20-21 Annual Report

2020-2021 SEASON

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We hope and expect that Studio’s 42nd season, captured in this report, will be the most anomalous in our history of unique seasons. During the entire year we didn’t welcome a single audience member into our building to watch a play. Half of our staff never came in, either. We are a community united by our love for theatre presented up-close and in-person, and we’ve now spent well over a year trying to hold onto that feeling from remote locales.

Atypical as it was, we did manage to produce a season that we’re proud of, and we also managed to produce our normal five core projects. Getting there involved a year of leaping through hoops and learning new skills. Among the hoops: rehearsals over Zoom, acting in masks, thrice-weekly COVID tests for cast and crew, costly air circulation testing, momentum-sapping breaks for air purging, and shorted rehearsal periods. Among the things learned: camera techniques and tricks, streaming platform technology, how to troubleshoot tech for home viewers, and how to throw a party online.

Alongside the challenges and frustrations came some great gifts: the opportunity to watch artists and technicians emerge from their pandemic hidey-holes and reengage with the work that is their passion; the chance to reflect on our field’s call for a racial reckoning and commit our company to a more equitable future; and the launch of a major renovation that having an empty building helped hasten.

Thanks are due all over the place: to staff who did so much hoop-jumping and skills-learning, to artists who dealt with pandemic protocols as if it were business as usual, to the leadership and trustees of our board who demonstrated just how much they have our backs, and to donors who stood steadfastly with us even when we couldn’t offer many of the things that first elicited their support. For whatever role you played in helping us emerge from this dark year in reasonably good shape, we offer you our sincere thanks as well.

DAVID MUSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 2

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REBECCA ENDE LICHTENBERG MANAGING DIRECTOR

from our board chair

FRIENDS,

DEAR STUDIO SUPPORTERS, When I agreed to step into the role of Board Chair, I didn’t expect my first year at the helm to be during a global pandemic. With our doors closed and our staff working remotely, there were new and unexpected challenges and continual pivots throughout the season.

However, thanks to amazing staff, our community of artists, our Board, and so many longtime supporters and new donors, I am confident that the best is yet to come.

Despite the pandemic, we accomplished a lot: • The creativity and dedication of our staff allowed us to quickly transition to producing a full season in a new virtual medium while maintaining the safety protocols necessary to protect everyone involved.

• In response to the urgency to address racial injustice, we revamped our committees and practices to help diversify our Board and hold our institution accountable to living our values of inclusion and equity.

• The Board refused to let the pandemic stop our transformative capital campaign—the first major renovation of our building in over 15 years! The Board met an ambitious fundraising challenge that allowed Studio to break ground. Their dedication was fueled by our desire to offer you and future audiences a vibrant and dynamic new building.

The generous relief funds provided by the federal government and the city of DC will help Studio navigate the coming years on strong financial footing as we rebuild. I am grateful to these governments for supporting the arts and to all those who helped advocate for, allocate, and implement those programs.

In closing, I want to thank longtime and new donors again. You stood with Studio while our stages were dark. You believed in the power of our work and supported our commitment to continue to employ artists. We have been working hard to reward your trust with a great new space for theatre. We can’t wait to turn on the lights and welcome you back!

AMY WEINBERG BOARD CHAIR 2020-2021 ANNUAL REPORT

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Randy Harrison in Cock. Photo by Studiio Box DC.

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SEASON IN REVIEW

In remaking our 2020-2021 season for a time when in-person performances weren’t feasible, Studio was looking for projects and a producing mode that would preserve the chemistry and intensity of in-the-room performances while keeping our artists and audiences safe. Ultimately, Studio’s five-play season was produced in collaboration with local video production company Studiio Box DC. Each production was rehearsed in person according to COVID safety guidelines, filmed over the course of two days at Studio, and broadcast digitally.

STUDIIO BOX DC

Photos: (L) Filming of Tender Age. (Top R) Director David Muse in rehearsal for Cock.

(Bottom R) Director Henry Godinez and Director of Video Wes Culwell reviewing video for Tender Age. Photos by Annabel Heacock.

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Studio partnered with video production company Studiio Box DC to plan, capture, and edit the final digital productions of our 2020-2021 season. Wes Culwell, Studiio Box DC’s founder, served as the Director of Video for the season, collaborating with each production’s director to plan for the number and kind of cameras; supporting designers as they translated their work into lights, sound, space, and costumes that would read effectively on camera; and working with the actors and stage manager to ensure that the relatively brief filming period was as productive as possible.

COCK BY MIKE BARTLETT DIRECTED BY DAVID MUSE STREAMED MAR 26 - APR 25, 2021 Artistic Director David Muse remade his 2014 award-winning production of Cock for Studio’s first digital production. The play follows the indecisive John, who breaks up with his boyfriend of many years only to return a few weeks later, desperate to be taken back—but also unwilling to stop sleeping with the woman he started seeing in their weeks off.

Involving four actors, five cameras, and split screen formatting, it was the season’s most ambitious technical undertaking.

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Felicia Curry in Until the Flood. Photo by Studiio Box DC.

Associate Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas directed his first production for Studio with Dael Orlandersmith’s Until the Flood. Based on Orlandersmith’s interviews with community members in Ferguson, Missouri and the wider St. Louis community, Until the Flood uses Michael Brown’s death, its aftermath, and the conversations it sparked on policing, violence, and safety as a specific flashpoint to look at race and power in the United States and worldwide. The play was written to be performed by one or multiple actors of any race or gender, and Douglas cast it with a cross-generational ensemble of three Black women—Felicia Curry, Ora Jones, and Billie Krishawn, whose performances the New York Times praised as “superb.”

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2.5 Minute Ride reunited director Joanie Schultz and actor Dina Thomas, both veterans of Studio’s 2018 production of Cry it Out, for Lisa Kron’s play about her father, a Holocaust survivor, and all she will never understand about his life. One part travelogue—the play follows both the annual Kron family pilgrimage to roller-coaster heaven in Sandusky, Ohio and Lisa’s once-in-a-lifetime trip to Auschwitz with her father—and one part meditation on the limits of art and understanding, 2.5 Minute Ride offers a funny and disorienting look at her place in her family’s history, and her family’s place in the stories she tells about herself.

Dina Thomas in 2.5 Minute Ride. Photo by Studiio Box DC.

UNTIL THE FLOOD BY DAEL ORLANDERSMITH DIRECTED BY REGINALD L. DOUGLAS STREAMED APR 16 - MAY 23, 2021

2.5 MINUTE RIDE BY LISA KRON DIRECTED BY JOANIE SCHULTZ STREAMED MAY 30 - JUN 6, 2021

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Foreground, Justin Weaks, background, Nick “tha 1da” Hernandez in Flow. Photo by Studiio Box DC.

FLOW BY WILL POWER DIRECTED BY PSALMAYENE 24 STREAMED MAY 21 - JUN 27, 2021 Doris Duke Artist in Residence Psalmayene 24 directed Flow, Will Power’s percussive look at a neighborhood and its seven storytellers—a call and response through history, from the griot tradition to the next artists who will make the tradition for their times. Leaning into the styles of early 2000s hip hop videos, Flow offered an ambitious mix of movement, music, intercut shots, and a potent and dynamic performance from Justin Weaks, backed live

by DJ Nick “tha 1da” Hernandez. Flow was a chance to revisit a piece Power performed at Studio in 2004 and remake it for a new generation.

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PARTNER SPOTLIGHT:

DC PUBLIC LIBRARY

Aiming to be a community hub, Studio has partnerships with local educational institutions such as Howard University and nonprofits in our Logan Circle neighborhood.

This season, we began a new partnership with the DC Public Library (DCPL). After co-hosting a Q&A event in June for the Flow community tour, Studio and DCPL have developed a program to help address financial barriers to accessing our work. Starting in fall 2021, DCPL will have ticket vouchers available at select library branches across the District. With these vouchers, library patrons will receive deeply discounted $10 tickets to performances at Studio.

Justin Weaks

Tony Thomas

Reginald Douglas

Flow creative team and Associate Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas hosting a Q&A event for the DC Public Library.

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Bobby Moreno in Tender Age. Photo by Studiio Box DC.

STUDIO IN YOUR EARS: AUDIO PLAYS Studio launched our 2020-2021 season with a set of audio plays, a form that is both intimate and immediate. Audio play veteran Mikhail Fiksel was the sound designer for both.

TENDER AGE BY GEORGE BRANT DIRECTED BY HENRY GODINEZ STREAMED JUL 2 - 25, 2021 SUPPORTED BY STUDIO R&D, STUDIO THEATRE’S NEW WORKS INITIATIVE Set in a Walmart-turned-detention center in Brownsville, Texas, on the US-Mexico border, Studio’s production of George Brant’s Tender Age, while spare, involved the most detailed set and props design of its digital season. Following Martín, an underemployed construction worker whose new job turns out to be guarding children who have been separated from their parents at the border, the production turned the necessity of an empty theatre into an evocative container for Brant’s urgent and thoughtful look at how to answer a moral call when you see suffering. Tender Age joins Brant’s Grounded (Studio, 2014) as a play about living at the edge of your ethics.

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The first project was Sarah Burgess’s Kings, directed by Marti Lyons, who also directed Studio’s 2018 in-person production of the lacerating comedy. Streaming from mid-November in the wake of the 2020 election, Kings offered a shrewd look at lobbyists, elections, and where power really sits in the US government.

Studio commissioned our second audio project, I Hate it Here: Stories from the End of the Old World. Written and directed by Ike Holter, this world premiere was as much album as play—a series of scenes (and one song) looking at a world on the brink of explosion.

The Goodman Theatre in Chicago mounted a physical production of the play in July 2021, starring many of the same cast members.

Cast and creative team of Kings at their first rehearsal.

Cast and creative team of I Hate It Here at their first rehearsal.

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BRITTANY K. ALLEN

KIMBERLY BELFLOWER

ERIKA DICKERSON-DESPENZA

BUILDING DEMAND FOR THE ARTS

Duke Ellington School of the Arts students in the Studio residency project, Morning Noon Night.

IKE HOLTER

LILIANA PADILLA

NATSU ONODA POWER

STUDIO R&D NEW WORK

In July, Studio completed our 18-month Building Demand for the Arts project, supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Working with DC-based playwright and director Psalmayene 24 as Artist in Residence, we collaborated on activities to connect with millennial Black communities in the District, retooled for pandemic constraints.

These included livestreamed Psalm’s Salons (a hybrid talk show hosted by Psalmayene 24 in conversation with artists and activists) and theatre residencies for Howard University and Duke Ellington School of the Arts students.

We concluded the grant with a free, virtual community tour of Flow, which Psalmayene 24 directed; a Q&A event co-hosted by Studio and the DC Public Library; and the commissioning of six local DC artists to create original pieces inspired by Flow.

Studio and Psalmayene 24 will continue to collaborate in the 2021-2022 season with inperson Psalm’s Salons.

Psalmayene 24 and Kamilah Forbes in December’s edition of Psalm’s Salons.

STEPH PAUL

In addition to developing and premiering Ike Holter’s audio play, I Hate it Here, Studio developed several commissions as a part of its R&D work over the 2020-2021 season. Studio Cabinet member Natsu Onoda Power developed Okinawa Demo Reel, an episodic video project she used to test her ideas for an in-person project that will be called Crank Session Okinawa. Studio’s Artistic Department also worked with playwrights Liliana Padilla and Steph Paul, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Brittany K. Allen, and Kimberly Belflower on their full-length commissioned projects.

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DeAnte’ Massenberg in Studio and Howard University’s culminating project, The Renaissance of Resilience.

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EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION, AT STUDIO THEATRE Since August 2020, Studio’s EDI Committee of leadership and staff has met frequently to discuss and implement policies to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion across the organization. Initially the group focused on the demands of the We See You, White American Theatre letter created by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) theatre artists about working conditions and racism in our industry.

Now, this work encompasses a wider scope of organizational practices and policies.

During the 2020-2021 season, Studio updated our code of conduct, staff handbook, and anti-harassment policies to emphasize anti-racism and expected Studio staff behaviors. Staff also participated in EDI workshops facilitated by Equity Quotient and allyship trainings led by the Alliance Theatre.

In January 2021, Studio published a statement of commitments to help support ongoing anti-racism work in the theatre industry, which you can read at studiotheatre.org/anti-racism. Our first round of commitments focus on three areas: creating a space that welcomes and nurtures BIPOC theatre-makers and their artistic visions; developing a shared understanding of anti-racism at all levels of the organization; and building an audience more reflective of the diverse population of the DC area. Studio’s commitments for the 2021-2022 season include expanded training in bystander intervention; launching a salary transparency system; revamping hiring and staff evaluation practices; increasing pay for artists, hourly staff, and understudies; and raising the salary floor for full-time staff.

Studio’s Board, meanwhile, launched its own Equity and Inclusion Committee, which examines its recruitment, governance, and leadership hiring decisions. The Board voted to remove the set minimum amount for annual Board giving and has implemented a more thorough review process for Executive Leadership, which now includes input from full-time staff at all levels of the organization.

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(L to R) Scott Parkinson in Cock. Ora Jones in Until the Flood. Bobby Moreno in Tender Age. Justin Weaks in Flow. Dina Thomas in 2.5 Minute Ride. Photos by Studiio Box DC. ANNUAL REPORT 15

open studio

In March 2021, Studio broke ground on Open Studio, a project five years in the making and our largest public renovation in nearly two decades. This multifaceted renovation will advance our capabilities for artistic innovation and reimagine how the public can engage with our spaces.

Upon completion, the Victor Shargai Theatre, renamed for Studio’s former board member and a fervent champion of DC theatre, will be home to our most ambitious projects. A flexible space for all seating configurations, the Victor Shargai Theatre will include a state-ofthe-art full tension wire grid to support upgraded production technology.

To further support the art, Studio will create our first-ever dedicated rehearsal room.

The renovation also invests in gathering spaces for the public, including a new café with outdoor patio and expanded lobby spaces on the ground floor. The Box Office will be relocated to face 14th Street, and Studio will visually unify our three buildings with new signage and paint treatments that speak to the creativity inside our walls. Open Studio will improve aging building infrastructure, and new HVAC systems will offer enhanced ventilation throughout the

Photos: (Top to Bottom) The Milton Theatre being refreshed.

Wood floors being laid in Studio’s new, dedicated rehearsal space.

Buildout of the new Victor Shargai Theatre.

The new 14th Street entrance and lobby.

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Rendering of building exterior.

Rendering of Victor Shargai Theatre in an alley seating configuration.

Rendering of new Box Office.

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Fiscal Year 2021 In Context In Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21), Studio’s budget heavily relied on contributed income, which remained steady with continued loyalty from individual donors and many new donors stepping forward to support the institution during COVID-19. Although Studio did produce a full five-play digital season, FY21 earned income was 15% of pre-pandemic levels; the majority of ticket sales came from subscribers who maintained their subscription packages.

Studio received generous federal and local relief funding for COVID-19 in FY21, including forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration; the Employee Tax Retention Credit; and an Entertainment Bridge Fund grant from DC’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. (A Shuttered Venues Operator Grant and forgiveness for a second PPP loan will be reflected in the FY22 Budget.) A special Board-led fundraising effort in FY20—which restricted gifts to FY21—also provided important support. In total, Studio received $1.5M in special funding to help the organization weather the pandemic.

Without these relief funds, Studio would have faced a deficit. With them, Studio ended the year with an approximately $1.3M surplus. As emerging from the pandemic and rebuilding earned income will take several years, Studio will allocate these funds over the next five fiscal years to help fuel the regrowth of earned income and enable the return to a balanced budget.

Jada Boggs in Flow rehear sals.

TRAINING AT STUDIO Through the year-long Apprenticeship Program, Studio trains early-career professionals with opportunities in the theatre’s administrative, artistic, and production departments. For the 2020-2021 season, 11 apprentices adapted to the unique circumstances of the pandemic.

Administrative apprentices worked remotely, while artistic and production apprentices worked onsite at Studio, piloting new ways of theatre-making alongside their supervisors and our guest artists. Alumni of the 2021 Apprentice Program are now working with major theatre companies, nonprofits, and cultural institutions including The American Economic Liberties Project, Milwaukee Rep, Roundabout Theatre (NYC), and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and some are pursuing professional degrees at schools such as Carnegie Mellon University.

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Annual Operating

Annual Operating

INCOME

EXPENSES

TOTAL: $4,668,843

TOTAL: $3,404,549

BALANCE SHEET

Current Assets Fixed Assets Other Assets

TOTAL ASSETS

$11,135,543 $15,864,169 $2,626,640

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Susan and Dixon Butler Trudy H. Clark Bruce A. Cohen Sheryl and Rick Donaldson Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Hope and Mark Foster The Galena-Yorktown Foundation Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon David and Jean Heilman Grier John and Meg Hauge Sari Hornstein Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Arlene and Robert Kogod Judge Albert Lauber and Prof.

Craig Hoffman Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss Joan and David Maxwell Nancy and Herbert Milstein* Drs. Irene Roth and Vicken Poochikian Teresa and Dan Schwartz Daniel and Irene Simpkins Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

Thank you to our 2020-2021 season donors who supported Studio Theatre’s work on stage and in our community.

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OVATION CIRCLE AFICIONADO

Justin Weaks in Flow. Photo by Studiio Box DC.

Susan and Dixon Butler Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber David and Jean Heilman Grier Arlene and Robert Kogod Judge Albert Lauber and Prof. Craig Hoffman Joan and David Maxwell Teresa and Dan Schwartz Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

thank you

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

Robert Batarla Karen Doyne Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Wendy and William Garner Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Garner, Jr. George Wasserman Family Foundation Donald E. Hesse and Jerrilyn Andrews Lynne and Joseph Horning Rick Kasten Arlene and Martin Klepper The Kristina and William Catto Foundation Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig, Irving Rosenzweig Foundation of the Jewish Communal Fund Rosenzweig-Kunzer Charitable Fund The Lewis Butler Foundation Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Larry and Joan Naake Jamie Pate Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez

Robert Tracy and Martha Gross

CONNOISSEUR Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida The Allen Shedlin Foundation Jeremias Alvarez Alan Asay and Mary Sturtevant Helen and David Kenney Patricia and John Koskinen Kovler Foundation-Judy and Peter Kovler Barry Kropf Morningstar Philanthropic Fund Nike Opadiran Craig Pascal Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Alan and Irene Wurtzel Judy and Leo Zickler

BELIEVER Jeffrey Bauman and Linda Fienberg Nan Beckley Beech Street Foundation Cory and Rachel Capps John Chester and Betty Shepard Miriam Cutler and Paul Salditt George M. Ferris Gerard Fiala Leo Fisher and Sue Duncan Burton Gerber Matt Gobush and Gari Lister Frona Hall Linda Lurie Hirsch Pat Lark (“Poppy”) and Lutz Prager Herb and Dianne Lerner Mark and Carol Hyman Fund Dan and Karen Mayers Kelly and Mike McCrann Morrissette Family Foundation Ken and Margaret Muse Louisa and William Newlin Melanie and Larry Nussdorf Michael and Penelope Pollard Steve and Ilene Rosenthal Stephen A. Saltzburg and Susan Lee Aimee Smart and Sheffy Gordon Ed and Andy Smith Spoor Family Fund Carolyn Wheeler Annette and Colin Young

OPEN CIRCLE ENTHUSIAST G. Vincent Castellano Dr. Morris J. Chalick Nancy Chasen and Don Spero ANNUAL REPORT

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Leonade D. Jones Brian and Judy Madden Wallis E. McClain Nancy S. Olson Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III The Honorable Carol Schwartz Benjamin and Meredith Wallace

ADVOCATE Dean Amel and Terry Savela Marcia and Larry Arem Allyson Baker and David Kligerman R. Joseph Barton Jason and Nichole Bassingthwaite Scott Douglas Bellard Robin Berrington Joe andSue Bredekamp Arlene Brown and Eugene Bialek Yolanda and Francis Bruno Family Fund Leslie Caplan and Robin Barr Jessica Case Richard Cooper and Judy Areen Johanna Cummings Richard and Janet Dante Mary Patricia Davis Brian Doyle Ellen and Fred Ende Victor Fazio and Kathy Sawyer Marc and Anne Feinberg The G.A. Files Foundation Charles Floto Chris Gattuso Amy C. Gilbert and Steven Newpol Joyce and Richard Gordon Gail Gulliksen Joan Haffey Anonymous Bonnie Hammerschlag Margaret Freeston Hennessey Richard and Pamela Hinds Martin and Bonnie Hurwitz Thomas Joseph Charles Kelly Joanne Kesten and Jim Weinberg Robert L. Kimmins Lauren Kogod and David Smiley Leslie Kogod Stuart Kogod and Denise Garone Dr. and Mrs. William Kramer The Lafer Family Foundation Vinca and David LaFleur Robert Lanman and Debra Bergoffen Chad Lash and Caryn Wagner Eileen Lawrence Janet Lewis Paul and Patricia Maenner 22

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Sherry Marts and Larry Haller Winton Matthews Lou Mazawey Laurie and Walter Minerbi Jane Molloy The Mufson Family Foundation Carl and Undine Nash Sherry and Lou Nevins Martha Newman Henry Otto and Judy Whalley Stan Peabody Peter S. Reichertz Julie Rios Lynn Rothberg Deanna and Ron Sagall Frank Sammartino and Ellen Starbird Carl Wayne Smith Cecile Srodes George and Sylvia Strumpf Grant P. and Sharon R. Thompson Richard Tucker Scully and Lee A Kimball James Turner Kazuko Uchimura Eric R. and Laura M. Wagner Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern Elizabeth B. White Jack and Sue Whitelaw Beverly and Christopher With Ann Yahner Bernard and Ellen Young

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Dimick Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fannie Mae’s Gift Matching Program Logan Circle Community Association Martha Washington Straus-Harry H. Straus Foundation Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the US Commission of Fine Arts The Nora Roberts Foundation Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Share Fund The Shubert Foundation

Tenleytown Trash Weissberg Foundation

BENEFIT SUPPORT Theo Adamstein - TTR Sotheby’s International Realty Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Cindy and Mark Aron Allan and Michele Berman Sherri Blount Susan Buffone Susan and Dixon Butler Trudy H. Clark Mattie Cohan Jim and Susan Cole Liz and Tim Cullen Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Elizabeth Friedman Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Wendy and William Garner Bennett Goldberg and Danielle Ellis Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon Robert and Barbara Hall Jim and Sandy Hannum Gail and John Harmon John and Meg Hauge Lewis and Joanne Heyman Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Barry Kropf Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Faith and John Lewis Romana Li and Bruce Bartels Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Bruce and Mara Mayor Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins Larry and Joan Naake Carl and Undine Nash Gregory and Belinda Nixon Craig Pascal Jamie Pate Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone Bob and Nina Randolph Sandy Read and Hugh Hill Teresa and Dan Schwartz Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez Fran and Stephen Trachtenberg Robert Tracy and Martha Gross

Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Liz and Irwin Warren Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

OPEN STUDIO PILLARS OF THE CAMPAIGN Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Susan and Dixon Butler DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Events DC Sari Hornstein Arlene and Bob Kogod Judge Albert Lauber and Prof. Craig Hoffman The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Teresa and Dan Schwartz Share Fund Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

SPONSORS OF THE CAMPAIGN The Adler Family Fund Peter Bieger and Demian Gaiteri Trudy H. Clark Hope and Mark Foster Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Jinny and Mike Goldstein Susan L. Gordon David and Jean Heilman Grier Judy and Steve* Hopkins Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Arlene and Martin Klepper Kathleen Kunzer and Paul Rosenzweig Herb and Dianne Lerner Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss Joan and David Maxwell Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins Nancy and Herbert Milstein* Larry and Joan Naake The Nussdorf Family Foundation Craig Pascal in memory of Victor Shargai Steve and Linda Skalet Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Steve and Suzanne Swendiman Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez

Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Alan and Irene Wurtzel

FRIENDS OF THE CAMPAIGN Jeremias Alvarez Rob Batarla Nan Beckley Scott Douglas Bellard Don and Nancy Bliss Susan and Steven Bralove Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher George and Antoinette Brenkert Camilla Day Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Feldman Ruel Urban Property Advisors Anne and Burton Fishman Charles Floto Carmen and Edward Fox Hon. Joseph & Mrs. Alma Gildenhorn John and Meg Hauge JM Zell Partners, LTD Heather Muir Johnson Leonade D. Jones Rick Kasten Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Barry Kropf Vinca and David LaFleur Jane Lang Catherine and Wayne Maffett Frank Guzzetta and Paul Manville Tina Martin and Mita Schaffer Renee Matalon and Stephen Marcus Lou Mazawey Kathy McGuire Elvi Moore Carl and Undine Nash Lou and Sherry Nevins Jamie Pate Colin and Alma Powell George and Trish Vradenburg Tom and Carol Wheeler

COVID-19 RELIEF FUND Victoria Bor and David DuGoff Donna and Donna Boxer Susan and Dixon Butler Emily Carton Tito Cordella Laura Coyle Carol and Joseph Danks Richard and Janet Dante Helen Darling Andrea Denivoff

Brian Doyle Jack Fearnsides and Margaret Jenny Anne and Marc Feinberg Martha Fisher Elizabeth Ford Lawrence Franks and Ellen Berelson Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon Government of The District Of Columbia John G. Guffey Samuel and Barbara Halpern David and Jean Heilman Grier John and Meg Hauge Sari Hornstein Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones William and Josie Jordan Andrew Joskow and Lisa Sockett Hans and Helen Kaper Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Stephanie Lawson Jodie Levin-Epstein Marc Levy B. Thomas Mansbach Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Joan and David Maxwell Janet Minkler Ken and Margaret Muse Larry and Joan Naake Jamie Pate Arnold and Diane Polinger Susan and Firoze Rao Teresa and Dan Schwartz Share Fund Steve and Linda Skalet Aimee Smart and Sheffy Gordon Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Kevin Tidemann Jonathan and Joan Tycko Yoshine and Kazuko Uchimura Eric R. and Laura M. Wagner Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein *In Memoriam This list represents contributions made to special events, special initiatives, and the annual fund received for the fiscal year ending on August 31, 2021

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Billie Krishawn, Ora Jones, and Felicia Curry in Until the Flood.

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