Event Program: The Valley Foundation 21-22 Carriage House Performing Arts Series

The Valley Foundation

Carriage House Performing Arts Series June 2022

WELCOME (AND WELCOME BACK) TO MONTALVO! After over a year of screens and social distance, I’m so glad that you are able to be with us tonight. Whether it’s your first time here, or your fiftieth—welcome!

Over the course of the pandemic, I have heard many people mention missing live performance and music.

Missing not only seeing live performances, but as one patron said, missing that “electric feeling of having a musical or artistic experience in a group,” sharing the experience with family, friends, and even other Photo: David Gonzales

audience members in attendance too. The importance of live, in-person programming cannot be overstated,

and I am thrilled to welcome back The Valley Foundation Carriage House Performing Arts Series, with thanks to The Valley Foundation for their generous support as our title sponsor.

As a multidisciplinary arts center, there’s even more to enjoy at Montalvo in addition to the world-class talent found in the Carriage House. We are a public park and arboretum open 364 days a year for picnics, hiking, and leisurely strolls, as well as a vibrant cultural producer supporting an artist residency, vital arts education programming, and so much more.

Montalvo is a nonprofit organization—as such, we rely on the support of patrons like you in order to continue serving our Silicon Valley community. If you have not yet considered becoming a donor, I’d like to personally invite you to engage in a deeper relationship with our dynamic institution. After all, there’s something for everyone at Montalvo!

Enjoy the show and thanks again for joining us tonight,

Angela Torre McConnell Executive Director

June Performances June 3

PAULA POUNDSTONE

Paula Poundstone is a humorist, author and comedian known for her clever, observational humor and spontaneous wit. When she isn’t collecting hotel soaps while on tour or panel-ing on NPR’s #1 show, Wait, Wait...

Don’t Tell Me!, Paula hosts the popular Maximum Fun podcast, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone. Nobody is a comedy field guide to life complete with taste tests, cats of the weeks and leading experts in everything from beekeeping to ping pong to prosopagnosia (say that 3 times fast).

Paula’s stand-up credentials are endless: Cats, Cops and Stuff; Goes to Harvard; Look What the Cat Dragged In; and numerous television appearances including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Last Call with Carson Daly and Late Show with David Letterman. Famously, Paula provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was the first woman to host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

In 2017, Paula released her second book, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness, in which she offers herself up as a guinea pig in a series of thoroughly unscientific experiments. Kirkus Reviews called the book, “A deeply revealing memoir in which the pathos doesn’t kill the humor—delivers more than it promises.” The book debuted at #1 on the Amazon Bestsellers List in Humor, and the audiobook was one of the five finalists for 2018 Audio Book of the Year. The book was recognized as one of eight semi-finalists for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the highest recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States.

Paula can be heard on the big screen as “Forgetter Paula” in Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out, winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. She has also starred in her own series on both HBO and ABC, is included on Comedy Central’s Top 100 Comics of All Time and won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up. In February 2019, Paula’s stand-up special, Cats, Cops and Stuff was named by TIME Magazine and Tig Notaro as one of The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever.

Paula resides in Santa Monica, CA, where you can find her cleaning the litterboxes of her 14 cats: Clue, Oreo, Luigi, Jem, Belle, Brittle, Mrs. Feziwig, Wednesday, Severus, Tonks, Theo, Sham Wow, Harrison, and Hardy.

Website @www.paulapoundstone.com. Follow her on: twitter.com/paulapoundstone, facebook.com/paulapoundstone and instagram.com/paulapoundstone.

Don’t Miss Our Next Season in the Carriage House!

If you love concerts and live events at Montalvo, we have great news: our 2022-2023 Carriage House Performing Arts Series is on sale now!

See the lineup & buy tickets at montalvoarts.org/ch

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra

Music of ABBA w/ Arrival from Sweden

Peter White

Steep Canyon Rangers

The Second City: Remix

Acoustic Alchemy

MONTALVO BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2021-2022 Montalvo’s Board of Trustees helps guide the direction of the organization, ensuring we follow our mission with clear vision and leadership.

President Glenn Osaka

Treasurer Tom Tiernan

Secretary Cathie Thermond

Trustees Barry Ariko Jean Compeau Jill Conner

Paul Conrado Laura Engdahl ​B arry Fernald Renee Fields Christine Gomo Subodh Gupta Marcia Hansen Daric Jackson Laura Jason Barbara Kilburn Scott McDonald Sue Mueller

Eileen Nelson Lorena Perez-Rockwood Stuardo Robles David Sacarelos Ron Sege Roger Smullen Jeff Sobrato Gilbert Vendryes

Lifetime Trustees Sally Lucas Charmaine Warmenhoven

MONTALVO ALUMNI BOARD Formed in 2013, the Alumni Board is a group of former Trustees who choose to continue their relationship with Montalvo by making an annual gift to support the organization.

David Adamson Ted Biagini Phil Boyce Donna Butcher Janice Chaffin Richard Conniff Tom Crotty Jennifer DiNapoli Erin Doyle Ebeling Susan and Bob Finocchio Mary Ellen Fox

Debbie Harriman Jerry Held David Hsieh Carol Jeans Debby Jones Sydene Kober Mary Anne Leach Sybil Lewis Robert LoPresto Judy Marcus Kathie Maxfield

Nancy Meyer Lynn Pinto Joe Pon T.M. Ravi Julie Rinehart Roger Schwab Mary Lou Taylor Mike Taylor Marita Trobough Gayla Wood Kim Worsencroft

Become a Donor Today!

Our donors have a tremendous impact on the success of Montalvo’s mission to provide relevant, cutting-edge arts programs and education opportunities to our community.

An annual gift (starting at $100/year) not only furthers our mission but also enhances your experience with the arts. Learn more about how your support impacts Montalvo at montalvoarts.org/donate.

MONTALVO GRIFFIN SOCIETY The Griffin Society is a special group of donors that have included Montalvo Arts Center in their estate plans, ensuring Montalvo will continue to inspire future generations.

David & Rosemary Adamson Hilda & Mike Brock Donna & Michael Butcher Janice & Steve Chaffin Terin Christensen Paul & Libby Conrado Laura Cunningham Lanaya & Gary Dix David & Linda Doeltz Barry & Toby Fernald Madeleine Frankel Phyllis Gardner

Donna & Ken Harris Laurie Hernandez Margaret Hylbert Laura Jason & Bruce Henderson Helen & Darrell Johnston Shari Khasrovi Barbara & Austin Kilburn Sybil Albrecht Lewis & Art Lewis Sally Lucas Doris Martinez

Bob & Kathie Maxfield Angela McConnell John McLemore & Clysta Seney Edward Mocarski & Christine Martens Russell Perry Will Phelps Carol Ross Kathleen & Mark Santora Charmaine & Dan Warmenhoven

FRIENDS OF THE LAP Friends of the LAP are advocates, donors, and partners with the Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo, who sustain the program as it presents the work of multidisciplinary artists at increasingly high levels and in increasingly ambitious ways. Friends of the LAP enjoy inside access to resident artists and their creative process.

Anonymous The Ariko Family Foundation Bob Baden & Jan Schwartz Joan N. Borinstein & Gary M. Gartsman Maryles Casto John & Maureen Chowning Jennifer & Philip DiNapoli Margaret Dorfman David & Marianne Ellis Laura Engdahl Terry & Ron Epstein Renée Fields

Alexandra & Wolfgang Hausen Laura Jason & Bruce Henderson Wanda Kownacki Sally Lucas The Lyon Family George & Judy Marcus Simona & Bill Martin Shauna Mika & Richard Callison Ann Marie Mix David Nakamura Sr. Glenn Osaka

T.M. Ravi & Francine Lejeune Hideko Sakamoto & Vijay Tella Sudnya Shroff & Nickhil Jakatdar Caroline Taddei & Nicola Morini Thomas & Yuko Tiernan Constant & Makiko Tse Gilbert Vendryes & Alexandra Conway Gayla & Walt Wood Mitchell & Kristen Yawitz

MONTALVO THANKS OUR ANNUAL FUND DONORS...

PROGRAM PARTNER ($25,000+) Anonymous The Ariko Family Foundation Mark Jon Bluth & Michelle Danzer Kevan & Anita Del Grande Jennifer & Philip DiNapoli Laura Engdahl Barry & Toby Fernald Mary Ellen & Michael Fox Sybil Albrecht Lewis & Art Lewis Sally Lucas Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Dominic Orr Ron Sege

Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation Fred & Jan Betke Joan N. Borinstein & Gary M. Gartsman

& Clysta Seney Gillian & Thomas Moran Julie Rinehart on behalf of Robert Rinehart

Diane Brandenburg

Hideko Sakamoto & Vijay Tella

Janice & Steve Chaffin

Archana & Shirish Sathaye

Angela Hemingway Charles & Glen Charles

Roger Schwab

Paul & Libby Conrado

Sheila & Robert Swanson

Peggy Dozier Susan & Bob Finocchio Madeleine Frankel

Gerry & Michelle Smith Lynn Szekely Mike & Peggy Taylor

House Family Foundation

Tao Urban, on behalf of the Urban Charitable Foundation IV

David & Lori Hsieh

VILLA CIRCLE

Phyllis Gardner

Barbara & Austin Kilburn Sydene Kober

($2,500 - $4,999)

Jeffrey & Leann Sobrato

Tom & Patti Larkins

Ted Biagini & Carolyn Silberman

John M. Sobrato & Timi Del Conte

Katherine & James Lau

Robert & Brenda Bodnar

George & Judy Marcus

Donna & Michael Butcher

The Valley Foundation

Glenn Osaka

Sandi & Richard Conniff

Gilbert Vendryes & Alexandra Conway

Lynn & Joe Pinto

Maureen Cronin

T.M. Ravi & Francine Lejeune

Tom & Mary Crotty

Charmaine & Dan Warmenhoven

Sudnya Shroff & Nickhil Jakatdar

Navneet Dalal & Priyanka Rana

GARDEN CIRCLE

Howard Taub

Debra DeMartini

($15,000 - $24,999)

Cathie & Jeffrey Thermond

Jason & Dierdre DiNapoli

Jean & Aram Compeau

Thomas & Yuko Tiernan

John & Melinda DiNapoli

Jill & Jack Conner

David & Aileen Wang

Laura & Max Duganne

Ranae DeSantis

George Duran & Joe Pon

Renée Fields

Kim Worsencroft & Dennis McEvoy

Chris & Steven Gomo

ARTIST CIRCLE

Marcia & Russell Hansen

($5,000- $9,999)

The Harriman Family

Mariko & Craig Creasman

Laura Jason & Bruce Henderson

Bill & Rebecca Gorman

Wanda Kownacki

Ram & Rashmi Gupta

Scott McDonald & Loann Nguyen

Pamela Hoage

Roger & Dede Smullen

Susan Mueller David Sacarelos & Yvette Lanza Gayla & Walt Wood

CREATIVE CIRCLE ($10,000 - $14,999) David & Rosemary Adamson

Laura & Pete Grant

Liz & Tom Hughston Carol & Tony Jeans Judy & Warren Kaplan Howard Lyons Rick & Amy Magnuson Bob & Kathie Maxfield Angela McConnell John McLemore

Debbie Gong-Guy Jerry & Connie Held Gayle Joslin Carol & Don Laucella Karen Lenoski Océane Li & Sofien Bouaziz Robert & Marie LoPresto Shauna Mika & Richard Callison Russell Perry Larry & Lisa Pott The Audrie Pott Foundation Stuardo & Laurette Robles Carol Ross Anne Sconberg & Mark Henderson

Byron & Stephanie Scordelis

David & Noelle Henderson

Marsi Nomura

Carol & Robert Wallace

Judy Heyboer

Kent & Rita Norton

Chin-Cheng Wu & Helen Montanye

The Hudson Family

James Ottinger

Angie & Greg Hunt

Deborah & Henry Pao

Kim James Claire & Larry Jinks

Viviana Paredes & Sandra Hernandez

Joseph Sanfilippo Memorial Trust

Nadine Pflueger Will Phelps

William Keats & Deborah Barney

Jane & Brad Phipps

Bruce & Julia Black

Bonnie Kellogg & Tim Cannard

Robert Reay & Judi Fan

Jean-Marc Blanchard

Sherril & Jim Kenny

Rita Boren

Jude & Becky Kirik

Patrick Brockett

William & Claudia Kobayashi

Douglas Buckley & Shelley Salpeter

Kevin Kranzusch & Lynne Bosworth

Ann Cali & Michael Kilkenney

Vance Landis-Carey & Robert Carey

VISIONARY ($1,000 - $2,499) Fred & Sharon Andres Moe & Soheila Baniani Jimi & Ned Barnholt Robert & Elaine Benoit

Kathlene Cannon & Barry Mansker

Wayne & Tina Levenfeld

Jane Webb Power Hugh & Kathleen Roberts Jo Rainie Rodgers & George Rodgers Marianna & Wilfred Samson Carol & Peter Sandman Stephen & Patricia Schott Lo Sevastopoulos Megan Shea James Shen

Susan & Stephen Casentini

Julie & David Levine

Nora Comee

Howard & Karen Loomis

Peter & Melanie Cross

Patricia & George Lundberg

Darlene Culbertson

Joe & Celia Maglione

Marti deBenedetti

Gretchen & James Mair

Jane Decker

Simona & Bill Martin

Lanaya & Gary Dix

Doris Martinez

Fred & Cassandra Dotzler

Sheryl Mccoy

Kenneth Eddings

Mary & Ken McLeod

Dana Evan

Donna Medeiros

Michael & Tina Fassett

Cheryl & John Miller

Richard Fisher

Sam & Julie Minami

Anne & Larry Hambly

Greg & Martha Mischou

Gary & Barbara Vandeweghe

Sheryl & David Heacock

Steve & Karla Wilkinson

Pete & Rebecca Helme

Barbara Nahrwold & Bill Hoffman

Glen Williams

Michele Hemeryck & David Falkenburg

Yvonne & Mike Nevens

Sheree Williams

Kenneth & Marjorie Nissly

E. Tacy Witter & Jeffrey S. Mayer

... AND WE THANK OUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

David and Lucile Packard Foundation Google Heritage Bank of Commerce Hewlett Packard Enterprise House Family Foundation Kairos Investment Management Company, LLC National Endowment for the Arts Nuance Foundation

Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation Alliance of Artists Communities Apple Applied Materials Beacon Pointe Advisors Belle Haven Investments

Nancy & Mien Shih Carmen & Robert Sigler Jack Silveira Robert & Florence Slinger Kathryn Stivers Bob Strain Mary Lou Taylor Jenny & Todd Teresi Andrea & Joe Thomas Jan Turriff Rob & Kerrie Wheeler

Silicon Valley Community Foundation Silicon Valley Creates State of California The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts The Valley Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

PLAY ON THE GROUNDS

The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell JULY 27-29 • 6PM • $30 Facts become blurry when a demanding editor-in-chief hires the world’s most neurotically precise fact-checker to go toe-to-toe with an eccentric author who values story over accuracy.

As the final deadline looms, hard facts square off against emotional truths in a funny and searing high-stakes showdown. The darling of the 2018 Broadway season, this fast-paced story proves the mundane life of a fact-checker is anything but.

ABOUT PLAY ON THE GROUNDS: Play on the Grounds is a series of staged readings of live theatrical plays. These readings are the perfect marriage of the beauty of Montalvo with the excitement of live theatre in its purest form. Unlike a full production, a staged reading strips theatrical convention down to the bare essentials of engaging storytelling: performers and text.

Audiences can expect riveting stories read by actors with minimal staging. So take your seat, enjoy a gourmet snack box with a glass of wine, and immerse yourselves in an unforgettable analog experience!

Buy tickets now at montalvoarts.org/potg

SALLY & DON LUCAS ARTISTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM Montalvo Arts Center is home to the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program (LAP), a creative incubator and cultural producer dedicated to investing in artists and nurturing their development and growth. We support artists from all creative disciplines and geographical locations to create and present new and experimental work and undertake critical investigations of contemporary issues. We do this in a few ways:

INCUBATION We provide artists with time, space and support to test out new ideas, take risks, forge new collaborative relationships, and cross-pollinate ideas through our international artist residency housed on the grounds of Montalvo Arts Center. Lucas Artists Fellows are selected through a nomination process and are allocated a three-month residency period, which they can take over three years.

COMMISIONS We commission artists working across all disciplines to create new and innovative work. This is an opportunity for us to continue reinvesting in the work of our Fellows and support the development of projects incubated during artists’ stay in residence. Housed in a 175-acre public park, we are especially interested in fostering work that activates public space and discourse. Works for our grounds are commissioned on an ongoing basis and are the focus of our annual outdoor art exhibition.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS We generate opportunities for audiences to engage with artists through our monthly Open Access program and blog.

The program offerings include conversations, performances, screenings, and culinary events. Open Access events are designed to offer the public a behind-the-scenes view into artists’ creative processes, as well as showcase works-inprogress and fully realized new work.

Find out more about the LAP, our Fellows, and all our diverse offerings on the Open Access online magazine and archive:

montalvoarts.org/lap Photos: Tom Ligamari

ARTS & EDUCATION PROGRAMS Through cross-discipline, arts-centered practice, we are working to shape the educational landscape of Silicon Valley.

Our belief is that the arts foster greater cognitive, social, and emotional capacity—and build engaged citizenship among our greater community. We are committed to providing quality learning experiences for all ages and skill levels that celebrate the creative spirit, engage the imagination, and develop the artist in all of us.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES Professional development is key to supporting deeper learning across content areas. Our offerings are opportunities to share strategies and research on integrated learning practices, and include workshops and lectures, our ArtistConnect networking panels, and our annual Arts in Your Classroom conference: an engaging symposium exploring current topics related to integrated learning.

WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES We invite the community to creatively express themselves in the restorative setting of Montalvo’s historic grounds. All of our sessions are led by established artists, practicing in the fields they teach. A small group size ensures individual guidance, and enrollment fees include all necessary materials. All skill levels, from the curious novice to the practiced professional, are welcome!

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES FOR STUDENTS Students and educators are invited to experience the energy of live dance, drama, and more in our intimate 300-seat Carriage House Theatre. Featuring performances by world-class artists, these shows are a perfect launching point for either a classroom or homeschool curriculum.

CAMPS

Photos: Michele Guieu, Stefanie Sylvester, JazzReach, & Dahlak.

We are proud to present camp sessions for ages 6–14 in a range of artistic disciplines. No matter what the interests of your child or teen may be, Montalvo has something to engage and inspire them. With small class sizes, focused instruction by professional artists, and private camp locations, we believe Montalvo summer camps are an extremely rewarding experience. In a supportive environment, your child will learn to flex their creative muscles as they make new friends and discover unique ways of expressing themselves… all within the natural scenery and fresh air of our gorgeous grounds.

15400 Montalvo Rd • Saratoga, CA • 95070 montalvoarts.org