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OCTOBER 2017

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• Chris Thile • Michael McDermitt

• The Threepenny Opera • Neil deGrasse Tyson

• SIRO-A • On Your Feet! EB

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The Thief and His Thief-Taker General

The unbelievable true crime story behind the swinging jazz standard “Mack the Knife.”

nce upon a time, there was a five-foot-four London folk hero who inspired John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, which inspired Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which contained the song “Mack the Knife,” which became a snappy lounge tune for jazz bopper Bobby Darin. This is the true tale of Jack Sheppard, born into poverty in 1702 in Spitalfields, England. Sent to work at six years old after his father died, Sheppard lived with a new master, Jonathan Kneebone, who eventually apprenticed Jack to a carpenter when Jack became a teenager, and life was good. For a time. As fate would have it, Sheppard fell in with a charismatic, strapping yet morally suspect woman, Elizabeth Lyon, who was known about the neighborhood as Edgworth Bess for her propensity to liberate objects from their owners, including money for carnal knowledge that she possessed. She introduced Sheppard, a young man of 21, to the vices of the London underbelly at the Black Lion, a local tavern. Quickly, Sheppard discovered he liked the Black Lion and Elizabeth more than carpentry, and in 1724, he made a life-changing (and, as you will discover, dear reader, a life-ending) decision to forego his upstanding path as a carpenter for a life as a petty thief and an escapologist of remarkable talent. Elizabeth introduced Jack to Joseph “Blueskin” Blake, a well-known thief. With his new associates, Jack began pilfering, earning a reputation as one of the city’s notable housebreakers. After stealing spoons from Charing Cross, Jack landed in prison in February 1724. Tying strips of his bedsheets together, Jack escaped after breaking a hole in the roof and lowering himself to freedom. This stunt garnered public attention and admiration after people learned that Sheppard got away scot-free by standing amongst them, pointing at a rooftop and shouting “Look! There he is!” A few months passed, yet Jack was caught pickpocketing in May 1724 and was thrown into a more substantial prison. Elizabeth visited him, was arrested herself and locked in the cell with Jack. As man-and-wife, they were moved to a new prison. Friends sneaked in a few small tools, allowing Jack to saw through the manacles. With a 25-foot drop to the ground, Jack needed more than his bedsheets, so Elizabeth gave her petticoat to the cause. Unfortunately, the 25-foot drop was into another prison yard. Jack drove spikes into the wall, the two climbed over and fled into the city. 4

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If Jack’s exploits sound like make-believe, wait until you read about the next escapes. A bigger problem for Jack arrived in the form of the selfappointed “Thief-Taker General,” Jonathan Wild. Wild was an utterly contemptible criminal who’d fashioned himself as a champion of the people by configuring an elaborate robbery scheme whereby he magically “found” people’s stolen property and scooped up all of the reward money. He could find all of their goods because his gang of thieves stole them in the first place. Wild ran the London thieves’ underground from the police station, and he pretty much ran the police department. He had the press wrapped around his finger. No one could rat him out or he’d cry “thief” and have the person hanged without trial. It was a good gig for Wild until he decided that nabbing Jack Sheppard would be his coup de grace. But he had to find Jack first. Wild found Elizabeth, made nice and got her drunk, wherein she divulged Jack’s whereabouts. Wild’s goons apprehended Jack, threw him in Newgate Prison, and the court sentenced him to hang. By now, everyone knew Jack Sheppard. Public opinion of the law and the upper class turned sour, especially as

In November, Blueskin Blake hanged, and five days later, the gallows cart trundled to Tyburn Hill for the execution of Jack Sheppard. Reports say 200,000 people followed Jack to his hanging, with women throwing flowers and men fighting for the chance to shake his hand. Jack Sheppard died, well-admired, on November 16, 1724, nine months after the start of his life of crime. And Wild? Well, he recovered physically, but his reputation was never the same. Despised, Wild fell from favor, his gang of thieves turning evidence on him one by one. Tried, convicted and sentenced to death, Wild met the gallows at Tyburn Hill six months after Jack Sheppard. There was also a large crowd that day, but no one clamored to shake Wild’s hand. The courts banished Elizabeth Lyon to America, a fitting place for prostitutes and moral degenerates, though her story is lost after she arrived in Annapolis, Maryland, shortly after Jack’s death. the disparities in treatment between the rich and poor became glaringly obvious. Jack was low-born, clever, unstoppable, heroically in love and handsome. No one actually wanted him to pay for his crimes. They wanted him to outfox the authorities forever. Suddenly, Jack was the champion of the people, not the smug Thief-Taker General. Elizabeth, smarting from her betrayal, gathered another one of Jack’s paramours, Poll Maggot, and the two conspired to help Jack from his latest predicament. They smuggled him a nightgown. After loosening a bar on his cell window, Jack squeezed through the bars into a hallway, donned the nightgown, walked unrecognized across the reception area and out the main door. He escaped Newgate Prison with Elizabeth and Poll only hours before his gallows bell tolled. News of this flagrant escape spread like fire. People cheered him as the Hero of London.

The impassioned tale of Jack Sheppard, Jonathan Wild and Elizabeth Lyon captured the public’s imagination. Only four years after Jack hanged, John Gay composed The Beggar’s Opera, with the main characters of Macheath and Peachum inspired by Jack Sheppard and Jonathan Wild respectively.

In 1928, Brecht and Weill remade Gay’s work into the ribald THE THREEPENNY OPERA, adding, at the very last minute, an intro number for Macheath called “Mack the Knife.” Though Macheath is a psychopathic interpretation of the Jack Sheppard legend, “Mack the Knife,” took on a life of its own, becoming a hit for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and most memorably in its lounge-worthy Bobby Darin rendition.

Wild hated it. He managed to capture Jack again, this time chaining him to the floor with handcuffs. In October 1724, Sheppard somehow unshackled himself, broke open the padlocks on six separate prison doors and shimmied up the chimney to the rooftop. Once there, he realized he forgot his trademark sheet. So, he returned to his cell, grabbed his sheet, shimmied back to the roof through the chimney, then lowered himself to a neighboring house before spiriting into the night. Just the day before, in a confounding turn of events, Joseph “Blueskin” Blake found himself against Jonathan Wild in court. Wild, still considered the law, gave damning testimony about Blake, who was sentenced to hang. Enraged, Blake drew a blade, slashing Wild’s throat. Chaos ensued; authorities rushed Wild to the hospital. Jack burgled a final time and was apprehended, drunk, in a tavern wearing the clothes he’d purloined. Carted to the maximum-security room in Newgate Prison, Jack was chained to the floor under 300 pounds of irons. Prison guards charged four shillings for a glimpse of the great Jack Sheppard, raking in mountains of money.

If you want to hear “Mack the Knife” and see what Macheath and Peachum are up to, catch up with Jobsite Theater as they perform The Threepenny Opera, Oct. 18 – Nov. 12, in the Jaeb Theater.

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DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER

Travis Wall

Emmy®-winning Travis Wall had a successful dance career before becoming a household name as a resident choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance. Along with choreographing major events like the VMAs (Video Music Awards), he tours with his dance company Shaping Sound. How did you get started in the business? I grew up in my mom’s dance studio – I was there from the day I was born.

In the movie version of your life, who would play you? David Beckham

What’s always in your refrigerator? Clementines and almond milk

What are your thoughts about our great state of Florida? How the hell did you go for Trump?! Naw, I love your beaches, of course!

What is your worst quality? Procrastination What music is on your playlist? I always have Beyoncé, but currently I’ve been really into Nina Simone. What’s your sign and what does it say about you? I am literally the definition of a Virgo. Read any good books lately? You’re A Bad Ass – How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living An Awesome Life Cat person or dog person? Definitely a dog person What’s the greatest thing since sliced bread? Netflix

Who or what inspires you? I find inspiration in endless sources: family, friends, movement, art, landscapes, cities, etc. What do you consider your greatest successes – personally and professionally? Personally – maintaining balance in my relationship while maintaining a career. Professionally – it was pretty cool winning an Emmy®, but creating Shaping Sound from the ground up to what it is today is my proudest achievement. If you hadn’t chosen a career in dance, what other career path do you think you’d have followed? Something that doesn’t hurt my body! I’d probably be a fashion designer.

Photo by Christopher Boudewyns.

What’s your “guilty pleasure” television show? RuPaul’s Drag Race

Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound: After the Curtain performs Thursday, Nov. 9 in Morsani Hall.

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David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees Allison Adams Johnny Adcock R. Troy Atlas Yvonne Yolie Capin Santiago Corrada Theodore J. Couch, Jr. Victor Crist Gina d’Angelo Douglas J. Dieck Jeff Eakins Jonathan Ellen Ignacio A. Ferras, III Michele M. Freedle Ryan Freking Judy L. Genshaft Jeffrey Gibson Gordon Gillette Bill Goede Terry Igo Don E. Jones, Jr. Kasey Shimberg Kelly Jack Kirkland Scott Kizer Marty Lanahan Zena Lansky Tom Lee Barry Levine A.D. “Sandy” MacKinnon Gene Marshall Mildred Mathias Gene McNichols Steven H. Mezer

Frank L. Morsani Vera Muzzillo Rick Nafe Erika Noonburg-Morgan Robert Norman Adam Palmer Pallavi K. Patel Royce W. Reed Dennis R. Rogero, Jr. Alfred Rogers, Jr. Ann McKeel Ross Gary Sasso, Chairman David Scher Hinks Shimberg Jeff Sikorske Martin L. Silbiger Lisa Simington Rick Simonetti Sharon Stein Catherine Lowry Straz Cindy Stuart Chuck Sykes Susan Sykes Ronald Vaughn David B. Weinstein Bill West Todd Wickner PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Helen Kerr Helen Torres

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Board of Directors A.D. “Sandy” MacKinnon, Chairman R. Kent Bailey Don DeFosset John Jaeb Helen Kerr Jack Kirkland Judith Lisi Frank L. Morsani

Frank J. Rief, III Gary Sasso Hinks Shimberg Martin L. Silbiger William E. Starkey David A. Straz, Jr. Susan Sykes Bill West Jerry Williams

The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts is owned by the City of Tampa and operated by the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., a not-for-profit organization. MAYOR Bob Buckhorn TAMPA CITY COUNCIL Yvonne Yolie Capin, Harry Cohen, Guido Maniscalo, Charlie Miranda, Frank Reddick, Mike Suarez, Luis Viera

From the President/CEO and Chairman of the Board Friends, Let me be the first to welcome you to this auspicious season and say “thank you, Tampa Bay!” for your continued enthusiasm for the performing arts. The Straz Center celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and I am honored to be serving my 25th year as president and CEO of this wonderful organization. We have a fantastic season ahead with many opportunities to reflect on the 30 years of achievement precipitated by the Straz’s creative and economic role in this area and to celebrate together as we look toward the future.

JUDITH LISI President/CEO

This month, we hope you take advantage of all The Straz has to offer as one of the best performing arts centers in the nation.

GARY SASSO Chairman

We welcome great thinkers Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen Oct. 7 in Morsani Hall for their night of conversation, Deep Talk and Shallow Tales, then applaud the return of Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson for his pithy, profound lecture, An Astrophysicist Reads the Newspaper, also in Morsani Hall on Oct. 19. Two outstanding musicians, Chris Thile the mandolin virtuoso, and our first Club Jaeb performer, Michael McDermott, appear this month. Thile plays Ferguson Hall Oct. 11 and McDermott arrives a few days later on Oct. 16. Jobsite Theater continues its extraordinary season with the comic gothic masterpiece that paved the way for such shows like Chicago and Cabaret when it roars in the Jaeb with The Threepenny Opera Oct. 18-Nov. 12. You will not want to miss this daring, hilarious musical about the seedy shenanigans of the London criminal underworld. Our international premier this month is SIRO-A, a Japanese performing arts group that is part dance crew, part high tech extravaganza and completely mesmerizing. They floored judges on America’s Got Talent and will surely do the same to us. They appear in Ferguson Hall on Oct. 19. In Morsani Hall, Oct. 24-29, we usher in the new Broadway season with the electrifying story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, On Your Feet! For added fun, join us Oct. 21 for Conga!, the Broadway Ball, themed around this salsa-rhythmed musical. We also welcome the return of sleight-of-hand favorites, The Naked Magicians, on Oct. 12 in Ferguson Hall. For our family-friendly shows, we offer loveable Silly Sam the Music Man in the Rehearsal Hall on Oct. 7 and hit superheroes PJ Masks Live! on Oct. 28 in Ferguson Hall. Thank you for being with us for this performance.

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Administrative Assistant Vincent Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assistant Beverage Manager James Paultre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pastry Chef Alicia Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Catering Sales Manager Edward Steinhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Chef Steve Watkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coffee Shop Manager Christine Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Senior Catering Sales Manager Opera Tampa Robin Stamper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Director Melissa Misener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opera Administrator Operations Lorrin Shepard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chief Operating Officer Dionne Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Administrator to COO CJ Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Operations Patel Conservatory and Education Department Suzanne Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President of Education Matthew Belopavlovich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Theater Teacher Sarah Berland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Department Instructor Garrett Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technical Director Heather Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Programs Coordinator Shameka Conwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admissions Supervisor Susan Downey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Musical Theater Teacher Claire Florio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dance Department Assistant Director Kavanaugh Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice Specialist Samantha Hayford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Conservatory Finance and Administration Austin Helms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education Administrative Assistant Brittany Horwitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Assistant

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Laurie Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principal, PCYB Steven Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Administrator Kelly King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Contemporary Dance Teacher Ivonne Lemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballet Mistress, Next Generation Ballet Gil Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Affairs Coordinator Dr. Catherine Michelsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . String Specialist Dr. Lauren Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Department Chair Philip Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dance Department Chair/Artistic Director, Next Generation Ballet Aubrey Paffenroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Administrative Coordinator Nichole Pockrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Production Coordinator Alice Santana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Programs Manager Karen Senior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Admissions Administrator Audrey Siegler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Department Managing Director Timothy Wilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Department Manager Joshua Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technical Supervisor Guest Services Bonniejean Paulish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Guest Services Deborah Ferree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Guest Services Cynthia Montayre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guest Services Coordinator Production Gerard Siegler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Production Services Scott Belowsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Leslie Bindeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Scott Cline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Master Carpenter Shannon Darby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Jesse Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Melissa Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager David Reynolds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman/Rigger Joseph Willinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Engineer Jacob Zimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technical Coordinator Programming and Marketing Programming Georgiana Young . . . . . . . . . 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WEDNESDAY, OCT 11, 7:00PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Chris Thile Multiple Grammy® Award-winner and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile, a member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, and now the host of A Prairie Home Companion, is a mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist. With his broad outlook that encompasses classical, rock, jazz, and bluegrass, Thile transcends the borders of conventionally circumscribed genres, creating a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic for performers and audiences alike. A child prodigy, Thile first rose to fame as a member of Grammy Award-winning trio Nickel Creek, with whom he released four albums and sold over two million records. In 2014, along with a national tour, the trio released a new album, A Dotted Line, their first since 2005. As a soloist, Thile has released five albums including his most recent, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol.1, which was produced by renowned bassist Edgar Meyer. In February 2013, Thile won a Grammy for his work on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan. In September 2014, Thile and Meyer released their latest album collaboration, Bass + Mandolin, which won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Punch Brothers released their latest album, The Phosphorescent Blues, in January 2015, and a follow up EP, The Wireless, in November of the same year. Most recently, Thile released a double-album with Brad Mehldau, titled Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, in January 2017 and a collection of works from Bach with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer in April 2017 called Bach Trios. Beginning in fall of 2016, Thile took the helm of A Prairie Home Companion, a public radio favorite since 1974. Garrison Keillor, the show’s creator and host announced: “He is, I think, the great bluegrass performer of our time and he is a beautiful jazz player. There just isn’t anything he can’t do – and he is very enthusiastic about live radio.” facebook.com/ChrisThile/ twitter.com/christhile The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Program information provided by the cast and/or production company.

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MONDAY, OCT 16, 7:30PM JAEB THEATER Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Michael McDermott as part of Club Jaeb

Michael McDermott burst onto the scene in his early 20’s with his exceptional debut, 620 W. Surf, and subsequently found himself touted as rock’s “Next Big Thing.” MTV, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and even author Stephen King added their appreciative nods, and having the backing of Giant Records and prestigious producers like Brian Koppelman and Don Gehman seemed to go a long way towards assuring his success – overnight success. The missteps and failures that followed, the collapse of an industry that once embraced him as its next sensation, are troubles and travails that either ruin a person completely, or they force a change of attitude and staunch determination to gather one’s resolve to not only survive, but overcome. McDermott vowed to do both. Ten albums in, it’s resulted in Willow Springs (Pauper Sky, June 17, 2016), one of the most honest, daring and defiant recordings of McDermott’s career. Named for the small town where he now resides with his wife and young daughter, it reflects a certain circumspect about his life, the situations he’s encountered, while realizing that ultimately, his fate resided in his own hands. “This is an album of reckoning, I suppose,” McDermott reflects. “There was a real cacophony of change going on in my life at the time ... being a new father, losing my own father, leaving the city for the country, dealing with sobriety, grief, death, mortality, shame and forgiveness. It was a veritable emotional tsunami and yet somehow, I had to navigate through it all. That journey is reflected in these songs. Willow Springs is the name of the place where I took refuge and had to confront a lot of things.” Recorded at his home in the country and fan-funded, Willow Springs finds McDermott behind the boards as producer for the first time with long-time producer and collaborator, Lex Price, doing the mix. Having enlisted a stellar support group of musicians – including multi-instrumentalist, Price; guitarist, Will Kimbrough; keyboard player, John Deaderick and McDermott’s wife, Heather Horton, on backing vocals – McDermott found himself able to craft the unassuming yet cutting sound he envisioned. Indeed, the results bear out the fact that Willow Springs is the most honest and expressive album of McDermott’s extraordinary 25-year career. Songs such as “These Last Few Days,” “Getaway Car,” “Half Empty Kinda Guy,” “One Minus One” and the title track, convey all at once, a sound that’s both reflective and confessional – borne by stark emotion and a tattered, battered delivery that’s both sobering and sublime. McDermott remains more determined than ever, and Willow Springs is the result. “My enthusiasm is only matched by my desire to continue to evolve as an artist,” he insists. Accolades and kudos can be accumulated one minute and quickly dissipate the next. After all, the music biz is a fickle beast and it doesn’t matter how much you pleased the masses last year, last month or even last week, but rather, about what you offer today. Today, McDermott has offered his best. Kudos to Michael McDermott – overnight success. For more information, please visit michael-mcdermott.com The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Program information provided by the cast and/or production company. TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA Books and Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht • Music by Kurt Weill English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David M. Jenkins Choreography/Associate Direction . . . . . . . . . Alison Burns Associate Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Krueger Music Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Douglass Set and Light Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan E. Finzelber Costumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Stevenson

Featuring

Jennifer Casler, Colleen Cherry, Spence Gabriel, Amy E. Gray, Jonathan Harrison, Chelsea Hooker, Chris Jackson, Fo’i Meleah, Spencer Meyers, Giselle Muise, Maggie Mularz, Derrick Phillips, Alex Rivera, Olivia Sargent, Katrina Stevenson, Ryan Sturm PLEASE make sure to silence and stow all electronic devices before the performance starts. The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited during the performance, but you are welcome to snap shots when the house lights are still up. Tag us on Instagram, etc, @JobsiteTheater and/or use #JobsiteRocks #Jobsite3PO Jobsite is a proud member of Theatre Communications Group, the league for professional American theater and Theatre Tampa Bay, the area’s alliance of professional theaters. Thank you for supporting your local professional artists! If you’d like to see more credits of the people involved in tonight’s production, please visit local-stages.com. The Threepenny Opera is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com.

Cast

Macheath, “Mack the Knife” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Jackson J. J. Peachum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Harrison Celia Peachum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fo’i Meleah Polly Peachum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Giselle Muise Tiger Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derrick Phillips Jenny Diver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy E. Gray Lucy Brown / Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Mularz Filch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Sturm Streetsinger/Betty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Cherry Streetsinger/Readymoney Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Meyers Bob the Saw/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Casler Crookfinger Jake/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spence Gabriel Rev. Kimball/Coaxer/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea Hooker Smith/Walt/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Rivera Dolly/Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Sargent Molly/Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Stevenson TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

Band

Piano, Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Douglass Guitars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Warren Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woody Bond Reed I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Gambino Reed II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jarryd Dollard Trombone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Henry Trumpet I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Vought Trumpet II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ava Kord Octlanch

Synopsis

A pair of streetsingers welcome the audience and give an overview of the world the audience is about to enter (“Ballad of Mack the Knife”). Act I begins in the shop of J. J. Peachum, who runs a rather unusual business – he is the boss of London’s beggars. He equips and trains them in return for a cut of whatever they can beg. In the first scene, he enrolls a new beggar with the help of his wife. After finishing with the new man, they notice that their grown daughter Polly did not come home the previous night. The scene shifts to an empty stable where Macheath himself is about to marry Polly, as soon as his gang has stolen and brought all the necessary food and furnishings. No vows are exchanged, but Polly is satisfied, and everyone sits down to a banquet. Polly begins to show a surprisingly tough side of herself (“Pirate Jenny”). The gang gets nervous when Chief of Police Tiger Brown arrives, but it’s all part of the act; Brown had served with Mack in England’s colonial wars and has prevented Mack from being arrested all these years. The old friends duet (“Army Song”). In the next scene, Polly returns home and defiantly announces that she has married Mack. She stands fast against Mr. and Mrs. Peachum’s anger, but she does let slip Brown’s connection to Mack, which they will use to their advantage. Polly tells Mack that her father will have him arrested. He is finally persuaded that Peachum has enough influence to do it and makes arrangements to leave London, explaining his bandit “business” to Polly so she can manage it in his absence. Before he leaves town, he stops at his favorite brothel, where he sees his ex-lover, Jenny. They sing the “Tango Ballad” about their days together, but Mack doesn’t know Mrs. Peachum has bribed Jenny to turn him in. Despite Brown’s apologies, there’s nothing he can do, and off Mack goes to jail. And this is where we take our intermission. After Mack sings the “Ballad of the Easy Life” to begin our second half, another girlfriend, Lucy (Brown’s daughter) and Polly show up at the same time, setting the stage for a nasty argument that builds to the “Jealousy Duet.” After Polly leaves, Lucy engineers Mack’s escape. When Mr. Peachum finds out, he confronts Brown and informs him that he will unleash all of his beggars during Queen Victoria’s coronation parade, ruining the ceremony and costing Brown his job. Jenny comes to the Peachums’ shop to demand her bribe money, which Mrs. Peachum refuses to pay. Jenny reveals that Mack is at Suky Tawdry’s house. When Brown arrives, determined to arrest Peachum and the beggars, he is horrified to learn that the beggars are already in position and only Mr. Peachum can stop them. To placate Peachum, Brown’s only option is to arrest Mack and have him executed. In the next scene, Mack is back in jail and desperately trying to raise enough of a bribe to get out again, even as the gallows are being assembled. Soon it becomes clear that neither Polly nor the gang members can raise any money, and Mack prepares to die. Then a sudden reversal: a messenger on horseback arrives to announce that Macheath has been pardoned by the Queen and granted a castle and pension. The cast then sings the Finale, which ends with a plea that wrongdoings be pursued but not punished too harshly.

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Who’s Who JENNIFER CASLER (Bob the Saw/Ensemble) When she’s not serving up Italian eats in Downtown St. Pete, Casler can be seen hanging around multiple theaters in the Tampa Bay area. She is a six-year Rocky Horror shadow cast participant, and is presently with the Cheap Little Punks as a Frank-n-furter. Over the last three years, she has also been a frequent flier with the Gulfport Community Players. Her most recent roles are Beatrice Hastings in Modigliani, Ms. Ritter in Parfumerie, and Anabelle West in Cat and the Canary. If she isn’t on stage, she is generally helping backstage. She did makeup design for Restroom in Rosenblums, hairstyling and quick changes for Parfumerie, and sound board operator for multiple productions with GCP. She also served as the wardrobe mistress for Contra Tiempo’s Agua Furioso at HCC Ybor. COLLEEN CHERRY (Streetsinger/Betty) is super excited to return to Jobsite/ The Straz after playing the title role in LIZZIE and Miggs/Lamb in SILENCE! The Musical. Previous credits include It’s a Wonderful Life (American Stage); My Fair Lady (Asolo Rep); Grease

(Show Palace); Shipwrecked! (New Stage Theatre); The Taming of the Shrew and Merry Wives of Windsor (Theatre Under the Stars in N.H.), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Straz Center); and many touring productions including Freckleface Strawberry, Charlotte’s Web and Cinderella (Stages Productions). She is one-half of Best of the Bay Award-winning cabaret duo Coco & Homo and founder of Avant-Guardian, producer of immersive theatrical experiences Sexxx Dreams and Much Ado. She is a vocalist with The Florida Bjorkestra previously featured in Life on Venus: The Florida Björkestra Plays Bowie and as everyone’s favorite vampire slayer in BuffyFest at the Palladium Theater. Much love to her Jobsite family! SPENCE GABRIEL (Crookfinger Jake/Ensemble) attended the Theatre Conservatory at Chicago College of Performing Arts where he performed in shows such as Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens and Next Thing You Know. He is thrilled to return to his hometown to join the ensemble of The Threepenny Opera. He wishes the cast and crew a wonderful run, and sends shout-outs to his parents, brother, and voice teacher: “thank you for your unwavering support!” TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

AMY E. GRAY (Jenny Diver) is an Artistic Associate with Jobsite whose previous shows include SILENCE! The Musical (Clarice), Return to the Forbidden Planet (Miranda), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Yitzhak), The 39 Steps (Pamela/Annabella/ Margaret), Cloud 9 (Maud/Victoria), Hay Fever (Myra), Gorey Stories (Ortensia), Pericles (Dion/Diana), The Taming of the Shrew (Biondello), A Dream Play (Kristin) and Embedded (June/Kitten). Other notable shows include Straz Center productions of Disenchanted! (performed as both the Snow White and Sleeping Beauty understudy) and Boeing, Boeing (Gretchen), Asolo Repertory Theatre’s pre-Broadway run of A Tale of Two Cities: A Musical, American Stage’s RENT, Gorilla Theater’s Side Show and Stagework’s The Shape of Things. She now splits her time between Denver, Colo. and Tampa Bay and recently made her Denver debut in The Edge Theater Company’s production of The Nance (Joan). Amy received her BA in Theater with a Vocal Performance minor at the University of Kentucky. amyegray.com JONATHAN HARRISON (J. J. Peachum) is thrilled to be performing with Jobsite once again. Past Jobsite productions include Lysistrata (Spartan), Titus Andronicus (Lucius), Return to the Forbidden Planet (Captain Tempest) and SILENCE! The Musical (Hannibal Lecter). Harrison spent seven years as a Center Theater Company Member at The Straz performing in shows such as Food Chain (Ford), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Shear Madness (Eddie Lawrence), A Christmas Carol the Musical (Nephew Fred), Forever Plaid (Frankie), and Satchmo: The Life and Times of Louis Armstrong in which he originated the role of Armstrong’s manager, Joe Glazer. Other local productions include Macbeth (Malcolm), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Starveling), The Winter’s Tale (Lord), and Twelfth Night Fever (Fabian) – all Shakespeare in the Park productions with American Stage. Other regional theater and tours include My Way, Show Boat, Gifts of 18

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the Magi, A Grand Night for Singing, We Got Gershwin and As the World Goes Round to name a few. CHELSEA HOOKER (Rev. Kimball/Coaxer/ Ensemble) is honored to be a part of her first show at Jobsite. Her past credits include: The Amish Project (America), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Quince), Spring Awakening (Martha), The Laramie Project (Romaine), Fiddler on the Roof (Ensemble), A Chorus Line (Lois). Thank you: Mom, Dad, and Darian for the endless love and support. Instagram: @chelsea_d_hooker. Semper Paratus. CHRIS JACKSON (Macheath) is a Tampa Bay native and has been performing on Tampa Bay area stages for the last decade. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild and is an award-winning actor and director. In addition to theater, he is also a published photographer, accomplished filmmaker, and the founder of Jackson Fresh Pictures. Theater credits include: Matt in Simple Theatre’s Good Egg (won TTB award for Best Actor), Captain Scott in freeFall Theatre’s Peter and the Starcatcher, Louis De Rougemont in New Stage Theatre’s Shipwrecked!, Jasper in Stageworks Theatre’s The Aliens, Guy Montag in Jobsite’s Fahrenheit 451, and Lucas Brickman in American Stage’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor. ChrisJacksonActor.com FO’I MELEAH (Celia Peachum) is currently finishing her BFA in Musical Theater at the University of Central Florida. Some of her favorite credits include LIZZIE (Jobsite Theater), HAIR (MNM Productions), and Bare: A Pop Opera (Breakthrough Theatre). Meleah thanks her incredible Jobsite team, her family, brother bear, and JLBS for the constant support.

SPENCER MEYERS (Streetsinger/Readymoney Matt) has always been a fan of the performing arts, ever since he was a wee lad. The Tampa native serves the community as an actor, costume designer, singer and artist and is thankful for everything that he has received in life. Not only is he a member, but also a longtime loyal fan of the Jobsite Theater Company. Previous Jobsite shows include: Cloud 9, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Return to the Forbidden Planet, The 39 Steps, The Taming of the Shrew, Dog Sees God, Pericles, A Dream Play, and Gorey Stories. Possibly, you’ve seen his work hanging in the lobby of some theater? It is possible; you can always look for him at etsy.com/shop/spencerpm. Much love to my family and friends and especially Jobsite and its supporters. GISELLE MUISE (Polly Peachum) is elated to be making her Jobsite debut with The Threepenny Opera! A proud graduate of Theatre USF, she was most recently seen in Sweet Charity (Nickie) and Fringe NYC’s Full: The Musical (Emily). Huge thanks to mom for your cloudless wisdom, Sameer for your boundless support, and Georgia, Fanni, Dan, Dora & Doug for making me fearless. MAGGIE MULARZ (Lucy Brown/Ensemble) is a local actress who’s thrilled to be returning to the Jaeb. You may remember her as the blue Nav. Officer in Jobsite’s Return to the Forbidden Planet. Other Jobsite credits include Mandy in Time Stands Still, Viola in Twelfth Night, Renee and PJ in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and a Power in Macbeth. She was also in the Tampa Shakespeare Festival last season as Hero and Lady Anne. Other favorite roles of hers include The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Horatio in Hamlet, Marta in Company, and Matt/Ensemble in The Threepenny Opera. Maggie is an alumna of Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, the British American Drama Academy in London, and Davidson College in North Carolina.

DERRICK PHILLIPS (Tiger Brown) was most recently scene in the role of Woodnut in The Nether, as a guest artist for Eckerd College. Other regional credits include: Jimmy Floyd in The Pitmen Painters at American Stage, Orlando in As You Like It, Theo in The Underpants, Actor #2 in Lebensraum at Jobsite Theater, Richard III in Richard III, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Macduff in Macbeth, Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet with the Tampa Shakespeare Festival, Man in Tender Napalm with TRT2, Joseph Cardin in The Children’s Hour and Peter Shaw in Silent Sky (Tampa Repertory Theatre); The 39 Steps and Fox on the Fairway (Southern Arena Theatre). Chicago credits include: Ludicrous Theatre and Riddlemark Theatre. He serves as an artistic associate with the Tampa Shakespeare Festival. He received his MFA in Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi. In 2016, Derrick received a Best of the Bay award for Best New Local Face in Theatre, as well as, this year being nominated for Best Actor and Outstanding Lead Actor for The Aliens at Stageworks Theatre. Thanks to friends and family. Support Local Theatre! ALEX RIVERA (Smith/ Walt/Ensemble) is a recent graduate from Howard W. Blake High School of the Performing Arts and is currently attending Hillsborough Community College. Alex plans on majoring in advertising and being involved in theater as much as possible. OLIVIA SARGENT (Dolly/ Ensemble) graduated from high school one year early in June 2017 and plans to take a gap year to further pursue the arts and audition in New York before applying to collegiate conservatory programs. In July, she attended a six-week acting intensive at the Atlantic Acting School in New York City, studying Practical Aesthetics with acclaimed teaching artists. In summer 2016, TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

Olivia studied Musical Theatre at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts in the New Studio on Broadway. In 2015, Olivia received high accolades for her roles Mary Tilford in The Children’s Hour, including one of Creative Loafing’s Top 10 Performances of 2015. Recently, Olivia was featured in an episode of “Law and Order: SVU” entitled Motherly Love. She also performed as Rosemary in the musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Olivia is also an accomplished dancer who has studied for over 15 years, and has a newfound love for creating choreography. She is overjoyed to be an apprentice at Jobsite Theater, and she welcomes this new experience with curiosity and excitement! A huge thank you to my generous father, Jeff Sargent, for supporting me no matter what; and my exceptional mother, Emilia Sargent, for being my acting teacher and encouraging me to grow! oliviasargent.com KATRINA STEVENSON (Molly/Ensemble) most recently appeared onstage in Cloud 9 as Ellen/Lin/ Mrs. Saunders, The Great Gatsby as Myrtle, Psycho Beach Party as Marvel Ann, The Maids as Claire, in the title role of Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, and as Mrs. Van Buren in Intimate Apparel with American Stage. Other credits include Richard III (Elizabeth), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Lebensraum (Woman), Twelfth Night (Olivia), Closetland (The Woman), Crimes of the Heart (Meg), The Taming of the Shrew (Kate), Dog Sees God (Tricia), Gorey Stories (Lady Celia), Dead Man’s Cellphone (Hermione), Rabbit Hole (Izzy), Boston Marriage (Anna), The Mineola Twins (Myrna/Myra). An award-winning costume designer, Katrina’s costumes have been seen onstage in Gorey Stories, The Underpants, Return to the Forbidden Planet, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The 39 Steps, and many more. Katrina holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida and a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. When not at the theater, Katrina loves flying on Aerial Silks and running after her dogs, Tink and Sherlock. 20

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RYAN STURM (Filch) made his Jobsite debut as Dr. Chilton in SILENCE! The Musical. More recently, Ryan was seen just down the street in Stageworks Theatre’s production of Avenue Q (Bad Idea Bear) and on the other side of the bridge in The Mystery of Irma Vep (Jane/Lord Edgar) with West Coast Players. Past favorites include Godspell (Nick), Beau Jest (Chris), Urinetown (Billy Boy Bill), You’re a Good Man…(Schroeder), A Funny Thing Happened … (Pseudolus), as well as three years in entertainment at Walt Disney World. A hearty helping of thanks to David, Jeremy, and Alison – it’s a privilege to work with you all! Also, an enormous thanks to the cast and crew for your talent, professionalism, and for not making me feel like the last kid picked in dodgeball – y’all are gems, every one of you! Finally, as always, thanks to mom and dad for their unending support. Much peace and love, all. JEREMY DOUGLASS (Music Director/ Keys) is a solo and ensemble pianist and accompanist living in St. Petersburg, Fla. He has performed jazz, Broadway shows, rock, country, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music in large venues for thousands, in concert halls large and small, club stages, intimate dining rooms, theaters and arenas throughout the world on six continents. He’s played extensively as a soloist on The World, the planet’s largest, ultra-exclusive, private mega-yacht. He’s fluent in jazz, AfroCuban, rock and roll, Texas swing, folk and bluegrass, indie underground, pop standards and EDM wizardry. In addition, he’s also an experienced and accomplished producer and arranger. He’s a master programmer, arranger and instrumentalist. Currently, Jeremy serves as music director for Jobsite Theater in Tampa, having overseen past productions like LIZZIE and current production of The Threepenny Opera. He’s also the founder and leader of The Florida Björkestra – a 30-piece ensemble of instrumentalists, vocalists, actors, cosplayers, artists and makers. Their current production, “The Florida Björkestra’s Buffyfest,” is a multimedia presentation of the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer titled “Once More with Feeling.”

WOODY BOND (Percussion) is a Tampabased musician. His previous Jobsite credits are Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Return to the Forbidden Planet, SILENCE! The Musical, and LIZZIE. He’s also appeared in the bay area productions of Andrews Sisters and My Way. He is currently working towards a degree in music education under the instruction of Mark Feinman at the University of Tampa. Woody is also a firstcall fill-in drummer for numerous bands, taking him to both coasts of the U.S.A. and to festivals such as The Fest in Gainesville and Pouzza Fest in Montreal. When he isn’t performing in theater productions, he can be seen playing drums for Station Cases and Help! Police!, organ for DRUG, and teaching students of all ages for his private studio. Woody would like to thank Jobsite for giving him this opportunity to work with such a large and talented cast, his family for encouraging him to follow his dreams, Sara Farag for her support and encouragement, and Nate Irizarry for absolutely nothing. Of all the guitar players that call Tampa Bay home, MARK WARREN (Guitars) is unquestionably one of them. A childhood filled by Star Trek reruns, KISS albums, and roles in youth productions of Shakespeare classics (Hamlet at age 11 - really!) was followed by the requisite post-high school years of aimless garage combos. Eventually, Warren found himself in the midst of a golden age for Tampa Bay’s original music scene from the late ’80s to early ‘00s with stints in fondly remembered groups such as Mod-L Citizen, Leonard Croon Band, and Barely Pink. The latter quartet released three albums and an EP and in Japan were labelmates with Cheap Trick for about 20 minutes just before the band’s stateside label went belly-up. In more recent times, Warren and his Telecaster have been busy with “power lounge” legends the Vodkanauts (established 2002, currently on an open-ended hiatus) and classic country quintet The Sara Rose Band (appearing Sunday, December 10th at Ella’s in Seminole Heights – come on down, y’all!) Between those two bands and a number of one-off ensembles, Warren has performed at dozens of concerts for WMNF 88.5 Community Radio honoring artists such as

David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and The Who. Plans are afoot for Warren and a number of his Threepenny castmates to play tribute to Queen for yet another WMNF event this coming November. The Threepenny Opera will be Warren’s third outing with Jobsite Theater. In 2014, Warren and his Theremin were part of the award-winning band in Return To The Forbidden Planet and he played guitar in the band for last year’s rockin’ production of LIZZIE. DAVID GAMBINO (Reed 1) Newly relocated from New Orleans, La., David is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwinds. David has spent equal time on stage as he has below it (or in this production’s case, ABOVE it). Some have seen him on stage as Marcellus Washburn in A.C.T.’s production of The Music Man, others have seen him playing Bari Sax in City of Angels for Theatre Baton Rouge. Most recently, David was seen playing unnecessarily large instruments with Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge for their release of a new album entitled Whispers on the Wind with guests Randy Brecker, Gregoire Maret and Chick Corea. Gambino is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of South Florida. Usually you’ll find him stuck halfway in a copy machine there, trying to print big band music for everyone. JARRYD DOLLARD (Reeds 2) Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and playwright, Jarryd is known for his soulful sound, comedic personality and his electrifying, high-energy performances. Recently, Jarryd was the saxophonist at Orlando’s premiere Blues Club, the BB KING Blues Club, performing with the Lucille Band. He has also toured worldwide (Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Grand Cayman, St Thomas and Puerto Rico) with the BB King All-Star Band onboard the Holland America Cruise Ship for two years. Jarryd is a University of South Florida graduate with a degree in Technical Communications and New Media and minor in Music. While at USF, Jarryd became a member of the prestigious organizations Progressive Black Men Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. In addition, he is a graduate of the Manhattan Hairstyling TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

Academy, obtaining an unrestricted barbers license, and presently displays his artwork at A Cut Above Barber and Beauty Shop. MIKE HENRY (Trombone) is a freelance trombonist from the Tampa Bay area who has appeared with Rafi Cruz and his Orchestra, The Funk Man Band, The Santiago Symphony Orchestra, and the Florida Worship Choir and Orchestra. Mike is also an active member of Global Mission Projects, volunteering his spare time in Cuba with up and coming Christian musicians. Mike’s first love is jazz, soul and salsa. When he is not immersed in his love for music and performance, Mike gigs with Duke Energy to keep the lights on. STEVEN VOUGHT (Trumpet I) is a Florida-born trumpet player who received his undergraduate degree from Stetson University and is currently finishing his masters at the University of South Florida. Outside of school, he has worked with such groups as The Creede Repertory Theatre, The New Tampa Players and the Ocala Symphony. AVA KORD OCTLANCH (Trumpet II) is a senior at Andrew High School and is thrilled for this, her first professional gig. I. S. M. ALISON BURNS (Choreography/Associate Director) is thrilled to be back at Jobsite for yet another epic musical! You last saw her choreography in Jobsite’s LIZZIE and SILENCE! The Musical. Other choreography credits include: The Rocky Horror Show, Godspell, Waist Watchers and Respect (Straz), as well as multiple youth theatre shows including Key.Pin It Real; an original show by Kathie Lee Gifford and David Friedman. Burns is a graduate of New York Cityʼs American Musical and Dramatic Academy and when she’s not dancing, she can be found performing, directing and coaching voice and acting nationwide. findyourlightcoaching.org Thanks to David and the entire Jobsite cast and crew! KEITH COLLEGE (Assistant Stage Manager) is a first-year college student at HCC studying Drama. His main interests reside in performance, stage management and music. Keith also plans to write plays of his own and work on his band. You may remember Keith during last year’s production 22

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of LIZZIE as the ASM/ roadie and dashing across the stage moving the props. Keith is delighted to be a part of this production and is forever grateful to Jobsite for the opportunity. RYAN E. FINZELBER (Set and Lighting Designer) is a local freelance lighting designer who also serves as Resident Lighting Designer for Urbanite Theatre in Sarasota. Recent lighting credits include Gloucester Blue, A Skull in Connemara (Jobsite Theatre), Pilgrims, Bo-Nita, My Barking Dog, Breadcrumbs, The Drowning Girls (Urbanite Theatre), Broadway in Black (West Coast Black Theatre Troupe), Red Velvet, Peter and the Starcatcher, Assassins (freeFall Theatre), Grounded, Stalking the Bogeyman (Florida Studio Theatre), Big Fish (Sarasota Players), The Bridges of Madison County (Manatee Players). Visit finzelberdesign.com for more information and production photos! DAVID M. JENKINS (Director) is the Producing Artistic Director and a co-founder of Jobsite. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication (Performance Studies) from the University of South Florida, an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Florida, and a B.A. in Theater Performance, also from USF. He has additionally studied with Moscow State University, the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. In addition to his full-time work for Jobsite, David teaches in the Honors College at USF as an adjunct instructor. He has recently directed productions of Gloucester Blue, As You Like It, LIZZIE, The Maids, SILENCE! The Musical, Annapurna (with Summer Bohnenkamp), and Twelfth Night for Jobsite as well as Annie Baker’s The Aliens for Stageworks Theatre. He was directed by Israel Horovitz in Sins of the Mother (Frankie/Philly Verga), and has been recently seen in Cloud Nine (Betty/Edward), A Skull in Connemara (Tom Hanlon), Time Stands Still (James), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dr. Watson) and The Lonesome West (Coleman). The latter earned him a Theatre Tampa Bay nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor, recognition as a Top 9 performance of 2013 by Creative Loafing’s Mark Leib, and the Best Actor Award in CL’s Best of the Bay Reader’s Poll. He was the 2014 recipient of the Best Director Award from CL’s Reader’s

Poll and Best Director of a Musical in the BroadwayWorld Tampa Regional Awards; he also won the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Award for Best Actor (Times Stands Still). Creative Loafing has twice honored him as both Best Artistic Director and Best Actor. David has published articles in the scholarly journals Text & Performance Quarterly, Liminalities, and Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. He lives in Tampa Heights in a neat old house with his rad wife and a mess of critters. HEATHER KRUEGER (Associate Director) has been a staple in the Tampa Bay theater scene for more than 20 years. Her impressive vocal ability and stage presence makes her a force to be reckoned with. Heather has performed in shows such as The Marvelous Wonderettes, LIZZIE, SILENCE! The Musical, Bright Lights Big City, Broadway Bound, Forbidden Broadway, The

Rocky Horror Picture Show and Godspell, just to name a few. You can currently find her touring with Let’s Hang On, a Frankie Valli tribute show and performing in shows at Busch Gardens. Heather is excited to be playing a role behind the scenes in this production of The Threepenny Opera. MATTHEW RAY (Stage Manager) is excited to be back in the Jaeb with Jobsite. He is a graduate of the USF theater program and has been working in a Tampa for the past six years. His previous stage managing credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes (StageWorks), Cloud Nine (Jobsite), LIZZIE (Jobsite), and SILENCE! The Musical (Jobsite). He has directed a few things in the area as well, including Collected Stories and Almost an Evening. He would like to thank David for putting up with him for so many years, his family for their continued support, and his boyfriend Quincy. Enjoy the show!

Special Thanks

Extra special thanks to Mike Wood, savior and all around mensch, for coming to our aid in a more dire time of need. Judy Lisi, Lorrin Shepard, Georgiana Young, Jeanne Piazza, CJ Marshall and everyone at Straz Center for their belief in our vision and their unyielding support. Jobsite’s board of directors and our mighty ensemble – for keeping this ship afloat. All of our fantastic season sponsors who are helping us realize our dreams. Most importantly, thanks to YOU for joining us here tonight.

Production Staff

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Finzelber Poster Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Newcomb Promotional Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Pritchard, Pritchard Photography Online Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawn Paonessa Jobsite Producing Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David M. Jenkins

Jobsite Theater Board of Directors Elissa O. Getto Brad Casey, Treasurer Stephanie Gocklin Gregg Perkins, Chair

Desiree Fantal Scott Waltz Staci Sabarsky David M. Jenkins

Brendan McLaughlin, Vice-chair Brenda Lovell, Secretary

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: An Astrophysicist Reads the Newspaper Everyone’s favorite astrophysicist returns for another out-of-this-world experience in An Astrophysicist Reads the Newspaper, an exploration of all that is funny, illuminating and alarming in reports about the world’s current events. ABOUT NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. Tyson’s professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson was appointed by then-President Bush in 2001 to serve on a 12-member commission that studied the future of the U.S. aerospace industry. The final report was published in 2002 and contained recommendations (for Congress and for the major agencies of the government) that would promote a thriving future of transportation, space exploration and national security. In 2004, Tyson was once again appointed by then-President Bush to serve on a nine-member commission on the implementation of the United States space exploration policy, dubbed the Moon, Mars, and Beyond commission. This group navigated a path by which the new space vision can become a successful part of the American agenda. In 2006, the head of NASA appointed Tyson to serve on its prestigious Advisory Council, which helps guide NASA through its perennial need to fit its ambitious vision into its restricted budget. In addition to dozens of professional publications, Dr. Tyson has written, and continues to write, for the public. From 1995 to 2005, Tyson was a monthly essayist for Natural History magazine under the title “Universe.” Among Tyson’s ten books is his memoir The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist; and Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, co-written with Donald Goldsmith. Origins is the companion book to 26

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the PBS-NOVA four-part mini-series Origins, in which Tyson served as on-camera host. The program premiered on September 28 and 29, 2004. Two of Tyson’s recent books are the playful and informative Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet, chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto’s planetary status. The PBS/NOVA documentary “The Pluto Files,” based on the book, premiered in March 2010. For five seasons, beginning in the fall of 2006, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBSNOVA’s spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe. During the summer of 2009, Tyson identified a stable of professional standup comedians to assist his effort in bringing science to commercial radio with the NSF-funded pilot program StarTalk. Now also a popular podcast and a limited-run television series on the National Geographic Channel, StarTalk combines celebrity guests with informative yet playful banter. The target audience is all those people who never thought they would, or could, like science. In its first year on television, StarTalk was nominated for a Best Informational Programming Emmy®. Tyson is the recipient of nineteen honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to a non-government citizen. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid 13123 Tyson. On the lighter side, Tyson was voted Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive by People Magazine in 2000. In February 2012, Tyson released his tenth book, containing every thought he has ever had on the past, present and future of space exploration: Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. In March 2014, Tyson served as Executive Editor and on camera host and narrator for Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey, the 21st century continuation of Carl Sagan’s landmark television series. The show ran thirteen episodes in primetime on the FOX network, and appeared in 181 countries in 45 languages around the world on the National Geographic Channels. Cosmos, which is also available in DVD and BluRay, won four Emmy Awards®, a Peabody Award, two Critics Choice awards as well as a dozen other industry recognitions. Tyson is the fifth head of the world-renowned Hayden Planetarium in New York City and the first occupant of its Frederick P. Rose Directorship. He is also a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Neil deGrasse Tyson lives in New York City with his wife, a former IT Manager with Bloomberg Financial Markets, and their two kids. The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Program information provided by the cast and/or production company.

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Straz Center for the Performing Arts On Your Feet! is part of Bank of America Broadway at The Straz JAMES L. NEDERLANDER ESTEFAN ENTERPRISES, INC. BERNIE YUMAN ROY FURMAN TERRY ALLEN KRAMER CATHERINE ADLER CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS REG • GROVE IPN/ALBERT NOCCIOLINO MARC DAVID LEVINE LARRY HIRSCHHORN/DOUBLE GEMINI

EVA PRICE

IRIS SMITH

BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA

BURNT UMBER PRODUCTIONS/PITTSBURGH CLO

STELLA LA RUE/LAWRENCE S. TOPPALL

PRESENT

Book by

Featuring Music Produced and Recorded by

Alexander Dinelaris

Emilio & Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine Starring

Christie Prades

Mauricio Martínez

Alma Cuervo Amaris Sanchez

Jason Martinez

Carmen Sanchez

Kevin Tellez

Jordan Vergara

and

Nancy Ticotin Karmine Alers Natalie Caruncho

Skizzo Arnedillo Sarita Colón

Omar Lopez-Cepero Joseph Rivera

David Baida

Adriel Flete

Hector Maisonet

Maria Rodriguez

Danny Burgos

Jennifer Florentino Claudia Mulet

Arianna Rosario

Sam J. Cahn Devon Goffman

Jeremey Adam Rey

Shani Talmor

Claudia Yanez

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

David Rockwell

Emilio Sosa

Kenneth Posner

SCK Sound Design

Projection Design

Casting by

Wig and Hair Design

Music Coordinator

Music Direction

Darrel Maloney

Telsey + Company Justin Huff, CSA

Charles G. LaPointe

Patrick Vaccariello

Clay Ostwald

Orchestrations

Additional Orchestrations

Gloria Estefan Emilio Estefan Tour Marketing

Amy Katz Phillip Aleman

Arrangements

Tour Booking Agency

Production Supervisor

The Booking Group Troika Entertainment Meredith Blair Laura Dieli Kara Gebhart

Associate Director

Andy Señor, Jr.

Dance Music Arrangements and Dance Orchestrations

Lon Hoyt

Clay Ostwald Jorge Casas

Associate Choreographers

Maria Torres Natalie Caruncho

Oscar Hernández

Production Stage Manager

Company Manager

Eric Insko

Susan C. Guszynski

General Manager

Troika Entertainment Karen Berry

Choreographed by

Sergio Trujillo Directed by

Jerry Mitchell Original Cast Album recorded live at the Marquis Theatre available April 29, 2016, on Masterworks Broadway.

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Christie Prades

Nancy Ticotin

Karmine Alers

Sarita Colón

Claudia Mulet

Mauricio Martínez

Alma Cuervo

Jason Martinez

Amaris Sanchez

Carmen Sanchez

Kevin Tellez

Skizzo Arnedillo

David Baida

Danny Burgos

Sam J. Cahn

Jennifer Florentino

Devon Goffman

Omar Lopez-Cepero

Adriel Flete

Jeremey Adam Rey

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Joseph Rivera

Maria Rodiguez

Jordan Vergara

Arianna Rosario

Natalie Caruncho

Hector Maisonet

Shani Talmor

Claudia Yanez

CAST

in order of appearance

Emilio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAURICIO MARTÍNEZ Nayib (at select performances). . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN TELLEZ, JORDAN VERGARA Gloria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTIE PRADES Little Gloria (at select performances). . . . . . AMARIS SANCHEZ, CARMEN SANCHEZ José Fajardo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON MARTINEZ Gloria Fajardo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NANCY TICOTIN Consuelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALMA CUERVO Rebecca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAUDIA YANEZ Kiki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADRIEL FLETE Marquito. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANNY BURGOS Kenny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HECTOR MAISONET Phil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEVON GOFFMAN Guitarristas. . . . . . . . DAVID BAIDA, DANNY BURGOS, OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO Big Paquito. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BAIDA American DJ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO Latin DJ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BAIDA Chris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANNY BURGOS Jeremy (at select performances). . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN TELLEZ, JORDAN VERGARA Warren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO Young Emilio (at select performances). . . . . KEVIN TELLEZ, JORDAN VERGARA Antonio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BAIDA Nena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAUDIA MULET Dr. Neuwirth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEVON GOFFMAN Robin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATALIE CARUNCHO Rachel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARIANNA ROSARIO Marcello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO Lucia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KARMINE ALERS Amelia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAUDIA MULET Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KARMINE ALERS, DAVID BAIDA, DANNY BURGOS, SAM J. CAHN, NATALIE CARUNCHO, SARITA COLÓN, ADRIEL FLETE, DEVON GOFFMAN, OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO, HECTOR MAISONET, CLAUDIA MULET, JEREMEY ADAM REY, JOSEPH RIVERA, MARIA RODRIGUEZ, ARIANNA ROSARIO, SHANI TALMOR, CLAUDIA YANEZ

SWINGS SKIZZO ARNEDILLO, SAM J. CAHN, JENNIFER FLORENTINO, ARIANNA ROSARIO

DANCE CAPTAIN SKIZZO ARNEDILLO

ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN JENNIFER FLORENTINO

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Gloria: ARIANNA ROSARIO, CLAUDIA YANEZ; For Emilio: DANNY BURGOS, OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO; For Gloria Fajardo: KARMINE ALERS, CLAUDIA MULET; For Consuelo: KARMINE ALERS, CLAUDIA MULET The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

MUSICAL NUMBERS

in alphabetical order

“1-2-3” “Anything for You” “Coming Out of the Dark” “Con los Años Que Me Quedan” “Conga” “Cuando Salí de Cuba” “Cuba Libre” “Don’t Wanna Lose You” “Dr. Beat” “Everlasting Love” “Famous” “Get on Your Feet” “Here We Are” “I See Your Smile” “If I Never Got to Tell You” “Live for Loving You” “Mi Tierra” “Oye” “Oye Mi Canto” “Party Time” “Reach” “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” “Tradición” “Turn the Beat Around” “When Someone Comes Into Your Life” “Wrapped” THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

ORCHESTRA Music Director/Keyboard 1: Clay Ostwald* Associate Music Director/Keyboard 2: Emmanuel Schvartzman Trumpet: Jose Ruiz; Trombone: Theodore Mulet*; Reeds: Michael Scaglione; Guitar: Stephen Flakus; Bass: Jorge Casas*; Percussion 1: Edward Bonilla*; Percussion 2: Jean-Christophe Leroy; Drums: Colin Taylor; Music Coordinator: Patrick Vaccariello *Member of Miami Sound Machine Music Director of Miami Sound Machine: Jorge Casas Assistant Music Director of Miami Sound Machine: Clay Ostwald Keyboard Programmer: Randy Cohen Associate Keyboard Programmers: Jeremy King, Taylor Williams 34

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WHO’S WHO CHRISTIE PRADES (Gloria) is ecstatic to be part of bringing this story from Broadway across the country as Gloria Estefan! Broadway: On Your Feet! (Gloria cover, Swing). Regional: In the Heights-Vanessa (Actors’ Playhouse), In the Heights (American Stage Theatre-BroadwayWorld Winner), West Side Story (Rosalia, u/s Anita). TV/Film: “Orange is the New Black,” If You Only Knew. Vocal Training: Luis Manuel Diaz (LMD Center), Katy Pfaffl and Kurt Robinson. Countless thanks to Gloria and Emilio, along with Jerry Mitchell, Andy Señor, Justin Huff, and our creative team. To my own personal team, my ferociously supportive family, fierce coaches Luis and Kurt, my unstoppable agent Rikky, and to the Cuban people whom I hope to honor and represent proudly, this is all for YOU. God is so Good! IG:@Christie_Elaine Twitter:@christieelaine MAURICIO MARTÍNEZ (Emilio) is a Mexican actor and recording artist who is thrilled to have made his Broadway debut in On Your Feet! In Mexico City, he’s starred in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Saturday Night Fever, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweet Charity, A View from the Bridge, among others. Regional: Evita (KC Rep Theatre) playing Che. TV: currently starring in Season Two of NBC Universo’s original series “El Vato” (available on Netflix), “Señora Acero 2” for Telemundo and several telenovelas for Univision. Mauricio has released two pop albums, available on iTunes. Thanks Steve Maihack, Justin Huff, Bobo Producciones & my family and friends for their love and support. Follow @martinezmau mauriciomartinez.com.mx NANCY TICOTIN (Gloria Fajardo), a native New Yorker, made her Broadway debut at age 10. Film: Ransom, The Wiz, First Wives Club, Hackers, The History of Future Folk, Ordinary World, The Tavern. TV: “Taken.” Recurring roles: “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Orange is the New Black.” Ticotin is an original member of Ballet Hispanico of NY under the direction of her mentor, Tina Ramirez. Broadway: The King & I, West Side Story, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Damn Yankees, In the Heights,

Wild Woman (one-woman show). Gueststarred with NYC Ballet as Anita in West Side Story Suite at Lincoln Center. I dedicate my performance of Gloria Fajardo to my mother, Iris Ticotin. ALMA CUERVO (Consuelo) Broadway credits include On Your Feet!; Beauty and the Beast; Cabaret; Titanic; The Heidi Chronicles; Ghetto; Quilters; Is There Life After High School?; Censored Scenes From King Kong; and Bedroom Farce. She has toured nationally in Wicked; My Fair Lady; Cabaret; and M. Butterfly. Ms. Cuervo has worked extensively Off-Broadway, including in the John Doyle-directed Allegro and Road Show (by Sondheim and Weidman). She received an Obie for her performance in Uncommon Women and Others, and Philadelphia’s Barrymore Award for Best Actress in The Beauty Queen of Leenane. She has acted with many of the nation’s regional theatres, most recently in Fool and You Can’t Take It With You at Houston’s Alley; And the Curtain Rises at the Signature in Virginia; and The Three Sisters at Cincinnati Playhouse. On television, she was recently seen as the judge in NBC’s “The Slap” (by Jon Robin Baitz) and was a regular on Norman Lear’s “AKA Pablo.” She narrates many audiobooks and is a graduate of Tulane and Yale Drama School. Thank you to Gloria and Emilio. JASON MARTINEZ (José Fajardo) is excited to be a part of the First National Tour of On Your Feet! He comes from four generations of entertainers. After spending countless hours in the theater watching his parents perform, he finally found his own way into the spotlight. Jason has toured the world and shared the stage with amazing talent like Paul Simon, Marc Anthony, Reuben Blades and Frankie Valli to name a few. Broadway: The Capeman, Jersey Boys, Million Dollar Quartet. Television: “General Hospital,” “Boston Legal.” Film: The Other Guys, American Dreamz. I love you Dani, Maxwell and Bennett! twitter/instagram/facebook- jasonartistlife. AMARIS SANCHEZ (Little Gloria) is excited to be on her First National Tour with On Your Feet! after debuting on Broadway TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

WHO’S WHO as Little Gloria in January 2017. Amaris is an Illinois native who has had roles in productions with several theaters in Chicago, including the Goodman and Gift Theatres. Most recently, Amaris performed at Goodman in the annual production of A Christmas Carol. Multifaceted and driven, Amaris has had roles in numerous commercials and gets vocal training at True Voice Studio. Amaris would like to thank her parents for endless support and sacrifice! Follow Amaris’ adventures on Instagram: @amarisonyourfeet. CARMEN SANCHEZ (Little Gloria) comes from a Cuban family that has dedicated themselves to show business. Having a choreographer for a mother and a musician for a father, Carmen has spent most of her life on the stage. Her first professional performance was during the last season of “The Voice Kids,” where she made it to the finals with her coach, Daddy Yankee. In addition to the training she receives from her parents, Carmen takes classical ballet and jazz training in Las Vegas at Nevada School of Dance, while taking private singing lessons with her teacher, Marien Aguilera. KEVIN TELLEZ (Nayib, Young Emilio, Jeremy) Dancer and actor. WLDC Champion in 2012 and 2014. Made his Broadway debut with On Your Feet! in 2015. Kevin has been featured in television shows like “Ellen,” “Little Big Shots,” “Sábado Gigante” and was a semifinalist in “America’s Got Talent.” He has also been invited to be on other television shows in Japan, China, Germany, England, Holland and more. Kevin has done multiple commercials and music videos and is very happy to be part of the First National Tour of On Your Feet! after being with the company for almost two years on Broadway. Thank you to my parents for always supporting me. Much love to all my family, friends, followers and fans. Twitter and IG @Kevintellez08 JORDAN VERGARA (Nayib, Young Emilio, Jeremy) has been dancing salsa since he was four years old, placing first in multiple dance competitions nationally. His love of music and dance has helped him travel and showcase his talent here and abroad. Jordan is the happiest when he’s on stage dancing 36

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and the crowd is cheering and having a good time. You’re in for a treat once you see his fast footwork on stage. Instagram: @jordanvergaraofficial KARMINE ALERS (Ensemble, u/s Gloria Fajardo, Consuelo) Direct from Broadway, Karmine is thrilled to continue her journey with the On Your Feet! familia. Broadway: Rent (Mimi). Regional: Aida (Aida). Films: Naked As We Came (Netflix), The Dark Rite (2018). Every performance is dedicated to my mom, Carmina. You will always be my constant. Wrapped in your arms #5. ¡Que Siga! SKIZZO ARNEDILLO (Dance Captain, Swing) Born in San Sebastian, Spain. Broadway: On Your Feet! Off-Broadway: Carmen (Dance Captain); Man of La Mancha (Assistant Choreographer to Maria Torres); Associate and Assistant to Jermaine Browne for Dragone in Macau. Spain: Beauty and the Beast, Saturday Night Fever, Chicago, The Wedding Singer, Peter Pan. DAVID BAIDA (Ensemble) Broadway: On Your Feet! Piragua Guy on the First National Tour of In The Heights (U.S., Puerto Rico and Tokyo). Regional: In The Heights, Forever Plaid (Jinx), Joseph…Dreamcoat (w/ Andrea McArdle). Winner of MetroStar 2016 cabaret competition at NYC’s Metropolitan Room. Never let go of the dream! davidbaida.com DANNY BURGOS (Ensemble, u/s Emilio) is honored to continue his journey with On Your Feet! Broadway: On Your Feet! Tour: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Regional: In The Heights (Fulton, ZACH, Lyric OKC). Para mi Abuela America, mi familia, y pa Hialeah! Gratitude to the entire creative team and to Mr. Q! WEPA! dannyburgos.com IG: @_dannyburgos SAM J. CAHN (Ensemble, Swing) Broadway: Wicked (Chistery), Memphis, Rocky (Rocky Marciano), Aladdin. Las Vegas: Celine Dion’s A New Day, Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers. TV: “World Music Awards,” “Deadly Sins,” “America’s Got Talent,” Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman. Film: A Christmas Carol (w/ Jim Carey), Isn’t It Romantic (w/ Rebel Wilson). Thanks to all for the love and support!

WHO’S WHO NATALIE CARUNCHO (Associate Choreographer, Ensemble) is excited to be taking On Your Feet! on the road after being a part of the Original Broadway Company! Broadway: On Your Feet! (Ensemble/Dance Captain). First National Tours: Flashdance (Dance Captain), In the Heights (Ensemble; u/s Nina, Vanessa, Carla). Regional: A Chorus Line (Diana), West Side Story (Francisca), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet). All her love to Sean, her family and Bean. ¡Que siga! SARITA COLÓN (Ensemble) Theater: In the Heights (Carla u/s, at TUTS and WBT), Disney Tokyo’s Mystic Rhythms (Aerialist), La Rondine Opera. Tour: On Your Feet! Promo. TV/Film: “Vinyl” on HBO, “The Tick,” “SNL,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Dutch Musical Awards,” “Grease: Live!” upfronts. Concerts: Silento, Sofia Carson. WSU Graduate. Love and endless thanks to God and my amazing family, Sam, friends and CTG! @sariri15 ADRIEL FLETE (Ensemble), originating within the NYC salsa club circuit, is making his Broadway debut in the First National Tour of On Your Feet! As a former dance graduate of the “Fame School” LaGuardia Arts High School, he has played a prominent role in In the Heights and Beauty and the Beast. He’s grateful for the love from his family and friends. IG: adriel_flete JENNIFER FLORENTINO (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing) is humbled to join the On Your Feet! family. Danced professionally with Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Disney Cruise Line, and with Sonya Tayeh in You’ll Still Call Me By Name. Television: featured on “SNL,” NBC and FOX. Film: Isn’t It Romantic. Much love and gratitude to the Creator, family, mentors, Axis Connect/ Barton Movement and Lakey Wolf & Co. I am deeply rooted! @jenniferflorentino DEVON GOFFMAN (Phil, Ensemble) National Tours: Jersey Boys, Motown, Grease, Titanic, Buddy. Recent: Jersey Boys (Vegas), The Doo Wop Project (Concert tour). Co-wrote the musical web series: “Wisco Queens” with Katie Goffman. Devon teaches his own masterclass to theatre kids:

OptimismInTheatre.com. Thanks to Justin Huff. @DevonGoffman. Favorite role: Katie’s hubby. OMAR LOPEZ-CEPERO (Ensemble, u/s Emilio) joins the tour directly from the original Broadway cast of On Your Feet! Other Broadway/NY: American Idiot (OC), The Capeman (Public Theater). National Tour: Evita (Che). Regional: Unsinkable Molly Brown @ The MUNY and Denver Center, American Idiot @ Berkeley Rep (WP), Saint-Ex @ Weston Theater (WP), Les Misérables @ Fulton Theater (Marius). TV: “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “Vegas” (CBS), “The Detour” (TBS). Proud UMiami alum. @omarlopezcepero HECTOR MAISONET (Ensemble) is excited to be taking On Your Feet! on the road after making his debut with the Original Broadway Company. Broadway: On Your Feet! (Ensemble, Assistant Dance Captain). ¡Que Siga! Love to the family! CLAUDIA MULET (Ensemble, u/s Gloria Fajardo, Consuelo) is very excited to be making her professional debut after having arrived from Cuba a little over a year ago. She graduated from the Superior Institute of Arts and soon after was honored to be part of the historic production of Rent in Havana, Cuba. She dedicates this performance to her Mom. JEREMEY ADAM REY (Ensemble) Broadway Debut! Dance: Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Katherine Alexander, Marianne Ebert. Madison Square Garden, Barclay Center, Carnegie Hall, City Center, Joffrey Ballet and Alvin Ailey. TV/Film: “Ultimate Beastmaster” (S2), “SYTYCD” (S10), “The Today Show,” White Road, Repentance. Dancer, Actor, Singer, Model, Stuntman. JOSEPH RIVERA (Ensemble) is a native of Puerto Rico and relocated to America at age 17. He earned his Bachelor’s in Dance Performance from the University of the Arts and then relocated to Las Vegas. His career highlights include Zumanity, Disney’s The Lion King (Las Vegas and Australia), Le Rêve/The Dream, “Latin Grammy Awards,” TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

WHO’S WHO “Dancing with the Stars” and “Live with Regis and Kelly.” MARIA RODRIGUEZ (Ensemble) is thrilled and humbled to be joining the cast of On Your Feet! She is a proud alumna of Joffrey Ballet School. Credits include National Tour: Guys and Dolls. Regional Theatre: Cats (Victoria). TV Features: NBC, Univision. Much love to MSA, her family and Joe. @Mariaalexiiis ARIANNA ROSARIO (Ensemble, Swing, u/s Gloria) is excited to Conga across the nation! Broadway: On Your Feet!, Cats (OBC, Sillabub). Tours: Cinderella, West Side Story (Maria u/s), Hinton Battle’s AVB! Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse (Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, Maria Elena), Opera North (West Side Story, Anita), McCarter Theater. New World School of the Arts graduate! Omar, te amo. ¡Que Siga! @ariannarosario SHANI TALMOR (Ensemble) is thrilled to join the First National Tour. Broadway Debut: On Your Feet! Performed with: Pitbull, Marc Anthony, T-Pain, Ne-Yo, Madonna, Kat De Luna, Madison Square Garden, MAC Cosmetics. TV: “Mira Quien Baila,” NBC Morning Show, “Sabado Gigante,” “Don Francisco” and “America’s Got Talent.” Love and thanks to my family and my husband Yonny. @shanitalmor CLAUDIA YANEZ (Rebecca, Ensemble, u/s Gloria) Off-Broadway: Spamilton. Regional: Mamma Mia! and A Chorus Line at The Weston Playhouse. Toured singing background vocals for Grammy® Awardwinning artist Jon Secada. Special thanks to Justin, Andy, JWS and all of my teachers. For my family and my abuelos. ¡Que siga! Social media: @claudiayanez GLORIA ESTEFAN (Music, Lyrics, Orchestrations) With seven Grammy® Awards and more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, Gloria Estefan is the most successful Latin crossover performer in the history of pop music. In addition to her 38 #1 hits across the Billboard charts, Gloria recorded the Oscar®-nominated song “Music of My Heart” and has received numerous honors and 38

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awards over the course of her illustrious career. She has been presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame, named BMI Songwriter of the Year, received an American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement and won an MTV Video Music Award, two ACE Awards and multiple Billboard Awards for her many chart-topping hits. Gloria has also been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The Kennedy Center Honors, the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor and the Hispanic Heritage Award. EMILIO ESTEFAN (Music, Lyrics, Orchestrations) is a world-renowned music, television and film producer who has been instrumental in shaping, developing and directing the careers of his superstar wife, Gloria, as well as Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Jon Secada among many others. With a resume that includes 19 Grammy® Awards, Emilio is one of the most successful producers in the music business, blending Latin, pop and world rhythms creating his own unique style and world-wide hits. It is this vision that transcends the music field and spills over into film, television, hotels and restaurants, among other business endeavors, including becoming the first Cuban-born minority stakeholder in an NFL franchise, the Miami Dolphins. Emilio and Gloria were the 2015 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the first time the honor has been bestowed on a married couple. ALEXANDER DINELARIS (Book) is an Academy Award® and Golden Globe winner for the screenplay of Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). He is the co-creator and executive producer of the series “The One Percent” for MRC, starring Hilary Swank. He is currently adapting the novel Entering Hades into a feature film with Michael Fassbender. Alex is also currently adapting his play Still Life into a feature film, which he will direct next spring. His film, The Year of the Monarchs, is in development with Mandalay Entertainment. Alexander is the book writer of The Bodyguard Musical and of Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s Broadway

WHO’S WHO musical On Your Feet! Other recent work includes his plays Red Dog Howls (New York Theater Workshop), Still Life (Manhattan Class Company), The Chaos Theories (Shotgun Theater) and In This, Our Time (59e59). Dinelaris is a proud member of the Writer’s Guild and the Dramatists Guild. JERRY MITCHELL (Director) received the Tony Award® in recognition of his choreography for the 2013 Tony Awardwinning Best Musical, Kinky Boots, for which he was also nominated as director. He was recently nominated for an Olivier Award for his choreography in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which he also directed and co-produced in the West End. In the 35 preceding years, Jerry has been involved with more than 50 Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End and touring productions, starting as a dancer for Agnes de Mille in Brigadoon and thereafter assisting Michael Bennett and Jerome Robbins. His Broadway debut as choreographer, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, was followed by The Full Monty (Tony nomination); The Rocky Horror Show; Hairspray (Tony nomination); Gypsy; Never Gonna Dance (Tony nomination); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination); La Cage aux Folles (Tony Award); Imaginary Friends; Legally Blonde (Tony nomination), which he also directed; Catch Me If You Can; and Kinky Boots (also running in London, Korea, Germany, Australia and on National Tour). He also choreographed both the Off-Broadway productions and films of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jeffrey. Most recently, Jerry received the Drama League’s Founders Award for Excellence in Directing and the George Abbott Lifetime Achievement Award from his peers, the latter being especially meaningful to him in that he was directed by the 96-year-old Mr. Abbott in the Broadway revival of On Your Toes. His most recent Broadway experience is as Director of On Your Feet! Twenty-five years ago, Jerry conceived and created Broadway Bares, a comedy burlesque show performed annually for the charity Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. He continues to serve as executive producer of Broadway Bares, with a book, website and satellite productions in Fire Island Pines, Las Vegas (Peepshow,

which recently concluded its five-year run of continuous performances) and London (West End Bares). SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer) Broadway: On Your Feet! (Tony Award® Nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk, OCC/Greenroom/ Dora Award nomination), A Bronx Tale (Chita Award Nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Awards nomination), All Shook Up. Director/Choreographer: Arrabal (ART), Gloria Estefan On Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (National Tour), White Noise (Royal George Theatre). Other Theatre: Invisible Thread (Second Stage-Astaire Award Nomination), Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical (Olney TheatreHelen Hayes Award Nomination), Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre), The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International: Tarzan (Disney), Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), The Sound of Music and West Side Story (Stratford Festival). Upcoming: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla Playhouse). DAVID ROCKWELL (Set Design) Theatrical designs: She Loves Me (Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle awards), On the Twentieth Century (Tony nom.); You Can’t Take It With You (Tony nom.); Kinky Boots (Tony nom.); Lucky Guy (Tony nom.); Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms.), The Public Theater’s 2017 season of Shakespeare in the Park, and the sets for the 81st and 82nd Academy Awards® (2010 Emmy® Award). Founder and President of Rockwell Group, an architecture and design studio. Honors: AIANY President’s Award, Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, and the Presidential Design Award. EMILIO SOSA (Costume Design) Broadway: On Your Feet!, Motown: The Musical, Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony® nom.), Topdog/Underdog. London: Motown: The Musical, Father Comes Home From the Wars, TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

WHO’S WHO Topdog/Underdog. Off-Broadway: By the Way Meet Vera Stark (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk nom.), Venus, Crowns, Trust, Invisible Thread, Romeo and Juliet, Capeman, The Misantrope, Sex with Strangers. Regional: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined, Señor Discretion Himself (Helen Hayes nom.), Witness Uganda, Twist (2011 LA Ovation Award), Fences. Radio City Music Hall Spring Spectaculars, NY Knicks City Dancers, “Project Runway,” “Project Runway All Stars,” Trustee American Theater Wing. KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively OffBroadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: War Paint, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Cinderella, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia - Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, The Frogs, Side Man, Finding Neverland and Wicked. He is the recipient of Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie Awards. SCK SOUND DESIGN (Sound Design) Steve Canyon Kennedy partners with sound designers Andrew Keister and Walter Trarbach. Their Broadway shows together include On Your Feet!, Doctor Zhivago, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Tony Award®), Jesus Christ Superstar, 700 Sundays, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Catch Me If You Can (Tony nom.), The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Hairspray, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award). DARREL MALONEY (Video & Projection Design) Broadway: American Idiot, A Night With Janis Joplin, Everyday Rapture, The Illusionists, Allegiance. Off-Broadway: Found (Drama Desk nom.), Checkers (Drama Desk nom.), Kung Fu, Golden Child, The Village Bike, The Submission, Bikeman, Stop the Virgens, Masks Outrageous and Austere, Tokio Confidential. Other: Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus, Legends, 144th edition; Surf (Vegas); La Jolla Playhouse; Berkeley Rep; Ahmanson CTG; Cleveland 40

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Playhouse; and more. Founder, design/ production company the 13th Studios. Faculty, Yale School of Drama. darrelmaloney.com CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair and Wig Design) Broadway: Hamilton, Amélie, The Band’s Visit, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Beautiful, Dr. Zhivago, Honeymoon in Vegas, Side Show, The Elephant Man, Of Mice and Men, Violet, After Midnight, Motown, Clybourne Park, Bring It On, Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde, The Mountaintop, The Merchant of Venice, Memphis, Superior Donuts, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple and Allegiance. Other recent work: The Radio City Spring Spectacular and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Paper Mill). CLAY OSTWALD / JORGE CASAS (Additional Orchestrations) At the core of Miami Sound Machine since 1986, Jorge and Clay have produced, written and performed multiple platinum, gold and Grammy® Awardwinning records, received a Producer of the Year Grammy nomination, an American Music Award. Their body of work includes albums with Gloria and Emilio Estefan. LON HOYT (Arrangements) Broadway: Hairspray, Hair, Rock of Ages, Catch Me If You Can, Lennon, The Rocky Horror Show, Footloose, Street Corner Symphony. OffBroadway: Song of Singapore, Forever Plaid. Regional: Diner (Sheryl Crow), Some Lovers (Burt Bacharach), The Nightingale (Sheik/ Sater). Television: NBC “Hairspray Live.” Film: Annie, Hairspray, Joyful Noise, Band Slam, Boys on the Side. Other: Hairspray (tours, Toronto, Vegas, London, Johannesburg, Cologne), Hair (Hollywood Bowl). Actor: Tommy, Baby, Leader of the Pack, Starlight Express, Rock ’n Roll! The First 5,000 Years. Love to the three Ls. OSCAR HERNÁNDEZ (Dance Arrangements & Orchestrations), a threetime Grammy® Award winner, has long been considered one of the most prominent pianist/ arrangers on the Latin-jazz and salsa music scene. He has recorded and performed with many of the most important Latino artists. He is the leader/producer of two-time Grammy®winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO). His

WHO’S WHO credits include musical director/conductor for Paul Simon’s Broadway musical The Capeman. He has worked with many of the important artists in the Latin music scene, i.e. Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Julio Iglesias, Juan Luis Guerra, etc. CLAY OSTWALD (Music Director) Broadway: Associate Conductor/Keyboards On Your Feet! University of Miami (B.M. Studio Music & Jazz). Over 30 years with Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine, Broadway, and now a tour! Grateful to the OYF team, and proud to lead the way with this talented cast and stellar band … Familia! ANDY SEÑOR JR. (Associate Director) Credits: Holiday Inn Associate Director. Rent Off-Broadway, Assistant Director to Michael Greif. Re-staged the production in Tokyo and directed the historic production in Havana, Cuba. Fly at DTC w/Jeffrey Seller. Training: FIU and Public Theater Shakespeare Lab. Played Angel in Rent on Broadway, London and tours. Artistic Director of District Stage Company in Miami. MARIA TORRES (Associate Choreographer) Broadway: On Your Feet!, Swing! (Tony® Noms). Off-Broadway: Zoot Suit, Man of La Mancha, The Donkey Show, 4 Guys Named Jose (Lucille Lortel/Carbonell noms), Celia, The Mambo Kings, Latin Heat, The Golden Mickeys. Film/TV: Amazon’s The Tick, “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” El Cantante, Dance With Me, Enchanted (Oscar® nom), Fugly, Latin Billboard Awards. Upcoming: Havana (Dir/Choreo). KATHY FABIAN/PROPSTAR (Prop Supervisor) has created props for over 70 Broadway productions. Recent credits include: Indecent, Sunday in the Park with George, Falsettos, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, The King and I, An American In Paris, The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, If/ Then, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County, and Kinky Boots. PATRICK VACCARIELLO (Music Coordinator) Broadway: On Your Feet!, Annie, Cabaret, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, West Side Story, Come Fly Away, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, La Cage aux Folles,

The Boy From Oz, Dance of the Vampires, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Director Tony® Awards past four years. SCOTT ORLESKY (Technical Director) has been the Technical Director for over a dozen National and International Broadway tours on four continents, including the revival of Ragtime, Rock of Ages, Peter and the Starcatcher and The Bodyguard. He is also an award-winning Lighting Designer and a published composer. ERIC INSKO (Production Stage Manager) First National Tours: Matilda, War Horse, Jersey Boys, Titanic, Hairspray, Disney’s Aida, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s On The Record, Chicago, The Secret Garden, Bette Midler’s Experience the Divine. Los Angeles: Wicked. Toronto: Matilda, Billy Elliott, Jersey Boys, Phantom of the Opera. Broadway: Saturday Night Fever, Peter Pan. ANTHONY CEFALA (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be seeing the country with OYF! Broadway: On Your Feet! (ASM), The Curious Incident... (ASM), Tales of the City (ASM). Chicago: On Your Feet! (Production Assistant). Thank you to my husband, Rich. ¡Que Siga! SAORI YOKOO (Assistant Stage Manager) “CEL” NYC/Tour/Other Credits: Dreamgirls, West Side Story, Ghost the Musical, A Bed and A Chair (Encores!), Queen of the Night, Bring It On The Musical, Oliver!, Aladdin (Shiki Theatrical), Seeing You, An American in Paris, 42nd Street, Phish New Year’s Gag at Madison Square Garden, The Demise, Dirty Dancing. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting) Broadway/Tours: SpongeBob SquarePants, Once on This Island, The Parisian Woman, M. Butterfly, Anastasia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hello, Dolly!, War Paint, Come from Away, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked, Something Rotten!, The King and I, An American in Paris. Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd, Atlantic, Classic Stage, MCC, Second Stage. Film: Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married, Across the Universe, Camp, Pieces of April. TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

WHO’S WHO TV: “This Is Us,” “I’m Dying Up Here,” “One Day at a Time,” “Rise,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Graves,” “Atypical,” “Julie’s Greenroom,” “Grease Live!,” “Masters of Sex,” “Smash,” “The Big C,” commercials. telseyandco.com KAREN BERRY (General Manager) Currently: An American in Paris, Love Never Dies. Project Manager: Christopher Wheeldon’s Nutcracker. Selected Chicago GM credits: Old Jews Telling Jokes, Million Dollar Quartet, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Bleacher Bums, Driving Miss Daisy, Shirley Valentine, Steel Magnolias, and Pump Boys and Dinettes. Broadway management credits include Carrie, Quilters, Asinamali and Showboat. SUSAN C. GUSZYNSKI (Company Manager) Tours: Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye, Flashdance, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom Of The Opera, Xanadu, All Shook Up, Def Poetry Jam, Guys And Dolls, Fame, Steve Martin’s Picasso At The Lapin Agile, The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular. Broadway: The Illusionists, Holler If Ya Hear Me. Member ATPAM. TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Tour Management) has been an innovator in touring musical theater productions for over two decades, producing shows throughout North, Central, and South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, the company is experienced in casino and leisure markets. Current and upcoming productions include An American in Paris, The Bodyguard, Love Never Dies, On Your Feet!, School of Rock, The Color Purple, Kinky Boots and the Asian tour of Sister Act. With strong ties to the Broadway community, TROIKA prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us at troika.com. JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer) President of Nederlander Organization, Inc. and son of the late James M. Nederlander. Nederlander operates a chain of legitimate theatres on Broadway and many landmark venues around the world. Recent credits include War Paint, School of Rock, Hello Dolly 42

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(Bette Midler), The Elephant Man (Bradley Cooper), An American in Paris, Kinky Boots, Evita, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, West Side Story, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Movin’ Out, Million Dollar Quartet and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, among many others. ESTEFAN ENTERPRISES, INC. (Producer) owned and operated by Emilio and Gloria Estefan, is a multimedia entertainment company that consists of music publishing, record production, talent management, television and film production.With the same passion and drive that propelled the Estefans’ global stardom, they’ve achieved great success in the hospitality industry, owning and operating restaurants (Estefan Kitchen, Larios on the Beach, Bongos Cuban Café and Estefan Kitchen Express), and two hotels (the Cardozo Hotel and Costa d’Este Resort & Spa). Inspired by their humanitarian vision, they created the Gloria Estefan Foundation to support a wide variety of charitable programs as a lasting expression of the Estefans’ dream. BERNIE YUMAN (Producer) is one of the most respected executives in the entertainment industry. As a manager and producer of live entertainment, television and movies, Yuman has reached the public in almost every entertainment genre. His career has ranged from worldwide representation of lifelong friend Muhammad Ali to the driving force behind Siegfried and Roy’s 25-year, recordbreaking Las Vegas engagement. Yuman’s long-time friendship with entertainment icon Jerry Weintraub created a relationship with Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Yuman received his BA in business administration from the University of Miami. He and his wife, Candace, have two daughters, Sydney and Alexandra. ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits (health and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. #EquityWorks

ON YOUR FEET! TOUR STAFF GENERAL MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT GENERAL MANAGER Karen Berry Assistant General Manager. . . . . Jay Krause PRODUCTION MANAGER Criterion Productions Matt Marsden, Brian Claggett TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Scott Orlesky COMPANY MANAGER Susan C. Guszynski Assistant Company Manager. . Ryan Garson TOUR MARKETING Amy Katz, Phillip Aleman EXCLUSIVE TOUR BOOKING The Booking Group Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart www.thebookingroup.com CASTING Telsey + Company:

Bernard Telsey CSA, William Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Adam Caldwell CSA, Josh Einsohn CSA, Conrad Woolfe CSA, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Rikki Gimelstob, Rachel Dill CSA, Ryan Bernard Tymensky CSA, Rebecca Scholl CSA, Scott Galina, Madison Sylvester, Lauren Harris, Laura Wade, Ally Kiley, Rose Bochner, Kristian Charbonier, Julia Torres, Destiny Lilly PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC INSKO Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony CeFala Assistant Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SaoriYokoo Dance Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skizzo Arnedillo Assistant Dance Captain. . . . . . Jennifer Florentino Additional Keyboard Programming..Clay Ostwald Associate Scenic Designer. . . . . . . . . Kevin Depinet Associate Costume Designer. . . . . Heather Stanley Costume Coordinator (Steppenwolf). . . Caryn Klein Costume Coordinator (Steppenwolf). . . . Megan Turner Costume Coordinator (NYC). . . . . . . . . Jesse Galvan Associate Hair & Wig Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Printz Assistant Hair & Wig Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Dondanville II Production Properties. . . . . Propstar-Kathy Fabian Associate Props Supervisor. . Propstar-John Estep Production Properties Production Manager. . . . . . Propstar- Evan Rooney

Production Properties Business Manager. . . . . . . . Propstar- Emily DeSena Production Properties Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Propstar- Patrick Goodsell Associate Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Shier Assistant Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . Jon Goldman Moving Light Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Tusing Production Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Moberly Production Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Keister Associate Projection Designer...Brian McMullen Projection Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Young Production Projection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Caldwell Tech Production Assistant. . . . . . . Michael Medina CM Production Assistant. . . Madeline McCluskey HEAD CARPENTER. . . . . . . . . . WADE JOLLY Assistant Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair Carper, Tommy Seawright, Sean Sweeney Head Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory Mazure Assistant Electrician/Lead Spot Light. . . . Kim Glenn Assistant Electrician-Video. . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Wright II Head of Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Bowen Assistant Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl Stansfield Head of Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Fitchett Assistant Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Nilles Head of Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Harrington Assistant Wardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brenda Anderson Star Dresser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Baldwin Head of Hair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Lopez Physical Therapy..NEURO TOUR, Physical Therapy Physical Therapist. . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Borglum Medical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig E. Weil, MD Children’s Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . In Site Education Tutor / Wrangler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Siembieda NYC Tutor/Wrangler… . . . . . . . . . Pamela Johnson Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zwick & Banyai, PLLC Employee Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PEOPLE, Inc. Insurance. . . . . . The Arts Insurance Program, LLC. Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Ward, Esq., Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz B-Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HMS Media Creative Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serino/Coyne Nancy Coyne, Angelo Desmini, Matt Upshaw, Tom Callahan, Kara Jenkins, Erik Johansen Digital Marketing. . . . . . . . . . Think Tank Louisville Randy Blevins Broadway General Management… . . . . . .Charlotte Wilcox Company Broadway Press Representative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vivacity Media Group Leslie Papa,Whitney Holden Gore, Ailsa Hoke Production Photography. . . . . . . .Matthew Murphy Merchandise Provider. . . Creative Goods Merchandise

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For ESTEFAN ENTERPRISES, INC.

Chairman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emilio Estefan President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Amadeo Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricardo Dopico Assistant to the Chairman. . . . . . . . . . . Janet DeArmas Assistant to the President. . . . Rosa Rodriguez-Peralta Assistant to Ms. Estefan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Beltran

For TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT

Chief Executive Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . Michael J. Orsino Chief Financial Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Jones General Managers. . . . . . . Jim Lanahan, Karen Berry, Mark Johnson Assistant General Managers. . . . . Arnie VandeBrake, Jay Krause Senior Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Dieli Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna E. Bate Assistant Production Manager. . . . . . . Ártemis López Marketing Consultant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Katz Booking Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doria Montfort Budgeting & Forecasting Manager...George Lamberty Senior Accountants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lourdes Castillo Accounting Clerks. . Marite Espinoza, Electra Walker Costume Shop Administrator. . . . . . . . Alison M. Smith Warehouse Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Garrish Operations Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Carey Office Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shaquille Stewart

MUSIC CREDITS “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “1-2-3” by Gloria M. Estefan and Enrique E. Garcia. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “90 Millas” by Emilio Estefan, Ricardo Alberto Gaitan and Ricardo Alfredo Gaitan. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Cuando Sali de Cuba” by Luis Maria Aguile. EMI Miller Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Warner Chappell Music (SGAE Spain SA). “Tradición,” “Con Los Años Que Me Quedan” by Emilio Estefan and Gloria M. Estefan. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Si Señor es Mi Son” by Juan Rafael Marquez. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Anything for You,” “Here We Are,” “When Someone Comes Into Your Life,” “Famous,” “Don’t Wanna Lose You” by Gloria M. Estefan. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Dr. Beat” by Enrique E. Garcia. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “I See Your Smile” by Jon Secada and Miguel Morejon. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Mi Tierra” by F. Estefano Salgado. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Conga” by Enrique E. Garcia. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Get on Your Feet” by Clay Ostwald, Jorge Casas and John De Faria. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI) and Estefan Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP). “Live for Loving You” by Emilio Estefan, Gloria M. Estefan and Diane Warren. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI) and Realsongs (ASCAP). “You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)” by Emilio Estefan, Clay Ostwald and Lawrence Dermer. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Oye Mi Canto” by Gloria M. Estefan, Clay Ostwald and Jorge

Casas. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Cuba Libre” by Emilio Estefan, Gloria M. Estefan and Flavio “Kike” Santander. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “If I Never Got to Tell You” by Gloria M. Estefan and Emily Estefan. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI) and Alien Shrimp Music Publishing LLC (BMI). “Wrapped” by Gloria M. Estefan and Gian Marco J. Zignago Alcover. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI) and Estefan Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP). “Reach” by Gloria M. Estefan and Diane Warren. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI) and Realsongs (ASCAP). “Coming Out of the Dark” by Emilio Estefan, Gloria M. Estefan and Jon Secada. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Oye” by Emilio Estefan, Gloria M. Estefan, Randall Barlow and Anjeannette Chirino. Foreign Imported Productions and Publishing, Inc. (BMI). “Turn the Beat Around (Love to Hear Percussion)” written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson, Jr. Unichappel Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Everlasting Love” by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden. EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI).

CREDITS Scenery Built and Painted by SCENIC SOLUTIONS, West Carrolton, Ohio. Automation by PRG SCENIC TECHNOLOGIES, New Windsor, NY. Lighting equipment from PRG LIGHTING. Specialty Props by PROPSTAR Audio and video equipment by SOUND ASSOCIATES, INC. ATELIER BASSI INTERNATIONAL. Costumes made by: TRICORNE, INC., GILIBERTO DESIGNS, INC., BETHANY JOY COSTUMES, STEPPENWOLF COSTUME SHOP, Jeff Fender, John Kristiansen NEW YORK INC. Footwear by LaDUCA DANCE SHOES, SAM VASILI CUSTOM SHOES & BOOTS, WORLDTONE DANCE SHOES. Fabric painting by JULIAN KROBOTH. Makeup provided by MAC. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E) The Director-Choreographer is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

This production is produced by a member of the Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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The Straz Center Endowment Fund

The Straz Center’s Endowment was established during the construction phase of the Center in the 1980s. The second phase of endowment growth occurred between 1999 and 2004, when The Campaign for The Center, a comprehensive effort combining endowment and building needs, increased the endowment to $30 million. Increased investment income realized from a permanent and growing endowment is critical to the success and future of the Straz Center. We continue to build the endowment to ensure our ﬁnancial stability and secure the Center’s programming for the 21st century and beyond. For more information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1035.

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

Gifts to the Straz Center’s endowment begin generating income right away. We gratefully acknowledge the visionary commitments of the following donors. P R I N C I P A L B E N E FA C T O R S $1,000,000 and above Robert and Lorena Jaeb Stella Ferguson Thayer and Howell L. Ferguson & their families in honor of Louise Lykes Ferguson Dr. Zena Lansky Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Morsani Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Dr. Martin and Ruth Silbiger David A. Straz, Jr. Foundation P R I N C I P A L B E N E FA C T O R S $500,000 - $999,999 MacKinnon Family Foundation State of Florida, Anonymous Division of Cultural Affairs The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation Ray and Nancy Murray Helen and David Kerr B E N E FA C T O R S Bailey Family Foundation Sharon and Bob Blanchard Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Tom and Mary James

$250,000 - $499,999 The Joy McCann Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities Saunders Foundation

P R I N C I PA L C O N T R I B U TO R S H. L. and Betty Culbreath David and Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Ferman Motor Cars and the Ferman Families The Gonzmart Family Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Hood Don E. Jones, Jr. and David M. Alfano George and Bobbe Karpay Live Nation Joseph F.X. McCahon

$100,000 - $249,999 Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund McKibbon Hotel Management James H. and Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Ed and Linda Oelschlaeger PACE Theatrical Pradip C. and Naini Patel Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Michael and Karen Urette Anonymous

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The Straz Center Endowment Fund M A J O R C O N T R I B U TO R S Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Joy McCann Culverhouse Charitable Remainder Trust Deloitte

$50,000 - $99,000

The Tim Guzzle Memorial Fund Judy & Ernie Lisi The Martin Schaffel Family

C O N T R I B U TO R S Virginia Ahrens Trust Mrs. Laura Farrior Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Franke Mr. Carl W. Lindell Jr. The Sumter & Ivilyn Lowry Foundation in memory of H.L. Culbreath

Bonnie Sonnenfeld Walter Industries Jeanne Rozier Winter

$25,000 - $49,999 Gene & Aldyth Marshall Emily Winston Moody Family Trust The William F. Poe Foundation Dr. Jay & Ann McKeel Ross Bob & Cathy Smith

Sharon & Bernie Stein Stonewall Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Janice Straske Ms. Gladys I. Toms

RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Interested donors may contribute to any fund listed below or create new restricted endowment funds for Straz Center priorities. Our thanks to those who have contributed to the funds over the past 12 months. Artistic Excellence / Program Development Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Fund Building / Maintenance Fund Joy McCann Foundation Fund Arts Education Frank E. Duckwall Foundation Endowment for the Education Program at the Patel Conservatory Timothy L. Guzzle Education Endowment Fund Don Jones & David Alfano Fund Junior League of Tampa Bay Fund Opera Tampa Dr. Zena Lansky Endowed Principal Artist Fund Outreach and Community Education Saunders Foundation Fund

Arts Education Scholarships Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Bailey Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Patricia H. Linton Scholarship Fund Lesley Rudolph Philipson & Jon Philipson The MacKinnon Family Foundation Richard A. Rudolph Scholarship Fund Straz Center Restricted Funds at Monsignor Joseph F. X. McCahon Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Scholarship Fund Arts Education Fund for Children in Ed and Linda Oelschlaegar Need at CFTB Scholarship Fund David A. & Mary Irene Falk Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Memorial Fund James H. & Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Beverly Lauring Fund for the Patel Scholarship Fund Conservatory Youth Orchestra Rachel Lisi Ticket Subsidy Fund Leave A Legacy Fund Broadway Booking Office, Ltd. Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Economic Club of Tampa Carol & Frank Morsani TBPAC Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Raymond E. & Nancy Murray Fund for the Ms. Sarah Richardson Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Karen & Gary Sasso Charles & Faith Simmons

S T R A Z C E N T E R O VAT I O N S O C I E T Y

The Straz Center Ovation Society recognizes individuals who have chosen to support the endowment by including the Center in their wills or other estate gifts that will beneﬁt us later. For conﬁdential gift planning information, please call Julie Britton, vice president of development, at 813.222.1035. Barry & Judith Alpert Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey O. Baucom Monroe & Suzette Berkman Robert H. Berlin Mr.& Mrs. Bruce S. Bialor Joseph Brancucci & William Carley Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brantner Dr. & Mrs. Ray Brooker Armand P. Brunet Gloria Bruns Joann Buchanan Joy McCann Culverhouse George & Doris Dalack Lea Lavoie Davis Richard & Mary Duveneck Lt. Col. H. Spencer Faircloth Ms. Cynthia C. Finnk

Margaret Word Burnside & Aaron Fodiman Mabel W. Galbreath Elizabeth Gedge Dr. & Mrs. Roger J. Geronimo Charlene & Mardy Gordon Pat Grubb Jim Haws Geraldine Hynes Don E. Jones, Jr. & David M. Alfano William & Carol Jones Joyce Hartmann Karpay Mr. & Mrs. William A. Krusen Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Lynn L. Long & William G. Long, Jr. Mrs. Mary B. Lysaught

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Frank L. & Carol Morsani Dr. Lawrence R. & Carol S. Muroff Ray & Nancy Murray Leslie L. Neumeister Mr. & Mrs. Adam H. Palmer Mrs. Marian Palmer Helene A. Pepper & Martin F. Lebouitz Ed & Nora Lea Reefe Karen R. Roberts Mr. Bill Rogers Dr. Jack F. Ross Jack & Patricia Rudy Dr. & Mrs. Allen L. Sheer Roger Carlton Sherman & Roger Alan Kenny Hinks & Elaine Shimberg

Luther Lewren & Sharon Dunbar Sibert Dr. Martin & Ruth Silbiger Charles A. Simmons Faith S. Simmons Burton Slotnick Norman & Mirella Smith Shirley Solomon Bonnie Sonnenfeld Cinday Spahn William & Barbara Starkey Helen Torres Foundation Ann & Jim Urbanski Michael & Karen Urette David A. & Loriann Wheeler Jane & Jerry Williams Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Youngerman Anonymous (4)

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Annual Donors

The Straz Center thanks the following individuals, corporations, foundations and public partners whose philanthropic gifts over the last 12 months provide essential on-going support for the Straz Center’s performances, programs and general operations. Annual donors receive beneﬁts designed to enhance their theater experience. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036. *StarBright: Recognizes donors who have increased their annual gift by 10% or more.

P U B L I C PA R T N E R S

Board of County Commissioners/Hillsborough County State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs

City of Tampa Tourist Development Council/Hillsborough County

C O R P O R AT E A N D F O U N D AT I O N G I F T S DIAMOND PLUS

$50,000+ Tampa Bay Times TECO Energy

Anonymous The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk

*The Saunders Foundation

DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

P L AT I N U M Cherry Bekaert LLP

$15,000 - $24,999 Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

Publix Super Markets Charities

Deaver Phoenix Foundation The David & Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Gin Joint Gonzmart Family Foundation Homes By WestBay The Joy McCann Foundation

Helen & Richard Minck Memorial Fund Raymond E. & Nancy C. Murray Fund for the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay The New York Yankees Foundation, Inc.

Ferman Motor Car Company Florida Blue Hold On America, Inc. La Palma Natural Cattle Company The Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Neiman Marcus Nitro Solutions

OAI, Inc. PNC Bank Proforma Regenerative Orthopedic Institute Regions Bank Reitzel Cook Foundation RockWall Advisors, Inc. Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family

Austin, Roe & Basquilll, P.A. Barker/Cook Bay Harbor Hotel BCI Communications Coca-Cola Beverages Florida

Drywell Group LLC, Masonic Business Center *Ernst & Young *Exeter International FCS Incorporated

GOLD Amscot Financial Bank of America Carlton Fields Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Barbara & Franklin Carson Family Foundation Couch Family Foundation

Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Foundation, Inc. L.V. Thompson Family Foundation The USAA Foundation Wells Fargo The Walter Foundation Yerrid Foundation

$5,500 - $9,999

BRONZE *A-1 Contract Staffing/ Mel Klinghoffer A-AAmerican Container Leasing *Air Animal, Inc. *Alltrust Insurance Aloft Tampa Downtown Hotel

Savills Studley

$10,000 - $14,999

S I LV E R The Bank of Tampa BNY Mellon Wealth Management Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants Charles Schwab & Co., Inc Tampa Bay ConceptBait Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown

Tampa Bay Magazine *Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Townson Foundation Triad Foundation

Lightning Foundation Community Heroes Gene & Patsy McNichols & McNichols Company MetLife Foundation

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Time Customer Service, Inc. Transamerica - St. Pete *T. Rowe Price Foundation JS Turner Family Foundation US Foods

$2,500 - $5,499 Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor Tampa Downtown Harbourside Animal Hospital Dr. Timothy Hodge & Mr. Edwin Martinz

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Annual Donors BRONZE *Health Aid Company *Hill Ward & Henderson, P.A. Hillsborough River Realty Corp. Le Meridien Tampa *Lucy C. Love, M.D. *Martial Arts Advantage Mr. Anthony Kuntz

$2,500 - $5,499 Lawrence E. & Sheila Rowan McHale Foundation Fund within The Cleveland Foundation *MDCI Florida, Inc. The Mitchell & Rushing Foundation *Monroe & Giordano Mortgage Bankers

NELCO Realty Holdings, Inc. Nichols Foundation Pediatric Dentisty of New Tampa Rinaldi Printing Company *Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck *Jack & Ann Sahlman/ Sahlman Seafoods, Inc.

Construction Services / Fred & Laura Lay FACTS Engineering Flagship Building LLC Ms. Laida E. Garcia Just Add Power Lane Family Foundation

John & Lana Lum List Developers Bob & Jean Markley Omni Services Palm Pavilion *Deborah & Roger Rodriguez Silver Queen

C R Y S TA L *David Altman Foundation *Gail Baird Foundation Black Swan Productions Brighton Foundation Trust Bill Currie Ford Calton Nutrition Clearwater Cardiovascular & Interventional Consultants

$1,500 - $2,499

AMBASSADOR DeBartolo Family Foundation Fitlife Foods

Sol Design Studio LLC Stolberg & Townsend, P.A. Talbots West Central Florida Pathology Associates, P.A. Yob Family Foundation

$1,000 - $1,499 Kinder Morgan Foundation Mad Theatre of Tampa

National Building Maintenance Power Design, Inc.

*James W. & Jeraldine Crews, Jr. *Gents’ Barber of Oldsmar *Italiano Insurance LTL Construction, Inc.

McGuinness & Company, Inc. Perez & Company, CPA’s, P.A. *Skipper & Skipper, P.A.

S U S TA I N E R 249Labs *Allegra Design Print Mail Bott-Anderson Partners, Inc. *Creative Yacht Solutions Inc.

Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Tampa Bay Times Fund, Inc. *Ronald & Renee Vaughn, The University of Tampa Vology Stan Weaver & Company Whitney Charitable Foundation

$500 - $999 Spalitto Company The Noble Society of Celts, Inc. Urban E Recycling

INDIVIDUAL DONORS DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999 *Diane & Rob Klingel Sandy & Sandy MacKinnon

*Mrs. Ellie Fishman

GOLD Suzette & Monroe Berkman Thomas A. & Mary S. James Gary & Karen Sasso

$10,000 - $24,999 Harvey & Cherie Schonbrun *J. Micheal & Jacki Smith Chris & Sandi Sullivan

Patricia Sullivan Chuck & Becky Sykes Susan & John Sykes

Dr. Johnathan Ellen & Ms. Margaret de Lisser Rose V. Ferlita Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Franke *Bob & Abby Gatenby *Gary & Phyllis Gould Dr. Jeffrey Grove Glenn & Carole Hooper Karen & Matthew Johnston Joseph & Teresa Kadow The Kessler Family: Lawrence & Elizabeth Kessler, Susan Kessler, Jeffrey Berger & Robert & Robyn Kessler Doris L. Killian Tony & Heidi Land

Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Lecain The LeFloch Family Patricia Hall Linton Mr. Mark Mahaffey *Kimberly & Paul Malcolm *Mr. Tim Manka-Clemons Eleanor & Buck McInnis *Tracy & Kathy McMurray *Karen & Steven H. Mezer Ms. Lynn C. Moscinski Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Muroff Dr. Robert & Carol Norman *Thomas & Sally Petcoff Ms. Jacqueline Preis *Nadine & Robert Pressner Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Rankin

S I LV E R Allison & Robby Adams Todd Alley & Cynthia Holloway Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio Armas Anonymous (2) Cathy J. Beveridge Joseph Brancucci & William Carley *Frank & Lorraine Brantner *Ms. Dorothy A. Brink *Ms. Beryl Byles Thomas Carlisle & Darren Sharp Calvin & Pat Carter Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Cooper, III Mr. Edward Dreyer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Duveneck

Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

*Michael & Karen Urette Rita & Todd Wickner *Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley

$5,500 - $9,999

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Dr. Barbara Cook Reitzel Bill Rogers Dr. Jay & Ann McKeel Ross *Walter Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Martin Schaffel David & Sara Scher *Todd & Carol Schweitzer Dr. & Mrs. Martin Silbiger Cathy & Bob Smith *Norman & Mirella Smith *William & Barbara Starkey Roger & Amy Swinford *Melanie & John Toppe Paul & Gail Whiting Dr. & Mrs. Todd Yonteck

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Annual Donors BRONZE Cynthia C. Alessi *Bill & Lisa Alexander *Mr. & Mrs. Barry M. Alpert & Family *Dr. & Mrs. James E. Alver Denise Alveranga & Eugene Ward Anonymous (5) Charles & Holly Baab *Jennifer & Roger Bates *Scott Besley *Dave Best & Dean Holland-Best *Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Bialor Michael & Robin Blinder Mr. & Mrs. George C. Bluze *Tonnie & Bryan Bognar Bentley & Beau Boh *Michael & Dawn Booth Kerry & Jose Borrego Roger & Angela Borthwick *Dr. & Mrs. Victor Bowers Rosemary & Les Brewer *Julie & Charlie Britton Helen Brown Tracy & Nick Brown Rachel Burke *Aida & Bob Calafell *Dustin Cann & Tim Owen Pete & Tina Carlino Phil & Betty Casey *Janis Guzzle Chapman *Dr. & Mrs. RIchard Clapp David & Carol Cox Mrs. Marcia Coxhead Paulette DiGiannantonio *Esther Dillenbeck *Dinsmore Family Dr. Nancy Dinwoodie & Dr. William R. Dinwoodie *Richard & Francine Dobkin *Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dowdle Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eatroff Carol Eldredge *James & Eileen Enyart *James & Helen Erb Mr. & Mrs. J. Rex Farrior, III *Mr. Ira and Dr. Denise Federer *Steven & Kelly Feinerman Marvin & Linda Feldman *Kim & Ray Ferrara *Ms. Cynthia C. Finnk

$2,500 - $5,499 Florida Executive Realty, Douglas & Camellia Loyd M. Elizabeth Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Skip Francies P. Douglas & Michelle Freedle *Rob & Sheri Freedman *Cris & Lisa Fucci Charles & Carol Funk *Sid & Stacy Funk *Lisa Gamell M.D. & Rory Weiner, Esq. *The Gannon Family *Joseph & Molly Gaylord *Dennis & Gayle Geagan Dr. John Gelin & Granada Gelin *Mr. & Mrs. L. Thomas Giblin Shanna & Bryan Glazer Bill & Lori Goede Drs. Sandy Goodman & Howard Heidenberg *Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Greene Pat Grubb Glen & Katherine Gullo Lee & Tracy Gunn *Ed Halleran & Stephen Sika Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Harris *James & Deborah Harris Kevin & Angela Hawkins *Harlan & Kathy Heshelow *Kathy J. Hockemeyer *Leslie & Michael Hudock Mr. Michael Hunter *Terry & Janet Lea Hutchinson *Mr & Mrs. Joseph Incorvia Mr. Stephen J. & Donna M. Inguanta *Mr. James H. Irwin & Tracy D. Huffman *William & Carol Jones John & Diane Juve Greg C. Kaiser, M.D. *Barry & Jackie Kanner *John & Pat Kavula *Ed Kelly J. R. & Jan Kennedy Mrs. Helen Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Kirkland *Kenise & Randy Knight *Josephine & Susan Konczal *Michael & Kimberley Kraft Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Krist

*Kenneth & Jeanne Lally Ms. Marty Lanahan *Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lancaster, Jr. Dr. Alcide & Beth LaNoue Larry & Claudette Lansrud Denise Lasher LCDR John R. Lehmann (Ret.) & Mrs. Chyrl A. Lehmann Drs. Michael & Tania Lozano Holly & Thomas Malouf *Marc & Debra Mandt Ms. Marsha Martin *Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Mastorides *Keith & Judith Maurer *Dr. & Mrs. David E. Mayhew *Ike & Sally McCloskey *Mary Ann McCoy *Anne L. R. McDaniel Edmund J. McKenna *Tony & Peggy McKenna Mary & Clayton McNeel *Michael & Elaine Moorman *Theresa Mulroney & Joyce Richardson Brad & Melissa Murray *Georgeann Nikolich Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Nissen Art & Miriam Nordlinger Adam & Elizabeth Palmer Joseph & Robin Pastore *Tom & Carol Patterson Thomas & Cheryl Pawlowski Tannia Peeples Dr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Peterson George & Linda Pinkerton/ Leah Wooten *Debbie & John Porreca *Dr. Dini Rada *Susie & Mitchell Rice *Dr. Gerald & Colette Robbins Ms. Karen Roberts *Frank & Eileen Romps Mr. Jack Ross *Warren & Amy Ross Rotella Legal Group, P.A. Mr. Richard Rudolph *Mrs. John F. Rudy, II Richard & Angela Salezze Andrew & Beatrice Schultz *Dr. & Mrs. Steven Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Michael Shahnasarian

C R Y S TA L Frank Agliano Marion C. Albanese Ms. Stephanie Alpaugh Dorothy Ammerman Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Angel Anonymous (3) Laura & Sandra Baldwin *Steve & Schezy Barbas Mr. Philip Beauchamp *Tomica Beauchene Mr. James Belmont *Dr. & Mrs. William K. Belton, Jr. *Michael & Adriana Benito Charles “Joey” Bennett, MD Mr. & Mrs. Todd Berger Leah Bergoffen

Sharon & Lew Sibert Caroline & Jeff Sikorske *Bruce & VIctoria Silverman & Golda Brunhild *Rick & Sherri Simonetti Dr. Earl & Mrs. Jan Smith John W. Snead, M.D. *Jaime S. Solana, M.D. *Cindy Spahn *Mr. & Mrs. Ralph M. Stair, Jr. *Anton J. Stankowski, Jr. *David & Carol Stefany *Don & Ellen Stichter John & Will Stokes Mike Sugar & Pegia Van Calcar-Sugar Roy & Cathy Sweatman Dr. Walter Szydlowski & Michelle Perez *David Tapley & John Baker *John T. Taylor *Catherine & John Teti Rick & Sandy Thomas Alan H. Towne & Stephen R. Belejack *Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Truex *Sandy & Dick Turkel *Michael & Candace Valdes *Bill Wagner & Nese Metin Jeff & Susan Warren Alison H. Watkins *David & Lorraine Watson Regina & Richard H. Webb, Jr. *Sally & Brad Welch Bill & Tish West Douglas & Cindy White *Carl & Karen Wikoff *Mr. & Mrs. J. Hulon Williams, III Dr. & Mrs. J.K. Williams *Maria & Steven Wilson Bernard & Lynn Winkler Christopher Wittmann & Eduardo Rios *Kenneth & Pamela Wolf *Larry & Denise Wooten *Marina & Maurice Youakim *Diana Young *Stanley Zielinski *Jim & Lynnette Zink Cynthia & Peter Zinober *Laura & Jeff Zupan

$1,500 - $2,499 Mr. Joseph Besnard Bob & Linda Blanchard Andrew Bratspis Jason & Stathie Broussard Dr. & Mrs. Irwin Browarsky Sharon Brown Emerson & Lynn Brumback Tony & Paula Buffa Joe & Turtle Burton Ms. Elvia Cacciatore Don Cayo, Jr. *Mrs. Carole Cherry Deborah M. Clanton Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Clarke, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Doug Cohn Ted & Carol Conner

Myra & Dug Cooley Joyce Courtright Dr. & Mrs. Michael Cromer *Andrew & Christine Curtis Mary Louise Cutolo Margaret E. Davis Ms. SaJo Davis, Jr. Jen Dawson Jeannie DeAngelis James & Tonya Delegro Dr. Susan Dellinger Jerry & Alice Dingle Phil & Kim Dingle *Brett & Pam Divers Joe & Theresa DiVito Mr. Mike Donahue

Robert & Lynn Donaldson Mrs. Edith Dressler Drew & Tara Eckhoff Mayer Eisenfeld *Drs. Kevin & Stephanie Elder Vernon & Deborah Ellinger Barbara & Jeff Emil Amy & Bruce Epstein Barbara A. Epstein Denise & Jesus Esparza Dr. & Mrs. W. Hunter Eubanks Ray Ann Favata Adrienne Federico *Mary E. Felitti Gary & Sandy Feuerstein Carolyn Fink

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Annual Donors C R Y S TA L Sandy & Mike Freedman Michael & Michelle Froning Mr. Michael Furr *Thomas & Carol Gaputis Dr. & Mrs. S. Jeffrey Garfield Bonnie Gariglio & Ian Grant Allen L. & Carol E. Garrett James Garrett Dr. Judy Genshaft & Mr. Steven Greenbaum Jim & Ann Giles Marvin D. & Melissa U. Gill Family Foundation, Inc. *David Gonzalez & Adam Orban Drew & Betsy Graham Mr. Timothy Grimes Gronemeyer Family Geoffrey & Elaine Gross Dr. Lee & Shelley Grossbard Patricia Hancock Michael & Audrey Haynes Susan Heyman & Michael White Steve & Linda Hicks Sue Hindman, in memory of Sylvia Richardson, MD Janet & Hannah Hockman Michael A. Holmes Mr. Timothy Hurlstone Barbara & Scott Hurst Kelly Huss Susan & Henry Hyatt Mr. Chandler Irvin The Jacobson/Thompson Family *Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Jankowski *Mr. H. Herman Jensen & Sara Good Charles P. & Susan E. Johnson

$1,500 - $2,499 Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson Jane Johnson Dr. Vipul Joshi & Nina Joshi *Bob & Lillan Joyce Howard & Kristy Kahen Karen & Craig Kampel Mike Kasberg Mr. & Mrs. Vincent L Kegel Robert & Kasey Shimberg Kelly *Mr. John E. Kern Joseph King Scott Kistler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Klein Mr. Mark Krauth Diane Krouse Michael & Mary Lawless Sam & Nilla Leto Rick Levin Ms. Linda Lindgren David & Nancy Linksy Mark A. Linsky *LJM & Associates, Inc. *Deborah & James Llewellyn Dr. Loretta Loftus Katherine Loh Orlando Lopez-Isa Joey & Ellen Lynn Bob & Jean Markley *Pat & Ray Martinez *Dr. Robert J. & Kay S. McDermott Omar& Becky Medina Mr. & Mrs. Don Meister *Inge Michaels *Cynthia Reges Miller Elizabeth Molloy *Victoria & Robert Monroe Drs. Vince & Natalie Monticciolo Dr. David & Renee Nicker

Alan & Kay Nissalke Dan & Deborah Nockels Bob & Donna Orf *Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Osypka Stephen & Janice Overton Bonnie Peavy Carmen & David Pelletz Ray & Lynn Pike Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Potter Mr. Robert Powell Dr. & Mrs. Antonio Prado Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Price Dr. Lori Ransohoff & Judge V. Covington Angela Reece & AJ Sarria Calvin & Neva Reed Laurie & Royce Reed Mo & Jennifer Rendahl Alex & Pam Rodriguez *Dr. & Mrs. Allen W. Root Janet Rosenquist *Erin & Perry Ross Mike & Leann Rowe *Karlyn & Marc Sachs Mrs. Sharlene Sakol Richard & Pamela Scheffer Jerome A. Schine Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Schonwetter Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Schwartz Phil & Kay Schwartz Roger & Carol Schwenke *Ed & Betty Shamas *The Shaw Family Lorrin & Leslie Shepard Betsy Shimberg & Scott Zipse Jeannie Shorts Bob & Marcy Shuck *Daniel & Holly Singer Al & Elsa Sinicrope

Lolita & Jeff Hoffman Mrs. Marie Hyman Kimberly Jirsa & John Salvatore Ms. Karen E. Johnson *Peter & Gloria Kares *Hagar Kopesky Daniel & Roslyn Kulik *Tom & Inez Leto *Daniel & Sara Letsch Dr. & Mrs. Robert Maddalon Gene & Aldyth Marshall Pat & Ray Martinez

*Diane & Steve Martinez Margaret M. McCormick Mr. David Montalvo Shawn Morgan Maryann Nelson & Keith Petitt Mrs. Fagl Oxman *Dana & Jeff Parker *Anthony & Kelly Prieto *Gwendolyn Prill *Mr. & Mrs. John Rains *Lamar & Cindy Roberts *Drs. Eli & Janet Marley Rose

AMBASSADOR *Aguila Family Gus & Agnes Alfieri *Christopher C. Combie, PhD. *Ed & Marsha Droste Dr. & Mrs. Richard Dutton *Capt. Richard Erwin Arthur & Jennifer Faggion *Mrs. Christine Gagnon *Kathie J. Geartz Martin Hanratty *Ms. Kristine Herrera Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Hill, III

$1,000 - $1,499

S U S TA I N E R Mr. Chad Adams Mr. Jeffrey Abeles Jeanie & David Abelson Anonymous Connie Armstrong Rosemary Armstrong & Sandy Weinberg Stephen & Maria (Mazie) Armstrong *Mrs. Beverly Austin *Lynn Barnhardt Bay Area Infectious Disease Associates Mr. & Mrs. Burton Bernstein

Ron & Lina Sjoblom *Dr. Michael D. & Sandy Slomka Lori Smart *Dr. & Mrs. Alan R. Smith Robert & Karen Smith Walter & Melissa Smith Mr. Stephen Straske Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Sugarman Mr. Ken & Dr. Vera Swade Clark Swalm Jennifer S. Swindal Karen & Todd Tanberg David & Sandy Tapper Dr. & Mrs. Donald F. Temple Christine & Robert Thomas Charles Thompson Anita Kendall Trosky Victoria Vail Charlotte Waller Jerry Warner E. Watts & Jill J. Stevens Dr. Mark S. Weissman & Michele Ancora *Dr. Karen Wells & Dr. Michael Albrink *Ms. Marie S. Wertz Mr. & Mrs. David Wheeler *Ms. Susan Wilcox Chris & Elizabeth Wilhelm Beth Wilson *Tane Wilson Ms. Carrie Wirgau Verna L. Worthington Gia Yee-Lozicki Robert & Alyson Zamore Fredric & Carolyn Zinober

*The Rothschild Family Mr. Brad Settle Paul & Elise Sierra *Deena & Larry Silver *Sue & Tony Teti *Robert & Barbara Thacker Jane & Jerry Williams *Anne & Glenn Winograd *Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wolfson *Kira Zwygart & Samuel Saporta

$500 - $999 Diane M. Biddinger *Dr. & Mrs. Peter Blumencranz *Ken & Laurie Borick Mr. & Mrs. Steven (Rodi) Bowen *Sally Bromfield *Mr. Randy Browning Don & Renee Buck *Richard & Charlotte Burton Dimity & Mark Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Ken Carson Mary Chebuhar *Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Chiappori Douglas Clery Ms. Barbara Commesso

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James & Sally Cooksey Dr. Sharon Dabrow *Susan J. Davis Ms. Lisa DeBartolo & Mr. Don Miggs *Nicole DeBartolo & Chad Chronister *Susan Depass *Cindy Donovan & Lynn Wilson *Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Doyle, Jr. Dee Dubendorff Dr. Peter & Faith Dunne *Mr. & Mrs. Rick Edens *Johanna Edwards

James Enyart Susan & David Erbaugh *Charles Evans Lt. Colonel & Mrs. Fred Fallman Mr. Doug Fisher *John J. Fisher Betty Floro Robert & Kimberly Floyd Steven & Lori Frazier Dr. & Mrs. H. James Free *Christopher & Naomi Gargano Dr. Derald R. Gingerich Col. (ret) & Mrs. Dave Glogowski *Mrs. Diane Goldfeder

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Annual Donors S U S TA I N E R *Dr. & Mrs. Warren Goldstein Mr. Luis Gonzalez *Luis & Teresa Gonzalez Ken & Shirley Gould Andrea Graham & Geoff Simon *Bill & Judy Graham *Sy & Ninette Hader Thomas Hall Mr. Richard A. Harrison Susan Heath *Mary Jo Heger Mr. Joseph L. Himes Gail R. Hirsch Nancy Horton, DMD Robert M. Host David & Fran Huey Kurt & Amy Hull Annette Hutcherson *Jill Johnson *Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Kaney Barbara Keithly *Bill & Kathy Klettke *The Klos Family Patricia & Joseph Krzanowski Alan Levitz George Levy & Rosemary Graf

$500 - $999 Mr & Mrs. J. F. Lima *Jerry & Julie Little *Isabel Loring *Bill & Michele Mann Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Mann *Michael K. Markus *Rob & Cynthia Martin Drs. Mary & Dushan Martinasek Joe & Jenny Matastic Mr. Michael Mattingly *Thomas & Kathryn Meachum *Joseph & Sadye Melchiorre *Ed & Aline Miezejewski Mr. & Mrs. Jan Miller *Debra A. Mitchell Mark & Jo-Ellen Mooney Gail & Thomas Morrow *Mr. & Mrs. Martin Moskowitz Mr. & Mrs. RIchard S. Myers *Mrs. Carol D. Nichols Mary & Bill Nipper Dr. & Mrs. H. Juergen Nord Vivian A. Olivia Dennis Olden Rose Paskay & Family Bill & Vicki Paul

*Richard Pearson *Ms. Derrie Perez *Wilma & James Price Priolo Associates, LLC Dr. Miguel Pro *Donna & Richard Puleo Mr. Richard Rappaport *Ed & Nora Lea Reefe Clark & Pat Ricke Dr. & Mrs. James A. Roberts *Bob & Jacqui Rogers Ann & Ronald Rudolph *Nancy J. Sackett *Robert & Bernice Saxon Alfred & Rose Schiff Stacey Schott *Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sells Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sharpe Ann & John Sheppard *The Shimmel Family David & Ellie Sikes *Kelly Smith *Jim & Judy Stefan Al & Sandee Steinberg *Carolyn & Leo Sterger Sarah & Scott Stichter

David & Veronica Stidham *Randy Strutz & Heather Smith StillPoint Capital *Jack & Nancy Suarez Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Szabo Christopher Tarpley *Saul & Phoebe Tave *Gary & Lisa Teblum Dr. Denisse Thompson *Martha H. Thorn *Jeff & Kelly Thorson *Col. & Mrs. Roland Tiso Brenda Trayner *Margaret E. Tribble *Jon & Naomi Vichich *Dr. Alan Walker *Mr. & Mrs. James L. Webb *Kent & Kathy Whittemore Elizabeth C. Williams Josceline & Lily Wilmoth *Kay A. Wilson *Tony & Jenny Wilson Drs. Carl & Paula Zielonka

Judy P. Lawson Lykes Insurance Sandy & Sandy MacKinnon Mr. & Mrs. James S. McDonnell, III Janet Goldberg McEnery Mrs. Julianne McKeel Eric & Lyris Newman Ohara South East Chapter Jeanne & Olivia Piazza Mr. Frank J. Rief, III Bruce & Adajean Samson Ms. Alex Sink Mr. & Mrs. William E. Starkey Susan & John Sykes

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Taub Jane & Jerry Williams Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley Lorena Jaeb Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo

Steven & Karen Mezer Barbara & Gordon Moses Kerry & Linda Kay O’Reilly A. Mason Rascher Mr. Frank J. Rief, III Karen Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Richard Rotella Matthew & Suzanne Ruley Alfred & Rose Schiff Dennis & Joanne Schoch of the Humane Society of the Nature Coast Elizabeth Schweitzer Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Sam Stieglitz Ms. Cathy Unruh & Mr. Tom Sansone Don & Rachael Worthington

Steve & Karen Mezer Mr. Dominick Scannavino

MEMORIAL GIFTS All Veterans Eugene Maul

James Carroll Ann & Troy Atlas

Judy Applebaum Anastasia Cobb

Louise Lykes Ferguson Heather Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr. John & Lynda Boyet Mr. Robert Clark Elizabeth L. Colton Andy & Betty Corty Margaret E. Davis The Gordon & Llura Gund Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George Hutchens Carla Dee Kelly, Ph.D. Jessie & Andy Krusen

Fred T. Arnold Mandi Arnold Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III Jim & Joan Jennewein Charles & Faith Simmons Louise Reynolds Cantrell Rita Cantrell

Jim & Carol Lankton Steve & LeeAnn Lankton Richard Roberson John Terril Barbara Williams Joan Jarrett

HONOR GIFTS Artists Hospitality for Opera Tampa Opera Tampa League Board Carlton Fields Savillis Studley John Franklin Debra Perricone In Honor of Mardy & Charlene Gordon 15th Wedding Anniversary Alfred & Rose Schiff Sarah Haun Aunt Linda & Uncle Howie

Zena Lansky Birthday Mr. Frank J. Rief, III Dr. Zena Lansky & Warren Rodgers Mrs. Marcia Coxhead Ms. Karen Crown Ray & Kay Dillinger Fred & Aleta Fisher Dolores Gooding Bonny Heet & Martin Martel Dr. Earl A. Kendall Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Sue Levitt Ms. Martha Margolis Claudia S. McCorkle Leonard & Barbara McCue

Ruth Silbiger Birthday Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Robert & Diane Smeed Metta Dwyer Tatiana Weston Vivian Benci Ron Wilder Mr. John Terril

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARITABLE GIVING TO THE STRAZ CENTER, VISIT STRAZCENTER.ORG/SUPPORTUS OR CALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 813.222.1036. TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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Opera Tampa League

The Straz Center acknowledges the following donors whose designated gifts to Opera Tampa over the last 12 months provide vital funding to sustain Opera Tampa’s artistic standards and education programs. Opera Tampa League donors receive annual beneﬁts and special opera-related opportunities in recognition for their support. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036. DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999

Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

*Dr. Yi-Hwa Sung Outerbridge, M.D. & Felix Cannella, Jr.

The Helen Torres Foundation

GOLD

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous *Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio A. Ferras III Aaron Fodiman & Margaret Word Burnside

Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo *Charlene & Mardy Gordon Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Ms. Judith McLeod *Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

Regenerative Orthopedic Institute/ Dr. Erick Grana & Katherine Grana Knoll Dennis & Christel Ryan

*Michael & Karen Urette *Rita & Todd Wickner

S I LV E R

$5,500 - $9,999

Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III & Ms. Janet Marlow Brad & Mary Ann Morse *Nadine & Robert Pressner

BRONZE *Irene & Del Acosta Anne & Troy Atlas Lodovico & Claudia Balducci ConceptBait Mrs. Lea Lavoie Davis

$2,500 - $5,499 Charlotte & Jim Edmiston *Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Greenfield Bonny F. Heet & Martin Martel *Mr. William Hein Fraser Himes

*David & Min Jodice *Don E. Jones, Jr. Judy & Ernie Lisi *Catherine G. Novack Bill Rogers

Allison Preston Goodheart Fund Joan & Jim Jennewein Mrs. Thomas Lysaught Keith & Judith Maurer

*Mr. James Piot Ms. Karen Roberts Ralph & Kathleen Rydell *Walter Sanders

C R Y S TA L Black Swan Productions Mr. Ronald Davies & Mrs. Annette McMurray Maureen Fromm

$1,500 - $2,499

AMBASSADOR Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. John Calfee

Mr. Roger Henry LaGreca Mr. & Mrs. Michael LeVine

*Dr. & Mrs. Mario Canedo *Mr. Merritt Gardner *Dr. & Mrs. R. G. Geerken Dr. & Mrs. Americo A. Gonzalvo Mary Lou Harden

*Jeff, Melissa, Mark & Howard Kornbluth *Dr. & Mrs. Julio Lautersztain Karen & Steven H. Mezer Calvin & Neya Reed

Carole & Glenn Hooper *Ms. Geraldine Hynes Ms. Kathryn Judy Sylvia & Alyssa Katz Dr. & Mrs. Ismail Kazem Mrs. Helen Kerr Len Kizner & Jeff Tucker *Anne W. Laffan *Jonathan Lowe & Michelle Stencel

Mr. Michael Mattingly John, Rose & Daisey Marek Dr. & Mrs. James McIlwain Ms. Janet Muscarella *Candy Olson *Mrs. Paulette Peters Ray & Lynn Pike Frances & Cheri Raimondi Francis Ramirez

$500 - $999

P R O M OT E R *Ms. Dolores Barton Mr. Stephen Bechdolt *Richard Campbell *Dr. Bahaa Elhadidy *Barbara A. Epstein *Dr. & Mrs. Alvin Felman Thomas Ferraro Ian S. Giovinco Alicia Slater-Haase & Barry Haase

Dr. Robert Simon Norman & Mirella Smith Mr. Anthony Varas

$1,000 - $1,499

Emily & Greg Dey *Drs. Felipe & Lilia Ladia

S U S TA I N E R Scott Armstrong & Adrian Pritchard Tomica Beauchene Andre Callen *Sgt. Maj. Rafael & Mrs. Laura Candelario, USMC (Ret)

Alfred & Rose Schiff *Kathleen Casey-Shannon & David J. Shannon *Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley Kenneth F. Winter

*Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck Mr. Dominick Schannavino *Norm & Penny Sippel

$250 - $499

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Elizabeth Shalett *Ms. Marcy Shepherd Ms. Karen Solomon Paul & Cindy Sper *Ann & Jim Urbanski Carolyn K. Warren *Dr. Joan M. Watkins Ms. Elizabeth C. Williams

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Sponsors & Designated Funders

The Straz Center is deeply grateful to the generous contributors who have sponsored or underwritten, in whole or in part, our current performances and programs. The Straz Center offers sponsors and underwriters beneﬁts tailored to their needs. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036. I N S T I T U T I O N A L A N D P E R F O R M A N C E SPONSORS Official Media Sponsor Tampa Bay Times

Le Méridien Tampa Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk

Broadway at the Straz Bank of America

Beverage Sponsor Coca-Cola Beverages Florida

Restaurant Partners 717 South Anise Global Gastrobar Ava Restaurant Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana and Pastaria Boca Kitchen Bar & Market BurgerFi - SoHo Maestro’s Restaurant & Café Si-am Thaimerican Restaurant Tampa Club Timpano Italian Chophouse WaterWorks Bar & Grill

Broadway Opening Night Cast & Company Parties CDW

Marquee Tampa Bay Times Wi-Fi Portal Tech Data Official Hotel Sponsor Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown Hotel Partners Aloft Tampa Downtown The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Bay Harbor Hotel Tampa Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor Tampa Downtown

Institutional Automobile Sponsor Reeves Maserati Tampa

Club Jaeb Series Rock Brothers Brewery Family Fun Series GTE Financial Music With a Twist Series Publix Super Markets Charities National Geographic LIVE! Series The Great Courses

Next Generation Ballet’s Nutcracker Chick-fil-A Sound System Renovation State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Sound of Music Chick-fil-A Straz LIVE! in the Park Publix Super Markets Charities Purepoint Financial Straz LIVE! on the River Secret Walls Tampa Downtown Partnership

SPECIAL EVENTS Best of Tampa Bay 2017 Raymond James The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Bush Ross Ceridian FirstService Residential The Glenlivet Jackson Lewis, P.C. JPMorgan Chase Melitta Coffee Tampa Bay Times That’s the Spirit Dinner 2017 Northern Trust Broadway Ball 2017 The MacKinnon Family Foundation The Bank of Tampa

BNY Mellon Wealth Management Carlton Fields Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Jan and Don DeFosset Florida Blue Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Michele & P. Douglas Freedle Greenberg Traurig, P.A. JPMorgan Chase Lightning Foundation & Vinik Family Foundation Patsy & Gene McNichols and McNichols Co. Karen & Steven Mezer Nederlander Producing Company of America

Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel Proforma Raymond James Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Rays TECO TomCat USAmeriBank Rita & Todd Wickner Opera Gala 2017 Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. & Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr. Anonymous Bank of America Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III & Ms. Janet Marlow

Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio A. Ferras, III Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Francis Ford Coppola Winery The Himes Family Judith McLeod Kenneth P. Pages, M.D. & Ryne Gallien Raymond James The Tampa By Trust Company President’s Luncheon 2017 Thomas Financial Group 30th Anniversary Launch 2017 Sculpture Exhibit DEX Imaging, Inc. Corporate Partners Luncheon 2017 CenterState Bank

TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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Sponsors & Designated Funders E D U C AT I O N P R O G R A M S Arts Education Programs Bloomin’ Brands Barbara and Franklin Carson Family Foundation Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo The Saunders Foundation Arts Education Outreach Partnerships Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Couch Family Foundation MetLife Foundation T. Rowe Price Foundation Cy and Joanne Spurlino The Spurlino Foundation Suncoast Credit Union Foundation Tampa Bay Times Fund Triad Foundation Next Generation Ballet Joseph & Teresa Kadow

Patel Conservatory Music Program Beverly Lauring Fund within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Raymond E. and Nancy C. Murray Fund for the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Patel Conservatory Summer Camps & Classes The DeBartolo Family Foundation Patel Conservatory Youth Performances USAmeriBank Triad Foundation School Field Trip Series LV Thompson Family Foundation

End of Year Celebration Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Beyond Beautiful Broadway Education Project Broadway League Metropolitan Ministries Partnership Tampa Bay Times Fund Metropolitan Ministries End of Year Showcase Calhoun International St. Peter Claver School Partnership JS Turner Family Foundation Operation Tickets New York Yankees Foundation Scholarships American Dance Institute Bailey Family Foundation

Scholarship Fund Broadway Ball Stars Deaver Phoenix Foundation DeBartolo Family Foundation Ellie Fishman and the Fishman Family Foundation Patricia H. Linton Scholarship Fund MacKinnon Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Monsignor Joseph F.X. McCahon Scholarship Fund Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artists Fund Ed and Linda Oelschlaeger Scholarship Fund Tim Redovian Memorial Fund Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Charitable Lead Unitrust James H. & Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Scholarship Fund

O P E R A TA M PA 2017-2018 Opera Tampa Season Helen Torres Foundation Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Neiman Marcus

Anton Coppola Award Official Magazine of The Barber of Seville Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. & Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Opera Tampa Tampa Bay Magazine Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr. Opera Tampa Singers Greenberg Traurig, P.A. The Marriage of Figaro Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Charlene & Mardy Gordon Judith McLeod Opera Tampa Singers Outreach Program Macbeth Anonymous Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPONSORSHIP AND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE STRAZ CENTER, VISIT STRAZCENTER.ORG/SUPPORTUS OR CALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 813.222.1036.

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Campaign For The Center

The Straz Center gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following donors who, through their special philanthropic investment, have provided funding for our capital project initiatives. Projects include the construction of the Patel Conservatory and on-going efforts to sustain the Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state-of-the-art facility. For more information on how you can participate, please call Julie Britton, vice president of development, at 813.222.1035. P R I N C I PA L B E N E FA C T O R S

$1,000,000 or more

State of Florida TECO Energy Foundation, Inc.

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

City of Tampa

M A J O R B E N E FA C T O R S The Joy McCann Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999

Don and Erika Wallace

B E N E FA C T O R S Bank of America

$250,000 - $499,999 The Saunders Foundation

John H. Sykes Foundation, Inc.

P R I N C I PA L C O N T R I B U T O R S

$100,000 - $249,999

AmSouth Bank Monroe and Suzette Berkman and Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett

Anonymous Patricia C. Sullivan Michael and Karen Urette Josephine A. Vitale

Ted and Marty Couch Fowler White Boggs P.A. J.O. DeLotto & Sons, Inc. George and Bobbe Karpay

M A J O R C O N T R I B U TO R S

$50,000 - $99,999

Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Hooper Gene and Patsy McNichols

David and Sara Scher and Roberta M. Golding

Helen Torres Foundation Wachovia Insurance Services

Estate of C. Robert and Myrtle Ilsley Passantino Susie and Mitchell Rice The James and Amy Shimberg Charitable Trusts

Sharon and Bernie Stein 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee J. Thomas and Lavinia Witt Touchton The Wachovia Foundation

C O N T R I B U TO R S Tino and Pat Antinori in memory of Michael P. Antinori Florida Health Care News Barry P. Levine, PhD

$25,000 - $49,999

Founders

The Straz Center honors the following donors whose leadership gifts of $50,000 or more to the Founding Campaign from 1982 to 1986 helped build the facility and establish its endowment. We are proud to recognize their extraordinary vision and generosity. Arthur Andersen Arthur Young & Company B & R Foods, Inc. Beverly A. & Alfred S. Austin Barnett of Tampa, N.A. Judy & Bob Blanchard, Kathleen Rozier, Jeanne & Jack Winter Burdines Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A. The Chase Manhattan Bank of Florida, N.A. Citicorp/Citibank Conn Memorial Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Ted Couch Critikon, Inc. Glen E. & Sandy Cross Crown Industries, Inc./A Florida Progress Company Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Culbreath Mr. & Mrs. Hugh F. Culverhouse & the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Davis Mary & Edwin A. Dunn, Jr. & Family Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Falk Chester & Louise Ferguson & Family The Ferman Family First Florida Bank, N.A. First Union National Bank of Florida The W. S. Farish Fund Julia M. Flom State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Fowler White Boggs Banker Robert & Jo Franzblau GTE Mr. & Mrs. Ghioto, Jr./Century Buick/Izusu The Marvin D. Gill Family Great Southwest Corporation Mr. John H. Hater Heidt & Associates, Inc. Hillsborough County Mr. Harold Holder Holland & Knight Dr. & Mrs. Glenn S. Hooper

In Honor of Alonzo Charles & Amelia Munro Clewis & George Blaine & Mary Trice Clewis Howell David & Marie Hyman IBM Corporation Robert & Lorena Jaeb George W. Jenkins The Junior League of Tampa, Inc. George & Bobbe Karpay Diane G. & John W. Kercher, III Walter H. & Leonore R. Kessler The Kidder Peabody Foundation Girlie & Peter O. Knight, Jr. Louise & Arnold C. Kotler Elmer J. Krauss Mr. & Mrs. William A. Krusen The Lacerte & McKenna Family The Landmarks Group Lincoln Property Company of Florida, Inc. Lykes Bros., Inc. Maas Brothers/Jordan Marsh MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly

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Mr. & Mrs. William C. MacInnes Samuel J. Mack, by the Mack Family & Phillip & Aida Dressler Peter & Carol Mathews Van & Diane McNeel Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mendez, Jr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mendez Metropolitan Life Foundation Metropolitan Life Insurance Company & Paragon Group Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Morsani & Precision Enterprises, Inc. NCNB National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur K. Neuman John & Leslie Osterweil Mr. & Mrs. J. Ross Parker Peat Marwick Peoples Gas System, Inc. Price Waterhouse

Publix Super Markets Charities Raybro Electric Supplies, Inc. Reeves Southeastern Corporation Joe D. & Lillian Rosenthal Jack & Ann Sahlman & Sahlman Seafoods, Inc. St. Petersburg Times The Saunders Foundation Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans - Attorneys at Law Casey & L. David Shear Jim & Amy Shimberg Mandell “Hinks” & Elaine Shimberg J. Robert & Mary Sierra Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George Steinbrenner & The American Ship Building Company Sun Bank City of Tampa Tampa Cable Television Trust

Tampa Palms Development Corp. & Mr. Kenneth M. Good Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Taub TECO Energy, Inc. J. Thomas & Lavinia Witt Touchton The Trammell Crow Company Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O’Neill & Mullis The Tribune Company The James Arthur Turner Family Vantage Companies Bill & Ruth Wagner The Walter Foundation/Walter Industries, Inc. Waste Management, Inc. Francis M. & Marie K. Williams Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Williams, Jr. & Family The Wilson Company Roslyn K. & Richard K. Wittcoff Anonymous

2017-18 Straz Recommends Preferred Restaurant Partners

The following restaurants support the Straz and extend a variety of offers to our Annual Donors and Best of Broadway season ticket holders throughout the 2017-18 season. Simply show your current donor or season ticket holder card for great savings. Valid Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2018. 717 South 717 S. Howard Ave. – S. Tampa Anise Global Gastrobar 777 N. Ashley Dr. Unit D1 – Tampa Ava Restaurant 718 S. Howard Ave. – S. Tampa Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria 514 N. Franklin St. #101 – Tampa

Boca Kitchen Bar & Market 901 W. Platt St. – Hyde Park BurgerFi – SoHo 714 S. Howard Ave. – S. Tampa Maestro’s Restaurant and Café 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Pl. – Tampa Si-am Thaimerican Restaurant 713 N. Franklin St. – Tampa

The Tampa Club 101 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 4200 – Tampa Timpano Italian Chophouse 1610 W. Swann Ave. – Hyde Park WaterWorks Bar & Grill 111 W. Fortune St. – Tampa

Support Groups THE PRODUCERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dustin Applebaum Michelle Dy Jillian Feltham Ryan Freking, Chair Holly Gershow Justin Gray Ashley Johnson Karen Johnson

OPERA TAMPA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sarah Kieny Tiffany Love McElheran Jenny Matasic Steve Mezer Michael Muroff Cameron O’Neill Debbie Viveiros

Gina d’Angelo, Chair Delphin Acosta Troy Atlas Kathleen Casey-Shannon Lea Lavoie Davis Dr. Ignacio A. Ferras, III Bonny Heet Fraser Himes Joan Jennewein Don E. Jones, Jr.

Katherine Grana Knoll Dr. Zena Lansky Scott Lilly Mary Lysaught Judith McLeod Catherine G. Novack Nadine Pressner Faith Simmons Helen Torres Anthony Varas

Volunteer Recognition

The Straz Center would like to recognize and thank all the volunteers who provide support through their service both in front and in back of house. Without the countless hours put in by our ushers, lounge hosts, retail volunteers, office volunteers and Patel Conservatory volunteers, we could not provide the world class service our patrons have come to expect. As we celebrate our 2017-18 season, the Straz Center would like to extend an extra special thank you to those volunteers who have been with us since the ﬁrst season in 1987-88. Judy Bales Judy Beauchamp Marion Brodarick Norma Caltagirone Gladys Castillo

Donald Clark Hal Demers Jodi Fagan Madeline Foust Margaret Goodson

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Leslie Moore Carmen Morales Eleanor Nesbit Elaine Richard Karen Schmidt

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