Harlem Stage Fall 2022 Season

FALL 2022 SEASON

Diverse Artists. Transformative Art.

1 FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO

We are so excited about the programs we’re presenting at Harlem Stage for the 2022/2023 season! Yes, we are back, and fiercely so! We can’t wait to welcome you back to the Harlem Stage Gatehouse for live events and for you to welcome us back into your home for our digital events. With COVID and other viruses running rampant, we enter the new season carefully. But while our health protocols are designed to keep our audiences, staff, and artists safe, our programs are not. You’re invited on a journey to discover the new.

We are presenting and producing works with artists who are new to the Harlem Stage family like jazz vibraphonist Joel Ross, whose work is a sonic and visual response to his experiences and struggles as a young Black man in this country, and Haitian-American artist, Leyla McCalla, whose album release concerts will use music and dance to celebrate the spirit and resilience of Haitians in spite of decades-long political, social, and racial unrest. We are excited about new partnerships like our first-time collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects, one of the foremost creators and producers of new opera-theater and music-theater, featuring the return of one of our favorites Tamar-kali, who will be joined by Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa/Nzou Mambano and Yaz Lancaster in an evening of song cycles. In collaboration with producer and Harlem Stage board member, Jamila Ponton Bragg, we will present an exciting evening of staged readings from Ntozake Shangé’s A Photograph: Lovers In Motion, interspersed with riveting discussion with Shangé’s sister and co-editor of the play, Ifa Bayeza.

Our biggest collaboration this fall and spring season is with our Associate Artistic Director and Curator-in-Residence, Carl Hancock Rux, who has conceived and curated a yearlong program that examines the Black Arts Movement through dance, film, music, poetry, and theater. We will kick off

the series in the fall season with Carl and me in an introductory conversation followed by a performance featuring Francesca Harper’s acclaimed dance company, FHP Collective. We will also screen Amiri Baraka’s controversial film, Dutchman. The series continues with more events in the spring and culminates with a three-day conference at the Gatehouse, and a celebratory concert and party at Park Avenue Armory featuring the extraordinary guitarist, Vernon Reid.

Staying true to our mission, we are presenting artists and ideas that honor the great creative traditions that were born in Harlem. These artists are not mimicking the past, but are in a dialogue that crosses borders of form, gender, and style. Join us, be inspired with us, and see and feel the world through the eyes of artists who are compelled to create, awakening our senses so that together we may open our eyes and ears. Don’t miss a moment of it!

I am thrilled to be working with and learning from an incredible team including Carl Hancock Rux, our Managing Director, Eric Oberstein, and our Programming Manager, Yunie Mojica, who are introducing me to new creatives and new ideas. I want to acknowledge the vital support of the entire Harlem Stage staff. While you won’t see most of these folks on stage, please know that the stage would be empty without their dedicated work. I want to acknowledge our growing board who are champions and true believers of our work. And, of course, I want to acknowledge you for your continued support of our mission and our artists.

With fond appreciation, Pat Cruz Artistic Director & CEO

US

Harlem Stage is the performing arts center that bridges Harlem’s cultural legacy to contemporary artists of color and dares to provide the artistic freedom that gives birth to new ideas.

For nearly 40 years Harlem Stage has stood proudly at the intersection of art and social justice with a singular mission to perpetuate and celebrate the unique and diverse artistic legacy of Harlem and the indelible impression it has made on American culture. We provide opportunity, commissioning, and support for artists of color, make performances easily accessible to all audiences, and introduce children to the rich diversity, excitement, and inspiration of the performing arts.

We fulfill our mission through commissioning, incubating, and presenting innovative and vital work that responds to the historical and contemporary conditions that shape our lives and the communities we serve.

With a long-standing tradition of supporting artists and organizations around the corner and across the globe, Harlem Stage boasts such legendary artists as Harry Belafonte, Max Roach, Sekou Sundiata, Abbey Lincoln,

Sonia Sanchez, Eddie Palmieri, Maya Angelou, and Tito Puente, as well as contemporary artists like Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh, Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Tamar-kali, Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jason Moran, José James, Craig Harris, Nona Hendryx, Bill T. Jones, and more. Our education programs serve over 2,300 New York City school children each year.

The New York Times has hailed Harlem Stage as “an invaluable incubator of talent” and we have been recognized as an organization still unafraid to take risks. Our investment in this visionary talent is often rewarded in the early stages of many artists’ careers and we proudly celebrate their increasing success. Five members of our artist family have joined the ranks of MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship awardees: Kyle Abraham (2013), Vijay Iyer (2013), Jason Moran (2010), Bill T. Jones (1994), and Cecil Taylor (1991).

Harlem Stage is a winner of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ William Dawson Award for Programming Excellence and Sustained Achievement in Programming.

SEPTEMBER 16–17

UPTOWN NIGHTS: JOEL ROSS: BEING A YOUNG BLACK MAN PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE JAZZ GALLERY

NOVEMBER 5

SELECTIONS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH: LOVERS IN MOTION BY NTOZAKE SHANGÉ WITH IFA BAYEZA & CARL HANCOCK RUX IN CONVERSATION

SEPTEMBER 24–OCTOBER 3

UPTOWN NIGHTS DIGITAL: PEDRITO MARTINEZ

OCTOBER 7–8

UPTOWN NIGHTS: LEYLA M

ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS: BREAKING THE THERMOMETER

NOVEMBER 11

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: EXAMINED PART II: FILM DUTCHMAN FILM & PANEL DISCUSSION PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER

DIGITAL

NOVEMBER 12–21

UPTOWN NIGHTS DIGITAL: IMMANUEL WILKINS

OCTOBER 14–15

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: EXAMINED

PART I: INTRODUCTION PAT CRUZ & CARL HANCOCK RUX IN CONVERSATION FEAT. A PERFORMANCE BY THE FRANCESCA HARPER COLLECTIVE

DECEMBER 10

WATERWORKS EMERGING ARTISTS SHOWCASE: TARIQ AL-SABIR / JENNIFER CENDAÑA ARMAS / SHENNY DE LOS ANGELES / VINSON FRALEY / EDISA WEEKS

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OCTOBER 28–29

BETH MORRISON PROJECTS: SONG CYCLES TAMAR-KALI + YAZ LANCASTER + TANYARADZWA TAWENGWANZOU MAMBANO

DECEMBER 16–17

UPTOWN NIGHTS: KINGS RETURN –WE FOUR KINGS HOLIDAY CONCERT

*Note: All in-person presentations subject to change as COVID-19 conditions evolve.

Photo of Abbey Lincoln by Kwame Brathwaite

The point of the series that Carl has conceived, that is being implemented and contributed to by our staff, is not only to absorb, but it is also to examine, to expand our understanding, to learn from the past through the lens of transformative art. As an organization that sits proudly at the intersection of art and social justice, this examination of an arts movement born out of resistance exemplifies the mission of Harlem Stage. I hope that you will join us in this journey of discovery.

Artistic Director & CEO

Over the course of the 2022/2023 Season, Harlem Stage examines the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s to the 1970s, and its relationship to race, gender, sexuality, music, photography, film, poetry, theater, and dance, as well as its intersectionality with the larger Black Power Movement. Harlem Stage also intends to raise key ques tions that remain relevant to artistic production: what is the relationship between art and politics and what is the role of the politically conscious artist?

Carl Hancock Rux Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence

Photos (left) by Kwame Brathwaite.

Photo of Carl Hancock Rux by Felicia Megginson. 6

Photo by Kwame Brathwaite

Our monthly music series returns with live and digital concerts featuring performances by some of today’s most exciting and talented artists including vibraphonist Joel Ross,

world-renowned Cuban percussionist and vocalist Pedrito Martinez, musician Leyla McCalla, saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, and a cappella group Kings Return

WILKINS

Photo by Lauren Desberg

UPTOWN NIGHTS

JOEL ROSS: BEING A YOUNG BLACK MAN

Presented in collaboration with The Jazz Gallery

In collaboration with The Jazz Gallery, Harlem Stage presents accomplished vibraphonist-composer Joel Ross and his project, Being A Young Black Man. Commissioned by and originally presented at The Jazz Gallery in 2017 as part of its Residency Commission series, the work is a suite of compositions that examine two main themes: family and faith. It explores experiences and interpretation of Ross’ life as A Young Black Man — the interaction with friends and family, the discovery and questioning of faith and beliefs, and witnessing the different events that have taken place throughout the country and world regarding young Black men and women in recent years.

Raised in the South Side of Chicago, Ross and his twin brother took an interest in music by the age of three. Their father, a police officer and choir director, helped serve as one of the first musical influences in Ross’ life

and career. Studying and honing his technique under musician and educator Stefon Harris, Ross discovered his own personal sound. The New York Times states, “Particularly on his own compositions, Mr. Ross and the band treat rhythm as both fundamental and unfixed, while dousing the music in harmonies derived from modern gospel.” His refreshing and unique sound is one to witness in this riveting project. Join Harlem Stage and The Jazz Gallery for an intimate, thoughtprovoking, sonically and visually stunning performance by Edison Award-winning vibraphonist, composer, and educator, Joel Ross.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

SAT, SEP 24, 7:30PM–MON, OCT 3, 5PM | $5

STREAM

HARLEM STAGE & THE CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE (CCCADI) PRESENT

UPTOWN NIGHTS DIGITAL PEDRITO MARTINEZ

In the Spring of 2022 Harlem Stage and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) united to present world-renowned Cuban percussionist and vocalist Pedrito Martinez.

Martinez is a unique and inventive musician who celebrates AfroCuban music and folkloric traditions. He grew up in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Havana, where he would sit for hours, intently watching the aging “rumberos” in the park across from his house as they played this African-derived combination of percussion, song, and dance. This heavily influenced his musical path and his Uptown Nights concert, Rumba Con Fundamento, is an infectious, high-energy musical experience you can enjoy online for a limited time.

Featuring Pedrito Martinez (percussion and lead vocals); Issac Delgado, Jr. (keyboard); Sebastian Natal (bass); Manuel Marquez (percussion); and Xito Lovell (trombone).

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Support for Open Captioning is provided in part by TDF. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Photo by Marc Millman

Harlem Stage presents the NYC album release shows of HaitianAmerican artist Leyla McCalla’s remarkable new album, Breaking The Thermometer. Derived out of a multi-disciplinary theater project commissioned by Duke University, which acquired the complete Radio Haiti archives in 2016, Breaking The Thermometer combines original compositions and traditional Haitian tunes with historical broadcasts and contemporary interviews to forge an immersive sonic journey through a half century of racial, social, and political unrest. PopMatters states, “Breaking the Thermometer is a reminder of the album as a statement, a covenant between artist and listener to intentional and attentional communion. Leyla McCalla’s

profound creativity asks for such attention in this album and richly rewards it.” McCalla’s record is a work of radical performance art, historical scholarship, and personal memoir, a wide-ranging and powerful meditation on family, democracy, and free expression that couldn’t have arrived at a more timely moment. Join us for an evening of thought-provoking and awe-inspiring music and talent.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Photo by Rush Jagoe

BETH MORRISON PROJECTS: SONG CYCLES

TAMAR-KALI + YAZ LANCASTER + TANYARADZWA TAWENGWA-NZOU MAMBANO

In a special collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects, one of the foremost creators and producers of new opera-theater and music-theater, join us for an evening of song cycles by three power-house women and non-binary composers showcasing a diversity of musical languages: electro-acoustic, rock-infused, and Zimbabwean classical inspired.

New York native, Tamar-kali, is a second-generation, Oscar-nominated and World Soundtrack Academy award winning musician with roots in the coastal Sea Islands of South Carolina. Violinist, vocalist, and steel pannist, Yaz Lancaster, is a Black transdisciplinary artist whose music is most interested in practices aligned with relational aesthetics and the everyday; fragments and collage; and liberatory politics. Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa-Nzou Mambano is a Zimbabwean gwenyambira, scholar, composer, and singer whose creative practice

centers African healing and self-liberation. Together, these ground-breaking artists have composed an evening of breath-taking and exhilarating performances. Join us at Harlem Stage for an evening that you do not want to miss!

Commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects and Lynn Loacker. Developed by Beth Morrison Projects. Co-Produced by Beth Morrison Projects and Harlem Stage. Additional production support was provided by Virginia B. Toulmin Charitable Foundation and Marian Godfrey. This production is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Photo Credits: Tamar-kali by Emily Shur. Yaz Lancaster by Felix Walworth. Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa-Nzou Mambano by Beavan Photo.

Presented by Beth Morrison Projects and Harlem Stage

THU, OCT 13 I 7PM | FREE DIVE DEEPER: FREE ZOOM CONVERSATION

Join Harlem Stage and Beth Morrison Projects for a FREE Zoom conversation with composers Tamar-kali, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa-Nzou Mambano, and Yaz Lancaster. Learn more about the new works that the composers have written, to be premiered as part of the Song Cycles project at Harlem Stage on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29.

Moderated by Harlem Stage Artistic Director and CEO, Pat Cruz, and Beth Morrison Projects’ President and Creative Producer, Beth Morrison.

SELECTIONS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH: LOVERS IN MOTION

BY NTOZAKE SHANGÉ

WITH IFA BAYEZA & CARL HANCOCK RUX IN CONVERSATION

Join Harlem Stage for an evening of selected readings of Ntozake Shangé’s play, A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, produced by Harlem Stage board member Jamila Bragg/JamRock Productions and featuring playwright, producer, conceptual theater artist, and Shangé’s sister, Ifa Bayeza, and Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence and multidisciplinary artist, Carl Hancock Rux, in conversation, focusing on Shangé and Bayeza’s collaborative process in editing A Photograph

Ntozake Shangé was an Obie-award winning playwright, poet, and Black Feminist whose unique structure and style helped in shifting Western cultural aesthetics and enriched the Black Arts Movement. Originally published in 1977, Shangé’s play, A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, centers on creative inspirations and complicated relationships in a photographer’s San Francisco apartment in the late 1970s during the tail end of the movement. Themes within the poetic drama focus on the impact of childhood traumas,

insecurities, consequences of lack of self-love, and self-discovery. In this passionate yet complex story, Shangé challenges audiences’ compassion and empathy all while inspiring self-reflection.

Bayeza and Hancock Rux will explore Shangé and Bayeza’s process in editing A Photograph, interspersed with readings of excerpts from the work by a cast of actors, illustrating changes the sisters collaboratively made to the piece. Bayeza writes that the play “explores the world of creative artists who learned themselves through the trauma of racism. They struggle to communicate, to create their own image, to create their world and to love.”

This program is supported, in part, by the Mellon Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

19 Photo Credits: Ifa Bayeza by Joanne Eldredge. Carl Hancock Rux by Felicia Megginson.

HARLEM STAGE GATEHOUSE LIVE

NOV 12, 7:30PM–MON, NOV 21, 5PM

UPTOWN NIGHTS DIGITAL IMMANUEL WILKINS

Philadelphia area-born alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Immanuel Wilkins has made it his mission to create music that has a profound spiritual and emotional impact. He grew up immersed in the Black church and his music is influenced by that upbringing. In the Spring of 2022, Wilkins and his quartet, featuring pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Tyrone Allen, and drummer Kweku Sumbry, were presented as part of the Harlem Stage monthly music series, Uptown Nights. They performed works from Wilkins’

album, The 7th Hand seven pieces that is an homage to the Black church. For a limited time, you can experience this powerful concert online.

Support for Open Captioning is provided in part by TDF. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

21 Photo by Marc Millman

WATERWORKS EMERGING ARTISTS SHOWCASE

TARIQ AL-SABIR / JENNIFER CENDAÑA ARMAS / SHENNY DE LOS ANGELES / VINSON FRALEY / EDISA WEEKS

The WaterWorks Emerging Artists program is designed for budding artists of color, to enable and nurture the developmental process in their creative work, instincts, and business skills. Throughout the one-year commission, artists develop an original performance piece, culminating in a work-in-progress showcase, at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse. The yearlong program offers commissioning support, mentorship, critical feedback, and professional development opportunities for each artist.

For nearly 30 years, Harlem Stage’s early career commissioning program has provided commissioning grants for creating new work at different stages of development by a diverse body of early-career artists of color.

In this culminating performance, Harlem Stage presents: Tariq Al-Sabir, a musician, producer, vocalist, and composer. An

accomplished performance artist, Jennifer Cendaña Armas. An interdisciplinary artist and poet, Shenny De Los Angeles. Vinson Fraley, a dancer and choreographer. Edisa Weeks, an educator and choreographer. These visionary and innovative artists have created profound and compelling pieces pulling inspiration from their personal experiences, present-day society, and more. Join us at Harlem Stage for a night of awe-inspiring talent.

Commissioned by Harlem Stage through its WaterWorks Emerging Artists Program and supported by the Jerome Foundation. Other supporters of the WaterWorks Emerging Artists Program are the Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Thompson Family Foundation, and the Leonard & Robert Weintraub Family Fund.

Photo Credits: Tariq Al-Sabir by Kelly Marshall. Jennifer Cendaña Armas by Daniel Seung Lee. Shenny De Los Angeles by Cherry Stephanie Ayala. Vinson Fraley by INEZ & VINOODH. Edisa Weeks by Mary Weeks.

HARLEM STAGE GATEHOUSE LIVE

Harlem Stage presents Uptown Nights: Kings Return. The Dallasbased vocal quartet celebrates Christmas with their amazing a cappella arrangements of carols and original holiday tunes. Everything from Jazz, Classical, Gospel, and R&B/Soul, there’s a little bit of

everything for everyone. Performing fan favorites, alongside tracks from their Merry Little Christmas EP and their debut album Rove, Kings Return will also be sharing stories behind their favorite Christmas songs. Join Harlem Stage for this intimate and festive Holiday celebration.

Formed in 2016 from pre-existing friendships, the quartet refers to their unique and impeccable sound as “rooted in Gospel, Jazz, R&B, and classical music.” Kings Return rose to fame recording and performing covers of well-known ballads and anthems in an Arlington church stairwell. With a nostalgic old-school a cappella tone and beautifully arranged harmonies, the group has brought joy and chills to hundreds of thousands of viewers and audience members. Radio network, Classic FM, refers to their signature staircase performances as “enough to take

your breath away and send a shiver down your spine.” Members — Vaughn Faison, Gabe Kunda, J.E. McKissic, and Jamall Williams — unite as the vocal powerhouse that is Kings Return.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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THE HARLEM STAGE FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS

The SHS Foundation

Other significant institutional support provided by the Thompson Family Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and the Leonard & Robert Weintraub Family Fund.

JoAnn Chase Company

THE HARLEM STAGE FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS

Harlem Stage deeply appreciates the many individuals and institutions that provide their generous support, making our programs possible. We are pleased to recognize the following contributors for their donation of $1,000 or more:

ENDOWMENT

Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Leonard and Sophie Davis Estate

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

PUBLIC SOURCES

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

Mayor Eric Adams

Department of Cultural Affairs and Commissioner Laurie Cumbo

New York City Council

New York State Council on the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

Consulate General of Sweden

The Embassy of Sweden

Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

FOUNDATIONS

Altman Foundation

Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Association of Performing Arts Professionals

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Capozzalo Heil Giving Fund

Cheswatyr Foundation

Citi Foundation

Columbia Community Service

Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts

Davis/Dauray Family Fund

Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The Ford Foundation

The Howard Gilman Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Jerome Foundation

Lambent Foundation/Tides Foundation

The Leonard & Robert Weintraub Family Fund

Lucille Lortel Foundation

Mellon Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation Metzger-Price Fund

Mid-Atlantic Arts Regional Resilience Fund

Mosaic Network and Fund

New Music USA Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Open Society Foundations

May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation

The Scherman Foundation, Inc.

SHS Foundation

The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

The David and Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund, Inc.

The Thompson Family Foundation, Inc.

CORPORATIONS

ABC Signature

BET Networks

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aid

JoAnn Chase Company

Consolidated Edison Company Endeavor

Gluck Plus

Janus Properties

Manhattan Beer Distributors

Paula Cooper Gallery SESAC, Inc.

TD Bank

UTA—United Talent Agency

Vision Marketing, Inc. WABC-TV

Warner Bros. Discovery West Harlem Development Corporation Vision Marketing WABC-TV

INDIVIDUALS

Rosemarie and Burnside Anderson

Tracy L. Austin

Neal Baer

Catherine Baker-Pitts

Stefany and Simon Bergson

Angela Glover Blackwell* and Fred Blackwell Esi Bracey

Jamilla* and Alvin Bragg

Bill Bragin

Jamie Cannon*

Patty and Bill Cannon Kathleen and Henry Chalfant JoAnn K. Chase*

Kinshasha Holman Conwill Caroline and Paul Cronson

Patricia Cruz*

Hugh Dancy* and Claire Danes* Wendy Davies Winfred Dooley

Angelina Fiordellisi and Matt Williams

Neil Gaiman

Trevor Gale Alex Gansa Fernando Garcia

Stuart Gelwarg and Karen Lipkind

Myrna and Freddie Gershon

Gail Gregg

Agnes Gund Michael Haggen

Lisa Hakim

Maya L. Harris and Tony West

Mitchell Harris and Ilham Mezyan Mari Hashasian

John Josephson and Carolina Zapf Jenette Kahn* and Al Williams

Michael Kenny

Steven Kirkpatrick

Brad Learmonth and Jon Gilman

Steve Levine

Courtney F. Lee-Mitchell* and Marcus Mitchell Glenn Ligon Carey Lovelace

Allison and Howard Lutnick

Marcia and Maurice Lyons

Mickey Lyons

Marilu Marshall Edward McBrien Sherman and Chris Meloni Jonas Norr Martin Noxon Ryan Scott Oliver Daniel Oliverio

Daniel J. Osheyack

Estelle Parsons and Peter Zimroth Marguerite Pitts Maxine and John Potts Sharon and Bob Prince Rebecca Robertson

Judith Rubin

LaChanze Sapp-Gooding* Edward W. Snowdon Jr. L. Josh Schmell Robyn L. Stein

David Stone

Elizabeth Streb and Laura Flanders Jordan Thaler Mark Thomas* Jennifer and Derek Trulson Tamara Tunie*

Reginald Van Lee and Corey L. McCathern Fran and Barry Weissler Katy and Greg Williamson Carol Wood Moore Michael A. Young*

*Board Members

As of September 1, 2022, the list is in formation. Donations under $1,000 are greatly appreciated, but not acknowledged publicly. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies and contact Associate Director of Development, Shante Skyers at sskyers@harlemstage.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Courtney F. Lee-Mitchell, President Jamie Cannon, Vice President Michael Young, Secretary Mark Thomas, Treasurer Angela Glover Blackwell Jenna Bond Jamila Ponton Bragg

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Patricia Cruz, Artistic Director & CEO

MANAGEMENT

Eric Oberstein, Managing Director

DEVELOPMENT

Shamar Hill, Director of Development

Shanté Skyers, Associate Director of Development

PROGRAMMING

Carl Hancock Rux, Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence Yunie Mojica, Programming Manager

MARKETING

Deirdre May, Senior Director of Digital Content and Marketing Andre Padayhag, Marketing Manager and Graphic Designer

BOX OFFICE

Eddy Perez, Box Office Manager

PRODUCTION

Amanda K. Ringger, Director of Production

OPERATIONS

Rodney Bissessar, Director of Operations

Lamont Askins, Operations Associate Acey Anderson Sr., Maintenance

JoAnn K. Chase Patricia Cruz

Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes Jenette Kahn Rebecca Robertson LaChanze Sapp-Gooding Tamara Tunie

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

NCheng LLC, Accountants/Advisors

Michelle Blankenship, Principal Aaron Lam, Supervising Senior Accountant

CONSULTANTS

Aon/Albert G. Ruben Company (NY) —Claudia Kaufman, Insurance DAS Services, IT Consultant

Digital Video Services—BriGuel Lutz & Carr/Chris Bellando, Accountants

Madison Consulting Group, —Matt Laurence Manchester Benefits—Greg Martin Marc Millman Photography Digital Video Services —Jess Medenbach

RL Stein Group—Robyn L. Stein

Snugg Studios—Derrick Saint Pierre

Development Consultant The Whelan Group Incorporated —Charles Whelan Blake Zidell & Associates, Public Relations & Marketing

Photo by Rush