ASU Gammage Inner Circle Magazine Volume 28

InnerCircle ASU Gammage

Volume 28 Winter 2021

Virtual Tech Tours Meet the Return to the Stage Advisory Board

ASU’s 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

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We are currently undergoing two pandemics – the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic of racism. The vaccine is on the way for the COVID-19 pandemic. We are the vaccine for racism.

Alongside ASU and countless activists and organizations working towards meaningful change, the theater community is also engaged in the conversation around equality, social justice and bringing change to the work that is being done.

One of the questions being asked is how are we adding to the stories that are told on our stages across the country so we can see ourselves and each other on stage? I strongly believe that part of the work we have to do is ask who is choosing those who choose the stories that are told on stage. That means looking at who is choosing boards of directors, because those boards are choosing artistic and executive directors, who are choosing creative teams, and the creative teams choose the stories we see on stage.

ASU Gammage is committed to the work that Arizona State University is doing in advancing meaningful change in the fight for equality and social justice. In September 2020, ASU President Michael Crow announced a list of 25 actions to support Black students, faculty and staff that ASU is committed to launching this academic year.

The second action item on the list of 25 actions is the appointment of an Advisory Council on African American Affairs, comprised of faculty, staff and students with the purpose of assisting the president in ensuring the success of Black faculty and staff and the growth of students while also convening and engaging the Black community at ASU, locally and nationally on a variety of issues.

In October 2020, President Crow announced that I would co-chair the Advisory Council on African American Affairs as the Staff Chair with Dr. Jeffrey Wilson, professor in ASU’s Department of Economics, as the Faculty Chair. The Advisory Council on African American Affairs has already started the important work of convening constructive dialogue around the 25 initiatives.

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Right now, the ASU Gammage stage is dark, but the show must go on and we are choosing the stories that we are telling through our Digital Connections series.

We are working to engage a number of diverse artists from different disciplines and backgrounds to share their work. While we are paying these artists for their work and expertise, we are offering the performances and programs to the communities we serve for free through our social media platforms. I hope you will continue to join us for our Digital Connections series as we work towards being able to return to the stage. You can find a regularly updated schedule here.

Stay safe; stay healthy, and I can’t wait until the day we all sit down at ASU Gammage together to see each other’s stories told on stage.

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs and Executive Director of ASU Gammage

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Colleen Jennings-Roggensack EDITOR IN CHIEF AND PROJECT MANAGER Erica Lin CREATIVE DIRECTOR Allie Gold

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MANAGING EDITOR Theresa Dickerson

EDITORIAL TEAM Kari Amarosso; Heather Fuentes; Michelle Johnson, CAP, OM; Arianna Jones; Tim Walling CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Alexis Alabado; Stacey Bailey; Lauren Fountain; Kari Redfield

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Contents

Making A Not-So-Fetch Year, Bright MEAN GIRLS star Krystina Alabado talks Broadway shutdown

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Tech Tours Go Virtual Digital tech tours offer unique opportunity for students despite pandemic

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2021 MLK Jr. Celebration Continues Virtually Due to COVID-19 Arizona State University’s 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

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From Student Stagehand to ASU Cultural Affairs’ IT Aficionado At the start of the pandemic, Technology Support Analyst Scott Guess was one of the few that stayed behind, prepared to tackle any problem in the midst of a new, digitally dominant world

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Meet the Return to the Stage Advisory Board

MEAN GIRLS star, Krystina Alabado on stage at ASU Gammage

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Donor Highlights

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Green Screen YouTube stars the Green brothers and ASU partner to create high-quality, timely videos based on expert curriculum

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Meet ASU Kerr’s Tech Team From in-person shows and streaming events to weddings and other rentals, this duo works in tandem to create impactful events with great sound, lighting and video

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VIP Donor Club listing

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Standing Ovation Award recognitions for Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Larissa FastHorse

“Laughter gives us more time.

It actually adds time to your life, so I’m giving you information and I’m giving you more time to change the world.”

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Broadway

Making A Not-So Fetch Year,

Bright MEAN GIRLS star Krystina Alabado talks Broadway shutdown

By Alexis Alabado Broadway star and Arizona native Krystina Alabado prides herself on keeping busy. As an actress, she is hardwired to deal with time off inbetween shows, utilizing her talents in other creative fields until the next opportunity arises. Even so, she did not realize she’d be getting that time off so early into the year, and 3

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that ‘that time’ would stretch into the current nine-month standstill as Broadway’s doors remain closed.

“The idea of having a couple shows off wasn’t bad because your body is destroyed and your voice is tired,” Alabado said in regards to when first given the news of a temporary two-week shutdown in March. “But the more I thought about it, the more insane it felt. It’s Broadway, we don’t shut down for anything. When there’s a blizzard we still come in and do the show for a handful of people — we always find a way.”

During her last week starring as Gretchen Weiners in MEAN GIRLS, the Broadway star had undergone grueling rehearsals to accommodate a big casting change and incorporate content from the national tour. Just like the rest of the world, Alabado did not realize that March 11 would be her last MEAN GIRLS performance for the entirety of 2020.

“I think people forget how many people are impacted by Broadway being shut down,” she said. “It’s not just the actors who are out of work — we’re the people you know because you see us on posters — but the

dresser, the carpenter, the marketing people and the ushers at the theater.

There are thousands and thousands of people who are out of work.”

Alabado has been on quite a journey since the pandemic began. After spending the first two months quarantined in her NYC apartment with husband and fellow Broadway actor Bob Lenzi, the duo took a cross-country road trip that landed them in Los Angeles in search of new creative projects. While it was astounding to see the whole country from the comfort of their vehicle, Alabado said her favorite part of the trip was returning to Arizona to spend quality time with her father and two younger siblings.

“I don’t want to wait for this to be over — maybe my path moved a little bit, but I’m not going to stop.”

—Krystina Alabado “Being able to be with my family at a time where we really needed to be with each other, and in normal time, we don’t have the ability to do that, was an amazing gift,” she said.

Reflecting on the last nine months and what it’s been like as an actress at this time, Alabado said she’s busier than she initially thought she would be.

“If I were to spread my hand out, and each finger represents a segment of my career as an actor, my theater section is dimmed because there is no theater,” she said. “But there’s all this other stuff that has always been there that I can now pursue.”

During this period, Alabado booked a recurring role on a new AMC animated drama, along with doing commercial voiceovers, demo work for a new musical, recording a cast album, starting a YouTube channel and teaching. As creativity and innovation have been the main

Krystina and husband, Bob Lenzi, with ASU Gammage Executive Director, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack at a performance of WICKED at ASU Gammage. drive of continuing theater in a safe way, the Broadway actress also had the opportunity to star in a 10 person, nine-episode original called A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical. The virtual musical was shot independently out of each actor’s home, using their own equipment.

“I’m just doing everything I can to feel fulfilled, make some money, and not lose my trajectory,” Alabado said.

Standing at six thousand subscribers, Alabado’s YouTube channel shares a peek into all the ins-and-outs of her life — from backstage MEAN GIRLS moments, to beauty care regimens and Q & A sessions. Having a new platform to engage with her fans and fellow Broadway enthusiasts has been nothing short of spectacular.

“We all want the same thing which is for theater to come back,” she said.

“To bring them a tiny bit of theater or theatrical thing into their homes on YouTube makes me really happy I can do that.”

With her career coaching, Alabado instructs students over Zoom for ways to prepare for musical theater programs, professional development, and set about a game plan during this time. The biggest thing she tells young people is that the world isn’t at a standstill, but rather a pause.

artists and actors is to take this time to hone your skills. I don’t want to wait for this to be over — maybe my path moved a little bit, but I’m not going to stop.”

Alabado recounts a moment earlier in the year when listening to a Jack Kornfield podcast, and the pandemic was put as such: “this is not happening to us, it is happening for us.” When changing one’s mindset to consider the grand scheme of things, Alabado said she is ready to take on any challenge.

“Let’s believe that everything is going to be okay because it will be. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be the same, but it’s going to work itself out,” she said.

For now, Alabado said it is crucial to support the arts in any way one can; it doesn’t have to be a grandiose gesture in order to make an impact.

Investing in a subscription or sharing a post on social media are just some of the ways one can spread awareness on the importance of the arts, especially at a local level.

“Right now, we’re kind of ebbing and flowing through grieving the process of the theatrical world as we knew it, but as we move into the next phase of it, we have to be patient. It’s gonna come back, but it’s gonna take time.” ■

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Cultural Participation

Tech Tours Go Virtual Shaun Schultz, ASU Gammage production manager leading your virtual tour.

Digital tech tours offer unique opportunity for students despite pandemic

By Lauren Fountain Spring at ASU Gammage usually brings high school students from across the state to the iconic auditorium for a behind-the-scenes look at the technical side of bringing Broadway and beyond to Arizona.

However, due to COVID-19, the in-person tours are now being transitioned to a digital format.

For Shaun Schultz, production manager at ASU Gammage, the

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tech tours are always “a renewed love for theater.”

APS Tech Tours began in 2014 as a way for local middle and high school students to learn about the inner workings of technical theater.

Over time, the tours have been aimed primarily at high schoolers in technical theater classes.

“They get a chance to come to the theater, and we walk them around and show them the places that nobody really ever gets to see,” Schultz said. “We go to our fly rail and check out all the rigging and the fly system in the theater. We go underneath the stage, down into the trap rooms and show them the trap doors and all the stuff that’s down

there. We go to the control rooms, look at the sound board and the lighting board. We go up into the spotlight booth and let them operate the spotlights. We try to incorporate it all to what they have in their school.

Some of these theaters don’t have fly systems, so we can explain how those work, but if they do have one then we can say, ‘Okay, this is how yours works, and this is how ours works and how we use it.’”

For Schultz, even the challenge of transitioning a very hands-on experience to a digital one comes with new, exciting opportunities.

“You’re not there,” Schultz said.

“You’re not feeling it, you’re not hearing or smelling the theater.

“We’re in the catwalks, and you can look through a couple of the little rigging ports that are in the ceiling and see all the way down to the seats and it’s a perspective that not many people really get to see, so I’m looking forward to that a lot.”

Schultz also appreciates that students who may live outside of the Valley are now able to experience the tour without the travel time that would accompany an in-person visit to ASU Gammage.

You don’t get to touch stuff. But at the same time, with the virtual world, we can cover a lot more because half of our in-person tour is spent walking from one area in the theater to the next. Now, we’re jumping to each spot virtually, so we get to cover a little bit more, and we get to be a little bit more in depth. And we get to go to places that we can’t go on our normal tours...because they are dangerous places to be.”

By sending a camera and a single person to these places – whether too small to fit a large group or too dangerous to take students – the digital tech tours allow students to see an “eagle-eye view of the theater” that they would normally miss out on.

“I think the virtual thing is not a bad thing,” Schultz said. “I think the real upside is now instead of doing a tour for 15 or 30 kids that takes us an hour and a half, now we can reach hundreds and hundreds of kids in an hour and we’re not just limited to one or two days a year where we can do it. It does give us a pretty unique opportunity to kind of reach into places that...most people if they’re up in way northern Arizona can’t do the three- or four-hour drive it takes to get to us, but now we can go to them, so it’s pretty exciting.”

Despite being a digital tour now, Schultz hopes that students walk away with the same knowledge and enthusiasm that he has for technical theater.

said. “What we do is relatively dangerous in all aspects, so it gives us a chance to pass that knowledge of the safety side of it to these kids.

And it helps make connections, too, because after the end of every tech tour, the teacher gets our business cards, and it’s a way for us to say, ‘Okay, if you have questions or concerns about your own show in your own theater, if something doesn’t look right or feel right, call us.

We’re available all the time and we’ll make sure that your production is safe and successful.’”

A scene featuring our rigging systems from the recorded tech tour.

Schultz said “it’s a ton of fun” even if “it’s a phone call or a Zoom meeting or whatever it is to help these guys out.”

The tours, he said, also help the students make connections in an industry that is “a really, really small community.”

“The technicians here in Arizona, I mean, all of us know each other,” Schultz said. “We all talk usually on a regular basis. And it helps us kind of connect that new group of kids that are coming in.” ■ APS Tech Tours are made possible with support from APS.

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MLK Celebration

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, chair of the ASU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee and Teniqua Broughton, ASU MLK Jr. Community Servant-Leadership awardee participate in the virtual celebration.

2021 MLK Jr. Celebration Continues Virtually Due to COVID-19

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examples of servant-leadership.

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, ASU vice president for cultural affairs and executive director of ASU Gammage, serves as committee chair.

Simone Bayfield

2021 marks Arizona State University’s 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, comprised of multiple events hosted by the ASU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee. This year’s theme is “Race may differ. Respect everyone.”

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Teniqua Broughton and Simone Bayfield were selected as the 2021 ASU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration awardees as part of this year’s MLK Jr. Celebration, for their servant-leadership: a philosophy of serving first, then leading as a way of expanding service.

Teniqua Broughton, the founder and CEO of VerveSimone Consulting, is the ASU MLK Jr. Community ServantLeadership awardee.

Broughton has been a champion of arts education for two decades, with roles at ASU Gammage, Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona and more, before founding VerveSimone in 2013.

Broughton, an ASU alumna, found her first job at ASU Gammage. At ASU Gammage, Broughton worked with Journey Home, an intensive four-week program for women incarcerated at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail.

Broughton also serves as the executive director of The State of Black Arizona, a nonprofit organization that runs leadership programs and produces data on African Americans in the state.

Throughout her career, Broughton said, she has often been the only woman, person of color or youngest person in the room. This lesson of tolerance born from being surrounded by those different from herself turned into a mantra.

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care,” Broughton said.

The legacy and lessons of Dr. King have inspired Broughton in her leadership journey, as well as influenced the work she does to ensure there are equal opportunities for everyone in the arts and education sectors.

“In 2013, VerveSimone Consulting was created to embrace difference, to create system change for how people of color can work in and through the arts,” Broughton said.

“VerveSimone represents black girl magic, community stewardship and building a legacy.”

Broughton also offered attendees some final thoughts in her acceptance speech, saying, “I want to leave you with three guiding principles on how you should think about your leadership as a process of leading others,” Broughton said. “One, you cannot tolerate what you cannot change. Two, what you respect, you will attract. Only collect what you value. You cannot learn from resentment or envy, only admiration. And, what you make happen for others, God will make happen for you. You will reap what you sow.”

Simone Bayfield, a graduate student pursuing her master of business administration, is the ASU MLK Jr. Student Servant-Leadership awardee.

After graduating from Johnson C. Smith University, an HBCU in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bayfield moved back to Los Angeles where she decided to follow her dreams and go to cosmetology school.

During her schooling, Bayfield offered her services to residents at women’s and homeless shelters across the city, helping women – many of whom were victims of domestic violence – look and feel their best.

At ASU, Bayfield has co-founded Accelerated Leadership for Underrepresented Minorities (ALUM), a student organization that serves as a pipeline for students of color to move into high-power positions in the business world.

“That’s what the purpose of a leader really is, to not be the one who’s necessarily the face of an organization, or the person with the most power or the most money, but it’s about who’s helping make the biggest change,” Bayfield said. “So, to me, servant-leadership is really a leader who stays embodied in knowing that they’re there to work for the people they serve, not the other way around.”

“While many milestones of progress have been made and will continue, it is up to each one of us here today to practice the love, compassion and bravery that is necessary for lasting and widespread change,” Bayfield said. “These acts don’t have to be monumental or publicized or even organized. That is truly the beauty of servant-leadership. We all have the power to create moments of opportunity for others, to perform a small act of kindness or to simply stand up for something that you believe in. Leadership isn’t about recognition, but holding up those around you and being an example of light and truth.”

“I am grateful to be able to do my part in this fight through the creation and legacy of ALUM, which I hope will provide a sense of community and fruitful opportunities for students in the MBA program moving forward,” Bayfield said. “I look forward to continuing my work with the homeless and women

affected by domestic violence and substance abuse. By providing these communities with beauty services that freshen up their outward appearance, I am able to uplift and renew their sense of confidence and internal worthiness.”

At the event, ASU President Dr. Michael Crow reflected on the legacy of Dr. King, whom he called “one of the most important drivers of the American Dream, the aspiration of true equality.”

“Martin Luther King and the servantleadership model that he laid down for all of us is essential to the further evolution of our democracy,” Crow said. “Here we are in 2021, and we need to move out of the phase of our social evolution here in the United States of being still unable to understand that a person is a person and all people are equal.”

The event also included readings by this year’s student essay winners and musical performances by JeanLuc Villamor and Mitchell Weeks, members of the ASU Gospel Choir.

“The move to an online celebration was a new experience, but we were able to invite new communities and new audiences to experience this amazing event,” said JenningsRoggensack. “We came together as a community to honor the legacy of Dr. King and celebrate those who exemplify his legacy.” ■

Luz Sofia Olea Gomez from Jacobson Elementary School in Chandler, AZ reads her winning essay during the celebration.

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Staff Profile

Scott

(L) Scott and his wife, Kristie at an ASU baseball game (R) Scott’s 2020 birthday celebration

From Student Stagehand to ASU Cultural Affairs’ IT Aficionado

By Alexis Alabado At the start of the pandemic, nearly all of ASU Cultural Affairs staff members packed up their belongings and pivoted from work to home.

Key word here being nearly, as Technology Support Analyst Scott Guess was one of the few that stayed behind, prepared to tackle any problem in the midst of a new, digitally dominant world.

Scott’s roots with ASU Gammage date back to his days studying at the university. As a college student, he majored in political science and lived in the Manzanita Hall dorms. During his sophomore year in the spring of 1986, Scott saw there was a job offering for student stagehands.

The position paid twice as much as regular student worker jobs did at the time, so he was eager to apply.

The man who originally hired Scott was Senior Technical Director Harry Hale. Years later, Scott recounts an enlightening conversation between him and Hale:

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“He asked me, ‘You know why you got hired, right?’ When I said no, he said, ‘It’s because you didn’t know anything about theater, you didn’t know anything about rigging, you didn’t know anything about carpentry or anything like that. The reason you got hired was because you said that the summer before you had worked at the slaughterhouse. We figured that if you could work at the slaughterhouse, then you would probably not have any problems sticking around long enough to actually learn how to do the job,” Scott said.

As a student stagehand, he worked backstage and set up the scenery, lights, sound, props, rigging and special effects for any given production.

“We had a big student crew,” Scott said. “Everybody was a generalist in the sense that we all showed up with a wrench and a pair of gloves, ready to carry out what needed to be done. Everybody hung lights, and everybody hung sound, and everybody took their turn rolling out

carpet. When it came time to close things down, everybody went back and did everything all over again.”

Scott found himself doing a lot of fly rail work at ASU Gammage.

“As you watch a show, things go up and things come down,” he said. “Usually it’s in between set changes, but things like the drapes, the backgrounds, the scrims and the cycs have to be changed. The scenery is on battens and goes up and down on a counterbalance system, and somebody has to be pulling on the rope.”

Usually, there were around three people pulling on different ropes at the same time to move the set in between transitions. The work was physically demanding, but an eyeopener for him.

“I’d been on the other side of the curtain where you’d sit in the audience and everything looks pretty and nice,” Scott said, “but then once you go backstage and realize what

a mechanical and industrial kind of place it is, that was really intriguing to me.”

Scott said his time as a student stagehand was one of his most enjoyable memories of college; he probably ended up working more hours as a stagehand than he did doing homework as a student.

The mechanics of the “showbiz” process — that is, from getting things up in the air to making sure all the pieces were in the right place — prompted Scott to work as a parttime stagehand following graduation.

To him, the industry was a viable way to make money while he was young and navigating his plans for the future.

Scott also had the opportunity to work industrial events, such as trade shows and conventions, at venues all across the Valley.

After leaving the stagehand life to work a stint in music wholesale distribution, the allure of his previous work returned, and he went back to ASU Gammage looking for work.

Scott met up with Technical Director Clyde Parker by the stage door and learned he was never taken off payroll. That night, he worked as a stagehand; a year later, he was hired on full-time in an operational role.

Although Scott has worked consistently with the university for over 20 years, he became fully inducted to the IT side 15 years ago.

In the midst of the pandemic, the process of helping ASU Cultural Affairs staff members work remotely has been different in process than in scope.

“You don’t work someplace this long without being able to come back to the people.”

—Scott Guess, ASU Cultural Affairs Technology Support Analyst “Surprisingly little has changed; I still provide support for folks,” Scott said. “It’s the same people, and it’s the same hardware, they just don’t physically walk into my office with a problem anymore.”

In March when staff first began transitioning, Scott had to ensure they had the tools and internet service to be productive away from the office.

In his decades of service, Scott attests his commitment to ASU Cultural Affairs to one thing: the people.

“You don’t work someplace this long without being able to come back to the people,” he said. “It’s because of how the organization is built in the relationships that people can maintain, and ultimately be productive through.”

(L) Scott and Kristie whiskey tasting (R) Scott and his daughter Cydney at the Coca-Cola Sun Deck

In a year as ever-changing as 2020, Scott has one sound piece of IT advice that could encapsulate the year as a whole: Deep breaths, and proceed.

“When I help somebody, I have to know that regardless of how they arrived at their situation, they’re not happy about it, and they don’t want to be having this problem,” he said.

“The most enjoyable part of the whole thing is knowing that I’m going to either minimize somebody else’s bad day, or hopefully participate in giving them a good day.” ■

“The university stepped in and realized this was going to be an issue, and came together to start providing some of those resources that could be distributed out,” he said.

Once the rush was over, things got a little bit back to normal; Scott owes that to the resilience of the at-home staffers to problem solve and utilize office support as needed.

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Meet the Board

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ASU Gammage Recovery Fund

Advisory Board Sue and Bill Ahearn

We have been ASU Gammage season ticket holders for our 47 years together. Bill is a retired engineer. Susan worked with an artist in Scottsdale but is now found at the Desert Botanical Garden where she has accumulated 17,000 volunteer hours. We both have been involved in many ASU Gammage activities – the 50th Anniversary project with its new elevators and women’s restrooms, 20 years of Camp Broadway, the 2004 Presidential Debate, and walking on the ASU Gammage stage with Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project’s PASTforward.

Speaking of walking, we just finished another 6-day backpack in the Grand Canyon this fall.

Is there a better date night than a Broadway show at ASU Gammage? What can we do to help raise the curtain?

Dawna Penny and Dan Calderone Dan and I have been donors for four years. While on our honeymoon in 1997, having never seen a Broadway show and knowing nothing about the industry, we ended up at a performance of the revival of CHICAGO with the original cast.

Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey, the whole nine yards. We fell in love with theater that night and never looked back.

We are serving on the Advisory Board because we feel strongly that our community needs theater in good times and especially in bad. The arts can be uplifting, healing, almost medicinal, if you will.

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JO Finks I have been an ASU Gammage donor for 18 years. I am also an antique dealer. I believe the arts are “food for the soul” and for at least 18 years ASU Gammage has provided my soul with massive amounts of food through its amazing programming.

During this stressful time, in being on the Return to the Stage Advisory Board, I am hoping to assist, in some small way, in having ASU Gammage be able to bring back live “food for the soul!”

“I believe the arts are ‘food for the soul’ and for at least 18 years ASU Gammage has provided my soul with massive amounts of food through its amazing programming.”

—JO Finks

Grady Gammage Jr. There’s a picture of me breaking ground for Gammage Auditorium with a gold shovel. My Mom and Frank Lloyd Wright’s widow are looking on. My Father and Wright had died before that. Mr. Wright had famously come by our house during the planning for the building and watched me as a 7- or 8-year-old playing with blocks. He announced to my Father that “your son will never be an architect.” I took his pronouncement to heart and went to law school.

It has sometimes been odd to have the same name as a famous building. People often think I’m kidding when I give them my name.

One person responded with “Yeah right, and I’m Turf Paradise.”

But it makes me proud to have such an iconic place named after my Father. ASU Gammage is important not just for the structure, but for the fabulous events it has hosted for more than 50 years. Gathering together to celebrate the arts is the essence of humanity. Hopefully we will soon return to doing so.

Janet and Chip Glaser Janet and I have been donors for six years. We are both transplants from the Midwest who started attending Broadway shows as kids! Lifelong fans of the theater!

We are delighted to participate on the Return to the Stage Advisory Board because live performing arts are a critical component of a vibrant community, and having been deprived for so long, people cannot wait to “return to the stage!”

“[We are] lifelong fans of the theater!”

—Janet and Chip Glaser

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Laurie and Charles Goldstein We have been donors at ASU for a decade and we have recently matriculated into ASU as graduate students. We are lifelong learners. We believe the Arts are crucial for all communities.

The Arts have a unique way of telling stories that otherwise may be left untold. Arts have a way of delivering the message while people have let down their guard. As Victor Pinchuk was quoted saying, “Art, freedom, and creativity will change society faster than politics.”

Not only do we love our ASU family, but also our like-minded board members. We are looking forward to returning to the theater.

Patricia Langlin-Brazil My late husband, George Brazil, and I headed to Phoenix in the early 2000’s to build up the Arizona extension of our southern California business, George Brazil Home Services. Our business grew to be one of the largest residential plumbing and electrical companies in the Valley, noted nationally for its innovation in delivering high quality service.

Being residents of the Valley, we began to attend Broadway shows at ASU Gammage. After a few years of sitting farther away from the stage than we would prefer, we figured out that supporting ASU Gammage philanthropically would get us better seats. When George passed, I reached out to Peter Means to let him know that George had wanted to do more for ASU Gammage. Since then, I and the company, George Brazil Plumbing and Electrical, have been steadfast, important leadership donors to ASU Gammage, helping to raise the funds to provide new women’s and ADA bathrooms and elevators to make ASU Gammage more accessible. George Brazil Plumbing and Electrical remains as one of ASU Gammage’s most significant sponsors.

Albert Leffler I have been a donor somewhere between 10 and 15 years; but well over 45 as a supporter. It was during my internship at Gammage Auditorium 1974–1976 that I, along with two others, founded a company that has been providing an essential service to ASU Gammage along with many other performing arts centers around the world. Needing a proper name for our new company, my wife Kathy and I came up with the name Ticketmaster.

I have always enjoyed Broadway musicals, but never dreamed one in particular would become a matchmaker. While serving in the US Army, I was conducting the chorus in a Ft. Bliss musical production where I met and worked with this beautiful civilian accompanist named Kathy. And the musical that brought us together those nearly 50 years ago? THE KING AND I with such serendipitous songs as “Hello Young Lovers,” “Getting to Know You” and “Something Wonderful!” It is in our DNA to entertain and to be entertained and the most tangible manifestation of that are the various genres of performing arts presented on stage with actors, musicians, a corps of stage hands, and an AUDIENCE! COVID-19 has wrecked so much, but performing arts centers, such as ASU Gammage, have been hit particularly hard. Our support of the Return to the Stage campaign is to help, as much as possible, bridge the gap of being dark to seeing the houselights on once again.

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Nathanael Pretlow I have been a donor for the past 10 years. A fun fact is that as a young adult, I used to choreograph for community theater in Hampton Roads, Virginia. A hole in my heart was created this past spring when ASU Gammage had to cancel the Broadway tour of COME FROM AWAY due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a show that I had originally seen on Broadway three years prior thanks to the ASU Gammage Broadway Adventure program, one of the many outstanding programs (this one presented annually)

by ASU Gammage. This hole in my heart continues to grow as more Broadway tours have been postponed or canceled, systemically affecting all other segments of my life.

Oftentimes we don’t truly realize what we have until it is gone.

What joys we continue to miss out on. This is the reason that I joined the Return to the Stage movement. I was honored to be asked to use my connections in the Tempe community to help in the restoration of ASU Gammage’s mission Connecting CommunitiesTM through its presentation of live theater, music, dance and other programming including the Beyond series, Kaleidoscope and Camp Broadway which are close to my heart.

Mario Romero I have been a donor to ASU Gammage for 16 years. I grew up in the Phoenix West Valley. I and my parents were migrant farm workers, we along with my three brothers and two sisters followed the crops growing up. My parents instilled in me the importance of hard work, education and believing in yourself. My passion includes historic preservation, affordable housing, social services and the arts, serving or have served on many artistic and cultural boards in the Valley. I have been listing and selling residential real estate for over 37 years.

“My parents instilled in me the importance of hard work, education and believing in yourself.”

—Mario Romero

Mary and Bill Way Mary and I have been donors to ASU Gammage for more than 10 years. We lived in the UK for 15 years, and have a very art-centric family with a daughter at the Royal Shakespeare Company, a son who is an actor in New York and another daughter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The arts bring us joy, help us express our values, and build bridges between cultures. ASU Gammage sits at the nexus of providing both large Broadway touring shows and intimate inclusive theatrical experiences for all our community. Having live theater is a fundamental component of a healthy community and provides benefits that persist even in our difficult social and economic times. Through ASU Gammage, and the programming provided, our well-being is improved as both individuals and a community.

Donate today to the Return to the Stage campaign by visiting asugammage.com/returntothestage.

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Donor Highlights

Wendy and Howard Allenberg on a NorwayIceland cruise in September 2019

We miss your red-carpet productions!

Buffie and Ray Anderson

Mackenzie Scroggins (niece), Rebecca Amabisca (sister) and me (Teresa Amabisca)

ASU Gammage’s Return to the Stage Donors Meet some of the people who are ensuring that ASU Gammage can Return to the Stage

Shirley Kruger

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Celebrating Thanksgiving 2020! Ever thankful! Tim Walling and John Kras

Peggy and Tim Walling

Reginald M. Ballantyne III at his home in Paradise Valley

Lesley and Paul Monfardini at the Jungfrau (aka the Top of Europe) in Switzerland July 2019

Ragan Warner with nephew, Callen and niece, Sydney. Ragan supports the arts because she wants future generations to have opportunities to expand their view of the world in their own communities.

Debbie and Jeff Smith attend Devoured Food Festival at Desert Botanical Garden

Mary Jo Eberspacher, Jacque Eberspacher, Tammy Scrivner, and Dody Dilley on Tammy’s first ASU Gammage Broadway Adventure to New York City

Marilyn (Merrily) Metzger started attending ASU Gammage functions while still a student at ASU’s College of Business. What started out as an interest, has grown to a passion. It has been fun to watch the developments over the years.

Stephanie and Brad Butler at ALADDIN at ASU Gammage

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Carla and Kevin Bingham performing roles of the Nanny and Uncle Drosselmeyer in a local community theater production of THE NUTCRACKER

We deeply miss being able to share New York, Edinburgh, and Havana with our family at ASU Gammage. - Alejandro, Norma, Adolfo, and Joe (V.I.P. Tours of New York)

Barbara and Barry Zemel as Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital holiday event 2019

Amber Leann Buzis, Phoenix

Dr. Erin L. Garner with two of her adorable patients, Gideon and Cooper

Mollie Trivers and her horse, Sam Whiteman

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Jay Kramer and Jill Ormond at the end of a bike ride through Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii

Rose and Joe Circello

(Front to back) Erin Henderson, Dr. Mark Henderson, Ben Henderson, Abby Henderson, Sue Henderson, and Cid Stiefel, at ASU Gammage ready to see a show from their prized season ticket holder seats.

Bob Williams and Beth Lessard are all dressed up with nowhere to go!

Andrea Odem and son, Justin at JAGGED LITTLE PILL on Broadway, November 2019

Helen and Joe Goldblatt at the HAMILTON Opening Night Party

Heather and Mitch Ross, Duthie Park, Aberdeen, Scotland (June 2019)

Paul Sanchez, Rhonda Kesten, Connie Stine and Doug Ball at the 2019 Ballet Arizona reception at Desert Botanical Garden

Desiree Ong at Hadestown in June 2019

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William Comar, an instructor with the School of Molecular Science, presents the ASU Study Hall chemistry series.

Photo by Jarod Opperman

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By Kari Redfield

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A lot of people watch YouTube videos, 1 billion monthly users, in fact. Because much of that content is user-generated, quality can vary. Over the years, though, some content has become highly professional, including videos by the “Green brothers” (young adult novelists and content creators Hank and John Green). They have created several educational YouTube channels, including Crash Course, which has more than 1.3 billion video views and more than 11 million subscribers.

ASU is helping to further expand professional-quality educational offerings by partnering with the Green brothers and their production company Complexly to create entertaining content based on curricula from ASU faculty. ASU Study Hall on YouTube serves up expert content in an entertaining

format combining the brothers’ knowledge in scriptwriting and Thought Cafe’s animation, bringing complex lessons to life.

Engaging through stories While many universities are using YouTube as a repository for lectures they deliver in a classroom, Study Hall uses the platform to provide engaging narratives that resonate with viewers.

These 15-minute videos include live action, photographs and animation with a charismatic, personable host, and are posted on ASU’s YouTube channel and featured on the Crash Course channel to increase reach.

Study Hall videos are getting tens of thousands of views, which has translated into tens of thousands of new subscribers for ASU’s YouTube channel.

“Creation of this content requires more investment in a storytelling narrative,” says Wayne Anderson, EdPlus senior director for design and development. “The partnership between our faculty experts who have taught thousands of lessons with a storytelling approach combined with high production value creates a rich learning experience.”

Sean Hobson, chief design officer for EdPlus, which houses ASU Online, says that the content is created especially for juniors in high school to juniors in college and mostly meant to supplement classes by clarifying key concepts.

“There’s no other learning platform in the world like YouTube.”

—Sean Hobson, Chief Design Officer for EdPlus One of the millions of Crash Course users is Yumna Samie, an ASU alumna with bachelor’s degrees in English and communication, and an ASU Study Hall host for the video series on English composition.

“I’ve been a fan of the Green brothers forever,” Samie says. “As an aspiring novelist and writer, I admire them and the novels they write and I’ve watched Crash Course for years. To be part of this is one of the coolest things I’ve done.”

Now that Samie is hosting one of the ASU Study Hall series, she says she gets numerous messages on social media from students and teachers about how much they appreciate ASU Study Hall. “People say this has been such a valuable resource not only for themselves but their students,” Samie says. “It’s been wonderful to get that feedback.”

It’s not just students in Arizona or at ASU using the Study Hall content.

A college student in Egypt majoring in chemistry and a student at California’s Diablo Valley University are supplementing college math

classes with the algebra series — among thousands of others.

Still other viewers include lifelong learners, such as a politician in England running for a local seat who is using the composition series to help him write better speeches, and a mom homeschooling her kids.

High-quality, entertaining content Check out ASU Study Hall to supplement your high school or college courses: youtube.com/ASU

A modern space for learning People often come to YouTube to answer a specific question, Hobson says. Indeed, according to Ipsos, 80% of Gen Z (born 1997 to 2012) say YouTube has helped them become more knowledgeable about something and 68% report that YouTube has helped them improve or gain skills that prepare them for the future.

The youngest generation consumes an average of 68 hours of video a week, according to a report by media company Awesomeness. That includes everything from two-minute videos to immersive hourslong experiences, such as studying alongside others doing homework on YouTube, called “studytubers.”

Welcome to Study Hall! ASU and the team at Crash Course have partnered to create four different learning playlists. We’ll dive into subjects like writing composition, algebra, chemistry and data literacy.

Rational expressions (aka fractions) can be scary to see on the page. But there are really four key rules behind manipulating fractions.

That’s what we’ll look at in this episode of Study Hall: Algebra!

“There’s no other learning platform in the world like YouTube,” Hobson says. “This makes it a logical place for us to be reaching and serving learners where this generation already spends time.”

Advancing educational content Over the years, the Green brothers have been approached by many universities about collaborating on content but they chose ASU primarily because the university’s mission is to expand access to high quality education.

“ASU sees the need for powerful and free online education and sees the massive opportunities in YouTube.

They refined their place as an educational institution and want to offer more educational opportunities, not just to their own students,” says Nick Jenkins, Complexly’s senior producer/director/editor. “That falls

In this episode of Study Hall we’ll discuss English and writing composition, guided by Yumna Samie. Discover better writing with “The Writing Process,” how we use it and how it can make your next writing project easier.

in line with how we view education at Complexly.

“More free online education is great.

It’s going to be great for students and for teachers so they can spend more time interacting with students, whether online or in-person,” Jenkins adds. “That, to me, is the heart and soul of education.” ■

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Awards

Larissa FastHorse has been been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant

Standing Ovation Colleen Jennings-Roggensack has been selected as ‘Education Legend’ by The National Coalition of 100 Black Woman Each year, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women recognize and honor legendary Black women in the areas of Health, Education, Economic Empowerment, Civic Engagement or Strategic Alliances. Our executive director and ASU vice president for Cultural Affairs, Colleen JenningsRoggensack, was selected as their Education Legend.

A legend is someone who has been a trailblazer and guiding light for others to emulate and follow and who has cultivated a lasting-legacy. Colleen was honored at a virtual event on Dec. 12, 2020. Congratulations, Colleen!

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NATIVE NATION playwright, Larissa FastHorse has been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. ASU Gammage premiered her immersive play that interweaved stories of multiple indigenous people in 2019. Since NATIVE NATION, FastHorse has gone on to create the satirical success “The Thanksgiving Play,” making her the first Native American writer to have work in the top 10 most produced works in the country.

“Laughter gives us more time. It actually adds time to your life, so I’m giving you information and I’m giving you more time to change the world.”

—Larissa FastHorse to BroadwayWorld.com on “The Thanksgiving Play”

Congratulations on becoming a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, Larissa FastHorse!

Kerr Korner

Jarrod Barger working the boards for an ASU Kerr performance.

Meet ASU Kerr’s Tech Team ASU Kerr’s technical team is an integral part of event production at the facility, working behind the scenes to continually support the mission of Connecting CommunitiesTM and keep the venue vibrant, varied and competitive. From in-person shows and streaming events to weddings and other rentals, this duo works with their talented part-time staff to create impactful events with great sound, lighting and since 2020, video.

We sat down for a chat with Technical Director Jarrod Barger and Assistant Technical Director Catelyn Booth to learn more about them and their work at ASU Kerr.

How long have you worked at ASU Kerr?

Catelyn Booth: I have been working at ASU Kerr since February 2020. I have been a part-time employee with ASU Cultural Affairs for seven years.

Jarrod Barger: I originally started working for ASU Kerr in 2009 as a part-time technician for a year and a half. I then returned in 2014 full time and have been here ever since.

What was your work experience before becoming part of the ASU Kerr team?

CB: I worked as a part-time stagehand at ASU Gammage, Chandler Center for the Arts, Mesa Arts Center and Tempe Center for the Arts.

JB: I started out in theater as a

professional stage manager and assistant production manager for event production companies.

I moved into audio production, eventually working full time as an audio technician and then as an audio engineer when I completed my second degree at Phoenix College.

Since then, I have made the bulk of my career in live session recording.

What is one of your favorite parts of your work at the venue?

CB: I enjoy the intimate space, having the audience so close to the artists makes it feel more special.

JB: ASU Kerr has some very unique acoustics and design opportunities that make it perfect to capture live performances you cannot get in a regular recording studio or in a live arena show.

What do you appreciate the most about your work with ASU Cultural Affairs?

CB: I appreciate the diversity of our content. There is something for everyone to enjoy. It brings a sense of togetherness.

JB: I appreciate the feeling of being valued. Every member of the team at ASU Kerr and within ASU Cultural Affairs is here for a reason (and that reason is because we are awesome!), and you really get the sense that those in charge believe that. With everything that has been going on, knowing that I not only have a place to work, but a place that values the

Catelyn Booth

work I do, has been a major driving force for me and my family in getting through 2020 and beyond.

What do you hope to achieve with and for ASU Kerr in 2021 and beyond?

CB: Hopefully we can keep what we’ve learned and create a hybrid experience with in-person shows and a streaming element to include everyone.

JB: The year of 2020 has shown that people will seek art in all of its forms, but that we need to adapt and remain the leader in quality in both live and virtual events. ASU Cultural Affairs is encouraging us to experiment and develop new production techniques to blend the virtual and physical performance worlds together. ASU Kerr is in the perfect position to take advantage of the moment and really propel what we can do to a whole new level. ■ VOLUME 28 | 2021

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VIP Donor Guidelines: You must maintain your annual VIP Donor contribution at or above the Directors Club level in order to enjoy VIP Donor seating. Special subscription seating is offered to VIP Donors in the Orchestra level in rows 3–20 in the VIP and A price levels. VIP Donor benefits may be available only upon your request, at your expense (if any) and subject to availability. Benefits are effective immediately and are subject to change without notice.

Corporate Foundation Sponsors $100,000+ Desert Financial Credit Union The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

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$99,999–$75,000 Broadway Across America George Brazil Plumbing and Electrical

$24,999–$10,000 Bell Bank Tim Trumble Photography, Inc. Union Pacific Foundation

$50,000–$25,000 Abbett Family Foundation Arizona Community Foundation APS J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation

$9,999–$2,500 Abbot Downing Airpark Signs Arizona Business Magazine BOK Financial Shamrock Farms Target

ASU Gammage gratefully acknowledges these individual donors and foundations whose cumulative giving totaled $100,000 or more as of December 2020. The contributions of these generous benefactors, in partnership with those of other visionary patrons, sponsors and volunteers, have incalculably enriched our community.

Abbett Family Foundation Susan and William Ahearn Pat and Bill Andrew Jerry Appell APS Carol Barmore Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Baughman Barbara, Irv and Jeremy Berger Carmen and Michael Blank F. Richard Bloechl Family Lee Bowman George Brazil Plumbing and Electrical Broadway Across America Joan Cremin Cathy Dickey JO Finks Laurie and Chuck Goldstein Joanne and Mark Halberg Ronald H. Harten Patricia Kaufman Patricia Langlin-Brazil The Hugh W. Long, Jr. Family Rae and Richard S. Love Robert Machiz Mr. and Mrs. Michael Manning Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Marcia and Andrew Meyer Lesley and Paul Monfardini Margaret T. Morris Foundation Sarah Nolan Jeffrey D. Oliver Jenny Norton and Bob Ramsey Rosenbluth Family Foundation Jana and Charles Sample Ticketmaster Mary and Bill Way/Way Family Charitable Foundation BOLD indicates $50K cumulative giving to ASU Gammage * denotes multi-year commitment

Legacy Susan and William Ahearn Anonymous Carol Barmore Weasley Beckley Larry Berentzen George and Patricia Brazil Linda Broomhead and Terese Sanchez Marlene Bushard Kim Cahow-Harmon Angela and David Conwell Carl J. Cross Cyndi and Terry DeBoer Leonard and Emily Dudziak Raylan and Beverley Evans JO Finks Mary Flora Marilyn and Jim Foley Phillip Gillies Alan and Anita Handelsman Henry and Mary Hansen Ronald H. Harten Jay and Rojon Hasker Robert and Jeanette Heacock David N. Horowitz Jacqueline Hufford-Jensen and Greg Kroening Donald and June Julen Pat Kaufman Sue Larsen Rae and Richard S. Love Douglas Lowe Larry Mattal Cathy Mazur Ellis and Kiran Means Merrily Metzger Ron and Vickie Neill Clyde C. Parker Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Pollay Russell A. Robbins Dr. Lynn Robershotte Mitchell and Heather Ross Virginia Schantz Margaret Schulz Tamara Scrivner Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith Ava Spanier Jo and Frank Stockman Bruce C. Thoeny Brinley Thomas Mollie C. Trivers John and Joyce Webb Betty L. and John Whiteman For information on planned giving, please contact us at 480-965-9915.

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Producers Academy Anonymous Allen-Heath Memorial Foundation Reginald M. Ballantyne III Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Baughman* Jacqueline Chadwick, MD Janet and Chip Glaser Jay and Rojon Hasker Carol Barmore and Phil Hineman Michelle Jung and Chris Rodriguez* Patricia Kaufman* Gail and John Krueger Cheryl Mandala Mr. and Mrs. Michael Manning Marcia and Andrew Meyer Jenny Norton and Bob Ramsey* Rosenbluth Family Foundation* Jana and Charles Sample The Way Family

Grady Gammage Society Bill and Cindy Abbott* Buffie and Ray Anderson Anonymous Barbara, Irv and Jeremy Berger* Karen and Gary Bethune Shirley F. Brown and Fred L. Brown Crystal Family Foundation JO Finks

Sophia and Mike Fong Karen and Grady Gammage Jr. For Those Without A Voice Davie Glaser In Loving Memory of David H. Glaser Judy and Herb Gold Joanne and Mark Halberg* David N. Horowitz and Damon J. Bolling Brian C. Jones and Vaughn A. Lovell Margot and Dennis Knight John Kras and Timothy Walling Richard S. and Rae Love Kalidas and Darlene Madhavpeddi Foundation Merrily Metzger Lesley and Paul Monfardini Jeffrey D. Oliver Sandie and Hollis Phillips Rod and Julie Rebello* Jeff and Leslie Rich Brenda and Jim Rowland Richard and Christy Schust The Scollick Family Enid and Michael Seiden Lorri and Stephen Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ron Starkman* Donna and Philip Stover Tiller Family Foundation Marsha and Charles Van Dam Kristi Vasquez and Jeff Roberts Patrick H. Zanzucchi Barbara and Barry Zemel

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Kristy and David Benton Mr. and Mrs. John Berry Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bickes, Jr. Corilee and Kevin Bishop Col. Jody Blanchfield The Blunck Family Jon and Jennifer Bohnert Tara and Todd Bookspan Teresa and Mark Borota Dr. Robert and Lorrin Bowser Steve and Belinda Brown In Honor of Debra Burk Elizabeth Burm Pam and Bryan Cadoo Lou and Melissa Caramucci Linda Carneal Matt and Jill Casperson Dawn Cernak Children’s Dental Village Helen Cho Joe and Rose Circello Marilee and David Clarke Dr. and Mrs. Lance Cohen Lee Baumann Cohn and Mike Cohn John H. Cole III M.D. and Patrick T. Boyhan Angela and David Conwell Andrea and Matt Cowley James L. Cramer and Allen C. Kalchik Barbara Crisp and Mark Nemschoff Mindi and Anthony D’Elia Ellen and Andy Dauscher Beth and Ed Dawkins Dr. and Mrs. Eugene L. De La Cruz Nancy Dean and Lorree Ratto In Memory of Terry DeBoer Mr. and Mrs. Tom DeBonis Teresa and Michael Dempsey Laurie Dennhardt and Anna de Jesus* Dr. Wendy Dickerson Jackie and James Disney Robert Donat Dr. Jane Dowling Michael Drexler Carmen and Mike Duffek David Dyer Cynthia Emmons The Empey Family Daniel Eng Michele and Chris England Virgina and Ron Erhardt Alexa and Scott Erjavic Ardie and Steve Evans Jane and Andrew Evans II Ray and Bettijune Fanning

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Directors Club Brian and Paula Aleksa Howard and Wendy Allenberg Anonymous Felice Appell Louraine Arkfeld Christine and Rocky Armfield Karen and Bob Armknecht Char and Alan Augenstein Cameron and Kevin Axx James and Sandra Bach Jim Barash and Dr. Tamar Gottfried Anthony and Scott Barshay Lory Baraz and Robert Zucker Mary and Scot Benefiel Chris and Dana Benner Catherine and Chris Bergeron Gina and Gregory Berman E.M. Berry Michelle and David Bianchi Scot and Dawn Bingman Suzanne and David Black Kelley, John and Justin Bonowski Melissa and Jonathan Boyd Michael Braun Elna M. Brown Patti and Rick Brown Mr. and Mrs. Steve Byers Cathy and John Calhoun Elaine and Paul Campbell Dr. Caroline Carney and Mr. Nick Adamakis Kent Cattani Dr. David and Mrs. Georgiana Cave Kelly and Sinae Christensen Kathryn A. Christmann Christopher Coffer Heidi Cox and Tracey Bryce Rebecca and Jon Crawford Carl J. Cross Eileen Curtin Marisa and Kerwin Danley Diane and Phil Daspit Bette DeGraw Drs. Fred and Suzie DePrez Brenda and Gary Deutsch Donna Dichiaro In Memory of Bob Dichiaro Dilemma Hair Salon Michael and Julie Dillon Karen and David Divine Janice Donnelly and John King Matthew and Terra Duke Cheryl Eames

Jim Edmonds Nancy and Dave Edwards Lou and Rick Ender Christine English and Lenard Hailey Jody Epperson Michele and Michael Etheridge Edward Evans Dino and Linda Farfante Dr. Allen W. Flores Sandra J. Fromm Mimi and Sandford Furman Marybeth and Jimmy Garrett Barbara and Gregory Geidel Dr. Philip E. and Roseann M. Geiger Carole and Ronnie Gilbert Dr. and Mrs. Peter Giovan Joe and Helen Goldblatt Vicki Greener Gary and Jacque Griffith Lani and Scott Grone Jill and Jim Gruler Brent M. Gunderson Hunter Hammond and Matthew Scarnecchia Alan and Anita Handelsman Lynlie and Myron Hansen Diane Harrison Monique and Caroline Harrison Dottie and Mark Harshbarger Nora and Tim Hart Marilyn and Paul Harter Col. and Mrs. Paul Harwood Larmon and Linda Haugen Hensley Beverage Company Dr. Maria L. Hesse Jill and Alan Hieb Blake and Kristina Honiotes Christopher and Judy Hossack Dr. Scott Howell and Mr. Sean Smith Teresa and Darrel Huish The Till Hutchison Family Nancy and Jeffrey Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Ron Jenks In Memory of Steven R. Jonas Katherine Kaarle Shari and Irwin Kanefsky Elaine Karcher Rona and Allan Kasen Brian and Theresa Katz Casey and Clara Khaleesi Terri and George Kief Jo Krueger Shirley Kruger Mary and Dave Kurrasch Dr. Robert R. Kuske, Jr. Aaron and Brenda LaTowsky Cheryl Laurent

David Ledbetter Susan and Brian Lee Barbara and Don Leffler Patty and Matthew Lernor Sara and Salvatore Lettieri Patricia and Paul Lewis Fuyu Lin and Samuel Anderson Lisa Loo LOWY’s Tax Planning & Accounting, PLLC Sharon Lytle-Breen Suzan Makaus John Martell and Cathy Thuringer Lindsay and Morgan Mathie Marilyn and Mark McCall Celia and Kent McClelland Laurie and James McDonald Robbyn McDowell Karri and Joseph McInerney Dr. Geoffrey McKinzie and Tabitha McKinzie Tamara and Ian McLeod Azar Mehdizadeh and Justin Reynolds John Mertens and Kim Cantor Mary and Kurt Meyer In Memory of J. Eric Miller Ariana and Daniel Mormino Kathryn Morrison Vicki and Neil Motzkin Angela and Jesus Navarro Emily and Cory Nelson Debbie and Jim Nixon Suzanne O’Hara In Memory of Cindy Olstein Shannon Olwine and Mohit Mehta Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Opila Jill Ormond & Jay Kramer Darcy and Mark Ortiz Pam Peacock – Superior Real Estate Services Maryellen and Mark Pendleton Suzie and David Perkinson Cynthia Pino Hari Puri Carol and Gregory Rath Dean Rennell Rebecca P. Ripley and Tara Ripley Swinehart Sharon and James Robbins Chad Robert Theresa and Rene Romero Dr. Kristine Romine Rosedale Hair Design Mark and Dena Ross Richard Ross Kent and Mira Rossman Julie and Joseph Russomanno

Beth Saiki-Olsen and Morgan Olsen Chloe Saleeby and Kevin Saleeby Jeffrey P. Salomone, M.D. Sherilyn and Joseph Sandor Mark Schiavoni Katherine and Bryan Schlueter Katherine and Randall Schmidt Lyrna and Michael Schoon Janiece and Tom Schubert John Schurz Joanne Schust Ken Schutz and Craig Thatcher Christa and Donald Scott Elisa Segal and Max and Molly Mashal Judy Sera-Windell and Robert Windell Nelma and Jim Shearer In Memory of Sylvia Shippy Connie and Darin Shryock Martin L. Shultz Jared and Linzie Smith John and Monica Suriano Toby Teret Taylor Carla and Gary Tenney Karen Thorn Kartika and Eric Thornbrew Dr. Susan Thrasher and Dr. Charles Schwartz Deborah and Wilbur Troutman Zeena Ubogy M.D. and Millard Thaler M.D./Papillon Cosmetic Dermatology Center Steven Urke Dr. Robert and Julia Wacloff Colleen Smith Walters and Dave Walters Doug Walters Phyl Wason Suzanne and Craig Weaver Jolene and Harv Weisblat Dr. Brian and Dawn Williams Doris and Duly Winkler Suanne Woo Brigid Wright and John Patton Christopher Zachar Joseph Zavislak

Supporting Members Donna and Kirk Anderson Anonymous Ross and Shirley Berg Kevin Bingham Janet Bioletto Neva and Jim Bochenek Judy and Charles Boehmer

Melanie and Patrick Burm Stephanie and Brad Butler Kim Carroll and Sherri Shimansky Ann Chafoulias Rhonda Elifritz-Rix Patricia Fimbres Friedel Family Foundation Shanna Gallo Nick Ginsberg Sarah and Brad Glenn Robin Greeson Ralph and Ellen Hirsch Kimberly and Dale Hopely, Jr. William Hosking Michelle Louise Johnson Karen J. Killoren Survivors Trust Sue Klein Kurt Kleinman Eve and Jim Morse Pam and Gary Passey Valerie and Gregory Patten Timbra and Kevin Peace Marliese and Glen Reeves Ron and Bev Richards Alison and David Riddiford Karen and John Runberg Marliese and Glen Reeves Katherine and Mark Strumpf Vicki and Tom Taradash Dr. Jerome and Dr. Selma E. Targovnik VIP Tours of New York LLC Deidra Viberg Yubeta Family

Ronald Nelson Kathy and Dwight Peters Nathalie Rennell Suzanne Rinker Virginia Savage In Memory of Judith Signeski Raj Sivananthan Daniel L. Smith Leslie Standerfer Orin and Mary Svarc Jo Taulbee-Flittie Patricia Taylor Adriana Trigiani and Tim Stephenson Celia Vasfaret Mary LaRue Walker Jo and Don Wilson Darcey Winterland and Blake Bulloch ASU Gammage wishes to thank the hundreds of donors who are not listed due to space limitations.

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