February 21 to March 8intersectionsdc.orgDiscover the intersection of art, culture, and connection at the Atlas Performing Arts Center! The 5th-annual Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival celebrates the diversity and collaborative energy of artists and audience. This year over 800 artists will present more than 125 performances in music, theatre, dance, film, opera, and spoken word in the Atlas’ five performance spaces.

INTERSECTIONS 2014 offers three weekends of performances, February 21-March 8. Excellent established, emerging, community, and student artists will fill our theaters with performances that will thrill, energize, and inspire audiences. You’ll find innovative collaborations and world premieres among artists of all ages, races, cultures, communities, and art forms. Enjoy 30 free Café Concerts performed in the Atlas’ Kogod Lobby plus Family Day Saturdays where young audiences and their adult friends will enjoy performances, workshops, and hands-on art projects.

INTERSECTIONS encourages compassionate listening and provocative questioning. Come explore the art and meet the artists and fellow patrons through this year's new innovative ArtsEngage workshops, conversations, and discussions. Be a part of the art at the Atlas, the artistic heart of the H Street community.

Join us!Explore the entire schedule and purchase tickets atintersectionsdc.org.

Tickets - From FREE to $33. Groups 10 or more save 10%. Multi-Show Pass - Purchase tickets to 3 or more festival performances at the same time and save 20%.

EasyPass - Enjoy unlimited ticketed performances, plus reserved seating, $300. (Performances must be selected in advanced to reserve seats. The pass is non-transferrable.)

5th Annual

Clockwise: }Gay Men’s Chorus

of Washington }Maurice

Decaul Continuing Projects

}Remembering the Palladium

}Arts on the Horizon

}Atlantic Reed Consort

Above: }Gregory Maqoma, Exit-Exist

Left: }Atlas Community discussion

participants from Arena Stage’s Voices of

Now Mead Ensemble

Here's just a sample of what you'll find at INTERSECTIONS.

Explore SOUND Boundary-crossing musical events

UrbanArias Opera Like You’ve Never Seen It Friday, Feb 21, 9:30pm Sunday, Mar 2, 5:30pm It’s Second City meets the New York Festi-val of Song! Popular UrbanArias’ mini-op-eras by contemporary composers spoof noisy neighbors’ pets, the temptations of Bergdorf-Goodman, and more. You’ll also hear Opera Improv – singer-improvisers create short scenes based on audience suggestions.

Discover MOVEMENT Innovative dance-based concerts and collaborations

Furia Flamenca Dance Company Recordando la Alhambra Saturday, Mar 8 at 4:30pm The skill and passion of flamenco choreog-rapher Estela Velez de Paredez unites with

Celebrate FAMILY For kids and their grown up friends.

INTERSECTIONS Saturdays include perfor-mances and FREE interactive activities. February 22, March 1, and March 8.

Mutts Gone Nuts Benefit Performance for Atlas Family Programming Saturday, Feb 22 at 1:30pm Entertainers Scott and Joan Houghton and their mischievous puppies present a hilar-ious canine thrill show. This performance benefits two great causes – the Atlas and animal rescue. }Before and after the show, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm, join our friends from DC Actors for Animals, Atlas Vet, and Metro Mutts in the lobby for family activities.

GALA Hispanic Theatre/Wit’s End Puppets Fábulas Mayas Saturday, Mar 1 at 10:00am Saturday, Mar 8 at 1:00pm A bilingual adaptation of traditional Mayan legends and fables featuring movement and song with enchanting masks and shadow puppets created by playwright-puppeteer Cecilia Cackley. Children ages 5 and up will delight in the mischievous antics of the animal char-acters who slip back and forth between English and Spanish in this magical style of storytelling. }Before and after the perfor-mances enjoy a free Boogie Babes concert at 10:45 AM plus kids’ activities from INTERESCTIONS artists.

VOLUNTEER Earn free tickets, meet great people, and have a good time! Help us greet patrons, usher, and with family Saturdays. Visit atlasarts.org for details and email development@atlasarts.org to sign up.

February 21 to March 8

Something For Everyone! Explore the full schedule and purchase tickets at intersectionsdc.org.

the music of composer Guillermo-Juan Christie and the Middle Eastern dance of Yillah Natalie in a world premiere concert. Discover how the Arab-Islamic world fused with the culture of Granada, Spain to help create to the gypsy dance form of flamenco. With string and percussion ensemble accompaniment.

Experience STORY Provocative Perspective through film, poetry, and theatre

Malcolm Pelles Presents Slam Theatre 3.0 Friday, Feb 28 at 7:00pm Saturday, Mar 1 at 9:30pm Friday, Mar 7 at 9:30pm & 11:30pm Saturday, Mar 8 at 9:30pm Comedy writer-playwright Malcolm Pelles’ team presents a hilarious mix of romantic sketch comedy, spoken word, and live DJ music. Enjoy Bomani Armah, renowned poet, musician, and Busboys & Poets’ Director of Poetry Events; Goldie Deane, diva of spoken word; and popular DJ RBI. Laugh your way through this sophisticat-ed look at contemporary urban politics, culture, and relationships.

Clockwise: }Furia Flamenca }Malcolm Pelles Presents

}Mutts Gone Nuts }UrbanArias

Left: }B-FLY ENTERTAINMENT,

The Nayika Project

Right: } Gala/Wit's End.

What audiences are saying about INTERSECTIONS

“ INTERSECTIONS, the gathering-spot of artists in DC.”--Festival Artist

“Jazz singer, Akua Allrich, gave a phenomenal performance. After she performed her original piece, I had to buy one of her CDs just so I could hear the song again.”

“I love the energy--the festival supports local artists, the ticket prices are affordable, and the venue is beautiful!”

Imagination Stage Inside Out April 9-14 Things can get a little crazy when kids start to turn things inside out. Imagi-nations go wild in a game of dress-up. Scarves become birds. T-shirts become monsters. A sock dance rocks the closet! For children ages 1-5.

Martha Redbone April 25 Noted for venturing onto the wilder shores of rhythm & blues, Redbone’s award winning music blends Native Amer-ican elements with funk, Appalachian folk, and Piedmont blues.

Sō Percussion Where (we) Live April 26 Known for music that explores the ex-tremes of emotion and musical possibility, Where (we) Live questions the group’s personal and artistic homes by inviting in the unknown. Video artists, songwriters, painters, choreographers, and direc-tors altered their process. The resulting performance includes composed pieces, chance elements, visual, and theatrical interactions.

MARCH 2014Washington Women in Jazz Festival All Stars Featuring Mary Halvorson & Allison Miller March 19 Celebrate the DC area’s finest female jazz artists in a male-dominated jazz scene. Guitarist, Halvorson and drummer, Miller.

Aparna Ramaswamy March 29-30 Ramaswamy has been described as a “marvel of buoyant agility and sculptural clarity” (Dance Magazine). Born in India and raised in the US, Ramaswamy’s work addresses the spirituality and philosophy of her South Indian heritage.

APRIL 2014

Camille Brown & Dancers Mr. Tol E. RAncE April 5-6 Commissioned by the Ailey Company, among others, Brown seeks to defy the boundaries between dance and theatre. Mr. Tol E. RAncE, inspired by the Spike Lee film, Bamboozled (2002), explores the racial archetypes of black perform-ers while celebrating their tenacity and perseverance.

Great Noise Ensemble La Commedia April 6 DC’s own Great Noise Ensemble will present the Washington, DC premiere of Andriessen’s Grawemeyer Award winning opera, La Commedia.

Monica Germino & Frank van der Weij Roadmaps and Diaries II April 7 Trailblazing Holland-based musicians, violinist Germino and punk-rock bassist turned sound designer van der Weij perform electroacoustic innova-tions composed by Andriessen, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Kate Moore, and others.

Brad Linde Ensemble Andriessen’s Piano/Andriessen’s Jazz April 9 Featuring the U.S. premieres of Andriessen’s The Family Revisited, Monument to Graettinger, and Image de Moreau (the printed collection of his piano works, performed in its entirety).

Ban on a Can All-Stars April 11 Featuring the Washington, DC pre-miere of Life, composed for Bang on a Can All Stars, as well as music by leading American composers David Lang, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and Steve Martland.

Left to Right:

}Aparna Ramaswamy

}Andreissen – Brad Linde Ensemble

}Andreissen – Bang on a Can All Stars

Clockwise:

}Kyle Abraham

} Martha Redbone

}I Draw Slow

}Camille Brown

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society May 10 Grammy–nominated Argue and his 18-piece big band, Secret Society, evoke the Swing Era. Adopting a steampunk-in-spired attitude towards the traditional big band, Argue refashions this well-worn instrumentation into a cutting-edge en-semble.

Kyle Abraham Live! The Realest MC May 17-18 Kyle Abraham’s ensemble dance work investigates gender roles in the black community and the quest for acceptance in the world of hip-hop celebrity. Live! The Realest MC, references humanity in the digital age, creating an abstracted and humorously dark narrative that places the iconic childhood character, Pinocchio, in an industrial dystopia.

Great Noise Ensemble May 23 Formed when composer and conductor Armando Bayolo placed an ad on Craigslist.org seeking like-minded musicians passionate about contemporary music, now one of the most important and adventurous ensembles in DC’s new music scene.

SOLE Defined May 30-31 Creators Ryan K. Johnson (from Broad-way’s STOMP) and Quynn Johnson (dancer, choreographer) fuse percussive dance forms (tap, West African, body percussion, and hip hop) and theatre in a powerful new production that explores self-acceptance, inner strength, and the death of “No."

For tickets to these and other performances visit atlasarts.org or call the box office at (202) 399-7993 x2.

Andriessen 75April 6-11 The Atlas joins with Great Noise Ensemble, National Gallery of Art, Strathmore, and Shenandoah Con-servatory to present Andriessen 75, a festival celebrating the music of the beloved Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and his 75th birthday. Developed by Armando Bayolo, the Great Noise Ensemble founder and New Music curator at the Atlas, the Festival features premieres and defin-ing works by the honored composer alongside pieces and performances by his collaborators, students, and friends. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC and Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

Save the date! Annual Gala, Atlas Underground, will be Friday, October 17, 2014. To sponsor this incredible event contact ccarlin@atlasarts.org.

MAY 2014I Draw Slow May 3 Dublin band I Draw Slow has been setting records in their native Ireland. The five-piece band has been compared to Alison Krauss with a sound rooted in the old style of the Appalachian Mountains, draw-ing on Irish traditional music and modern Americana.

Nnenna Freelon May 8 Six-time Grammy Award nominee Freelon has worked with The Roots, Take 6, Sir Elton John, Andrea Bocelli, and more. Freelon is known for her ability to inter-pret songs in their truest form.

B-FLY ENTERTAINMENT Liner Notes May 9-10 Remember the booklet that came with your vinyl, cassette, or CD? Where you could discover influential genres and per-sonal statements of artistic expression? Join a live musical journey through hip hop’s many intersections.

Atlas Performing Arts Center Board of DirectorsOFFICERSJane Lang, ChairStephen N. Ashman, Vice ChairSherry F. Bellamy, Vice ChairPhyllis D. Thompson, SecretaryPaul C. Sprenger, Treasurer

MEMBERSM. Ann BelkovMichael BlumKenneth J. BrewerOrlando BrooksSteve BroseRobert A. BurkaSharon CochranKristine Coratti KellyBarbara FaculjakStacie Walters FujiiMerna C. GuttentagMichael K. LewisPaulette Payne PowellPeter RyanPhilip B. Terry-Smith

Atlas StaffADMINISTRATIONSam Sweet, Executive DirectorRafael Chapman, Director of Finance and AdministrationKyle Rudgers, Director of Operations Robert T. Boaz, Program ManagerMatt Graf, IT Consultant

COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTRenée Littleton, Director of Marketing & Public RelationsTeshonne Powell, Senior Marketing InternClaire Carlin, Director of DevelopmentCecily S. Habimana, Development AssociateJen DeMayo, Director of Community

ARTISTIC STAFFArmando Bayolo, Curator New Music SeriesBrad Linde, Curator Jazz at the AtlasMary Hall Surface, Artistic Director, INTERSECTIONS Festival Curator - Theatre for the Very YoungHannah Landsberger, INTERSECTIONS InternKevin Stapornkul, INTERSECTIONS Intern

PRODUCTIONAndrew Cissna, Master ElectricianAlex Evans, Technical DirectorCamille Kashaka*, Sprenger Theatre ManagerSean McConnell*, Labs 1 & 2 Theatre ManagerJamie Mulhern, ASTAP Lead InstructorLucas Zuniga*, Lang Theatre Manager

HOUSE PRODUCTION CREWEric BrownRo Burnett*Louis DavisKelly Farrall*Tyler GlyodAnton Maul*Andy Rubble*Tyra Smith

FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGEMENTTynisha Brooks, New Business CoordinatorKathy Jones, Front of House Associate & Volunteer Coordinator

FRONT OF HOUSE ASSOCIATESToya CarmichaelLora FletcherLucy FletcherJoi GreeneJames HollandJune Wilson IdrissaChivonne PhilipsAnna ReihlePatricia Yates

FACILITIESCedric Tolson, Facilities ManagerEddie Hines, Maintenance AssociateCarolyn Saunders, Maintenance Associate

*Atlas Stagecraft Training & Apprenticeship Program (ASTAP) Graduate

CONTACT US.Atlas Performing Arts Center1333 H Street, NEWashington, DC 20002(202) 399-7993 | atlasarts.org

$25,000 and aboveANONYMOUSThe Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesPhilip L. Graham Fund Eugene M. Lang and the Eugene M. Lang FoundationLocal Initiatives Support Corporation Fund for Interracial Reconciliation and Education of The Community Foundation for the National Capital RegionMARPAT Foundation, Inc.Jaylee and Gilbert MeadEugene and Agnes E. Meyer FoundationSprenger Lang FoundationSolon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.The Washington PostThe Weissburg Foundation Zickler Family Foundation $10,000 and aboveANONYMOUSDiane and Norman BernsteinCrossCurrents FoundationThe Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing ArtsHorning Family Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital RegionInsight Property Group LLCMid Atlantic Arts FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsNew England Foundation for the ArtsMilton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond FoundationAnne and John Roberts

$5,000 and aboveM. Ann BelkovIrene and Robert BlumCity First BankThe Max and Victoria Dreyfus FoundationFarvue FoundationJohn Edward Fowler Memorial FoundationHager SharpThe Kiplinger FoundationArlene and Robert KogodKathleen Maloy and Heather BurnsJohn Moriarty & Associates of Virginia LLCPrince Charitable TrustGary D. Rappaport/Gary A. LustineSam Rose/Union Center Plaza Management Corp.US Bancorp CDC $2,500 and aboveShari and Stephen AshmanBB&TJanice and Steven BroseSherry Bellamy and George BumbrayMaria and Robert BurkaCapitol Hill Community FoundationCohnReznick LLPDimick FoundationLois and Richard England Fisher Brothers Financial & Development CompanyMerna and Joseph GuttentagHessler & Associates CharteredThe Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Project and Fund Molly LesterMinerva Marketing Nixon PeabodyPennsylvania Performing Arts on TourPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPRock Creek Property GroupDanielle Gallo and Peter RyanVictor Shargai and Craig PascalSK&I ArchitectsTTR │Sotheby’s International Realty

Steuart Investment CompanyTishman Construction Corporation of DC

$1,000 and aboveAmerican Beverage AssociationThe Amphion FoundationANONYMOUSHenry ArnholdSandra and Fernando BoccaneraDan Cameron Family FoundationCardinal BankStegar Thompson and Bruce ChartierSharon Cochran and Lea MesnerKris CorattiAnne Corbett and Sam SweetMarshall B. Coyne FoundationCity First Bank of DCClare Cushman and Amedee ProuvostFundriseGlobal Impact Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area H Street Community Development CorporationHFF SecuritiesHolland & Knight LLPCathy MacNeil Hollinger and Mark HollingerKenneth HopperHumanities Council of Washington DCAnn and Knight KiplingerDavid LangLeftwich & Ludaway LLCLinda R. Singer and Michael K. Lewis Anthony Francis Lucas-Spindletop FoundationMcWilliams │ BallardThe Moriah FundNational Capital BankLaurence Platt and Clare HeringtonCarolyn Cox and Samuel PerkinsRazoo FoundationRhode Island RowScott & Stringfellow Stanley M. SprackerNancy E. StanleyThe Sugar AssociationTaksey, Neff & Associates, CPAConnie TiptonThe Honorable Phyllis D. ThompsonAnne Evans and Bill WallaceWestMill Capital Partners

$500 and aboveHaley Kaufman and Jeffrey AlpherANONYMOUSMyra and Jerome BarronBIOS - Energy Performance SolutionsSally Donner and Kenneth BriersDebbie and Orlando BrooksStephanie BrownerThe Beringer Weinstock GroupDr. and Mrs. Arthur BurnettSusan ClampittJudy and Dick CunninghamToby and Daniel EdelmanMarilyn and Michael Glosserman Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Matthew GluthCarolyn HarrisPhil Guire and Jeanne Harrison with Coldwell BankerFrederic HarwoodHWP InsuranceMary HuntJanney MontgomeryJean and Bob KappDavid and Jackie Marlin Fund ofThe Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Drs. Michael and Susan Martin

THE ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTERGRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORTOF OUR GENEROUS DONORSThe Atlas extends its sincere appreciation to the following contributors who have made recent donations to the Atlas as of January 21, 2014.

Kathy Barton and Rick MaurerMaureen Jais-Mick and Dan MickTrang PhamJohn Rader and Catherine WilkinsonThe Ratner Family FoundationMary Hall Surface and Kevin ReeseRichard RomeSherry and Cary ShermanJoy and Jeffrey SpragensPatricia Stewart Dr. Jeanne-Marie MillerDoug and Karen RumbleMartin and Lenore SchneidermanLillie TaylorDavid TuchmannWilkes CompanyRebecca Troth and Christopher Wright

$250 and aboveANONYMOUSLinda AdamsEsthy and James Adler Jeffrey Alpher and Haley KaufmanBrady BirdsongAmy BishtonCarol and Donald BorutMarvin BowserPaul BoykasJason BruneScott CampbellColleen CancioMilton and Paulette ClipperNicky and Steve CymrotJill DowlingTeressa EllisLee and Shari FeinbergBenjamin and Leila FitzpatrickDel Glick and Twila FreyRoland Frye and Susan PetteyRuth Gramlich John HerronCarolyn HarrisNicholas KingHill’s KitchenEdward and Victoria JaycoxDoreen Kelly and Thomas HarrisGail Robinson and Martin KesselJudy Thibault KlevinsPatricia and John KoskinenTimothy and Eulonda LeaJane Lieberthal James Loots and Barbara DoughertyNatalie LudawayRosette Roat-Malone and Michael Malone Robert Mann-ThompsonMolly MatthewsMetropolitan Performing Arts Theatre Inc.Delores MontgomeryJanney Montgomery Scott LLCNancy MurphyWilliam and Louisa NewlinDoreen O’ConnellAlvin PerkinsPolycom, Inc.Martin Craig PascalBrenda and Paul PascalDavid PoissonConstance PovichPaulette and Lewis PowellJean and Gershon RatnerLarry RopeikBetty SamsGwendolyn SommerDina Suggs Paul WebberAmy and Joey WeedonMark and Cecelia Weinheimer Phillips Wolf

If we have missed you or you prefer your name to be listed differently, please contact us at (202) 399-7993 ext.144. Thank you for your support!

Donor Spotlight

Bruce Chartier

& Stegar

Thompson

INTERSECTIONS donors Bruce Chartier and Stegar Thompson were among the first Fans of INTERSECTIONS. Fans donate to support the festival and receive special INTERSECTIONS benefits. To become a Fan of INTERSEC-TIONS, visit atlasarts.org.

We asked Stegar, pictured (right) with Artistic Director Mary Hall Surface and Bruce, for his thoughts on the Atlas.

How did you discover the Atlas?About 25 years ago I lived nearby. I love seeing all the new excitement in the neighborhood—with the Atlas leading the way. Why did you pick the Atlas' INTERSEC-TIONS Festival?I’ve known Mary Hall practically since birth, we grew up together in Kentucky. I’ve always followed her work. Bruce and I now live in California, but from the start we thought the INTERSECTIONS multi-dis-ciplinary concept of connecting through the arts was fascinating. Both Bruce and I have spent our careers in the theatre—acting, directing, costume design—you name it, we’ve done it. INTERSECTIONS is the right fit for our giving. What are you looking forward to at the Atlas?We visit DC about once a year to see friends and family. We try to plan that trip around INTERSECTIONS, of course!

ART.CULTURE.CONNECTION.

Winter 2014

In This IssueAtlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, February 21-March 8

Upcoming Performances at the Atlas

Donor Spotlight: Bruce Chartier & Stegar Thompson, Fans of INTERSECTIONS

Our Generous Donors

Photos courtesy of the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

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