Book 3: David Sedaris & AnDa Union

Small hall.

Local, national and international talent in a beautiful space where you can see and hear everything.

2013-2014 SEASON

IRVINE

BARCLAY THEATRE

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“Gloriously Goofy.

Casts the perfect spell over the audience!”

- The New York Times

NOVEMBER 14-16

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WELCOME Can you imagine a talent more appropriate to the Barclay than David Sedaris? A good friend to this theater, he has visited often and always with the same results: every seat filled and everyone greeted individually after the performance by the garrulous and indefatigable author and observer. Like Mark Twain, his extraordinary wit and universality have led him to the world’s major halls. But, here we are in the beautiful confines of the Barclay’s Cheng Hall, renowned for its intimacy, acoustics and sightlines, where those of us fortunate to be here “can see and hear everything.”

For over two decades now, the Barclay has been an eclectic presenter in an electric hall. Whether it’s a Bryn Terfel or Yo-Yo Ma singing or playing solo, or a Mark Morris Dance Group performing iconic contemporary dance on a large scale, or an on-thecusp world music ensemble like AnDa Union, when it all comes together in this space, it can sizzle.

photo by K. Gennaro Photography

We hope you’ll have that experience tonight and throughout the rest of the season.

Douglas C. Rankin President Irvine Barclay Theatre

Board of Directors Chair Jennifer Cheng Community Leader

Michael P. Clark Vice Provost University of California, Irvine

Joseph S. Lewis III Dean, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Vice Chair Robert Farnsworth CEO Sonnet Technologies, Inc.

Mary Ann Gaido Community Leader

Patricia Murphy Hirata Partner McGladrey LLP

Francisco J. Ayala Professor and National Medal of Science Laureate University of California, Irvine

Michelle Grettenberg Assistant to the City Manager City of Irvine Michael Kerr Community Leader

Leason Pomeroy LP3 Architecture Mickie L. Shapiro Community Leader

Lynda Thomas Community Leader Ex Officio Steven S. Choi, Ph.D. Mayor, City of Irvine Michael V. Drake, M.D. Chancellor, UCI

10/26 ANDA UNION October 26, 2013 | Cheng Hall

The Wind horse

Duration: Approximately 90 minutes – 15 Minute Intermission

Biligbaatar Urtyn Duu

Nars Morin Khuur, Hoomei, Guitar

Chinggel Saikhannakhaa Percussion, Moadin Chor, Hoomei Vocals, Tob Shur, Morin Khuur, Hoomei Chinggeltu Morin Khuur Tsetsegmaa Urtyn Duu Exclusive North American Tour Direction 2Luck Concepts www.2Luck.com Management Tim Pearce Sophie Lascelles

Education Assistant Pascal Pearce

AnDa Union: From the Steppes to the City Film courtesy of Eye 4 Films, Ltd. www.eye4films.com Film Directors Tim Pearce Sophie Lascelles Mark Tiley

Film Producers Tim Pearce Sophie Lascelles

Uni Tob Shur, Hoomei, Morin Khuur Urgen Vocals, Morin Khuur

Urgen Drums (Yes, there are 2 Urgens) Film Executive Producer Suzanne Alizart Film Editor Richard Graham

Film cinematographer Ula Pontikos

Find AnDa Union online at www.andaunion.com

All arrangements are by AnDa Union except “Heemor,” composed by Ilata, “White Horse,” composed by Chinggeltu and “Galloping Horses,” composed by Chi Bulag.

The 2013 national tour of AnDa Union: The Wind Horse is part of a major, multi-year cultural exchange with Minneapolis-based Arts Midwest, the Chinese Ministry of Culture, and the US Major University Presenters consortium. Support for the tour has been provided by the Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic of China.

Special Thanks To: David Fraher, Kat Duvic, Sanj Altan, Tim Wilson, Ken Carlson & our friends and families in Inner Mongolia.

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ABOUT ANDA UNION AnDa means a blood brother or sister. For Mongolians, an AnDa is more important than a birth sibling, because you choose a person to become an AnDa, a life-long blood brother or sister. AnDa Union is a brotherhood of AnDas. AnDa Union’s thoroughly addictive combination of Mongolian musical styles is a reflection of the performers’ roots. Hailing from differing ethnic nomadic cultures, the band unites tribal and music traditions from across Inner Mongolia in China. AnDa Union brings a wide range of musical instruments and vocal styles together in a fusion of which Genghis Khan himself might have been proud. Keenly aware of the threat to the grasslands and their age-old Mongolian culture, AnDa Union members are driven by their fight for the survival of this endangered way of life, by keeping the essence of the music alive. Formed in 2000, the band has influenced a generation of young Mongolians in Inner Mongolia as traditional music flourishes in the capital. “Most of the band members have been playing together since childhood,” says performer Nars. “As adults, we studied professional vocals and instruments together. We are like a family. Thirteen years ago, AnDa Union was forged, and we haven’t looked back.”

AnDa Union’s members, many from musical families, trained from early ages in traditional Mongolian music. They are part of a musical movement that is finding inspiration in old and forgotten songs, drawing on a repertoire of magical music that had all but disappeared during China’s recent

tumultuous past. As a group, they hold on to the essence of Mongolian music while creating a new genre. A soloist would traditionally perform many of the instruments AnDa Union musicians play. Mongolian musicians have tended to concentrate on a particular musical technique. Anda Union combines different traditions and styles from throughout Inner and Outer Mongolia, developing an innovation previously unheard of. The very existence of an innovative music group like AnDa Union is new to Inner Mongolia.

Mongols have a strong musical tradition that is passed from generation to generation. The morin khuur, or horsehead fiddle, pays homage to the most important animal in the Mongol culture. Almost every house has a horse-head fiddle hanging in the hallway.

AnDa Union members describe themselves as music gatherers, digging deep into Mongol traditions and unearthing forgotten music. They are on a mission to stimulate their culture and re-engage young Mongols, many of whom no longer speak their own language. AnDa Union musician, Saikhannakhaa, is fighting to reverse this trend. She owns a bar in the capital, Hohhot, where she promotes music.

“I found an old golden wheel, with half its spokes broken, in an old dusty shop,” she says. “It looks like a wheel that once turned the warrior carts of the great Mongol armies. I will hang this wheel in my bar as a warning to Mongolian people that our culture is broken and needs to be mended.”

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Biligbaatar (urtyn duu) is a longsong gold medalist who tours regularly with AnDa Union. He grew up in Hexigten. His mother, younger brother, sister-in-law, and niece live in the grasslands and herd the family livestock.

Biligbaatar, an expert horseman, learnt long-song from his mother when he was a child. His talent was honed by the beauty of the grasslands. He lives in Hohhot with his wife, also a singer.

Chinggel (percussion, moadin chor, hoomei) grew up in a traditional herding family in the Ongniud grasslands and has three sisters. He went to a music college in Chifeng, where he studied morin khuur, but he now mainly plays the flute. He is one of only four musicians in Inner Mongolia who can play the moadin chor. His passion for the instrument has led him to start making these reed flutes as well as Mongolian metal flutes. He loves to drive his large Yamaha motorbike through the streets of Hohhot.

Chinggeltu (morin khuur), the youngest member of the band, studied the bass morin khuur in Ulanbaatar and at Hohhot University. His is from Ar Horchin.

Nars (morin khuur, hoomei, guitar) grew up in the Horchin grasslands with his grandparents who were traditional herders.

His grandfather, who played the accordion, morin khuur and other stringed instruments, became his teacher and mentor from an early age. When he was 12, he went to live in Chifeng to study music. There he met four students who would later become members of AnDa Union. After graduating, Nars moved to Hohhot and joined the Inner Mongolia Music and Dance Troupe. That is where he met the rest of the future AnDa Union members. Nars operates a music school where he teaches morin khuur, tob shur and hoomei to young people.

His parents have moved to Hohhot to help him run the school, and they all live together in a house filled with students, beds and instruments. Nars also performs with orchestras across China and Korea.

Saikhannakhaa (vocals, tob shur, morin khuur, hoomei) spent holidays on the grasslands with her grandparents, close to Tongliao in eastern Inner Mongolia. She learned music at an early age from her paternal grandparents. She won a prize as the most talented female morin khuur player and was invited to join the Inner Mongolia Song and Dance Troupe, where she became the first professional female musician. She runs a very successful Mongolian bar in Hohhot with her mother, father and uncle. She has recently married a dancer from the Inner Mongolia Music and Dance Troupe, and they have one son.

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Tsetsegmaa (urtyn duu) is a long-song singer and tours with AnDa Union. A Buriat, she grew up near Hulun Buir in northwestern Inner Mongolia near the border of Russia and Outer Mongolia. Hulun Buir, one of the remotest areas of Inner Mongolia, is home to both Ewenke and Buriat people. She works with the Inner Mongolia Music and Dance Troupe as a solo long-song singer.

She has won many prizes and awards for her astounding voice and is widely seen as the finest female long-song singer in the world today. She has written a number of very beautiful Buriat songs, which she performs with AnDa Union. She lives in Hohhot and has one sister.

Uni (tob shur, hoomei, morin khuur) grew up near Ar Horchin and met Nars and Urgen at comprehensive school. He learned music from an early age and studied at Chifeng Music College with Nars, Urgen and Chinggel. He went to Hohhot to work with Inner Mongolia Music and Dance Troupe and was a founder of AnDa Union.

He lives in Hohhot with his wife, who is a dancer. They have opened a Buriat -style restaurant in the capital, which serves the most delicious food in Inner Mongolia!

Urgen (vocals, morin khuur) grew up close to Nars, his childhood friend, in a village two hours from Ar Horchin. He lived in a traditional herding family with his parents and two brothers. As a little boy, his job was to take the sheep to the fields to graze. His older brother, Bagana, won a scholarship to study music in the city and was killed by a drunk driver.

Urgen, 10 at the time, was already a budding musician.

The tragic loss spurred him to fulfill his brother’s dream of becoming a professional musician. Along with Nars, he went to school in Ar Horchin, where he met Uni. Later, he went to Chifeng Music College, then on to Hohhot to join the Inner Mongolia Music and Dance Troupe. He is married to Sitchentoya, a children’s TV presenter for Mongol TV. They have a little girl and are expecting their second child.

A second band member named Urgen (drums) grew up in Ar Horchin. His father, a music teacher at the Mongolian University in Hohhot, is responsible for Urgen’s immersion in music. His mother is also a teacher. Urgen is not only an excellent drummer but also plays morin khuur, guitar and piano. He and his wife are expecting their first child this year.

Sophie Lascelles (producer/ director) grew up seeing the world with Footsbarn Travelling Theatre. Inspired by the many cultures and influences she encountered along the way, her work encompasses many aspects of the visual and performing art world. She collaborates with directors and theater companies, performing internationally at venues such as London’s

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and the Edinburgh and Avignon festivals. Her work as a visual artist focuses on 16mm film projection and site specific installation. She is represented by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art and has exhibited extensively across the United Kingdom. She has received commissions from Harewood House, Tatton Biennial and the Tate Gallery. In 2008, she met AnDa Union and fell in love with its music and culture.

She went on to produce and co-direct the feature film AnDa Union: From the Steppes to the City.

Tim Pearce (producer/director) has a background in music and theater, so it was only natural that as a film producer, both music and live performance would play a central role. His last project was A Throw of Dice, a stunning Indian silent movie restored to all its glory and released with a new Nitin Sawhney-composed score performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The film was not only a great success in cinemas, but has been performed live with orchestras all over the world. Tim met AnDa Union five years ago in Shanghai. Bowled over by the band’s music, he introduced the musicians to Arts Midwest, which organized two United States tours. He then co-produced and co- directed the feature film AnDa Union: From the Steppes to the City, released in 2012. He lives in London with his family.

INSTRUMENTS Hoomei Throat/overtone singing

Moadin Chor Three-holed Mongolian flute Mongolian Drum Double-sided sheepskin drum

Morin Khuur Horse-head fiddle Tob Shur Mongolian lute

Urtyn Duu Long-song, in which each syllable of the singing is extended for a long duration

SONG LIST Songs will be selected from the following: Altargana Altargana is based on a famous Buriat folksong. The Buriats live in Hulun Buir, a region of northeastern Inner Mongolia near the Russian border. Altargana is a type of small grass that grows in Hulun Buir in Inner Mongolia. It has very deep roots and is very difficult to pull up. This song tells of how the parents are like Altargana grasses, strongly rooted and looking after their children.

Black Horse The horse is the most important animal to the Mongolians.

Their horsemanship was the driving force behind the Mongolian Empire. Many traditional songs celebrate the horse. This is a love song. The lyrics are simple, but Biligbaatar takes us out to the Mongolian steppes with his soaring vocals.

Lyrics (extract) The rider reins in the Black horse and rides in a tight circle And the sun tanned girl runs around the horse and rider The rider rides the brown horse around the mountain And the sun tanned girl runs around the horse and rider

Boomborai Boomborai is based on a folksong from the Horchin grasslands. It comes from ancient Mongolian Shaman traditions and tells of how one of the Shaman dance rituals, Andai, was born.

If a woman was depressed because of problems in love and marriage, her family would invite the local shaman to dance the Andai to keep away disease and misfortune. It is said that once upon a time, there lived a father and his daughter on the Horqin grassland. One day, the daughter, suddenly stricken by an unknown disease, lost her mind and began to behave strangely. She remained ill for a long time and showed no sign of recovery. One day, the father, burning with anxiety, carried his daughter on a herdsman’s wooden cart to a faraway place to see a doctor.

However, when they arrived at the town of Kulun, the axle of the cart broke. At the same time, the girl’s condition worsened and her life was in danger. The anxious father did not know what to do except to wander around the cart, singing a song to express his sorrow. The wailing song drew some people from nearby villages. They couldn’t help but shed tears at this sight and joined the old man in swinging their arms and wailing around the cart.

To everyone’s surprise, the daughter quietly rose, got off the cart, and followed the people, swinging her arms and stamping her feet with them. When people saw her, she was sweating all over, and her disease had been miraculously cured. The good news spread, and from then on people began to follow suit and treat young women who suffered from similar diseases by dancing around them in the same manner.

The dance became known as Andai.

Buriat Song Over 200 years ago, the Mongolian Buriat tribe migrated from an area close to Lake Baikal to Hulun Buir in northwestern Inner Mongolia. As nomads, they migrate to their usual area as the seasons change. Their history is full of these mass migrations with tens of thousands migrating over thousands of kilometers to new pastures. In this song, Tsetsegmaa, who is a Buriat Mongol, celebrates her people’s culture.

Derlcha Derlcha is an ancient Mongolian singing competition.

Originally, it was only the kings and princes of banners (regions) who took part in Derlcha, but today it has become a popular art. It is often part of a festival or Nadaam, during which two people battle against each other, each singing a verse to which the other has to reply. The battle can go on for days until one of the singers cannot think of anything to sing and is made speechless. The winner then ridicules the loser in front of the crowd before a new challenger takes on the winner. The competition continues until one singer remains and is declared the champion. The winners of these competitions became skilled in remembering verses and developing their wits to overcome their opponents.

Mongolian children have practiced Derlcha battles with their friends as a game for centuries. AnDa Union musician, Nars, used to do Derlcha battles with his friends when he was growing up in the Horchin grasslands. AnDa Union’s version is based on verses used in the ancient Derlcha battles.

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Galloping Horses Galloping Horses is undoubtedly the most famous piece of music composed for the morin khuur (horse-head fiddle).

It was written by the master, Chi Bulag, who wrote the song after watching a fierce horse race, in which the winning horse staggered over the finishing line, collapsed and died of exhaustion. Chi Bulag has been central to the evolution of the morin khuur, taking the ancient chuur huur and developing it into what we know as the morin khuur today.

Genghis Khan This song, said to bring good luck, is sung at auspicious Mongolian ceremonies, such as weddings, and is often used to start the proceedings. Mongolians revere Genghis Khan as the founder of their culture. Many Mongolians make the pilgrimage to the Genghis Khan Mausoleum in Ordos. As the unifier of the Mongolian tribes, he is credited as the creator of the Mongolian written language. Although he didn’t unify China, it was his grandson, the Kublai Khan, who did so by founding the Yuan Dynasty.

Heemor – The Wind Horse The wind horse, an allegory for the human soul in the shamanistic tradition of central Asia, has been integrated into Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism. Heemor is a symbol of well-being or good fortune. As the wind horse rises, things go well. As it falls, the opposite happens. Heemor takes prayers to Tengar, the sky god. This beautiful piece of music inspired

by Heemor was composed by Yalalt who lives and works in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.

The Herdsman Many Mongolian songs celebrate nomadic life in the grasslands, and this song tells of the joy of a herdsman in an idyllic state.

Lyrics (extract) My hometown, the place where I was born, was far away from here My close family how is your health?

My missing Hometown is far away from here, my missing relatives how is your health?

There is no water in the river, I am sad about that from my heart, There is now water in the spring, I am sad about this from my mind Jangar Jangar was a great Mongolian hero, and there are many myths and legends written about this great man.

In the age when a man’s life was as long as 80,000 years and his height was 8 zhang (1 zhang = 3.33 meters), there was a great hero called Jangar. He was the son of Khan Buhair. When Buhair was dying, he told his son to do three things: succeed to the throne; give his three sisters away in marriage; and marry according to the directions in Buddha’s scripture.

Not long after Jangar ascended the throne, an eagle-like bird, a young boy with a runny nose, and a spotted gray bird the size of a lark came to Jangar and asked for his sisters to be their wives. Though Jangar was not pleased with their proposals, he was forced to give them his sisters because of his father’s will.

According to the directions in Buddha’s scripture, Jangar should go to a place, an eighty-year ride away, to get Chagandai, the only daughter of Orno Morno Khan, as his wife.

Uni has arranged this song, which comes from the Xinjiang Mongols and celebrates this great hero.

Lyrics (extract) The Herdsman’s horse is swift, as were all its ancestors The Herdsman has the finest long Org (lasso) As he gallops the Ord whistles in the wind The grass is so high and lush that it brushes his stirrups If the Herdsman’s horse is healthy, then he is content.

Holy Mountain Moadin chor (three-holed Mongolian flute) playing is inspired by the sounds of the mountains and waters. This song is dedicated to the Holy Mountain. Before Ghengis Khan became mighty, he hid in the holy mountain several times to escape from dangers and find strength. Elders went to the mountain to pray and find solace. The reeds of the moadin chor are mostly found in the Altai Mountains in Xinjiang, where most moadin chor music is played.

Hometown This song is inspired by the steady destruction of the Mongolian grasslands due to climate change and the encroachment of farming and mining. The lyrics were written

by AnDa Union’s Urgen, who left his home in the grasslands when he was 13 years old to train at a music school in the city. He has never returned to the grasslands, but his heart remains there, as do all the hearts of AnDa Union’s performers. But the grasslands are no longer the grasslands of their childhood. This song pleads for the preservation of the grasslands.

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Lake Dance AnDA Union’s Nars was inspired by a Mongolian dance of the Hoshut Mongols in Bayingol. There is a large community of Mongols living in the Xinjiang province, an area rich in Mongolian, Uigar and Kazak music and dance. The Hoshut and Torgut Mongols migrated to this distant western province hundreds of years ago as they escaped from a hostile Russian king. In this song, Nars has concentrated on AnDa Union’s throat singing skills.

Mother (Chagan Tokhoy Notuk) This is a song about mothers from Chagan Tokhoy, a mythical place in the Ujim Chin grasslands. It consists of two longsongs combined into one song. AnDA Union’s’ Biligbaatar sings about how much they miss their mothers when they are far away.

Biligbaatar: “Grey haired old mother, every moment, every second we miss you, our lovely mother.”

AnDa Union’s Tsetsegmaa sings a Buriat song that a mother sings to her daughter when she is getting married. The Mongolian nomadic way of life is based on moving pastures four times a year to ensure that the grass is not overgrazed.

It also means that each herder will live far away from the next, also to prevent overgrazing. It is very common for a Buriat mother to sing this song to her daughter, because the daughter will move far away to live with her husband’s family.

Tsetsegmaa: “After you get married if you find a clean spring you can drink the water, if the daughter marries far from home that happens often.”

Ode to Mongolia The mighty Mongolian Empire and Genghis Khan are of central importance to Mongolian culture and a source of immense pride. Many songs celebrate the founder of the Mongol people. This song was arranged by AnDa Union member Urgen.

Lyrics (extract) To be the world’s master O Genghis Khan’s Mongolia The ancient history of Mongolia Urlan is the mother of Genghis Khan and Mongolia The Mongolians have 800 years of history The Mongolians have great horses and dogs The Mongolians have the sun and the moon.

Ordos Drinking Song Drinking, especially milk wine, is important to Mongolians at festive times such as weddings. They drink to inspire themselves and raise their spirits, and then sing drinking songs and enjoy themselves. There are many drinking songs, but this one is in the Ordos tradition.

Lyrics (extract) When the milk wine is in the bottle Just like small sheep in the pen When you drink the milk wine It is just like a tiger out of the pen We toast that everything goes well for me and you

Suhe’s White Horse This is a new composition by AnDa Union’s newest member, Chinggeltu. A powerful instrumental, it is based on the famous myth of Suhe and how the horse-head fiddle was first created. Suhe had the most beautiful white foal (whom he loved dearly) that grew into the most incredible stallion.

Suhe slept every night with the horse, and the two were inseparable. One day Suhe entered a race, which he and his horse won easily. Everyone admired them, including a wicked King who commanded Suhe to give him his beloved horse.

Suhe refused and fled, so the King ordered that they be found and the horse killed as punishment. The soldiers carried out the King’s orders. Suhe was distraught and wept inconsolably for days. Finally, he fell asleep and dreamt his horse came to him. His horse told him not to be sad and that he should use the dead horse’s skin and bones to make the body of a horsehead fiddle; and his tail should be used to make the strings and bow. The horse then told him to play the fiddle, and every time he did so, he would be reminded of his beloved horse.

Sumaro A young girl, Sumaro, is in love with a boy named Sanjay Mam. But this is no ordinary love; they are desperate to be together every day. When Sanjay Mam is not there, Sumaro climbs to the top of the shrine so that she can see far over the Mongolian plains. She waits all day for her lover to return.

Sanjay Mam, desperate to see his love, rides his horse so fast that the dust billows behind him like the spray that rises from the lake as a goose lands on the water.

Lyrics (extract) Thinking of and missing him, She couldn’t bear it. O Sumaru Climbing on top of the shrine, she stares into the distance shading her eyes

The Girl Who Stole Horses This song is based on a famous Horchin folk song. A girl dresses as a boy in order to steal 33 horses from the rich to give to the poor. This deed makes her famous and a great popular heroine.

Lyrics (extract) Grey small bird singing in the early morning The horse from the grasslands rides towards the northwest The Legend of The Swan Brothers Based on a Mongolian folk song, this work tells the story of a very poor Mongolian man similar to Robin Hood. He steals from the rich and gives to the poor.

Lyrics (extract) Five heroes they steal flocks and flocks of sheep from the rich They only left the Rams for them Boydar, Tugno, Bolygor, Hassak They rob all the sheep They are 5 heroes

Wan Li Based on a very famous Horchin folk song, this work tells the tale of a very beautiful girl, Wan Li, in the Horchin grasslands.

Everyone who sees the girl falls in love with her. So they wrote a song about the beautiful girl whose name is Wan Li. Lyrics (extract) A man who walks under the big lanterns After seeing the beautiful girl Wan Li Starts to walk like a drunken man.

When the man on the horse rides quickly past the girl He feels the girl is the most beautiful.

When a man on a horse goes on the mountain The feet of the horse clip clop on the rocks When the horse is beside the girl Wan Li He feels the girl is the most beautiful.

Very beautiful Hoy

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11/17 DAVID SEDARIS November 17, 2013 | Cheng Hall

There will be no intermission.

Mr. Sedaris will sign copies of his books in the theatre lobby after the show.

David Sedaris With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. He is the author of the NYT-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’ pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in The Best American Essays. There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages.

He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service. David Sedaris’ original radio pieces can often be heard on This American Life, distributed nationally by Public Radio International and produced by WBEZ. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His latest audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure (November 2009). A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival (2013).

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Irvine Barclay Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of our donors who help support the “big talent” in our “small hall.” Gifts to the Annual Fund for Excellence assist the Barclay in presenting an international roster of performers while keeping tickets reasonably priced. They also support our ArtsReach programs provided to the schools at little or no cost and “family-friendly” programming on stage. The Barclay’s mission also embraces making its beautiful facilities available to diverse community organizations, UCI, and other educational institutions.

Thank you to all of our generous donors listed here for their contributions during the previous 12 months! If you would like to join the ranks of those who make it all possible at the Barclay, you may make a donation online at www.thebarclay.org or call (949) 854-4607.

Bravo Barclay Presenting Sponsor $10,000 and above

Drs. Francisco & Hana Ayala* The Cheng Family Foundation* Bobbi Cox* Donor Advised Fund of the Orange County Community Foundation* Anne C. Earhart* Haskell & White, LLP Patricia Murphy Hirata & Gerry Hirata Kari & Michael Kerr* Pacific Life Foundation Sonnet Technologies, Inc.* Elizabeth R. Steele Trisha Steele Lynda Thomas

Bravo Barclay Partner $5,000 - $9,999

Anonymous New England Foundation for the Arts* Salwa & Sabri Rizkalla Michelle Rohé William Gillespie Foundation

Public Partners

City of Irvine University of California, Irvine

* Denotes a member of Movementum, the Barclay’s dance support group.

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Bravo Barclay Benefactor $2,500 - $4,999

Karen McCulley Albert & Tricia Nichols Fund Richard & Ann Sim Simon Foundation for Education and Housing Linda I. Smith Foundation Diane Stovall Alan & Barbara Wiener*

Bravo Barclay Patron $1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous James & Elaine Alexiou Rick & Wendy Aversano The Beall Family Foundation Chinese American Friends Samuel & Pamela Goldstein The Human Kind Philanthropic Fund Barbara Klein Helen & Fritz Lin Janie Merkle Michael & Nancy Meyer Carl & Pat Neisser Peter & Alexandra Neptune Joy L. Owens William & Janice Parker Edward Pope & Antoinette Olivera Barbara Roberts Rohl LLC – Kenneth & Amber Rohl Deborah & Frank Rugani Edward & Helen Shanbrom Family Fund

Encore Circle EnthusiasT $250-$999

Hank Adler Richard Alexander John W. Ballantyne Robert & Delphi Ballinger Eve & Clarence Barker Pete & Barbara Bassi Tony Battaglia & Meredith Lee* Clifford Bernstein Conrad & Barbara Blackerby Chris & Lori Burrill Dean & Kaley Corey John Coyne Kenneth J. Craig, Jr. Rosemary Cumming Bob & Burnetta Denham Roger du Plessis Joel & Melanie Durst Rad & Toni Dwyer Carol Foster Mark A. Franzen Jeremy Freimund & Kathy Vickers Thelma Friedel Heather Fuller Galeos Cafe Lola Gershfeld Robert & Margaret Green Ranjan & Angela Gupta Mary & Tim Harward* Takahiro & Mie Inoue Michelle Johnson Henry & Donna Korn Beverly K. Langston Vickie & Richard Lee Phuong & Joseph Lewis III David Lieberman & Linda Timmons Molly Lynch & Alan Andrews Dick & Judy Martin* Mr. & Mrs. Mitsuhiko Nakano Ogilvie Family Robert Parker John & Charlene Pasko Rob & Randa Phair Helga Pralle Mary Lynn Rallis* Douglas C. Rankin Arnold & Nancy Raymon Dr. Stephen M. Rochford Alexis Self & Jim Hedgecock* Trudy Vermeer Selleck John Sorich John & Elizabeth Stahr

NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE

As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance.

Anonymous In Memory of Frank Lynch Betty B. Anderson Alan & Mary Andrews Betsy Andrews & Alex Moad Ballet Barres West William H. Bardens Victoria Barrett Fran Bass & Mark Ishimaro, MD Dr. Michael Bear Beau Corps Studio Honorable Marian Bergeson Paul Blank & Francois Leclair Laurie & Bart Brown David & Beverly Carmichael

Richard & Alison Stein* Thomas & Marilyn Sutton Jennifer Szabo* Shelley Thunen Sylvia C. Turner Marilyn & Angelo Vassos Emily Vogler & Daniel Flynn

ENCORE CIRCLE SUPPORTER $100 –$249

Anonymous Larry & Phyllis Agran Oscar R. Aguirre Corinne Akahoshi & Daniel Futterman Richard Alexander Debbie Aslanian Thomas & Linda Bacon Diane & Dennis Baker George & Linda Bauer Dr. Michael Bear Richard Belman Henry Bennett Jim & Judy Bergman Linda Berquist Jeannie Berryman Richard H. Bigelow Brad & Mary Anne Blaine Eric S. Blum Beth Bradley Ellen Breitman & Brien Amspoker Rosanna Brichta Howard & Dede Brink Susan Bryant Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Linda & Roland Bye H. C. Carpenter Stephen & Sheryl Caudana Terry Causey Maria Teresa Cerna Deanna Choi Dr. Stephen Choi Kate & Michael P. Clark William Cohen Carol Counter Frank Crance & Andrea Bouas Anahid Crecelius Madeleine & Alan Crivaro Mrs. Susan De La Parra Milena M. Dostanich* William & Kimberly Dotta Col. & Mrs. Alan Dugard James & Yuno Dunning

Concierge Podiatry Newport Beach Bobbi Cox Sophia & Larry Cripe Diane Diefenderfer & David Hanlon Roger du Plessis Gale Edelberg & Bob Butnik Henry & Janet Eggers David Emmes & Paula Tomei Cliff Faulkner & Shigeru Yaji Roberta Fox Mary & Andrew Franklin Sandra French Suzanne & Michael Fromkin Judith Gorski & Roderick Harron Rowell W. Greene Valerie & Michael Harris James & Carol Hollas Dr. Burton Karson Joanne & Dennis Keith Kari & Michael Kerr Carolyn & Willaim Klein Robert Labaree & Gillian Finley Don & Grace Laffoon Dr. Martin G. Langer

Dr. Gary Dylewski Dr. & Mrs. Robert T. Eagan David Falconer Bernard J. Fallon Nancy Field Graham & Kerry Fleming John Forsyte Elisabeth & Lester Fruth Mary Ann Gaido Steve Geary Diane & Jim Geocaris Conrad Giedt & Linda Clemens Richard Gillock Marcella Gilmore & Edward Muehl S. Glass Family Valerie Glass Ben & Sandie Goelman Michelle Grettenberg Sanjiv & Geeta Grover Nancy & Gary Guardabascio Patrick Guinet Erica Guzalo Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Hartman Hawran & Malm, LLC Chuck & Ginny Hayward June & Miles Herman Emory Hillman* Mitzi & Lee Holmes Jerry C. Huang Ilter Ibrahimof Robert Ingold Judy & Terry Jones Peg Jordan* Sukhee & Joanne Kang Judy Kaufman & George Farkas Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Kelsey IIl Patricia Kirkwood Jeff C. Kough Jeannine Kouns Dr. and Mrs. Solly Krom Christy Langer Dr. Martin G. Langer Edwina Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lemburg Jeffrey Levy Daniel & Shu Lin Anne Llewellyn Junling Ma Robert D. & Pat MacDonald Vindo Malhotra Nina Martinez Mr. & Mrs. Duane Mauzey Sharon McNalley Tony & Barbara Mendoza

Gary Miller Patricia Misen Mildred Moe Hiroko & Yoshiharu Moriwaki Sayantani Mukherjee Ramya Harishankar & Harish Murthy Julie Nakata Mr. & Mrs. Keith Nelson Ivy Ngo Beth Nicholas Michael & Sylvia Nieto Mike Noggle Mike & Gail Olds James Olney & Laura O’Connor Christian & Darcie Olson Glenn Osborne William Owen Robert Patterson & Renee Boblette Ray & Montel Pentz Omar & Irene Perez Marianne Pick Mel & Alfreda Posin Edward & Betty Quilligan Elaine Ramsay Margaret C. Riggs Louise Ringwalt Thomas Roddel Nancy Lee Ruyter Mr. Martin Goldin Santangelo Judith M. Schmidt Louise Schwennesen Frances Segal & Michael Friedson Homayoun Shorooghi Dorothea Silavs Dorothy J. Solinger Paul Spas Beverly & Jim Spring Alexander Stimpson Alice Swan Johanna Tilley Barbara Kenady Tingley Gary & Peranza Topjon Torlic Family Michael Voronel Rebecca & Martin Ward Kim Waterson Diane Wick Carlos & Peggy Williams Charles & Marilyn Wright Ronald & Georgina Wu Michael & Yoshi Yamamoto* Majid & Sohaila Zarrinkelk Dr. Lowell & Ina Zeleznick

Phuong & Joseph S. Lewis III Nancy Locke Molly Lynch & Alan Andrews Kathryn Lynch & Robert McDonnell Jack Lyons Debra Maxwell Leo McDonnell Sharon McNalley Dale A. Merrill Ed Moen & Janek Schergen John & Marjorie Murray Carl & Pat Neisser Tom & Marilyn Nielsen Anne B. Nutt Mr. & Mrs. J. Matthew Osborne Marshall Parker John & Charlene Pasko James Penrod Robert Petel Jack & Jody Pike Janice & Richard Plastino Dolly A. Platt, PhD Susan Reeder Louise Ringwalt

William & Barbara Roberts The Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohé Andrew Rose David & Cynthia Runstrom Timothy Saunders Bruce & Jan Scherer Jack & Katharine Schoellerman Sally Anne & Don Sheridan Nick & Donna Shubin Richard & Ann Sim Jacqueline & David Smiley Smith-Walker Foundation John & Elizabeth Stahr Elizabeth R. Steele Barbara Stevens Liz Stillwell Jennifer Szabo Chris Thayer Gary & Karen Thorne Barbara Kenady Tingley Max & Peggy Weismair Mary Vensel White & T. Jason White William Gillespie Foundation

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JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 1 2014 A hit throughout Europe, CIRKOPOLIS finally comes to southern California!

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WE WALKED AWAY DAZZLED... »

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STUPENDOUSLY PERFECT...

World class entertainment.

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- Germany

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BREATH-TAKING...

each act is more surprising than the next.

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- France