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Costume courtesy of Michael Bottari & Ronald Case Theatrical Designers
Dear Friends:
Celebrate with us!
The 2012/13 season brings with it a major milestone in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s journey, our Tenth Anniversary Season!
We are celebrating our success with a year of incredible Broadway-caliber productions and events! We invite you to see why we have become Florida’s largest regional theatre. This season is filled with classic musicals, family entertainment and captivating plays including four Tony Award®-winning productions and an MGM musical spectacle for you to enjoy. You’re invited to join the party! Don’t miss out on our spectacular Tenth Anniversary Season celebration!
Andrew Kato Artistic Director
OCTOBER
SPONSORED BY
FEBRUARY 5 - 17
When a priest’s relationship with an altar boy is questioned, a nun takes matters into her own hands to prove it. In this brilliant Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, the nun becomes intent on exposing his dark secret and the mystery unfolds. But are his actions innocent? This gripping story will leave you questioning your own faith and the cost of the pursuit of truth.
MARC H 5 - 24
SPONSORED BY
30 NOVEMBER 11
Winner of the Tony Award® for best play, this thrilling tour-de-force biodrama unveils the outrageous antics and humor of one of the greatest composers of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Set in 18th-century Vienna, Amadeus portrays the flamboyant genius, as seen through the eyes of his jealous rival, composer Antonio Salieri. This spectacle comes alive with majestic costumes and timeless symphonies. This masterpiece hits every note!
A high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl who travels to New York City to marry for money instead of love. Come relive the roaring 1920s in this Tony Award®-winning musical featuring jazz, thunderous tap dancing, frisky flappers and dashing leading men.
PRISCILLA HEUBLEIN
KATHY AND JOE SAVARESE •
NOVEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 16
This classic American musical takes us on a toe-tapping adventure with fast-talking salesman Professor Harold Hill, who convinces the townspeople of River City, Iowa that they need a band, instruments and uniforms. His plans to skip town with their money comes to a crashing halt when he falls in love and has to face the music. With unforgettable songs such as “Til There Was You,” and “Seventy-six Trombones,” this Tony Award®-winning sensation is a treat for the entire family.
SPONSORED BY
PEGGY AND RICK KATZ
SEPTEMBER 8 at 8PM
The Laramie Project is about the brutal murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. The play explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
JANUARY 8 - 27 AND SPONSORED BY
This high-energy romantic comedy overflows with splashy songand-dance numbers, including glorious songs such as “Good Morning,” “Make ‘Em Laugh” and the show-stopping title number, “Singin’ In the Rain.” The golden age of movie musicals comes alive as we follow silent movie actor Don Lockwood’s journey into the talkies of the late 1920s. Complete with glittery showgirls, comical characters and an onstage rainstorm, this delightful extravaganza will leave you happy again!
OCTOBER 12 at 7:30PM
A contemporary retelling of the children’s classic Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass comes to life with eye-popping sets, costumes, magic and puppetry.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23
This once-in-a-lifetime spectacular gala benefit evening will feature celebrities from the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s past ten seasons of hit productions. Backed by an orchestra on stage and utilizing multimedia imagery, this enchanting celebration will take you on a retrospective journey of all our triumphs.
“There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend... one day the black will swallow the red,”
– Spoken by famed abstract expressionist Mark Rothko’s character in the production of Red
One of the most acclaimed - and often unhappy - artists of the 20th-century, John Logan’s Red focuses on Rothko as he paints a group of murals for the expensive and exclusive Four Seasons restaurant. He gives orders to his assistant, Ken, as he mixes the paints, makes the frames, and paints the canvases with his signature abstract style of filling large, luminous canvases with color. The production won six of its seven 2010 Tony Award® nominations, including Best Play, and received the most wins out of any other theatrical production that season. It also received several Drama League and Drama Desk awards the same year.
Imet Red’s author, John Logan, in 1980 while studying together at Northwestern University. A breathtaking moment at school was the production of John’s first play, Never the Sinner, in 1983, featuring a very young and extraordinary Denis O’Hare. It seemed almost impossible that such a mature and assured play could come from a 21-year-old. Never the Sinner is based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder case in Chicago and would begin John’s fascination – and great talent – for making historical events and characters feel so very personal, alive and dangerous. As I prepare to direct Red, my experiences with John in those early years of our artistic development speak to me.
My entrance into this play began with some things I know about John. He is a great reader, researcher and student of history. I knew I could take Red as the product of immersion in the subject, and I could trust that anything in the play was directly inspired by John’s study of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko.
John possesses an unusual talent for entering into historical characters
and finding within them a vital, personal connection; Red is no exception. Having shared some incredible mentors with John (Twelve Angry Men director Frank Galati among them), I can’t help but feel this as a play about the tense polarities that exist between young and old, employer and employee, master and apprentice, mentor and mentee, and father and son.
Rothko warns his assistant Ken, “Consider; I am not your rabbi, I am not your father, I am not your shrink, I am not your friend, I am not your teacher – I am your employer. You understand?” Despite Rothko’s blunt disclaimer, he becomes all of these. He later tells Ken, “The child must banish the father. Respect him, but kill him.” The emotional and intimate violence of that statement drives an understanding of the combustible energy that existed within Rothko’s studio. John has an art for making the past very much an expression of the present.
Although Red is a “two-hander,” it can be seen as containing three characters; Rothko, Ken, and the paintings. Rothko speaks of them as if they are alive. We must, therefore treat them as breathing characters. Extensions of their father, the
pictures beckon the observer to come closer. They entice, seduce, dare the viewer to step toward them until nothing else is seen in the periphery but the questioning aperture. “Rothkos,” as his pictures are named, exist like windows, challenging the viewer to enter – while also acting as a lens, forcing the viewer to look inward. Through Rothko, John Logan has created an event that demands an active participant to speak, argue and question, What do you see?
http://www.jupitertheatre.org/shows/red
FEBRUARY 14 - 26
Artist Mark Rothko
Director of Red
Tony Award® - Winner
A provocative portrait of abstract expressionist, Mark Rothko.
Hello, Gary! Beloved
IBroadway veteran
Gary Beach tells us what he loves about the classic musical.
n his spectacular career on Broadway, performer Gary Beach has done it all. He received the 2001 Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for the role of Roger DeBris in the Broadway production of The Producers and received Tony® and Ovation Award nominations for his role as Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and his most recent Tony® nomination was for the role of Albin/Zaza in the first revival of La Cage aux Folles . He’s done over 6,000 performances in New York and on the road.
But one show he hasn’t performed in yet: the beloved Jerry Herman musical Hello, Dolly! in which he’ll star alongside celebrated actress Vicki Lewis the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (March 13 – April 1).
“I love this show. I’ve seen it nine times, featuring everyone from Carol Channing and Ethel Merman to Pearl Bailey and Phyllis Diller,” he said. “This is exciting for me because when I was a kid going into theater, this was the hot show. So the idea that get to do it with my dear friend Vicki Lewis is really a treat.” Lewis and Beach first worked together on the off-Broadway revue A Bundle of Nerves in 1983.
“I am really looking forward to revisiting this show, and performing it with Vicki,” he said. “I think the ‘Dolly’ number itself is one of the most perfectly-placed showstoppers in a musical, ever. I’ve watched videos online of numerous versions of the production, and it still works like gangbusters.”
This will also be his sixth time working with director Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who he adores, he said.
“I knew I wanted to do this show as soon as artistic director Andrew Kato told me who was directing,” he said. “She’s a fantastic artist, and she knows how to go into a script and find exactly what she wants to put onstage.”
A Palm Beach Gardens resident of two years, Beach said he is also thrilled to be working for the first time at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, where he has been attending shows.
“I love the audience support that this theatre gets,” he said. “I’ve been to most of the Theatre’s opening nights over the past two years, and the audience always responds with such love and affection. You can feel it. It’s their theatre.”
Beach said the nine years he spent going from show to show on Broadway made him tremendously happy, and that the most memorable moment in his career came the moment he found out he’d been nominated for his first Tony Award® at age 46.
“That, to me, is a more treasured memory than when I won,” he said. “Performing has always been my passion; I’ve never wanted to do anything but act.”
MARCH 13 - APRIL 1
http://www.jupitertheatre.org/shows/hellodolly
Tony Award® - Winner
This classic musical is a true treasure and will be sure to warm your heart.
THE CAMPAIGN TO SECURE THE THEATRE’S FUTURE
Imag I ne ...
Dear Patrons,
Imagine what this Theatre could become over the next ten years supported by a $10 million endowment!
Tamar and Milton Maltz, through their family foundation, wish to secure the Theatre’s future in perpetuity. They have pledged $7 million if we can raise $2.5 million in a three-to-one match!
As of January 2012 we have raised $1,625,000 during our quiet phase. Now we seek the public’s help to raise the balance of $875,000 in order to receive $7 million from the Maltz Family Foundation!
Donations can be made as multi-year pledges. The gifts and/or pledges must be secured no later than June 30, 2012.
Join us in keeping great theatre alive!
Tricia Trimble Managing Director
Announcing an unprecedented three-to-one match for a $10 Million endowment!
When reached, this generous offer will celebrate the beginning of the Theatre’s Tenth Anniversary Season and will secure the Theatre’s future.
T heatre Board member Joan Bildner joins the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Endowment Board. She is president of SME Co., a family management and investment consulting company. She and her husband Allen founded Kings Supermarkets.
E very great idea starts with the ability to imagine what could be. Milton and Tamar Maltz, along with others, imagine a very long life for the Theatre.
T he Theatre formed a separate 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Endowment, in May 2011. The sole purpose is to invest funds and support projects that will secure the Theatre for future years to come.
Harvey Golub was a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Co. He later joined IDS Financial Services as President and CEO and rose to CEO and Chairman of The American Express Company, retiring in 2001.
Harvey Golub serves as Chairman of the Board of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Endowment.
To receive more information please contact Tricia Trimble at (561) 972-6122 or ttrimble@jupitertheatre.org
TO THE THEATRE 10
TO GIVE
Come hear the musiC play WAYS
Theatre productions inspire, involve and connects us. As the largest regional theatre in Florida, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre also creates jobs and contributes to the economy.
However, you might be surprised to learn that ticket sales cover only 50 percent of the Theatre’s annual operating budget. The remainder comes through generous tax-deductible donations – and every penny counts. Whether giving $20 or $20,000, the Theatre has a place for you to make a difference. Here are some of the ways you can contribute.
Free time
Become a volunteer!
The Theatre has more than 400 volunteers assisting in a variety of functions, including office support, ushering, special events and computer services. Dedicated to supporting the Theatre, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Guild works on a number of special fundraising events to benefit both the Theatre and its Conservatory.
100 donations of $100 f irst step to stardom
We need $10,000 to give more than 400 students throughout our community the opportunity to attend free workshops and a live audition process with the hopes to be cast in a professional production.
40 donations of $250 the Gardens Mall costume exhibit
We need $10,000 to purchase the dress forms for our theatrical costume exhibit at The Gardens Mall in April to kick-off our 10th Anniversary Celebration.
48 donations of $250 the 2012/13 production: amadeus
We need $12,000 to design and maintain over 90 period-style wigs!
30 donations of $500 2012/13 production: theMusicMan
We need $15,000 to costume actors and secure the musical instruments needed to bring our Music Man band to life!
40 donations of $500 2012/13 production: Singin’IntheRain
We need $20,000 to make it rain on stage!
35 donations of $1,000 2012/13 production: thoroughly ModernMillie
We need $35,000 to house the cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie!
8 donations of $5,000 2012/13 production: throughtheLookingGlass
We need $40,000 to transform the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland into a modern-day new musical called Through the Looking Glass, which will feature more than 20 students!
ten donations of $10,000 10th anniversary Gala Celebration
We’ll need $50,000 to tent our parking lot for our one-time-only 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration on February 23, 2013!
Give what you can the theatre and its Conservatory
We need supporters to give an annual donation to keep our doors open and great art on our stage! We also need donations to support dozens of scholarships given each year for students to attend our Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts classes and summer camps. For example, $20 will pay for one Conservatory class.
