2021-2022 Season: Program 6 – A Comedy of Errors

Sir David Bintley's

PROGRAM 6 | 25 - 26 MARCH 2022

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Front cover Danielle Brown and Ricardo Graziano in Sir David Bintley's A Comedy of Errors | Photography by Frank Atura

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IAIN WEBB

Director Welcome to the World Premiere of A Comedy of Errors. After many months of planning and rehearsals, The Sarasota Ballet is pleased to bring Sir David Bintley’s choreographic vision to the Van Wezel stage.

It’s truly a rare feat nowadays to create a full-length story ballet — even more so in conjunction with a commissioned, fully-orchestrated score. David has created an absolute gem in A Comedy of Errors, with each sparkling facet reflecting the myriad talents that have come together for this ballet: the boundless charm and energy of Matthew Hindson’s magnificent score, performed for you today by the Sarasota Orchestra and conducted by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Paul Murphy; the pizzazz and whimsy of Dick Bird’s sets and costumes; and, of course, the dancers of The Sarasota Ballet, on whom each role was carefully sculpted to bring out the best of both character and performer.

With all that said, A Comedy of Errors is, first and foremost, a product of David’s choreographic brilliance and ingenuity. David and his choreography were a huge influence on my career, and I’m so thrilled to have been able to give our dancers the opportunity to work with and be created on, by such an incredible artist.

Inspired by William Shakespeare’s classic farce of a similar title, A Comedy of Errors transports the source narrative to the modern setting of Ibiza, the perfect environment for multi-generational hijinks. David has meticulously crafted it to delight ballet and Shakespeare aficionados alike, all while maintaining the humor and approachability he has mastered over the course of his choreographic career.

I do want to take this moment to say a special thanks to Joe Volpe and to both our Board of Trustees and Advisory Council. It has been through their support, belief, and trust, that we have been able to accomplish the biggest World Premiere in Sarasota Ballet history.

On behalf of everyone involved, I thank you for supporting this artistic venture, and I hope you thoroughly enjoy A Comedy of Errors.

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Program 6 | A Comedy of Errors

Sir David Bintley's

A Comedy of Errors Synopsis PROLOGUE Dawn and Kimberley on the Costa Del Sol In the 1970s, sun-starved Brits flock to Spain’s Costa del Sol, and as with many young women Dawn and Kimberley fall under the spell of the exotic locals, the result being a trip to the maternity ward nine months later, where the girls each give birth to twin baby boys.

Thirty-something years later Dawn and Kimberley, still young at heart, arrive for vacation on the Spanish island of Ibiza with their sons Anthony and Derek. Little do they know that their other sons, Tony and Del, twin brothers of Anthony and Derek, who were given up for adoption at birth, are also on the island.

ACT I Tony and his friend Del run a bar in the town. Tony is married to Adriana but he has fallen for a local beauty named Erotia and has had an expensive necklace made for her birthday. He also plans to surprise her by jumping out of a cake at the party he has planned at the Paradise Club.

Tony’s ever suspicious wife, Adriana, smells a rat but Tony pretends the necklace was made for her, spinning a web of lies that begins this comedy of errors.

On arrival, all the townspeople mistake Anthony for Tony, who ends up accompanying his ‘wife’ on a dress shopping expedition. Adriana is later outraged when her ‘husband’ is caught in a compromising position with her sister Luciana, with whom Anthony has fallen in love.

That night, at the Paradise Club, Tony’s deception is laid bare.

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Program 6 | A Comedy of Errors

Sir David Bintley's

A Comedy of Errors Synopsis ACT II Following the debacle at the Paradise Club, Adriana has had enough of Tony’s philandering and he is made to choose between wife and mistress.

Luciana is delighted when her sister and brother-in-law are reconciled but outraged when Anthony, whom she encounters in the street, continues hitting on her.

The rest of the day on the island is taken up with a bewildering sequence of encounters in which the twins are mistaken for each other, until the evening, when Anthony and Derek are swept up by a boisterous crowd of drunken revellers. Police Officer Hernandez appears, breaking up the party, whereupon the rowdies vanish, leaving Anthony and Derek to protest their innocence. When Hernandez discovers a joint at their feet, Anthony and Derek high tail it with the officer in pursuit, keen to evade Spanish justice.

The chase is joined by half the island and both sets of twins are eventually hunted down. The astonished crowd looks from Tony to Anthony, from Derek to Del, and the whole story begins to emerge. The twins are reunited with their mothers, Dawn and Kimberley, and with each other. Even Police Officer Hernandez admits to his part in the story and the boys gain an unexpected father!

Program 6 | A Comedy of Errors Sir David Bintley Choreographer

It was at the age of four that Sir David Bintley was bitten by the performing-arts bug at a Sunday-school concert in his native Yorkshire village of Honley. He has gone on to be one of the major players in British ballet: first as a marvelously musical and entertaining character dancer with what was then the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet; next, for 24 years as artistic director of the company it became, Birmingham Royal Ballet; and now, choreographing diversely themed ballets for companies all around the globe. Throughout this time, Bintley has become one of the most distinguished neoclassical choreographers of the modern age.

Born in 1957, he trained throughout his teens and at 16 won a place at The Royal Ballet Upper School. A contract at SWRB followed in 1976, and before long he was delivering gold-standard interpretations of such characters as Ashton’s Ugly Sister in Cinderella, Alain and Widow Simone in La Fille mal gardée, Bottom in The Dream, and the lead in Petrushka.

It was in 1978, thanks to SWRB’s sharp-eyed director, Sir Peter Wright, that Bintley received his first commission with the company and created The Outsider, a work very much in the dramatic tradition of Ashton, de Valois, and MacMillan. In 1983, he became SWRB’s resident choreographer and from 1986 to 1993 held the same post with The Royal Ballet in Covent Garden. In 1995 he took over from Wright at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, while from 2010 to 2014 he was also artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan.

Bintley’s works are as plentiful as they are varied, including Allegri diversi (1987), ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café (1988), Hobson’s Choice (1989), Tombeaux (1993), Edward II (1995), Carmina Burana (1995), Far from the Madding Crowd (1996), The Seasons (2001), Beauty and the Beast (2003), Cyrano (2007), Sylvia (2009), and Cinderella (2010).

Bintley’s 24 years with the Birmingham Royal Ballet were not only a matter of creating new works and commissioning new scores – he also brought to the repertoire many of the great classics that embody The Royal Ballet. In March 2018 he announced his plan to retire from BRB by the end of July 2019, whereupon he was succeeded by acclaimed dancer Carlos Acosta. In the 2020 New Year Honours appointments, he was awarded a Knighthood for his services to dance.

Now focused on purely creative pursuits, Bintley continues to sculpt the ballet landscape with his unique vision, serving as a true successor to the distinguished lineage of British classical ballet.

Program 6 | A Comedy of Errors Matthew Hindson Composer

Matthew Hindson is one of the most-performed and most-commissioned composers in the world, and a leading Australian composer of his generation.

As well as being performed by every Australian orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic among many others, Matthew’s music has been set by dance companies such as the Birmingham Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Japan, and the Sydney Dance Company.

Matthew is the Deputy Dean and Associate Dean (Education) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. From 2004-2010 he was the artistic director of the Aurora Festival which is dedicated to the work of living composers. In 2006 Matthew was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contributions to music education and composition. From 2009-2013 Matthew was the Chair of the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, and from 2013-2015, a board member of the same organization.

Dick Bird Designer

Dick Bird’s designs for ballet include: Summertide for The Sarasota Ballet; Aladdin for Birmingham Royal Ballet; The Firebird for the National Ballet of Japan; Dragon Quest, The Nutcracker, and Swan Lake for Star Dancers, Tokyo; La Bayadère for K-Ballet, Tokyo; and The Canterville Ghost for English National Ballet.

Designs for opera include: Otello for Vienna Staatsoper; Don Giovanni for Greek National Opera; Nixon In China for Scottish Opera and Royal Danish Opera; Street Scene for Teatro Real, Madrid; Les pêcheurs de perles for Metropolitan Opera New York, English National Opera, and Los Angeles Opera; La Donna del Lago for Royal Opera House, London; Béatrice et Bénédict for L’Opéra Comique, Paris; The Mikado for Scottish Opera; Nabucco for Opera National de Lorraine; Così fan tutte for Garsington Opera; House of the Dead for Opera North; Snegurochka for Wexford Festival Opera; The Gambler for Opera Zuid; and Das Portrait for Bregenz Festival.

For theatre he has designed: Hamlet and La Grande Magie for Comédie Francaise; Twelfth Night for Teater Polski; Light for Complicite; Lear for Crucible Theatre; The Night Season for The National Theatre, London; Harvest for the Royal Court Theatre; The Enchanted Pig for the Young Vic Theatre; and Othello and As You Like It for The Globe Theatre. For Kate Bush, he designed the Before the Dawn concerts at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

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Daniel Jordan, concertmaster Matthew Albert, acting associate concertmaster Chung-Yon Hong, acting assistant concertmaster Jessica Hung, principal second Meghan Jones, assistant principal second Felicia Brunelle Léna Cambis Anne Chandra Sangeun Eanet Carlann Evans Mia Laity Milene Moreira Amanda Nix Margot Zarzycka Whitelaw

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Rachel Halvorson, principal Daniel Urbanowicz, acting assistant principal Laurel Borden Nathan Frantz

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Natalie Helm, principal Christopher Schnell, assistant principal Isabelle Besançon Troy Chang

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John Miller, principal John Price, assistant principal

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Betsy Hudson Traba, principal Carmen Bannon

Steven Osborne, acting principal Oliver Barrett Marc Morgan Aaron Tindall, principal

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PICCOLO/ALTO FLUTE Carmen Bannon

Ye Young Yoon, principal Isaac Fernandez Hernandez David Hardman

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Jonathan Gentry, principal Nicholas P. Arbolino

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Jonathan Spivey, principal

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Program 6 | A Comedy of Errors Paul Murphy

Guest Conductor & Principal Conductor of Birmingham Royal Ballet Born in Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, Principal Conductor, studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music. He joined the Company in 1992; appointed Principal Conductor in 1997. Since 1994 he has been a guest conductor with The Royal Ballet and since 2005 has been conductor of the Royal Ballet School Annual Performance. He has also conducted for New York City Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Australian Ballet, BalletBoyz and the National Ballet of Japan, for whom he has conducted the world premieres of David Bintley’s Aladdin and The Prince of the Pagodas. Away from the theatre, he has guest conducted the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Hallé, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, Manchester Camerata, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He has made numerous recordings for BBC television and radio, and discs for labels such as Naxos, ASV and Opus Arte in addition to the music for Cyrano, released on the Carl Davis Collection label.

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Friday & Saturday Evening

A Comedy of Errors Choreography by Sir David Bintley Music by Matthew Hindson Design by Dick Bird Lighting by Aaron Muhl Projection Designer Jennifer Propst Sound Designer Colin Towns Production Supervisor Doug Nicholson Stage Manager Diana Childs Conductor Paul Murphy Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet World Premiere 25 March 2022

Tony of Ibiza and Anthony of Ramsbottom* – Twins Separated at Birth Ricardo Graziano Ivan Spitale Del of Ibiza and Derek of Ramsbottom* – Twins Also Separated at Birth Arcadian Broad Andrea Marcelletti Adriana – Wife of Tony of Ibiza Danielle Brown Luciana – Adriana's Bookish Sister Marijana Dominis Erotia – Tony's Vacuous Mistress Victoria Hulland Angelo – A Dodgy Jeweler Luke Schaufuss Dawn – Mother of Anthony and Tony Taylor Sambola Kimberley – Mother of Derek and Del Sareen Tchekmedyian Police Officer 'Fernando' Hernandez Ricki Bertoni * Town, 12 miles Northwest of Manchester PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 56-59

Friday & Saturday Evening

A Comedy of Errors Choreography by Sir David Bintley Music by Matthew Hindson Design by Dick Bird Lighting by Aaron Muhl Projection Designer Jennifer Propst Sound Designer Colin Towns Production Supervisor Doug Nicholson Stage Manager Diana Childs Conductor Paul Murphy Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet World Premiere 25 March 2022

Miguel – Restaurateur and Baker Octavio Martin Sastre – Gentleman's Outfitter Christopher Hird Asia Bui

Erotia's Friends Dominique Jenkins Emelia Perkins

Ryoko Sadoshima

Flamenco Dancers Asia Bui Ryoko Sadoshima Holidaymakers and Wedding Guests Kennedy Falyn Cassada Marco Alessandro Corcella Willa Frantz Mihai Costache Olivia McAlpine Harvey Evans Morgan Rust Eric Figueredo Cynthia Ryan Samuel Gest Emmanuelle Watkins Luis Gonzalez Kelly Williams Ethan Kimbrell Paige Young Thomas Leprohon Lenin Valladares Juliano Weber Hooligans Mihai Costache Harvey Evans Samuel Gest Ethan Kimbrell Thomas Leprohon Juliano Weber

PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 56-59

Saturday Matinee

A Comedy of Errors Choreography by Sir David Bintley Music by Matthew Hindson Design by Dick Bird Lighting by Aaron Muhl Projection Designer Jennifer Propst Sound Designer Colin Towns Production Supervisor Doug Nicholson Stage Manager Diana Childs Conductor Paul Murphy Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet World Premiere 25 March 2022

Tony of Ibiza and Anthony of Ramsbottom* – Twins Separated at Birth Ricardo Rhodes Yuri Marques Del of Ibiza and Derek of Ramsbottom* – Twins Also Separated at Birth Yuki Nonaka Evan Gorbell Adriana – Wife of Tony of Ibiza Anna Pellegrino Luciana – Adriana's Bookish Sister Dominique Jenkins Erotia – Tony's Vacuous Mistress Lauren Ostrander Angelo – A Dodgy Jeweler Daniel Pratt Dawn – Mother of Anthony and Tony Taylor Sambola Kimberley – Mother of Derek and Del Sareen Tchekmedyian Police Officer 'Fernando' Hernandez Richard House * Town, 12 miles Northwest of Manchester PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 56-59

Saturday Matinee

A Comedy of Errors Choreography by Sir David Bintley Music by Matthew Hindson Design by Dick Bird Lighting by Aaron Muhl Projection Designer Jennifer Propst Sound Designer Colin Towns Production Supervisor Doug Nicholson Stage Manager Diana Childs Conductor Paul Murphy Commissioned by The Sarasota Ballet World Premiere 25 March 2022

Miguel – Restaurateur and Baker Octavio Martin Sastre – Gentleman's Outfitter Christopher Hird Olivia McAlpine

Erotia's Friends Morgan Rust Macyn Vogt

Kelly Williams

Flamenco Dancers Asia Bui Ryoko Sadoshima Holidaymakers and Wedding Guests Savannah Campbell Kenny Allen Kennedy Falyn Cassada Calen Babz Willa Frantz Wyatt Dodd Bel Pickering Israel Ellis Cynthia Ryan Harvey Evans Hailey Stinchcomb Joseph Huberty Emmanuelle Watkins Thomas Leprohon Paige Young Ezra Schenck Lenin Valladares Juliano Weber Hooligans Kenny Allen Wyatt Dodd Harvey Evans Joseph Huberty Thomas Leprohon Juliano Weber

PLEASE SEE OUR SEASON PROGRAM BOOK FOR FULL PROGRAM NOTES PAGES 56-59

UP C O MING E VE N TS Friends of The Sarasota Ballet Luncheon 11 April 2022 @ 11:30am Michael's On East Friends of The Sarasota Ballet's Showcase Luncheons feature programs designed to enhance your understanding of the inner workings of the Company and, in addition, give you the opportunity to interact with other people who share your enthusiasm for The Sarasota Ballet. We invite you to join us on April 11th for another exciting Luncheon this Season!

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Alice in Wonderland 21 May 2022 @ 1pm & 5:30pm Riverview High School Performing Arts Center Celebrate a year of dedication to education with our year-end performances of the treasured classic tale, Alice in Wonderland, featuring students from The Sarasota Ballet School and our Dance – The Next Generation program.

Program 7 - Serendipitous Movement 29 - 30 April 2022 Sarasota Opera House The Season concludes with Program 7 – Serendipitous Movement, a triple bill that epitomizes the depth and range of The Sarasota Ballet, and features George Balanchine’s Serenade, the Company Premiere of Mark Morris’ The Letter V, and Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations. Balanchine’s gorgeous Serenade opens, coursing through the four movements of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in a mesmerizingly graceful display. The Company Premiere of Morris’ dynamic The Letter V follows, marking the first time the Company will have worked with this astounding choreographer.

The long-awaited return of MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations closes the Program with a ragtime-fueled, comedy-infused dance-off. Created for The Royal Ballet in 1974 with MacMillan at his most whimsical, the curtain opens as Elite Syncopations’ cast dances wildly on a virtually bare stage surrounded by a live band.

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Carol Arscott Ronelle Ashby Sumner and Irene Bagby Margaret and Isaac Barpal James and Lynnette Bennett Jon and Kris Berg Linda Berliner Barbara Blumfield Linda and Glen Bodzy Ina and Carl Born Marty and Barbara Bowling Barbara Brizdle James Brooks Beverly and Michael Budin Diana Cable Judy Cahn In Loving Memory of Charles Cahn Louise Cashman Bob and Jan Clark Diana Smith and Barry Cohen Kim and James Cornetet Katie Couchot Robin and Chase Curtis Jeanie Davis Mary and Peter Davis Sona and David Degann Amy and Michael Drake Murray Duffin John and Patricia Dupps Rosalyn and Joel Ehrenpreis Edward and Annette Eliasberg Douglas Engebretson Barbara and Bill Epperson Robert and Iris Fanger Steve and Wendy Fisk Paul Francis and Lolli Zarlin Michael and Jean Freed Rhoda and Stuart Friedman Barbara Vanderkolk Gardner Wanda Garofalo Donald and Phoebe Giddon Matt and Kristin Glavin Roz Goldberg Jane C. Gould and Stephen W. Fillo Helen and John Habbert William and Jo Haraf D'Anne Hurd

Stephen and Lila Huse Janet Hyman Barbara Jacoby Elizabeth Johnston Alison Jones In Loving Memory of Thomas H W Jones Anne E. Jones Andrea Justiniano Joseph and Teresa Kadow Deborah Kalb Richard Kemmler Phillip King Norma and James Koppel Vivian Kouvant Tassana and Michael Landy Dorothy Lawrence Ron and Katherine Lee Melvy Erman Lewis Guy and Maria Mandler Judith Marquis Dr. Noralyn Marshall Jean M. Martin Mary Alice McGovern Robert and Sharon McMillan Tim Metz and Geraldine Fabrikant Carolyn Michel Eric and Mafalda Neikrug Sue and Doug Neumann Howard and Barbara Noble, Jr. Charmian and Earl Noel Paula Norwood John and Barbara Overstreet Lenee and Conrad Owens Jeffrey Peterson Megan Powers Linda Prowten and George Mitchell Sara and Benjamin Robinson Susan L. Robinson Bob and Diane Roskamp Wylie and Nancy Royce Brian and Jean Rushton Sam Samelson William and Marge Sandy Eva Saunders Amy and Oscar Schachter Abby Sherry In Loving Memory of Murray Sherry

Barbara B. and Jeffrey C. Shivers Arthur Siciliano and B Aline Blanchard Nancy Smith and Fred Frankel Jake and Paula Sorg Malcolm Stevenson Elizabeth Stewart Peggy Sweeney Joan Tatum Jacqueline and John Thompson Anna Maria Troiano Sandy Ullman Joan Volpe and Ronald Kluck Michael and Mary Beth Walden Bernard and Lauren Walsh Thomas Weisman Jacqueline and Robert Whitaker ENTHUSIASTS $500 - $999 Anonymous Kyuran Ann Choe-Albano, MD Peter H. Amster DJ Arnold and Richard Prescott Ruth Barker Gaele Barthold and Larry Weiss Lenore Shapiro and Glen Behrendt Marc Behrendt In Loving Memory of Everett and Shirley Behrendt Richard Belle Charlotte Bimba Marty and Barbara Bowling Claudia Cardillo Alexander and Irene Cass Lynn Chancer Louis and Marianne Cohen Naomi and Saul Cohen Stanley and Norma Cohen Neal Colton Glenn and Evelyn Cooper Patricia Corson and Martin Goldstein William Cotter Sandra Cronsberg Robert and Linda Crootof Cynthia Cuminale Dan Denton Irene Dignan Douglas Endicott Sandra Fink

Barry and Judy Fireman Alfred Garrett In Loving Memory of Jennifer Gemmeke Gerald Genova Maria Georgiev Hermione Gilpin In Honor of Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain David Glorius Bonnie and David Goldmann James Grace Barbara K. Grauer Barney and Judy Greenhill Carla S Guarascio Joelle R. Hamovit Dr. Barbara Hajjar Beverly Harms Alene Hazeltine Dr. Audrey Heimler Bob Hemingway Allen and Stephanie Hochfelder Stephanie Horeis Peter and Bonnie Hurley Barbara Hyde Robert Jones Frank Kistler Ronald and Rita Karns Marlene Kitchell Robert Kloss Judith and Ike Koziol Randi and Donald Kreiss Barbara Lasker RIchard Leebove Bruce Lehman Alan Lenowitz and Terri Glasser Sandra Levy Evie Lichter Mr. and Mrs. Terrance L. Lindemann John Lindsey Kathleen and Erin Long Dorothy L. Lutter Gerda Maceikonis Julius and Kay Marcus Albert and Marita Marsh Henry and Ellen Mason Lynn and Gary Massel Kay Mathers David McLernon

Dianne McLoughlin Nancy Milbauer Sharon Miller Michael and Michelle Morris Paul and Karen Morton James Newman Susan Newsome In Loving Memory of Jon Newsome Lee and Jan Peakes Christine Perkins Lynne Pettigrew and Jay Plager Dr. Richard L. Prager Robert B. Radin Elizabeth Reese Pamela Reiter Peter Rittner Karen Roosen Stanley and Jo Rutstein Lawrence V. Sage John and Mayra Schmidt Susan Serling and David Kessler Elizabeth Shalett Jane Sheridan Frances and Steve Siegler Ira and Carole Singer Thomas and Carol Smith George and Rochelle Stassa Louise P. Stevens Audrey and Walter Stewart Hadassah Strobel In Loving Memory of Martin Strobel Lance Stubbs Cynthia Swanson and Michael Kutner Diran and Virginia Tashian Penny and Paul Thomas The Tucker Family Charitable Fund Robert Tutnauer Emily Walsh Leslie Weinstein Robert J. Wilk Ann Williams In Honor of Kelly Williams Carol B. Williams Jane Woods Stanley Zielinski Gifts are current as of March 16, 2022. Gifts and pledges (of $500 or more) received after this date will be recognized in future Performance Programs.

Institutional Support Foundation & Public Support $100,000+ Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation U.S. Small Business Administration The Muriel O’Neil Fund for the Performing Arts at The Community Foundation of Sarasota County

Corporate Partners Corporate Sponsors $10,000 + Assured Guaranty BMO Wealth Management GG Bailey Morton’s Gourmet Market & Catering

$50,000+ Alfred & Ann Goldstein Foundation – Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund Community Foundation of Sarasota County Gulf Coast Community Foundation Tourist Development Tax paid for in part by Sarasota County

Corporate Principal Circle $7,500-$9,999 Freed of London Mariner Wealth Advisors Serbin Print Marketing & Publishing Williams Parker Attorneys at Law

$20,000+ Bank of America Client Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Culture Builds Florida – Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts Shubert Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation $10,000+ Charles Henry Leach II Fund Harry Sudakoff Foundation The Exchange Schultz - Hill Foundation $5,000+ All Faiths Food Bank* Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation Jerome Robbins Foundation $1,000+ Dancing Angels Foundation Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children's Dance Fund Gilbert Waters Charitable Fund II Jelks Family Foundation Neuro Challenge Foundation, Inc Tidewell Foundation *In kind donation

Corporate Devotee Circle $5,000-$7,499 1st Source Bank Fifth Third Bank Michael’s on East Corporate Platinum Circle $3,500-$4,999 Cumberland Advisors Peter G. Laughlin Group Selva Grill Corporate Golden Circle $2,500-$3,499 Eurotech Cabinetry, Inc. Concierge Medical Services Sarasota Bay Club White Oaks Wealth Advisors Corporate Silver Circle $1,000-$2,499 Beneva Weddings & Events Dex Imaging FushiPoké Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez, Murphy & Walsh New York Dancewear Company The DanceWear Shoppe Corporate Enthusiasts Circle $500-$999 Mauldin & Jenkins Parker Group - UBS Financial Services Sights and Sounds Willis Smith Construction