OUR SMITH CENTER FAMILY OFFERS DEEP THANKS TO ALL OF THE DONORS WHO HELPED US REMAIN SOUTHERN NEVADA’S HEART OF THE ARTS. I would also like to recognize our Broadway sponsors, Toyota and University Medical Center of Southern LookingNevada. back on all that we overcame together in the past year, I’m confident that what comes next will earn rousing applause. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN OUR THEATERS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND BEYOND.
This anniversary serves as a fitting climax to the center’s closure for 18 months, an unprecedented challenge in the performing arts industry. It goes without saying that the months leading up to this milestone anniversary were fraught with uncertainty. But thanks to the support of community members like you, The Smith Center persevered. Generous donor support during our ROAD TO REOPENING CAMPAIGN KEPT OUR LIGHTS ON during our darkest period. No one knew exactly what to expect when the center reopened in September 2021. At the time, we faced new health and safety protocols, staffing changes and patron uncertainty. But I’m thrilled to say that Southern Nevadans welcomed our reopening with joy and enthusiasm. Patrons returned to experience the joy of live performances they had gone without for so long. WE CELEBRATED OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMANCES FOR ALL AUDIENCES, spanning Broadway, music, dance, speaker series and more. Our Education and Outreach team continued to provide inspiring arts education experiences for tens of thousands of students and teachers. The Smith Center also resumed its role as a community gathering place for special events, including graduations, weddings and professional industry events. I encourage you to explore this community report and discover more about our uplifting performances and impactful community outreach from this benchmark year.
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The Smith Center reopened in September 2021, just in time to celebrate its 10th anniversary in MARCH 2022. The center recognized this milestone in a way that all Southern Nevadans could enjoy — with world-class performances. Undaunted by the pandemic’s many scheduling challenges, THE SMITH CENTER PACKED THE YEAR WITH THRILLING PROGRAMMING THAT SPANNED EVERY GENRE, reflecting the center’s driving goal of presenting performances for all audiences, including music, theater, dance, guest speakers and more.
208,784 TICKETS SOLD TO PATRONS OVER THE PAST YEAR PERFORMANCES AT THE SMITH CENTER 270 11,269 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE 2021-2022 BROADWAY LAS VEGAS® season, demonstrating an eagerness to return to live theater following the pandemic closure
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Throughout the past school year, The Smith Center delivered inspirational arts education experiences for and teachers, a top priority since the center’s very beginnings. The center presented a mix of engaging and relevant virtual and in-school programs, each adhering to evolving safety protocols, and which supplemented school curriculums.
&EDUCATIONOUTREACH 66,591 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED in virtual student matinees this school year 2,525 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS experienced in-school performances presented by local and visiting artists through The Smith Center’s leadership in the Southern Nevada Ensuring the ARTS FOR ANY GIVEN CHILD INITIATIVE AGUA ES VIDAVirtual GRIMMSVirtual CHARLOTTE'S WEBVirtual SECRETS OF SPACE In-School Performance & Master Class
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“OUR STUDENTS BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THE ENRICHING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES THE SMITH CENTER PROVIDES. FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR TITLE 1 SCHOOL, IT IS THEIR FIRST AND ONLY EXPERIENCE WITH THEATRE.” Participating Elementary School Teacher Southern Nevada educators participated in professional development sessions presented by the Kennedy Center and visiting teaching artists BALLET FOLKLORICOMasterClass TODDLER TIME Discovery CONFABULATIONMuseumProfessionalDevelopmentRAOW RAOW In-School Performance 375 MILO'SMasterUNLVClass
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The Smith Center honored over 700 Clark County School District (CCSD) educators at its seventh-annual Heart of Education Awards recognizing outstanding CCSD teachers. This marked the award program’s first live, red-carpet ceremony at The Smith Center since 2019. Made possible by The Rogers Foundation, this year’s event celebrated teachers’ return to the classroom, and also acknowledged the challenges they overcame in adapting to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Talented musical theater students from 12 Nevada high schools delivered highenergy performances at The Smith Center’s 10th-annual Nevada High School Musical Theater Awards, the center’s first time hosting the event live since 2019. The awards recognized Nevada’s top musical theater students and the many talents involved with high school theater productions, with awards distributed across 14 different categories. The winners of the Outstanding Lead Actor and Lead Actress experienced a complimentary, 10-day trip to New York City, where they represented Nevada in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy® Awards, hosted at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.
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COUPLES SAID “I DO” AT THE SMITH CENTER OVER THE PAST YEAR 4 12,449 42 PRIVATE AND SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE SMITH CENTER, INCLUDING WEDDINGS, AWARD CEREMONIES, MEETINGS, RECEPTIONS, DINNERS, FUNDRAISERS AND MORE GUESTS ATTENDED
ENGAGEMENTCOMMUNITY As a nonprofit, The Smith Center relies on volunteers to support all of its operations. The center offers many opportunities to volunteer as an usher, tour docent or assisting with education programs and special events. Some even volunteer hundreds to thousands of hours. This past year, The Smith Center honored three of these exceptional individuals – Claudia Newbury, Steve Smith , and the late Larry LeBlanc – with the prestigious, national President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award for volunteering over 4,000 hours. In addition, Cheryl Hartfield received the first-ever Larry LeBlanc Award for Service Excellence, created in honor of LeBlanc’s legacy to celebrate exemplary volunteers at The Smith Center. THEIR
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LOOKING AHEAD
Not only do audiences flock to The Smith Center nearly every night of the year, but the center’s neighborhood in downtown Las Vegas continues to thrive with a magnetic draw all its own. Symphony Park – the 61-acre parcel with The Smith Center at its heart – boasts ongoing development, popular events and a rising number of residents. It also features NEW OUTDOOR ART recently installed near The Smith Center campus, offering visitors and residents alike a feast for the eyes. The Smith Center will offer a thrilling audience experience this year for our 10th anniversary. Building on our immensely popular past Broadway seasons, we will present the biggest season yet of our TOYOTA BROADWAY LAS VEGAS® SERIES, WITH 11 SMASH PRODUCTIONS – the most in our nonprofit’s history. And for the first time in two years, The Smith Center will present LIVE STUDENT MATINEES again in its theaters this fall. With acclaimed productions based on popular children’s literature, and also showcasing international cultures, these matinees introduce the joy of theater to many students who might not otherwise have a chance to experience live performances. The center provides these matinees at no cost to schools. Beyond presenting world-class entertainment, The Smith Center always looks for ways to make our patrons’ experience more memorable when they visit our venues. From the moment a patron becomes aware of an event at The Smith Center, all the way to the point when they leave the theater, we want to ensure that every interaction with us is a positive one. That includes continuing to monitor evolving government-recommended health and safety protocols to keep our guests safe. This high-quality guest service — or as we like to call it, Service with Heart — will always be our No. 1 priority.
The arts and entertainment sector, including The Smith Center, was hit especially hard during the pandemic. Fortunately, our unprecedented intermission ended on September 14, 2021, thanks in large part to the SAVE OUR STAGES ACT Through the dedication of our caring congressional delegation, we were able to get through our toughest time yet. We remain forever grateful for the community-wide support that allowed us to successfully reopen.
