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[[2 pages]] MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB Under the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has grown from a public showcase into one of the country's most respected theatre organizations, originating, producing and distributing some of the finest works n American Theatre. Manhattan Theatre Club productions have been critically acclaimed across the country and around the world. THis past season Terrence McNaly's Love! Valour! Compassion! won two Tony Awards, including Best New Play. Other significant productions include Stephen Sondheims' Putting it Together, the Broadway production of A Small Family Business; Mass Appeal, Loot and Sylvia; the Tony Award-winning Ain't Misbehavin'; and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart and The Piano Lesson. MTC's many laurels include five Tony Awards, two Pulitzer Prices, as well as Drama Desk, Drama Critics Circle, Obie, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards. MTC has been awarded a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Achievement, a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Contribution, an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, and a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Achievement. Manhattan Theatre Club is concerned not only with the dramatic product present on its stages, but also with the creative process. Playwrights, directors, actors and designers are attracted to MTC for its believe in an extended, collective effort to enrich and give life to a playwright's work. That is why actors such as Adam Arkin, Christin Baranski, Stockard Channing, Richard Greenberg, Nathan Lane, Bernadette Peters, Sara Jessica Parker, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston; playwrights such as Alan Ayckbourn, Athol Fugard, Beth Henley, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally and John Patrick Shanley; and directors such as Martin Charnin, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Tillinger return to MTC time and time again. With a subscriber base of over 18,000, MTC produces four plays each season in its 299-seat Stage I theatre and other theatres in the city, presenting works by new and established playwrights. In addition, four plays are performed in the 150-seat Stage II theatre, which provides a much needed alternate space for the development and nurturing of plays and playwrights of promise. Since its inception in 1970, Manhattan Theatre Club has also presented its acclaimed Writers in Performance series, a major forum for readings, performances and lectures by eminent writers and artists. Past participants have included such renowned artists as Isabel Allende, Seamus Heaney, William Kennedy, and Toni Morrison, in addition to readings by young writers of merit. In addition, MTC's comprehensive Education Program reaches over 3,000 school children in the metropolitan area annually and seeks to have an impact on the future theatre going community by helping students experience theatre with greater understanding and thereby increasing their interest in attending live theatre. Recently, MTC has renewed its commitment to the development of new American musicals by creating a Musical Theatre Program. The goals of the Program are to discover and nurture new musical theatre artists and to create an environment conducive to the development of new work. Through a series of presentations, readings, and workshops, the Program has identified a number of new musicals which should be gracing MTC's stages in the near future. Looking forward, Manhattan Theatre Club will continue to encourage, nurture, and develop important plays and playwrights, offering the public intelligent theatre of distinction. [[page 2]] MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1995-96 [[table, 2 columns]] Lynne Meadow | Barry Grove ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Michael Coles | Francis J. MOrison CHAIRMAN | CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Limited Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co. | Partner, Davis, Polk & Wardwell Stephen R. Wilson | W. Loeber Landau TREASURER, GALA CO-CHAIR | SECRETARY REAL ESTATE CO-CHAIR Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Reader's Digest Association, Inc. [[/table]] [[flourish]] [[3 columns]] [[column 1]] Slvia Ablon Richard Baker President, Womens' Wear Tommy Hilfiger Christine Baranski Actress Joanna Barsh Director McKinsey & Company John Lee Beatty Scenic Designer John M. Clarke Vice President, Law NYNEX Stephen Collins Actor David R. Drobis Chairman & CEO Ketchum Public Relations Barbara Fife Director, Executive Programs & Internships Baruch College James T. Flynn FINANCE CHAIRMAN Gay Goldman PATRONS CHAIRMAN President, GG Productions, Inc. Richard M. Hammer Partner, Price Waterhouse John O. Hatab AUDIT CHAIRMAN Managing Tax Partner Price Waterhouse [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] Rodger H. Hess NOMINATING CHAIRMAN President, Rodger Hess Productions, Inc. David C. Hodgson GALA CO-CHAIR General Partner General Atlantic Partners Gerri Karetsky PLAY DEVELOPMENT CHAIRMAN Consultant Javelin Exploration Gary Knisely Founding Director Johnson, Smith & Knisely Accord Akira Kondoh President Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets, Inc. Paul Bl Kopperl CHAIRMAN EMERITUS President, Delano & Kopperl, Inc. Nathan Lane Actor Reynold Levy Managing Director, International Public Affairs At&T Terrence McNally Playwright James Marcus DEVELOPMENT CHAIRMAN Limited Partner Gold, Sachs & Co. Roberto Mandoza Vice Chairman J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. Christine Miller MARKETING CHAIRMAN [[/column 2]] [[column 3]] Walter Mosley Author Roberta Olsen EDUCATION CHAIRMAN Bruno A. Quinson WRITERS IN PERFORMANCE CHAIRMAN Clifton S. Robbins GALA CO-CHAIR General Partner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Edward R. Roberts Limited Partner Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ronald K. Shelp Executive Vice President Burson, Marsteller Jeffrey A. Sine Managing Director Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. Frank Skillern MUSICAL THEATRE CHAIRMAN CEO American Express Centurian Bank Arthur P. Solomon General Partner Lazard Freres & Co., LLC. Peter J. Solomon REAL ESTATE CO-CHAIR Founder, Peter J. Solomon & Co. Marcy Syms President & COO Syms Corp. Saundra Williams Cornwell GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY CO-CHAIR Charlayne Woodard Actress [[flourish]] A.E. Jeffcoat HONORARY FOUNDER CHAIRMAN Senior Counselor, Hill & Knowlton Edwin C. Cohen CHAIRMAN EMERITUS President, General Atlantic Corp.
