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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Who We Are ....................................................................................... 2

School of Dance ............................................................................... 6

Theatre ............................................................................................... 7

Young Arts........................................................................................ 8 Multi-Arts Camps .............................................................................. ..9

Quimby's Great Cape Caper! Program ...................................... 11

Support MoCo Arts ........................................................................... 13 Community Stars Seats .................................................................... 16 A Life Transformed: Jacob ............................................................... 17 A Life Transformed: Quinn ............................................................... 18

Boord of Directors

President Dr. Andrew Tremblay

Vice President Josh Houle Treasurer

Elizabeth Wright Secretary

Christine Greenwood Board Members

Mike Blair Kurt Blomquist Kathi Borden

Maria Bradshaw Christine Clarke

Mary Delisle Shaun Filliaut

Maich Gardner Gordon Kendall

Katherine Richardson Ely Thayer

Dr. Melinda Treadwell Amy Wright

Senior Stoff

Executive Director/ Artistic Director of Dance Reagan Messer

Artistic Director of Theatre/C.A.K.E. Marty Hennum

Artistic Director of Young Arts/CupCAKE Danielle Fitzpatrick

Director of Development Holly Gibson

Customer Service Manager Nat Zilske

Communications & Marketing Manager Becca Mansfield

Fiscal Coordinator Margaret Kupiec

Teaching Artists & Support Staff Patty Ainsworth, Samaira Aldrich, Emily Alexander, Bridget Beirne, Kate Butterfield, Laura Carbonneau, Sara Carbonneau. Gretchen Carmel,

Jazmine Carroll, Tracy Clark, Tracy Croteau, Mary Dodson, Tina Feld, Audrey Douglas-Fish, Tom Frey, Tracy Grissom, Kristen Leach, Beth Jasinski, Cassie Lehtola, Anna Masters, JoAnne Mead, Avril Miller, Karen Milowicki, Ashley

Morse, Jean Prior, Taylor Remy, Jeremy Robarge, Eric Snare, Carin Torp, Alex Trombly, Hannah Trombly, Ellen Ward, Tasha Warshaw, Shannon Wakefield

40 Roxbury St. Keene, NH (603) 357-2100

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Who We Are

MoCo Arts is a nonprofit family-centerd arts education organization located in beautiful downtown Keene. Focused on creating a better community through arts education, MoCo provides high- quality dance, theatre, and multi-arts instruction to kids from all over the Monadnock Region and beyond.

Committed to keeping the arts accessible, each year MoCo provides significant tuition assistance to families in need, and outreach that brings MoCo educators and programs to area schools, daycares, and other organizations.

Annually, 40% of our needed revenue comes from the support of you and our amazing community from individual donors, our signature fundraiser LIGHTS. CAMERA. KEENE!, private and foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships. Thank you!

Why it Matters

The importance of arts education for our children cannot be overstated. There is overwhelming evidence that children who are offered opportunities to explore the arts experience a deeper connection with peers, a higher level of confidence, increased creativity, and develop a love of learning that enables them to excel in other academic areas. Arts education teaches children that it's ok to be themselves. To embrace our differences and to recognize and utilize our unique strengths. Arts education is an equalizer. Breaking down barriers and building stronger relationships.

MoCo's culture successfully combines inclusiveness, encouragement and respect, with rigor, high-expectations and professionalism. Students are nurtured, encouraged to take risks, make mistakes, and build self-confidence to accomplish individual and collective goals. MoCo kids take their confidence onto the stage, into the classroom and into the community. They are our future leaders. And through the transformational effects of arts education, and a little MoCo Magic, the future is bright.

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SCHOOL OF DANCE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: REAGAN MESSER

MoCo Arts School of Dance offers a variety of classes for 2nd graders and up (beginners through advanced) in Fall, Spring, and Summer sessions. Dance is for everybody and MoCo Arts offers the grace and athleticism of Ballet, the fun of Hip Hop based in the current street styles, the

showmanship of Broadway style Jazz, the free and expressive style of Modern, and the high energy hoofing of Tap. All programs participate in professional quality

performances, but no dance student is required to perform.

If your student is in 1st grade or younger, please refer to our

Young Arts Program.

Time to Dance, 2020 - Photo by Steve Holmes Photography

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THEATRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MARTY HENNUM

MoCo Arts' award-winning Theatre Program offers students opportunities to participate in musicals, straight plays, and workshops.

• Students in grades 2-5 participate in our'"'Elementary School"" Theatre program

• Students in grades 6-8 participate in our'"'Middle School" Theatre program

• Students in grades 9-12 participate in our'"'High School" Theatre program

Each Musical Theatre and Play class culminates in a fully produced performance. All students are cast in a role and are encouraged, but never required, to perform. Then they work together to put on the production.

Theatre Workshops give students the opportunity to explore improvisation and technical theatre.

If your student is in 1st grade or younger, please refer to our Young Arts Program.

Frozen - Photo by Steve Holmes Photography

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Students 18 months through 1st grade are eligible for classes in our Young Arts program. Children develop their creativity, cooperation skills, and self-awareness through play, imagination and fun, and our popular Young Arts Programs are infused with these qualities. Offering a wide variety of classes and camps, including dance and theatre, MoCo Arts Young Arts Programs can help your child blossom

in expression and confidence.

Students in 2nd grade may choose whether to stay in Young Arts for

one more year, or move on to our Dance and Theatre programs.

Oh Say Did You See?- Photo by Colleen Manzi

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MULTI-ARTS CAM PS

Vacation Camps (4yrs through 6th grade) Director: Danielle Fitzpatrick School Vacation Camps are multi-arts day camps that introduce children to fine and performing arts during school vacation weeks in February and April.

CupCAKE Summer Camps [4yrs through 3rd grade) Director: Danielle Fitzpatrick CupCAKE is a multi-arts summer day camp that introduces children to the fine and performing arts during the summer. Each week revolves around an exciting theme for an immersive arts experience.

C.A.K.E. Summer Camp (3rd through 12th grades)Director: Marty HennumCreative Arts at Keene (C.A.K.E.) is an NEA award winning,fun-spirited multi-arts summer camp with classes in art,creative writing,dance,drama, music, photography,technical theatre, video production, and more!

C.A.K.E Noontime Show - Photo by Colleen Manzi

MoCo Arts Elementary Musical Theatre Presents

Quimby's Great Cape Caper!

by Kristen LeachDirected by Kristen Leach

Music Directed byHannah Trombly

Production StaffProduction Assistant

Eliora Despres Technical Direction

AMT ProductionsAlex Trombly

Jeremy RobargeVideography

Gavin Key and Quinn WilsonEditing

Gavin KeyCostume Designers

Parents and StudentsPoster and Program Design

Becca MansfieldAds and Sponsorships

Holly Gibson

Special ThanksAnna Masters, Avril Miller, Nat Zilske

Zach Dahfeldecker and Danielle FitzpatrickAnd to all of the students, parents, families,

volunteers and staff that helped from home and leading up to the performance.

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CASTSeth Benham - ValcanIsabella Cavaleri - BatgirlCaleb Despres - Captain America Na'ima Fleischer-Castro - Wonder Woman Ofelia Fleischer-Castro - Wonder Woman Olivia Gillard - BabyNathaniel Henkel - SupermanTaylor Latham - SupergirlRuthie Lawlor - Nature ForceNissa Messer - AlicornCollette Roentsch - Harley QuinnEthan Schultz - BUNGILU, the cat

Songs

"Let’s Go Heroes" by KidSpring from the album God Made a Way 2013. Arrangement by Zach Dahfeldecker.

"We’re Identical Twins" performed by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen from the album Brother for Sale 1992. Arrangement by Zach Dahfeldecker.

"Born Ready" performed by Dove Cameron from the album Born Ready from Marvel Rising 2018.

"Find Your Voice" by Chip Skylark. Arrangement by Zach Dahfeldecker.

"Small But Mighty" by Ginalina. Arrangement by Zach Dahfeldecker.

"Get Your Cape On" performed by Jordyn Kane from DC Super Hero Girls 2015

suPPORT MoCo ARTS EVERY GIFT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

We are grateful to be in such a generous community!

Donations to MoCo's Annual Fund are more important than ever, as we continue to grow into our beautiful new building on Roxbury Street. It is imperative that we sustain general operating support as tuition and ticket sales only cover 60% of our annual operating revenue.

By supporting MoCo Arts Annual Fund you help continue to provide over $79,000 in tuition assistance, keep class prices as low as possible, and provide high-quality arts education.

Donate To make a donation to MoCo Arts, please contact Holly Gibson, Director of Development, 603-357-2100 x204, hgibson@moco.org, visit www.moco.org, or send the donation envelope found in this program through the mail to:

MoCo Arts 40 Roxbury Street Keene, NH 03431

All gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law and will be acknowledged with a letter sent through the US mail.

Please ask your company about matching gift opportunities. Many businesses offer Employee Matching Gifts programs and will make matching contributions to MoCo.

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FUNDING FoR MoCo ARTS 1s PROVIDED IN PART sv:

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and

the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Gelbech Family Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Gravina Charitable Fund

Hoffman Family Foundation Holmes Family Foundation

John A. and Carol A. Hubbard Charitable Foundation Keene Lions Club

The Kingsbury Fund National Endowment for the Arts

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Thomas W. Haas Fund & the John F. Swope Fund

New Hampshire State Council on the Arts NGM Charitable Foundation

OMRON Foundation Employee Matching The Putnam Foundation

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MoCo ARTS 1s A 501 (c)3 NONPROFIT ARTS EDUCATION ORGANIZATION

Individuals can become a "Curtain Raiser" and support MoCo students by contributing $250 or more. Contact hgibson@moco.org

A special thank you to our Next Gen student donors

Lily Bond Maggie Cahoon

in honor of Donielle Fitzpatrick, Sor ah Franklin, Reagon Messer and Cassie robey

Elena Fedrizzi

Kayla Feld Sophie Headings Maddie Phaneuf

MoCo Class of 2019

Thank you to the following 'Curtain Raisers"

Anonymous (6)Stephanie & Joe Baute

Ben & Sandy Beal Tyler Bean

Kathryn & Mike BlairKurt Blomquist

Mark & Maddie Bodin Maria & Peter Bradshaw

Sara Carbonneau & Mike FaulknerDon Carlisle

Randy CarmelIn honor of Herbert & Joyce CarmelDiane & Steven Caswell

David ChaseVirginia & Roy Christensen

Michael & Elizabeth ChristiansenChristine & Scott Clarke Michelle & Jay ClarkeCindy & Jeffrey Clarke

Anne & Rich ClarkeStephanie ClarkeChristine Clinton

Julie & Dan CoffmanJan & Rick Cohen

Lester & Norma CohenPerry Cohen & Brooke Bull

Katie Day & Emily DixonPhillippe & Alice Dennette

The Dodson Family Terri & George Downing

Patricia & Richard DuggerTom Eaton

Dean Eaton Evelyn & Rodney Erb

Caroline & Thomas M. EwingAnne Faulkner & Bob King

Nancy & Kim Faulkner Peter Fedrizzi

Matora & Keith FioreyDanielle & Joel Fitzpatrick

Mark & Alona FlorenzSue & Richard Gatley

Holly GibsonKarin & Carl Gravina

Erika & Mitchell GreenwaldJennifer & Joshua Greenwald

Christine Greenwood-Smart & Jason SmartJennifer Grinnell

Sherry & Rob GuardianoBridget & Peter Hansel

In honor of the Hansel family Deb & Greg Hansen

Nancy & Roger HansenKelly Harrigan

Jeffrey HarrisonAnne Havill

Beth Healy & John C. CalhounIn honor of Nelly Calhoun

Marth & Vaughan HennumJean & John Hoffman

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Heather & Steve HolmesHeather & Josh Houle

Ruth & Carl JacobsDavid Jewett

Nancy Johnson & Don Caruso Ken & Carol Jue

Jay & Cheryl KahnJudy & Richard Kalich

In honor of Grady & Cooper SampsonMargaret Kasschau & Don Gillis

Gwenneth KelleySarah B. Kendall

Gavin KeyTom & Stacy Key

Karen & Ted KuchinskiDan Kuhn

Barbara & Walter LaceyLeslie Lazarus & Tad SchrantzLisa Leinau & Todd Silberstein

Don MazanowskiSylvia & Craig McBeth

Chris & Victoria McIntoshMelissa & Reagan Messer

Kara MichalovTom & Heather Minkler

Kerry MonteiroBob & Maryann Mucha

Suzanne Nabi & Andrew TremblayBeth & Mike Newbold

Liz & Dick OberDeidre Chretien & Dominic Perkins

Mrs. Joseph PetroneDebbie Pickering

Judith & James PutnamEric & Anne Reenstierna

Michael RemyCarol & Peter Renzelman

Randall Rice & Cindi Watsonin memory of Fredrick Rice

Katherine & Patrick Richardson Heidi Rinehart & Rudy Fedrizzi

Anna RuelleAmy Sandback

Eileen & Michael Sarson Nancy & Don Sporborg Alan & Melissa Stroshine Katie & Bob Sutherland

Tamara & Chris SyGeorgia Tasoulas

Julie & Gregg Tewksbury Ely Thayer

Dr. Melinda TreadwellDilly & Bob Trebilcock

Paul & Sharon VanghelMatt Vestal

Marni & Randall WalterJayne & Peter Ward

Tasha WarshawBeth & Ron Wright

Ellen WrightDeanna Zilske & Steve Cady

Alicia & Nathaniel Zilske

MoCo Arts is pleased that 230 free Community Stars Seats are available during the 2021 season. Through a gift from C&S Wholesale Grocers and The Main Street America Group, eligible children and families have been experiencing the joy of live theatre and dance.

Starting its seventh year, the Community Stars Seats program is designed to give children and families to the opportunities to see performances who other­wise couldn't afford to attend. Tickets are distributed through nonprofit organizations in the Monadnock Region that serve low-income families and disadvantaged youth. This initiative is part of MoCo's continuing commitment to make the arts accessible to all.

Previous recipients of Community Stars Seats include: • Big Brothers Big Sisters• Cedarcrest Center• Monadnock Developmental Services• Monadnock Family Services• Keene Housing• Keene Community Kitchen

• Winchester Learning Center

Nonprofit leaders interested in the free tickets are invited to contact Becca Mansfield, Communications and Marketing Manager at MoCo about the Community Stars Seats. She can be reached at 357-2100 x208 or at rmansfield@moco.org.

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A LIFE TRANSFORMED: JACOB

"It's because of MoCo that I was able to come out of my shell."

MoCo has always been a home away from home for me. It's a place where I can grow both as a person

and in their multi arts programs. It's a place where I feel I can be myself without having to compromise or

apologize. MoCo is such an accepting place and everyone takes care of everyone else. I remember when I first started I was an extremely shy kid but it's

because of MoCo that I was able to come out of my shell. Truly, MoCo has made me who I am, both the

teachers, my peers,and everyone else in the building who helps make everyone's day a little brighter.

-Jacob L.

Dance, Theatre, & C.A.K.E.

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A LIFE TRANSFORMED: QUINN

'To me, MoCo feels like a place set apart from the rest of the world."

When I started dancing at MoCo I was 4 years old. I have

always had so much fun during classes and performances

and have learned so much from my teachers. In the past

10 years almost nothing has changed. It is still a place that

welcomes all and everyone there is just so genuinely kind.

MoCo is a place where I have no fears of being judged or

what others may think. I am not scared to ask questions and

try new things when I am there. To me, MoCo feels like a

place set apart from the rest of the world, where I can leave

all negative thoughts at the door and just enjoy dancing. I

am very thankful for my experiences at MoCo so far.

- Quinn E.

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