TAspectacular evening of dining, dancing and entertainment will take place in The Breaker’s Venetian Ballroom and is planned with a theme from the Theatre’s upcoming March production of Les Misérables, “I Dreamed a Dream.”
he celebration will honor Board Member and Endowment Chairman, Roberta and Harvey Golub
“I find it difficult to partake in the ‘global community’ because I value my privacy. So my true personal identity is limited to those who are close to me and to those I allow to be close to me. In this Internet age, I’m very uncomfortable with sharing of myself with anonymous people throughout the world.”
– Chantal Jean-Pierre
“For years we have been making an attempt to move towards the concept and reality of a global community. However, recent current events have shown that many around the world are rejecting the idea of coming together. Nationalism, tribalism and rejection of ‘otherness’ have all grown in alarming ways. Our limited points of view are reinforced by our reaffirmations in seeking our similar groups. I wish we could say that maintaining or managing personal identity has grown more difficult, but alas, I don’t feel we challenge ourselves enough to be more connected to the collective.”
– Joel Reuben Ganz
“In this day and age – with such extremes in politics and religion – I believe personal identity is being jeopardized. The idea that we should fit a pre-existing mold makes it difficult for us to explore our own individuality. It is not acceptable to label someone simply because of their background; it defeats the purpose of the word ‘personal’ by grouping people into one category. That being said, I do believe we are making strides to live in a world where personal identity is made up of the choices made by a person and not by the society around them.”
– EddiE MoralEs
“As our world becomes more connected through globalization, our exposure to other cultural filters expands, allowing our sense of ‘togetherness’ to broaden. While the sense of being uprooted from our individual pasts may feel like a threat to our personal identities, being granted the opportunity to explore a great range of philosophies and beliefs from across the world means being able to tap into a global wellspring of imagination – finding instead that what grounds us is our curiosity.”
In thIs global communIty that we now lIve In, how do we defIne personal IdentIty?
– Vanessa Morosco
The casT of The PuliTzer Prize-winning Play DisgraceD (february 12 – 26) share Their reflecTions
– Fajer al-Kaisi
“The American mythologist and writer Joseph Campbell once said that all stories can be distilled to two themes: 1) a hero leaves home and 2) a stranger comes to town. As an immigrant four times over, I have often felt that I am in both stories at once. It is also probably because of these experiences of extreme adaptation that I find myself drawn to the often transient and itinerant life of an actor in the first place. Those experiences of traveling through different languages and cultures, along with many years of study, have taught me one thing for certain: identity is an illusion and a construct that we chose over the course of years. It is through the language we speak, the culture we consume and the people we surround ourselves with, and is as fixed and permanent as a change of clothes. While this particular illusion is a touch more persistent and stubborn to remove, it can also be dramatically transformed, whether that is piecemeal or all at once.”
A Momma Rose
-For Us All-
In her spectacular career, performer Vicki Lewis has done it all. She has starred on Broadway, wowed television audiences and performed iconic voiceover work, most noteably as Deb (& Flo) in Disney Pixar’s Finding Nemo and Finding Dory.
Lewis, who previously worked with director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge when performing the title role of the Theatre’s production of Hello, Dolly! in 2012, said she is particularly looking forward to working with Dodge to tell the iconic story.
But one role she’s particularly looking forward to: performing the role of Momma Rose in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of Gypsy (March 21 – April 9).
“Gypsy is in many ways the King Lear of musical theatre –and there are indeed many ghosts to tilt.” she said.
“In collaboration with Ms Dodge, I trust that we will find our authentic voice,” Lewis said. “Something magical happens in the room between the two of us, which is why – and she knows this – I would follow her anywhere to work.”
AN ICONIC AMERICAN MUSICAL
Director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge tells us why Gypsy’s timeless story continues to win over hearts and minds
GYPSY: A Musical Fable, by Arthur Laurents, Jule Style and Stephen Sondheim, is the mother of all motherdaughter stories. Momma Rose deprives her children of being children to strive for her own dream of becoming a star.
The show is also a tale of theatrical stage life on the road, covering almost two decades (1920-1937) Rose and her brood travel the country overcoming various schemes
she’s dreamnt up for her two daughters. The 1930s bring an end to Vaudeville and Rose’s dreams crumble as vaudeville does. With a second-act climax that has become legendary, mother and daughter switch places and a new relationship blooms.
March 21 - april 9
For a special behind-the-scenes peek at the show, visit www.jupitertheatre.org/shows/gypsy.
vIckI lewIs tells us what It means to her to step Into the larger - than - lIfe role.
Get ready for the most magnificent fundraising event of the year: the Theatre’s annual gala, Everything’s Coming Up Roses.
Taking place on Saturday, February 25, 2017, the celebration will include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a three-course plated dinner, entertainment, live music, dancing and a live auction. Led by chairman Sal Tiano and honorary chairman Michele Jacobs, the exquisite evening will take place in the newly constructed grand ballroom at Trump National Golf Club Jupiter and will honor Bonnie and Ogden White.
Major sponsors for the gala include Underwriting Producers PNC Bank & Hawthorn PNC Family Wealth; Grand Benefactors Roberta and Harvey Golub, Roe Green and The Roe Green Foundation, Peggy and Rick Katz and Jane F. Napier; VIP Sponsors The Bebe Foundation, Paul and Sandra Goldner, Susan and Ross Johnson, Diane and James E. Perella and Platinum Sponsors Phil and Deborah Clark and The Clark Family Foundation, Inc., Russell and Dorothy DiGiallorenzo, The Gardens Mall, Wallace A. Graham, Sallie and Berton E. Korman, Nancy J. Kyle and Jack Fraser, Milton and Tamar Maltz, Cathy and Andy Merson, Martie and Bob Sachs, Schacknow Family Foundation, Inc., Saks Fifth Avenue, Palm Beach Gardens, The Travel Gallery and an anonymous donor.
Tickets for the gala are $500 each or $5,000 for a table of 10. Sponsorships at all levels are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (561) 972-6124.
Top picks This spring
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts is producing two unforgettable musicals this spring: The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. and West Side Story.
Performances of The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. (grades 3 – 5) will take place April 29 and 30. Led by Ricky Nahas, Lea Roy and Kim Cozort Kay, students are busy rehearsing for this fun-filled musical based on the best-selling book series. Bring the whole family and cheer as Stanley folds his way around the world with his flat-tastic hijinks!
Performances of West Side Story (grades 6 – 12) will take place May 12 and 13. A beloved musical theatre classic, young lovers are caught between prejudice and warring street gangs in this seminal retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Led by Lea Roy, Brian Andrews and John Mercurio, this musical is perfect for a family night out.
For tickets and additional information, call (561) 575-2223 or visit www.jupitertheatre.org. For more information about the Theatre’s many summer camp options (including one-week camps), call (561) 575-2672 or visit www.jupitertheatre.org/education.
