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Asolo Rep Education & Engagement
Education & Engagement donors partner with Asolo Rep in making professional live theatre accessible for everyone in our community. Our programming engages a wide variety of audiences and invites them to connect and create through exciting and innovative theatrical experiences.
ACCESS TO THE ARTS is an umbrella of programs that create opportunities for young people, community members, and educators to experience the connections, learning, and excitement in professional theatre. In 2020-2021, Asolo Rep made a selection of our world-class productions available to stream to classrooms, distance learning students, and community organizations. These theatrical experiences can be explored from home or classroom, making them accessible to more students in more places.
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ASOLO REP ONLINE CLASSES are spaces for students to be inspired by professional artists, their peers, and themselves. We facilitate experiences for young people and adults who want to deepen their knowledge of the theatrical art form to have a safe and innovate space to do so—a learning laboratory for all aspects of the performing arts.
VOICES OF CHANGE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Programs include:
THE ILLUMINATION SERIES explores the social, political, and cultural themes threaded throughout Asolo Rep’s theatrical season. For the 2021 IllumiNation Series, three digital events will focus on art and issues of race, gender, identity, and cultural intersection.
VOICES OF CHANGE is an interactive conversation with our community, in partnership with various community organizations and schools. The vision of this program is to connect using theatre, storytelling, conversation, and collaboration, amplifying more voices in a wide spectrum of communities with a digital, shareable outcome.
KALEIDOSCOPE is an umbrella of programs that use the performing arts to celebrate the unique voice and creative expression of individuals with disabilities. Through innovative and responsive arts experiences, sharing stories, and learning techniques of theatre, Kaleidoscope examines what it means to be an individual and an artist.
ASOLO REP ENGAGE is an online education, dramaturgy, and engagement platform that invites the community into our creative process, and celebrates the art of theatre and all the people who create it. Education & Engagement Digital Content includes: Nia Explains it All, Mini-Masterclasses, Games & Activities, Digital Talkbacks
Visit asolorep.org/engage-learn for more information on programming. If you would like to make a difference by giving the gift of theatre, contact Development Director Benjamin Luczak at Benjamin_Luczak@asolo.org. Visit asolorep.org/educationsupport for more information on supporting.
MAJOR DONORS ($5,000+) Anonymous Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County Asolo Repertory Theatre Guild Betty-Jean and David Bavar Howard Berman Gerald and Sondra Biller Travis and Kathy Brown Susan and Jim Buck Luis and Nikki Chu Andrew and Judith Economos Nona Macdonald Heaslip Charlie Huisking, The Huisking Foundation Carolyn Keystone and Jim Meekison Maurice Richards* and Jack Kesler Travers Family Fund, Jim and Susan Travers Leon and Marysue Wechsler Geri and Ron Yonover Z Foundation
FRIENDS OF EDUCATION ($500–$4,999) Pat and Bob Baer Beverly and Bob Bartner Steve Bloom and Judy Aleman Terry O. Brackett The James Bruen and Jane Plitt Fund of Manatee Community Foundation John and Liana Bryant Grant Castilow and Tracee Murphy William and Bonnie Chapman Tom and Ann Charters Sanford and Diane Cloud Gord and Jennifer Cooper Monte DeCarlo and Barbara Kelly Jenny and Lee Duffey Foundation Tim and Lynn Duoos L’Tanya Evans Erik Fanuelsen Wendy and Jerry Feinstein Leda Freedman Fund Alison Gardner and Jan Sirota Ronald Giarrusso Ron* and Rita Greenbaum Mark and Janet Hammer Jeremy Hammond-Chambers and Jules Price Katherine Harris and Richard Ware Robert and Shari Harris Larry and Debbie Haspel Peter and Katherine Hayes Ben and Gigi Huberman Barbara Jacob Jelks Family Foundation Caryl B. Kaplan Arthur S. Karp Family Foundation Elita Krums-Kane Donna and David Koffman Foundation Jennie Lascelle Paul and Ann Levinson Benjamin Luczak Brian Mariash John* and Elenor Maxheim Sean and Melanie Natarajan Dr. Paul E. Nelson and Dr. Judy C. Pearson David Pearah Peter and Joanne Powers Robert and Diane Roskamp Steven and Carolyn Roskamp Jeff and Nikki Sedacca Clare and Rich Segall Mort Siegel Carol Siegler, in loving memory of Mort Siegler Mike and Madelyn Tetmeyer Jim and Cath Van Natta Elisabeth Waters James and Anne Westman Mark and Christi Wheeler Edward and Mary Lou Winnick
ENDOWED FUNDS
M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner Fund for Future Young Audiences Koski Family Foundation Fund for New Audiences John* and Elenor Maxheim Fund, in recognition of Theatre Arts Education Asolo Rep’s Education & Engagement Director is sponsored by the Muriel O’Neil Fund for the Performing Arts of Community Foundation of Sarasota County
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