Summer Arts Festival
PRESENTING SPONSOR
The Dr. Robert & Jane Bennett
GRAND PARTNER
Clark County Springfield TCC
PROSCENIUM SPONSOR
Springfield Eagles Charity, Inc.
HOSPITALITY TENT
SPONSOR
Skyline Chili Springfield
PREMIER SPONSORS
The Acra Family
The Della Selsor Trust
John Legend
WELCOME CENTER HOST
Rogers Garage
FESTIVAL RAFFLE SPONSOR
Wallace & Turner Insurance
OPERATIONS GRANTOR
The Ohio Arts Council
MARKETING SPONSOR
Greater Springfield Partnership
EVENT SPONSORS
Clark State Theatre Arts Program
Coldwell Banker Heritage
Home City Tent and Awning Co.
Kiwanis Club of Springfield
Merchants National Bank
Real Estate II
Springfield Clark CTC
EVENT PARTNERS
Bill Marine Auto Center
Mercy Health
Nexstep Commercial Products Speedway/ 7-11
Family
PROGRAM BOOK UNDERWRITER
Ohio Real Estate Title
BROCHURE UNDERWRITERS
Huntington Bank
Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital
Wittenberg University
ASL (American Sign Language) UNDERWRITERS
The Springfield Foundation
FESTIVAL GROUNDS AND SERVICES GUARANTOR
National Trail Parks and Recreation District
FESTIVAL “SPONSORS OF THE WEEK”
Week #1, June 7 - 8, 2024
Yost Superior Co.
Week #2, June 12 - 16, 2024
Park National Bank Young’s Jersey Dairy
Week #3, June 19 - 23, 2024
Theresa Hartley/ Ohio Real Estate Title
The Noonan Foundation
Week #4, June 26 - 30, 2024
Link Hellmuth Insurance Speedway/ 7-11
Week #5, July 5 - 7, 2024
Yost Superior Co.
Week #6, July 10 - 13, 2024
Theresa Hartley/ Ohio Real Estate Title
The Noonan Foundation
LOFT SEAT SPONSORS
Theresa Hartley
Schneider’s Florist
For 2025 Summer Arts Festival SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION, contact Kevin Brown, Development and Operations Director, at 937-324-2712 ext. 4 or kevin@springfieldartscouncil.org
Sponsors who joined us after our May 20, 2024 printing deadline were acknowledged at their designated events during the 2024 Summer Arts Festival.
We Appreciate Our Springfield Arts Council Donors!
Thank you to these generous donors for supporting our Sept. 2023 through Aug. 2024 Annual Fund Campaign!
GRAND PATRONS
($2,500 and up)
John & Marlene Hays
Heidelberg Distributing Co.
Lagos & Lagos, PLL
Donald & Carolyn Smith
Walter S. Quinlan Foundation
PATRONS
($1,500 - $2,499)
Sondra Kramer
Eddie & Laurie Leventhal
PRODUCERS
($800 - $1,499)
Andy & Cathy Bell
Margaret Carroll
David & Linda Foley
John & Elaine Grayson
Scott & Kim Griffith
Bill Groves
Hauck Brothers, Inc.
Don Johnson
Joel Johnston
Daniel McGregor
Samuel Petroff
Joanne Stocke
ASSOCIATES
($550 - $799)
Jerry & Kay Shell
Rae Siders
Bill & Sandy Wolfarth
BENEFACTORS
($300 - $549)
Ralph & Hyacinth Anderson
Betty Baird
Nancy Baker
Blackbaud Giving Fund
Doug & Sharon Bostick
John & Dawn Boyer
Barbara & Sam Burcham
John & Ceil Canestraro
Jenny Deer
Richard & Anne Dunbar
Michael & Ann Duvall
Dick & Marie Flickinger
Alan & Bonnie Gabbard
Give Lively Foundation
Hal & Beth Goodrich
Mark Grimes
Daniel and Rosemary
Haemmerle
Zach & Amy Henz
Bill & Gretchen Hicks
Houston Machine Products, Inc.
Anonymous
Sally & Dave Howe
Chris Kelley
Bob & Denise Kneisley
Roger Krohn
Tom & Jan Kushmaul
Andrea LaMar
Ryan & Heather Maurer
Gary and Denise Molnar
Wayne & Kathy Moore
Kathryn Murphy
Mary Nafz
John & Barbara Porterfield
Sally Rizer
Brian & Yvonne Shelburne
Daljeet & Jagdish Singh
Sheryl Stolarski
Jim Suddath
Paul & Cynthia Valente
Bob & Joyce Warren
Alan & Lisa Watson
Jill & Timothy Wolf
Chuck & Lori Young
PARTNERS
($100 - $299)
Sandy Adkins
Bob & Peggy Agle
Dee and Carl Ahlm
David & Dollie Allen
Altrusa
Anonymous
Greg & Kim Bachman
Pamela Baldridge
Gary Bambauer
Garry Barhorst
Hugh Barnett
Peggy Beedy
Roger Beehler
Brad & Laura Boyer
Bill & Deanna Brougher
Kirt D. & Joyce Bubp
Tim & Trudy Bucey
Sue & Alan Bury
Jane Cape
Vivian Carter
April Caulfield
Lois & Robert Christel
Clem Farms Ltd.
Lonnie & Jack Conroy
Conroy Funeral Home, Inc.
Warren & Clara Copeland
Jean Dern
John & Karen Detrick
Scott & Beth Dixon
Jane & Randy Dotto
Karen Duncan
Margaret Dunn
John & Diane Eichelberger
Dean & Kay Elam
Don & Lee Ann Ellsworth
Heather & Chris Fancett
Richard Finkbine
Nancy Finke
Mark & Judy Finnegan
Steve Schlather & Nancy Flinchbaugh
Mike, Bonnie & Brian Fogarty
Matt & Julie Foley
Peter Foreman
Dave & Marcia Freese
David & Gayle Funk
Sheri Furry
Albert Galvez
Joan Geil
Joan Gould
Judy & Victor Gran
Cindy Griffin
Marjorie Grimes
Janet Hackett
Pete & Sandy Hackett
Nancy Haley
Barbara Hart
Lisa & Gary Haulman
Connie Hay
Dale Hazelbaker
Catherine Hellmuth
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We Appreciate Our Springfield Arts Council Donors!
David & Kathy Henry
Mike & Marian Hoffman
Robert & Anne Holtz
Cindy & Terry Hoppes
Linda Hupp
John & Nancy Ianni
Charles Ingle
Andrew & Tamala Irick
Mike & Lois Jamieson
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Jim Kincaid
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Drew Kolb
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Kroger Community Rewards
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Rita & Pete Lane
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Ed & Shelley Leinasars
Don & Debbie LeMelle
Adam & Mary Jo Leventhal
Lois Lind
Gary & Lynne Linn
Loft Violin Shop
Martin & Maribeth Mahoney
James Matthews
James Matthews
Barbara Matthies
Kathy Maurer
Mary McCauslin
Roger McClure
Julie McGregor
McMann Smoot & Riddle
Insurance Agency
Mickey McNeil, LMT
Brad & Kathleen McSix
Stephen & Carol Metzger
Bob & Leslie Morris
Kumar & Mrs. Collette Mukerjee
Charlesine Murph
James & Irene Newton
Curtis Notestine
Jan O’Heron
Mary Parsons
Nancy Pence
Pennsylvania House Museum
Clare Perks
James & Pat Perry
Jill Pfister
Barbara Powell
Stephen Powers
Tom Prendergast
Chris Rhoden
Sheila Rice
John & Debbie Ritter
Judith Roby
Jenny Rollins
Larry & Paula Roseberry
Dan & Judy Runyan
Eric Samuelson
Charlotte Schiff
Jean-Pierre & Dian Schmid
Scholl Surveying LLC
Steve & Robyn Schumaker
Steve & Denise Sharp
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Sharon Shoemaker
Dan & Sue Sine
Julie Slagel
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Tom & Erin Trempe
Catherine Tuckerman
Jim & Julia Valentine Family
Jim & Connie Weaver
Denny & Catherine Weeks
Steve & Connie Whitacre
Tom & Sandy White
Anita Williams
Tom & Dana Wilson
Joyce Wilson
John Wobbe & Daragh Porter
The Wolfe Family
Olga Woodrow
Jerry & Shelley Woolf
Jim & Jodi Yeazell
Dr. Lori Zakel-Knowles and Mark Knowles
FRIENDS
($10 - $99)
James Allamon
Carolyn Allard
Anonymous
Patti Ark
Kenneth Baker
Karen Barnhart
Kelley Beloff
Barb & Don Bendure
Pat & Ken Benne
Janelle Bey
Ron & Becky Bishop
James & JoAnn Bodenmiller
Susan Bryan
Rick & Linda Butler
Nancy Cavanaugh
Margaret Chapman
Tom Clifford
Rosemary Cuadros
Bob & Melanie Davis
John & Janet Dobson
Joseph Doss
Katherine L. Eckstrand
Tom & Cathy Fitzsimmons
Michael Flora
Rilla Foster
Roger Franks
Delta Gamma Soc International
Phyllis Garlough
Linda Getz
Myrna Glassburn
Nan Gregory
Michael Hanlon
Carol Harbaugh
Mark & Mindy Harper
Dick & Kathy Hatfield
Jim & Bonita Heeg
Susan Henson
Jackie & Warren Holden
Keith Hughes
Robert Hulsizer
Ann Armstrong-Ingoldsby &
Bob Ingoldsby
Matt Johnson
Sandra Kachurek
Stephen & Rebecca Kapp
Michael Kavanaugh
Gina Khan
Larry & Sue Kline
We Appreciate Our Springfield Arts Council Donors!
Tina Koumoutsos
Pattie Lambacher
Maryanne Lavigne
Eric & Kristi Leeth
Austin Litteral
Barbara Little
Chris & Pat Lohnes
Jake Lundgren
Mary Mann
Jerry & Jo Marenberg
David Marsh
Jerry & Bonnie Martens
David & Elizabeth Mason
Nick Mastick
Tom McCann
Timothy McCaulla
Bob McClintock
David & Barbara McCormick
Mike McDorman
Terence McLaughlin
Karen Wilburn & Bill Millar
Susan Miller
Alta Miller
Tom & Patricia Moseley
James & Vickie Nickles
Michael Nordyke
Steve & Cynthia Nowka
Mindy Fuller O’Donnell
Jan O’Heron
James & Sue Papp
Mary Payton
James Penrose
Evalind Pickering
Positive Perspectives
Counseling Centers
William & Judy Powell
Bruce & Martha Pratte
Adrian Prince
Leon Reeb
Julia Richardson
Don & Sally Riker
Elaine Roller
J. Rosengarten
Patricia Ross
Lynn & Joan Rowland
Gretta Runyan
Richard & Carol Schafer
Ken & Phyllis Schemmel
Carla Schutte
Paula Shell
William K. & Nancy L. Sheridan
Eric Shipton
Lois Shroyer
Gary & Ginny Slack
Joyce and Richard Spangler
Carolyn Stephens
Ronald L. Taylor
Shirley Tennant
Larry & Carol Todd
Jim & Joyce Tolle
Beth & Dom Tuccillo
Mike & Kathy Ulliman
Richard Umbaugh
Jeanine Weller
Byron & Janet Weller
Paul & Gerry Wells
Rita Whip
Leanne Wierenga
Ron & Christine Wolgast
Joseph & Mary Margaret Zink
— IN MEMORY AND OBSERVANCE —
Linda Anderson
In memory of Fred & Donna Peare
Debbie Blair
In memory of Glenn Collier
Phillip Clay
In memory of Ann Clay
Violet Delanglade
In memory of Ron De Langlade
Stephen & Donna Field
In memory of Chris Ryhal
Stephen & Donna Field
In honor of Glenn Collier
Corwin & Anne Georges
In honor of Chris & Sally Moore
Marilyn Hackett
In memory of Winkie Mitchell
Barbara Hamilton
In memory of Jack Hamilton
Darla Horn
In memory of Zelma Lira
Darla Horn
In memory of Jane Strahler
Myrna Glassburn
In memory of Loved Ones
Joyce Ann Ingle
In memory of James “Mac” Ingle
Shirley Keating
In memory of My sisters
Tootie Carmosino Kreitz
In memory of Donald Kreitz
Jill Melfi
In memory of Paul Parlato
Sally & Chris Moore
In memory of Glenn Collier
Sally & Chris Moore
In memory of Ian Polster
John & Lynda Pauley
In memory of Andrew Hellmuth
James M. & Sally Pomputius
In honor of
Dr. Sally Abbott Pomputius
Steve & Robyn Schumaker
In memory of Michael Vaughn and his love for the Summer Arts Festival
Sheila M. Wansing
In memory of Alvin Wansing
Kiki Wilson
In memory of Barbara Barth
Your donations help us bring the performing arts to our community!
Fulfilling our mission to “build a better community by sharing the performing arts with all citizens of Springfield, Clark County, and the region,” through Springfield Arts programs such as the Summer Arts Festival, Arts in the Classroom, Youth Arts Ambassadors, Showtime! events, and BrightLight, is made possible by your generous support.
While ticket sales, Summer Arts Festival “hat collections,” sponsorships, and program advertising help to support the Springfield Arts Council’s work, the remainder of our financial support is provided by annual donations from generous community members like you!
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2023-2024 Donation Levels:
$2500 + up Grand Patron $300 - $549 Benefactor
$1500 - $2499 Patron
$100 - $299 Partner
$800 - $1499 Producer $10 - $99 Friend
$550 - $799 Associate
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SHOWTIME!
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 8:00 pm presented
Experience BritBeat
Imagine the perfect fusion of music, visuals, and storytelling - that’s what BritBeat brings with the world’s number one, award-winning, immersive Beatles concert experience!
BritBeat elevates its live performances to a whole new level with the most stunning and engaging concert event that you can imagine. By seamlessly blending captvating visuals with the emotive power of the music of the Beatles, BritBeat’s mesmerizing “Immersive Beatles Experience” transports audiences into a world where sight and sound are perfectly synchronized, captivating and stimulating your senses.
The integration of BritBeat’s cutting-edge video technology enhances the artistic expression of the performers, allowing them to communicate moods, memories, and emotions of Beatlemania in ways that were previously unimaginable.
BritBeat envelops audiences in a sensory experience, as hypnotic visuals and interactive elements work together to create unforgettable moments from Beatles’ music history. Don’t just attend a concert; become part of an immersive journey that transcends the boundaries of traditional live performances. Experience the future of live entertainment with BritBeat, a multimedia concert journey through Beatles music history.
SHOWTIME!
Friday, March 21, 2025 - 8:00 pm
photo credit: Victoria Genova
MEET CHRIS...
Chris Ruggiero takes his audiences on a journey through the golden age of rock and roll, breathing new life into the timeless music of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Chris has been described as an “old soul” at only 25 years old, whose approach to his concert appearances is more in line with that of a bygone era than it is the artists of his generation. Chris says, “I try to make every move and sing every song with a touch of class that reminds the audience of a time when entertainers put their heart and soul into their songs and delivering an exceptional concert was paramount.”
Chris first came to national attention when he performed in concert on one of PBS-TV’s coast-to-coast broadcast specials, which still airs to this day. Since then, Chris has been traveling around the country delivering his unique brand of vintage rock and roll and sharing his passion for the classics. He’s shared the stage with some of the most legendary artists in the history of rock and roll and been inspired to carry the torch. What Michael Bublé did for the swing music of the 40s and 50s, Chris Ruggiero does for the pop-rock standards of the 60s and 70s. If there’s any doubt that what he’s doing is resonating with audiences, his Facebook page reached a staggering 63 million people last year.
“When I’m on stage singing a classic love song and I look out into the audience and see that twinkle in their eyes, I know they’re thinking about a special time and place in their life – or maybe even their first kiss!”
Chris says. “It’s magic.“ One of the most important things to Chris is his family, and he considers every audience for whom he performs his family by the end of each show. For Chris, entertaining is not a vocation, it’s a way of life. “Just give me a spotlight and a microphone and tell me what time I go on!”
photo credit: Love Imagery
SHOWTIME!
Friday, May 2, 2025 - 8:00 pm
The Michael Jackson Estate is not affiliated, associated, or connected with “MJ Live Tribute Concert,” nor has it endorsed or sponsored “MJ Live Tribute Concert.” Michael Jackson portrayed by Jalles Franca.
JALLES FRANCA
Appearing as Michael Jackson
Jalles Franca moved to the United States from Brazil at the age of 16, to fulfill his dreams as a professional dancer in Las Vegas. At the age of 21 he began a seven year residency as a performer, dancer and percussionist at Studio 54 Nightclub at the MGM Hotel & Casino.
A long time fan of the ‘King Of Pop,’ Michael Jackson, Jalles began imitating the star’s signature dance moves during his routines at Studio 54 and various other venues. Soon after the passing of his idol, Jalles began dedicating his talents to pay tribute to the late Superstar.
Jalles has won numerous contests for “Best Michael Jackson Impersonator,” Best overall “look” and “Best Moonwalk.”
Billing himself as “MJ THE LEGEND,” Jalles has thrilled audiences at private and corporate events, festivals and tribute shows throughout Las Vegas, Hollywood,Dubai and more.
MJ Live, the nation’s #1 Michael Jackson tribute show, and The Saraha Casino, is proud to feature the extremely talented Franca as one of its star performers, and audiences in Las Vegas and in theaters across the country agree with their nightly standing ovations.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Annie Nereng President
Heath Marker President-Elect
Arif Mirza Past-President
Heather Maurer .................................... Secretary
April Caulfield Treasurer
Jimmy Straley At-Large
Patrick Wicker ....................................... At-Large
BOARD MEMBERS
Laura Boyer
Sally Brannan
Aaron Clark
Mandy Heaton
Krissy Brown
Austin Litteral
Mike Mattison
Megan Miller
Steve Morgenstern
STAFF
Chris Rhoden
Kara VanZant
Dave Weimer
Executive Director
Kevin W. Brown ............... Development and Operations Director
Donovan Geer ................. Education and Logistics Coordinator
Ryan Ramirez Office Administrative Assistant J. Chris Moore, Director Emeritus
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Board and staff as of October 2024. Current roster at www.SpringfieldArtsCouncil.org
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