Hansel and Gretel Program

Hansel and

Gretel

OCTOBER 5 & 7, 2023 TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN Dear Patrons, Supporters, and Opera Lovers, Thank you for joining us tonight as we kick off OPERA San Antonio’s 9th season with Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. This production marks a few “firsts” for OPERA San Antonio that I would like to share with you.

OPERA San Antonio has joined forces with New Orleans Opera to co-produce this presentation of Hansel and Gretel. This is our first collaboration with another company to design the sets and costumes for the show you will see tonight. Collaborations like this are one way we continue to operate in a financially responsible and sustainable manner.

This is also the first time OPERA San Antonio has staged an English language opera on the stage of the H-E-B Performance Hall. We continue to strive to provide beautiful works of art that are accessible to our audience, both young and old. Along with our production of The Pirates of Penzance in the spring, we hope to attract wide audiences to these familiar and family-friendly tales while maintaining our standard for world-class opera performances.

Most notably, this is the first time all five Tobin Center Resident Companies have collaborated for a performance. Along with OPERA San Antonio, the Classical Music Institute, Ballet San Antonio, Children’s Chorus of San Antonio, and the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio have all joined forces to bring this opera to life on the stage of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Partnerships like this mean your support of the arts in San Antonio goes even further, allowing the Resident Companies to share resources and maximize every contribution to bring you these wonderful art forms.

Responsible. Sustainable. Accessible. These are the values that guided OPERA San Antonio through the pandemic, from staging virtual performances to becoming the first major arts organization in Texas to return to live productions. As we look to the future of the arts in our community, these values will continue to guide our work. Upon founding OPERA San Antonio over a decade ago, Mel Weingart and Blair Labatt made a commitment to this community of supporters that we would operate with fiscal responsibility. Nine seasons later I am proud to say that our budget remains balanced as we expand our efforts to reach more members of our city.

Your support, whether through membership, donations or attendance tonight, ensures that we can continue to deliver on our mission to provide world-class opera to our community.

Thank you for your patronage.

Sincerely, Matthew C. West Chairman, OPERA San Antonio

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THANK YOU OSA is grateful for the support of these major sponsors for the 2023-2024 season Graham M. Weston Drs. James E. Griffin III and Margo Denke

Valerie Collins

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2023 GALA COMMITTEE Gala Chairs

Blair and Barbara Labatt

Committee Members Bruce and Alethea Bugg Sam and Laura Dawson Wendell and Susan Hall Dr. William and Mary Henrich Paul and Nicole Hensley Charles and Cindy Huey Mark and Carolyn Johnson Mark and Jennifer Johnson Greg and Bekki Kowalski Annie Labatt James and Katherine McAllen Muffin Moorman Tim and Kathy Musgrave

John L. Nau, III Eduardo and Elsi Parra David and Tracy Pope Eric and Elizabeth Reblin Tom and Pat Semmes Amy E. Stieren Dale and Sandra Tremblay Drs. Sergio and Alice Viroslav Graham Weston and Valerie Collins Matthew and Kimberly West Nelson and Tracy Wolff Barbara Wood Bob and Mary Worth

2023 GALA SPONSORS Bank of Texas, Presenting Sponsor Labatt Foundation H-E-B C.H. Guenther & Son LLC Comprehensive Home Health & Hospice FASTSIGNS Northeast & Downtown Holt CAT/ Lockton Companies Lorenzo Martinez Garza/ Able City Greg and Bekki Kowalski Annie Labatt Luther King Capital Management James and Katherine McAllen/ Amy E. Stieren Dr. Sara McCamish/ Sarah Hudson Moore

The Meeker Family Tim and Kathy Musgrave John L. Nau, III John Newman Family Charitable Fund Pape-Dawson Engineers Parra & Co. Chan Peterson and Rebecca McEuen / Wendell and Susan Hall Quality Urgent Care Texas Capital Bank Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors Drs. Sergio and Alice Viroslav Graham Weston and Valerie Collins

BOX SEAT PATRONS Labatt Foundation Sterling Foods Team Group

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STAFF E. Loren Meeker Tobin Endowment General & Artistic Director

Francesco Milioto Music Director

Garnett Bruce Artistic Advisor

Madeline Elizondo Director of Education & Outreach

Jenna Jernigan Director of Engagement

Raquel Ponce Office Manager & Bookkeeper

OSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matt West, Chair Eduardo Parra, Vice-Chair Mark Johnson, Treasurer Valerie Collins, Secretary William Wendell Hall Annie Labatt Dr. Sara McCamish James McCutcheon

Rubén Minutti-Zanatta Olga Moucoulis Eduardo Parra Diana Peña Chan Peterson Linda Poetschke Dr. Alan Siqueiros Dale Tremblay

Blair Labatt, Chair Emeritus

Mel Weingart, Founder

Supporting opera education in schools Scholarship assistance for emerging artists from area universities Hospitality for visiting OPERA San Antonio artists Margaret King Stanley Vocal Scholarship competition Opera study programs for members

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Hanseland Gretel

By Engelbert Humperdinck Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 7, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

H-E-B Performance Hall | Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Length of Performance: Two hours including one, twenty minute intermission Libretto by Adelheid Wette Premiere: Weimar, Germany, 1893 The set and scenery are a new, Co-Production with OPERA San Antonio and New Orleans Opera. Scenery constructed by New Orleans Opera.

English translation and surtitles provided by Cori Ellison Conductor, Francesco Milioto Original Production & Staging, E. Loren Meeker Co-Stage Director & Choreographer, Felicity Stiverson

CAST Hansel

Emily Fons

Gretel

Meechot Marrero

The Witch

Katharine Goeldner

The Mother

Deborah Nansteel

The Father

Levi Hernandez

Sandman

Bronwyn White*

Dew Fairy

Michelle Ravitsky*

Children’s Chorus

Children’s Chorus of San Antonio

Dancers

Ballet San Antonio

Orchestra

Classical Music Institute and Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

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*Former OSA Apprentice Artists

PRODUCTION Conductor Original Production & Staging

Co-Stage Director & Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Wig & Makeup Design Pianist Technical Director Calling Stage Manager Wardrobe Supervisor Assistant Lighting Design Assistant Stage Managers Prop Master Wardrobe Assistant Stitchers Wig and Makeup Staff Photographer Audio Recording Video Recording Surtitlest Pre-Show Lecturer

Francesco Milioto E. Loren Meeker Felicity Stiverson Steven C. Kemp

Erik Teague Driscoll Otto Stephanie Williams Tessa Hartle Timothy Stettler Kaylin Story Stacie Healy Graham Darnell Hannah Schumacher Úna Rafferty Karen Arredondo Floyd Williams Jasmine Marcilla Victoria Fancki Charles Douglas Samantha Fulmer Karen Almond Chris Cline Bob Bohanek Alexander Montalvo Kevin Salfen

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TOBIN CENTER STAFF President & Chief Executive Officer Technical Director Director of Resident Company & Community Engagement Box Office Manager Engagement Coordinator

Mike Fresher Hector Gutierrez Rick Frederick Patricia Moreno Mandie Sullivan

SPECIAL THANKS Rose Arredondo Ballet San Antonio Children’s Chorus of San Antonio Chris Bacon, Vinson & Elkins LLP Classical Music Institute Lynda Bailey Labatt Food Service Labatt Food Service Media and IT teams Gary Mabry Maverick Carter House, Carriage House Matt Mumme Joan Miller

Opera Guild of San Antonio Nathan Rader Radius Center Gallery Christina Rutherford Thomas Skrobanek The Tobin Center Staff Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico - San Antonio Laurel Watts Heidi Walker Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

SYNOPSIS ACT I The home of Hansel and Gretel: The children watch TV and goof around to avoid doing their chores. Hansel complains he is hungry. Gretel shows him some milk that a neighbor shared for the family’s supper. The children dance with joy. Their mother returns and wants to know why they haven’t been working. She accidentally spills the milk and chases the children out of the house and into the woods to pick strawberries.

Their father, a broom-maker, returns home drunk after a great day of sales. He surprises his wife with the food he has bought and then asks where the children have gone. His wife tells him that she has sent them into the woods. Instantly fearful, he tells his wife about the Witch who lives deep in the forest, and that the children are in danger. They go out into the woods to rescue the children.

ACT II The woods: Hansel and Gretel explore the woods and eventually begin to pick flowers and strawberries. The children hear a cuckoo singing as they happily eat and play. In the sudden silence of the wood, Hansel admits to Gretel that he has lost their way. The children grow frightened. The Sandman arrives and helps them drift off to sleep. As they settle into each other, the children say their evening prayer. In a dream state they are visited by forest creatures and children who safely guide them home to their loving parents with a table full of food.

ACT III The gingerbread house: The Dew Fairy arrives and wakes up the children. They can hardly believe their eyes when they see a house covered in candies and sweets. They greedily grab treats from the house and fail to notice the Witch observing them. With a candy spell, the Witch captures the children and decides to fatten Hansel up. Gretel breaks the Witch’s spell and sets Hansel free. When the Witch asks her to look in the oven, she pretends she doesn’t know how to so the Witch must show her. When the Witch peers into the oven, the children shove her inside and shut the door. The oven explodes. Suddenly the children from their dreams appear before them and Hansel and Gretel break the Witch’s curse. The mother and father find the children, and all express gratitude for their salvation.

Hansel and Gretel - New Orleans Opera Photo credit: Jeff Strout

OSA’s EDUCATION PROGRAMS OPERA San Antonio encourages and promotes arts education by sharing the beauty of opera and its tradition of rich, relevant storytelling through our educational projects. Our programs serve, represent, and educate our community in many ways.

Our main program, “OPERA in Schools” provides 20-50 minute presentations free to any area K-12 school along with access to online videos and resources. In the 202223 Season, OSA visited a record breaking 50 schools. 32 of these schools were classified as Title I. “OPERA in Schools” was shared across all 10 San Antonio city districts and beyond. Online resources for teachers include the use of our award winning five-part video series “Explore Opera for Kids!” with accompanying Google worksheets. These videos have been used by over 50 schools and have received over 10,000 views. In total, we impacted 7,740 K-12 students last year by sharing 61 school performances.

As part of our educational programming, each school who participates in an OSA program is extended an invitation for students to experience opera live at the Tobin Center as part of our “Behind the Scenes” series. 63 schools participated last season for a combined total of 1,670 free admissions for students and teachers to OSA’s productions of Pagliacci and Romeo and Juliet at the Tobin Center. An additional 761 veterans were also invited to participate in this program which offers access to final dress performances, opportunities to attend Q&A sessions with the cast, and access to free tickets.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, during the 2022-23 Season, OSA was able to offer a total of 914 free tickets to students, teachers, and veterans. Our partnership with VetTix, Tobin Heros, and Tobin Teachers allowed many to experience opera for the very first time.

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How has OSA’s program made a positive impact on your students?

“It has opened their worlds.”

William Daily, St. Mary Magdalen Dual Language Catholic School

“Opera San Antonio thank you very much for giving a mother and daughter their first opera experience. It was absolutely beautiful and amazing and will forever be a lasting memory. Everything was outstanding and completely drew us in! Thank you!!!”

Kimberley, U.S. Army (Veteran)

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OSA’s COMMUNITY IMPACT Connection… Collaboration… Education Throughout the 2022-23 Season, OSA participated in 31 free community events impacting over 3,639 people. Highlights include activities with the Teen Opera Club of Texas, the Holiday Pop-Up Series, “Explore Opera for Kids!” LIVE, concerts in public libraries, and the South Texas tour to Uvalde and Laredo.

Each event brought new opportunities to connect, collaborate, and extend the reach of our programs. Partnerships with businesses and other non-profit organizations included: Austin Opera, H-E-B, Bexar County, Classical Music Institute, Labatt Food Service, San Antonio Public Libraries, Opera Guild of San Antonio, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, Musical Bridges Around the World, Hearts Need Art, McNay Art Museum, Main Plaza, Blue Skies of Texas Air Force Village, Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio, Boys and Girls Club of Laredo, and the San Agustin Cathedral of Laredo.

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Photo by Zero Photography

San Agustin Cathedral concert Artists

Woodlawn Academy Outreach

Bradley Middle School at the opera

Explore Opera! at Semmes Library

Explore opera! sing along breathing exercise

Photo by Zero Photography

Explore opera! sing along breathing exercise

Boys and Girls Club of Laredo

Explore Opera ! at Cortez Library

Students cheering for their schools inside the theater

GreAt Hearts Monte Vista North At Pagliacci high school Night

Hobby middle School Choir arriving in style At Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet Student Q & A

Students arriving at the Tobin

Bradley Middle School Choir

North East School of the Arts

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES EMILY FONS Hansel OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Hansel, Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Cincinnati Opera; Mezzo-Soprano Soloist, Ghosts, San Diego Opera; Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro, Canadian Opera Company. Upcoming Credits: Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Inland Northwest Opera; Nicklausse, The Tales of Hoffmann, Palm Beach Opera.

MEECHOT MARRERO Gretel OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; The Vixen/Bystrouška, The Cunning Little Vixen, Deutsche Oper Berlin; Soprano Soloist, Carmina Burana, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming Credits: Soprano Soloist, Carmina Burana, Nashville Symphony; Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, Deutsche Oper Berlin.

KATHARINE GOELDNER The Witch OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Annina, Der Rosenkavalier, The Metropolitan Opera; Madam Larina, Eugene Onegin, The Santa Fe Opera; Iris Lev, Awakenings, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Upcoming Credits: Dalila, Samson & Dalila, Opera Colorado; Aunt Hannah, Emmeline, Hudson Valley International Festival of the Voice.

DEBORAH NANSTEEL The Mother OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Annina, La traviata, The Metropolitan Opera; Amneris, Aida, Opera Grand Rapids; Mere Gerald, Dialogues of the Carmélites, San Francisco Opera. Upcoming Credits: Aunt Lou, Highway 1, USA, Los Angeles Opera; Roßweiße, Die Walküre, The Atlanta Opera; Azucena, Il trovatore, Opera Santa Barbara.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES LEVI HERNANDEZ The Father OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Houston Grand Opera; Tomski, Pique Dame, Komische Oper Berlin; Dandini, La Cenerentola, Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Upcoming Credits: Dandini, La Cenerentola, Boston Lyric Opera; Tonio, Pagliacci, Hawaii Opera Theater; Diego Rivera, El último sueño de Frida y Diego, Opera Omaha.

BRONWYN WHITE Sandman

OSA Debut: Chorus, Faust, 2019. Recent Credits: Soprano Soloist, The Branch Will Not Break, Ensemble New SRQ; Soprano Soloist, Vespers for a New Dark Age, Verdigris Ensemble; Solo Recital, SongScapes, San Antonio Museum of Art. Upcoming Credits: Solo Recital, Emily Dickinson, The Ecumenical Center and Soul’s Journey; Solo Recital, Old Wolrd Christmas, First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio.

Former OSA Summer Apprentice Artist

MICHELLE RAVITSKY Dew Fairy OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Morgana, Alcina, Northwestern Opera Theater; Musetta, La bohème, Northwestern Opera theater; Monica, The Medium, Northwestern Opera Theater.

Former OSA Summer Apprentice Artist

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES FRANCESCO MILIOTO Music Director & Conductor

OSA Debut: Conductor, La traviata, 2018. Recent Credits: Conductor, Così fan tutte, Detroit Opera; Music Director, The Barber of Seville, the Florentine Opera; Music Director, Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio. Upcoming Credits: Conductor, The Nutcracker, Ballet San Antonio; Music Director, Amahl and the Night Visitors, OPERA San Antonio; Guest Conductor, Aida, Lyric Opera of Chicago.

E. LOREN MEEKER General & Artistic Director, Production Director OSA Debut: The Barber of Seville, 2017. Recent Credits: Stage Director, La bohème, The Glimmerglass Festival; Stage Director, Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio; Stage Director, Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; Stage Director, Rigoletto, OPERA San Antonio; Stage Director, The Marriage of Figaro, Austin Opera.

FELICITY STIVERSON

Co-Director and Choreographer OSA Debut: Choreographer and Assistant Director, The Barber of Seville, 2017. Recent Credits: Co-Director and Choreographer, Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; Choreographer, Susannah, Wolf Trap Opera; Choreographer, Turandot, New Orleans Opera.

Upcoming Credits: Stage Director, The Fairy Queen, Manhattan School of Music; Choreographer, A Very Philly Christmas, Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center.

STEVEN C. KEMP

Set Design

OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Set Designer, Cavalleria Rusicana and Pagliacci, Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Set Designer, Così fan tutte, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Set Designer, Ernani, Sarasota Opera. Upcoming Credits: Set Designer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Atlanta Opera; Set Designer, American Apollo, Des Moines Metro Opera; Set Designer, The Flying Dutchman, Pittsburgh Opera.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ERIK TEAGUE Costume Design

OSA Debut: Costume Designer, La bohème, 2018. Recent Credits: Costume Designer, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Glimmerglass Festival; Costume Designer, The Threepenny Opera, The Atlanta Opera; Costume Designer, The Lion, The Unicorn, & Me, Washington National Opera. Upcoming Credits: Costume Designer, Ragtime, Signature Theatre D.C.; Costume Designer, The Nose, Chicago Opera Theatre; Costume Designer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Atlanta Opera.

DRISCOLL OTTO Lighting Design OSA Debut: Projection Designer, Pagliacci, 2022. Recent Credits: Projection Designer, Turandot, Bari Italy; Lighting Designer, The Life, New York City Center Encores!; Projection Designer, La Donna Del Lago, The Metropolitan Opera. Upcoming Credits: Lighting Designer, The Nutcracker, Indiana University; Lighting Designer, Siegfried, Virginia Opera; Lighting Designer, Anonymous Lover, Boston Lyric Opera/Philadelphia Opera.

STEPHANIE WILLIAMS Wig & Makeup Design

OSA Debut: Wig & Makeup Designer, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, 2014.

Recent Credits: Wig Associate Designer, West Side Story, The Muny; Wig & Makeup Designer, Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio; Wig & Makeup Designer, Maria de Buenos Aires, OPERA San Antonio. Upcoming Credits: Wig & Makeup Design Consultant, Ride the Cyclone, University of Texas; Wig & Makeup Design Consultant, Romeo y Juliet (Bilingual Adaptation), University of Texas.

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Dancers Courtesy of

Logan Acker Zachary Bennett

Haley Blackwelder Andrea Huynh

Emma Wheeler Aaryanna Yang

Oryan Armstrong

Paris Cloud

Elleen Lopez

Ryan Ballinger Emma Brogan Hannah Brogan

Grace Cox Riley Craig Christalynn Hendry

Nicole Mayer Marianna Robledo Madison Thomas

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CMI ORCHESTRA Francesco Milioto, Conductor Leonardo Pineda, CMI Cover Conductor

VIOLIN I

CELLO

HORN

Henry Wang**

Suyeon Kim*

Jacob Medina*

Abigail Monroe

Asunción Martinez

Sami Merdinian***

Yoo-Jung Chang

Kenneth Jones

Tayler Brown****

Yi-Ting (Joy) Kuo

Patricia Lopez****

Lucy Hartzler-Beachy ****

Enn Rene Diaz

TROMBONE

BASS

Alejandro Diaz*

Yezu Woo

Carlos Chacon

Yung Hsuan Lo Luis Cuevas

Ronald Villabona

VIOLIN II Mark Chien*

Imanuel Sandoval Brenda Rengel Gregory Mata Sergio Carleo

Anna Khalikova Linda Duan

Avelyn Lee**** Mario Zelaya

VIOLA Kevin Hsu*

Valeria Serrano Tal McGee

Tanner Menees

Emmanuel Garcia**** Fabiana Alvarez

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Roberto Henriquez

Alberto Arias

TRUMPET

Melody Giron

Ismael Cañizares* Victoria Merlo

Ari Evan

Jorge Villalba

Leinot Hernandez* Marian Castro

TIMPANI

Harrison Dearman

Sixto Elizondo V****

Isaac Fernandez*

FLUTE/PICCOLO

PERCUSSION

Katherine Rivas*

Dan Hartung*

Eva Moreno

Jonathan Collazo

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

HARP

Lucian Avalon*

Julie Woolfolk*

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET Carmen Borregales*

Juan Esteban Martinez

BASSOON Geronis Bravo*

* Denotes Principal Denotes Assistant Principal ** Denotes Concertmaster *** Denotes Associate Concertmaster **** Denotes YOSA Student

Astrid Rosales, Orchestra Manager

Eliezer Anteliz, Operations Manager

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2023-2024 SEASON DONORS The Board of Directors, artists, and staff of OPERA San Antonio gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our donors.

(Donations from September 1, 2022 - September 22, 2023)

* Indicates Monthly Donor

OPERA ANGEL $100,000 +

City of San Antonio Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Labatt Food Service The Tobin Endowment Mr. Graham M. Weston

UNDERWRITER

SPONSOR

$50,000 - $99,999

$25,000 - $49,999

Bexar County Commissioners Court H-E-B Helping Here Drs. James E. Griffin III and Margo Denke Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts

Bank of Texas The Labatt Foundation The Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation

This performance is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.

Semmes Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation

GRAND PATRON $10,000 - $24,999

Ms. Valerie Collins Comprehensive Home Health & Hospice Laura and Sam Dawson Elizabeth Huth Coates Foundation of 1992 The Ewing Halsell Foundation FASTSIGNS Northeast, FASTSIGNS Downtown Frost Bank Charitable Foundation C.H. Guenther & Son LLC Impact San Antonio Impact San Antonio is a women’s collective giving, grant-making nonprofit organization serving the greater San Antonio area.

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Juris Medicus Greg & Bekki Kowalski Luther King Capital Management National Endowment for the Arts This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

John L. Nau, III Parra & Co. Texas Commission on the Arts Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Tracy and David Pope Texas Capital

GRAND BENEFACTOR $5,000 - $9,999

Able City Milton Babbitt Emma & Toby Calvert, Richard Calvert, Karen Calvert Frost Annie Labatt Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lende In honor of Blair Labatt

Katherine and James McAllen Dr. Sara McCamish & Dr. Edward Briggs James E. McCutcheon In memoriam B. Letitia Rogers

Becky McEuen & Chan Peterson The Meeker Family

Tim and Kathy Musgrave Phil Muth The Ann and John Newman Family Fund In honor of Barbara and Blair Labatt

Opera Guild of San Antonio Quality Urgent Care Dr. Alan Siqueiros Amy E. Stieren Louis H. and Mary Patricia Stumberg Foundation Drs. Alice and Sergio Viroslav Barbara B. Wood Worth & Associates

PRINCIPAL BENEFACTOR $2,500 - $4,999

A. John and Belinda F. Andersen Donna Barrow In memory of Sue Storm

Cynthia & Charles Huey Family Fund of the Southwest Community Foundation Wendell and Susan Hall Holt CAT

Bruce & Anne Johnson John D. Likovich Lockton Companies Lorenzo Martinez Garza Duncan Elliott Osborne Sterling Foods TEAM Group, Ltd.

BENEFACTOR $1,000 - $2,499

Blue Skies of Texas Terri Smith and Bill Alig Margaret Corning Boldrick Tony & Carla Canty Costa Solutions LLC Jim and Frances Garner Ronald C. Keller Sharon M. Kocurek Mr. Gerald W. Lee and Marina Gonzales Mary L. Marino Taddy McAllister

Alan Miller Paul Montalvo Cynthia O'Connor The Original Mexican Restaurant & Bar Polly and George Spencer In honor of Blair and Barbara Labatt

Brig. Gen. Sue E.Turner Marshall and Elizabeth White In honor of Bronwyn White

The Williamson Foundation Craig and Nancy Witten

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2023-2024 SEASON DONORS CONTINUED CONTRIBUTOR $500 - $999

AnArte Gallery & Studio Christopher V Bacon Arlette Belver Robin Brey Kari Lee Butts *Paul and Anne Comeaux

Gary Malanchuk Kathleen and David Meriwether Lillian P. Morris Phil Muth Keith and Pat Vigeon Orme Charitable Foundation Edward and Linda Poetschke *Kevin and Laura Salfen Toby and John Tate Alice Witterman

In honor of Madeline Elizondo

Dan and Marcia Goodgame In honor of Blair and Barbara Labatt

Drs. Jayne & David Gordon James W. Kirkpatrick

SUPPORTER *Jorge Alonzo Steven A. Ewing Vincent R. Johnson and Jill Torbert Martin and Frederica Kushner Grace B. Labatt In honor of the Blair Labatt Family

Chuck and Petra McCann

$250 - $499

*Andrea Melcher In honor of Caroline Melcher

Howard and Vicki Palefsky In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Labatt

Laura A. Powell Elva Ruiz Margaret King Stanley

FRIEND

$100 - $249

Dr. & Mrs. Edward T. Herbold A. Ryland Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Aguirre Harry Akin Marie Barrett Argie S. Bonduris Matthew Charles Brockway Katherine P. Brooks Richard Butler Dr. & Mrs. William J. Chiego Maura Conron The Elizondo Family Mr. & Mrs. Farouk Ferchichi *Gary Finger Emil Friesenhahn Harald Goring John Greiner Judy Haddox

In memory of Edith A. Boulware

Charles John and Lisa Petrosky Robert Knapp Carl and Ann Leafstedt Anna Lopez In memory of Estella Guevara

Joe Manci, COL USAF (RET) In memory of Col.Yale "Buzz" Trustin

In memory of Kathy Hall

David and Dr. Rachel Hamby-Adler Hon. and Mrs. Phil Hardberger Janna Hartman

Zelime G. Matthews Roger and Suzanne Meeker Terry Mendenhall Sandy & Art Nicholson Bianca Ramos Linda Seeligson Fred and Kristin Silva William R. Sutton Joe Tiemann In memory of Kathy Chapman

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SUSTAINER

up to $99 Nancy Fix Anderson Victor Moya Alyssa Avenatti G.J. Peña, Jr Emily Becher Marc Raskinski Mr. & Mrs. David Burgess Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Reynolds Brenda Cantu Katie Sanchez Robert and Mary Freeman Aissatou Sidime Susan Toomey Frost David Allen Solis Renee Garvens Dr. Sheila Swartzman Elliott Gurwitz Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl Mr. Edward R Howarth Jr. Martha Vasquez Andrew Kunau In honor of Jean Walker Fabiola Luevano Robert Walsh Dr. David Maize Michael Wark Joaquin G. Mira Michael Wurth Stephanie Key and David Mollenauer Elizabeth Wymer

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