Step Afrika! Digital Program by The Joyce Theater Foundation

STEP AFRIKA! THE MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS ON JACOB LAWRENCE JUNE 10 - 21, 2026

The Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium

Season Sponsor:

THE YOUNG LEADERS CIRCLE

The Young Leaders Circle is a community of new and longtime dance enthusiasts that connect to dance through gatherings, complimentary tickets, and exclusive opportunities to learn more about the artists on The Joyce stage.

To learn more, visit joyce.org/YLC.

Photo

Ben McKeown

The Joyce Theater Foundation, in association with Step Afrika! and IMG Artists, presents

THE MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS ON JACOB LAWRENCE

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM

C. Brian Williams, Founder & Executive Producer

Lamar Lovelace, Executive Director

Pascha Barnwell, Company Manager

Margo Cunningham, Senior Marketing Manager

Chrystal ‘Chrys’ Vaughan, Manager, Events and Special Projects

Dr. Milen Matthews, Manager, Arts Education and Community Programs

ARTISTIC TEAM

Mfoniso Akpan, Artistic Director

Jakari Sherman, Director, The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence and Projection Designer

Conrad R. Kelly II, Assistant Artistic Director

Marianne Meadows*, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Stage Manager

Harlen Penn, Original Scenic Design

Kenann Quander, Original Costume Design

Patrick Calhoun, Original Sound Design

Kasey Price, Assistant Sound Engineer

Melanie Scranton, Wardrobe

Dana Fang, Wardrobe Assistant

*Member of the United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

THE CAST

Conrad R. Kelly II · Nya Christian · Ariel Dykes · Jordin Greene · Kamala Hargrove

Shaquile Hester · Diron Holloway · Jeremy Kelsey · Terrence Johnson · Zonya Love

Agyei Keita-Edwards · Jayden King · Lionel D. Lyles II · Jemeema S. Montrose

Abdou Muhammad · Isaiah O’Connor · Keanu Powell · Ericka Still · Gayle Turner

Joseph Vasquez · Pelham Warner Jr. · Robert Warnsley

Images from Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series” generously provided by The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC and the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Additional promotional support provided by Watch the Yard.

To explore the full cast list and Step Afrika! bios, please visit stepafrika.org/migrationnyc.

This event is part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.

Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Key support for The Joyce has been provided by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, and The SHS Foundation. The Joyce gratefully acknowledges Doris Duke Foundation for its generous endowment funding to support dance performances at The Joyce Theater. Additional support has been provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund to encourage the performances of out-of-town companies.

Photo

Jati Lindsay

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

“Must we remain in the South or go elsewhere? Where can we go to feel that security which other people feel?” - A Colored Woman in Alabama, 1902

DRUM CALL

Choreographed/Composed by Jakari Sherman and W.E. Smith Original Recording of “African Villages” by W.E. Smith

The drum has always been essential to African culture everywhere and is critical to the rhythm of Migration. DRUM CALL depicts an African village, the arrival of foreign ships, and the ensuing turmoil.

GO WEST: CIRCA 1730

Choreographed by Makeda Abraham, Mfoniso Akpan, and Delaunce Jackson Drumming by Abdou Muhammad and Agyei Keita-Edwards Flute by Diron Holloway (June 10–17), Lionel D. Lyles II (June 18–22)

When Africans arrived in America, their music and dance traditions were ingrained in the culture. GO WEST explores how West African dance and drum traditions spread and maintained their vitality in the New World.

DRUMFOLK

Choreographed by David Pleasant

DRUMFOLK is a celebration of the early development of African American percussive traditions, including patting juba, hambone, and ring shout, giving way to art forms like tap and stepping. While exploring this heritage, DRUMFOLK reflects on the harsh conditions in the South that coincided with the practice of these transcendent musical forms. The work shows how the progression of such hardships preempted escape and migration, and how the fortitude of the enslaved led to the creation of new traditions like spirituals, field hollers, and shouts.

WADE SUITE

Choreographed by Kirsten Ledford, LeeAnet Noble, and Paul Woodruff Vocals by Ariel Dykes, Jeremy Kelsey, Zonya Love, and Gayle Turner Original Vocal Arrangement by Greg Watkins

WADE shows the continuity in African and African-American percussive dance traditions by blending the South African Gumboot Dance, tap, and stepping with the African-American spiritual.

Movement One: THE DEACON’S DANCE

The African American spiritual played a significant role in lifting the spirits in troubled times. In THE DEACON’S DANCE, a deaconness prepares for Sunday services.

Movement Two: WADE

After the abolition of slavery, the church remained a center of refuge and community-building amidst the harsh conditions and served as a primary means of communication for industries recruiting labor during World War I. WADE highlights the importance of the church in helping African Americans survive the South, and its critical role in helping people resettle in the North. - INTERMISSION -

“I was leaving the South to fling myself into the unknown. I was taking a part of the South to transplant in alien soil, to see if it could grow differently, if it could drink of new and cool rains, bend in strange winds, respond to the warmth of other suns, and, perhaps, to bloom.” - Richard Wright

TRANE SUITE

Original Recording of “Trane” by W. E. Smith

Saxophone by Diron Holloway, Lionel D. Lyles II

Throughout the Great Migration, the train was an important means of transporting people to the North. The entire railroad industry recruited heavily in the South and thus, economically, became a primary means of African Americans’ “one-way ticket” to a new life. Named in reference to John Coltrane and paying homage to Duke Ellington’s "Take the A Train," TRANE is a journey in three parts, following the story of the Great Migration.

Movement One: TRANE

Choreographed by Jakari Sherman

Creation of Trane made possible by the DC Jazz Festival.

The opening movement, TRANE, establishes the connection between past and present: the rhythm of the train north, Ellington’s classic score, and the Alpha “train,” a time-honored element of stepping practiced by brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Movement Two: OFF THE TRAIN

Choreographed by Jakari Sherman

Three men arrive in the North, luggage in hand…thrilled about the possibilities.

Movement Three: MY MAN’S GONE NOW

Choreographed by Mfoniso Akpan, Aseelah Allen, Dionne Eleby, Kevin Marr, and Jakari Sherman

Recording of “My Man’s Gone Now” by Nina Simone

During the migration, it was common for men to journey north without their wives or children because of the high cost of travel. This left many women at home in the South caring for children and struggling to find work. MY MAN’S GONE NOW is the story of three women, each in a different phase of their transition to the North and ready to be reunited with their loved ones.

CHICAGO

Choreographed by Jakari Sherman

Between the 1910s and 1920s, more than 400,000 African Americans left the South for many Northern and Western cities, including Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York. By the end of the 1920s, that number exceeded 1.2 million.

CHICAGO finds the new rhythm in everyday situations. It is a percussive symphony using body percussion and vocals to highlight the collective self-transformation of these brave men and women once they arrived “Up North.”

ABOUT THE COMPANY

THE STORY OF STEP AFRIKA!

Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, STEP AFRIKA! is the world’s leading authority on the art form of stepping. Under Mr. Williams’ leadership, stepping has evolved into one of America’s cultural exports, touring more than 60 countries across the globe and ranking as one of the top 10 African American Dance Companies in the US.

Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities; traditional African dances; and an array of contemporary dance and art forms into a cohesive, compelling artistic experience. Performances are much more than dance shows; they integrate songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation. The blend of technique, agility, and pure energy makes each performance unique and leaves the audience with their hearts pounding.

Step Afrika! promotes stepping as an educational tool for young people, focusing on teamwork, academic achievement, and cross-cultural understanding. The Company reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year through a 50-city tour of colleges and theaters and performs globally as Washington, DC’s one and only Cultural Ambassador.

Step Afrika! has earned Mayor’s Arts Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education, Innovation in the Arts, Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, and was inducted into the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) Hall of Fame, the first Dance Company to earn this honor. Step Afrika! headlined President Barack Obama’s Black History Month Reception and performed at the first-ever Juneteenth Celebration at the White House. The Company is featured prominently at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture with the world’s first stepping interactive exhibit and is the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title holder for the “largest STEPPING dance”.

Visit stepafrika.org to learn more more about this dynamic Company, and experience Step Afrika! in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new Musical Bodies exhibit, on display through September 27, 2026.

Photos by William Perrigen

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for more than four decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 500 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (1st–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

FUNDERS

Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward

Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:

LuEsther T. Mertz

Charitable Trust

Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

Major support for The Joyce's operations and special projects:

JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM: Joyce programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

VISION STATEMENT

The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability.

We strive to counteract the social injustices and racism that exist within our communities, our nation, and our world. Our aim as an organization is to embody the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

To achieve this, we will:

• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives;

• Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth;

• Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility;

• Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.

With these goals in place and our Vision Statement in mind, we are dedicated to the continued learning and growth needed to foster an inclusive environment for all. This is an ongoing process and by nature will be an evolving statement.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.........................................LINDA SHELTON

Executive Assistant........................................................Belén Lengua Parra

ADMINISTRATION

General Manager

Huong Hoang

Associate General Manager................................................Katy Myers

Manager of Human Resources José Manuel Valdez

Receptionist......................................................................................Gilbert Balasa

Senior Director of Development Kirsten Munro

Director of Institutional Giving.........................................Jean M. Ross

Director of Individual Giving and Development Operations ...

.........................................................................................................................Meg White

Director of Special Events and Board Relations............Jesse Chin

Individual Giving Manager.................................................Catherine Eng

Institutional Giving Manager................................................Marisa Davis

Special Events Associate........................................................Maeve Brady

Development Coordinator...............................................Rachel Fontenot

Director of Programming.....................................................Danni Gee

Artist Services Manager..........................................................Barb Domue

Programming Manager.....................................................................Kate Ross

Programming Intern…..............................................................…….Jesse Uppal

Director of Dance Education & Family Programs

Heather McCartney

Dance Education & Family Programs Manager.....................................

.............................................................................................................Joyce Laoagan

Education Intern...........................................................................Xiaoxia Huang

Director of Marketing Andy Sheagren

Associate Director of Marketing Strategy......................Anjali Amin

Associate Director of Creative & Design..............Julia Thorncroft

Marketing Manager........................................................................Annie Marx

Marketing Assistant..............................................................................Dezi Tibbs

Director of Finance

Margaret Hollenbeck

Senior Manager of IT and Accounting Services.....................................

.........................................................................................................Savá M. B. Martin

Accounting Clerk........................................................................Xavier DelValle

Database Administrator..........................................................Jim Seggelink

PRODUCTION

Director of Production

Jeff Segal

Assistant Production Manager...........................................Olivia Brown

Head Audio........................................................................................Sean Mullins

Lighting Board Operator................................................Alexander Symes

Head Carpenter.......................................................................Web Crittenden

Head Electrician..................................................................Brittany Spencer

Stage Technicians.......................................Fabrizio Caputo, Edward Hill

The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.P, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Joyce Theater operates on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) and acknowledges that it was founded upon the stolen land and erasure of many Indigenous communities. This acknowledgement demonstrates our institution’s commitment to the process of dismantling the legacies of colonialism and cultural imperialism.

We acknowledge the ongoing violence towards Indigenous people through systemic inequality. We pay our respect to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this land, and whose rich history, artistic practices, and spirituality are tied to this land. It is within our responsibility as a cultural institution and our commitment to diversity and inclusion to embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.

We sincerely invite you as an audience member to take a moment to reflect on the history and legacy of displacement, migration, and settlement.

It is our intention to work with local Native American arts councils to better inform our land acknowledgment practices and anticipate that it will evolve over time.

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS

Producer Ross LeClair

Producing Assistant...........................................................................Kate Ross

FRONT-OF-HOUSE

FOH Operations Manager Samantha Fernandez House Manager .Drew O'Bryan

Assistant House Managers.........Gilbert Balasa, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton Box Office Associates.......................................................................Imu Aghahowa, Jessica Braidwood, Crystal Rae Holmes Colon, Valencia Lombardi-Chisholm, Robert Craddock, Tatiana Gomez, Adeline Grimmett, Rachel Halmrast, Yulidal Hernandez-Kin, Calley Luman, Roy Odom, Kate Thackaberry

OPERATIONS

Director of Operations Lou Albruzzese Facilities Manager.....................................................................................Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance/Security...................Pablo Rodriguez, Travis Segarra, Jonathan Singh, Khloyei Galloway

NYCC&D STUDIO STAFF

Studio Operations Manager (NYCC&D).....................Tamika Daniels Studio Operations Rentals Associate............................Salonee Shatagar

Studio Operations Associates..............Kristin Maugeri, Calvin Osorio, Matt Del Rosario Studio Facilities................................................Carolyn Best, Stephon Bines, Kyri Colson, Ricardo Hernandez, Chris Erdman

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER

McDermott Will & Schulte....................................................................................

Sara E. Solfanelli (Special Counsel for Pro Bono initiatives), Debra R. Anisman (Special Counsel), Ari Aranda, Howard B. Epstein (Of Counsel), Andrew B. Lowry, Esq., Michelle M. Orge, Esq., Samuel F. Thomas Hogan Lovells……….........................Ross Moskowitz, Thomas Zampino Gibson Dunn.......................................................................Andrew Lance, Esq. Troutman Pepper Locke LLP............................Daniel Towns, Counsel Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC..........Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq. Stephanie Grassi, Esq. PC..........................Stephanie Grassi, Counsel

Accounting...........................................................................................Lutz & Carr

Digital Marketing Firm...............................................Capacity Interactive

Publicity.................................................................................................Billy Zavelson

Printer...........................................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc.

Insurance........................................................................................Brown & Brown

Architects.............................................................................................................H3

Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Charles M. Adelman, Chair

Madelyn Wils, Vice Chair

Monica F. Azare, Vice Chair

Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus

Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair Emeritus

R. Richard Ablon

Rob Ashford

Ajay Bhandaram

Alan Cumming

Keane Ehsani

John Philip Falk

Michael Feller

Melina Fisher

Ronald Gumbaz

IN MEMORIAM

Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)

Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)

R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1999-2020)

David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)

Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)

Robert Musiker (Trustee 2019-2025)

Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007–2020)

Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022)

Monica B. Voldstad (Trustee 2016-2023)

Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

Toni Hoover

Leslie Jameson

James I. McLaren

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Lauren E. Shortt

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work.

$1 Million and above

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund

Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust

$500,000 and above

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Richard B. Fisher and Family

R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund

$250,000 and above

David & Andrea Holbrook

Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry

Saul & Mary Sanders

Susan Fawcett Sosin

$100,000 and above

Anonymous (1)

Alphawood Foundation

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof

The William Randolph Hearst Foundations

Lynne & Richard Pasculano

Michèle & Steve Pesner

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The Starr Foundation

$50,000 and above

R. Richard & Margery Ablon

Apollo Management, L.P.

Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jerome A. and Estelle R.

Newman Assistance Fund, Inc.

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

$25,000 and above

Jane E. Goldberg

Cecilia & Jim Herbert

Jane Kendall & David Dietz

Elysabeth Kleinhans

Arnie & Susan Scharf

Richard Shea

Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros

Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan

Dave Waks & Sandy Teger

Chris & Lonna Yegen

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

$5,000 and above

Anonymous (3)

Barbara & Robert Berkley

Philanthropic Fund

Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer

The Cory & Bob Donnalley

Charitable Foundation

Jim & Linda Ellis

Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II

The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation

James H. Ottaway, Jr.

Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling

JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS

The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of January 6, 2026.

Platinum Benefactors

($500,000 and above)

Jody & John Arnhold

Elysabeth Kleinhans

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

Rajika Puri

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Gold Benefactors

($100,000 and above)

Anonymous

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Ms. Maria-Cristina Anzola

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Howard Gilman Foundation

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Leanne Lachman

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Sharon Patrick

Robert Pollock

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Saul & Mary Sanders

The Shubert Foundation

Amit Wadhwaney

Madelyn & Steven Wils

Silver Benefactors

($50,000 and above)

Anonymous

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

Barbara Broccoli

Margaret & John Falk

Nancy & Michael Feller

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

Lauren E. Shortt

SHS Foundation

TD Bank/TD Charitable Foundation

Conrad Voldstad

Cathy Weinroth

Benefactor's Circle

($25,000 and above)

Anonymous

Sarah Arison

Jeff and Susan Campbell

Catskill Mountain Foundation

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Melina Fisher

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Jane E. Goldberg

Elzbieta Grove

Heartfelt Wings Foundation

Mr. James McLaren & Ms. Lawton Fitt

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

President's Circle

($15,000 and above)

Anonymous

Jen Ablon

Barbara Berliner and Sol Rymer

Citizens Private Bank

Henry Luce Foundation

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Karen Roth

Kathleen A. Scott

The Joseph Leroy and Ann C. Warner Fund

Vicente Wolf

Impresario’s Circle

($10,000 and above)

Anonymous

Rick & Nurit Amdur

Ms. Monica Azare

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman

Mr. Torrence Boone

Edward Brill

Leslie & Richard Curtis

Ms. Susan Dickler & Mr. Sig Van Raan

Mr. Keane Ehsani

Linda & Martin Fell

Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc.

Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation

Ms. Elizabeth Haynes

Judith M. Hoffman

Toni Hoover

Illuminated Foundation

The Ivill-Weiner Family

Christine Knuth

Eric & Sandra Krasnoff

Ms. Alexis Le-Quoc

The McNamee McHugh Family Fund

Linda and Edward Morse

Nō Studios of Milwaukee

Steve Pesner & Setpheap (“Peace”) San in memory of Michèle Pesner

Ellen Rosen

The Scripps Family Fund for Education & the Arts

Linda Shelton

Irene Shen

Leslie Siegel

Barbara Madsen Smith

Emiko Terasaki

Johanna Weber

Producer’s Circle

($7,500 and above)

Neme Alperstein

Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher

Ms. Nancy Burstein

The FGK Foundation

Dr. Peter and Mrs. Eszter Friedman

Suzanne Hall & Valentino Carlotti

Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller

Cherrie Nanninga

Robert A. Schulman

Ted & Mary Jo Shen

Margaret Stern

Advocates

($5,000 and above)

Anonymous (3)

R. Richard Ablon

Adrienne Albert

Alpern Family Foundation

Ms. Takako Asakawa

Rob Ashford

Anne-Victoire Auriault

The Barbara Bell Cumming

Charitable Trust

Andrew & Froma Benerofe

Jan Berris

Ajay Bhandaram

Marty and Louise Bickman

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer

Robert Brenner

Donna B. Case

Chris Coulthrust

Creeggan Hill Family

Ms. Georgina Cullman

Carol Davis and Joel Marcus, M.D.

Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller

Ms. Patricia Dugan, in memory of William Perlmuth

Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman

Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation

Jane Gilbert

Emi Gittleman

Mr. Robert Greenberg & Ms. Linda Novak

The Randall and Mary Hack Foundation

Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

David Kernahan

Alan & Gail Koss

Jonathan Levinson

Mr. Robert Littman & Mr. Sully Bonnelly

William Lockwood

Uttara P. Marti

Andrew Martin-Weber

Ronay & Richard Menschel

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek

Nina B. Quigley

Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy

Patricia C. Reifel

Ms. Anya Royce

Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo

Ms. Theresa Russo

Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.

Nancy Sands

Mrs. Denise Saul

Susan Scharf

Fran Schulman

Deborah Selch

Christopher Soule

Mr. David Steele

Linda Strumpf

Angel Shine Foundation/Allyson Tang

Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation

Ms. Patricia E. Vance

Ms. Barbara Zuckerberg

Director’s Circle

($2,750 and above)

Anonymous (2)

Joel & Rhela Aragona

Barbash Family Fund

Sandra Berger

Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen

David Bruson

Doug & Lisa Caldwell

Capezio/Ballet Makers

Dance Foundation

Cathleen Collins

Jane Comer

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Allison Cromwell

Ms. Cecile de Lardemelle

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Christopher M Elmore

Suzanne B. Engel

Phillip Fairweather, MD and Mr. Diego Lopez

David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler

Andrew and Claire-Marine Ferguson

Kenneth Foster

Ania Fryszkowska

Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia

A. Stephanie Gittleman

Mrs. Barbara Goldstein Amster

Dorothy Goodman

Elisabeth Hefti

Carolina Hernandez

Jonathan Kanovsky

Colin King

Diana Korsh

Kathy Krall

Stephen Lane & Vanessa Hicks

Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.

Mr. Julius Leiman-Carbia

Ms. Myla Lerner

Rosanne Leshner

Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman

Johnny Mendoza & Mark Littman

In memory of John MacDonald

William J. Marraccini

Lynn C. Mautner

Karen & Martin McDonald

Mr. Conte Moore & Ms. Barbara Jones

James Musiker

Rachel Ostry, MD

Warrie Price & James David Price

Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose

Mr. Donald Roth

Mr. Vernon Scott

Rena Shagan

Mr. Craig Snyder

Susan Ulick

Alex Z. Wang

Ms. Arlene Weinberg

Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan

Mr. Kip Wicke

Michelle D. and Claude L. Winfield

Irving & Elaine Wolbrom

Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

Yavitz Cypen Foundation in honor of Billy Zavelson

Leaders ($1,000 and above)

Anonymous (7)

Robert Allyn

Gerry & Hank Alpert

Mr. Michael Alster

Roger and Aida Anderson

Mr. Gerald Appelstein

Aybars Asci

Mr. & Mrs. Ira Asherman

Christina Back

Ms. Sherrie Barr

Ali Baum

Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin

Cheryl Bergenfeld

Mr. Robert Boblitt

Ms. Lisa Bonifacic

Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz

Nissan Boury

Barbara & Gary Brandt

Carol & Bob Braun

Ms. Joan Breibart

Madeline Brine

Ms. Beth Brinkman

Gerri Brioso

Mr. Matthew Brodlie

Daniel & Elaine Brownstein

Dr. Amy Buchman & Ms. Vicki Haupt

Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne

Ralph & Martine Calder

Joseph and Linda Camardo

Mr. William J. Campbell

Mr. Scott Caplan

Karen Carozza

Ms. Jennifer Chaitman

Julia Chambers

Ms. Yvonne Chen

Peri & David Clark

Millard F Coffin, PhD

Pamela Cook

Ms. Edrie Cote

Ms. Janet Cox

Mary Craig & Gerard Dages

Paul and Caroline Cronson

Greg Darnieder

Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David

Diana Davies

Christopher Delong

Nicole Dietrich & Jack Kraska

Julia DiNapoli

The Cory & Bob Donnalley

Charitable Foundation

Miriam & David Donoho

The Dorothy Fund

Ms. Domitilia M. Dos Santos

Ms. Deborah Doyle

Benjamin Duster

Ms. Bonnie Erickson

Warren Feder

Erin Feely-Nahem & Isaac Nahem

Thomas Finch MD

Marion Ilene Fischer

Judith & Walter Flamenbaum

Mr. Charles Forma

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Mark Schumer

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Ronald Walcott

Gregory V Ward

Joan Waricha

Michael Wehman

Carol Weil

Kate Weil

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Jacqueline Welch

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Mai Yee

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FACILITIES & SERVICES

Robert McGowan

Christopher Morales

Terrence Poplar

Abigal Richards

Tamar Rothstein

Setpheap San

Ariane Schaffer

Elisa Smilovitz

Daniel Spence & Marcelo Mesquita

Niko Stahl

Evan Strain

Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan

Alex Z. Wang

Ricke Williams

Emma Winder

Julien Wolfe

LeeAna Wolfman

To join the Joyce's Young Leader's Circle, please contact the Development office at 212-691-9740 ext. 327

Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904. To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-9740.

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT

Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located in the closet next to the drinking fountain in the Upper Lobby. AED is located downstairs in the reception area. LEARN CPR. For more information, contact the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association.

FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit. WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.