Annual Report 2020–2021

ANNUAL REPORT 2020 & 2021

Shannon Mykins Director of Development P: 203.498.3760 E: smykins@artidea.org Front Cover Photography by: Leigh Busby

TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME LETTERS............................................................................................................................................................3 OUR MISSION, LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENTS.....................................4 2020 & 2021: THE FESTIVAL, REIMAGINED.................................................................................................................5 Q&A WITH MALAKHI EASON...........................................................................................................................................8 OUR AUDIENCE.....................................................................................................................................................................9 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SETS SIGHTS ON GROWTH & INTEGRATION.......................................................10 SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY..........................................................................................................................11 PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES............................................................................................11 CORPORATE DONORS......................................................................................................................................................12 CELEBRATING TOGETHER...............................................................................................................................................13 PHOTO GALLERY.................................................................................................................................................................14 DONOR LIST...........................................................................................................................................................................15 FINANCIALS..........................................................................................................................................................................21 STAFF AND BOARD...........................................................................................................................................................23

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WELCOME Dear Friend, For 26 years, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas has produced programming that celebrates and supports Greater New Haven and beyond. The Festival engages hundreds of artists and speakers who live in and around New Haven, as well as artists from throughout the world, to practice their craft, connect with audiences, and celebrate their part in the cultural fabric of our city.

Gordon Geballe

Arts & Ideas is also a collaborator in education and arts training. The Festival Fellowship program, in partnership with Gateway Community College, provides mentorship and resources for New Haven public high school students to establish a foundation in arts administration. Since the program’s inception, more than 50 students have leveraged their participation in the program to secure jobs in the arts.

Our community is everything. Throughout the last year, we have stepped up our examination of our practices as an organization committed not just to the conversation but to the manifestation of racial and social justice. This work is a generations-long commitment undertaken in partnership, and I’m grateful to be part of a community and an organization that understands the power of that mission.

As we celebrate how far we have come, we recognize the vision of our founders Roslyn Meyer, Anne Calabresi, and Jean Handley. As we imagine the future, I am confident that the International Festival of Arts & Ideas is ready to embrace the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Gordon Geballe, Board Chair

Dear Friend, I was drawn to the International Festival of Arts & Ideas by its community-based and globally connected vision. The Festival’s programming invites us to imagine a bolder world, to put conversations of equity and inclusion into practice, and to celebrate our shared humanity through creative expression.

The COVID-19 pandemic tested the very foundation of what makes the Festival, the Festival. Our question became: How can we fulfill our mission to connect people when everyone must be apart?

In 2020, we reinvented the Festival, launching a two-month virtual exploration of the power of arts and the theme of Democracy. More than 120,000 people from throughout the world participated Shelley Quiala in 200+ events. In 2021, we celebrated the reopening of our community with in-person Green programming and in-person tours and food events, complemented by a wide variety of virtual programming. The nearly 250 events—more than 95% free and open to the public—featured artists who are also change agents. They brought new perspectives to our work, helping us shape the Festival’s renewed focus on building relationships, advancing racial justice, and bringing new voices to the stage while exemplifying world-class art.

Our programming during these turbulent years has served as a hyper-example of what we strive to do every day: offer a means of connection, celebration, and hope. We can’t do it without each and every one of you.

Shelley Quiala, Executive Director 2020 & 2021

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OUR MISSION Our mission is to create an internationally renowned festival in New Haven of the highest quality, with worldclass artists, thinkers and leaders, attracting and engaging a broad and diverse audience, celebrating and building community and advancing economic development.

Artist: Bassel and The Supernaturals, Photo: Leigh Busby

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is created and produced on the traditional lands of the Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac, in the land we all call home, Connecticut. We hope that from wherever you are—you take a moment to to acknowledge and honor the native people whose lands you are on, and the history of the place you are in.

Visit native-land.ca to learn more.

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENTS The International Festival of Arts & Ideas recognizes that solidarity is more than just words, and in our commitment to anti-racism we pledge to take action to decenter white voices and dismantle white supremacy. We pledge to acknowledge what we do not yet know and to continue learning and we will develop a channel of direct communication with our communities to ensure that we are held accountable in this vital work.

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

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2020 & 2021: THE FESTIVAL, REIMAGINED Pulitzer Prize winner and creator of the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah Jones.

The 2020 and 2021 seasons proved to be festivals of agility, innovation, and transformation. Just as the programming was finalized in March, COVID-19 shut down the country and the Festival joined our peers locally and nationally in jettisoning in-person events. During this time of fear and uncertainty, the arts became all the more vital as an anchor in hope and community. We honored all extant seasonal contracts and pivoted to create a two-month-long, all-digital Festival with 200+ events. The 25th season, 2020, was very different from its original vision, but became so much more significant as we found a way to gather virtually, earning us the moniker the “little Festival that could” (Politic).

In 2021, we continued to build on these conversations with an Ideas series that imagined new worlds and different ways of being with 18 talks. Activists explored mutual aid and gratitude in panels with Raven Amandla Blake, executive director of Love Fed New Haven; Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza; and the Narrative Project’s founder & president Mercy Quaye. Audiences considered the urban form in an international Alicia Garza panel on the “15-minute city” and contemplated radical futures in a panel featuring the awardwinning musician Toshi Reagon in conversation with activist and writer Walidah Imarisha and New Haven’s own Hanifa Nayo Washington.

The following year, we built upon the successes of 2020 to develop a Festival that combined virtual programming with the return to in-person concerts, kicked off by an aweinspiring performance by Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Under the leadership and vision of Shelley Quiala and Malakhi Eason, we showcased new-to-the-Festival art forms like hair art presented live with on-stage sculptural, high-fashion renditions of Black hair styles, and an inaugural Drag Show on the mainstage.

EXPLORING STORIES

Throughout these past two years, the Festival experienced dramatic changes with new leadership, new visions, and new horizons. Here are just a few highlights from these dynamic seasons.

At the Festival, we love a good story. For many years, we have been proud to lead New Haven’s NEA Big Read to broaden understanding through shared readership, in partnership with the New Haven Free Public Library and others throughout the community. The 2020 NEA Big Read invited readers into poet Stephanie Burt’s collection Advice from the Lights, a deep dive into gender and identity that prompts readers to consider the question: how do any of us achieve adulthood? We programmed Ideas events that tied into the book’s themes, as well as an author Q&A with Burt, and partnered with the New Haven Pride Center to host panels on trans identity and the New Haven Free Public Library to stage read-alouds of children’s books featuring gender-non-conforming characters. These events sparked deep discussion of how we construct our identities.

BIG IDEAS The 2020 Ideas programming, themed around “democracy,” streamed live online from around the world and right here in New Haven. Author and politico Anand Giridharadas, philosophers Todd May and Pamela Hieronymi, advisors on the hit show The Good Place. blended ethics and pop culture.

We continuously revisited the Ideas programming to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing issues that rose to the community’s attention, like the murder of George Floyd Anand Giridharadas which led us to bring together local leaders and nationally renowned journalists, activists, and artists to address these timely issues and to reckon with the enduring legacy of slavery in our community, including

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The 2021 NEA Big Read selection, National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s compelling poetry volume An American Sunrise, continued the exploration of identity and the Indigenous experience of living on land stolen from your ancestors.

Under the guidance of three local Indigenous leaders, we developed a suite

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of complementary programming that included Indigenous cooking workshops with Brian Yazzie and Rachel Sayet and Ideas panels on Indigenous climate futures and Indigenous writers. We also hosted a conversation with Harjo and awardwinning Indigenous theater-maker Madeline Sayet, who performed and wrote Where We Belong, a one-woman show depicting Sayet’s experiences studying Shakespeare on the verge of Brexit and grappling with the legacies of colonialism.

was also shared with people incarcerated at Riker’s Island—a new boundary and new connection for the Festival.

COMING HOME TO THE GREEN The popular Arts on Call program gave people throughout Greater New Haven an opportunity to book artists on the Festival’s website to perform in socially distanced outdoor locations. In a time where live performances were nearly nonexistent, this brought much-needed income directly to artists—$9,900+ in 2020 and $5,500+ in 2021. In May 2021 the rising scaffold of the Green elicited excitement and a feeling of homecoming after the Festival stage’s 2020 hiatus­­— we Artist: Wynton Marsalis, Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal could gather again safely at our performance home. The Festival welcomed to the Green luminary artists like jazz phenomenon Grace Kelly, Ronald K Brown and EVIDENCE: A Dance Company, and hometown heroes Movimento Cultural and Thabisa Rich.

We were also thrilled to host both Long Wharf Theatre and New Haven Symphony Orchestra to host a small taste of the work these preeminent organizations and long-time Festival partners have been doing while their venues have been dark.

And—for the first time—we were able to bring the magic of the Green to households around the world: nearly all 2021 in-person Festival events on the Green were live-streamed to the global audience cultivated in 2020, allowing us to reach new audiences and for our work to be accessible to all.

Storytelling is another component of our commitment to good stories, with performances, workshops, and a “Story SLAM” during Festival 2021, featuring both national and local voices across disciplines of storytelling. Founding member of the Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole, performed and led audiences in a poetry workshop, while New London’s Poet Laureate AnUrbanNerd flowed over beats by DJ LuxPro during our Arts for Labor Sunday Vibe concert.

CREATIVE COLLABORATION The Festival brought Broadway to New Haven with choreographers Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott, whose workshop “Let’s Make a Dance” invited audiences to collaborate and perform a co-created dance. Activist Songbook, facilitated by Aaron Jafferis and Byron Au Yong, led audiences to blend voice and melody to create a unique protest song. After beginning the process of both in person in fall 2019, the shift to virtual programming caused these artists adapted their work to Zoom, offering new ways for Festival audiences to connect with art, and each other.

Other artists used the shift to virtual as an opportunity for a new kind of engagement. Director Karin Coonrod’s Compagnia de’ Colombari also leveraged Zoom to create boundaryless international theater in which company members participated from throughout the world in More or Less I Am, a dramatic recitation of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” Aired on-demand to Festival audiences, this piece

CELEBRATING NEW ART The Festival is proud to co n t i n u e o u r l e g a cy o f challenging traditional norms of performance. The Festival first brought the high art of drag to the mainstage on the green, capping off Festival 2021’s live performances with a drag show. In partnership with the New Haven Pride Center, the Legend Drag Show celebrated LGBTQ+ history by the decade and introduced the royalty of the local drag scene, including Bubbles, one of New Haven’s first drag artists.

More or Less I Am byCompagnia de’ Colombari

Hair Show, Photo: Leigh Busby

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

The Festival helped usher in a return to live performing arts for many in our community. In a survey we conducted this year, more than 50% of audience members listed 2021, the year of Imagine, as their first in-person performances of the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearly every evening on the Green sold out on preshow reservations. Picnic spreads dotted the Green from socially distanced pods every night. The “Imagine” theme invited audiences not only to gather safely and experience the Festival, but to imagine together.

The Festival collaborated with New Haven communities to develop vibrant Neighborhood Festivals, virtual in 2020 and 2021. Dixwell and The Hill hosted festivals in 2020, and in 2021 West Rock/West Hills and Newhallville joined their neighbors with their own festivals. Artists ranging from dance ensembles like MegaHurtz Entertainment to musical powerhouses like Chris “Big Dog” Davis celebrated home on our virtual stage.

In 2020, we celebrated our community artists on a national stage by partnering with the Kennedy Center and the Autorino Center to produce “Celebrating New Haven,” an installment of Arts Across America that featured artists including Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Aleecya Foreman, Manny James, Rahsaan Langley, and Rohn Lawrence. The Kennedy Center broadcast the event on its site and across social media to an audience of thousands around the country.

Artist: Salwa Abdussabur, Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Artists: Manny James, Thabisa, John the Violonist, Corey Staggz Sax, & Chris “Big Dog” Davis Photo: Joel Callaway, Thabisa Photo : Fernando Payano

KEEPING THE MUSIC GOING The Arts for Labor weekend, in 2021, honored frontline workers and celebrated those who continue to show up for the community throughout the pandemic. Featuring two days of performances as well as a mobile vaccination clinic, Arts for Labor brought to the stage Durand Bernarr and a lineup of local legends like Dawn Tallman and New London’s Poet Laureate AnUrbanNerd (Josh Brown) along with Ecuador’s accordion virtuoso Paco Godoy, and NYC’s Kennedy Administration.

Artists: Movimiento Cultural, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artists: Dawn Tallman & Paco Godoy, Photo: Leigh Busby

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Artist: Grace Kelly, Photo: Leigh Busby

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Q&A WITH MALAKHI EASON DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY IMPACT Throughout the last year, Malakhi Eason has brought a distinctive exuberance and a fresh vision to the Festival with innovative programming ranging from an Ideas talk on hair art to a drag show featuring New Haven legends. Here, Malakhi takes us behind the curtain of his creative process.

One of your key initiatives has been to introduce new art forms to the Festival. Why? I often hear people say, “I’m not creative; I don’t have an artsy bone in my body.” But I think everything that you do is art! When you create a look, that’s art. When you make a drink with layers of colors and a little cherry on top, that’s art.

Art is all around us—even our refrigerators are art; someone produced the design and functionality. I’m a licensed hairstylist and my art has always been hair. We don’t often think of hair as art, so I wanted to focus on this art form in 2021 because hair art has history, it’s visual, it has texture. It is important to expose people to other worlds and to address the ways that hair artistry has cultural and political roots.

Malakhi RL Eason II

Why is inclusivity important?

I like moving into spaces where I feel welcome. There are so many opportunities in the world to be excluded; if you’re not in the right social bracket, the right crowd, with the right opportunities. I believe arts experiences should be limitless.

Everybody should have access to and feel welcome at the Festival. We are all in this together.

Malakhi RL Eason II brings more than 15 years of arts administration experience to the Festival.

Originally from Boston, he was most recently Programming Manager at Omaha Performing Arts, where he curated the expansive Jazz on the Green Series, ranging from intimate cabaret performances to outdoor concerts. Malakhi was formerly a background singer for touring artists while living in Los Angeles, CA.

How do you mix your own artistry as a musician and hairstylist with your work at the Festival?

I actually don’t mix them. The singer-performer side of Malakhi is my free and very artsy side. I use a different, but equally creative, part of my brain as a programmer. I’m blessed to have a creative mind in my job so I can think outside the box, solve problems, work with people, mix and mingle, and make it happen.

A graduate of University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT, he earned a Masters of Arts in Leadership from Grace University and is currently working on a Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University. Malakhi has also served in many positions that convey his passion for service and youth mentorship; he encourages young people to find their passions.

Malakhi is an active member of numerous organizations, including the Lincoln, NE, Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc; Lambda Pi Eta (National Honors Society); and the NAACP. In his free time, he loves to travel, write songs, eat at great restaurants, and spend time with family and friends.

When people think of Festival programming with you at the helm, what do you hope people will think of?

I want audiences to think it’s fresh and creative and to leave with experiences they’d never experienced before. When audiences think of the Festival, I hope they know they’re going to get something unlike any other festival they ever been to. I want it to affirm their own artistic passions and stretch them to have experiences that are unexpected.

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OUR AUDIENCE The Festival’s audience has expanded dramatically throughout the last two years as we transitioned to a virtual stage in 2020 and a hybrid in-person and virtual programming model in 2021. The shift to virtual programming enabled the Festival to simultaneously engage a wider swath of the New Haven community and a global audience in groundbreaking art and timely conversations. While in past years, the Festival focused on drawing international artists to New Haven, our virtual stage allowed us to explore what it means for the Festival to bring New Haven to the world.

As we imagine 2022, we aim to engage—and expand!—our audience both here in Connecticut and globally so audiences who are unable to make it to Downtown New Haven can still be part of a live arts experience happening in real time.

“All these performances are deep and beautiful and messages are loud and clear. Sending love from South Africa.” — Portia N. “When you can’t go to International Festival of Arts & Ideas concert they bring it to you.” — Terrie Griffin “Love seeing all of this life coming back to New Haven!”

— livinginnewhaven

2020 FESTIVAL

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2021 FESTIVAL

120,000+ Attendees

136,000+ Attendees 14,000+ In-Person

Attendees from ACROSS CONNECTICUT

Visitors from every region of CONNECTICUT

Viewed online nationally and internationally in 29+ COUNTRIES

Viewed online nationally and internationally in 10+ COUNTRIES and 14 STATES across the country

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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SETS SIGHTS ON GROWTH & INTEGRATION Young people in New Haven faced unprecedented challenges and disruption in 2020. The Festival was grateful to be there for the students in the 11th cohort of the Arts & Ideas High School Fellowship Program.

Originally designed to take place at Gateway Community College with a focus on arts administration, the program instead gathered 10 students on Zoom each week to connect and explore the ever-shifting realities brought by COVID—with oneanother, with community leaders and artists who stepped in to help, and with students across the world, thanks to a partnership with Yale China.

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Throughout the summer, students participated in field trips including to Escape New Haven and the Brooklyn Museum and received instruction in film, storytelling, visual art, and web design. The program culminated with capstone projects: the students wrote, edited, and shot an original short film, created an original painting, and launched a website.

Using their newfound filmmaking and song making skills and the confinements of distance learning, the Fellows learned to shape their voices to stand up as budding artist-activists.

Using their collective voice, our Fellows produced their final virtual town hall on topics ranging from youth empowerment and dual identity to cultural representation, body positivity, feminism, racism, and immigration.

Through these programs, the Festival Fellowship coteachers Hanan Hameen and Julius Stone, and our partners encourages New Haven’s youth to be social agents of change in the world.

Based on our successes and witnessing a continued need to engage high school aged youth in New Haven, the Festival hosted 10 Fellows virtually during the 2021 Spring semester and furthered its commitment to youth by creating the Arts & Ideas Summer Intensive, a 7-week summer program at District Arts & Education in New Haven.

View the 2020/2021 Fellows’ work at

ARTIDEA.ORG/fellowship

“I was blessed to be on such an adventure with amazing people who are inspired to do great things.

The experience has left a significant impact on my future goals and skills.”

“I am leaving our time together with a greater understanding of who I am and the world around me, as well as the possibilities it holds. I now have more confidence in myself, my ideas, and my work.

Thank you for the opportunities, wisdom, and sense of community you have given me. I’m so grateful to have such awesome people in my life and for the lifelong connections I have made through this program.”

Christopher Cazarin 2021 Fellow & AISI Student

Skylar Takacs 2021 Fellow & AISI Student

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SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY When our city was shut down in the Spring of 2020, we reached out to our locally based restaurant partners that make our city so special. Our question: How can we use our combined creativity to highlight New Haven’s culinary excellence and keep people working? This led to a robust virtual food series, featuring restaurants including Ordinary, 116 Crown, Sanctuary Kitchen, and ZINC. The series welcomed half a dozen home chefs and generated more than $35,000 in revenue which went directly to our restaurant partners.

The virtual events were such a success that we continued them into 2021, while also returning to in-person outdoor food events to bring people back Downtown. Through these food events, partnerships with Shops at Yale and Market New Haven, and the return of programming on the Green, according to a study conducted by Quinnipiac University our Festival proudly generated more than $1.5 million in local economic impact in June 2021.

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES Nothing we do would be possible without the partnership of organizations who share our mission and values. Among these is the CT Humanities who has been a supporter and thought partner for more than 25 years.

to grow the Ideas program to reach the same national and international profile as our artistic presentations while still staying grounded in our home state of Connecticut.

“Our partnership with Arts and Ideas has become a model for our work with other organizations,” says Jason Mancini, executive director of CT Humanities. “I appreciate the shared collaborative spirit and applaud the festival team in their commitment to increasing accessibility to their events as they offer opportunities for individuals and the community to engage with contemporary issues.”

In 2020, CT Humanities was instrumental in supporting our reinvestment in the Festival’s Ideas series to ensure that our programming was thought-provoking, relevant and responsive. They stood beside the Festival as we pivoted to present our Ideas series virtually in response to COVID-19, helping us explore new ways to reach an even broader audience.

Ideas Series by the Numbers 2020: 10 events, 25+ speakers 2021: 15 events, 50+ speakers 36,300+ attendees in 2020 and 2021

Our partnership with CT Humanities extends beyond funding.

Their support throughout the last two years has helped the Festival access a statewide wealth of knowledge and connections in museums, historians, and authors as we seek

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CORPORATE DONORS FY 2020 & FY 2021 MARQUEE SPONSORS

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AARP

L. Suzio York Hill Companies

ACES Education Foundation

Liberty Bank Foundation

Aldo DeDominicis Foundation

New England Foundation for the Arts

All American Waste

NewAlliance Foundation

Bank of America

People’s United Bank

Canal Crossing at Whitneyville West

Seabury At Home

Carolyn Foundation

Seedlings Foundation

Consulate General of Israel to New England

Southern Connecticut State University

David T. Langrock Foundation

Target

Elizabethan Club of Yale University

Technolutions

Ethel and Abe Lapides Foundation, Inc.

The Eucalyptus Foundation

Gateway Community College

The Wine Thief

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Webster Bank

Jana Foundation, Inc.

Whitney Center

Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven

Whole Foods

Koskoff, Koskoff, & Bieder

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CELEBRATING TOGETHER VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AWARD

HONORING OUR LEGACY

The Visionary Leadership Award honors those in our community whose trailblazing work impacts the world.

In 2020 and 2021 we recognized two extraordinary individuals: the legendary actor and activist George Takei and groundbreaking physician and public health champion and scholar Marcella Nunez-Smith.

After 25 years of presenting great art and big ideas, we celebrated our founders Roslyn Meyer and Anne Calabresi during our Silver Anniversary Gala, presented virtually in September 2020. Featuring commissioned performances from Acrobuffos, Kaki King, Mbosse Dance Company, a special performance from Lila Downs and Ideas talk from Wynton Marsalis Revisit the evening and view the performances at ARTIDEA.ORG/2020gala.

TOM & LIZ SERIOUS FUN(D) The Tom and Liz Serious Fun(d) was created in 2020 in honor of Tom Griggs and Liz Fisher upon their retirement as codirectors of the Festival. Funds raised through the Serious Fun(d) support special projects and performances that enhance the audience experience at the Festival, celebrating their passion for bringing people together through the arts.

George Takei

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Takei and Nunez-Smith were each honored at a Visionary Leadership Award event, where they shared their stories and wisdom with our community. This important fundraiser supports the Jean Handley Fund, honoring the legacy of Handley as one of our founders and a visionary leader throughout the community.

Learn more about these special ways to give at

ARTIDEA.ORG/support

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Artist: Ronald K. Brown & Evidence Dance Company, Photo: Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Artist: Los Pleneros, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Thabisa & Audience, Photo: Leigh Busby

The Legendary Drag Show, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Dawn Tallman, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Paco Gudoy Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Team Leggoo, Photo: Leigh Busby

Artist: Mulan Art Dance Ensemble, Photo: Leigh Busby

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Albert Dias °

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Matthew and Michele Cohen Family Fund

Bernadette DiGiulian/Elder Caring LLC

Tina Foreman °

Sue Cohen

Representative Patricia Dillon °

Anthony Forman

Laura E. Colby

Joseph Dimaggio °

Catherine & John Forrest

Liza Comita °

Michael Dimenstein ~

Susan Forster and William Riley

Bob and Mary Beth Congdon

Melinda Divicino

Barbara and Richard Franke *

Mary Conley °

Ms. Donna Doherty

Deanell Fraser °

Tammy Conley and Roselinde Torres *

Michael Dolan

Deborah Freedman

John Connell °

John Gaddis and Toni Dorfman

Marjorie Freeman

Eugene T. Connolly, Jr.

Jackie Downing +

Kalman L. Watsky and Deborah Fried **+

Sally Connolly *

Linda Drazen °

Linda and Gary Friedlaender

Ms. Audrey Conrad

Marcia Dresner °

Eleanor Friedman ~

Nancy Conroy °

Marjorie Drucker °

Betty Frost °

Helen and Jack Cooper **+

Karen DuBois-Walton ~

Rosaria Frumento

Eugenie Copp

Sean Duffy and Andy Morgan

Justine Fugere °

Gail Corbin Crofts °

Patrick J. Dunn *~

Rachel Furey °

Karen Corell °

Kat Duvic °

Saul Fussiner °

Rebecca Cramer °

The Honorable William R. Dyson

Barbara and Gerald Gaab ***

Ellen Creane °

Marcia Eckerd °

Darice and Jeffrey Gall

Marisol Credle °

Eileen and Andrew Eder ***~

Adrienne Gallagher and Jim Nelson ~

Vicki & David Crompton *+

Cathy Edwards and Mike Wishnie **+

Denise Gambardella °

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Crowley **

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Ife-Michelle Gardin °

Joseph Crowley

Lara Ehrlich °

Nathan and Patricia Garland **

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Maryam Elahi °

Harold Garrett-Goodyear

Donna Curran and Patrick McCaughey *+

Deborah Elkin

Judy Handley Garvey **

The Curran Foundation

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Christine Gauvreau °

James Curry

Ronna Elliot *~

Gordon and Shelley Geballe **~+

Dr. Anne McBride Curtis, M.D.

Amy Ellsworth °

Theodore Geballe

Kathy Czepiel °

Olivia Eng °

Dorie Gemmell °

Mr. & Mrs. D

Karyn M. Gilvarg and Eric W. Epstein

Tamar Gendelr and Zoltan Szabo °

Karen Dahl

The ERJ Fund at the Community Foundation

Bradford Gentry

Christine D’Alessandro °

for Greater New Haven ~

Chris George ~

Harlon Dalton ~

Carlah Esdaile-Bragg ~

Courtney Gerber °

Charlotte Danenberg °

Sally Esposito

Sarah Gersick

Dave Danenberg °

Jessica Everlith

Cindy Gerstl °

Bob & Priscilla Dannies ***~

Reverend Kevin G. Ewing

Chris and Toddie Getman ~+

Elizabeth Daugherty ~

Sarah Fabish °

Andrew Giering

Alan and Susan Davidson

Francine Farkas Sears

Wendy Gilbert °

Jennifer Davies

James Farnam °

Andrew Gilford Jr °

Nicole Davis °

Kathy Faught °

Roz Gilhuly °

Emily H Davison °

Kathryn Feidelson

Linda D. Gillam and Jack Buckman

Ann R. Langdon Days

Michael and Ann Feinberg

Jane Gillis °

Peter and Sheila de Bretteville ~

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Steven Ginsburg °

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Dana Holahan

Ellen Kemble °

Sally and Steve Glick *~

Susan Holahan ~

Kiki and Ted Kennedy, Jr. *~+

Jessica Godburn °

Veronica Holcomb °

Susan Kerley

William Goettler and Maria LaSala

Patrick Holland

Jeanne Kerr

Mrs. Prashanti Gogineni

Rhonda Hollie °

Myles Kessler °

Lindy Lee Gold

Penn and Diane Holsenbeck *~

Jerry and Louisa Ketron

Angelita Gomez °

Suzannah Holsenbeck °

Judi Kibbe

Rebecca Goodheart +

Tiffany & Katrina Hopkins °+

Jill Kimmelman

Janet Gordon °

Nina Horowitz and Richard Sussman

Diane King

John Stuart Gordon

Katie Horrigan °

Charles and Gretchen Kingsley *

Joseph Gordon and Mark Bauer ~

Jim Horwitz and Sandy Allison **~

Jack Kitching °

Jamie Grant °

Robert Horwitz °

Jeff Klaus

Rupert Grant °

Todd Hougas °

Barbara Klein °

William Graustein ***~+

Ms. Bernadette Huang +

Joan Klyuchenko

Clifton E. Graves Jr ~

Melissa Huber +

The Knight Family *~

Linda Green °

Jeanne Hughes °+

Karel Koenig

The Stewart and Constance Greenfield Foundation

Kate Hunter and Rich Jacob *

Hannah Koh °

Linda Greenhouse ~

Truth Hunter °

Sarah Kohlmeier °

Liz Greenlee °

Sheila Hutchings °

Jacqueline Koral ~

Millie Grenough °

Charisse E. Hutton and Joseph Lesiak

Chelsea Kostek °

Pamela and John Griffin

Nikki Hyde °

Christina Kraus °

Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. and Ed Bottomley **~

William Hylton °

Diane Krause and Liz Hellwig **~

Barbara Ann and Tom Griggs Sr. *~+

Larry and Lucie Iannotti

Robert and Harlene Kravet °

The Reverend Bonita Grubbs ~

Kit Ingui ~

Allison and Dick Kravitz

Jennifer Guarino °

Corinne Jackson °

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Victoria Hackman *

Robert and Marcia Jacoby **

Irwin Krieger and John H. Mayer

Alice Hadler

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Karin Krochmal and Richard Hayden

Judith S. Hahn ~

Jeffrey Jennings

Bonnie and John Krystal *~

Paula Hahn °

Willie Jennings °

Ms. Sharon Kugler ~

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Judith Jerome °

N. David and Darryl Rotman Kuperstock

Polly Halfkenny °

John Jessen °

Jon Kyker °

Kathy Hall °

Maria Jiang °

Douglas Kysar °

Iman Hameen ~

Birgitta Johnson

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Stephen Hamm °

Michele Johnson °~

Aimle Laderman

Karsten Harries

Rebecca and Keith Johnson

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Roberta and Larry Harris

Derek R. Jones

Carrie Lakin

Sandra Harris °

Loria Jones °

Maria Lamberto

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Jean and Nick Lamont **~+

Julianne Hatfield °

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Marie Landry and Peter Aronson

Aaron Hawkins °

Chris Jonientz °

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Lakisha Jordan

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Dan Heaton **

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Mr. Douglas Larson

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The Josef Family

Penelope Laurans

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Ana Juarez °

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Anna Hegland °

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Lesley Heller

Gerald Karp °

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Roland and Anika Singh Lemar

John Henry °

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Chad and Michelle Herzog

Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff *~

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John Levin °

Rosalind Hinman

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Andrew J. “A.J.” Hipius *+

Amber Kelly °

Sid Levine °

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Art and Betty Levy

Ms. Katherine Mckenzie ~

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Julia M. McNamara and Richard J. Lolatte

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Carol A. LeWitt ~

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Annie Lin and Brendan Woo *

Wendy Meaden °

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Henry and Cheryl Norton *

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Ruby Melton and Gail McAvay **~

Patricia Nuelsen

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Dan O’Brien °

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Fred Meyer °

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Michael Meyer °

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Rebecca Meyer °

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Foundation ***~+

Miriam Olsen

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Robert Ostroff

Linda K. Lorimer and Charles D. Ellis **

Gary Mezzi °

Maryann Ott ~+

Mary Love °

Margaret Middleton ~

Gilda Outremont °

Henry Lowendorf and Susan Klein

Nancy Middleton

Karen Owen °

John Loxsom °

Judi and Dan Miglio ***

Michael Paddock °

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Rosemarie Paine °

Wilson Luna °+

Susan and David Millen

Susan Papa and David Schatz

Tom Lynch ~

Virginia and Timothy Millhiser

Bob Parker ~

Janet Lyons °

Eric and Carolyn Millman **

Robert Parker °

The M Fund *+

Ellen and Leonard Milstone

Julie Parr °

Anne MacClintock and Jerry Mashaw *

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Accomando Patriquin Family °

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Michael Morand and William Frank Mitchell ~

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PEACE + LOVE *

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Chris Moeller °

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Marc and Margaret Mann **~

Marti Molwitz

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Jeannette Penniman °

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David Monz

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Wendy Marans

Julie & Bill Moore

Mary L. Pepe

Jezrie Marcano-Courtney °

Kyessa L. Moore

Hap and Stacey Perkins

Mithat and Orla Mardin °

Sam Moore °

Julie Perlman °

Maria Markham and Andrew Putnam

Ellen Morgan °

Adam Perrin °

Allen Marks °

Gerald Morin and Michael Davidson

Sydney Perry ~

Katherine Marschall

Micheal Morris °

Tracy Peters

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Laura J. Morrison *~

Jeanine Peters

Martin-Pescatore Family Fund *

Randal Morrison

Ruth Petkaitis °

Anne Martin °

Darius Mostaghimi °

Mr. and Mrs. Guido Petra ~

Jill E. Martin *

Barbara Munck

Dr. E. Anthony Petrelli

Lori Martin °

Fernando Muniz ~

Bennie Pharr °

Maribel Martinez °

Jennifer Munro °

Felicia Pierre °

Ana Martins °

Nancy Mykins °

Pignatello Family Fund

Amy Marx °

Shannon Mykins

Pikaart-Vaughan Family Fund

George Matthews °

Norman Needleman and Jacqueline Hubbard

Michelle Pileggi °

Ellice Matza °

Michael and Edita Negrón ~

Roberta Pilette °

Liz Maurer °

Brian P. Nekoloff And Wesley Wright ~

Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury ~

Virginia May °

Peter and Maryann Nekoloff

Phillip Pivawer and Linda Hewlett

Sarah J. Mayer °

Jil Nelson

Alan Plattus and Nancy Berliner *

Marianne C. Mazan +

Linda Nelson °

Gaius Poehler °

Doug and Pam McAvay

Karen Nemiah ~

Leslie Pollack *

George McCabe °

Pamela Newell °

Elana and Jim Ponet

Mr. Thomas J. McGrath

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Celia Bicknell Ponvert

Thomas McGrath °

Jennifer Newman °

Barbara Possick °

S. McGregor °

Peter Newman °

Jeffrey Possick °

Elena Mchugh °

David I. Newton **~

Stanley and Carroll Possick

LouAnn McInnes °

Deena Nicol-Blifford °

Charles and Elizabeth Possidente

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Peter Salovey and Marta Elisa Moret ~

Judy Sparer *

William Powers °

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Nurjhan Spence °

Joanna Price °

Greg Sample °

ML Spencer

Bonnie Pulver °

Priscilla Santiago °

Christina and Sydney Spiesel

Sally Purrington Hild °

Vanessa Santiago °

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Alec Purves

Denise Santisteban °+

Suzanne Stack

Miriam and Jerry Putterman

Rio Santisteban °

Ken Staffey

Shelley Quiala and Tony Hanson °

Robert and Ellen Scalettar *~

Kirby Stafford °

Linda Randell °

Jules Scanley °

Lisa Stanger and Greg Colodner *~+

Faye and Asghar Rastegar

Leslye Schaefer

Aleta Staton

Rodion and Isabel Rathbone

John and Maureen Schaetzl

Matthew Steinsaltz °

Elizabeth Rathbun °

Patricia Schein °

Alinor Sterling and Steve Mentz *+

Babz Rawls Ivy °

Anne Schenck **~

Betsy and Lawrence Stern

Miranda Rector °

Mr. Joseph Schiffer

Shepard and Marlene Stone *

Linda Reeder °

Clifford Schloss °

Louis and Susan Stone Family Foundation ~

Kathleen Reilly

Nancy Scilipote °

Kimberly Stoner °

Sandra and Gernot Reiners

Kathleen Scully °

Robert & Susan Cayer Stout

Rita Berkson and Randolph Reinhold **~

Seedlings Foundation **~

Jill Strawn and Harlon Dalton

Richard and Paula Resch

Barbara and Jim Segaloff

Karen Streeter °

Aileen Reynolds and Robert Silverstein

Edwin and Deborah Selden **

Beka Sturges °

Jock Reynolds and Suzanne Hellmuth

Lisa Sementilli °

Karin Sugerman °

Charlie Rich °

Amauri Serrano °

Celeste Suggs and Joel Zackin *

Terrence Riggins °

Fred and Barbara Sette

Janusz Sulanowski °

Faye Ringel °

Nikki Sewell °

Carla Sullivan °

Alex Ripp °

Bruce Seymour °

Laura Sundstrom °

Jane Rivers °

Terry Seymour °

Joan Surdukowski

Marie Robert ~

Laurel Shader, MD

Leonardo H. Suzio and John Hansen ***

Katherine Roberts °

Sandra Shaner **~+

Carol Swanson

Kerry Alys Robinson and Michael Cappello, MD ~+

Gale and Larry Shapiro

Tucker Sweitzer

Leslie Robinson

Joseph Shapiro

Cheryl and Bart Szczarba

Barbara Rockenbach & Dan Wilderman **~+

Thomasine Shaw °

Richard Taft and Helen Barnstable *

Ciara Rogers °

Jana Shea ~

Lauren Tagliatela ~

Dina Roginsky

Kathy and Mike Shonborn

Viola Tagliatela °

Kathleen Romania °

Cathy Shufro

Alice Tai °

David Rosen and Barbara Goren

Dr. Lorraine D. Siggins

Carter Takacs °

Helen Rosenberg °

Jean and Jim Silk

Violette Takahashi °

Judy Sirota Rosenthal

Chris and Frank Silvestri

Ms. Deborah F. Teason °

Carol Ross ~+

Wendy Simmons-Taylor °

Dee Tee °

Mary Jo Ross °

David Simon °

Cecil Tengatenga °

Michael Rossi ~

Bruce and Pam Simonds **

SongKeng Teoh

Nicola Rossi °

James Sinclair and Sylvia Van Sinderen

Janice Thaxter °

Sheilah B. Rostow *

Beverly Skiles °

Bruce Payne and Jack Thomas ~+

Abigail Roth and R. Lee Stump *

Betsy and William Sledge ***~+

Paul Thomas and Elsa Calderon

Geert Rouwenhorst °

Jordan Sloshower °

Aaron Thompson °

Constance L. Royster

Steven B. and Susan Smith +

Torin Thurston

Mr. and Ms. Carolyn Kone and Allan Rubenstein °

Susan Smith and Robin Baslaw °

Mary Tinetti

Elizabeth and Richard Rubin

Kerala & Richard Snyder

Margaret Anne Tocharshewski ~

Jeremy Rubin °

Michael D. Soileau and Thomas Ude, Jr.

Deborah Toll *

Barbara Ruggieri °

Etana Solomon °

Terry Toole °

Jimine Ruggiero °

Ben Soltoff °

Sue Torrey °

Cynthia A. Russo

Dr. Linda Waldman and Rabbi Howard Sommer

David and Lisa Totman **~

Teresa Rutledge °

Anita Soos

Sandra Trevino-Ranalli *~

Marion Sachdeva *~

Laura Sorensen °

Kerry Triffin °

Katharine B. Sacks and Joseph C. Huether

Dr. Raina Sotsky

Susan Trotta-Smith °

Shelly Saczynski °

Yvonne Sourragh °

Tiffany D. Tudder

Joan Saddler °

Stephanie S. Spangler and Robert G. Shulman **+

Maria S. Tupper

Helen Sakellarides °

Niyonu Spann °

Margie Turrin °

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Ariel Unger ° Trinity Urban ° Sascha van Creveld ° Flora Zoe Van Dyke Victor Vega Ms. Joan Venditto Anna Violano ~ Jim Vlock and Gail Brekke ** Diana Von Hallett ° Ms. Martha Walczak Beth Wallace ° Asadie Walters ° Barbara C. Wareck Emilee Warner ° Stuart G Warner * Charles Waskiewicz ° Jean K. Webb *~ Andrea Weinstein ° Josh Weinstein Alison Weir Anne Weis ° Bert & Martha Weisbart * Carole Weisberg ° Lynda E. Rosenfeld and Richard M. Weiss Judith Weiss-Rivera ° Nicole Westfall ° Dotty and Glen Weston-Murphy Joan Wexler Marilyn White °

IN HONOR OF: Art Teachers Past and Present of Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School J. Hoffman Lee Betsy Sledge David Totman Penelope Laurans-Fitzgerald Cecie Clement Joe Gordon and Mark Bauer Danny Freeman Marjorie Freeman

Virginia and John Wilkinson **~ William H. and Irene K. Charitable Trust * Shaleah Williams °

Carol Withers ° Stephen and Rachel Wizner ** Steven Wolfson **~ Cornell N. & Joanne P. Wright * Robert Wyckoff ° Elizabeth Yagla ° Ms. Ruth B. Yeazell Andrew Yim ° Elizabeth Yorulmaz ° Ann Yost ° Arthur Yost Brian Young ° Justin Young ° Christopher Yurkovsky and Deborah McArthur

Gordon & Shelley Geballe Constance Royster

John and Pat Zandy ~ Justin Zaremby Tantra Zawadi ° George Zdru ***~+

IN MEMORY OF: Anne S. Jefferis Mr. George Jafferis

Heather A. Peters Tracy Peters Jean Handley Judith Garvey Dorothy Weston-Murphy

Tom Griggs Mrs. Marianne Mazan Mary Ellen Cody Juneteenth and Black Lives Matter Olivia Eng

Louise Endel Susan Addiss Louise Reichgott Endel Rosalyn Cama

Lauren Tagliatela Viola Tagliatela

Patricia McGrath Thomas McGrath

Liz and Tom Mr. William Graustein

Richard Hinman Mrs. Rosalind Hinman

Louise Endel Thomas Griggs Maggie C. Free Rev. Hiram and Dr. Patricia Brett Naomi Horowitz’s Birthday Dr. Nina Horowitz

Sophie Powell Ms. Flora Van Dyke The Ancestors Cliff Schloss

Peace and Love Jim Lind Roslyn Meyer Anne Calabresi Susan Katz Susan Millen

LEGACY SOCIETY:

Shannon Mykins Thomas Griggs Sophie Powell Flora Van Dyke The 25th Anniversary of the Festival Jean Webb

Michelle Zacks ° Steven and Barbara Zalesch

Unapologetically Radical Ms. Marion Sachdeva

Dr. Laura Morrison Randal Morrison

Eleanor Glick Sally & Steve Glick

Mary Lou Winnick *~+ The Winokur Family Foundation *

TLC, Director Team of the just past years!

Marion Sachdeva

Christina English Ms. Joan Surdukowski

Denise Santisteban James Moran

Karen and Richard Wies + Amie Wilkins °

Tina Lindstrom Margaret Middleton

The incredible Arts & Ideas team Edita and Michael Negrón Those who have worked hard to make this festival happen each year Ms. Joan Venditto

Tiffinni Zidbeck °

Elsie B. Chapman Robert E. W. Eisele * Louise Endel * Liz Fisher Gordon Geballe Thomas S. Griggs, Jr. Chad Herzog

Brian Kolbin * Ruby Melton Brian Nekoloff Lisa Stanger Alinor Sterling Stuart G. Warner *In grateful memory

Learn more about giving at ARTIDEA.ORG/plannedgiving

Lawrence Zukof

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FINANCIALS FY 2020 EXPENSE Arts, Humanities & Education Programming...............................................................................................................$1,073,427.62 (58.68%) Management & General............................................................................................................................................................$540,312.15 (29.54%) Fundraising....................................................................................................................................................................................$215,598.84 (11.79%)

TOTAL: $1,829,338.61

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming Management & General Fundraising

FY 2021 EXPENSE Arts, Humanities & Education Programming.................................................................................................................$2,510,228.12 (72.82%) Management & General............................................................................................................................................................$534,652.47 (15.51%) Fundraising...................................................................................................................................................................................$402,497.93 (11.68%)

TOTAL: $3,447,377.93

Arts, Humanities & Education Programming Management & General Fundraising

2020 & 2021

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FINANCIALS FY 2020 INCOME Foundation....................................................................................................................................................................................$169,380.00 (7.05%) Corporate......................................................................................................................................................................................$296,158.00 (12.34%) Government.................................................................................................................................................................................$541,614.00 (22.56%) Individual...................................................................................................................................................................................$1,193,729.00 (49.72%) Special Events...............................................................................................................................................................................$191,220.00 (7.96%) Earned.................................................................................................................................................................................................$8,843.00 (0.37%)

TOTAL: $2,400,944.00

Foundation Corporate Government Individual Special Events Earned

FY 2021 INCOME Foundation...................................................................................................................................................................................$367,254.01 (12.60%) Corporate.........................................................................................................................................................................................$326,196.57 (11.19%) Government...............................................................................................................................................................................$592,790.00 (20.33%) Individual..................................................................................................................................................................................$1,028,692.65 (35.28%) Special Events..................................................................................................................................................................................$53,541.83 (1.84%) Earned..................................................................................................................................................................................................$21,614.57 (0.74%) Federal PPP.................................................................................................................................................................................$525,744.64 (18.03%)

TOTAL: $2,915,834.27

Foundation Corporate Government Individual Special Events Earned Federal PPP

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STAFF AND BOARD We are grateful to the staff who contributed to

Erin Krebs, Coordinator, Festival 2021

the 2020 and 2021 Festivals.

Coral Ortiz Maame Osei-Wusu

PRODUCTION, OPERATIONS, FINANCE &

Glenda Perry

EXECUTIVE

ADMINISTRATION

Ruby Prince

Shelley Quiala, Executive Director

Aaron G. Thompson, Managing Director

Eleanor Polak

Liz Fisher, Co-Director through Festival 2020

Melissa Huber, Director of Artistic Planning &

Dylan Sichel

Tom Griggs, Co-Director through Festival 2020

Operations

Maal West

Clifford Schloss, Executive Assistant

Marisette Cruz, Office Manager Felicia Pierre, Accountant

PROGRAMMING & COMMUNITY IMPACT

COVID COMPLIANCE Tricia Ellsworth, COVID Compliance Manager

Malakhi Eason, Director of Programming &

ARTIST SERVICES

Xander de Vries, COVID Testing Coordinator

Community Impact

Ludmila Cardoso De Brito, Company Manager

Delaney Kelly, COVID Testing Coordinator

Bobby Asher, Director of Programming for

Janet Cunningham, Transportation & Parking

Leila Isidore, COVID Compliance Assistant

Festival 2020

Manager

Larry Loux, COVID Compliance Assistant

Elizabeth Nearing, Ideas Program Curator

Lydia Johnson, Transportation & Parking Manager

Megan Willett, COVID Compliance Assistant

Denise Santisteban, Curator of Tours, Storytelling

Herin Kaputkin, Hospitality Manager

and Ideas Programs

Shannon Blencowe, Hospitality Manager

IATSE CREW

Shamain McAllister, Community Impact Manager

Naseem Foster, Artist Services Coordinator

Robert Andrea

Aleta Staton, Community Engagement Manager

Benedicte N’sumbu, Artist Services Coordinator

David Barata

through Festival 2020

Faith Zamble, Artist Services Coordinator

Bradford Bates

Julius Stone, Fellowship Program Co-Teacher

Brithney Abad, Production Assistant

Ariel Benichoov

Hanan Hameen, Fellowship Program Co-Teacher,

Kiley Herlihy, Production Assistant

James Braxton

Gateway Community College

Andrea Williams, Production Assistant

JanMichael Capozziello

Lisa Kellman, Curator – Neighborhood

Annissa Carter, Hospitality Assistant

Lorenzo Cardoso

Programming for Festival 2020

Joseph Fonseca, Driver

John Cerullo, Jr.

Cristian Montanez, Driver

Michael Covino

MEDIA

Christine Pagano, Driver

Frank Dawid

Tiffany Hopkins, Media Producer

Daniel Shoemaker, Driver

Joseph Donohue

Bree Sherry, Stage Manager, Virtual Events

Matthew Webb, Driver

Jason Epps

Michael Paddock, Projectionist

Tim Folster

Cliff Baird, Camera Operator/Editor

AUDIENCE SERVICES

James Fournelle

Bridget Harry, Camera Operator/Editor

Christian Ponce, Audience Services Manager

Gardner Friscia

Kenneth Baah, Production Assistant

Chelum Okoro, House Management Assistant

Gregory Goto

Dante Haughton, Camera Operator

Kayodè Soyemi, House Management Captain

Charlestone Gourdet

DEVELOPMENT

Alexis Payne, Information Center Attendant

Anthony Grazioso

Shannon Mykins, Director of Development

Henriëtte Rietveld, Information Center

Stephen Havrilla

Brian Nekoloff, Associate Director of

Attendance

Robert Hofmiller

Fred Graham

Development through Festival 2021

Keiyon Johnson

Roz Gilhuly, Development Consultant

USHERS

Michael Kaplan

Edward Chase, Patron Services & Accessibility

Katie Aranda

Jason Kosko

Coordinator

Sophia Bruce

Luke Lamoureux

Katrice Kemble, Development Operations

Millie Carlson

David Marsh

Coordinator

Vaishali Chandola

George Matulis

Finesha Henry, Special Events Assistant

Tailor Coward

Brian Munroe

Emma Zihal, Hospitality Assistant

Joanna Escandon

Stephanie Panico

Matthew Geoffino

John Pappas

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Keona Marie Gomes

William Partello

Lara Ehrlich, Director of Marketing &

Noah Hamilton

Robert Paternoster Jr.

Communications

Josehua Hilarion

Michael Petrucci

Allison Hadley, Marketing & Communications

Anna Hill

Lenard Pickering

Manager

Quashawn Jinwright

Brian Prytko

Yvette Hicks, Graphic Designer

Shannon Miller

Maximilian Rado

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Johnny Rivera

Robert Ritchie

Robin Savoyski

Roger Robinson

James Shea

Dylan Rubino

Paul Sisilli Jr.

Jacob Rubino

Kevin Smith

Michael Rubino

Wayne Smith

Nicholas Rubino

Christopher Valente

Matthew Sorensen

Russell Van Edsinga

Brandon Stewart

Robert Wilkinson

Markus Thomas

Christopher Williams Lance Woodward Todd Wormell

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020 – 2021 Executive Officers

PRODUCTION

Gordon Geballe, Board Chair

Douglas Harry, Director of Production &

Elsie B. Chapman, Vice Chair***

Operations

Alinor Sterling, Vice Chair

Timothy Plummer, Associate Director of

G. Penn Holsenbeck, Treasurer

Production and Operations

Elizabeth R. Sledge, Secretary

Bridget Sullivan, Production Manager

Anne Tyler Calabresi, Founding Director

Rayburn Dobson Jr., Mainstage TD/PSM

Dr. Roslyn Milstein Meyer, Founding Director

Elisa Palumbo, Operations Manager

2020 - 2021 Board Members

Amy Stern, Operations Manager

Jenna Allegretto

Kevin DeChello, Technical Director

Candace Barrington

Annmarie Duggan, Lighting Designer

Joe. Bertolino, E.D., D.

Joey Morrissette, Lighting Designer & Supervisor

Dr. Pat Brett, E.D., D.

Justin Herminghouse, Audio Supervisor

Diane Brown

Tyler Fitzgerald, Sound Designer

William T. Brown**

Kristina Kloss, Associate Lighting Designer

Lorenzo Boyd* Elsie B. Chapman***

Colby Adams

Donna Curran

Aaron Bresky

Dr. Deborah Dyett Desir

Barry Brostrom

Jody P. Ellant***

Jennifer Carlson

Rev. Kevin Ewing

Samuel Dellert

Stephen Glick

Shannon Esslinger

Kimberly M. Goff-Crews

Paul Frydrychowski

Clifton Graves

Ryan Gardner

Kiki Kennedy, M.D.***

Olivia Harry

Annie Lin

Dante Haughton

Ruby H. Melton

Anthony Holiday

Charles O’Connell

Ally Lenihan

Annie Lin*

Chelsea Marquis

Barbara Rockenbach***

Patrick McMillan

Lisa Stanger

Graham McNeil

Richard Taft

Shawn Murray

Micheal Twitty*

David Romero

Charles Warner, Jr.*

Samuel Silva LiTommy Skriver

*Elected October 19, 2021

Alonzo Talley

**Elected December, 2020

Jacob Zonderman

***Completed term October 19, 2021

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