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FROM THE LEADERSHIP

After ten seasons, the story of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is one

of accomplishment and success.

We’ve shared with Miami some of the finest performances in theater, dance, and music. We’ve drawn large

audiences from all facets of our diverse community. We are financially healthy, and have been the grateful recipient

of philanthropy from so many people in our community.

But facts and figures only tell part of the story.

The most meaningful reflection of our success is witnessed in those who come through our doors.

We saw it in the smiles of our guests singing, “Everybody say yeah!” as they bounced out of the theater after a

performance of Kinky Boots.

We watched as people sat on the edge of their seats, their faces marveling at the athleticism and beauty personified

by the dancers from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

We saw it in the people swept away by the artistry of Itzhak Perlman, or thrilled at the chance to see the iconic

Patti Labelle.

But what we relish, most of all, are the kids from every part of our community, who experienced live performance,

perhaps for the first time in their lives, at the Arsht Center. Middle schoolers who attend our annual AileyCamp

Miami leave with invaluable life lessons. Aspiring high school musicians get up close and personal with legendary

professionals during our Jazz Roots: Sound Check program. And children and families get to experience the arts

together through our Free Gospel Sundays and Family Fest events.

It all happens here in Miami’s “Town Square,” where we’ve created a vibrant community in which to nurture the

soul through the performing arts.

We think that’s the very definition of success.

Adrienne ArshtFounding Chairman, Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation

John RichardPresident and CEO, Adrienne Arsht Center

Alan H. FeinChairman, Performing Arts Center Trust

Tony ArgizChairman, Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation

A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE

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3,500,000GUESTS

$500,000.000IN ECONOMIC IMPACT

20,000ARTISTS

300,000SOUTH FLORIDA CHILDREN AND LIFELONG LEARNERS ENLIGHTENED

172FREE PERFORMANCES ENJOYED BY 139,000

MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY

16WORLD PREMIERES

18COMMISSIONS

568BROADWAY PERFORMANCES

73GRADUATION CEREMONIES

3,288 VOLUNTEERS

301INTERNS

81,000FACEBOOK LIKES

27,000TWITTER FOLLOWERS

21,800 INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS

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In the 10 years since opening, the Adrienne Arsht Center has maintained its financial strength and integrity

using quality reporting and controls. The result has been audit opinions without qualification every year and an

operating surplus every year, save two. The investment pool consists of $3,168,000 of permanently restricted

funds and $7,348,337 of board-designated reserves. To maintain its position as the flagship performing arts

campus in Miami-Dade County, leasehold improvements and capital equipment additions to the Center’s

facilities have totaled over $7.5 million since opening. In addition, the Center expended over $1.7 million for

Arts Education programming and $2.1 million for Community Engagement in FY2016.

FINANCIALS

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Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2015 & 2016(In thousands)

D

C

B

ACASH $4,136

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE $2,094

INVESTMENTS $9,884

OTHER ASSETS $2,734

$18,848

CASH $3,105

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE $4,094

INVESTMENTS $10,449

OTHER ASSETS $3,134

$20,782

ASSETS2015 2016

D

C

B

A

A B C D A B C D

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

$0

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

$0

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & $1,821ACCRUED LIABILITIES

DEFERRED REVENUE $5,485

NET ASSETS $11,542

$18,848

B

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & $1,704ACCRUED LIABILITIES

DEFERRED REVENUE $7,523

NET ASSETS $11,555

$20,782

CC

B

AA

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS2015 2016

A B C A B C

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

$0

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

$0

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Statement of Activities - Operating for the year ended September 30, 2015(In thousands)

Statement of Activities - Operating for the year ended September 30, 2016(In thousands)

REVENUES REVENUES

SALARIES & BENEFITS $11,394

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS $3,189

EVENT COSTS $15,170

OCCUPANCY COSTS $6,119

DEVELOPMENT & PROFESSIONAL $2,221

GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE $2,788

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMITMENT -

TOTAL EXPENSES $40,881

OPERATING SURPLUS $115

EXPENSES2015

C G

D

B F

A E

$20,000

$18,000

$16,000

$14,000

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

$0

D GFEA B C

2015

EARNED $28,596

PRIVATE SUPPORT $3,293

PUBLIC SUPPORT $9,107

$40,996

C

B

A

A B C

$30,000

$25,000

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$5,000

$0

EARNED $24,008

PRIVATE SUPPORT $5,845

PUBLIC SUPPORT $10,542

$40,395

2016

C

B

A

$30,000

$25,000

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$5,000

$0

A B C

EXPENSES2016

$12,000

$10,000

$8,000

$6,000

$4,000

$2,000

$0

SALARIES & BENEFITS $11,757

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS $3,057

EVENT COSTS $11,732

OCCUPANCY COSTS $6,935

DEVELOPMENT & PROFESSIONAL $2,603

GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE $2,919

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMITMENT $500

TOTAL EXPENSES $39,503

OPERATING SURPLUS $892

C G

D

B F

A E

D GFEA B C

FINANCIALS

The Ziff Ballet Opera House, named in recognition of the Dr. Sanford L. Ziff Family’s philanthropic support of the Arsht Center, is a state-of-the-art, 2,400-seat proscenium theater, distinguished by an elegant horseshoe seating configuration that provides superlative sightlines from all four levels of the house. With its enormous stage - the second-largest in the country after the Metropolitan Opera - it has become one of the most impressive venues in the world to experience Broadway blockbusters, ballet, contemporary and flamenco dance productions, grand opera and the Arsht Center’s signature summer shows that often fuse theater, dance and aerial elements into unique, breathtaking spectacles. Amenities for audiences within the theater include bars and concessions on every level and, on the second floor, the fine-dining venue BRAVA By Brad Kilgore, selected by Zagat as one of Miami’s most anticipated restaurant openings of 2016.

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Co-presented with Broadway Across America, the 2015-2016 Broadway in Miami season, supported by title sponsor Bank of America, broke the record for highest number of Broadway season subscribers ever at the Arsht Center. The season kicked off with the Miami premiere of Kinky Boots, winner of 6 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical,” distinguished by an infectious score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper. The season continued with a brand-new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved The Sound of Music (which holds the Arsht Center record for highest-grossing one-week Broadway run); the hit-filled audience-pleaser Motown The Musical; a lavishly reconceived pre-Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera and the Roundabout Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning production of Cabaret. In keeping with the Arsht Center’s mission to make the performing arts accessible to as wide an audience as possible, all five productions had at least one performance sign-interpreted, open-captioned and audio-described.

BROADWAY IN MIAMIZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSE

The Phantom of the Opera, “Masquerade”

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The ninth annual Flamenco Festival Miami, one of the largest and most acclaimed gatherings of flamenco artists and productions outside Spain, brought three companies, two solo performances and a world premiere commissioned by the Arsht Center’s 10th anniversary 10@10 commissioning program to South Florida. Three large company works, all South Florida premieres, were presented in the Ziff Ballet Opera House: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía’s Images: 20 Years, Compañía Rocío Molina’s Bosque Ardora and Compañía Manuel Liñan’s Nomada. The master flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo and superstar dancer Farruquito gave solo shows in the Knight Concert Hall. And the world premiere, also performed in the Knight Concert Hall, showcased a unique fusion of Cuban music and flamenco tradition when Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Spanish dancer Esperanza Fernandez came together in a tribute to Cuban big-band leader Beny Moré. The 2016 Festival was made possible in part with support from Knight Foundation, TotalBank, the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

The variety of theater sizes and stage configurations at the Adrienne Arsht Center allows us to offer South Florida audiences a wide selection of dance - from spectacular productions featuring dozens of dancers in the Ziff Ballet Opera House to chamber ensembles in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater. Every year, when Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Artistic Director Robert Battle returns home to Miami with his spectacular company, South Florida dance lovers rejoice. Their 2016 engagement, part of the Knight Masterworks Dance series supported by title sponsor Knight Foundation, was especially noteworthy: it featured the world premiere of Battle’s Awakenings, co-commissioned by the Arsht Center, with lead support from incoming PACT Board Chairman Ira Hall and his wife Carole Hall and additional support from Funding Arts Network, as part of its celebratory 10th anniversary 10@10 commissioning program. The season also included a holiday engagement by Miami’s Peter London Global Dance Company, New York City’s modern dance gem, Rioult; and direct from Brooklyn, The Hip-Hop Nutcracker, featuring rap legend Kurtis Blow and Tchaikovsky’s classic score re-imagined through explosive choreography by Decadancetheatre.

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL MIAMI DANCE AT THE ARSHT

Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía Rioult, “Bolero”

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The 2,200 seat John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, declared “a sonic gem” by the Chicago Sun Times, is an acoustical marvel that on any given day can serve a 100-piece orchestra, a gospel choir, a chamber ensemble, or a pop superstar. Named in honor of Knight Foundation’s philanthropic support, the Hall is constructed as a room within a room within a building, assuring complete isolation from ambient sounds and vibrations. Furthermore, the room is equipped with a three-piece individually adjustable acoustical canopy suspended above the stage, acoustics curtains and banners, as well as an adjoining acoustics control chamber and chamber doors, which can be opened or closed to change the hall’s “acoustical environment.” Without a proscenium to separate audiences from the stage, the hall gives patrons unparalleled proximity to performers and the “shoe-box” configuration further enhances the acoustics as well as the intimate feel of the hall.

Called “the most important concert and educational jazz series in America” by American music legend Quincy Jones, Jazz Roots brought its hallmark mixture of legendary performers and wide array of styles to the Knight Concert Hall. Dedicated to the memory of co-founder Larry Rosen, the Jazz Roots 2015-2016 season showcased the scores composed by trumpeter Terence Blanchard for Spike Lee films, the salsa sounds of Eddie Palmieri, the holiday spirit of Kenny G, a centennial celebration of Frank Sinatra, the fierce vocals of Patti LaBelle and the multi-faceted talents of Vanessa Williams. Jazz Roots was supported in part by Steinway & Sons, Epic Miami/A Kimpton Hotel, WLRN 91.3 and Jazziz Magazine, and members of the Encore Circle. Jazz Roots also featured one of the Center’s premier Education and Community programs, Sound Check, which each season allows 1,000 aspiring jazz musicians to get an in-depth look at the behind-the-scenes workings of a Jazz Roots concert through a partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Jazz Roots: Sound Check was supported by Wells Fargo, Green Family Foundation, Citizens Interested in Arts and ASCAP Louis Armstrong Fund.

JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT CONCERT HALL JAZZ ROOTS

Patti LaBelle

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The Knight Masterworks Classical Music Series, supported by title sponsors Knight Foundation and Meidar & Alfi Family Foundation, brings to South Florida the finest interpreters of the classical music repertory - orchestras, conductors and soloists - from across the country and around the world. The 2015-2016 season featured The Cleveland Orchestra’s world premiere performance of Siklòn by Avner Dorman, inspired by the sights and sounds of Miami and commissioned by the Arsht Center as part of its celebratory 10th anniversary 10@10 commissioning program. The season was also a superstar lineup boasting cellist Yo-Yo Ma fronting “Musical Perspectives on the Cultures of BRIC,” violinist Itzhak Perlman celebrating the 20th anniversary of his klezmer-themed “In the Fiddler’s House,” pianists Jeremy Denk, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and wunderkind Jan Lisiecki, plus the glorious sounds of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The NEA, Steinway & Sons and members of the Encore Circle provided additional support for the series.

The Arsht Center’s Live at Knight series is a season-long variety show featuring events that run the gamut from cinema and video game concerts, stand-up comedy and dance competitions to world music, pop, Latin, rock, cross-over artists and a cappella ensembles. Cuban legends Orchestra Buena Vista Social Club and Mexican pop diva Thalía; comedians Brian Regan, “Weird Al” Yankovic and John Waters; world music favorites Matisyahu and Buika; vocal groups The Tenors and Straight No Chaser; Walt Disney’s Fantasia in Concert; Americana maverick Chris Cornell and the live tour of “So You Think You Can Dance” were just some of the diverse headliners and shows in the 2015-2016 Live at Knight season.

KNIGHT MASTERWORKS / MEIDAR & ALFI FAMILY FOUNDATION CLASSICAL MUSIC LIVE AT KNIGHT

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Thalia

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With a flexible seating capacity of up to 250, performances at the Carnival Studio Theater are intimate, unique and personal. The seating area and stage can be reconfigured according to the specific artistic needs of each production: proscenium, thrust, cabaret, in-the-round and festival seating. In spite of its simple black-box design, the space boasts an aircraft cable grid system suspended above the deck, state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems able to accommodate the most sophisticated designs, including a large-cast play, a multi-disciplinary music-and-dance piece or a solo cabaret entertainer. Perhaps more than any other venue at the Arsht Center, the Carnival Studio Theatre represents the Arsht Center’s philosophy that world-class and community-based are not mutually exclusive, as many of Miami’s premier arts organizations, including Zoetic Stage, City Theatre, Peter London Global Dance Company, Augusto Soledade Brazzdance, International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami and many more are frequently showcased here.

The 2015-2016 Theater Up Close season, made possible in part with support provided by Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen and Alan and Diane Lieberman/Hotel Croydon, took us on thrilling theatrical journeys with a heady mixture of drama, comedy, music and fantasy. Zoetic Stage, winner of 11 Carbonell Awards and twice named “Best Theater” by the Miami New Times, presented a torn-from-the-headlines world premiere legal drama called Stripped by Christopher Demos-Brown; the South Florida premiere of Gina Gionfriddo’s off-Broadway hit Rapture, Blister, Burn; and the regional premiere of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s rapturous musical Passion. The season closed with one of the Arsht Center’s most ambitious theatrical undertakings to date - House Theatre of Chicago’s nine-hour, three-part epic adventure The Hammer Trinity, commissioned by the Arsht Center as part of its celebratory 10th anniversary 10@10 commissioning program.

CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER THEATER UP CLOSE

House Theater of Chicago, “The Hammer Trinity” Zoetic Stage, Anna Lise Jensen and the company of “Passion”

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The oldest performing arts organization in Florida, Arsht Center Resident Company Florida Grand Opera celebrated its 75th anniversary with four operas chosen to appeal to the diverse tastes of South Florida audiences: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Bellini’s Norma, The South Florida premiere of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s The Passenger and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

Led by Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, Arsht Center Resident Company Miami City Ballet celebrated its 30th anniversary with Swan Lake, a sparkling new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker©, along with new and classic works by Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Justin Peck and Liam Scarlett.

Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the Fellows of Arsht Center Resident Company New World Symphony performed three star-studded evenings. Violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Gil Shaham, plus pianist Emanuel Ax joined America’s Orchestral Academy for programs that included masterworks by Copland, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.

The Cleveland Orchestra, co-presented by Miami Music Association, and the Arsht Center celebrated the 10th anniversary of their partnership with the world premiere of the Arsht Center-commissioned Siklòn by Avner Dorman. The season’s four programs also included Saint-Saëns’ mighty Organ Symphony and Prokofiev’s fiery Symphony No. 3.

The Cleveland Orchestra Miami City Ballet’s Fancy Free

New World Symphony Artistic DirectorMichael Tilson Thomas, photo by Spencer Lowell

Florida Grand Opera’s The Barber of Seville

The Center’s free community-based performances and programs are designed to make the performing arts accessible to all. As diverse as the Miami community itself, these enriching activities include Sing Miami! Community Sing-a-longs presented in partnership with Miami Children’s Chorus and Family Fest, a free performance series that featured a Spooky Symphony, the Miami Music Project orchestra, Miami City Ballet for Young People and the sketch comedy of Story Pirates this season. Family Fest is presented in partnership with rbb Communications. Free Gospel Sundays engaged the public in the community-based tradition of gospel music practiced in Miami’s historically black churches and featured star headliners such as Tasha Cobbs and Marvin Sapp along with Miami Mass Choir, an all-star, 50-member chorus comprised of Miami’s best gospel voices. The series is made possible with the support of Rodney and Michelle Adkins; Green Family Foundation; The Israel, Rose, Henry & Robert Wiener Charitable Foundation; Friends of Free Gospel Sundays; the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

OPERA, BALLET AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Free Gospel Sundays

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Our signature education programs serve nearly 400 schools and 30,000 students each year through performances, workshops, master classes and inclusive activities that deepen learning through the arts. With support from Kennedy Center and Green Family Foundation, the Arsht Center deployed teaching artists into 18 public schools for residencies that engage students with and without disabilities to learn performing arts skills together. Over two weeks and 18 performances in the Knight Concert Hall, 20,000 students experienced the immersive, live-theatre presentation of Rock Odyssey, the Center’s flagship Learning Through the Arts program, supported by Green Family Foundation, Florida Blue, Ocean Reef Community Foundation and Key Biscayne Community Foundation. Supported by Wells Fargo, Green Family Foundation, Citizens Interested in Arts and ASCAP, Jazz Roots: Sound Check gave 1,000 high school musicians behind-the-scenes access to legendary artists. AileyCamp Miami, a six-week camp that empowers youth through dance, received the highest honor from The White House: the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. The camp was supported by Batchelor Foundation; Ware Foundation; Green Family Foundation; The Miami Foundation; The Children’s Trust; Miami-Dade County; The Israel, Rose, Henry and Robert Wiener Charitable Foundation; TriMix Foundation, Marian and David Rocker, and Friends of AileyCamp Miami.

The Arsht Center continues to transform our neighborhood’s physical landscape into a vibrant dynamic community-driven city center. With the purchase of 1444 Biscayne by Related Group and the opening of Melody Tower at the corner of NE 14th Street and NE 2nd Avenue, residential development is expanding westward from the Arsht Center. The Melo Group recently broke ground on the 710-unit Union Square apartment building, and NR Investments is nearing completion on its condo development, Canvas. In 2015-2016, with support from a NEA Our Town grant, the Center worked to activate its visionary master plan for the neighborhood by encouraging the design of an architecturally-significant signature bridge for Interstate-395, with a creative public gathering spot underneath, a weekly Farmers Market on its campus, the annual ArtsLaunch open house and partnerships with local businesses, among other efforts. In addition to a growing neighborhood population, significant beautification projects are being undertaken. The first, Omni Park, is an east / west pop-up park situated on the undeveloped blocks along NE 13th Street between NE 2nd Avenue and N. Miami Court. Omni Park will be followed by the I-395 reconstruction project.

ARTS EDUCATION

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT

NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT

AileyCamp Miami A New Town Square

INDIVIDUALSAdrienne Arsht

Newton Albuguerque

Ms. Rosalie Altmark and Mr. Herbert Kornreich

Emilio F. Alvarez

Noah Alweiss

Toby Lerner Ansin

J. Ricky Arriola

The Banks Family Foundation

Robert and Ana-Marie Barlick

Isaac Bendrao

Helene and Ady Berger

Thomas M. Berger and Antoinette M. Royer-Berger

Mark Blank

Carmen and Karl Bishopric

Matisse & Patchi Boehne

Joyce and M. Anthony Burns

Giliane Cannavo

Harry Wayne Casey

Paul and Trudy Cejas

Alicia Celorio on behalf of Do Unto Others Trust**

Gala and Stanley Cohen**

Adrianne and Jerry L. Cohen

Laura and Larry Colin

Maureen and George Collins

Crabtree & Associates

Carol and George Crapple

Stephen and Arlyn Cypen**

Mr. Jose Daes

Mary Lou and John Dasburg**

Walter and Marcia Da Silva

Anthony and Ileana Davide

Nancy Davis**

Nick Davis

Patricia Deering

Joseph Deitch

Charles and Gail Del Vecchio

Swanee and Paul DiMare

Omar Dodero

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Easton

Aaron & Andrea Edelstein**

Mr. Mike and Dr. Margaret Eidson**

Andrew Elisburg

Charlene and Ron Esserman**

Alan Fein and Susan Westfall

Dr. Lawrence E. Feldman

Joseph Fernandez

Luis Fernandez

Laurie Flink

Karin Figueroa Cisneros

Hollis and Jeffrey Freimark

Marcelo Fumasoni

Susan and David Galler

Lenore Gaynor

Mr. and Mrs. Ford Gibson

Dr. Mark N. Goldberg and Mr. David Rigg

Guido Goldman**

David M. Goldstein

Susan R. Goldstein**

Helen-Marie Gordich

Gerald and Jennifer Grant

David Green and Frank Chacon

Bruce W. Greer and Evelyn Langlieb

Greer Arts Endowment

Ira and Carole Hall Family

Bert Halprin

Larry and Molly Harris

J C Hayward

Daniel* Neal Heller and Diane Star Heller

Paul and Beatriz Hicks Foundation

Mr. Zachary A. Hicks and Mrs. Maria E. Enriquez

Robert P. Horton

Bob and Edith Hudson

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Hyde

Lawrence R. Hyer Fund at Dade Community College

Dr. and Mrs. Neil M. Kantor

Steven Karski

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kauppinen

Patti and Dennis Klein

Jacqueline and Irwin* Kott

Mimi and Larry Kuppin

George Krupp

Flois N. Landau and David J. Landau

Jim and Audreylee Leavitt

Stephen and Alona Lebowitz

Maureen Lefebvre

Judy and Donald Lefton

Marvin and Isabel Leibowitz

Elizabeth and Nathan Leight and Family

Louise Levin

Rhoda and Morris Levitt

Daniel Lewis**

Alan and Diane Lieberman**

Evelyn MacKenzie

David and Cristina Martin

Ivania and Rodney Max

Charles McBee

The Meidar & Alfi Family Foundation**

Sue Miller on behalf of the Miller Family Foundation

Richard C. Milstein and Eric Hankin**

The Morris Family

Manuel and Mercedes Mosteiro**

Hala Mnaymneh

Jeanne Mockridge

Nedra and Mark Oren

Beverly and Bill Parker

Cristina Penna

Norman and Jody Powell

G. Daniel Prigmore**

Carolee and Nathan* Reiber

Dr. Lynne and M. John Richard

David and Marian Rocker

Mr. Ricardo Rodriguez

Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan

Jeffrey Rubens

Leslie Miller Saiontz

Gloria and Howard* Scharlin

Dr. Robert Schwartz

John and Zelda Schwebel

Dr. Ronald and Susan Shane

Bonnie Shapiro

Betsy and George Sherman**

Jacqueline Simkin**

Julie and Gary Simon

Sandra Simon

Stania A. and Henry J. Smek

Stuart Sibley

Michael and Jan Smith

Elaine Sobral

Faith Solkoff

Dr. Jeffrey R. Solomon and Dr. Audrey S. Weiner

Mary M. and Sash* A. Spencer**

Jaime and Sylvia Sznajder

E. Roe and Penelope Stamps

Richard Strafer

Alexander I. Tachmes**

Charbel and Aida Tagher

Alice and Stephen Takach**

Mitchell and Elizabeth A. Taylor - The Jack

Taylor Family Foundation

Carole Ann Taylor

Penny Thurer and Dr. Richard Thurer

The Traberts

Mrs. Judith Rood Traum & Mr. Sydney Traum

Rick, Margarita and Steven Tonkinson

Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Troner

Aileen Ugalde

Suzanna Valdez

Teresa and Joaquin Viñas

Judy Weiser

Itzaris and Scott Weyman

The Whited Family

Jay Wolfe

Lynn Wolfson*

Jessie and Bernard Wolfson

Jerome A. Yavitz Charitable Foundation, Inc.**

Dr. Sanford & Beatrice Ziff

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council

Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners

Emeritus Directors: Stanley Arkin*, Stuart Blumberg, James Herron, I. Stanley Levine*, Parker Thomson, David Wilson

CORPORATIONS

IN-KIND

GOVERNMENT/FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Allied Barton

American Airlines

Bacardi U.S.A.

Balearia Group

Bank of America

Baptist Health South Florida

Barclays Bank

BNY Mellon Wealth Management

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE®

Broadway Across America

Carnival Corporation & PLC

Circo Hermanos Vasquez

Colson Hicks Eidson

EPIC Hotel

Florida Blue

Goldman Sachs

Hollywood Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Alan and Diane Lieberman, Hotel Croydon**

The Miami Herald

Miami To Go, Inc.

Neiman Marcus Coral Gables

Odebrecht Construction, Inc.

Park 1

Podhurst, Orseck, P.A.

Praxair

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA

Steinway & Sons

TotalBank

USI Insurance Services, LLC

Watsco, Inc.

Wells Fargo

Whole Foods Market

Williams Companies

Bacardi U.S.A.

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE®

Google Grants

Hotel Croydon

Hunton & Williams LLP

Neiman Marcus Coral Gables

rbb Communications

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA

UHealth – University of Miami Health System

Whole Foods Market

**Encore Circle member for 2015-16 season.

Aetna Foundation

American Express Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

ArtPlace America

The ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Fund

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

The Batchelor Foundation

The Florida Blue Foundation

The Children’s Trust

Citizens Interested in Arts

Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs

Funding Arts Network

The Garner Foundation

Google Grants

The Graham Foundation

The Green Family Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation**

Key Biscayne Community Foundation

Macy’s Foundation

The Marlins Foundation

The Miami Foundation

Miami Downtown Development Authority

The Moriah Fund

National Endowment for the Arts

New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater

Project

Ocean Reef Community Foundation

Sequoia Foundation for Arts and Education

TriMix Foundation

U.S. Department of Agriculture

VSA

The Israel, Rose, Henry and Robert Wiener Charitable

Foundation, Inc.

The Ware Foundation

Wells Fargo

Westminster Barrington Foundation

**Encore Circle member for 2015-16 season.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ira D. Hall, Chair-Elect

Matilde Aguirre, Treasurer

Richard C. Milstein, Secretary

Evelyn Greer, Assistant Secretary

Mike Eidson, Immediate Past Chair

Parker D. Thomson, Founding Chair

Christia E. Alou

Pierre R. Apollon

The Honorable J. Ricky Arriola

The Honorable Oscar Braynon II

Julia M. Brown

Adrianne Cohen

Larry H. Colin

Laurie Flink

Karen Fryd

The Honorable René Garcia

Seth Gordon

Rosie Gordon-Wallace

Gerald Grant, Jr.

Javier Hernandez-Lichtl

Hank Klein

Nathan Leight

Alan R. Lieberman

Florene Litthcut Nichols

Carlos C. Lopez-Cantera

Hilit Meidar-Alfi

Armando Olmedo

Beverly A. Parker

Jorge A. Plasencia

Kristin Podack

Neill D. Robinson

Carlos Rosso

Mario Ernesto Sanchez

Carole Ann Taylor

Penny Thurer

Aileen Ugalde

Judy Weiser

Miles Wilkin

Lucille Zanghi

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As of the end of February 28, 2017. *Deceased

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TRUST, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

In Tribute to Visionary Patrons of the Arts

Sue Miller Dr. Sanford L Ziff

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Adrienne Arsht, Founding Chairman

Tony Argiz, Chairman

Robert Barlick, Jr., Treasurer

Alan H. Fein, Chairman

Sergio Gonzalez, Secretary

Nancy Batchelor

Trish Bell

Lee E. Caplin

Swanee DiMare

Ronald Esserman

Kimberly Green

David Rocker

Frances Sevilla-Sacasa

Adrienne Arsht

Sheldon Anderson

Diane de Vries Ashley

Robert T. Barlick, Jr.

Fred Berens

Sia Bozorgi

Norman Braman

Sheila Broser

Robert S. Brunn

M. Anthony Burns

Donald Carlin*

Jerome J. Cohen

Stanley Cohen

Susan T. Danis

Nancy J. Davis

Ronald Esserman

Oscar Feldenkreis

Pamela Gardiner

Jerrold F. Goodman*

Rose Ellen Greene

Arthur J. Halleran, Jr.

Howard Herring

Robert F. Hudson, Jr.*

Daryl L. Jones

Edie Laquer

Donald E. Lefton

Rhoda Levitt

George L. Lindemann

Carlos C. Lopez-Cantera

Pedro A. Martin, Esq.

Arlene Mendelson

Nedra Oren

J. David Peña, Esq.

Aaron S. Podhurst, Esq.

Charles Porter

Jane A. Robinson

Richard E. Schatz

Sherry Spalding-Fardie

Robert H. Traurig, Esq.

Sherwood M. Weiser*

Lynn Wolfson*

As of the end of February 28, 2017. *Deceased

Photo Credits: (Cover) Arsht, by Patrick Farrell. (p. 2-3) Reflection of Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center, by Robin Hill. (p. 6) Knight Concert Hall, by Robin Hill. (p. 10) Ballet Opera House, by Benjamin Thacker. (p. 11) The Phantom of the Opera 3, by Alastair Muir. (p. 13) Bolero, by Basil Childers. (p. 17) Thalia, by Justin Namon. (p. 19) Passion 4, Anna Lise Jensen, by Justin Namon. (p. 20) Michael Tilson Thomas, by Spencer Lowell.

MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSEsteban L. Bovo Jr., Chairman

Audrey M. Edmonson, Vice Chairwoman

Barbara J. Jordan – District 1

Jean Monestime – District 2

Audrey M. Edmonson – District 3

Sally A. Heyman – District 4

Bruno A. Barreiro – District 5

Rebeca Sosa – District 6

Xavier L. Suarez – District 7

Daniella Levine Cava – District 8

Dennis C. Moss – District 9

Sen. Javier D. Souto – District 10

Joe A. Martinez – District 11

José “Pepe” Diaz – District 12

Esteban L. Bovo, Jr. – District 13

Carlos A. Gimenez, Mayor

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