ANNuAl RepoRT 2006–2007 - Roundabout Theatre Company

Dear Friends,
our suPPorTers
With the ending of a season, we are reminded that our success is truly the collective effort of so many
friends. Our 41st season was filled with compelling works that represented the human condition and you
were there to support it. Thank you for recognizing the need for and value of Roundabout’s work and being
the reason it flourishes on our stages. We want you involved with us for a very long time.
Once again, your valuable feedback through our popular Playreading Series helped drive some of our
artistic decisions for the current season. The reading of Christopher Durang’s dark comedy, The Marriage
of Bette and Boo, which included a stellar cast of theatre veterans, was such a success that it will receive a
full production at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre in Summer
2008. Our donors are important to us every step of the way, and we’re always working to keep you close to
Roundabout’s artistic process.
All of us here are thrilled with the overwhelming response we received for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg
Charitable Trust Challenge. Roundabout secured nearly $800,000 in new and increased funds in two
months due to this extraordinary effort. From Board members to new friends, the Steinberg Challenge
galvanized our fundraising efforts for this fiscal year. We could not have met the challenge without our
strong leadership. Our Board and Leadership Council raised a third of the funds towards the Challenge.
In particular, special thanks go to Board member Carole Krumland and her fellow trustees of the Harold
and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. They were the force behind creating this special challenge, and our
friends, like you, made it a success.
You are an important stakeholder in Roundabout’s mission to revitalize great theatrical works with
the industry’s finest artists. Looking to the future, we hope you’ll continue to be with us. To secure our
long-term financial security, we’re establishing our first true endowment driven by our current capital
campaign, Building Partnerships for Artistic Excellence: A Campaign for Roundabout Theatre Company.
You’ll be hearing more about this in the coming months as we reach out to our long-time supporters to help
us in this endeavor.
We are ever inspired by your generosity and we thank you so much for your investment in Roundabout. The
work you see on our stages is only possible because you have been there for us, and we are all so grateful for
your loyalty and commitment.
Warm regards,
Jeffory Lawson
Director of Development
Philippa Whalen, Harriet Harris and Board member
James Burke, Jr.
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Board member Mary Cirillo-Goldberg and husband
Jay Goldberg toast the naming of the “Mary Cirillo-
Goldberg and Jay Goldberg Mezzanine Lobby” at
Studio 54
Board members Chip Seelig and John
McGarry, Jr.