SCA [NOW] Magazine Summer 2021

SUMMER 2021

SEASON #19

MASON STREET WAREHOUSE

MAGAZINE

SCA [NOW]

2021

MASON STREET WAREHOUSE SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL / JUNE 30 - JULY 11 DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY / JULY 21 - AUGUST 1 JUST TOO BIG / AUGUST 11 - 22

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WE HAVE RESHAPED, REFORMATTED, AND HUMANIZED THE VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. SEE HOW SCA [NOW] ALLOWS US TO GET INTO HUNDREDS OF CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

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SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL TAKES YOU BACK TO THE TUNES, FASHION, AND FREEDOM THAT MADE THE 1960’S SWING!

This smashing revue follows five young women as they come of age during the liberating days that made household names of Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, and Lulu.

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THIS HILARIOUS OFFBROADWAY SMASH RETURNS TO SAUGATUCK WITH AMERICA’S SAUCY TUPPERWARE LADY IN AN ALL-NEW SHOW THAT’S SASSIER THAN EVER.

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Featuring Dixie Longate, the fast-talking, gum-chewing, ginger-haired Alabama gal who is bringing your grandma’s Tupperware party out of the living room and into the 21st century.

WHEN IT COMES TO BROADWAY SHOWS, SIZE MATTERS…

But not this summer as we push past boundaries in our outdoor performance space! From the mind of Kurt Stamm and created specifically for our new outdoor stage, enjoy hits from iconic and new musicals as well as a few hidden gems you didn’t know you loved (until now).

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MSW AND THE SCA ARE THRILLED TO BRING VOCAL POWERHOUSE MEGHAN “BIG RED” MURPHY TO OUR OUTDOOR STAGE.

Meghan has taken the world by storm … come see what all the fuss is about and experience an evening of songs, stories, sexiness, and sass by the diva herself.

WELCOME TO THE SCA

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Welcome to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts!

The SCA is a smoke-free, drug-free, and weaponsfree environment.

Outside food or beverages are prohibited on the SCA campus. We offer a cash bar prior to performances and during intermissions. For everyone’s protection, we ID all guests who appear under the age of 40.

For the safety of our performers, respect to fellow patrons, and to comply with our licensing agreements, we ask you to turn off your phones before the performance begins. The use of photography, video or audio recording of any production is strictly prohibited.

Kristin Armstrong Executive Director

Kurt Stamm Artistic Director

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The SCA is committed to creating a safe, healthy environment for all of our guests. In addition to providing hand washing stations (bathrooms) and hand sanitizer, we have also implemented the following improvements IN our building: •

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This advanced technology reduces pathogens, allergens, particles, smoke, and odors in the air providing the most effective air purification method for your health and safety.

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REINVENTION OF THE

SCA CAMPUS During the past two decades SCA leadership and family has turned an abandoned pie factory into a bustling community art center.

The pie freezer became a 410-seat theater. Coolers morphed into a gallery, conference room, art studio, and 55-seat performance space. The shipping dock transformed into a lobby and deck. The production line became a pavilion and garden.

As we continued to grow, our programming expanded to fill those spaces.

In summer 2020, we were pushed outside to a part of the SCA Campus that, until recently, had a singular use: the parking lot. We quickly realized that this large outdoor space is hyper flexible and can be used for a multiplicity of purposes including concerts, films, art, farmers markets, children’s classes, special events -and sometimes parking too.

The new Plaza is the final piece of the SCA puzzle.

With the completion of this renovation (or reinvention), the SCA has transformed every inch of the old pie factory. Lot line to lot line -- it is now a community art center serving folks of all ages from all walks of life.

Our Plaza renovation project was made possible through the generous support of these SCA family members, including a special lead gift from the estate of Bill Galligan, a longtime Saugatuck resident who had a deep love for the community, for arts & culture, and for the SCA. Bill spent five seasons as the Farmers Market Manager at the SCA, spending countless hours in the parking lot -- in the rain, under the sun, during warm days and cool ones -coordinating Market vendors and guests.

Jeff Antaya & Peter Rosenfeld Mark Davis Brian “Skip” Schipper Bobbie Gaunt Richard Heriford & Guy Ballard Sarah & Murray Kessler Vickie & Dan Bischoff Roxanne Decyk & Lew Watts Mary Kay & Mark Baker Linda & Dick Riekse

Andrea & Ely Tama Tim Straker & John Cannarsa Gina & John Armstrong Kirbie Petersen & Brian Stephens Nancy Schmitt Garnett Lewis & Vicky Cobb Howard Rochte & Russell Lamesfeld Deb & Doug West Bill Baillargeon & Brent Leonard

THANKS Special thanks to JPD Design/Jason & Denise Dedic and Richard Heriford and Bud Baty for managing the project.

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initial renderings: The plaza project began 2 years ago and with the help of the SCA family, it’s now a reality

WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THIS LARGE OUTDOOR SPACE IS HYPER FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE USED FOR A MULTIPLICITY OF PURPOSES INCLUDING CONCERTS, THEATRE, FILMS, ART, FARMERS MARKETS, CHILDREN’S CLASSES, SPECIAL EVENTS -- AND SOMETIMES PARKING.

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SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL JUNE 30 - JULY 11

SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

With its irresistible blend of hip-swiveling hits, fabulous fashions and outrageous dance moves, SHOUT! The Mod Musical takes you back to the tunes, fashion, and freedom that made the 1960’s swing!

SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL Created By Phillip George & David Lowenstein “Mod Musings” & “Groovy Gab” by Peter Charles Morris & Phillip George Orchestrations & Additional Arrangements by Bradley Vieth Originally Directed Off-Broadway by Phillip George Originally Choreographed Off-Broadway by David Lowenstein Originally Produced Off-Broadway in New York City by Victoria Lang & P.P. Piccoli and Mark Schwartz

Developed in association with Amas Musical Theatre, Donna Trinkoff, Producing Director

Shout! The Mod Musical Song List “England Swings / Round Every Corner / I Know a Place” Color Girls “Talk About Love” Letter to Gwendolyn Holmes #1 “I Only Want to be with You / Tell the Boys” New Issue: 1964 Letter to Gwendolyn Holmes #2 “How Can You Tell / Wishin’ & Hopin’” Ectocil “1-2-3 / Paul McCartney’s Comb / To Sir with Love” Breaking Up “Wives & Lovers / My Handsome Prince” “Don’t Sleep in the Subway” New Issue: 1965 The Pill “Son of a Preacher Man” Smoking “Coldfinger” New Issue: 1966

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“You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” Letter to Gwendolyn Holmes #3 “Winds of Change Melody” The Face of 1968 “I Just Don’t Know What to do with Myself” Sign of the Times / Color My World “These Boots are Made for Walking” My Most Embarrassing Moment Letter to Gwendolyn Holmes #4 The Man Test “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love” Letter to Gwendolyn Holmes #5 “You’re My World / All I See Is You” New Issue: 1970 / “Those Were the Days” Letter to Gwendolyn Holmes #6 “Shout” “Pictures of the Past / Downtown” “Shout! (Reprise)”

THE CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

BLUE

Director/Co-Choreographer Co-Choreographer Musical Director Assistant to Artistic Director Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Set Design Lighting Design Costume Design Sound Design/Board Op Wig Designer Wardrobe Supervisor/Props Show Technical Director Master Electrician Assistant Master Electrician Dresser A2/Crew Keyboard 1 Keyboard 2 Drums

....... Evan Bertram

RED ORANGE

....... Katie Fay Francis*

....... Tess Marshall

GREEN

....... Amanda Robles*

YELLOW

....... Zuri Washington*

SWING

....... Lara Allison

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Kurt Stamm Jay Gamboa Tom Vendafreddo Nathan Turland Danny Kuenzel* Emma Schoenfelner Jeremy Barnett Jen Kules Darlene Veenstra Cameron M. Griffiths James Leppa Amanda Vander Byl Michael Reinhardt Kadie Howe Sydney Geysbeek Joel Shinavier Adam Schrems Tom Vendafreddo Brent Decker Alex Hamel

* Denotes member of Actors Equity Association

THIS SMASHING REVUE FOLLOWS FIVE YOUNG WOMEN AS THEY COME OF AGE DURING THE LIBERATING DAYS THAT MADE HOUSEHOLD NAMES OF PETULA CLARK, DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, AND LULU.

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THE CAST

EVAN BERTRAM - BLUE

KATIE FAY FRANCIS* - RED

A New York-based actor originally from Charlotte, NC. She has performed in regional theatres across the country, most recently Flat Rock Playhouse and Riverside Center for the Performing Arts. Some of her favorite credits include Margo (Bright Star), Sarah Brown (Guys and Dolls), The Witch (Into the Woods), and Brooke Ashton (Noises Off). In addition to being a performer, Evan is also a singer/songwriter and a playwright! She graduated from James Madison University with a B.A. in Musical Theatre. All the glory to God and love to her family!

Katie made her MSW debut in 2019 as Phoebe in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.

She is thrilled beyond words to be back!

Based out of New York, Katie’s credits include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (National Tour), Once (Northern Stage), The Foreigner, An Iliad, Big River (Utah Shakes), Singin’ in the Rain, Mystery of Edwin Drood, Arsenic and Old Lace (Lyric Repertory). Katie and her wonderful husband Scott were married this past fall in Katie’s beautiful Northern Utah childhood home. After this past year, they feel deeply grateful to return to this extraordinary world of theater.

TESS MARSHALL - ORANGE

AMANDA ROBLES* - GREEN

Tess is thrilled to be back on stage and is especially grateful to be spreading joy through live performance after such a long time away from the theatre. Favorite credits: Ragtime (Ellis Island Workshop); Young Frankenstein (Inga); Spamalot (Lady of the Lake); The Sound of Music (Elsa); American Idiot (Heather). Thanks to mom and dad for making room in their home this past year and to all of you for supporting the return of the arts by being here. Enjoy the show!

Website: tessoliviamarshall.com Instagram: tess_marshall

A graduate of the University of the Arts with a BFA in Musical Theater. Previous roles include Elena of Avalor in Elena’s Royal Welcome (Walt Disney World), Isabel in American Mariachi (Denver Center and the Old Globe Theater), Carla in In the Heights (Westport Country Playhouse), Cinderella in Into the Woods (Barrington Stage Co.), and Aldonza in Man of La Mancha (Stages St.Louis). Thank you to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts for giving me my first job out of the pandemic. For Doreen. www.amanda-robles.com. @arobles43

ZURI WASHINGTON* - YELLOW

LARA ALLISON - SWING

A Bronx-born native who is thrilled to make her post-pandemic debut here in beautiful Saugatuck, Michigan! Notable credits include Sister Act (Deloris), Bring it On: The Musical (Danielle), Memphis, the Musical (Felicia), and Bat Out of Hell. Love to my family because I don’t know where I’d be without them. And many thanks to the original inhabitants of this land, the Potowatomi. We get to present our art here and I am forever grateful. Follow her exploits on Instagram: @zuriwithafringeontop. #blackandyellow #solidarityisforwhitewomen #mellowyellow

Lara is lucky enough to call Saugatuck/ Douglas home! She was a running crew intern with SCA on Memphis the Musical, and worked with the Growing Young Artists program--what a joy it is to work in her own backyard! Lara is a theater alum of Interlochen Arts Academy (in northern Michigan) and currently studies musical theatre at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Her favorite roles include Johanna in Sweeney Todd, a Gargoyle in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical the Musical. A big shout out to Mom, Dad, and TJ for their endless support!

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The SCA has long been a curator of multidisciplinary educational programming for K-12th graders. Through the eyeopening pandemic experience, we realized that these programs no longer have to be tethered to West Michigan (hosted at the SCA or at schools). We challenged ourselves to reshape, reformat, and humanize the virtual educational experience … enter SCA [NOW] Classroom Conversations, the merger of connection and creativity.

SCA [NOW] is a connectivity hub for highly-interactive, interdisciplinary learning that promotes positive socialemotional impact through a deep dive in creativity; exposing students to a wide range of professional creatives and hands-on experiences.

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During our old “in-person” model the SCA served approximately 5,000 students per year. This new DIGITAL model allows us to break the location-based restraints and substantially grow our outreach. Allowing students near and far to meet professional working artists, designers, actors, musicians, chefs, dancers, and more -- real world role models who will inspire them to take action to make the world a better place!

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DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY JULY 21 - AUGUST 1

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DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY: The Tupperware trademark is used with kind permission of the Tupperware Brands Corporations

Hey hookers, I’m Dixie Longate, America’s Favorite Tupperware lady. I’m from Mobile, Alabama, born and raised. What can I say, I’m a southern girl through and through. I started selling the fantastic plastic crap in 2001 and I have never had so much fun drinking for free in my life. Within a year, I was one of the top sellers in the nation because, well, me and some plastic bowls, and a bunch of drunk women somehow equals lots of sales. - Dixie

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BUY S TICKET Lighting Design Richard Winkler

Sound Design Christopher K. Bond

Tour Manager Richard Winkler

General Management K L Management

by Directed by

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WEDDINGS

THERE’S LOVE IN THE AIR LET’S TALK RENTALS WITH TERESA PALAZZOLO ZERFAS AND RECENTLY MARRIED COUPLE REBECCA AND RYAN ADOMAITIS

The SCA is proud to be more than just an arts center -- here, memories are made and magic happens.

Couple name: Rebecca and Ryan Adomaitis Wedding Date: September 28, 2019

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Tell us about your wedding at the SCA: We had an excellent experience working with Teresa.

She was so helpful in answering the many questions an anxious bride has and worked with us to make our day just what we had envisioned.

What was the most valuable part about hosting your wedding at the SCA: We loved the SCA as it provided outdoor and indoor accommodations. We wanted an outdoor wedding but loved the safety net of the indoor option in case of inclement weather. The architecture, gardens, and gallery makes for a venue full of interest for our guests, instead of one large room, we had multiple areas to enjoy and people could pick the space that felt most comfortable when the evening cooled off.

What about Saugatuck/Douglas made your wedding extra special?

Saugatuck is special to us as it was the site of our second date - and many more to follow. We love to explore the dunes and lakeshore with our pup Remy.

We also rented a local Air BnB and had a great time celebrating downtown with friends after the wedding was over.

Meet Teresa: Teresa has been the SCA’s Rental Coordinator since 2010. Contact her at teresa@sc4a.org

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AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 22 Songs from shows so big they won’t fit on MSW’s stage...yet!

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THE CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

Gina Milo Nina Negron Juliette Redden David Socolar Lamont Walker, II

Director ................................................

Music Director ................................................

Associate Music Director ................................................

Assistant to Artistic Director ................................................

Production Manager ................................................

Assistant Production Manager ................................................

Set Design ................................................

Lighting Design ................................................

Costume Design ................................................

Sound Design/Board Op ................................................

Wardrobe Supervisor ................................................

Technical Director ................................................

Master Electrician ................................................

Assistant Master Electrician/Spot Op .....................................

A2/Crew ................................................

Sound Intern ................................................

Keyboard 1 ................................................

Keyboard 2 ................................................

Drums ................................................

Bass ................................................

Kurt Stamm Tom Vendafreddo Brent Decker Nathan Turland Danny Kuenzel Emma Schoenfelner Jeremy Barnett Jen Kules Darlene Veenstra Cameron M. Griffiths Joel Shinavier Michael Reinhardt Kadie Howe Sydney Geysbeek Adam Schrems Jalen Myers Tom Vendafreddo Brent Decker Alex Hamel Chris “Red” Blisset

WHEN IT COMES TO BROADWAY SHOWS, SIZE MATTERS… BECAUSE MUSICALS LIKE MISS SAIGON, HAIRSPRAY, LES MISÉRABLES, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, WICKED, AND COME FROM AWAY ARE, QUITE SIMPLY, TOO BIG (OR NOT AVAILABLE YET) FOR OUR STAGE. BUT NOT THIS SUMMER AS WE PUSH PAST BOUNDARIES IN OUR OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE SPACE!

Thank you to our 2021 Performance Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Holland Doctors of Audiology | Michelle & Bob Fish | George Stoutin of Edward Jones | Baird Wealth Management Cathy & Clark Carmichael Gold Sponsors Specialty Gardens | Kevin Putnam, Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt & Joseph Blodgett, MD Gold Sponsors Huntington Bank | Macatawa Bank | First National Bank of Michigan | Cunningham Dalman | Miller Johnson Sandy & Dan Shanahan | Lakeshore Allergy

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JUST TO BIG THE CAST

GINA MILO

JULIETTE REDDEN

Gina is so thankful to be returning to the SCA. Most recently seen here as Sibella in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Tanya in Mamma Mia! Broadway: Les Miserables. Tours: Les Miserables, Annie and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Regional: Little Shop of Horrors. (Audrey) at PCS and Cincinnati Playhouse, Pin Up Girls at Casa Mañana; The Producers (Ulla - Encore Award) at the Argyle Theatre; A Christmas Story (Mother), Plaza Suite (Muriel, Encore Award) and Hairspray (Penny) at the Engeman Theater; White Christmas (Betty) and Spamalot (Lady of the Lake, JEFF nomination) at Drury Lane; Enter Laughing (Miss B) at Bay Street. She was also in MSW’s Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), Lucky Stiff (Annabelle) and Xanadu (Kira). Being a mom is her most important role yet...

Intstagram: @ginadmilo

Juliette is thrilled to be able to perform live theater again thanks to Saugatuck Center for the Arts. She graduated with a BFA in musical theater from Texas State University. She recently had the opportunity to record her first cast album for her upcoming project Anne of Green Gables, The Musical. Thank you to her family, Jake, HCKR agency, and everyone here in Saugatuck for making this possible.

NINA NEGRON Nina is thrilled to be back at the SCA performing onstage for the first time in over a year! As the pandemic flipped ALL of our lives upside down, Nina has been focusing her time on personal training. Full time with her MIRROR team, she is teaching live 1:1 workouts to people all across the country! Previous credits include: In The Heights, Rent, Disney Cruise Line stage performances, and a leading role in the short film “Hi-Glow Retro” produced by Silvermine Productions. To this team and my team back home; I love and appreciate you all so much. www.ninavnegron.com

DAVID SOCOLAR David is overjoyed to be back on a stage after such an unexpectedly long hiatus, in his first ever appearance at the Saugatuck Center For The Arts. Following this he will be returning to the role of Dr. Pomatter in the National Tour of Waitress. Regional credits include The Full Monty (Capital Rep.), Anne of Green Gables: A New Folk Rock Musical (Finger Lakes MTF), Amazing Grace (D.C.) Many thanks as always to the All-Star gang over at BLOC, and to Mom and Dad for always encouraging me to keep on going.

Social: @davidsocolar

LAMONT WALKER, II Lamont is excited to help bring the stage back to life after this incredibly daunting year. He most recently appeared in SCA’s production of In The Heights (Benny). You can find Lamont on Broadway this winter in MJ: the Musical and you can catch him in the webseries Fortheboys via Slaytv. Other Credits include: Signature Theatre (The Scottsboro Boys, Haywood), Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (Aida, Mereb), The Playwrights Realm, and many others. Asé. @lamontwalkerii

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JUST TOO BIG! Created By Kurt Stamm

An Evening of Songs from Broadway’s biggest shows, including song’s from: Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, and Moulin Rouge

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FRESH LEARN MORE TUESDAY 10AM - 2PM FRIDAY 9AM - 3PM Fresh Local Food: A young woman fills her bag at the 2020 Market at SCA.

Tell us about why Green Koi chose to support the Saugatuck Center for the Arts: One of our missions at Green Koi is to support other local businesses. On top of the SCA being a great organization, the arts have always been very important to my business partner and me. From a young age, I always felt drawn to utilize art to express myself.

Another significant factor has been the welcoming environment I always feel at the SCA. As a gay man, I have always deeply appreciated having a safe space to be freely oneself.

Green Koi is an artistic expression in itself, we created something out of what was an eyesore in the community, now it’s something to be proud of. The SCA gives that same thing to the community. We both are giving an opportunity to the people in this community to experience something that they may not have had access to otherwise.

The Market at Saugatuck Center for the Arts hosts an array of vendors - from local farmers with home-grown produce, to hand-crafted gifts, to fresh-cut flowers. We had the opportunity to catch up with David Setzke, the owner of Green Koi - and the premier sponsor of the SCA Markets, to chat about why he loves the Markets at the SCA.

What makes the SCA Markets different from other markets that you have attended?

Throughout the last two years, I have visited the Market at different points in the pandemic. In these times where things were dark and confusing, the SCA provided a comfortable safe space that could almost seem “normal”.

The ability to pivot and navigate through different restrictions while still bringing joy to the community sets them apart.

What is your favorite find at the SCA Markets so far?

Isabel’s Pizza. It’s the best wood fire oven pizza I have ever had in my life. I went to the Market all the time, just for that pizza.

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IN THESE TIMES WHEN THINGS WERE DARK AND CONFUSING, THE SCA PROVIDED A COMFORTABLE SAFE SPACE THAT COULD ALMOST SEEM “NORMAL”. THE ABILITY TO PIVOT AND NAVIGATE THROUGH DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS WHILE STILL BRINGING JOY TO THE COMMUNITY SETS THEM APART. I also have a soft spot for fresh flower bouquets. I used to be a part owner in a flower shop business, and I know how much hard work and dedication someone put into growing those flowers, selecting those specific ones for the bouquet, and arranging it all.

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The Big Red Show: Meghan “Big Red” Murphy stars in this one night only performance on Saturday, September 4.

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GYA

“GROWING YOUNG ARTISTS” (GYA) CELEBRATES THE COMPLETE STUDENT, GIVING THEM SPACE, TIME AND RESOURCES TO SELF-REFLECT AND EMPOWERING THEM TO CREATE WITH VOICE AND AGENCY.

Maybe you’ve taken in a musical at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Maybe you’ve perused an exhibit in the gallery, strolled through the garden on a summer afternoon or enjoyed a virtual performance in the past year.

Would it surprise you then to learn that you’ve only just scratched the surface when it comes to the SCA’s mission and impact within the local community?

Coequal with their drive to entertain and engage the people of Saugatuck-Douglas and surrounding communities, is their commitment to providing unfettered access to the arts for all and transforming lives in our region.

Nowhere is that commitment more evident than in the Growing Young Artists (GYA) program. For the last 10 years, GYA has been a project-based, summer school curriculum initiative serving K-8 and migrant children in Fennville Public Schools find their voices and realize their potential.

access to the arts for all and transforming lives in our region: A member of the SCA Joy Squad explains a lesson to a group of GYA students in Fennville Middle School.

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“The SCA has impacted hundreds of students’ lives through multiple weeks of well-planned, high-quality hands-on, art-focused lessons designed to address inequities in learning,” says SCA Education & Exhibitions Manager Whitney Valentine. “Through [GYA], we strive to celebrate students’ natural assets.”

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Further than scholastics: Whitney Valentine, the SCA’s Education and Exhibitions Manager, has led the GYA program for the past 8 years.

Taught by a variety of young professionals recruited by the SCA who work alongside school staff, other community organizations and a visiting artist-in-residence, GYA uses the arts and the natural world as a conduit to teach the entire spectrum of core competencies.

But the program goes further than scholastics, providing students a more nuanced, yet equally as critical set of skills. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) encourages the formation of healthy identities, management of emotions, feeling and expressing empathy, creating supportive relationships, and making responsible, caring decisions.

GYA celebrates the complete student, giving them space, time and resources to self-reflect and empowering them to create with voice and agency.

This is a key component of the SCA’s driving mission to shift the paradigm of education and focus on individualized, comprehensive teaching approaches that aim to close achievement and opportunity gaps through constructive and lasting personal development.

THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE SCA’S DRIVING MISSION TO SHIFT THE

“If it was up to me, I’d spend far more time focusing on SEL and mental health in the classrooms,” says Valentine. “It’s an equity issue. Our Growing Young Artists lessons emphasize communication skills, self-awareness, relationship-building and ways to express emotions. I am unapologetic about this.

Students need to feel seen, recognized, heard and supported right now. They need to feel love. Our program allows each student to have the spotlight and uses art to process big ideas and big feelings.

By centering learning around art-making we can encourage individualization while also celebrating the community as a whole.”

PARADIGM OF EDUCATION AND FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALIZED, COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING APPROACHES.

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Supplementing the traditional teachers and instructors each summer is the Growing Young Artists’ artist-in-residence, a bilingual creator who works to instill in the students the value of sharing their stories and voices. 2021 will see Chicago muralist and musician Sandra Antongiorgi working with students to create a mural in downtown Fennville reflective of their personal journeys.

“This summer, we are focusing on the theme of community; after all it is what we all innately seek, long for, and desire,” notes Valentine. “We are all a part of many communities: families, friends, culture, classmates, colleagues. We know that can be in overlapping communities and some different communities. But sometimes we don’t feel like we belong.”

The culmination of the program is a community fiesta with food, drinks, music, and a vibrant public display of the students’ art projects. While 2020 was an obviously muted affair, Valentine and others hope that with proper protocols in place, 2021’s celebration will be a festive return closer to normalcy.

Growing Young Artists’ impact is tangible, says Valentine. “Each summer there are countless stories of transformation, some quiet and others unmistakably loud. I think the mere fact that we have a record of increased attendance, students wanting to be at school, being excited to come back speaks volumes.

We’ve seen students, specifically from migrant families, who take such care and pride in their work, their sketchbooks, and projects that they travel with them.”

The overwhelming success of Growing Young Artists has seen it go from a once-a-week arts enrichment program supplementing Fennville’s Migrant program to supplanting the summer school model. And that is something that the SCA would like to expand into other schools and districts. For the first time, in 2021, the SCA will broaden its reach, taking the GYA program to the Paw Paw School District.

“We’ve found something that works, that’s very affordable and implementable,” says SCA Executive Director Kristin Armstrong.

“It is different, and you’ve got to believe that art is an excellent delivery model, but if you can get your head around that and if you can be innovative and flexible, we know it works. If you’re a school that’s already doing project-based learning or you’re really committed to social-emotional learning, this makes sense to you because you realize that the old models where you’re teaching to the test don’t address those things.”

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There is a recognized need, not just in West Michigan, but across the nation, for holistic educational models that offer all students, regardless of their background, equal opportunities. And summer after summer, GYA is proving just how integral the arts are to creating kind, creative, engaged and confident students.

The true legacy of GYA is its potential to impact change well beyond classroom walls. “My hope for our program is that students who participate in it truly feel like they belong, that they are accepted, listened to, and supported,” says Valentine. “When we plant seeds of support early on and give students agency in their choices and words, it can completely shift their futures; their own, their families’, and their communities’. I believe small change occurs in small classrooms, in small communities and can create BIG impact.”

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KURT STAMM MSW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOUNDER / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER - SHOUT! AND JUST TOO BIG

Kurt is Mason Street Warehouse founder and Artistic Director of the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, now in its 19th season.

Kurt worked on Broadway, on national tours and at numerous regional theatres across the country before making Saugatuck his theatrical home.

When he’s not at the SCA, he directs theatrical and corporate shows across the country, and spends time at his home in Colorado with his husband and lifeline, Joe. “Love and gratitude to my casts, creative teams, crews and staff who have made MSW and the SCA such a gift over the past 19 years.”

Off Broadway: Director/Choreographer, Closer Than Ever (2013 Joseph A. Callaway Award nomination, Best Choreography of a Musical,) Our Sinatra (2000 M.A.C Award, Best Musical Review), Below the Valley of the Dolls, Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love, 2016 Oscar Hammerstein Awards honoring Angela Lansbury; Choreographer, They Wrote That with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Starting Here, Starting Now. National Tours: Director, Leader of the Pack, Our Sinatra.

Regional: Director/Choreographer, Chicago, Closer Than Ever, Our Sinatra, Baby, Little Shop of Horrors, Guys & Dolls, West Side Story, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The World Goes ‘Round, Anything Goes, Oklahoma, Cole, Damn Yankees, and Starting Here, Starting Now.

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Broadway: Associate Director, Fosse (1999 Tony Award, Best Musical); Associate Director, The American Songbook.

At Mason Street Warehouse: Director/ Choreographer, In The Heights*, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder*, Mamma Mia!, Once the Musical*, Memphis the Musical*, It Shoulda Been You, Million Dollar Quartet, The Great American Trailer Park Musical*, Cabaret*, First Date, Steam Heat (World Premier), Beehive, Xanadu, Closer Than Ever, Avenue Q, Our Sinatra (10th Anniversary Production), Chicago, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*, Marvelous Wonderettes, The Full Monty, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee, Das Barbecu, Evita, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Altar Boyz, Lucky Stiff, The Thing About Men, Honky-Tonk Highway, Smokey Joes Café, and Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love. Director, 8 The Play, The 39 Steps, Dirty Blonde, and Bright Ideas.

2015 Wilde Award Winner of the Founder’s Award for Theatre in the state of Michigan.

Industrials: Director – Mac Cosmetics, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Urovant Pharmaceuticals, Canon, Mercedes, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Thyssenkrup Steal, Turner Network’s truTV, Pfizer, The College Board, Rite Aide, Cadillac, Kodak, and Broadway.com. Cum Laud Graduate, University of Utah. Love to my husband and lifeline, Joe. www.kurtstamm.com * denotes Michigan Wilde Award Winner

ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS DANNY KUENZEL

EMMA SCHOENFELNER

(Production Stage Manager & Production Manager) 2021 marks Danny’s 18th season with Mason Street Warehouse and the SCA. While last season proved to be vastly different, Danny was so happy to join the Oh What a Night team bringing music and joy to Saugatuck by way of the parking lot. Shout! is her fifty-sixth MSW production, over half of which have been collaborations with director Kurt Stamm. Other regional credits include: Clarence Brown Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Arkansas Rep., Northern Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Indiana Rep., and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival.

Welcome back everyone! You have been missed.

(Assistant Stage Manager) - is beyond excited to be back with her MSW family for her 9th season, and to return to theatre work for the first time since the pandemic began. Over the years at MSW, Emma has been a House Manager (2011-2013), a Dresser (2015), an Assistant Stage Manager (2016-2017), and Kurt’s assistant (2018-2019). Outside of her summers in Saugatuck, Emma calls TimeLine Theatre Company of Chicago her theatrical home, and just before the pandemic, had begun working as a Dresser at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

NATHAN TURLAND (Assistant to the Artistic Director) Originally from Hale, MI, and now living in NYC. It’s an honor to be back in the role of Kurt’s 2nd brain for my 3rd season at MSW! Thank you so much to this community for helping keep theatre alive.

JAMES LEPPA (Wigmaster, Shout! The Mod Musical) is a young entrepreneur and practicing Cosmetologist of 16 years, and has been working as Wigmaster for Mason Street Warehouse since Beehive in 2014. He finds his inspiration for his art through nature and meditation. Every season, he is thrilled to join MSW and the cast and crew for creative collaboration with so many talented individuals. James lives in Southwest Michigan and loves to explore with his two furbabies Aurora and Jasmine. “The love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.”

Heather Paterson King: During a 2018 production of Mamma Mia!

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ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS CON’T The cast of Once: The summer of 2018 was a magical time at MSW with Mamma Mia!, Dixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull and Once The Musical.

CAMERON M. GRIFFITHS

(Sound Designer) is extremely excited to be making his debut at Mason Street and is looking forward to a great season ahead!

Since leaving Webster Conservatory in 2018, he has traveled non-stop throughout the country working on numerous productions and crews as a creative sound and systems designer/engineer for theatrical and live events. Cameron’s most notable productions include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love And Murder and Disney’s When You Wish at Tuacahn Center for the Performing Arts in Utah (FOH Sound Engineer). As well as Rebel and Misfits’ production of Macbeth: Come Like Shadows in St. Louis and Disney’s Newsies at Timber Lake Playhouse in Illinois (Sound Designer). He is currently studying for his CTS Certification and plans on officially licensing his audio production company in the near future. Welcome back to live entertainment everyone!

ALEX HAMEL

(Drums, Shout! The Mod Musical and Just Too Big) Alex is very excited to be back at Mason Street Warehouse! He has previously appeared on-stage, and/or in the pit, in several productions including: Once (Emcee); Million Dollar Quartet (Fluke); In The Heights; Memphis; Trailer Park (2016); Cabaret; Steam Heat; Closer Than Ever; and Avenue Q. A multi-instrumentalist based out of Grand Rapids, and primarily a theatre musician, Alex performs extensively in the Grand Rapids area and beyond—usually playing the role of drummer. Recent Musical Director credits: One Night with Fanny Brice (Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids), and Passing Strange (Actor’s Theatre). He has toured the nation several times with Grand Rapidsbased performance art troupe Super Happy Funtime, serves on the faculty at GVSU accompanying all of their modern dance Courses, and operates a recording studio business.

TOM VENDAFREDDO

(Music Director, Shout! The Mod Musical & Orchestrations, Just Too Big): Tom is thrilled to return to Mason Street, where he earned a Wilde Award nomination for his appearance in Murder for Two and won a Wilde Award for music direction of In the Heights. He is a Jeff Award-winning music director/actor with Chicago credits at Paramount Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Porchlight Music Theatre, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, among others.

Regional credits include: Signature Theatre, (DC), Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Musical Theatre, Capital City Theatre, Musical Theatre Heritage, Chestnut Fine Arts Center, and Red Mountain Theatre Company. Tom is the proud founding Artistic Director of the Chicago Artists Chorale and was the recipient of the Illinois Theatre Association’s 2020 Award of Excellence for Professional Theatre. BM: Eastman School of Music.

MFA: San Diego State University. www.tomvendafreddo.com IG: @tvendafreddo

JAY GAMBOA

(Co-choreographer, Shout! The Mod Musical) is so excited to be back in his element and returning to Saugatuck to co-choreograph Shout! The Mod Musical with Kurt Stamm!

He is originally from Maui, Hawaii and attended AMDA in Los Angeles. Jay, alongside Kurt Stamm, received a 2020 Oscar Wilde award for Best Choreography for their work on In The Heights at the SCA. Other credits: the CW’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, the Australian and North American Tour of PJ Masks Live. Select regional credits: Mamma Mia! (Mason Street Warehouse and The Engeman Theatre), Rent (Gateway Playhouse), Pepe in West Side Story (San Diego Musical Theatre).

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DARLENE VEENSTRA

(Resident Costume Designer) joined the family at MSW in 2004 and has been the Resident Costume Designer ever since. It’s a thrill to once again be back in our home, in our new outdoor space, creating art together with our MSW family. Darlene is currently the Costume Shop Manager at Hope College, where she is also in her 21st year as Costume Designer for the Dance Program, and is a Costume Designer for West Ottawa Public Schools Theater. But her favorite role is that of Grandma to her sweet grandbabies, Keithon, Grace, Cole, Nevaeh and brand new Baby Luca.

SYDNEY GEYSBEEK

(Assistant Master Electrician) Sydney is delighted to be returning to Mason Street for a second year! She has just finished her freshman year at the University of Michigan, where she is working towards a BFA in Design and Production, concentrating in Lighting Design and Master Electrician work, and a minor in Physics. Over the past year, she has been fortunate enough to work on University Productions’ A Beautiful Country (LBO), Romeo and Juliet (Electrician), Don Pasquale (LBO), and Godspell (Electrician) at Umich. During her first year at MSW, she was an Assistant Electrician for In the Heights, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Unnecessary Farce.

MICHAEL REINHARDT, DEADWOOD PRODUCTIONS

(Technical Director) Owned and operated by theatre veterans Michael Reinhardt and his wife Elizabeth Jackson, Deadwood Productions was founded in 1998. The company began by producing Murder Mystery performances but went on to produce full-scale productions featuring professional directors, actors and technicians. (Con’t next page)

ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS CON’T Lamont Walker II: The 2019 production of In The Heights

MICHAEL REINHARDT, DEADWOOD PRODUCTIONS

(Con’t from previous page) With the help of talented staff, Deadwood Productions now provides a variety of technical services including: set design and construction, specialty props construction, sound and lighting. The company also has a following among the “Comic Con” and “Pop Culture” communities, being known for its creation of a wide variety of Steampunk items, as well as television and film prop replicas.

KADIE HOWE

(Master Electrician) Kadie is ecstatic to be returning to Mason Street for her 7th summer season! During a typical year, she usually works as a master electrician and/ or lighting designer at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, GRCC’s Spectrum Theatre, GVSU’s Louis Armstrong Theatre, SCA’s Bertha Krueger Reid Theatre, and Sparta High School’s Spartan Auditorium. In addition to her usual lighting work around West Michigan, Kadie is also the Auditorium Manager at Sparta High School. She would like to give a special thanks to all the people in her life who push her to go further, do better, and dream bigger.

AMANDA VANDER BYL

(Wardrobe Supervisor and Properties) Amanda is proper chuffed to be back in Saugatuck with the Mason Street gang this summer! Previously at Mason Street, she worked backstage on Wardrobe for 6 productions and she designed costumes for The Great American Trailer Park Musical in 2016. She is a Chicago-based Costume Designer whose credits include Grease, Junie B. Jones (Marriott Theatre), Bloody Bathory (The Barrens Theatre Co.), and Comedy of Errors (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre). This is Amanda’s first foray into props design.

ADAM SCHREMS

(Run Crew, A2 Intern) Adam recently graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film, Video, and Media Studies with a minor in Multimedia Arts Technology. He’s worked with iHeart Radio as a Board Operator and most recently finished up a Video Production internship with the Lucas Howard Group.

He LOVES going to the cinema and hopes to eventually be in a full-time position supporting the film/entertainment industry.

He would like to thank the SCA’s wonderful staff that have been nothing but welcoming and supportive. “Love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.” - Interstellar (2014)

CHRIS “RED” BLISSET

(Bass, Just Too Big) Red calls MSW/SCA home. Previously here: Once (Wilde Award: Music Direction, Wilde Award Nomination: Supporting Actor), Million Dollar Quartet, Trailer Park, Full Monty, Pump Boys, HonkyTonk Highway, and Unnecessary Farce. TV: Bull - CBS (Guest), Killer Couples - Oxygen (Guest), Off Broadway: RockShow and Bloodsong of Love. Tour: Stand by Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story (Actor, Music Director). Regional: Twelfth Night, Ring of Fire, Civil War, Smoke on the Mountain, Almost Heaven, and Cotton Patch Gospel (actor/musician/director/musical director/ fight choreographer in various.) He lives in service of actor-musicianship, teaching, directing, and casting such whenever possible. “Red” met his wife, Amanda Ryan Paige here; they married in our lobby twelve years ago. Chris is the writer/co-composer of the musical The Caldera, currently being drafted for development. www.chrisblisset.com.

JEREMY BARNETT

(Set Designer) Jeremy Barnett is pleased to return to Mason Street Warehouse, where he has designed six shows including The Great American Trailer Park Musical for which he received the 2017 Wilde Award for Best Design – Sets. In Michigan, Jeremy has designed scenery for the Meadow Brook Theatre; The Encore Musical Theatre; Opera MODO; and the Detroit Music Hall among others. Jeremy has been the resident scenic designer for Revels, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts for more than 10 years.

Jeremy’s work in event design includes pieces for Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band and Harley Davidson’s Open Road Tour. Jeremy is a professor of theatre at Oakland University. As an artist, Jeremy exhibited across Michigan, at the ComPeung Gallery in Thailand and most recently at the Cuevas De Rodeo artist community in Rojales, Spain.

More information can be found at www. jeremybarnett.com

BRENT DECKER

(Keys 2, SHOUT! The Mod Musical; Music Director, Just Too Big!) Brent is thrilled to be back performing with the Mason Street Warehouse family. Brent is a music director and pianist living in Kalamazoo, MI. He would like to thank all of his friends and family for their support, and also the greater Saugatuck community for their support of the performing arts.

JOEL SHINAVIER

(Dresser) is a West Michigan native and is a Technical Theater student at Northern Michigan University. This is his 2nd season with the SCA and is very happy to be back.

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ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS CON’T The (partial) Cast of In The Heights: The 2019 production of In The Heights during cast photos.

JENNIFER KULES

(Lighting Designer) MSW designs: Once; Mamma Mia!; Steam Heat (World Premiere); Million Dollar Quartet; Avenue Q; Chicago; Memphis: The Musical; Altar Boyz; Evita; Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Richard Malty Jr. Dir.); …Trailer Park Musical (x2!); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Urinetown the Musical! (Reg. Premiere); What a Glorious Feeling (World Premiere); The 39 Steps; Cabaret (x2!). Million Dollar Quartet Nat’l Tour 2017-2018 – Production Management. She also toured her designs of Girls Night! The (Smash Hit) Musical and Cuff Me! The Unauthorized 50 Shades of Grey Musical around the world. Regional credits: TrainSpotting USA (Amer. Premiere); Merrily We Roll Along; W;T; Every Christmas Story Ever Told; Disaster! The Musical; Creatives; The Exonerated.

MARIBETH VAN HECKE

(Performance & Engagement Manager/ Producer) This is Maribeth’s fourth summer at the SCA, third consecutive, with a hiatus to Cleveland where she danced with Inlet Dance Theatre for two years. As a writer and performer, when Maribeth isn’t coordinating events or swingin’ a pool noodle at the SCA, she is working with Strike Time Dance Theatre at Hope College or nannying her second family, sweet Riley and Brady. She loves spending time outdoors, exploring new foods and spoiling her coworkers with treats. Welcome to the SCA and thank you for supporting live theater!

KEVIN MACLEOD

(Technical Director) Kevin is the in-house Technical Director for the Saugatuck Center for the Arts and this is his first full Mason Street Warehouse season after having assisted with last summer’s Oh What A Night series. Kevin is a Cleveland transplant with a history of theatrical design, stage construction, stage lighting and live events. He looks forward to a great summer season on our new plaza!

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JESSI MCKIM

(Arts Administration Intern) Jessi is a recent graduate from Grand Valley State University with a B.A. in Communications. She is from the Grand Rapids area and is no stranger to the world of theatre. She has participated in many shows as an actress or as part of the stage crew and is looking forward to learning more about the administration side of theatre.

Many of the actors and the stage managers employed in these productions are members of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Kurt Stamm is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union

Some of our mucisians are members of the American Federation of Musicians, the union of professional musicians in the United States

Costume Designer, Linda Cho is represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE

Mason Street Warehouse encourages individuality and maintains inclusiveness in our hiring and community involvement. MSW embraces diversity among cultural, ethnic and socio-economic groups and is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate based on gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnic or religious background, descent or nationality, disability, marital status, age, height, weight or military/veteran status.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: SPECIAL THANKS HOUSING GUILD 2021 The following have provided housing for our outof-town actors and creative team: Michelle & Bob Fish Terry Shull Skip Schipper Jim Sellman Sherry Tedaldi Ben Sikkink and Mary Van Andel Doug & Debbie West Douglas UCC

The SCA Family is big, bold, and full of unique characters. We are so thankful to everyone who donates to our organization, from those who annually give $50 all the way up to $50,000! Donor support allows the SCA’s creative programs to thrive. As a non-profit organization, our work is only possible because of donors like you. Thank you!

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Andy Knight & Beau Gratzer Jim Sellman Debra Sikanas ---Estate of Bill Galligan Perrigo Foundation

Gina & John Armstrong Victoria & Daniel Bischoff Victor Cardona & Phil Smith Cathryn & Clark Carmichael Roxanne Decyk & Lew Watts Michelle & Bob Fish Angela & Bob Knauss Deb Minton & Theresa Osborne Kirbie Petersen & Brian Stephens Patsy & Randy Ramsey Keith Walker Sharrie & Wayne Wellman Deborah & Doug West ---Baird / Stephen Kiss Edward Jones / George Stoutin Flagstar Foundation Haworth Herman Miller Cares Holland Doctors of Audiology / Stelios Dokianakis White Pine Foundation

$20,000 - $49,999: Jeff Antaya & Peter Rosenfeld Mary Kay & Mark Baker Bud Baty & Max Matteson Guy Ballard & Richard Heriford Shelly & Wayne Jones Sarah & Murray Kessler Brian “Skip” Schipper Mary Eileen Swanson / Peter & Susan Swanson ---Allegan County Community Foundation The Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation / Marlo & Tom Byrne

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