2012
Annual
Report

BAM’s mission is to be the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.


In 2011, BAM launched its 150th anniversary celebration

as the country’s oldest performing arts center with 16 months of landmark performances and films, the release of a commemorative book, special archival and art exhibitions, iconic artist talks, parties, and the opening of the BAM Richard B. Fisher Building—all in honor of an artistic adventure 150 years in the making.


Merce Cunningham Dance Company in The Legacy Tour
2011 Next Wave Festival. Photo: Stephanie Berger

Dear Friends,

As our 150th anniversary draws to a triumphant close, I’d like to thank every supporter, audience member, friend, and neighbor who helped make this celebration so successful.

Our “BAM And Then It Hits You” advertising campaign, under the creative direction of mcgarrybowen, made BAM the talk of the subways and social networks. The campaign was so effective because it rang so true; we’ve all had those experiences. It was a great addition to the celebration.

The 2011 Winter/Spring Season brought The Bridge Project to an astounding finish. Kevin Spacey’s performance in Richard III wowed

audiences and critics alike, and closed out this wildly successful three-year collaboration.

In addition to the flurry of anniversary festivities, BAM undertook some exciting new initiatives during the 2012 fiscal year. We expanded our commitment to education programming, naming Stephanie Hughley BAM’s first-ever vice president of Education and Humanities. Under Stephanie’s leadership, the Education & Humanities department will have a new home and new purpose in the BAM Richard B. Fisher Building.

These developments are all part of a dramatic expansion in our arts education programming. With

budget cuts plaguing the arts in New York’s schools, the need for cultural organizations like BAM to step forward is greater than ever. We are launching the Ignite campaign as a fundraising initiative to double the reach of our education programs. In addition to providing space for our education and family programs, the BAM Fisher will serve as our newest home for adventurous art. The 30th Next Wave Festival included a season of performances programmed especially for the BAM Fisher’s flexible 250-seat theater. We are all eagerly anticipating future performances in the new building, and look forward to the opportunities this space will provide to engage with our local community. Continued

These critical projects would not be possible without the continued generosity of our supporters. We are grateful for the essential public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin; the New York City Council, including Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Finance Committee Chair Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Councilwoman Letitia James; and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Special thanks also to our 150th anniversary sponsor, JP Morgan Chase & Co; American Express, sponsor of the 2011

Next Wave Festival; Bloomberg, sponsor of BAM’s 2012 Winter/Spring Season; and McKinsey & Company for their partnership in the coming year.

Let me close by offering my overwhelming gratitude to BAM’s dedicated board of trustees. Thanks especially to Thérèse M. Esperdy and William I. Campbell for their leadership with Chase; Jeffrey H. Barker and Gary Lynch for their tireless support through Bank of America; and Pamela A. Codispoti and her continued work with American Express on behalf of BAM.

I’d also like to welcome our new trustees this year: René Böttcher, Pedro Torres, John Usdan, and

Adam Wolfensohn. In addition, I’d like to recognize Karen B. Peetz, who left the board this year. We thank her for her invaluable support and years of dedicated service. Finally, it is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of I. Stanley Kriegel—a true leader in the arts community who served BAM’s mission passionately as senior trustee for over 40 years.

Thank you for your interest in BAM. Here’s to another 150 years!

Regards,

Alan Fishman Chair, BAM Board of Trustees

Hello,

It is delightfully difficult to summarize what for BAM has been a truly banner year, one of the most extraordinary in our mutual tenure. The celebration of BAM’s 150th anniversary, the completion of the BAM Fisher, and the superlative work on our stages and in our cinemas—have left us and our audiences elated and energized for the future. If we ever had doubts about how meaningful this institution is locally, nationally, and internationally, the outpouring of positive sentiment surrounding our historic anniversary left us certain that we are stewards of a rare artistic treasure.

For the nation’s oldest performing arts institution, it was a year of firsts: our first written history in the form of a coffee table book, the stunning BAM: The Complete Works; our first branding campaign—if you were on a subway in the past year, BAM “hit” you; and the filming of a documentary, BAM150, that beautifully encapsulates BAM’s past and present. We were fortunate to have Chase on board as our anniversary sponsor, enabling all these institutional firsts. And all these projects, of course, owe their existence to the adventurous artists and audiences that make

BAM BAM. After opening the 150th-anniversary season in September with the highly anticipated return engagement of Lully’s French Baroque opera masterpiece Atys, conducted and performed by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants and made possible by a $3.1 million gift from our dear friend Ronald P. Stanton, we dove into the 2011 Next Wave. The festival was anchored by two titanic talents. In October, Robert Wilson directed the New York debut of the Berliner Ensemble in The Threepenny Opera, a much-anticipated match of aesthetics that played to Continued

sold-out houses. In December, the late Merce Cunningham, who first graced BAM’s stages in 1954, was celebrated with The Legacy Tour, offering US audiences a final chance to see the legendary choreographer’s large-scale repertory works. During both these historic engagements, old and new friends, fans, and fellow artists gathered to celebrate visionaries who changed their respective fields forever. In between these seminal events, Next Wave teemed with creativity, from the electric pairing of artist Danijel Zezelj and composer Darcy James Argue in Brooklyn Babylon, to the US

premiere of Haze by the Beijing Dance Theater, whose accomplished dancers made dancing on foam look, well, weightless. The year ended, joyously, with ABT’s new holiday season classic, The Nutcracker by Alexei Ratmansky. The 2012 Winter / Spring Season began with a bang as Kevin Spacey tore up the boards in Richard III to rave reviews and ravenous ticket buyers. To see the BAM-produced Bridge Project come to such a fulfilling crescendo was another mutual career highlight. Beyond the Bridge, there was more superlative theater, from an

impeccable, wrenching ravenous ticket buyers. To see the BAM-produced Bridge Project come to such a fulfilling crescendo was another mutual career highlight. Beyond the Bridge, there was more superlative theater, from an impeccable, wrenching Russian language Three Sisters, from the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, to a sly, subversive turn by theater legend Jonathan Pryce in Pinter’s The Caretaker. On the dance front, two very different companies—Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company and Brooklyn’s own Mark Morris Dance Group—filled the Continued

opera house and thrilled audiences and critics alike, and DanceAfrica again enlivened the start of summer. A February run by New York City Opera enabled us to host and support one of our city’s cultural gems in a time of transition.

On the film side, BAMcinématek, with support by The Wall Street Journal, honored Hollywood master Vincente Minnelli with a complete retrospective of his 35-film oeuvre, for which it was awarded the National Society of FilmCritics’ 2011 film heritage award. As part of BAM’s 150th anniversary,

BAMcinématek also kicked off Brooklyn Close-Up, a monthly film series celebrating nine decades of the borough’s rich film history. In the Spring of 2012, it presented the first-ever US retrospective of the uncompromising auteur Andrzej Zulawski, and the fourth annual BAMcinemaFest featured an impressive lineup of 20 New York premieres and one North American premiere, opening with Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass’ Sundance Audience Award winner Sleepwalk With Me.

In last year’s annual report we invited you— our donors,

sponsors, audiences, and board members, as well as the City of New York and the Borough of Brooklyn—to come celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime anniversary with us. We hope you’ll agree that this was one Save the Date worth keeping, and we thank you immeasurably for letting us be your hosts.

Sincerely,

Karen Brooks Hopkins, President

Joseph V. Melillo, Executive Producer

BAM Campus

As the
country’s oldest performing arts institution, BAM has been
central to life
in Brooklyn for 150 years.

BAM Harvey Theater

BAM Harvey Theater
Campbell Lobby

Peter Jay Sharp Building

BAM Howard Gilman
Opera House
BAM Rose Cinemas
Lepercq Space (BAMcafé)
Hillman Attic Studio
Dorothy W. Levitt Lobby
Hillman Penthouse Studio
Diker Gallery Café
Natman Lounge

BAM Fisher

Judith & Alan
Fishman Space
Rita K. Hillman Studio
Geraldine Stutz Gardens
Max Leavitt Theater Workshop
Samuel H. Scripps Stage
Peter Jay Sharp Lobby

BAM Campus

St. Vincent at Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. 2012 Winter/Spring. Photo: Rebecca Greenfield

2011 Fall

Festivities for BAM’s sesquicentennial—150th anniversary—kicked off with a sparkling revival of Les Arts Florissants’ Atys, the Lully opera previously performed at BAM to immense acclaim under music director William Christie.


Ronald P. Stanton presents
ATYS
By Jean-Baptiste Lully
Les Arts Florissants
Opéra Comique
Musical direction by William Christie
Directed by Jean-Marie Villégier
SEP 18—24

Atys. Photo: Stephanie Berger

LE JARDIN DE MONSIEUR LULLY
Les Arts Florissants
Le Jardin des Voix
Musical direction by William Christie
Staged by Paul Agnew and Sophie Daneman
SEP 25

2011
Next Wave Festival


Seventeen productions from ten countries in sixteen weeks...

The 2011 Next Wave Festival featured milestone firsts (Berliner Ensemble’s BAM debut) and lasts (Cunningham Company’s final proscenium performances) plus an slate of uncommon cultural experiences. Other music-theater highlights include Robert Wilson’s enthralling production of The Threepenny Opera for Berliner Ensemble, and the live-painted art of Danijel Zezelj with Darcy James Argue’s New Orleans big band sounds in Brooklyn Babylon. Dance from near and far included The Forsythe Company of Germany in I don’t believe in outer space; John Jasperse’s Canyon, the set design

of which engulfed the lobby; and the historic, penultimate New York performances of Merce Cunningham Dance Company in The Legacy Tour in three virtuosic programs. A wide range of theater came to BAM’s stages—SABAB Theatre of Kuwait performed The Speaker’s Progress; Toneelgroep Amsterdam interpreted Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers for the stage; and John Hurt riveted in Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape from Gate Theatre Dublin.

The Three Penny Opera. Photo: Stephanie Berger

2011 Next Wave Festival

2011 Next Wave Festival

2012
Winter/Spring Season


Winter/Spring boasted star turns and a trove of pop music.

In 2012, what had been called the BAM Spring Season formally became the Winter/Spring Season. The three-season Bridge Project, in its swan song, presented an electrifying performance by Kevin Spacey as Richard III, garnering raves and a high demand for seats. More powerful theater followed in Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg’s Three Sisters and Pinter’s The Caretaker, starring Jonathan Pryce. Mark Morris Dance Group and Batsheva Dance Company, both dance audience and critic favorites,

returned. And music samplings were particularly strong with a three-week Dr. John tribute, a concert by cult fave Jeff Mangum, the multi-artist program Shuffle Culture curated by Questlove, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, a new music and film festival put together by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner, and New York City Opera’s two-opera run including Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna.

Kevin Spacey in Richard III.
Photo: Joan Marcus

2012 Winter/Spring Season

BAM Rose Cinemas

The beautiful BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s home for new independent and foreign films, attracting nearly 217,000 moviegoers annually and generating over $2.4 million in ticket revenue.


BAM Rose Cinemas is also the home of BAMcinématek, Brooklyn’s only daily repertory film program, featuring director retrospectives, film festivals, curated series, and special guest appearances, as well as BAMcinemaFest, an annual film festival showcasing new work by up-and-

coming filmmakers. The cinemas also host HD screenings of performances of international ballet, London’s National Theatre, the Met Live in HD, and special events.

The Deep Blue Sea. Photo: courtesy Music Box Films

BAM Rose Cinemas

First-run Films

2011
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
THE TREE OF LIFE
BEGINNERS
BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
ANOTHER EARTH
SARAH’S KEY THE DEBT PASSIONE
AMIGO


CIRCUMSTANCE
CONTAGION
DRIVE
PEARL JAM 20
THE IDES OF MARCH
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
MARGIN CALL
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
THE DESCENDANTS
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

2012 THE ARTIST
A DANGEROUS METHOD
PINA IN 3D
A SEPARATION
JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME
THE HUNGER GAMES
THE KID WITH A BIKE
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
BULLY


MARLEY
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
THE BEST EXOTIC
MARIGOLD HOTEL
BERNIE
THE DICTATOR
MOONRISE KINGDOM
PROMETHEUS 3D
YOUR SISTER’S SISTER
TO ROME WITH LOVE

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinématek

Series followed by special guests.

MARIE RIVIERE IS AN ACTRESS

JASON ZINOMAN IS A WRITER

DIANE O’BANNON: WIFE OF DAN O’BANNON

MARILYN!

SHOCK VALUE: DAN O’BANNON
Jason Zinoman & Diane O’Bannon

TWO BY ROHMER
Marie Rivière

NEWFEST

ACTNOW: NEW VOICES IN BLACK CINEMA: THE WONDER YEAR
Director Kenneth Price Musician 9th Wonder

ANIMATION WEEKEND HONG KONG FAVORITES

CITIZEN ROSI: THE FILMS OF FRANCESCO ROSI Actor John Turturro

SPECIAL SCREENING: SKATETOWN, U.S.A.

CINEMACHAT WITH ELLIOTT STEIN: THE LOCKET

TWO BY MILTON MOSES GINSBERG
Director Milton Moses Ginsberg

10 YEARS OF MAGNOLIA PICTURES
Director James Gray

826NYC

WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL FESTIVAL

BAMCINÉMATEK REVIVAL: RED DESERT

SEPTEMBER 11: MANHATTAN

SPECIAL SCREENING: BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD Director Liz Garbus

ATTICA 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Continued

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinématek

SNEAK PREVIEW: DRIVE Director Nicolas Winding Refn

WHEN MOVIES MATTERED: DAVE KEHR SELECTS
Critic Dave Kehr

BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL

CREATIVELY SPEAKING

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI Actress Isabella Rossellini

CINEMACHAT WITH ELLIOTT STEIN: JAR CITY THE COMPLETE VINCENTE MINNELLI Minnelli biographer Emanuel Levy

SNEAK PREVIEW: MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Producer and cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes

35TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING: HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A.
Director Barbara Koppel

SNEAK PREVIEWS FROM IFC FILMS & SUNDANCE SELECTS

BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP: THE WARRIORS
Actor David Patrick Kelly

PAUL ON MAZURSKY Director Paul Mazursky Author Sam Wasson

BAMCINÉMATEK REVIVAL: SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION

THE MOVIE THAT GOES TO 11: THIS IS SPINAL TAP
Actors Christopher Guest & Harry Shearer

PUPPETS ON FILM
Puppeteers Cheryl & Heather Henson
Director John Turturro
Performance artist Joey Arias
Puppeteer Kevin Clash
Actor Martin P. Robinson
Puppeteer Basil Twist
Designers Brian & Wendy Froud
Creative Supervisor of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Peter Brooke

Continued

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinématek

BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: JUNGLE FEVER

TWO EVENINGS WITH MICHAEL IMPERIOLI Actor Michael Imperioli

SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY: 8 FILMS BY JOHN LANDIS Director John Landis

SCI-FI THANKSGIVING

BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP: SOPHIE’S CHOICE

SOUND AND FURY: RECENT PORTUGUESE CINEMA

SNEAK PREVIEW: PARIAH Director Dee Rees, producers, & cast

ADVENTURES IN THE 80S WITH DAVID GORDON GREEN
Director David Gordon Green

JOHN HURT QUARTET Actor John Hurt Critic Elliott Stein

BAMCINÉMATEK REVIVAL: DEEP END

BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP: SMOKE
Writer Paul Auster

NEW VOICES IN BLACK CINEMA

VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER AND A MOVIE: THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER

AMERICA’S FILM LEGACY
Author Daniel Eagan

CINEMACHAT WITH ELLIOTT STEIN: THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD

BAMCINÉMATEK FAVORITES: ATTACK THE BLOCK

NEW YORK KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL

BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP:
BROOKLYN BOHEME and SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT Directors Nelson George & Diane Paragas

Continued

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinématek

A HELL OF A WRITER: JIM THOMPSON

ODE TO THE DAWN OF MAN: FILM AND MUSIC
Director Werner Herzog

RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA
Actor Vincent Lindon
Director Benoit Jacquot
Critic Michel Ciment
Director Mathieu Demy

HYSTERICAL EXCESS: DISCOVERING ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI

TERENCE DAVIES
Director Terence Davies
Actress Rachel Weisz

SHOAH BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP: WE OWN THE NIGHT

NEW ORLEANS ON FILM

HEY, GIRLFRIEND! LENA DUNHAM SELECTS
Director Nora Ephron
Director/writer/actor Lena Dunham
Director Claudia Weill
Director Whit Stillman
Actor Chris Eigeman
Director Amy Heckerling
Actress Alicia Silverstone
Actor Wallace Shawn

SERGE BROMBERG: A TRIP TO THE MOON AND OTHER TRAVELS
Live accompaniment by Serge Bromberg

GHETT’OUT FILM FESTIVAL
Director Charles Burnett
Director Sylvain George
Director Stéphane Elmadjian
Director Soufiane Adel

BRESSON
Critic Elliott
Stein Musician Richard Hell

UNSOUND FESTIVAL
Live accompaniment by Baaba

IMMIGRANT HERITAGE WEEK: NO LOOK PASS
Director Melissa Johnson

BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP: LITTLE FUGITIVE
Director Morris Engel’s daughter Mary

PRATT INSTITUTE SENIOR SHOWCASE

VIDEO MUSIC BOX
Creator Ralph McDaniels

Continued

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinématek

NEW CZECH FILMS
Director Bohdan Slama
Director Radim Spacek
Director Tomas Lunak

4 BY ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV
Director Andrey Zvyagintsev

A NIGHT OF OZ
Director Frank Oz

BASEBALL!: RARE FILMS FROM THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
Dave Filipi, director of the Wexner Center for the Arts

THE COLOR WHEEL
Director Alex Ross Perry Writer and actress Carlen Altman

BROOKLYN CLOSE-UP: MUTUAL APPRECIATION

ALEX ROSS PERRY SELECTS
Director Alex Ross Perry

FILMAFRICA
Director Akin Omotoso
Director Daniel Cattier

THE APPLE PUSHERS
Director Mary Mazzio

3 BLACK TALES BY ROY WILLIAM NEILL
Critic Elliott Stein

TANGERINE DREAMS

BAM150
Director Michael Sládek

SNEAK PREVIEW: LOLA VERSUS
Director Daryl Wein
Actress Greta Gerwig
Writer and actress Zoe Lister-Jones

US THEATRICAL PREMIERE: WE WON’T GROW OLD TOGETHER

BAMCINÉMATEK FAVORITE: LA DOLCE VITA

SUNDANCE SHORTS LAB

SELECTIONS BY ELLIOTT STEIN: THE SCOUNDREL

BAMCINÉMATEK FAVORITE: HARAKIRI

BAMCINEMAFEST 2012

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinemaFest

Opening Night
SLEEPWALK WITH ME

Spotlight Screening
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Features
THE COMEDY
COMPLIANCE
CRAZY & THIEF
DETROPIA
FOR ELLEN
FRANCINE
GAYBY
THE IMPOSTER
THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN FOR CHOKING
LIBERAL ARTS

NOBODY WALKS
THE PATRON SAINTS
PAVILION
RADIO UNNAMEABLE
TCHOUPITOULAS
THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT
V/H/S
WALK AWAY RENÉE
WELCOME TO PINE HILL

Shorts
CATCAM
WHILE HENRY SLEEPS
BRIEF HISTORY OF JOHN BALDESSARI
ANOTHER BULLET DODGED
TUMULT
ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING


THE MAKER
THE FORT
SUMMER BUMMER
LIFE AND FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE
A FAMILY MAN
FACUNDO THE GREAT
THE MEANING OF ROBOTS
ROCKAWAY
BRUTE FORCE
I REMEMBER: A FILM ABOUT JOE BRAINARD FARO
OF MEMORY & LOS SURES
SUNDAYS AT ROCCO’S
TURNING A CORNER

Special Screenings
TAKE ME TO THE BALLOONY BIN!
JERRY AND ME & THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY
THE MACHINE THAT KILLS BAD PEOPLE
KICKING AND SCREAMING

Closing Night
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL EXPOSED: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BOB GRUEN

BAM Rose Cinemas

BAMcinemaFest

BAM Rose Cinemas

HD Screenings

Ballet in HD
Some of the world’s finest ballet companies came to brilliant life, in high definition.

Bolshoi Ballet:
RE-OPENING GALA
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
LE CORSAIRE
BRIGHT STREAM
RAYMONDA

Royal Ballet:
ROMEO & JULIET
LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE
PARIS OPERA BALLET
CALIGULA

National Theatre Live
National Theatre Live presents filmed performances of plays in high def- inition—broadcast via satellite from London’s National Theatre—to cinemas all over the world.

TRAVELLING LIGHT
COMEDY OF ERRORS
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
FRANKENSTEIN
COLLABORATORS

The Met: Live in HD
The Met: Live in HD screened high- definition transmissions of the Met Opera’s famous repertory, featuring the world’s finest singers in thrilling live and encore performances. BAM presented pre- screening discussions led by opera experts at BAM Rose Cinemas.

ANNA BOLENA
DON GIOVANNI
SIEGFRIED
SATYAGRAHA
RODELINDA

FAUST
ENCHANTED ISLAND
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
ERNANI
MANON
LA TRAVIATA
RING CYCLE DOCUMENTARY
DAS RHEINGOLD (ENCORE)
DIE WALKÜRE (ENCORE)
SIEGFRIED (ENCORE)

Additional HD Events
LEONARDO
THIS AMERICAN LIFE
ON THE BOARDS, SEATTLE: DR. SZEINBLUM’S ALASKA

BAMcafé Live


As part of the BAM 150 celebration, the season featured
a monthly series, BAMcafé Live All-Stars.

BAMcafé Live, featuring free live music performances, increased attendance this year, with overall average attendance rising from 350 to 370. BAMcafé Live All-Stars brought back iconic artists—fixtures since the beginning of BAMcafé Live—such as Melvin Van Peebles, Fred Ho, Howard Fishman, and Francis M’Bappe. Programming highlights for the season included appearances by Gretchen Parlato, N’Dambi, F. Stokes, Esnavi, and a DanceAfrica salute to Don Cornelius and Soul Train.

YahZarah at BAMcafé Live. Photo: Alanzo Dale

BAMcafé Live

More than 25,000 people
a year head to BAMcafé Live to hear free music on weekends.

2011
SEP
N’dambi

OCT
BAM 150: Melvin Van Peebles widLaxative
Sidi Touré Trio
Gordon Chambers
M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
Miss Fairchild with Kidding on the Square
Sasha Dobson
V. Rich

NOV
BAM 150: Fred Ho & the Afro Asian Music
Ensemble
Ken Thomson & Slow/Fast

2012 Silver Roots
Comedy Night at BAMcafé Live
JG Thirwell’s Manorexia
Heston
Akim Funk Buddha’s Hip-Hop Holiday

DEC
Fado: Nathalie Pires
Fado: Tasca
BAM 150: Church of Betty
Gretchen Parlato
Dani Elliot
Nigel Hall
Like Trains & Taxis
Charanga Soleil

JAN
BAM 150: Howard Fishman
Erik Mongrain
Chanda Rule
MuthaWit
Max Wild
Oli Brown
Kokayi
Guitar Summit: Dave Fiuczynski Trio/Burr
Johnson Band

FEB
BAM 150: Francis Mbappe and FM Tribe
F. Stokes
Aabaraki
Mo’ Beasley & Love Storm
William Hooker
Esnavi

Continued

BAMcafé Live

MAR
Vivian Sessoms
Sara Serpa
BAM 150: Nora York’s Power/Play
BAM Hora Event: Golem
Magos Herrera
Rebecca Jordan
Viva DeConcini & Her Power Trio
Bitch
The New Cookers
Eric Wyatt

APR
BAM 150: Cornelius Dufallo and Patrick Derivaz The Heritage Ensemble
Grandfather
Comedy Night at BAMcafé Live
Lachi & Meridian Gold
Earthdriver
Xenia Rubinos
Sonny Boy

MAY
BAM 150: Black Rock Coalition—Jam
Rock for Tom Terrell with the BRC Dread
Ensemble
Brooklyn Arts Council: Malika Zarra/Alsarah
and the Nubatones
Mason-Jam-Ja Band
BRC Orchestra Salute to Don Cornelius
& Soul Train

JUN
BACHSLIDER
Marie Martin
Il Albanico in association with Berklee
College of Music
PILLOW THEORY

Get It Out There:
Comedy by BAM & IFC


A free comedy showcase that allows emerging comics to test out new material.

Get It Out There: Comedy by BAM & IFC is a new comedy showcase that allows comics to experiment recklessly with humor while causing only minimal harm to themselves and others. Each event features a handful of emerging comics testing out fresh material and probing the depths of their twisted souls for new forms of funny.

Wyatt Cenac at Get It Out There. Photo: E. Frossard

WYATT CENAC
Hosted by Jared Logan
With Mike Lawrence, Damien Lemon, Giulia Rozzi
APR 25

TODD BARRY
Hosted by Greg Barris
With Kurt Braunohler, Kate Berlant, Wil Sylvince
MAY 30

EUGENE MIRMAN
Hosted by Pangea 3000
With Brooke Van Poppelen, Michael Che, James Adomian
JUN 27

BAMart

BAMart champions the work of emerging Brooklyn-based
artists and, by commissioning public art in the BAM Cultural
District, makes an impression on the local community.


Starting in 1983 with commissioned posters for the Next Wave Festival by luminary artists like Willem de Kooning, Susan Rothenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein, BAMart has exhibited hundreds of artists, many of them from Brooklyn. Since 2002, in conjunction with the Next Wave, curator Dan Cameron has selected unique artworks to be installed throughout BAM, often in unexpected places and nearly always focusing on emerging Brooklyn talent. BAM 150: Archival Exhibition displayed artifacts from 15 decades. During the Winter/Spring Season, a range of works by artists and collaborations with community organizations and

nonprofits underscored BAM’s thriving relationships with the visual arts and local artists.

The public can purchase exciting new work in support of BAM through the annual spring BAMart Silent Auction which features art by emerging and established artists. Fundraising prints and original artworks by artists including Chuck Close and Donald Baechler as well as BAM’s Photography Portfolios can be purchased year round.

Isadora Duncan from BAM 150: Archival Exhibition. Photo: MPI

BAMart

BAMbill Cover Artists
2011 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL:
Donald Baechler, Red + Blue Rose, 2011, acrylic and fabric collage on canvas, 72” x 48”, courtesy of the artist

2012 SPRING SEASON:
Phillip Taaffe, Chorus, 2011, mixed media on canvas, 78” x 76”, courtesy of the artist
2011—2012 Exhibitions
NEXT WAVE ART:
Jules de Balincourt, Rashid Johnson, Robert Lazzarini, Maria Levitsky, Eileen Quinlan, Lee Quinones, Raha Raissnia, Kevin Stahl, Kate Steciw, Letha Wilson, Marina Zurkow
Curated by Dan Cameron
Peter Jay Sharp Building Lobby
SEP 13—DEC 18
SPRING EXHIBITION:
BAM 150: Archival Exhibition, historical objects, documents, and photographs from 1861—2011
Curated by David Harper and Sharon Lehner
Dorothy W. Levitt Lobby and Natman Room
JAN—JUN 2012
Special Projects and Events
BAMart and Artspace 150th Anniversary Special Edition Print, featuring artists Deborah Kass and Marcel Dzama

Deborah Kass, Save The Country Now, 2011, signed and numbered editions of 150, 12” x 17”

Marcel Dzama, The Donkey Prefers Garbage to Gold, signed and numbered editions of 150, 12” x 17”

8th Annual BAMart Silent Auction Beth DeWoody, Honorary Chair

EDITIONS/ARTISTS’ BOOKS FAIR:
548 W 22nd St New York NOV 2011

Community


BAM offers a wealth of free programs. An audience of 140,000 enjoys free music,
films, and a variety of
special events.

BAM organizes and hosts numerous community- oriented and free events each year. They include the popular R&B Festival at MetroTech, Senior Cinema, community receptions in conjunction with mainstage performances, the kid-centric BAMboo! Halloween celebration, the DanceAfrica bazaar, outdoor performances, art exhibitions, film screenings, and the Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this year featuring New York City Department of Education Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott, Institutional Radio Choir, and Toshi Reagon.

Photo: Beowulf Sheehan

Community

DanceAfrica Bazaar
40,000 visited this outdoor market celebrating DanceAfrica

BAMboo!
Every year, BAM welcomes 3,500 neigh- bors to BAMboo!, a free outdoor Halloween extravaganza.

Community Receptions
BROOKLYN BABYLON TO THE ONES I LOVE
American Ballet Theatre’s THE NUTCRACKER

Community Performances Offsite and Outdoors
DANCEAFRICA/FORCES OF NATURE performance Brooklyn Museum

FAB Fridays
Presented in partnership with FAB Alliance Business Improvement District:
DJ RICH MEDINA
WUNMI AND SLOW COMMOTION
DIGITAL DIASPORA
TALU GREEN

Performing the Streets
Presented in partnership with Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance and the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership:
ANDRE LASSALLE AND PREMONITION

R&B Festival at MetroTech
This free outdoor summer concert series,

attended by 25,000, features an eclectic roster of legendary trailblazers and emerging musical visionaries of R&B and world music. These lunchtime performances are held at MetroTech Commons, located at the corner of Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn.

2011
RAM
SWAMP DOGG
URBAN GUERILLA ORCHESTRA with special guest
MILES JAYE
JOSÉ JAMES
MAXI PRIEST

2012
LARRY GRAHAM AND GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION
ARTURO O’FARRILL AND THE AFRO
LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
KY-MANI MARLEY
FISHBONE

T25th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
For a quarter-century, BAM has celebrated the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free event filled with music, film, art, and moving tributes from esteemed speak- ers and local community leaders.

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Community

Keynote speaker
Dennis M. Walcott, Chancellor, New York NYC Department of Education

Musical guests Institutional Radio Choir (The Hitmakers) from the Institutional C.O.G.I.C. of Brooklyn
Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely

Speakers
Reverend Dr. Cheryl Anthony
Karen Brooks Hopkins, BAM President
Charles E. Schumer, US Senator

Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President
Sandra Chapman, Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, MC
Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker
Yvette Clark, Congresswoman
Derek Jenkins, Target and BAM Trustee
Dr. William L. Pollard, President, Medgar Evers College
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor
Charles Hynes, Brooklyn District Attorney

Film screening
Black Power Mixtape (2011)

Picture the Dream community art exhibition featured collages created in workshops by children from the Lafayette Gardens Com- munity Center, presented in collaboration with the New York City Housing Authority.

Senior Cinema
BAM Senior Cinema is a free monthly film series for community members ages 65 and older. This popular program serves

approximately 2,500 seniors in the local community annually.

SHAFT
PSYCHO
THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
FRENCH CONNECTION
ROMAN HOLIDAY
THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
VIRIDIANA

Free Movies for Winter Break (for teens)
LOVE AND BASKETBALL
CROOKLYN

Professional
Development Program


Sessions on marketing, fundraising, and more build necessary foundations for longterm success.

The BAM Professional Development Program is a 14-month training program for qualifying Brooklyn nonprofit arts organizations. A joint effort between BAM and DeVos Institute of Arts Management (DVIAM) at the Kennedy Center, BAM PDP provides professional development training and deeply

discounted theater and rehearsal studio rental to a select number of companies. With the support of Brooklyn Community Foundation and the New York Community Trust, BAM, and DVIAM, the goal of this initiative is to help these organizations expand their skill base, increase their institutional capacity, and build necessary foundations for long-term success through sessions on marketing, fundraising, and more. BAM PDP kicked off its inaugural year with a celebration at the BAM Fisher on April 24, 2012. The event

welcomed 14 companies to BAM along with 11 DeVos Institute Performers In Transition fellows, dancers who are interested in making a transition to arts administration. The program culminates with self-funded productions by six of the Brooklyn-based companies (to be selected by an independent panel) at the BAM Fisher in the spring/summer of 2013.

PDP kick-off event. Photo: Beowulf Sheehan

Professional Development Program

PDP Participating Organizations
Batoto Yetu
Big Dance Theater
Brighton Ballet Theater*
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)
Brooklyn Ballet
LEIMAY—CAVE*
The Center for Performance Research
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn
Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre*
Evidence, A Dance Company
Gallim Dance*
LAVA*
Tiffany Mills Company*
Triskelion Arts

*Performing at the BAM Fisher at end of residency

Participating Fellows
Danielle McFall
MOMIX Dance Theatre
Emily Waters
Pennsylvania Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet
Francine Sheffield
Urban Bush Women
Katie Diamond
José Limón Dance
Keith Roberts
American Ballet Theatre,
Twyla Tharp Dance
Leslie Roybal
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Natalia Alonso
Complexions Contemporary Ballet,
Ballet Hispanico
Paloma McGregor
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange,
Urban Bush Women
Richard Chen See

Paul Taylor Dance Co.
Rujeko Dumbutshena
Fela! On Broadway
Sara Procopio
Shen Wei Dance Arts

Speakers
Joseph V. Melillo
Executive Producer, BAM
Stephanie Hughley
Vice President of Education & Humanities, BAM
Brett Egan
Director DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center
Marilyn Gelber
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Lorie Slutsky
New York Community Trust

Sessions
Jun 11, 2012
Session #1: Planning
PDP Participants: Karen Brooks Hopkins, President, BAM Michael M. Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Stephanie Hughley, Vice President of Education & Humanities, BAM Brett Egan, Director, DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center

Jun 25, 2012
Session #2: Artistic Planning and Institutional Visibility Brett Egan, Director DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center BAM PDP Production Team: Gwendolyn Kelso, Sara Danielsen, Josh Escajeda, Danielle Colburn, Ryan Gastelum

BAM Education


BAM serves more than 220 schools every year with its education programs; half of
them are in Brooklyn.

BAM Education connects learning with creativity, engaging imagination by encouraging self-expression through in- and after-school arts education programming, workshops for students and teachers, school-time performances and films, and school-break arts programs. Each class that attends a performance or film program at BAM receives an in-school, pre-show preparation workshop from a BAM teaching artist and engages in post-performance discussions. Teachers (and, in some cases, students) also receive extensive customized study guides. BAMfamily programming widens the lens of artistic discovery, offering young people and families smart, stimulating, and globally diverse dance, theater, storytelling, film, and music.

BAMkids Film Festival. Photo: Beowulf Sheehan

Education

Schooltime
performances of mainstage productions

Fall 2011
SYMPHONY FOR THE DANCE FLOOR 69°S.
BROOKLYN BABYLON
KRAPP'S LAST TAPE

Spring 2012
RICHARD III
BEING SHAKESPEARE
MAYHEM POETS
THE CARETAKER
POETRY 2012: GRAND SLAM!
DANCEAFRICA 2012: ADANFO ENSEMBLE

Films
Grades 7—12:
Screening Activism: FREEDOM RIDERS
Directed by Stanley Nelson
Commentators: Stanley Nelson, Janet Braun-Reinitz, and Laura and Francis Randall

THE PEOPLE SPEAK
Directed by Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore, and Howard Zinn
Commentators: Chia-Ti Chiu and Samara Gaev

Grades 7—12:
Screening Youth at Risk Around the World: BORN INTO BROTHELS
Directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman
Commentators: Avijit Halder and Ross Kaufmann

KES
Directed by Ken Loach
Commentators: Danielle Durchslag and Victor Sanchez

THE CLASS
Directed by Laurent Cantet
Commentators: Danielle Durchslag and Victor Sanchez

ELEVATE
Directed by Anne Buford
Commentators: Anne Buford and Moussa

Grades 2—6:
Screening Children’s Classics:
THE MUPPET MOVIE
Directed by James Frawley
Commentator: Cheryl Henson

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Education

CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Directed by Gary Winick
Commentators: Nina Crews and Francesca Burgess

BAMkids Film Festival: Selected Short Films
Commentators: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Julian Rumi Özkal Lorentzen, and Mark Newell

Art Residencies and Master Classes
Richard’s Rampage (Kevin Spacey Foundation)
AfricanDanceBeat
AfricanMusicBeat
Brooklyn Reads
Shakespeare Teaches Students
Master classes with Chuck Davis
DanceAfrica master classes with Adanfo Ensemble

After-School Programs Arts & Justice Dancing into the Future
Young Critics
Young Film Critics
DanceAfrica Education Program: Collaboration with Bedford Stuyvesantv Restoration Corporation
CASA (Cultural After-School Adventures)
Peace A to Z (PAZ) (PS 24K)

School-Break Program
Pilobolus for Kids

Professional Development
Professional Development with Chuck Davis
Shakespeare Teaches Teachers

BAMFamily
Books to Film with Doreen Cronin
14th Annual BAMkids Film Festival with live performances by Oran Etkin’s Timbalooloo and PASTA! A Pop Ups Puppet Musical
Mayhem Poets

Humanities


Artist Talks provide context for Next Wave and Winter /Spring performances.

Eat, Drink & Be Literary allows devoted readers an opportunity
to engage with their favorite authors over dinner and drinks.


The Humanities programs at BAM are an opportunity for audiences to enrich their experience of BAM productions by engaging in discussion with artists from the Next Wave Festival and Spring Season. These Artist Talks include pre- or post-show interviews with BAM artists, moderated by other artists, critics, or scholars, and panel discussions on topics relevant to the season’s productions.

BAM created its Iconic Artist Talk series on the occasion of BAM’s 150th anniversary. Using original performance footage and images from the BAM Hamm Archives, these talks survey BAM’s relationship with the iconic artists that have called our spaces home, delving into the evolution of their work over the years.

The Eat, Drink & Be Literary series, presented in partnership with the National Book Awards, brings major authors to BAMcafé for intimate dinners, readings, and discussions. The evenings begin with a buffet and live music. The author’s reading is followed by an interview about the creative process and artistic themes and concludes with an audience Q&A and book signing.

Humanities

Artist Talks
ARTISTS RESPOND TO 9/11
In conjunction with AWAKENING
David Harrington with Diane Berkun, Porochista Khakpour, and Julian Laverdiere
Moderated by Brooke Gladstone

SHAKESPEARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
In conjunction with THE SPEAKERS PROGRESS
Sulayman Al-Bassam with Robyn Creswell

JOHN ROCKWELL ON THE THREEPENNY OPERA
In conjunction with THE THREEPENNY OPERA John Rockwell

MOVIES AND THEATER
In conjunction with
CRIES AND WHISPERS
Ivo van Hove with Violaine Huisman

ANTARCTIC VOYAGE
In conjunction with 69°S
Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko with Daniel P. Schrag
Moderated by Graham Burnett

STAGING A SERIAL KILLER
In conjunction with
THE INFERNAL COMEDY
John Malkovich, Michael Sturminger, and Martin Haselböck

GRIEF IN GREEK TRAGEDY
In conjunction with SUPERNATURAL WIFE
Anne Carson with Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar

FADO: HISTORY; FADO: FORM
In conjunction with
TUDO ISTO É FADO
Lila Ellen Gray

GET GAGA
In conjunction with Hora Batsheva Dance Company

’TIS PITY
In conjunction with
’TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE
Declan Donnellan with James Shapiro

BEING SHAKESPEARE
In conjunction with
BEING SHAKESPEARE
Jonathan Bate with Barry Edelstein

NATURALISM AND RUSSIAN DRAMA
In conjunction with THREE SISTERS
Lev Dodin and Dina Dodina
Moderated by Irina Prokhorova

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Humanities

Post-Show Artist Talks
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN (DBR)
In conjunction with SYMPHONY FOR THE DANCE FLOOR
Moderated by Terrance McKnight

JOHN JASPERSE AND COLLABORATORS
In conjunction with CANYON
Moderated by Mary-Jane Rubenstein

JOHN HURT
In conjunction with KRAPP’S LAST TAPE
Moderated by Simon Critchley

SIMON CALLOW
In conjunction with
BEING SHAKESPEARE, Moderated by Jeff Dolven

JONATHAN PRYCE
AND COMPANY
In conjunction with
THE CARETAKER, Moderated by Austin E. Quigley

Iconic Artist Talks
ROBERT WILSON
Moderated by Joseph V. Melillo

LIN HWAI-MIN
Moderated by Rachel Cooper

WILLIAM FORSYTHE
Moderated by Marina Harss

MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY
Daniel Arsham, Gavin Bryars, Paul Kaiser, and Patricia Lent, Moderated by Trevor Carlson
Introduced by Judith R. Fishman

MEREDITH MONK
Moderated by Bonnie Marranca

STEVE REICH
Moderated by John Schaefer

BILL T. JONES
Moderated by Thelma Golden

CHUCK DAVIS
Moderated by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Eat, Drink & Be Literary
Authors:
RUSSELL BANKS
TÉA OBREHT
TEJU COLE
ALEKSANDAR HEMON
ANN PATCHETT
SAPPHIRE
EDWIDGE DANTICAT
DENIS JOHNSON

Moderators:
Harold Augenbraum
Francine Prose
Deborah Treisman

Dance Motion USA℠


The finest contemporary American dance abroad, facilitating cross-cultural exchange.

Rennie Harris in Tel Aviv. Photo: Courtesy US Embassy Tel Aviv

In 2012 the second successful season of DanceMotion USA℠ took place, a program created by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State to showcase the finest contemporary American dance abroad while facilitating cross-cultural exchange. BAM was once again chosen to serve as grantee and administrator of the program, selecting four companies to participate in the 2012 tours. During the tours, American companies gave performances and participated in outreach events, master classes, workshops, and discussions, sharing their artistic viewpoints while experiencing the host countries’ own cultural offerings.

The 2012 season expanded on this format to include a USbased component of the cultural exchange; in November, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company traveled to Brooklyn to collaborate with Trey McIntyre Project for four performances at the new BAM Fisher.

Other 2012 DMUSA℠ highlights included BAM’s first-ever initiatives in long-distance online learning, including a BAM performance by Trey McIntyre Project and the KNCDC webcast live around the world, and a master class in Korean dance taught to students simultaneously at BAM and the Seoul Institute of the Arts in South Korea.

Dance Motion USA℠

2012 Tours
Rennie Harris Puremovement (Philadelphia)
Egypt
Israel
Palestinian Territories

Jazz Tap Ensemble (Los Angeles)
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
The Democratic Republic of Congo

Seán Curran Company (New York)
Kazakhstan
The Kyrgyz Republic
Turkmenistan

Trey McIntyre Project (Boise, ID)
China
South Korea
The Philippines
Vietnam



Digital Media

BAM.org
BAM.org/blog
YouTube.com/BAMorg

BAM’s digital footprint continues to evolve as we build sites, create compelling video, develop digital signage, and expand into new social media channels.

Photos: Images from Dr. John music video, Revolution, directed by Reid Long, produced by BAM

Web
Designed and built DanceMotion USA℠
Tour II site

Designed and built Crossing Brooklyn
Ferry site

BAM.orgversion five launched after comprehensive redesign by R/GA

Video
Established in-house video production capabilities

Videos of Artist Talks released for public viewing

Dr. John three-week residency documented with an
11-camera shoot

Created official trailer for international Einstein on the Beach tour

Social Media
Launched BAM Blog

Conducted “Free Ticket Thursdays” give- aways and “BAM And Then It Hits You” ad campaign Facebook contests

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube subscribers grew more than 100 percent

Cries and Whispers. 2011 Next Wave Festival. Photo: Richard Termine

BAM at 150

The 150th anniversary was celebrated
in a variety of engaging ways.


The 16-month-long celebration honoring BAM’s 150th anniversary as the country’s oldest performing arts center engaged audience members in a variety of ways.

Sankai Juku | Original performance photo: Jack Vartoogian/ Front Row Photos

Landmark performances and screenings

The publication of BAM: The Complete Works (Quantuck Lane Press)

The release of BAM150, a documentary by Michael Sládek which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival

Exclusive member and patron events such as the BAM 150th Anniversary Gala with Dr. John

Special archival and art exhibitions

Iconic Artist Talks

Launch of the BAM Blog Chase was the BAM 150th Anniversary sponsor

BAMcinématek’s Brooklyn Close-Up: a monthly film series

BAMboozle, a beer made specially for BAM by Brooklyn Brewery

An ad campaign, BAM And Then It Hits You, which won an Effie Award, recognizing the most effective advertising

Whimsical BAM at 150 socks from Ozone Design.

BAM connected with fans on social media, doubling the number of its Facebook and Twitter followers

BAM at 150

BAM Hamm Archives

The Archives holds one of the preeminent collections of
historical and contemporary performance.


The BAM Hamm Archives is a vital resource for artists, historians, students, and art aficionados, and it holds one of the preeminent collections of historical and contemporary performance materials, including original photos,

posters, programs, press clippings, brochures, video, audio, correspondence, and other materials dating back to the 1860s.

As BAM celebrated its 150th anniversary the BAM Hamm Archives

partnered with virtually every department in the institution in telling the BAM story. The success of these partnerships has led to several interdepartmental projects becoming permanent additions to BAM’s programming,

including the BAM Blog and the Iconic Artists Talks. These talks, created in partnership with Education & Humanities, provide a forum—utilizing original performance footage and images from the archives—for Continued

BAM Hamm Archives

important artists to discuss their oeuvres at BAM. The archives remains a major contributor to the blog with recurring features such as “Fresh Hamm,” which highlights new acquisitions, and “This Week in BAM History.” In the spring of 2011 it was announced that the

BAM Hamm Archives received a generous four-year grant from the Leon Levy Foundation in order to develop a robust digital repository that will include printed materials and audio and video samples of performances, artist talks, and other media. This web-based tool will provide artists,

students, and audiences across the globe access to the performances, images, and ideas created over the past 150 years.

The BAM Hamm Archives continues to serve researchers, create displays, and exhibits, and organize and conduct

tours. It is currently located at One MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn. Major support for the BAM Hamm Archives comes from Charles J. and Irene F. Hamm and the Leon Levy Foundation.

Photos courtesy BAM Hamm Archives

Capital Projects


Open in September 2012, the BAM Fisher features the intimate, flexible 250-seat Fishman Space.

In 2012, BAM’s Capital Projects department completed work on the BAM Fisher, the institution’s first new building in more than 100 years. Featuring the Fishman Space—a black-box-style theater with flexible seating—the venue accommodates works less suited for larger venues, as well as local and emerging talent. The building’s offices, classroom space, Hillman Studio, and Max Leavitt Workshop also give BAM Education & Humanities dedicated space to develop and implement its programming, and the Rooftop Terrace and Stutz Gardens offer a choice outdoor site for events. The building officially opened on September 5, 2012, with a festive block party.

Also in 2012, the BAM Harvey Theater seat replacement project was completed in less than four months. This extensive renovation included new lobby entrances, seats, seating platforms, and stage, and installation of the new 40-foot-wide Steinberg Screen and 3D digital projector that upgrades the Harvey to a state-of-the-art HD cinema.

Jonah Bokaer X Anthony McCall’s ECLIPSE in rehearsal, BAM Fisher Fishman Space. Photo: Francis Dzikowski

Membership

Experience all that BAM offers through Membership.


BAM audiences are some of the most passionate and dedicated arts supporters in New York City, and it shows in our member programs. Across every level and type of involvement, BAM membership increased

12% in the past year. Friends of BAM brings together those performing arts enthusiasts who support diverse programming on BAM’s stages. Members receive an array of benefits, including

members-only advance access to tickets; waived ticket handling fees; and invitations to exclusive free events—which this year included a Next Wave season preview and screening of the documentary BAM150;

a working rehearsal of Robert Wilson’s The Threepenny Opera; and a screening of Stealing Beauty introduced by Friends of BAM co-chairs Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusak. Continued

Membership

BAM Cinema Club members support world-class first-run and repertory film programming at BAM Rose Cinemas. All members receive $5 off or free admission to the cinemas (BAM Movie Moguls attend films for free all year); invitations to monthly screenings and discussions with international and local;

and this season, priority access to BAMcinemaFest 2012, featuring a cast Q&A and sneak preview of Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The Producers Council and Chairman’s Circle are groups of supporters as extraordinary as the work they make possible—individuals who provide annual support starting

at $1,500. Members of the Producers Council receive a host of VIP privileges, including personalized ticket handling and concierge services; invitations to all opening night parties and working rehearsals; access to private donor lounges; and invitations to exclusive events. This year’s Producer’s Council Celebration paired a

festive dinner with a lively performance of Red, Hot & Cuba. For donors above $2,500, the Chairman’s Circle dinner offered intimate conversation hosted BAM’s Chairman of the Board, followed by a performance of The Caretaker, featuring Jonathan Pryce.

Members in the Opera House. Photo: Kyle Dean Reinford

Haze. 2011 Next Wave Festival. Photo: Han Jiang

BAM Board

BAM Board Chair
Alan H. Fishman

BAM Board Vice Chairs
William I. Campbell
Adam E. Max

President
Karen Brooks Hopkins

Secretary
Joseph V. Melillo

Treasurer
James I. McLaren

President Emeritus
Harvey Lichtenstein

Members
Jeffrey H. Barker
Tony Bechara
René Böttcher
Linda Chinn
Henry Christensen III
Pamela A. Codispoti
Cheryl Della Rosa
Dinyar S. Devitre
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Mark Diker
Andre Dua
Brendan J. Dugan
Thérèse Esperdy
Teri Everett
Mallory Factor
Ronald E. Feiner, Esq.
Richard E. Feldman, Esq.

Steven G. Felsher
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Barry M. Fox
MaryAnne Gilmartin
Robert M. Greenberg
G. Penn Holsenbeck
Anne Hubbard
Mark H. Jackson
Derek Jenkins
Mary Kantor
Daniel A. Klores
Edgar A. Lampert
François Letaconnoux
Gary Lynch
Martin F. Mertz
Patricia E. Michels
Ahrin Mishan
Donald R. Mullen Jr.

William A. Perlmuth
Dr. William L. Pollard
David L. Ramsay, M.D., M.Ed.
Frances A. Resheske
Jonathan F.P. Rose
Anna Kuzmik Sampas
Alberto Sanchez
Amy W. Schulman
Timothy Sebunya
Adi Shamir
Danny Simmons
Jessica Smith
Brian Stafford
Joseph A. Stern
Pedro Torres Ciliberto
John L. Usdan
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BAM Board

Brigitte Vosse
Nora Ann Wallace
Elaine Weinstein
Hon. Franklin R. Weissberg
Vaughn C. Williams, Esq.
Adam Wolfensohn
Claire Wood
Andrew Zolli

Ex Officio
Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg
Hon. Christine C. Quinn
Hon. Marty Markowitz
Hon. Kate D. Levin
Felice Forer Axelrod
Lela Goren
Jamie Snow Markowitz

Chairmen Emeriti
Neil D. Chrisman
Seth S. Faison
Bruce C. Ratner

Honorary Trustees
Robert L. Forbes
Charles J. Hamm
Barbara B. Haws, C.A.
William Josephson
John Lipsky
Laurie Mallet
Cathy-Ann Martine

BAM Supporters

$500,000
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York
Brooklyn Borough President’s Office—Marty Markowitz
Chase
Irene Diamond Fund
Dormitory Authority of the State of New York
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
Ford Foundation
The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Leon Levy Foundation
Diane & Adam E. Max
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Donald R. Mullen Jr.

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
NYC Economic Development Corporation
The SHS Foundation
R/GA
Ronald P. Stanton/The Delancey Foundation
The Starr Foundation
United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural

$100,000
Altman Foundation
American Express
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Bank of America
Bloomberg
Booth Ferris Foundation
brigitte nyc

William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Con Edison
Aashish & Dinyar Devitre
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
The Educational Foundation of America
Estate of Richard B. Fisher
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Fleurs Bella
First New York Partners Management
The Florence Gould Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation
H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture

Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation
Independent Film Channel
Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia
Jewish Community Endowment Fund
The Cleveland Jewish Federation Fund of Toby D. Lewis
Suzie & Bruce Kovner
Mrs. Carole Lainoff
Stephen & Maribelle Leavitt
Toby D. Lewis Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
mcgarrybowen
James I. McLaren & Lawton W. Fitt
MetLife Foundation
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Ahrin & Ligaya Mishan
New York City Council—Christine C. Quinn, Speaker
The New York Community Trust
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
Jim & Mary Ottaway
Hon. Kevin S. Parker, New York State Senate
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Prokhorov
The Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Fund
Jonathan F.P. & Diana Calthorpe Rose
Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.

Harvey Schwartz & Annie Hubbard
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
The Shubert Foundation, Inc
The Skirball Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Geraldine Stutz Trust, Inc.
Target
Time Warner Inc.
Steve Tisch, Laurie Tisch, and Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
John L. & Eva Usdan
The Wall Street Journal
Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum
The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust
The Winston Foundation, Inc.

$50,000
American Airlines
Banco Santander S.A.
Barclay’s Nets Community Alliance
Tony Bechara
Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman
British Airways
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Linda & Adam D. Chinn
Cheryl & Joe Della Rosa
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Charles & Valerie Diker
Brendan & Barbara Dugan
E.W. Howell Co., Inc.
Essence
Steven & Susan Felsher
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
GGMC Parking, LLC
Agnes Gund
The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Penn & Diane Holsenbeck
Fredrerick Iseman
Lemberg Foundation
The Lepercq Foundation
Carley Roney & David Liu
Goldman Sachs Gives at the recommendation of David & Susan Marcinek
Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
Gilda & John P. McGarry Jr.
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.
Nash Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.
The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
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The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Anna Kuzmik Sampas
Amy W. Schulman & David E. Nachman
Simon & Eva Colin Foundation, Inc.
Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation
The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Brine Charitable Trust
Sovereign Bank
Joseph A. Stern
Merryl H. & James S. Tisch
Joseph LeRoy & Ann C. Warner Fund
Jennifer Small & Adam Wolfensohn
Anonymous

$25,000
The Achelis Foundation
American Associates of The Old Vic
Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust
Mercedes T. Bass
Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation
BNY Mellon
Goldman Sachs Gives at the recommendation of R. Martin Chavez
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III
Citi Foundation
The Corinthian Foundation
Constans Culver Foundation
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Andre & Stephanie Dua
Thérèse M. Esperdy & Robert G. Neborak
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Beth & Gary Allen Glynn
Goldman Sachs Gives
Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program
The Grand Marnier Foundation
Semone & Ziona Grossman
The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
Barbara B. Haws & William Josephson
Charles Hayden Foundation
John & Samantha Hunt
The Jaharis Family Foundation
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation
Dan & Abbe Klores
The Emily Davie & Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation
Hon. Brad Lander, New York City Council

Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.
Gary Lynch & Kate Hall
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation
Mikhail Prokhorov Fund
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
Barbara & Richard Moore
National Grid
Joey O’Loughlin & Michael Haddad
Open Society Foundation
Gabriel & Lindsay Pizzi
David L. Ramsay, MD
The Reed Foundation
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Sarah & Spencer Robertson
River Cafe
The David Rockefeller Fund, Inc
Ropes & Gray LLP
Continued

The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation
The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund
The Evelyn Sharp Foundation
Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom
St. Francis College
Brian Stafford
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Judy & Michael Steinhardt
Tiger Baron Foundation
Vital Projects Fund
Western Union Foundation
Williams & Connolly LLP
Barbara & David Zalaznick
Anonymous

$10,000
Linda & Max Addison
The Aeroflex Foundation
Jody & John Arnhold
Asante Partners LLC
Asian Cultural Council
Susan L. Baker & Michael R. Lynch
The Barker Welfare Foundation
Scott Barshay
The Howard Bayne Fund
Roger & Brook Berlind
Patricia Blanchet
Emma Bloomberg & Christopher Frissora
The Bloomingdale’s Fund of the Macy’s Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Bowe
Bradley Family Charitable Foundation Trust
The Brooklyn Brewery
Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation
Chatterjee Charitable Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Purnendu Chatterjee
The Chicago Community Foundation
Additional Support by China Institute
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Simon & Sarah Collier
Comité Régional de Tourisme de Normandie
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Credit Suisse
Culture Ireland
Dan Klores Communications
Ide & David Dangoor
Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund)
The Dermot Company, Inc.
Distracted Globe Foundation
William A. Douglass
Carol & Roger Einiger

Epstein Teicher Philanthropies
Estate of Bella F. Stoll
Estate of Louis Sanders
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Mallory & Elizabeth Factor
Forest City Ratner Companies
Barry M. Fox
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States
French-American Cultural Foundation
Fribourg Family Foundation
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Faith E. Gay & Francesca Zambello
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
David & Susie Gilbert
Continued

John N. & Gillett A. Gilbert
Ms. Françoise Girard & Dr. David G. Knott
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Lela Goren
Pamela Grace
Great Performances
The Green Fund Inc.
William and Mary Greve Foundation
The Grodzins Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Gutman
The Marc Haas Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Burton K. Haimes
Dozier Hasty & Nancy Havens-Hasty
Cheryl Henson & Ed Finn
Pamela J. Hoiles
Sophie Hughes
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Theatrical Stage Employees Local 4
Jackson Lewis LLP
Jonathan Rose Companies, Inc
Alan Jones & Ashley Garrett
Howard & Janet Kagan
Sharon E. Karmazin
Miriam Katowitz & Arthur Radin
Gene & Terry Kaufman
Kaye Scholer LLP
Kirkland & Ellis
Ethan Klingsberg
Robin & Edgar Lampert
Kevin Lauri
François & Calleen Letaconnoux
John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz
The Lupin Foundation
Briehan Lynch & Alexander Evis
M&T Bank
Mattis Family Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Hamish Maxwell
McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc.
Scott C. McDonald
William Patrick McMullan & Rachel McPherson
Constance & H. Roemer McPhee
Medgar Evers College Gifts and Grants
Joyce F. Menschel
Edward S. Moore Foundation
Morgan Stanley
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Charles Nathan & Alisa F. Levin
Stephen Nelson
Socrates Nicholas and Gerard Bell
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
The O’Grady Foundation
Onassis Foundation USA

Ovation LLC
Pfizer Inc.
Pia Car Limo
Maya Polsky
Private Export Funding Corporation
Quadrangle Group Foundation
Renova Group of Companies
Research Foundation of CUNY
William D. & Susan Kahan Rifkin
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Rolex SA
Robert Rosenkranz & Alexandra Munroe
Andrew & Barbra Rothschild
Bette & Richard Saltzman
The Scherman Foundation, Inc.
Continued

Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Schwartz
Donna & Marvin Schwartz
Timothy Sebunya & Julie Murry Sebunya
Jon & NoraLee Sedmak
Adi Shamir & Richard D. Baron
Susan & Larry Sills
Danny Simmons
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
SNR Denton US LLP
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Solomon
Soros Fund Charitable Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Sam & Ellen Sporn
Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation

David & Aliana Spungen
Starry Night Fund
Dr. Axel Stawski
Jon Stryker & Slobodan Randjelovic
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
The Body Shop
French-American Fund for Contemporary Theater, a program of FACE
Alexandra Munroe & Robert Rosenkranz
Tony Randall Theatrical Fund
Jane Timken
Sonia Tower
Trust for Mutual Understanding
Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc.
Robert L. Turner
Lori Uddenberg

Wendy vanden Heuvel
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
John & Barbara Vogelstein
White Cedar Fund
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
Estate of Martha Zalles
Ann Ziff
Jennifer Carlson & Andrew Zolli
Anonymous

$5,000
ABC Carpet & Home
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Mr. & Mrs. C. Murray Adams
Matthew & Krista Annenberg
Rina Anoussi & Takis Anoussis
David Ashen
Martin Baumrind

Beatrice Snyder Foundation
Denise Bernardo & Eddie Muentes
JJ & Michelle Berney
Paula & Earl Black
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Samy Brahimy & Lizanne Merrill
Virgina Brody
Charina Foundation, Inc.
Timothy & Carol Cole
Columbia Utilities, LLC
The Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Carla Craig & Stuart Freedman
Peter & Katharine Darrow
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Continued

Dwight W. and Ann C. Ellis
Carla Emil & Rich Silverstein
Caryl Englander
Mark & Beth Filip
Robert L. Forbes
The Foundation for Worker, Veteran, Enviromental Health
Elaine Golin
Scott & Ellen Hand
In Memory of Robert Sklar
Molly Heines & Thomas Moloney
The Jim Henson Foundation
Cecilia & James Herbert
Richard Hulbert
Institute for Acoustics for the Performing Arts
Linda & Lawton Johnson
Julia Kahr & Brian Colton
Alexander E. Kipka
Little Johnny Koerber

Stephen Kotran & Elizabeth S. Goldman
Robin & Edgar Lampert
Mrs. Wilbur Levin
The Liman Foundation
John A. Mahoney
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Menschel
Martin F. & Selma E. Mertz
The Moody’s Foundation
John Morning
Sanford R. Nager & Dianne Abeloff
New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project
New York City Dept. for the Aging
Brian & Stephanie Nigito
Not For Tourists
NYC & Company
Oak Philanthropy, LTD

Open Society Foundations
Stephen Palmese
William & Laura Taft Paulsen
Peck Stacpoole Foundation
The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Bill Perlmuth
The Perseus Books Group
Diana & Eugene Pinover
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Bradley Radoff
Hon. Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.—Chair, Finance Committee
Frances A. Resheske
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Rogers
Barbra & Andrew Rothschild
Jack Sanderson
Lynn Schneider

Schwab Charitable Fund
Elif & Tamer Seckin
Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff & Hunter Lewis
Danny Simmons
Brian Snyder
R. Edward Spilka
Jean Stein
Jeanne & Steven Stellman
Dr. Susan Stewart
Stop & Stor Charitable Fund
Summit Rock Advisors
Michael MacKenzie Thomas
Hon. Roger Tilles
Turrell Fund
Margo & Anthony Viscusi
The Walt Disney Company
The Richard & Gertrude Weininger Foundation
The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation, Inc.
Jill Weinstein
Continued

Judge Franklin R. Weissberg & Judge Marylin G. Diamond
Victoria Westhead & John E. Levy
Peregrine Whittlesey
Francis H. Williams
Vaughn C. Williams
Nina Winthrop
Carolyn & H.L. Wise
Elizabeth & Richard Witten
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Wolfensohn
Claire & Curtis Wood
Wooster House LLC
The Zeitz Foundation
Anonymous

$2,500
Amphion Foundation
The Sidney and Beatrice Albert Foundation
Mark Allison & Stephanie Holmquist

Alvin J. Rockwell 1990 Charitable Trust
The American Chai Trust
The Appleman Foundation, Inc.
Daniel Baldini
Andrew Lerner & Maryam Banikarim
Leah & Benjamin Barber
Jayne H. Baum
Leslie L. & Alan L. Beller
Elaine S. Bernstein
Paul R. Blackman& Sharon T. Rowlands
Howard Blaustein
Roger Alcaly & Helen Bodian
Sheldon M. & Jill Bonovitz
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Borer
Andrew Boszhardt
Brooklyn Gin
Andrew Duncan Brown
Loren Brown
Jim Chervenak
Betsy Cohen

Stuart H. Coleman
Michele & Terry Cone
Ranny Cooper & David Smith
Catherine C. Cox
The Criterion Collection
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Robert Davoli & Eileen McDonagh
Elizabeth De Cuevas
Diana Diamond & John Alschuler
Frederick N. & Michele Oka Doner
Mary Dorman
John C. & Michelle S. Dougherty
Seth S. & Sara Faison
Fiona Morgan Fein & Harvey Fein
Barbara J. Fife
Arthur & Susan L. Fleischer
Mr. & Mrs. Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.

Gannett Match/Gannett Foundation
Laurie Garrett
Garth Fagan Dance
Lynn Gilbert
MaryAnne Gilmartin
Hon. Vincent Gentile, New York City Council
Virginia Gliedman
Goldberg/Nash Family Foundation
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
Gordon & Mary Gould
Larry E. Dumont, M.D. & Martin Gould
Francis Greenburger & Isabelle Autones
Peter W. & Monika Greenleaf
Louis R. Hedgecock & James G. Croghan
Arlene Heyman, MD
Jane Holzka & Mark A. Winther
Continued

Karen Brooks Hopkins
Phyllis S. & Jan Thomas Hyde
Hon. Letitia James, New York City Council
The Joelson Foundation
Jonathan C.S. Cox Family Foundation
JustGive.org
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation
Ms. Susan B. Kaplan & Nancy and Mark Belsky
Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation
J. J. Kasper Jr.
Gerri Kay
James E. & Marcia J. Kelly
Will and Prattana Kennedy
Nizam Kettaneh
Christoph M. & Flora G.H. Kimmich
Younghee Kim-Wait & Jarett F. Wait

Kirsh Foundation
Alan & Susan Kolod
Jayme Koszyn & Thomas O’Handley
Mark Krueger Charitable Fund of Tides Foundation
Tony Kushner
Drs. John & Judie LaRosa
Nancy N. Lassalle
Melva Bucksbaum & Raymond Learsy
Helena Lee & Richard Klapper
Hon. Stephen Levin, New York City Council
Heidi Levine Esq.
Marion Leydier
Kitty C. Linder
Simon Zachariah Lipskar & Kate Zuckerman
Anne Mackinnon
John B. Madden Jr. & Elizabeth Cooke
Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP

Mike Marek & Claire Hartten
Marshall Family Foundation, Inc.
Donna Marshall
Marianna Mather
Sharon and Curt Mechling
Danny and Audrey Meyer
Timothy & Virginia Millhiser
Louis N. Mintz & Beverly Ann Crilly
Linda Mirels
Lucy Mitchell-Innes
Moody’s Corporation
Norma & Randy Moore
Consulate General of The Netherlands in New York
Royal Netherlands Embassy
Michael Newhouse
Linda Nochlin Pommer
Christopher A. Noey & Ghiora Aharoni
David & Janet Offensend

William S. & Brigid M. Ohlemeyer
Penguin Group (USA)
John R. Perkins & Hope Dana
Antonia Pew
Poppin
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dr. Sandra Pierson Prior
Aleksey Pryadko
Puget Sound Fund of Tides Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. William Rayner
Peter & Susan G. Restler
Robert & Jane Toll Foundation
The Rockefeller Group
Mr. & Mrs. David Rockefeller
Seth L. Rosenberg & Catherine Lebow
Pedro H. Saye
The Schaffner Family Foundation
Continued

Val Schaffner
Anthony Schlesinger & Anne Forward
Martin E. Segal/The Segal Company
Tatiana Serafin
Ted & Mary Jo Shen
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Gil Shiva
Barbara Simmons
Patricia J. S. Simpson
Ellynne Skove
Harry J. & Clare Smith
Stephen R. Smith & Ford Rogers
Joan & Laurence Sorkin
Robert Soros & Melissa Schiff Soros
Charline Spektor
Annie & Elyce Steingold
Nikki & Kenny Steingold
The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
Elizabeth F. Stribling
Daniel & Toby Talbot

Alexander Tarakhovsky & Anne Schaefer
Juliet Taylor & James Walsh
Theatrical Wardrobe Union, Local 764
Jane & Robert Toll
Peter C. Trent
Barbara Truszkowski
Susan Unterberg
Vanetta Vancak
Bernardette Vaskas
Claudia Wagner & Don Lebowitz
Leigh & Robin Walters
Lisa Wassong
Janet C. Waterhouse PhD
John R. Wellschlager & Elizabeth D. McDermott
Richard C. & Mary Anne Yancey
James & Pia Zankel
Michael J. & Barbara Zimmerman
Matthew & Myra Zuckerbraun
Anonymous

$1,500
Caroline P. Addison
Flavia Ades
Jacqueline & Joseph Aguanno
Tim Albright
Jonathan Tivadar & Jennifer Ann Allan Soros
Mark E. Almeida & Theresa M. Galvin
Jennifer & Kenneth Anderson
Kristina Anderson & Nathan Ophardt
Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Alexandra H. Ballard
David Bank & Jason R. Stone
Nancy Barber
Andrea Barbieri
Hugo Barreca
Elizabeth Bartman
Jim & Lisa Bedell
Kathleen Begala & Yves-Andre Istel

Anka & Louis Begley
Richmond Hills High School
Alan Berenbaum & Eileen M. Lach
Thérèse D. Bernbach
Raphael & Jane Bernstein/Parnassus Foundation
The Big Wood Foundation
Robert & Adrienne Birnbaum
David Biro
Andy Birsh
John V. Bivona
Jeffrey Blair
Robert & Allison Blinken
Mr. James P. Bodovitz
Boston Concessions Group of NY
Gary N. Boston & Dr. Charles Lee
Carin L. Boyer
Bill Bragin & Lisa Philp
Continued

Dominique Bravo & Eric Sloan
Brown Harris Stevens
Donnaldson K. Brown
Bruce Ford Brown Charitable Trust
Norman J. & Terri Buchan
James B. Burke
Susan & David Burris
Sandra L. Burton
Elizabeth Butson
Laura E. Butzel & David Berg
Coleen Cahill
William & Regina Cahill
Sol W. & Hermina Cantor Foundation
Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, Inc.
Capezio/Ballet Makers Inc.
Carmine Capossela & Maura McDonnell
Charles Carberry
Marie T. Carney

Carolina Carvalho-Cross
Chalk & Vermilion
Natalia Chefer
Joyce E. Chelberg
Jaye Chen & Peter Brown
Pedro Chomnalez
Neil D. Chrisman & Kathleen McKeany Chrisman
Jean Churchill
Joan Hardy Clark
Imogen Bevin & William R. Cline
Anders Cohen
Frederick & Jan Cohen
Jill and Irwin Cohen
Eric H. Coombs
Stephanie Cooper-Clarke & John Clarke
Laurie Coots
Dennis Corrado
Kimberly Cox
Anthony B. Creamer III
Meghan Crook

Michele Cubic & Raymond Velazquez
Ellen Chinn & John Curtis
Joshua Dachs
Sabina & Adam Deaton
Marie Derosa & Richard McNeil
Rohit & Katherine Desai
Brooke Devine
Raphael Di Tommaso & Jenna Bernstein
Remmel T. Dickinson
Anne & John Dockery
Dr. Jack Downhill Jr.
Maria Drattell
Lisabeth During & Ross Poole
Violet & Christopher Eagan
Frederick Eberstadt
Christopher & Nicole Elliman
Gail Erickson & Christa W. Rice
Lorren Erstad & David Lerner

Essex Works Ltd.
Dan & Cory D. Esters
Thomas Faust
Karen & Michael Fay
Ronald E. Feiner Esq.
Bradley & Lori Feldman
Edith Ferber
Richard Feuring & Charles Krewson IV
Joan Salwen Fields
Lydia Foo
Susan L. Foote & Stephen L. Feinberg
Oliver L. Frankel
Katherine Freygang
Friars Foundation
Effie & Robert Fribourg
Ms. Eleanor Friedman
Ann W. Gaffney & Bronson Binger
Samuel Gandy & Michelle Ehrlich
Paul A. Gangsei & Susan N. Herman
Al Garner
Continued

Richard & Jane E. Gartner
Peter L. Geller
Michael Gerardi
Patricia Lewy Gidwitz
Patricia Gift
Shellie L. Gillespie
Elizabeth Gilmore
Gilt Entertainment Group
Michael J. Gillespie
Alexandra E. & Michael Lee Goering
Susan Goldberg & Simon Liu
Faith Golding
Elaine Goldman
Barbara L. Goldsmith
I. Michael Goodman & Judith Uman
Rhonna A. & Ezra N. Goodman
Roberta Goodman & David N. Ellenhorn
Joseph W. Gordon & Mark A. Bauer

Stephen R. Greenwald & Rebecca A. Sullivan
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Jane & Jean-Marie Grenier
Regina M. Griffin
Cynthia Griffin & Stephen Haller
David Gruber
Noa Guy
Gunilla N. Haac
Patricia Hallstein & Axel Kramer
Peter & Beth Hammack
David Hariton & Thomas Lippy
Robert L. Harteveldt
The Haupt Foundation, Inc., in memory of Stuart Haupt
Douglas & Jessica Healy
Joanna Lea Hedge
Robert & Barbara Heelan
Charles Heilbronn
Kris Heinzelman

Susan L. Foote & Stephen L. Feinberg
Jennifer Herman
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Samuel & Hagit Hertz
Adria S. & Donald Hillman
Judy Hiltz
Gabrielle & Michael Hirschfeld
The Hoffman Law Firm
Steven Holl
Robbi Holman
Frank M. Holozubiec
Robert Neal & Stephanie J. Hotchkiss
Karen Howitt
Jan Inscho & Seymour Miles
Scott Irwin
Steven & Susan Jacobson
David & Amy Jaffe
Douglas Jaffe & Kristin Heavey
Donna Janis

T. Radey Johnson & Jane E. Platt
Johnson’s Popcorn
Andrea Kaliski-Miller & George Miller
Kanon Vodka
Alex & Ada Katz
Michael Katz
Aaron J. & Jacquie Katzel
Susan Kellman
Sage Kelly& Christina Kellyjtwros
Suzanne Greene & John Kelly
William Kistler
Thomas Koveleskie & Richard Oceguera
Joan Kreiss
Joan & Albert Kronick
The Krumholz Foundation
Miodrag Kukrika
Helen & James Lally
George F. Landegger
Henry Day & Catherine Lanier
Continued

Matthew & Sabrina Leblanc
Michael Leder
Bruce Leibstone
The Family of Wilbur A. Levin
Carol M. & Joel J. Levy
Richard H. Levy & Lorraine Gallard
Jeffrey S. Lewis & Karin Miller-Lewis
Christopher Ligreci & Robert Ohlerking
Lucia Woods Lindley & Daniel A. Lindley
Andrea Lipsky-Karasz
Keith A. Lockwood
Rachel Loeb & Zachary Block
Kara Loewentheil
Jay Johnston
Randy & Mill Jonakait
Conor Jordan
Susan Lorence
Ann M. & Mitchell A. Lowenthal

Gene Luntey
Lynford Family Charitable Trust
Richard Lynn & Joseph Evall
Ann MacDonald & Charles Raubicheck
John MacIntosh
Dianne V. MacKenzie
Edward Mafoud
Maharam
Robert Maki
Laurie Mallet/Ozone Design, Inc.
Ronald Daignault & Teresa Maloney
Andrea Marber
Jan Marks
Frank Martinez
Richard J. Massey
Nina Matis
Hedy & Donald Matteson
Matthew Patrick Smyth, Inc.
Jerri & Tom Mayer
Liese & Peter Mayer

Deborah Ellen McAlister & Christopher M.V. Jones
Joseph P. McDonagh
Kathryn Ann McDonald
William W. McGinty & Bianca Maria Orlando
Francis McGrath
Larysa McKenna
Gordon McLeod and Melanie Grisanti
Anisha Mehra
Ashley Elizabeth & Brittany Melone
Claudine & Aeric Meredith-Goujon
Pamela Michaelcheck
Mike & Janet Slosberg Family Foundation Trust
Rebecca Milikowsky
Judith Scofield & David C. Miller
The Milton & Beatrice Wind Foundation
Isaac Mizrahi
Donald Moffat & Gwen Arner Moffat

James M. & Amanda Z. Moffat
Adrian Mojica
Mary Anne Moloney & Robert Barocci
Michael & Ginger Montel
Maria Montoya
Kathy Morton & David Nadelman
Nancy Abraham & Arnold Moss
Alex G. Nason Foundation, Inc.
Alex G. Nason
Carol Netzer
Mark & Lorry Newhouse
Royal Norwegian Consulate General
Marguerite Nougué-Sans
James C. & Marie Nugent-Head Marlas
Roger W. Oliver
Jane Ormerod & Peter Darrell
Ilana Pachter & William Wynn
Continued

Will Palley
Meredith A. Palmer
Edward S. Pantzer
Cheryl Paradis & Gene McCullough
Helena Park & Richard Yien
Gwenevere Parker
Parsons & Whittemore, Inc.
Estelle Parsons
Kirk & Susan Patrick
Judith Perez
Pernod Ricard USA
Alexandra & Frederick Peters
Gilbert Pilgram
Marnie S. Pillsbury
Carl E. Podwoski & Virginia Lovejoy
Marcel Przymusinski
Leslie A. & David W. Puth
Martin & Anna Rabinowitz
Brett W. & Lisabeth Redfearn
Me & Ro

Juergen Riehm & Jody Oberfelder
Katherine E. Ringer
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Rizzo
Robert Davoli Eileen McDonagh Charitable Foundation
Leslee Rogath
Cynthia Rolen
Daniel & Joanna S. Rose
Rosetta W. Harris Charitable Lead Trust A
James & Eliza Rossman
William S. Rubenstein
Rudin Management Company Inc.
Lisa & Jonathan Sack
Joe Sacks
San Francisco Foundation
Lori Saperstein
Margaret Sarkela & John Curtis
Milton T. Schaeffer
Douglas & Ans Schickler
Ellen Schleifer & Jordan Katz

Oscar Schlossberg & Elizabeth Mazulis
Elizabeth L. Schneider
Roberta & Irwin Schneiderman
Patricia Schoenfeld
Ira Schreger & Suzy Kunz
Ralf Schwieger
Elisabeth S. Searles & Richard Friedberg
Laura Sejen
Ann Settel
Rena Shagan
Susan & Jeremy Shamos
Michael Shea & Armen Marsoobian
Vivien & Michael Shelanski
Professor Stuart Sherman
Olatokumbo Shobowale
Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff
Cary Siegel
Linda G. Singer
Skeist Family Charitable Trust

Loren & Marlene Skeist
Mike & Janet Slosberg
David Smilow
Douglas G. Smith
Matthew Patrick Smyth
Susan Snodgrass
Edward W. Snowdon
Lavinia Branca Snyder
Kenneth Soehner
Andrew P. Solomon & Elizabeth Bartman
Annaliese Soros
Dr. Rogelio Sosnik & Dr. Irene Cairo
Thomas Spillman
Barbara H. Stanton
Gillian Steel
Tom & Wendy Stephenson
Michael & Marjorie Stern
Deborah Stewart
Gail Stone & Matt Fishbein
Harvey & Danna Stone
Leila & Mickey Straus
Continued

Sean Sweeney
Synergy Realty
Kathryn A. Taras & Anthony Elitcher
Julie Tarney
Josephine & Philip Teverow
Parker Thomson
Parker Thomson
Charlotte L. Thorp
Irena Tocino
Coralie S. Toevs
Michael Toledano
Marcus Trent
Trollback & Company

Dino J Veronese
Diana Viñoly Interiors
Patricia Voight & Rachel Wolff
David Wagner
Cynthia Wainwright& Stephen Berger
Frank Borsa & Jeffrey Wallace
Howard & Ruth Warshower
Seth Washinsky
R. Wesley Webb
Kathy & Bill Weigel

Sandra S. & George B. Weiksner
Josephine & Richard Weil
Earl D. & Gina Weiner
Laurie & David I. Weiner
Charlene Magen Weinstein
Elaine Weinstein
Jonathan M. & Jane Weld
Dr. Sylvia Welsh & Dr. Howard Welsh
Harry White & Esther Redmount
Susan M. Whiting & Bruce Van Dusen

Andrew R. & Stephanie B. Whittaker
Donna Wick
Barbara Wilks
Leon Wilson
Doug Wolff
Nancy Workman & Jonathan Miller
Minah Worley & Richard Breg Worley
Peter J. Wright & Sally Dricks
Nurten Goksu Yolac
Anonymous

BAM Staff

Jonathan Pryce in The Caretaker. 2012 Winter/Spring. Photo: Richard Termine

BAM Financial Statements

BAM’s financial statements are audited by Marks Paneth & Shron LLP.
The summarized Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2012 and 2011,
and Statements of Activities for the years ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were derived
from BAM’s financial statements. The complete audited financial statements are
available at guidestar.org, or by writing to the NYS Charities Bureau at
120 Broadway, New York, NY 10005.

The Threepenny Opera. 2011 Next Wave Festival. Photo: Stephanie Berger

Dear BAM Family,

The mission of the BAM Endowment Trust (BET) is to maintain, manage, and augment the endowment for BAM, for the purpose of supporting the programs, operations, and facilities of BAM in the long term. The endowment provides the financial underpinning to launch new artistic initiatives, plan for future years, seize opportunities for institutional advancement, and

confront unanticipated challenges. BAM sincerely thanks those listed and all contributors who have made gifts to the BAM Endowment Trust. The Board of the BAM Endowment Trust is pleased to report another year of successful results. The Endowment, currently valued at $72 million as of June 30, 2012, provides a stable base of annual funding for BAM’s operations and

initiatives. The Board’s goal, along with management and the Board of BAM itself, is to ensure that the next 150 years at BAM will be as outstanding as the first 150. It has been my personal privilege, working with our active board of trustees, to steward our investments to support that future. The last five years have been marked by significant volatility in

domestic and global financial markets, but we remain confident in the endowment’s health and stability. During the past year, our board commenced a broad review of our investment objectives and interviewed a range of consultants and investment advisors to serve as a potential advisor to the Trust. Substantially all of our trustees Continued

participated in that undertaking. We anticipate formalizing a relationship shortly, and are confident that fresh eyes will complement the active participation of management and the Board.

As I mentioned in last year’s letter, there have been some significant changes made in recent years to New York State endowment regulations.

The New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“NYPMIFA”) went into effect in 2010. The legislation stipulated that institutions like BET are allowed to draw from endowment funds below their original dollar amount without court approval or attorney general review—provided that the institution’s board of directors approves said spending as prudent.

BET policies have been largely unaffected, but we continue to remind endowment donors of the law change, and request that they let us know if they would prefer that we not allow their funds to dip below their original dollar value.

As guardian investors in BAM’s future, we at BET take our responsibility to this visionary organization very seriously.

I am honored and grateful to my fellow trustees for their dedication, and look forward to another fruitful year. Thank you for your interest and support.

All the best,
Tim Ingrassia
Chair, BAM Endowment Trust Board of Trustees



BAM Endowment Trust
Board

BAM Endowment Trust Chair
Timothy J. Ingrassia

Vice Chair
Norman L. Peck

Treasurer
Keith Stubblefield

Members
William A. Douglass III
Thérèse Esperdy
Elizabeth Holtzman
James I. McLaren
Gabriel Pizzi
Alberto Sanchez
Timothy Sebunya
R. Edward Spilka
Nora Ann Wallace
Henry Christensen III, Ex Officio
Alan H. Fishman, Ex Officio

BAM Endowment Trust
Donors

$5,000,000 and above
Richard B. Fisher & Jeanne
Donovan Fisher
The Howard Gilman Foundation
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest
Endowment Fund for Community,
Educational, & Public Affairs Programs

$1,000,000 and above
Altria Group, Inc./Next Wave
Forward Fund
BAM Fund to Support Emerging
and Local Musicians

Brooklyn Community Foundation
The Irene Diamond Fund
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Emily H. Fisher
The Ford Foundation Fund to
Support Collaborative Creativity
Among U.S. Artists
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Fund For Opera & Music-Theater
Bruce C. Ratner
William Boss Sandberg
The Peter Jay Sharp Fund for Opera
and Theater
The SHS Foundation
The Starr Foundation

$500,000 and above
The Campbell Family Foundation
The Devitre Fund
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
Charles J. & Irene F. Hamm
Maribelle & Stephen Leavitt
Diane & Adam E. Max
Mary & Jim Ottaway Jr. in honor of
Ruth Blackburne Ottaway
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Jonathan F.P. & Diana V.C. Rose
Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin
Nora Ann Wallace & Jack Nusbaum

$250,000 and above
The Bohen Foundation
The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R.
Brine Charitable Trust
The Charles & Valerie Diker Dance
Endowment Fund
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Michael Bancroft Goth Endowed
Annual Performance Fund
William Randolph Hearst
Endowment for Education and
Humanities Programs
The Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Carole & Irwin Lainoff
Continued

Maxwell Family Fund in Community
Funds, Inc.
The Geraldine Stutz Trust, Inc.

$100,000 and above
Michael Bailkin, Marvin Levine,
Jesse Masyr, David Stadtmauer
Robert & Joan Catell Fund for
Education Programs
Neil D. & Kathleen M. Chrisman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III
Madison S. Finlay
Francena T. Harrison Performance Fund
Rita K. Hillman
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Independence Community Bank

Stephanie & Tim Ingrassia
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar A. Lampert
Annie Leibovitz & Studio
Leo Burnett, USA
James McLaren & Lawton Fitt
Sarah G. Miller & Frank L. Coulson
The Morgan Stanley Community
and Educational Fund
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.
May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Ame Vennema
Verizon Communications
The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation in
honor of Madame Lilliana Teruzzi

The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation in
honor of Madame Lilliana Teruzzi
The Norman & Rosita Winston Foundation
Anonymous

BAM Angels
Denis Azaro
Bettina Bancroft
Robert & Joan Catell
Neil D. Chrisman
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Christensen III
Mallory Factor
Madison S. Finlay
Richard B. Fisher
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
Rita Hillman
Barbara T. Hoffman
William Josephson
Charlotte & Stanley Kriegel

Edgar A. Lampert
Harvey Lichtenstein
Phyllis Holbrook Lichtenstein
Scott C. McDonald
Evelyn & Everett Ortner
Frank J. & Adeline Pannizzo
William Winthrop Parsons
Marie D. Powers
William Boss Sandberg
Louis Sanders
Harriet L. Senz
Toni Mendez Shapiro
Bella F. Stoll
Lynn M. Stirrup
PaulaMarie Susi
Charlene Magen Weinstein & Laurence
Benjamin Molloy
Judge Franklin R. Weissberg
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

BAM Endowment Trust
Financial Statements

BET’s financial statements are audited by Marks Paneth & Shron LLP.
The summarized Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2012 and 2011,
and Statements of Activities for the years ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were derived
from BET’s financial statements.The complete audited financial statements are available
at guidestar.org, or by writing to the NYS Charities Bureau at 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10005.


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