Cocktail Hour Performances (6:30-7:30p)
Eleanor McCoy (5th grade - Mission Hills, KS)
Maybe from Annie
Grace Taylor (6th grade - Prairie Village, KS)
Naughty from Matilda
Caroline Reda (9th grade - Prairie Village, KS) I Don’t Need a Roof from Big Fish
Vocalists: Grace Mott (BFA - Opera, Teaching Artist) & PT Mahoney (BFA - Opera)
Dance: Emmy Hadley & Jackson Tomlin (Teaching Artists)
Love Me, Love Me Not by Joey Contreras
Amplify Your Voice (7:30p)
Opening Remarks - Darrington Clark & Chuck Caisley
Performances:
Isabel Mayer (Class of 2021 - Kansas City, MO)
Fly, Fly Away from Catch Me If You Can
Emma Molteni (11th grade - Prairie Village, KS)
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera
Tola Abitogun & Breana Smith (11th & 12th grade - Lenexa, KS & Independence, MO) All I’ve Ever Known from Hadestown Live Auction
Video Testimonials
Introduction of Guests
Performances:
Maggie Bunch (Class of 2022 - Olathe, KS)
Fools Fall in Love from All Shook Up
Fritz Sullivan & Grace Piper Fields (12th grade - Prairie Village, KS)
Something’s Missing from Reverie (an original musical by Grace Piper Fields)
Mia Cabrera & Dylan Markey (11th grade - Overland Park, KS & Leawood, KS)
As Long As You’re Mine from Wicked
Fund-A-Need Auction
Performances:
Cara Parisi & Maddox Bane (Class of 2022 - Kansas City, MO)
Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors
Tina Maddigan Mayer (Broadway - Sophie - Mamma Mia! OBC)
I Have a Dream from Mamma Mia!
Darrington Clark (Class of 2011 - AEA Member - Raytown, MO)
I Am Changing from Dream Girls
Closing Remarks - Darrington Clark & Chuck Caisley
Amplify Your Voice Event Team
Chuck and Susan Caisley, Event Co-Chairs
Scott West, Chief Executive Officer
Angela Bedell, Chief Development Officer
Aly Brooke, Chief Marketing Officer
Donna West, Entertainment Coordinator
Darrington Clark, Gala Consultant & Arts Advisor
Karen Ledford, F/B Coordinator and Advisor
Beth Fields, Tablescape Design & Execution
Youth Arts Alliance of Greater KC Board of Directors
Scott West, Chuck Caisley, Darrington Clark, Brian Herbel, Lynn Poretta
Amplify Your Voice Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors ($10,000+)
Empowerment Sponsors ($5,000+)
Anonymous Donor
Sam & Barbara Reda
Kate & Nate Jones
Impact Sponsors ($2,500 - $4,999)
Chuck & Susan Caisley
Jen & Chad Markey
Bill Hans & Jen Greenstreet
Sara Reda
Hillary & Mike McCoy
YAAGKC Supporters ($500 - $2,499)
Gary Family
Milligan Family
Kress Family
Merritt Neil
Darby Family
Thank you to the donors, volunteers and organizers who made this event possible!
Donations & Volunteers
4 Hands Brewing Boulevard Brewery
Veritas Selections of Kansas and Missouri
Ron Dake, Show-Me Live Event Production
Hattie’s Fine Coffee
Paw Envy
Sully’s Pub
Nothing Bundt Cakes
McClain’s Market
Cosentino’s Price Chopper
Costco Wholesale
Jen and Chad Markey
John Wagner
Jamie Squire
PersonAlyties Designs, LLC
Stage Right Performing Arts, LLC - Choir Parents (Basket Donations)
Stage Right Performing Arts, LLC - Choir Members (Event Volunteers)
Event Organizers & Supporters
Chuck and Susan Caisley, Angela Bedell, Karen and Andy Ledford, Darrington Clark, Beth Fields, David Wallace, Susan and Joel Goldberg, Jen and Chad Markey, Camin Bell, Jill Jaramillo, Heather Layton, Mindi Squire, Rose Caisley, Gretchen Copeland, Alyson Carr, Monica Berg, Nicole Stephenson, Erin Fishman, Rebecca Gudde, Tessie Wissle, Amy Nessinger, Kelly Jenkins, Shelly Quarles, Nate Hancock
Thank you to the local, family owned, small businesses that supported this event Large Format Printing Entertainment & Event Support Non-profit Communication & Event Support Use the QR code to make a taxdeductible gift to the Youth Arts Alliance of Greater Kansas City to support scholarships for students across the KC Metro. Make a one-time gift!
Amplify Your Voice Emcee
Darrington Clark, AEA Board Member, YAAGKC Actor’s Equity Association Member Asst. Creative Director, Stage Right Performing Arts
Why Arts Education Matters
“Arts education is so much more than the name implies, and that’s saying a lot: of course you know that the TV you watch, music you enjoy, shows you see, visual designs that catch your eye, they’re all a result of someone teaching visual or performing arts. But even within schools, the arts provide a safe haven for students finding their voice, offer a broader world view & exercise empathy, and plainly make students smarter in every other subject. Many people you see tonight have had their lives saved by an arts educator. Your being here tonight affirms your belief that arts education matters, and we’re joined in a mission to make it accessible for all!”
Darrington Clark is originally from Raytown, MO and graduated from K-State in 2016. He has been a professional actor since then, completing the Emerging Professional Residency at Milwaukee Rep, and appearing regionally at Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Coterie Theatre and more. Upcoming: Dreamgirls at New Theatre Restaurant as Jimmy Early.
Thank you to our event caterer
Providing equal access to arts education for at-risk and disadvantaged youth of Kansas City through enhanced scholarship programs and community outreach programs.
We are excited to introduce the Youth Arts Alliance of Greater Kansas City to our community!
This non-profit organization was formerly known as the Stage Right Arts Foundation, which was established in 2010 to provide scholarships to arts education programs for young performers. Since its inception, more than $250,000 in scholarships have been awarded to children and young adults from across the metropolitan area.
As of February 2023, we are now known as the Youth Arts Alliance, which we believe better describes our expanded mission and more clearly represents our commitment to the larger Kansas City arts community. Since our founding, we have been honored to be part of pivotal conversations and efforts in the Kansas City community to connect at-risk and disadvantaged youth to arts education programming.
We all have witnessed the life-changing power that participation in the Arts can foster, a place where healing, hope, self-confidence, and resilience are learned each and every day. The Youth Arts Alliance is committed to provide those transformational Arts experiences to even more atrisk and disadvantaged youth across the Kansas City area. Over the last year, we have seen an opportunity to do even more – to provide not only more scholarship funding, but to also expand our mission and the contributions we can make through a variety of community outreach programs.
Community outreach will include, but certainly not be limited to, grants to qualified performing arts programs in the KC area to reach more at-risk and disadvantaged youth, funding to provide supplemental performing arts instruction at area schools through teaching arts, and job skills training/internships for young adults interested in technical or business careers in the arts.
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