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Home My WebLink About2/15/2022 Item 6a, Various signatures (3) Delgado, Adriana From:Patty Thayer <patty@slorep.org> Sent:Wednesday, PM To:E-mail Council Website Subject:Agenda Item 6A - SLO REP Attachments:SLO REP Subscribers-Donors 2.9.22.pdf This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Good Afternoon, As Communications and Development Director of SLO REP, I am pleased to submit the attached SUBSCRIBER/DONOR petition letter in support of SLO REP’s Challenge Grant Request (Agenda Item 6a) for consideration at the February 15, 2022 meeting. Please let me know if you have any difficulty opening the attachment. Sincerely, Patty Patty Thayer (she/hers) Communications & Development Director Office: (805) 781-3889 Ext. 15 Cell: (805) 704-6652 Email: patty@slorep.org www.slorep.org To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. SAN LUIS OBISPO REPERTORY THEATRE Unforgettable Characters. Extraordinary Stories. Since 1947. Facebook | Instagram | Blog | Twitter | YouTube SLO REP is a proud member of: To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. from the Internet. 1 San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre Subscribers and Donors February 9, 2022 Dear SLO City Council Members: As SLO REP season ticket holders and Annual Fund donors, we are grateful that you are considering extending a challenge grant to SLO REP to help complete a new downtown theater. Your consideration is a thoughtfulness that distinguishes San Luis Obispo as a special place to live. Of course, as you would expect of avid theatergoers, we strongly encourage you to approve the grant, and not just because we would be thrilled to experience live theatre – and more of it – in a building designed expressly for that purpose. A more urgent consideration, however is this blunt truth: If SLO REP spends too many more years in its current space with no room for growth, SLO REP will die on the vine, and the entire community would lose a valuable asset. SLO REP has proven over the past decade that it knows how to grow, both artistically and as a going concern. For example, in its past life as SLO Little Theatre, productions for cast and crew members to rehearse as they should. Now, SLO REP is fully professional, compensating cast and crew for their tireless work. As a result, artistic quality has improved markedly. That artistic growth has led to a growing audience and donor base such that: • Since 2014, season ticket subscribers have more than doubled. • Annual attendance over that same period has grown by 80%. • In 2018-19, SLO REP mainstage shows played to 94% capacity. • Pre-pandemic, SLO REP’s overall annual attendance was greater than the San Luis Obispo Symphony, Festival Mozaic, Opera SLO, and the Civic Ballet combined. • Since 2013, our Annual Fund has grown more than 400%, with three out of four donors returning each year, a remarkable retention rate. If you approve this grant, you will be investing in a very stable organization, one that is well positioned to grow and produce even better work, and more of it. San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre Subscribers and Donors We believe this grant will prove to be a wise long-term investment for the city. Please green light this production. Sincerely, Al and Sheila VosslerChristine Marie Alan PietschCindy Hahn Andy GreensfelderCraig and Susan Armstrong Ann RobinsonCraig and Trudy Lindaman Arlene SackmanCricket Handler & Jerry Boots Ashala and Brian LawlerCynthia Green Barbara MelvinDana Shaheen Barbara-Jo OsborneDaniel and Marcie Hawthorne Ben and Jackie ParkerDaniel Freeman Betsy KiserDaniel Levi Bette J KulpDanna Weidner & Tom Cash Beverly Haynes Danya Nunley Bill DaviesDave Kastner Bob & Debbie WackerDavid and Cynthia Javitz Bob and Carol GrosseDavid and Judith Gibbs Bob WilliamsDavid and Mary Stornetta Breck SmithDavid G. Albrecht Brian ClausenDawn Armstrong Bryan & Kathy GeyerDawna Davies Carol & Ray BocheDebora Schwartz and Larry Bolef Carol & Saul GoldbergDeborah S. Lagomarsino Carol A. KiessigDenise Taylor and Neal MacDougall Carol BurkhartDennis & Claudine Lingo Carol SingletonDiane Borad Mirken Carola and Allen BundyDon DeLay Carolyn BrightwellDonald E. Erickson Carolyn Peters Cathy RyanDori R Duke Cheri PajaresDouglas and Shannon Murphy Cheryl A HertanElizabeth Stanley-Salazar Chris and Elyse UngarElizabeth W. Frost Chris and Julie CrossEllen Greenman, MD Chris, Andrea & Julia EdgingtonEmily Hamilton Christian ClarnoErik Stein Christine Blackburn Erin Ogren 2 San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre Subscribers and Donors Eta BraunJune Minikel Fabrizio & Luanne GriguoliK Steves Gar and Elizabeth SalzgeberKaren Kahn Pearson Gene KallandKaren S Kolba, MD George & Marie Lepper Kathy Coull George and Jane RoachKaty Dore & Steve Davis Gerry JohnsonKaty Gray Gerry PorterKaye Rasband Gina KirkKelly Fidopiastis Grace CrittendenKenneth Thompson Gregory & Zandra PetersKevin Clark Ilona Shakibnia Jack HarrisKittie Vicars, EA Jacqueline Ghosin Kizen Sugano Jacqueline Heimel Kristine Miller Gros Jacqueline Hildebrand Larry & Jeanne Lovelace James P. Hilferty and Susan R. FrankLaura and Patrick Mullen Janice & Rex WolfLawrence Bolef Jason and Georgia SchellasLia Anisgard Jayne & Steve Devencenzi Linda Stuermer Jean Juhl Lisa Langere Jean and Matt MoelterLori Lerian Jeanette and Larry MeekLorraine Kraker Jeanie GreensfelderLynne Robinett Marc & Michelle Lea Jenny ShaheenMarcella Gelman Jerry & Nancy WeberMarcie Lindvall Jessica Lehrbaum, ArchitectMarek Sapieyevski Jo JacksonMaridel and John Salisbury Jody BirksMarie and Ken Allen John and Elizabeth RolphMariko Fujii Kriege John K. Thomas Marilyn Gardiner John LindvallMarilyn McAvoy Bergman John M OzanichMark Swack Jonathan LindenthalerMark Turner Joyce SeligsonMary Baiamonte Judith BernsteinMary Ciernia Judith HastingMary Kleeman Julie JohnsonMary-Ann Maloof 3 San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre Subscribers and Donors Maureen DrespRon Viola Rosh Wright Michael and Kris GrosRoz Malone Michael and Shirley RitterRussell Remington Mike and Christy PalmerRyan C. Loyd Mike MeskerSal & Lynda Orlando Mike SuddarthSammie Bankston Mitch Blum & Don LivelyScott Robertson, MD Monica RosecransSeth T. Blackburn N Thompson Sharon Dobson Nancy Ales DwyerShelagh Garren Nancy CookSherry Eiselen Nancy Piver Skip Dyke ancy ThompsonSonja Eriksson Pat StevensStraith Smith-Zanartu Patty ShipseySue and Rod Beckett Susan and Budd Dressler Paul and Barbara Rose (patrons since 1974) Paula DeLaySusan and Fred Miller Phil and Kathy KeysSusan George Phil Wagner & Mary BlacklerSusan Piel Philip Richard Morris Suzanne Levy Phyllis DaviesSylvia Drucker Phyllis & Robert FrankTeresa & Matt Philipp Rachael M. Drake Terri Pilot and Frank Widmann Randy and Donna JohnsonThomas Stuermer Rhodonna BeckerTom Ammon & Gary Lawson Rich & Bev SchalwitzTom Weiss Richard and Christine GreekToni and Craig Kincaid Richard and Nancy OchsValerie Pallai Rita MertensVictoria Culman Robert and Carol SwainVictoria Grostick Robert and Darrylin HuttleVita Miller Robert and Kim RyanWalter Cullop Robin Rader Wendy G. Daly Rodger & Kathy MasyakoWR. Barnhart & Rebecca Juarez Rodney Joseph HoadleyYvonne Ramos Ron Regier 4