CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

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1 CITY OF PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION Celebratng.the 25th Annversary of Amercan Theater Arts for Youth, Inc. WHEREAS, Amercan Theater.Arts for Youth, Inc. (TAFY) s the non-proft producton ccmpany founded n 1971 to brng the fnest n professonal currculum-related theater to chldren of an ages, and. WHEREAS, In the school year alone, T.A.FY tmjched the lves of more than 2 mllon students naton-wde md Canada. ncludng 70,000 youngsters n Phladelpha and 140,000 youngsters In Pennsylvana; and WHEREAS, 'L4FY has commssoned and produced over 40 orgnal_stage muscals prased by educators and the press as a delghtful experence for all ages. Study gudes are prepared for every producton for cb:zssro:om dscusson..a polcy of nuxlest tcket prces make TA.Frs program avalable to the broadest possble audences.. Our (!C(Jnomy s augmented by the 300 techncans and peformers braught n each year n adallon to the staff of 30 people; and WHEREAS, Laure Wagman s the Founder/CEO of Amercan Theater.Arts for Youtlt. the lurgest and oldest organzaton of Its knd In the naton that presents professonal theater to school students as an extenson of classroom currlcuwn; therefore RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE Cl1Y OF PHILADELPHIA that we _ celebrate the 2Sth.A.nnversaty of.amercan Theater.Arts for Youth, Inc. and honor Laure Wagman for her creatvty and outstandng contrbutqns to cultural enrchrtent n educaton through theater:. November 30, 1995

2 (... \_ ~nu.ernnr'.s fft.e GREETINGS: As Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvana, t gves me great pleasure to jon wth you n celebratng the 25th Annversary of Amercan Theater Arts For Youth, me. Educaton ~!anus fll'mly a.;!le cvrnerstonc of our great Cvwmc,~;; ~ttl':. '!ct:: fu."!~!:c::~!'~ e~~!!lh!!'v'pt tn lnt,.eratne the theatrcal uperlence Into formal classroom Instructon reflects a dedcaton to theatrcal uccllencc. I would lke to personauy commend and tbank you for your tremendous e1jorts to enrch the educatonal uperlenee or students throughout the Commonwealth. By brngng hgh qualty, currculum-related theater arts to the classroom, you help these students understand the power of theater. On behalf or all Pennsylvanans, I o1jer best wshes for many more years of contnued success. ~;?a~ TOM RIDGE Governor

3 December -17, 1991 Ms. lee Slverman, Facltes Marketng Executve Amercan Famly Theater Ph11adelpha. Pennsylvana Dear lee: On behalf of1he Nagara CoUncl of the Arts and the 2~ elementary school chldren who atteftded aabes n Toyldhd.. I would fke to thank you (or an - absolutely wonderful producton. The postve comments from both teachers and students are too numerous to menffon! The tremendous talent of the theater company.. the specal effects and large amount.of audence partcpaton were pertect1y combned to produce an hour and ffteen mnutes of owe and wondennent In our clappng.. ggglng youngsters. The Carborundum Company has been the corporate sponsor of our Festval of Ughts theater for chldren for mqny years, and ther BOard has never been more pleased! lhey fett that Babes In Toyland -was the best producton we have presented! It was a pleasure workng wth both the actors and the techncal people nvolved wth 'Babes n Toylar.d.. I am lookng forward t~ workng wth you n 1he future. ', Sncerely, ~~efrock, Arts-n-Educaton Coordnator P.O. Box937 Falls Staton; Nagara FaUs..NewYorl< A pc-ogram of the John F. Kennedy Ceotef w the Perfoonng Ms and the New Yocc State AI~ for Arts Educ:atoo Presented n N".agara County by the N".agara Councl of the Ar1s

4 BINGHAMTON SUlv1tv1ERMUSIC ~z- August Ms. Adrenne Crane Vce Presdent Amercan Famly Theater. Phladelpha, PA Dear Ms. Crane: Inc. ' The curta-n's down.. the seventh season of the Bnghamton Summer Musc Festval complete. Lookng back, we owe much to the magc of the.. Wzard of Oz". What a wonderful way t was -to have started one of our most successful seasons wth the charmng performance by your talented cast. As you perhaps know, we had practcally a full house or both performances. "The orgn~lty of your producton was a clever combnaton of new and old. tne stagng, partcularly your lghtng, was mo$t effectve and exctng the musc and dancng pure fun. The fn1shng touch came at the. close when your performers appeared at the back of the theater to delght the youngsters wth personal greetngs and autographs. It was marvelous! Now lookng ahead, we wll be makng every effort to nclude Amercan Famly The~ter n our lne up for next summer. t s easy to see why your organzaton s not only th~ oldest n famly muscal theater, but also the best. cc: A. Noccolno P. 0. Box 112 SVS Bnghamton, New York Sncerely~. ~ ~et,~~~ov Davd K. Patterson Executve Drector

5 May 5,1993, Ben Rose Amercan Famly Theatre 1429 Walnut street Phladelpha, Pa De~ Ben, Thank You for a wonderful producton f. The Wzard of Oz was as exctnq as you promsed. X couldn't.have asjced for better.- Every detal was perfect ~the sets-were colorful rendernqs of wbat X thnk everyone expected to see-. The costumes were perfect, and the specal effects dazzled all of the audence. ~e actors were a$ tal.ented as they were pleasant to work wth. We anxously awat next year's performances...,... anager

6 Tuesday, June 22, 1993 Mr. Ben Rose Amercan Famly Theater, Inc. Phladelpha, PA Dear Ben: On behalf of the Thunder Bay Communty Audtorum, I wsh to express my grattude for the two shows of aeauty & The Beast. that we had as part of the thunder Bay Chldren's Festval June 19th. Amercan FanUy Theater played to two almost sold out audences of 1,500 seats each and the crowds' reacton was tremendous. 1he petforrnc:llces were frst doss and even the young ones aged two and up were Clble to follow the story. 1he costumes were exquste especk:dty the Beast and of course the specal effects of hs voce. H certanly made hjm "beastty' and I could hear the sctee:~~m (and cres of the wee ones) whenever he cppeared on stage. 1he musc was great as was the sngng and dancng that went along wth ths petfonnance. After Wzard of Oz the prevous year, I felt that I could count on your company to brng us the calbre of entertanment from the year before but you surpctsed us ncely wtth a petformc:n:e way beyond our expectatons. I certanly look forward to other upccxrng productons fr:kn Amercan Famly theater and to further enhance our relatonshp whh ths company. Dee Adran Drector of Programmng &: Malcetng thunder Bay Communty Audtorum

7 .,.. "[ ITYoF \lyj /~~EIAWARE.. ~ OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Hlgh~r Educaton lulldln' P.O. Box 610 Unh-aslty of Ddawaroe ~ctown. Debwa~ I' I&: 30218SS August ~, 1993 Mr. Ed crane Amercan Famly Theater, Inc. Dear Ed: Chldren s theater couldn t have been any better than t was when "Beauty & The Beast" ht our stage durng the Unversty of Delaware's Summer Arts Festval a couple of weeks ago. The set. was beautful,,the costumes clepn and colorful, and the performers charmng and very talented. We couldn't have wanted for more. To. top t a11 off, though, attendance ht an all-tme hgh! Thanks for everythng you dd to make the evenng a success. The publcty materals you sent-the photos, vdeo and audo tapes and the sample ads and press releases--all combned to gve ~ maxmum advance coverage. They were all extremely well done and were characterstc of the hgh cal.ber of your ~tre operaton. I l.ook forward to another great evenng of cbl.dren s theater next year. Very truly yo7~s,.:1 /Jt/Y»rt F. Gary Smpson Assstant Drector Unversty Relatons FGS/lhh A N E Q U A t 0 P r 0 R T U N I T y U S I V\E R S I T Y

8 210 NORTH SANTA FE AVENUE PU83l0, COLORADO / SANGRE DE CRISTO ARTS & CONFERENCE CENTER November 8, 1995 Amercan Famly Theater, Inc. Ed Crane Phladelpha, Pennsylvana Dear Ed: r I I I l!. l /j I l,.!! :...,,. "':-.. ".-1 I I. On behalf of the trustees, staff and volunteers of the Sangre de Crsto Arts Center, I would lke to thank you and the members of the Amercan Famly Theater for the perfonnanoes n Pueblo. Babes In Toyland was a success and entertaned.over 1200 people dur119- the Chldren's ~layhouse Seres on Saturday, November 4 In the Arts Center Theater. The cast-perfonned at 11 am., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.~ show was as enjoyable to watch as the frst. On the whole, chldren and adults had a great tme. at. ths. unq!je show. The audence partcpaton porton was a great suocessl Enclosed, please fnd pubfcty for ths event. Sncere regards, ~\1\~l (\{l ~~ ~ D. Tracy Tucker Marketng/Membershp Coordnator : o~,: :.. : ' l!. -

9 l\1.~bel 1..,AINTERMEvtORIAL THEATER ~l:<: \1:;ra Str<'o P.O. Box 250 ~1enomont". WI (715) ,..,,, c oj Jt-9(!!- l1lca:c1 Pc:'l<~mlln;,! AlS Sca~nn Daly Guded Tc-urs Pohtc Re~dtng Room Gafl Shop All Gallery!1-cetng Room:- December 26, 1995 Glenn Whte Amercan Famly Theater Phladelpha, PA Dear Glenn: On Saturday, December 16, Amercan Famly Theater presented ''Babes n Toyland" at the Mabel Tanter 'f!teater. I am wrtng to~ you what a great experence t has been! They were easy to work, even the setup /loadn had no problems. The performance was full of energy and professonalsm. The actors were very cooperatve n meetng the audence after each show. Everyone left the theater wth a smle! I even had a local bank presdent call me the followng day to say "t was one of the fnest productons he has seen!" Thank you for all of your cooperaton s settng up ther performance. I have enjoyed workng wth you and look forward to "Tom Sawyer'' n March of Sncerely,.. -..,.. Lsted on the Natonal R~tgster of Hswrc Places Charter Member of tre League of Hstorc Amercan Theatres Wsconsn Hstorcal Marker Ste