
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spalteholz
Rosemary and Robert Steinbaum
Cathy Sylvester
Jeanette Tejada
Marilyn Termyna
Marva Tidwell
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Untracht
Ms. Karen Van de Castle and
Mr. Thomas G. Bruning
Frank and Polly Vecchione
Paul and Sharlene Vichness
Melinda and Jaime Vieser
Mr. Leigh R. Walters and Robin Walters
Susan D. Wasserman
The Honorable and Mrs. Alvin Weiss
Lassus Wherely
Elayne Wishart and Bruce L. Deichl
Deter Wisniewski
Steven Witt
Jane and Alfred Wolin
Elizabeth Wood
Paul E. Yager
Gil and Claire Zweig
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Season Funders
New Jersey Performing Arts Center is grateful to the following partners
for their commitment and investment in NJPAC’s mission.
Anonymous
Toby & Leon Cooperman
William Randolph Hearst
Foundation
Major support provided by:
Betty Wold Johnson
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
New Jersey Cultural Trust
Panasonic Corporation of
North America
Additional support provided by:
The Philip and Janice Levin
Foundation
McCrane Foundation, Inc.,
care Margrit McCrane
Steve and Elaine Pozycki
Pat and Art Ryan
BD
Joan & Allen Bildner
Chase
Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation
The Smart Family Foundation/
David S. Stone, Esq.,
Stone & Magnanini
The Star-Ledger
Surdna Foundation, Inc.
Victoria Foundation
Judy & Josh Weston
The Walter V. and Judith L.
Shipley Family Foundation
Steinway & Sons
John and Suzanne Willian/
Goldman Sachs Gives
Verizon
Official Sponsors:
Official Soft Drink
of NJPAC
Official Airline of NJPAC
Media Sponsor
NJPAC is grateful for the extraordinary commitment of:
For Your Information
As part of our Enhanced Safety
Program, the following items are
prohibited upon entry into Prudential
Hall, the Victoria Theater, and all
public spaces of NJPAC: backpacks,
large pocketbooks, shopping bags,
suitcases, briefcases, weapons, animals
(except service animals).
Late Seating Policy: Latecomers and
persons leaving the theater midshow will be seated/re-seated at the
discretion of the management.
Camera and Recording Equipment
is Prohibited: The use of recording
equipment and the taking of
photographs of any performance
or the possession of any device for
such use without the written
permission of the management is
strictly prohibited.
Parking Facilities: Easy parking is
available in the 1,100-car garage
under Military Park, directly across
from NJPAC. Safe and secure
surface parking is also available.
Smoking is prohibited throughout all
indoor spaces of NJPAC.
Lost and Found: Any found items
should be returned to NJPAC
Security or Guest Services staff. If
you believe you have lost an item,
call (973) 297-5868. Found clothing
items will be held for 30 days after
which they will be donated to a
local shelter.
Mobile
Device
Courtesy
Reminder:
Please respect performers and fellow
audience members by ensuring that
all cellular phones and mobile devices
are turned off during performances.
Newark Light Rail: NJ Transit’s
Newark Light Rail offers frequent
service in Downtown Newark that
includes a station stop at NJPAC,
offering a convenient alternative to
driving to a performance or event.
This service is an extension of the
Newark City Subway and connects
all rail lines served by Newark Penn
and Broad Street Stations. Other
popular destinations served by the
extension are the Bears and Eagles
Riverfront Stadium, The Newark
Museum and Broad Street area
businesses. For more information,
visit njtransit.com/nlr.
Disabilities: All Tiers of Prudential
Hall and the Victoria Theater
are wheelchair accessible. Open
captioning is provided at select
performances. Sennheisser Infraport
infra red audio receivers are
available free-of-charge from an
NJPAC Guest Service staff member.
NJPAC welcomes children of all
ages to its family events, but adult
performances are not recommended for
children 5-years-old and younger.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
NJPAC, One Center Street, Newark,
NJ, 07102; Telephone: (973) 642-8989,
Box Office: (888) 466-5722; njpac.org
March 2014
PROTECTING THE WILDEST
JUNGLES ON THE PLANET.
MAIN STREET. PRESCHOOL. THE PLAYGROUND. The environment isn’t
just some far off place. It’s the lawn under our feet, the food on
our plate, and the air we breathe. To learn more, go to NRDC.org.
And help protect the jungle creatures in your backyard.
Because the environment is everywhere.
March 2014
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For NJPAC’s operations team,
showtime starts before
the curtain goes up
“No day is the same in Operations,” says
Ross Richards, NJPAC’s Vice President
for Operations and Real Estate.
“We even try to make the experience
great from the moment you leave home—
information on how to get here, what
the traffic issues might be and when
there’s construction in the area—giving
our patrons a heads-up.”
Ross Richards, NJPAC’s Vice President
for Operations and Real Estate
At arts centers like NJPAC, it takes a
village to raise a curtain.
For every performance, a contingent the
size of North Pomfret, Vt. (pop. 131) is
deployed to make sure the building runs
like a well-oiled engine and sparkles
like a jewelbox. Your ticket might say
the event begins at 8pm, but the team
considers showtime to be the minute you
park the car.
The ever-present goal is to channel
opening night in October 1997, when
the facility was new and the ambience
was one of excitement and anticipation.
And that’s the job of the Operations
Department, which monitors the
health of the building like a doc with a
stethoscope, but doubles as the motherly
receptionist who makes sure everyone
feels welcome and comfortable.
Richards roughly calculates how many
people might be recruited for a classical
music program: 48 ushers with three
managers; two engineers to oversee
heating, power and plumbing; seven
security personnel; four or five members
of stage crew and a production manager;
25 servers, bartenders, managers and
support staff at NICO Kitchen + Bar;
a dozen chefs, cooks and cleaners; 10
concession operators; three or four
food service managers, and 10 parking
personnel. The following morning,
housekeeping moves in for a thorough
inspection of NJPAC’s interior, down
to wiping fingerprints off the copper
railings to prevent tarnishing.
A position that doesn’t exist at most
arts centers is a full-time painter. George
Gardner has been on staff since day
one to tend to NJPAC’s walls, which
are vulnerable to damage. “His day
is just patrolling our three buildings,
focusing on any dings, bangs, booms and
scratches that happen to the walls,” says
Richards, who was hired as Production
Director at NJPAC three months before
it opened. “There are some walls here
that have paint an inch thick.”
March 2014
While maintenance is a top priority,
Richards says, it is outranked by
customer service: friendly assists from
ushers and volunteers, satisfying dining
experiences and an attentive box office.
Richards probably inherited his concern
for the well-being of the flock from his
father, a minister; he definitely learned
about building upkeep and construction
techniques from him. Coupling that
know-how with a love of theater,
Richards segued into the theater arts
program at Ithaca College and earned
his master’s degree at the prestigious Yale
School of Drama, where his instruction
also included HVAC systems, fundraising
and costume design—“the whole mix.”
When a black cloud hovers over the
Operations Department, it’s often
weather-related. Outdoor tents and
hurricanes don’t mix. Snow and ice have
to be scraped away until you can see the
rough texture of the brick walkways. If
buses can’t make it through, there’s no
audience for SchoolTime performances.
“The last thing we want to do is cancel
because it’s not easy and sometimes
impossible to reschedule,” Richards says.
Apropos of scheduling, coordinating the
use of NJPAC’s many spaces can be a
minefield for error, but years of practice
and a system of checks and balances
have turned double-booking into a rare
March 2014
occurrence. Prudential Hall and the
Victoria Theater are sometimes reserved
two years in advance.
The undeclared motto of the Operations
Department? Keep your eyes and ears
open. The declared motto is to strive for
excellent service to all customers and
keep the campus looking like new.
“The facility sometimes baffles us in
terms of what it’s demanding or what
it needs in terms of our focus and
attention. Sometimes things break when
you least expect it and you respond,”
Richards says.
“We do seek and encourage criticism—
constructive is appreciated—because we
can’t see everything. We miss things
and the more eyes the better. We don’t
take it negatively when someone says,
‘By the way, there’s a big stain in the
carpet.’ We may not have seen it and
we now know about it—and want to
take care of it.
“We were just learning to walk (in
1997),” he concludes. “Here we are,
now near-adults, we’re almost 18 years
old. We’re fully out on our own, creating
new business, new initiatives, new
relationships without severing or losing
old ones, and learning how to balance
it all with 17 years of experience.”
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NJPAC Staff & Administration
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
John Schreiber
President and CEO
Josephine (Jo) Edwards
Executive Assistant to the
President and CEO
Chief Operating Officer
Bobbie Arbesfeld **
Executive Vice President
and COO
Pamela C. Chisena ***
Administrative Manager,
COO & Public Affairs
Ginny Bowers Coleman **
Director of Volunteer Services
Stephanie Gass
Director, Human Resources
Aga Ziaja
Manager, Human Resources
Rosetta Lee *
Receptionist and Purchasing/
HR Administrator
ARTS EDUCATION
Laurie Carter
Vice President, Arts Education
Kristina Watters
Administrative Assistant &
Office Manager
Alison Scott-Williams
Assistant Vice President
Porche Hardy *
Associate Director,
Arts Education
Caitlin Evans Jones **
Director, Partnerships &
Professional Development
Erika Hicks
Program Manager of
In-School Programs (Music)
Jamie M. Mayer
Associate Director,
In-School Programs (Theater)
Michele Wright
Manager, Arts Training, Music
Programs & New Initiatives
Eyesha Marable
Manager, Sales & Partnerships
Charles Jackson
Interim Marketing &
Client Services Coordinator
Patricia Sweeting
Coordinator, After School &
Summer Programs
Christopher Phillips
Office Manager
Jessica Spielberg
Senior Prospect Researcher
Ryann Galloway
Manager, Annual Giving
Rachel Bellamy
Coordinator, Affinity Groups
Christopher Antoine
Development Associate,
Memberships
Bailey Reikes Fox
Development Associate,
Corporate & Foundation
FINANCE and
administration
Warren Tranquada
Vice President and CFO
Lauren McCarthy
Administrative Assistant
Rene Tovera ****
Assistant Vice President and
Controller
Mary Jaffa **
Senior Director, Finance
Manuela Silva ***
Senior Accountant—Payroll
Geraldine Richardson **
Staff Accountant—
Accounts Payable
Betty Robertson
Senior Accountant—
General Accounting
Amite Kapoor
Business Information Analyst
Ernie DiRocco *
Chief Information Officer
Carl Sims ***
Director of Network
Infrastructure
Rodney Johnson *
Support Analyst,
IT and Telecom
Tonia Walker **
Support Analyst, Customer
Care Systems
Brian Remite *
Database Analyst,
Customer Care Systems
Andrew Harris
HelpDesk Assistant
MARKETING AND
COMMUNICATIONS
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Vice President,
Marketing & Communications
Erma Jones ***
Senior Administrative Assistant
Diane L. LeBron ***
DEVELOPMENT
Institutional Marketing
Peter H. Hansen *
Katie Sword
Vice President, Development
Senior Director,
Deter Wisniewski
Performance Marketing
Joshua Balber *
Sue-Ellen M. Wright
Senior Director,
Communications
Ursula Hartwig-Flint ***
Linda Fowler
Director of Donor Services
Director, Content Marketing
Schary J. Cole ***
Andrew C. McGibbon
Director of Development
Director of Digital Media
Operations
Christine Saunders
Eileen Greenlay
Manager, Corporate Development Manager, Public &
Media Relations
Evelyn Wen-Ting Chiu
Paul Wusow
Development Associate—
Manager, Digital Community
Individual Giving
Marketing
Patricia Bachorz
Debra L. Volz **
Grant Writer
Director, Advertising &
Stacey Goods
Graphic Production
Associate, Development
Tina Boyer
Database
Advertising & Graphic
Production Coordinator
New
Jersey
Performing
Center
20 20
New
Jersey
Performing
ArtsArts
Center
Doris Ann Pezzolla ***
Senior Graphic Designer
Sandra Silva
Graphic Designer
Chiara Morrison
Manager, Community
Engagement & Promotions
Shachi Parikh
Marketing Assistant
Erik Wiehardt *
Director, Ticket Services
Nicole Craig **
Senior Manager,
Internal Operations
Stephanie Miller **
Associate Director,
External Operations
Barbara Craig, **
Veronica Dunn-Sloan *
Managers, Box Office
Penny Claiborne *
Administrative Coordinator
Yesenia Jimenez ***
Associate Director, Sales
Toni Hendrix ***
Marketing Consultant
Kecia Artis
Supervisor, Telefunding
Yolanda Gamboa
Director, Sales
Vivian Barnes *
Daryle Charles
Michael Gallagher ***
Judy Johnson *
Robert Paglia **
Mark Winston *
Sales Representatives
Jerome H. Enis ****
Consultant, Herbert George
Associates
Joanne Frederick ***
Mailroom Administrator
Chris Moses *
Director of Production
Samantha Davis
Assistant Production Manager,
Administration
Amy-Susie Bradford *
DJ Haugen
Christopher Staton
Production Managers
Adam Steinbauer
Assistant Production Manager
William Worman **
Head Carpenter
Richard Edwards ***
Mario Corrales ***
Assistant Head Carpenters
Dwayne Plokhooy *
Head Electrician
Gumersindo Fajardo ***
Jacob Allen *
Assistant Head Electricians
Paul Allshouse *
Head of Audio
Al Betancourt **
Assistant Head of Audio
Robert Binetti
Bryan Danieli
John Finney *
Dervin Sabater ***
Tom Sherman
Stage Crew
Eunice Peterson ***
Senior Artist Assistant
Allison Wyss ***
Lowell Craig **
Melvin Anderson
Caresse Elliott
Ameer Muhammad
Daniel Ovalle
Artist Assistants
OPERATIONS
Ross S. Richards ***
Vice President,
Operations and Real Estate
Elizabeth Mormak *
Senior Administrative Assistant
Chad Spies *
Assistant Vice President,
Site Operations
George Gardner ***
House Painter
Todd Tantillo **
Chief Engineer
J. Dante Esposito ***
Lead Engineer
Brian Cady *
Michel Lionez Cuillerier ***
Sherman Gamble **
Mariusz Koniuszewski *
Maintenance Engineers
John Hook
Chief of Security
Thomas Dixon ***
Safety and Security Manager
Robin Jones *
Director of House Management
Casey Hastrich
Jennifer Yelverton *
House Managers
Kathleen Dickson ***
Senior Head Usher
Lamont Akins ***
Jerry Battle *
Edward Fleming **
Cynthia Robinson **
Head Ushers
Lauren Vivenzio ***
Manager, Operations
Hernan Soto ***
Carston Turner *
Operations Support Staff
Supervisors
PROGRAMMING
David Rodriguez
Executive Producer &
Vice President
Kira M. Ruth **
Office Manager
Evan White **
Director of Programming
Craig Pearce
Program Manager,
Arts Education
Andy Donald
Producer, Artistic Development
& Community Programming
Kitab Rollins *
Manager, Performance &
Broadcast Rentals
William W. Lockwood, Jr. **
Andrea Cummis
Programming Consultants
SPECIAL EVENTS
Austin Cleary *
Roslyn Brown *
Event Planner
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION
OF NJPAC
Gail P. Stone *
Managing Director
Amy Mormak
Manager, Events & Marketing
Service Recognition
(as of 10/1/13)
* * * * 20+ years
* * * 15+ years
* * 10+ years
* 5+ years
March
2014
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2014
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