Frontdoors Magazine August 2018

AUGUST 2018 VOLUME 16, ISSUE 8

BOBB COOPER HELPS CREATE THE STARS OF TOMORROW, TODAY SPECIAL EDITION: 2018 FALL ARTS & CULTURE DIRECTORY AUGUST 2018 | FRONTDOORS MEDIA 1 ARIZONA OPERA + 10 QUESTIONS WITH RUSTY FOLEY + ASU GAMMAGE’S LEADERSHIP

LIGHT UP YOUR NIGHT

DESERT, LIGHT AND SOUND UNITE IN A MESMERIZING DISPLAY LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

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PUBLISHER

Andrea Tyler Evans “Visiting the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Viewing art by Durer, Fra Angelico, Goya, and Titian in person was inspiring and the beginning of a pursuit of art and design as a career.”

Karen Werner CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Cheyenne Brumlow CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Tom Evans WEB EDITOR “My family has many artisans, so my most memorable arts experiences were times spent creating things with latch hook or macramé with my grandmother.”

“Going to see ‘Annie’ at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles when I was 7 years old and Molly Ringwald was in the cast.”

EDITOR

“I grew up around the theater — my grandfather was a theater professor. So I spent my summers and weekends around plays and performances of all types.”

Jamie Killin CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Lynette Carrington, Judy Pearson, Carey Peña FASHION WRITER

Tyler Butler ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Jillian Rivera

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“As a Francophile, my first trip through the Louvre with my sons, then 10 and 12, was a hoot. So many places to play hide and seek!”

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Frontdoors Magazine is dedicated to the memory of Mike Saucier.

TABLE OF CONTENTS {august 2018, volume 16, issue 8}

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10 QUESTIONS WITH......... 06 Arizona Citizen for the Arts’ Rusty Foley BOOKMARKED................... 10 Who’s Reading What this Month

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OFFICE DOORS.................. 12 ASU Gammage’s Colleen Jennings-Roggensack COVER STORY................... 16 Valley Youth Theatre: Resource, Refuge, Home CHARITY SPOTLIGHT........ 24 Arizona Opera FALL ARTS & CULTURE 2018 DIRECTORY............... 29

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EDITOR’S NOTE {on the job}

BOUND BY ART In ancient Greece, the theater was the center of the community as well as the nexus of religion, government and social life.

They were onto something.

All these years later, the arts still have a rare ability to bind a community because they attract creative people, connect communities and boost the economy. In fact, Arizona nonprofit arts organizations represent more than a half billion dollars of economic activity all across the state.

But the economic benefits don’t end there.

The arts employ over 50,000 people statewide and contribute more than just what the audience spends. After all, when we go to an exhibit, concert or show, we often pay for parking, eat at a restaurant and pay a babysitter when we return home.

Isn’t it time we think of our arts and culture for what they are: a strategic statewide resource that builds community attachment, social cohesion and civic engagement.

enhances our lives by stirring emotions and inspiring us to look beyond the status quo to envision a more vibrant future. It also reminds us that we’re all creative beings — and that whether we’re painting, playing a musical instrument, telling stories or simply sharing the experience together, we are all connected.

My hope is that this issue inspires you to bring more art into your life. Inside, we offer inspiring stories about arts leaders and organizations moving the Valley. We also share listings of some of the best the Valley’s arts scene has to offer.

Art can help us to live lives deep in meaning and full of creativity. So if you want to experience more joy, make space in your life for art!

Karen Werner EDITOR

@kwerner409

Putting the arts at the heart of the community

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10 QUESTIONS WITH...

RUSTY FOLEY

Executive Director of Arizona Citizens for the Arts

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1. Talk about your career before Arizona Citizens for the Arts.

I was a newspaper reporter for 10 years — a lot of that time at the old Phoenix Gazette. Then I spent 25 years with the Salt River Project, mostly as manager of a department that involved community relations, advertising communications and strategic communications. In the course of my work, I became familiar with the nonprofit sector.

By the time I left, we were distributing about $3 million a year in corporate grants, and the arts were a large part of our focus.

2. What role have the arts played in your life?

I served on the Childsplay board of directors for a number of years. I was also on the Arizona Theatre Company board off and on for about 15 years and on corporate councils for both the Phoenix Art Museum and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. In terms of my own involvement in the arts, I was raised in a family where being exposed to the arts was important. I studied piano for nine years as a child. We were taken to art museums and the theater. And while I don’t consider myself an artist, I have been an appreciator of the arts all my life and consider it one of the richest aspects of my life.

3. For those who aren’t familiar with Arizona Citizens for the Arts, can you tell us about the organization?

Arizona Citizens for the Arts is Arizona’s only statewide arts advocacy organization.

It’s 37 years old, so it’s been around quite a long time. Our purpose is to promote the value of the arts in the community and build more support for the arts in both the private and public sectors. A major part of our work is focused on lobbying and advocating in support of the Arizona Commission on the Arts. We are a grassroots organization and

depend on our network of 5,000 supporters to rally to the cause when we ask. As much work as we do with legislators and other elected officials, we wouldn’t be able to do the work we do if we didn’t have that energetic, committed base of advocates across the state.

4. Why are the arts so important for Arizona?

Art helps define the culture of a community.

In Arizona, arts are also a huge part of our tourism industry. Think about the wonderful indigenous cultures that are represented in Arizona. The presentation of those cultures is in the art. In a major community where people want to live, raise children and do business, you need opportunities that enhance quality of life. Not only in the major metropolitan areas, but in all of the small communities around Arizona. Some of the most important arts organizations and arts activity are going on in smaller communities that are looking to the arts to help them rebuild their downtowns to attract more visitors.

5. Do you have any numbers you can share on the economic impact of the arts?

Sometimes people tend to think of the nonprofit arts and culture community as charities and supporting them as philanthropy. But we have data from Americans for the Arts that show that for every dollar invested into a nonprofit arts organization in Arizona, the additional economic activity beyond the price of the ticket returns an additional dollar to $1.50 back into the community. That’s a real economic impact. There is an interesting report generated every couple of years from a national organization called DataArts.

The most recent showed that the 250 or so most active arts organizations in the state attract about 14 million admissions per year. That’s people going to exhibitions, to the theater, symphony or concerts.

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6. What about the role of arts education? How does Arizona fare in that regard?

There is so much data out there that quantitatively demonstrates the impact that arts education has on young people. Not only is it enriching to their lives, it actually improves learning in other disciplines. Very often the presence of a vibrant arts program helps the overall school environment. Kids who may not be engaged in any other way in school are engaged in music, drama or visual arts and that improves the overall environment of the school. Absenteeism goes down, behavioral problems go down. Being exposed to drama and music at a young age improves learning because it helps language development and the understanding of abstract concepts. Music in particular actually changes the way the brain functions and helps develop the same parts of the brain that we use to do mathematics.

7. Do you feel like you have a receptive audience to this message?

I think at an emotional level people understand that being exposed to the arts is a good thing.

But we have work to do in terms of deepening the understanding that arts can be useful for every student, just like physical education is good for every kid. I hear a lot of times that it’s important to be well-rounded. That’s certainly true, but that also leads to the arts not being taken quite as seriously as language arts, mathematics or science. When we’re struggling to push scores up in language arts and math, the automatic response seems to be that we need to spend more time on those subjects. What they haven’t given a lot of consideration to is the fact that exposing kids to the arts may actually help them learn these other academic disciplines better. Part of our challenge is to spread that word.

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8. Do you have any big initiatives going on now?

We’re going to be launching a whole new effort to try to build an arts education advocacy network that would function as a policy advisory group and as a grassroots network similar to what the rest of Arizona Citizens for the Arts is. We want an active, engaged group specifically interested in arts education and willing to contact school board members, show up for budget hearings in school districts and contact the legislature about making some tweaks in state law to support arts education. We’ve not been organized around that subject before and we think that we need to organize some kind of network in order to make some serious progress in increasing the quality and availability of arts education in our schools.

9. If people want to help with this effort or other efforts, what’s the best way they can get involved?

Like our Facebook page and go to azcitizensforthearts.org and get on our mailing lists. Go into our advocacy center and sign up for advocacy alerts. We communicate quite a bit through social media and through our email system.

10. How would you characterize the state of the arts in Arizona?

The state of arts in Arizona is vibrant and energetic! There’s a lot of great work going on, whether you’re talking about Yuma, Prescott, Winslow or Douglas. People are doing wonderful work in large and small communities all over the state. But they need better support, and all of us as individuals can do that. Make a contribution.

Buy a ticket. Join the advocacy network at Arizona Citizens for the Arts and help out.

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Along with more than 100 arts and culture organizations statewide and 5,000 citizen advocates, we do together what organizations alone cannot – change perceptions and change policy for the benefit of arts and culture in Arizona.

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BOOKMARKED {what are you reading} Museum Leaders Share Their Favorite Books

CARRIE HEINONEN CEO and Robert Breunig Director of the Museum of Northern Arizona

IS READING “The Pueblo Food Experience Cookbook: Whole Food of Our Ancestors” EDITED BY ROXANNE SWENTZELL and PATRICIA M. PEREA

H E R TA K E : “The Museum of Northern Arizona is a place-based museum where we explore the Colorado Plateau across all disciplines. Recently we’ve been considering incorporating food into our programming. Reading this book inspired me with recipes and insights into the ways food ties the disciplines together. Food provides

a new and delicious lens through which to experience the objects and histories of our collections, and can inform what we grow in our museum garden as well.

Likewise, Roxanne’s recounting the unexpected pleasures of communal gardening makes the historic Puebloan cultures come to life.”

JODY CRAGO Museum Administrator of Chandler Museum

IS READING “Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II” BY RICHARD REEVES

H I S TA K E : “It shares the heartbreaking stories of 120,000 Japanese and JapaneseAmericans from the West Coast and parts of Arizona who were incarcerated by our country during the early days of World War II for no other crime than looking like the enemy. It shows how easy fear, suspicion and the unbridled search for ‘safety’ can

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lead our nation to lose track of its own cherished values. After reading it, I wanted to read more personal accounts of the people who, despite losing their homes, communities, most of their possessions and their livelihood, stayed loyal to the country that incarcerated them without due process.”

BOOKMARKED {what are you reading}

JENNIFER McCABE Acting Director of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

IS READING “A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind” BY SIRI HUSTVEDT

H E R TA K E “The book is a compilation of short essays, which makes it easier to read when all you have are limited periods of time. Throughout the book, Hustvedt looks to her own experiences in both science and humanities to make connections between the two. While

acknowledging that science has an ascendant position in our world, she believes the arts also have the potential to transform people’s lives.

Ultimately, as the title suggests, it’s a book about perceptions, and just might encourage you to look at things differently.”

APRIL A. SALOMON Executive Director of the Musical Instrument Museum

IS READING “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” BY CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL

H E R TA K E “I recently began training for the New York City Marathon and this fascinating book was recommended by my coach. McDougall’s incredible storytelling of the Tarahumara from northern Mexico — renowned for long-distance running — as well as

ultrarunners who challenge themselves to achieve the impossible and the scientific aspects of man’s innate ability to run was nothing short of inspirational. This book will make you want to get off the couch, lace up and experience the pure joy of running.”

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OFFICE DOORS {leadership}

COLLEEN JENNINGSROGGENSACK Executive Director of ASU Gammage and ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs Jamie Killin | Web Editor

One of the key components of leadership is teamwork — something Colleen Jennings-Roggensack takes to heart.

Whether it’s through her work as the executive director of ASU Gammage or as the vice president for cultural affairs for Arizona State University, or as Arizona’s sole Tony Awards voter, or her numerous board positions or even her role as mother to a Fulbright scholar, she extends her collaborative spirit to each of her undertakings.

Not only has this approach helped her grow her career over the past 35 years from dancer to arts and culture powerhouse, it has helped her to champion change in the industry.

One of her most notable endeavors began when she was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become

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a member of the National Council on the Arts during a time when the council had its largest budget, but also faced some of its most serious challenges. This was during the height of the culture wars, when the works of controversial artists like Robert Mapplethorpe were being introduced to the mainstream.

“It was a really difficult time,” Roggensack said. “We would have meetings four times a year and there would be press and television and radio recording our every word. You had a lot of politicians who were using the arts as a way to fill the political coffers.”

When she joined Arizona State University’s faculty in 1992, it was a similar turning point for the university. Her predecessor was being faced with felony charges, the staff was demoralized, and the vision of the arts program was in desperate need of development.

During her 26-year tenure, she’s helped facilitate massive change.

“The staff and I’ve really pulled together and now we are a nationally and internationally recognized organization,” she said. “We’ve received funding from the major organizations in the country as well as internationally.”

As the university continues to grow and gain acclaim, she credits much of her own success to her colleagues, including Herberger Institute dean Steve Tepper and university president Dr. Michael Crow, who she refers to as a visionary and powerhouse.

“I want to underscore the fact of what happens when you have the visionary leadership, like Dr. Michael Crow, who says, ‘Go out there and make things happen,’” Roggensack said. “You can’t ask for anything better than when you’re working in a job and have someone who says, ‘I want you to do the best you can and be inventive and take risks and make it work.’”

Roggensack also serves as an innovator in university funding — working with her contemporaries to create a more sustainable future for the arts in higher education.

“There are roughly 20 universities across the country that work together and look at how we deal with issues such as where budgets are today,” she said. “Everyone is figuring out how you do what you do when the majority of my colleagues get their budgets directly from the university. ASU Gammage is different; we’re financially independent.”

Even the funds for one of Gammage’s most celebrated projects to date, the 2017 renovation that included the installation of elevators and additional restrooms, was made possible almost entirely by private fundraising.

Between serving as executive director of Gammage and being the state’s

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Under Colleen Jennings-Roggensack’s guidance, ASU Gammage has had a significant cultural impact on the lives of students and community members and become a nationally and internationally recognized organization.

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only Tony voter for more than a decade, Roggensack also boasts a heavy hand in determining which works will become a part of Arizona’s mainstream theater experience.

“We have the ability to say, ‘Hey, we could anchor a tour or we will push forward this tour,’” she explained. “We did ‘Spring Awakening’ and I told Tom Hulce, ‘Listen, I’ll call my college and say let’s get on board with this. This is really important.’”

“Obviously, ‘Hamilton’ coming to us so early on spoke highly of what we were able to do. It’s been really wonderful,” she said.

However, Roggensack’s work at ASU extends far beyond the arts — she’s been critical in the development of the ASU 365 Community Union, which aims to convert Sun Devil Stadium from an often-empty football field to a well-utilized space that hosts festivals, farmer’s markets, concerts and more, furthering ASU’s role as a community player.

“We are looking at how we engage and indebt ourselves in the communities that we serve, and how as academic and cultural workers we can solve global issues and take on those challenges,” she said. “That’s been exciting and very rewarding.”

Jamie Killin is a writer, editor and public relations specialist. Her work has been published by Thrillist, Phoenix Magazine, The Arizona Republic, So Scottsdale! and more. She is also the Public Relations and Marketing Manager for Frontdoors Media’s sister company Evans Communications. She is a media enthusiast with experience in all things news, marketing, public relations and social media.

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“Valley Youth Theatre truly is a magical place.

It's a microcosm that I wish the world could be,” said producing artistic director Bobb Cooper.

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COVER STORY {by karen werner}

Resource, Refuge, Home

BOBB COOPER HELPS CREATE THE STARS OF TOMORROW, TODAY Bobb Cooper guides guests through his office with pride. “This is Abbie Maynard. She’s an on-air newsperson in Texas,” he said, pointing to a headshot on the wall. “This girl is an international model now. Here is Max Crumm from the Broadway revival of ‘Grease.’”

playing Brooke on “Orange Is the New Black.’”

Grammy-nominated Jordin Sparks — Arizona’s own American Idol — got her start here, as did Chelsea Kane, star of the Disney sitcom “Baby Daddy,” and Harley Jay, who played the lead role of Mark in Broadway’s “Rent.”

Costumes, trophies and photos of past productions line the walls and fill every available surface space. Here is Joseph’s technicolor dreamcoat. There are Dorothy’s ruby red slippers. “All genuine Swarovski crystals — all done by hand,” Cooper explained.

How did Valley Youth Theatre go from the dank basement of Tower Plaza Mall to being recognized as one of the most dynamic youth theater groups in the country, producing more than 150 musicals and plays in the last three decades? The answer can be traced to Cooper’s childhood bedroom in a Detroit suburb in the 1970s.

Cooper is the producing artistic director of Valley Youth Theatre, a theater company dedicated to helping young people achieve their potential through the performing arts.

Founded in 1989, the organization has become something of a showbiz breeding ground.

Oscar winner Emma Stone cut her teeth here as a young actress, as did Kimiko Glenn, who went from starring in Broadway’s “Waitress” to

Cooper comes from what he calls “a bad family situation. Their idea of babysitting was grounding me to my room,” he said.

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actors. “I would create little scenes with these pills from the blanket,” he said. “That’s where my directing and creativity started, just creating because I was locked up.”

When he was 13, Cooper experienced a defining moment when he saw his first play, a production of “Annie” at the historic Fisher Theater in Detroit. After the performance, he bought the soundtrack, which he would

theater ❝Itthatwaskept me

going and gave me a purpose and a place.

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— Bobb Cooper

play over and over in his room, pretending to conduct the overture and singing every song.

He related to the story of the optimistic orphan and wished Oliver Warbucks would adopt him.

As luck would have it, Cooper’s high school had one of the best theater companies in Michigan. In his first year, Cooper auditioned for a show and was cast in the lead. After that, he was hooked. He did every show throughout his high school years, built and designed sets, and ultimately directed. By his senior year, he was doing professional children’s theater, high school theater and college theater at the same time.

Cooper credits theater with keeping him in school. “I was the first person in my family to graduate from high school,” he said. “It was theater that kept me going and gave me a purpose and a place. It was an investment that came back to me.”

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After graduation, Cooper headed to New York City. “I moved in on Tuesday, auditioned on Wednesday and was cast in an Off-Broadway show on Friday. I ended up in California on a national tour and started doing theater in California and then television shows and voice-overs and movies,” he said.

Along the way, Cooper needed a way to supplement his income during the inevitable boom-and-bust paydays of a professional actor.

He met someone who ran a party-planning service who said he was looking for clowns and paid $50 an hour — $75 if there were animals in the act. So Cooper bought an encyclopedia of dove magic, created illusions and went on to become a very popular performer.

After Cooper married his wife Karol in 1989, she became part of the show, performing as the duo Bobbo and Kookee. “That’s when the business took off,” Cooper said. They entertained at parties for the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Whoopi Goldberg, Nicolas Cage and Harry Hamlin. “We were doing 6,000 seats at the Starlight Bowl on the 4th of July with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and flown on the Sultan of Brunei’s private jet to perform for his 50th birthday. I had a whole party-planning service. I could get you everything from an elephant to a Ferris wheel,” Cooper said.

Things took a turn after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which devastated the couple both personally and professionally. Around that time, Karol got an opportunity to come to Arizona to be the regional education director for a professional beauty company. Cooper followed and took a position running promos on Channel 3 and The WB 61 (now The CW).

There he met Carolyn McBurney, who was with The WB Kids Club and on the board of Valley Youth Theatre. She said the theater was looking for a managing artistic director and introduced Cooper to board chair Hope Ozer.

“I went to the Tower Plaza Mall, where they were at that time. It was quite eerie — the mall was vacant,” Cooper said. He went

Emma Stone (top center) in VYT’s “The Wiz”

Jordin Sparks and Bobb Copper

Max Crumm in VYT’s “Grease”

Emma Stone and Bobb Cooper

Jordin Sparks (top center) in VYT’s “The Wiz”

Chealsea Staub (left) in VYT’s “The Secret Garden”

Max Crumm, Bobb Cooper and Nick Cartell

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The building on the corner of First and Fillmore was a car dealership, Elks Lodge, bakery and more before it became home to Valley Youth Theatre.

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downstairs to the basement and, in a twist of fate, watched the first half of “Annie Warbucks,” the sequel to “Annie.”

shop in the back. Then it was an Elks Lodge, and next an antiques dealership, before becoming the Adobe Oven Bakery.

“It was horrible and I thought, ‘There is nowhere but up from here,’” Cooper said.

Though it had been vacant for years, Cooper and Ozer deemed the blighted building the perfect fit for Valley Youth Theatre. “It was a pigsty. The ceiling was caving in. The HVAC, lighting and plumbing didn’t work. But we struck a very good deal,” Cooper said.

Ozer and Cooper talked for hours. By the time he left, he had convinced her to take a chance on him, though he had never run a children’s theater before. “When I started there was barely a $100,000 annual budget. I was one of two full-time staff members, and we were in the basement of a mall,” Cooper said.

doesn’t matter ❝Itif you arrive in a

Ferrari or come by light rail, once you walk through the doors of Valley Youth Theatre, none of that matters.

Fittingly, that production was “Annie.”

And not only did Cooper direct it, he played the role of Oliver Warbucks himself. “It was sort of serendipitous that I had to play the role,” he said. “I didn’t intend on playing Daddy Warbucks, I just couldn’t find anybody. It was a few weeks before the show, so I had to do it. It was cathartic.”

Although Cooper doesn’t boast Warbucks’ bucks, he has brought business acumen and good fortune to Valley Youth Theatre.

“We are making money and saving money and operating like a business. That’s been the key to our success,” he said. “We make good business decisions because it’s important that we are solid so we can keep providing these great opportunities.”

Case in point was acquiring Valley Youth Theatre’s home on the corner of First and Fillmore Streets in Phoenix. The nondescript structure started life in 1946 as Gray Madison Ford, with a showroom in the front and a

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Still, Cooper’s aspirations for the theater were high. He wanted to see Valley Youth Theatre on par with Arizona Theatre Company, Actors Theatre, Childsplay and Phoenix Theatre. “The idea was to encourage young people to be the best they can be. I started March 20, 1996, and by October 31, 1997, we opened our first show center stage at the Herberger,” Cooper said.

That was 1998. It took a massive community effort to gut and restore the dilapidated structure. Luckily, volunteers and donations flooded in, and Cooper says Valley Youth Theatre was able to pull off “close to a three-quarter million dollar project for less than $250,000.”

Such savings meant that Valley Youth Theatre could offer its magic to more young performers.

As the only no-fee theater program in the state, Valley Youth Theatre breaks down socioeconomic barriers so no one is precluded from taking part in the arts. “It doesn’t matter if you arrive in a Ferrari or come by light rail, once you walk through the doors of Valley Youth Theatre, none of that matters. We’re here to work together to put on a production.”

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Crudup, who teaches at ASU’s School of Social Work, and Courtney Ozer, who is head of litigation at Unilever in New York.

Mia McFarland (left) as Annie, with Bobb Cooper as Oliver Warbucks, from the 2018 production of “Annie.”

discipline, time management and a strong work ethic are just a few of the traits Cooper says young people learn at Valley Youth Theatre. And, yes, along the way a handful of kids become stars, including Emma Stone, who won a Best Actress Oscar and with whom Cooper remains close. “We have a very, very solid relationship,” he said.

Asked if Stone always had an “it” factor, Cooper replied thoughtfully. “That’s the interesting thing. There are a lot of kids who have had that, but the stars just didn’t align.

They aligned for her in a huge way,” he said.

“But not every kid that walks through the door has what she has. Kimiko had it. Chelsea had it. There are kids that I’ve seen — kids who have come and gone — that have had it.

There are a number of them that are making it in the industry, they’re just not huge stars.”

“They all say that a good part of who they are came through being a part of Valley Youth Theatre,” Cooper said. “Thousands of kids have come through the program over the years and hundreds of thousands, from the standpoint of audience members.”

That is why the program’s most recent production of “Annie” this summer was such a milestone. It was Valley Youth Theatre’s 41st production at the Herberger and the fourth time Cooper has played Oliver Warbucks. Annie’s story of hope, perseverance and overcoming adversity is an analogue for Valley Youth Theatre itself, for many of the kids’ lives that it touches, as well as the life of Bobb Cooper. “‘Annie’ is very near and dear to my heart,” he said.

The upcoming season — Valley Youth Theatre’s 30th anniversary season — will bring new shows as well as the debut of new performers attracted by open auditions, fee-free participation and a learning environment with no racial or other social barriers. But the lessons the kids learn will be the same ones Cooper has been instilling in young performers for decades.

“We’re trying to build solid young people who will contribute to society and know that the investment they make will come back, and Cooper is proud of every young person who that it’s important to be a good human being has learned life lessons at Valley Youth Theatre. and to be kind to each other,” Cooper said.

In fact, as pleased as he is by Stone’s success, “It’s not just theater. That’s the byproduct. it is Tyler Service, a police officer in Chandler, It’s the work that we’re doing to help create who brings tears of pride to his eyes for his incredible people. We’re just giving a place selfless dedication to the community. He where it’s safe, where they can dare to be also beams when talking about Dr. Chandra themselves, and they can learn and grow.”

Frontdoors editor Karen Werner is a writer, editor and media consultant. She has interned at The New Yorker, worked at Parents Magazine, edited five books and founded several local magazines. Her work has appeared in Sunset, Mental Floss and the Saturday Evening Post.

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GIVING BACK {charity spotlight}

THE STORY While many think of Phoenix as the leader of Arizona’s arts and culture, Arizona Opera proved that the southern reaches of the state could be an arts innovator as well.

The organization initially opened as the Tucson Opera Company back in 1971, with Phoenix performances following the next season.

“In only its second season, this company started to present in Phoenix, which is a really ambitious thing because you’re moving a lot of people, you have costumes, that kind of thing,” said Arizona Opera’s president and general director Joseph Specter. “Today, with opera companies of our scale, there aren’t that many that produce in more than one city. It’s something that’s incredibly special.”

Even early on, the opera began showcasing

its artistic flexibility by producing a variety of performances that included musicals, the whimsical works of Gilbert and Sullivan and Wagner’s five-part “Der Ring des Nibelungen” series — the shortest of the pieces the company performed again last season in homage to the company’s history.

After operating statewide for more than 40 years, the company opened its Phoenix Opera Center in 2013, but maintains its commitment to serving the entire state — producing all five of its works in both Tucson and Phoenix each season.

“I think that what we’re doing right now is a special moment for the company,” said Specter, who joined Arizona Opera two years ago. “Hopefully building on great work that has happened here for 47 years.”

THE MISSION Specter refers to Arizona Opera as a learning organization, one that despite its rich history in Arizona continues to grow, evolve and reach new audiences.

“We’re really committed to having the biggest impact possible,” he said. “We want to create exciting programs that, whether you’re an experienced opera person or a newbie, you can come be part of. You don’t need to read every Wikipedia entry on every opera and composer there is. You can just jump in.”

provide visitors with an immersive experience that includes an orchestra, top-tier acting and, most importantly, the sound of the human voice — an experience the organization aims to make inviting to everyone in the community.

“You watch ‘America’s Got Talent’ and an opera singer comes on and the audience is always a little stone-faced at the beginning.

But by the end of the aria everyone’s freaking out. It’s because the human voice has this power to move people,” Specter said.

Arizona Opera boasts a unique ability to

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GIVING BACK CONTINUED

A scene from Arizona Opera’s 2018 production of “Das Rheingold.”

THE FUTURE As Arizona Opera nears its 50th anniversary, it continues to innovate with the introduction of its new RED Series, which features two new works — “María de Buenos Aires” and “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” both of which are a departure from the classic music traditionally associated with opera.

Not only are the works new, with different music and shorter running times, they’ll be performed in different spaces as well — the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix and the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson.

“It’s sort of amazing that by moving into a more intimate space you actually increase impact. Now, with pieces like “María de Buenos Aires,” a tango-based opera, and “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” about the great American jazz musician, we’ve expanded

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our storytelling,” said Specter. “We’ve expanded our audience experience and I think we actually have expanded the cool factor a little bit for opera in Arizona.”

However, this doesn’t mean Arizona Opera is abandoning its roots — the 2018-2019 season will also include favorites such as “La Traviata” and “The Marriage of Figaro” as well as the contemporary “Silent Night” — all in some of the state’s most beloved venues: Phoenix’s Symphony Hall and Tucson Music Hall.

“I’m a bread-and-butter opera guy, from the time I started training. So I don’t want to discount those traditional classics,” Specter said. “Works like ‘La Traviata’ and ‘Marriage of Figaro’ are incredibly important for people, whether they love opera already or are completely new to the form.”

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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS Act One Arizona Broadway Theatre Arizona Citizens for the Arts Arizona Heritage Center Arizona Musicfest Arizona Opera Arizona Theatre Company ASU Gammage Center Dance Ensemble

Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler Museum Children’s Museum of Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden Herberger Art Galleries Herberger Theater Center Mesa Arts Center Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum Phoenix Center for the Arts

Phoenix Chorale Phoenix Film Foundation Phoenix Theatre Scottsdale Artists’ School Scottsdale Philharmonic Shemer Art Center Tovrea Carraro Society Valley Youth Theatre Vision Gallery

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ACT ONE

HERBERGER ART GALLERIES

Act One is a charitable organization that provides access to the arts through its Field Trip Program, which brings 46,000+ students from Title 1 schools on educational arts field trips, and the Act One Culture Pass, available in 60 Arizona libraries.

Exhibits showcase Arizona artists who touch the heart and imagination of everyone who enters the theater. All artwork is for sale with a portion of the proceeds from each piece sold benefiting the Herberger Theater′s Youth Outreach Programs.

910 E. Osborn Road, Ste. C Phoenix, AZ 85014 act1az.org

222 E. Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 herbergertheater.org

Upcoming Events AUG. 3-SEPT. 4, 2018

“The Art of Architecture” AUG. 3-SEPT. 30, 2018

“Repetition” SEPT. 7-OCT. 30, 2018

“Sunrise or Sunset” OCT. 5-DEC. 2, 2018

ARIZONA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS

“Contemporary Still Life Exhibit”

Arizona Citizens for the Arts acts as the eyes, ears and voice of the nonprofit arts and culture sector in Arizona — at the State Legislature, in local city halls and in partnerships with business and community leaders involved in building and supporting quality of life in Arizona.

“Fantasy for a Noble Universe”

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DEC. 7, 2018-JAN. 1, 2019

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PHOENIX CENTER FOR THE ARTS

PHOENIX FILM FOUNDATION

Phoenix Center for the Arts provides arts and culture opportunities for all through education, programming and advocacy.

The Phoenix Film Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to support and develop the artistic appreciation, educational opportunities and growth of independent film within Arizona.

1202 N. Third St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 phoenixcenterforthearts.org

7000 E. Mayo Blvd, Ste. 1059 Phoenix, AZ 85054 phoenixfilmfestival.com

Upcoming Events AUG. 25, 2018

Phoenix Center for the Arts Open House SEPT. 22-23, 2018

Beta Dance Fest OCT. 11, 2018

Mayor’s Arts Awards DEC. 7-9, 2018

Phoenix Festival of the Arts

Upcoming Events AUG. 6-8, 2018

PFF Summer Showcase SEPT. 21-OCT. 19, 2018

Cine Latino OCT. 19-21, 2018

Peoria Film Fest NOV. 27-29, 2018

PFF Fall Showcase APRIL 4-14, 2019

Phoenix Film Festival

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SCOTTSDALE ARTISTS’ SCHOOL

SHEMER ART CENTER

Scottsdale Artists’ School is dedicated to the artistic enrichment of the community and to developing the capabilities of artists and aspiring artists of all ages by teaching the applied fundamentals of fine art.

The Shemer Art Center supports and showcases Arizona artists and provides a unique setting for visitors to enjoy and learn about visual art, through classes, lectures, workshops, exhibits and events.

3720 N. Marshall Way Scottsdale, AZ 85251 scottsdaleartschool.org

5005 E. Camelback Road Phoenix, AZ 85018 shemerartcenter.org

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

OCT. 22-25, 2018

JULY 17-AUG. 23, 2018

Claudia Hartley: Abstracting the Landscape

Shemer Instructor & Student Exhibition

OCT. 26-28, 2018

Beloved Beasts

Amery Bohling: Plein Air Painting Montezuma’s Castle Destination Workshop

We Believe

DEC. 11-14, 2018

Kim Johnson Nechtman: Animals, Figures & Backgrounds

AUG. 28-OCT. 4, 2018

OCT. 9-NOV. 15, 2018

NOV. 20, 2018-JAN. 3, 2019

Holiday Highlights

JAN. 28-31, 2019

Daniel Keys: A Creative Approach to Floral Compositions MARCH 11-15, 2019

David Kassan: Investigating the Modern Portrait

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ARIZONA HERITAGE CENTER

CHANDLER MUSEUM

Arizona history comes to life through exhibits, fun programs and events!

Step into an Old West general store, visit a WWII POW camp and discover post-war Phoenix boomtown.

Chandler Museum serves the community of Chandler and the Valley with highquality cultural and historical experiences, exhibits and programs, improving the quality of life for our patrons.

1300 N. College Ave. Tempe, AZ 85281 azhs.gov

300 S. Chandler Village Drive Chandler, AZ 85226 chandlermuseum.org

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

OPEN THROUGH SEPT. 18, 2018:

DEC. 8, 2018-JAN. 19, 2019

100 Years, 100 Ranchers Photography Exhibition by Scott Baxter

Awkward Family Photos — The Exhibition

OCT. 19-DEC. 31, 2018

Gaman: Enduring Japanese American Internment at Gila River

Portraits of Courage Exhibition

by President George W. Bush OCT. 19-DEC. 31, 2018

WWI Exhibit includes Special Centennial Display

DEC. 8, 2018-MAY 30, 2020

JAN. 13-MARCH 16, 2019

Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior APRIL 9-JULY 6, 2019

A Place For All People Smithsonian Exhibition

Oblique Views: Southwest Aerial Landscapes by Charles and Anne Lindbergh and Adriel Heisey

FEB. 7-JULY 31, 2019

NOV. 10, 2019-JAN. 4, 2020

I Have a Name Exhibition by Jon Linton

Apron Strings: Ties to the Past

JAN. 15-AUG. 15, 2019

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CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PHOENIX

DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN

Engaging the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix fosters a joy of learning through play.

The Garden is here to help you enjoy the beauty of the desert and care about it.

215 N. Seventh St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 childrensmuseumofphoenix.org

1201 N. Galvin Parkway Phoenix, AZ 85008 dbg.org

Upcoming Events SEPT. 29–NOV. 18, 2018

Upcoming Events

Mighty Monarchs and the Plant Protectors OCT. 7-NOV. 25, 2018

Play Date: Costumes & Cocktails

Sunday Concerts in the Garden featuring Domingo DeGrazia Band, Marmalade Skies, Sugar Thieves, Lee Perreira Band, Big Nick and the Gila Monsters, and Joe Garcia and Friends Group

OCT. 31, 2018

OCT. 12, 2018-MAY 12, 2019

AUG. 18-NOV. 18, 2018

Make-A-Mega-Mess!

OCT. 20, 2018

Trick-or-Treat at the Museum NOV. 10, 2018

Once Upon A Fall Ball

Electric Desert | A Light and Sound Experience by Klip Collective NOV. 3-4, 2018

15th Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration DEC. 1-23 & DEC. 26-31, 2018

Las Noches de las Luminarias

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MESA CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum consists of five galleries at Mesa Arts Center. MCA Museum showcases curated and juried exhibitions of contemporary art by emerging and internationally recognized artists.

One E. Main St. Mesa, AZ 85201 mesaartscenter.com/index.php/ museum/art/current

TOVREA CARRARO SOCIETY Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights is a “Jewel in the Desert,” intriguing people for 90+ years. It is also a Phoenix Point of Pride and on the National Register of Historic Places.

5025 E. Van Buren St. Phoenix, AZ 85008 TovreaCastleTours.com

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events SEPT. 14-NOV. 25, 2018

Jazz Stories by Faith Ringgold SEPT. 14, 2018-JAN, 20, 2019

Jazz It Up! JAN. 18-APRIL 14, 2019

Patterns of Obsession by Janet Towbin JAN. 18-APRIL 14, 2019

Bad Government by Carrie Ann Baade FEB. 8-APRIL 21, 2019

40th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition

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NOV. 3, 2018

Tour & Tea at Della’s Place MARCH 2019

Fall 2019 Tour Tix Released MARCH 21, 2019

Super Moon Tour JUNE 2019

Twilight Tours

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VISION GALLERY Vision Gallery and the Gallery at CCA are nonprofit art galleries located in the heart of Downtown Chandler that feature regularly rotated exhibitions from local artists.

10 E. Chicago St. Chandler, AZ 85225 visiongallery.org

Upcoming Events SEPT. 7-29, 2018

Hop Art: The Graphic Design of SanTan Brewery Opening reception on Sept. 6 at 6 p.m.

OCT. 4-NOV. 2, 2018

By Popular Demand: Paintings and Sculptures by Anthony Banayat Opening reception on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m.

CONNECTING WOMEN WHERE THEY WORK, LIVE OR PLAY

OCT. 11-NOV. 10, 2018

Time and Space: Jan Marshall and Joseph W. McShane (CCA Gallery) Opening reception on Oct. 12 at 6 p.m.

NOV. 8, 2018-JAN. 5, 2019

Join us where you live, work or play to connect with like-minded women to share information, ideas, contacts and opportunities.

Things That Matter; Opening reception on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.

NOV. 16, 2018-JAN. 11, 2019

Annual Art Quilts XXIII: Location Ecologies (CCA Gallery) Opening reception on Nov. 17 at 4 p.m.

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CENTER DANCE ENSEMBLE

MESA ARTS CENTER

Center Dance Ensemble’s mission is to develop the art form of modern dance by creating, producing and performing original works with a strong emphasis on education outreach for children.

Mesa Arts Center is owned and operated by the City of Mesa and is home to four theaters, five art galleries, 14 art studios and an artist cooperative gallery.

421 W. Frier Drive Phoenix, AZ 85021 CenterDance.org

Upcoming Events

One E. Main St. Mesa, AZ 85201 mesaartscenter.com

Upcoming Events OCT. 4, 2018

OCT. 18-21, 2018

A Haunting We Will Go, featuring “The Return of Dracula” DEC. 1-16, 2018

Frances Smith Cohen's “Snow Queen”

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis OCT. 11-13, 2018

Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure FEB. 1, 2019

FEB. 28-MARCH 3, 2019

The Moth Mainstage

Worlds of Wonder, featuring “Rite of Spring”

FEB. 14, 2019

APRIL 17-18, 2019

American Voices MAY 4-5, 2019

Cinderella Rocks

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Joshua Bell MARCH 29-30, 2019

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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ARIZONA MUSICFEST

ARIZONA OPERA

Arizona Musicfest delights audiences through its annual festival season. As a charity, it further enriches our community through dynamic music education programs for schools and performance opportunities for young musicians.

Arizona Opera strives to elevate the power of storytelling through the music — cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place we call home.

P.O. Box 25455 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 azmusicfest.org

Upcoming Events

1636 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 azopera.org

Upcoming Events SEPT. 28-30, 2018

JAN. 25, 2019

Human Nature

“María de Buenos Aires” at Herberger Theater

JAN. 28, 2019

OCT. 6-7, 2018

Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

“María de Buenos Aires”

FEB. 7, 2019

Brian Stokes Mitchell FEB 15, 2019

Neil Sedaka FEB. 17-24, 2019

The Festival Orchestra

at Temple of Music & Art Tucson SEPT. 28, 2018

Arizona Opera RED Party at Herberger Theater Plaza OCT. 7, 2018

Arizona Opera RED Party at Temple of Music & Art Plaza NOV. 9-11, 2018:

“Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” at Herberger Theater NOV. 17-18, 2018:

“Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” at Temple of Music & Art Tucson

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STAGE WEST October 18 – 21, 2018

A HAUNTING WE WILL GO Featuring - The Return of Dracula December 1 – 16, 2018 Frances Smith Cohen’s

SNOW QUEEN February 28 – Mar. 3, 2019

WORLDS OF WONDER Featuring - Rite of Spring KAX STAGE April 17 – 18, 2019

AMERICAN VOICES

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PHOENIX CHORALE

SCOTTSDALE PHILHARMONIC

The Phoenix Chorale aims to be the preeminent model for American choral music by redefining standards of excellence. Its mission is to enrich life through excellence and distinction in choral artistry.

Scottsdale Philharmonic performs five FREE live classical music concerts, enabling everyone — children, families and senior citizens on fixed incomes — to experience the best classical music the world has to offer.

100 W. Roosevelt St. Phoenix, AZ 85003 phoenixchorale.org

13430 N. Scottsdale Road, #300 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 ScottsdalePhilharmonic.com

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

SEPT. 28-30, 2018

OCT. 14, 2018

“Desert and Rivers” with artistic director finalist Jenny Wong

Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 NOV. 18, 2018

OCT. 26-28, 2018

Mozart Symphony No. 39

“Mid-Century Modern” with artistic director finalist James K. Bass

DEC. 9, 2018

DEC. 14-18, 2018

“A Chorale Christmas” with guest conductor Anton Armstrong FEB. 22-24, 2019

“Pathways of Devotion” with artistic director finalist Christopher Gabbitas

Holiday Christmas Concert at Scottsdale Center for the Arts FEB. 10, 2019

Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite MARCH 24, 2019

Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol

APRIL 5-7, 2019

“Reflections” with artistic director finalist Brian Schmidt

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ARIZONA BROADWAY THEATRE

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY

Arizona Broadway Theatre enriches lives through the power of the performing arts by producing live theater and other high-quality entertainment.

Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) is the preeminent fully professional theater in the state of Arizona, committed to inspiring, engaging and entertaining — one moment, one production and one audience at a time.

7701 W. Paradise Lane Peoria, AZ 85382 azbroadway.org

Upcoming Events

222 E. Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 arizonatheatre.org

Upcoming Events

OCT. 12-NOV. 10, 2018

“Titanic the Musical” at Arizona Broadway Theatre

NOV. 15-DEC. 2, 2018

“Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End”

NOV. 23-DEC. 29, 2018

JAN. 5-27, 2019

“Miracle on 34th Street”

“The Music Man”

at Arizona Broadway Theatre JAN. 25-MARCH 1, 2019

“An American in Paris” at Arizona Broadway Theatre MARCH 8–24, 2019

“An American in Paris” at Herberger Theater Center MARCH 15-APRIL 14, 2019

“Mamma Mia!” at Arizona Broadway Theatre JUNE 7-JULY 6, 2019

“The Addams Family” at Arizona Broadway Theatre JULY 12–28, 2019

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FEB. 14-MARCH 3, 2019

“Two Trains Running” APRIL 4-21, 2019:

American Mariachi MAY 16-JUNE 2, 2019

“Things I Know to Be True”

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ASU GAMMAGE Our goal is to entertain and challenge our audience by presenting new, diverse and thought-provoking performance opportunities.

If we have inspired community conversation about a topic relevant to one of our productions, then we know we are on track with our mission of Connecting Communities.

1200 S. Forest Ave. Tempe, AZ 85281 asugammage.com

CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS The Chandler Center for the Arts invites the public to experience outstanding performances and arts exhibitions in the heart of Chandler’s downtown.

250 N. Arizona Ave. Chandler, AZ 85224 chandlercenter.org

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events SEPT. 29, 2018

Ronald K. Brown Evidence, A Dance Company OCT. 13, 2018

“Barber Shop Chronicles,” written by Inua Ellams OCT. 27, 2018

Anda Union JAN. 19, 2019

Silent Voices: LOVESTATE Brooklyn Youth Chorus

SEPT. 23, 2018

Macy Gray OCT. 11, 2018

Boney James OCT. 20, 2018

Lucia Micarelli DEC. 14, 2018

Sons of Serendip JAN. 18, 2019

Pink Martini

MARCH 16, 2019

“ink,” Camille A. Brown & Dancers

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HERBERGER THEATER CENTER

PHOENIX THEATRE

The Herberger Theater Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to support and foster the growth of performing arts in Phoenix as the premier performance venue, arts incubator and advocate.

Phoenix Theatre creates exceptional theatrical experiences by using the arts to articulate messages that inspire hope and understanding.

222 E. Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 herbergertheater.org

100 E. McDowell Road Phoenix, AZ 85004 phoenixtheatre.com

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events AUG. 3-SEPT. 30, 2018

Repetition Exhibit SEPT. 4-16, 2018

“Sweeney Todd” OCT. 5, 2018

October First Friday Live OCT. 5-DEC. 2, 2018

Contemporary Still Life Exhibit

SEPT. 5-OCT. 14, 2018

“West Side Story” OCT. 10-DEC. 2, 2018

“Fun Home” NOV. 14-DEC. 30, 2018

“Elf: the Musical” JAN. 23-MARCH 10, 2019

“Jersey Boys” JUNE 12-JULY 14, 2019

“Million Dollar Quartet”

OCT. 27, 2018

Festival of the Arts

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VALLEY YOUTH THEATRE Celebrating its 30th Season, Valley Youth Theatre is a renowned local theater company dedicated to helping young people achieve their full potential through meaningful engagement, education and excellence in the performing arts.

807 N. Third St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 vyt.org

Upcoming Events OCT. 12-28, 2018

The Arizona Premiere of “Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical” at Valley Youth Theatre NOV. 30-DEC. 23, 2018

VYT’s 23rd Annual “A Winniethe-Pooh Christmas Tail”

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