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FOX
TUCSON
THEATRE
FOUNDATION
ANNUAL
REPORT
SEASON SPONSOR
F O U N D A T I O N
Michael HeislerBoard President
Craig SumbergExecutive Director
A Message from our Executive Director & Board President | May 2019
Dear Friends of the Fox,
Another year has come and gone at the Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation, and we are extremely proud of what we continue to accomplish. In order to make our Annual Report more meaningful, we have updated the format a bit. Among other changes to this report, we have added patron, renter and performer comments from our 2018 season. We believe these short comments provide a meaningful window into our efforts to provide 5-star service to everyone we come in contact with on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
2018 was definitely a year of growth for the Fox Tucson Theatre. As you will see on page 2, we were significantly busier last year than in 2017. Whether it is increasing shows from 140 to over 170 shows, or increasing the number of patrons through our doors from 75,000 to over 93,000, we continue to achieve our strategic goal of becoming an ever more essential part of the Tucson entertainment scene and a major economic driver for downtown and the City of Tucson.
The great news - for the Fox, for downtown, and for all of Tucson - is that our annual budget now approaches $5 million, a seven-fold increase in the last ten years. Year in and year out, we earn about 80% of our revenue - $3.8 million last year from ticket sales, rental fees and concessions - and raise the balance of our budget (about $1 million) from fundraising from our generous supporters. While we are proud of all that we have accomplished, nevertheless we continually strive to improve. Though we continue to operate in the black from operations and fundraising, the newly required loan repayment of $89,000 to Rio Nuevo and the more than $100,000 in expenses related to the final restoration and installation of our Mighty Wurlitzer Organ resulted in a net loss for the year. We are taking specific actions to mitigate the impact of the loan payback on our profitability and expect to raise more money for the organ installation this year.
Perhaps the most exciting change programmatically at the Fox was the increased focus on our efforts to build a vibrant and energetic “Youth Arts and Culture Program.” We have hired a part-time staff person to promote these efforts, and are working hard to create an impactful and diverse set of programs for the next generation of Fox patrons. These programs include providing complimentary tickets for our family-oriented shows to young people overcoming adversity, offering special subsidies to youth-oriented non-profits who rent the theater, and have created an outreach program to Tucson teachers in order to identify arts education needs that the Fox Theatre can help fill. Finally, we have created a vibrant summer theater program for young Tucsonans.
In short, many great things are happening at the “Crown Jewel of Downtown.” Thank you for your continued support in making it all possible.
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FOX
IN
REV
IEW
2012 2013200
400
600
800
1000
2014 2015 2016 2017
379413
511
631
796
904
-250
-200
-150
-100
-50
0
50
100
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
-225
-83
0
-177
63
-65
-182
-198
-55
23
-78
168
39
80
60
80
100
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
63
73 72
84
7875
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
1,437
1,830
3,0002,785
3,800
173
93
991
1,900
2,473
100
150
200
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
145152
156
164
148140
ANNUALGROWTH
2012-2018EARNED INCOME(IN THOUSANDS)
ANNUALGROWTH
2012-2018SHOWS & EVENTS
ANNUALGROWTH
2012-2018ATTENDEES
(IN THOUSANDS)
ANNUALGROWTH
2012-2018CONTRIBUTIONS(IN THOUSANDS)
ANNUALGROWTH
2012-2018NET PROFIT/LOSS(IN THOUSANDS)
NET PROFIT/LOSS AFTERCAPITAL EXPENDITURES &
(IN THOUSANDS)DEBT SERVICE
Thank you to our members, donors and sponsors whose gifts maintain and preserve theFox Tucson Theatre as the cultural anchor to a vibrant and growing downtown community.*
PAULA ABDUL*This web version of our Annual Report recognizes donors at the level of $500 and above.
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$10,000 & ABOVEBert W Martin Foundation Cemrock LandscapesC ElliottErmal C Fraze Fund of the Dayton Foundation Lapan Sunshine Foundation, IncHumberto & Czarina LopezMark & Jane FrazeHolualoa CompaniesHSL PropertiesJeffrey Lang & Inna SolntsevaGeorge & Margaret LarsenLovitt & Touché, Inc.Fletcher & Liz McCuskerGerald & Mary Beth RadkeSouthwestern Foundation for Education & Historic PreservationZuckerman Family Foundation
$5,000 - 9,999Arizona Community Foundation - Jackson Charitable FundAnderson Painting & Powder Coating, Inc.Jim & Kathy Campbell/JKC Capital LLCCasino Del SolDiamond VenturesDeupree Family FoundationDowntown Chef's TablePam GrissomRoger Kennedy & Susan Petersen KennedyChris & Jody HartleyMichael & Barbara HeislerBrian & Nancy JacksonJulie KasperDana LarsenChristina & Randall MaddoxNancy March & Neil AmpelAndrew & Karen McWhirterCatherene MortonLarry NagelLiz & Michael Sampsel
Southwest Gas FoundationTR Rudkin & Rene StoneUdall Law Firm LLP
$2,500 - $4,999AC MarriottAGM Container ControlsArizona Community Foundation- Jennifer PurcellMarc Auerbach & Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach Paul & Alice BakerGerald & Char BatesRichard & Sherry Belkin Jim BerwickThe Bourn Group, LLC Arch & Laura BrownBrueggeman & Johnson Yeanoplos, PCRobert BuryCox CommunicationsMelanie GoeringNeal Cash & Sally GrantJudy DareFennemore Craig, PCFrank & Joanne FilipoGreat Western BankJ Michale Haubert CPA PCBob & Marta HollNeil HolstadJohnson & Johnson Matching GiftsYoram LevyPaul Mayfield & Tammy LutzFaye MorseMountain Room Foundation IncProVentures, IncNancy & Jim RodolphTerri Saint PierreTimothy Schaffner & Anne Maley-SchaffnerJon SchwartzGulshan & Neelam SethiVisit Tucson
Arthur Wadlund/Investment Sales$1,000 - $2,499Larry R. & Florence A. AdamsonGreg Anderson & Linda HolmesGretchen AronoffAudilett Law PCBank of America Joseph BarberPam BassThe Blenman House InnRobert CarreiraDaniel CavanaghRoger Conley & Taylor LawhornChristine & Michael CurtisBrent Davis & Christine L. BarfieldBruce Dusenberry & Lynne Wood DusenberryBritt Feldhausen & Jil Feldhausen, MS, RDFenton Investment Company, Inc.Finley Distributing CompanyDavid & Ellen GoldsteinDennis GrayTimothy GuleyTodd HansenGlenn Hechler & Sherry PalmerLawrence & Julie Hecker/Hecker PLLCKeith & Elizabeth HegeCarmen HullJC Accounting ConsultantsAlice M. Jennings
2018 Contributors
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Herschel & Jill RosenzweigJim Click Automotive TeamSanford Jones & Carol EwingKaren & Jeffrey KatzJudith KaiserBill & Jamie KelleyGary & Tandy KippurLarry Lucero & Sue Ann WelchKrista LuckowKevin & Jill MaddenDr. Timothy & Debra MinahenMister Car WashMelanie MorrisonRon & Patricia Schwabe/Peach PropertiesCharles & Patricia PettisDeborah Jane PowerSabbagh Tax & Accounting LLCMichael & Enriqueta SalvoShirley SchoofBruce & Phylis SchumacherJayant & Minna ShahStuart & Andy ShatkenRoy & Maureen SlackJohn SlatterySnell & Wilmer, LLPSouthern Arizona Internal MedicineDanial & Patti StumboLauren TasnerJennifer ToppTucson SubaruVolk CompanyDavid & Moira VolkJay & Debra Zucker
$500 - $999Susan Agrillo & Karl StrubleJane AshDavid BabiarzHelen BarberRon & Nancy BarberBrian BarkerJudy BermanGuy & Marisa BordersDenis & Barbara Brady
Bill & Donna BrammerRichard & Meg BrownGail CaccianiCarriesmatic Cakes Mike & Edna CarsonCATPACKimberly Clements & Mackenzie ScottAnn CohnPamela CornellCheryl CoxSheila DavisRandi Dorman & Rob PaulusSherry DownerDowntown Tucson PartnershipDonal DrayneMary Durfee, MD & Mark DurfeeJulie FedorenkoMary FishChuck Gannon & Andra KarnofskyKinlen & Vivian GeeRob & Laurie Glaser Merrea GopalinJeff & Dianne GrobsteinJudy GrossRobert & Karol GuginoAmit & Pia GujralChristine & Michael HansonThe Heath Team at NOVA Home LoansMelinda IllesMari Jensen & Karl FlessaGurpreet Jaggi & Reema SawheyRich Kauffman & Sandy Capen-KauffmanRyan KlemsColeen Krogen & Doris LaFaveKenneth KukukDave & Krista LapanDavid LarsenLazarus, Silvyn & Bangs, PCLeader Law Firm, PCRobert & Janice LeffDick & Connie LuebkeBarbara & Horst MathesKathleen Mayer & Jean RoddisTibor & Denise Nagy
Lindsay & Margie NicholsonPacific Premier Bank Michael & Cindy ParseghianEllie & Tom PattersonClyde & Jane PerleeNick & Marolyn PiersonBobby Present & Deborah OseranAdriana RinconLinda Riordan & David SiegelRandi Jean RoesslerPamela RossetterRusing Lopez & Lizardi PLLC Veronica SchultzHolly & Steve ShenitzerSarah ShreevesTerrance SimonsonDenise & Eric SlayLouanne SmolinJoel & Alice SteinfeldJoan SuessSwaim Associates Ltd.John & Sally SzivekMatt ThorndalNancy TollDavid UsndekTom & Annette WeinellSusan WeismanGary WhiteLynn WhiteLori WilsonDavid & Cindy WinstonDouglas WolfJon WolfPatricia & David York
“Fox Tucson is one of
those venues that has
an amazingly rich
history in the
entertainment industry
and it’s always a great
honor to play here.”
Tanya Tucker
2018 Contributors
We are extremely proud of the development of our Youth Arts and Culture Program, K.I.T. (Kids In the Theatre). 2018 was a very busy year, our accomplishments include:
Youth Arts & Culture Program
“Saw Raffi with our family andhad a great time. Excellent
theater experience.”Ben Smith-Dryden
(patron)
“The Fox Theater is a great place to take kids. The staff are friendly and
work closely with local organizations to offer fun activities for children and
adolescents.”
Sarah M (patron)
“This place is just outstanding.Clean, friendly, interesting and very
educational. I've been there twice and I would love to keep going back over and
over and over. You cannot go wrong. Tonight they played Polar Express.
WOW....The kiddos loved every second.”
Rebeckah Rapp(patron) 5
· Hosting 28 family-friendly shows and serving over 12,000 attendees;· Subsidizing 6 youth-oriented performing arts rentals;· Providing more than 2,700 free tickets to youth rising above adversity;· Introducing our friendly mascot, Kit the Fox;· Partnering with Literacy Connects, Make Way for Books, Friends of Pima County Libraries, United Way, and the Pima County Libraries to offer the theater’s first free youth literacy event, serving almost 400;· Partnering with the Lapan College Club to provide a youth summer program at the theater.
On April 11, 1930, opening night for the Fox Tucson Theatre, a pipe organ - nicknamed theMighty Wurlitzer - accompanied the night's grand festivities. It was, in essence, the very heart of the beautiful new theater. Installed to accompany silent movies, over the years it was also used as entertainment on its own. By the mid-1950s, “talkies” had replaced silent films, television became more commonplace and maintenance expenses increased. Sadly, the organ was sold off for parts.
Now, a Mighty Wurlitzer is coming back to the Fox Tucson Theatre! Our “new” organ, donated by Dr. Malin Dollinger, is being installed in its final home in the theater - completing the full restoration of the Fox Tucson Theatre! After years of painstaking repairs, 2018 was a year of intense activity, with craftsmen working throughout the year. They meticulously attended to every detail, including the intricate copper leaf outlining the contours of the organ. And now we're in the final stretch! With the community's support, we'll finish placing the organ's 3,000 pipes in the theater and reinstall the organ itself. The Mighty Wurlitzer will once again be the heart of the Fox Tucson Theatre!
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG SUMBERGWITH KIT THE FOX & OUR YOUTH PROGRAM
ASSOCIATE, JORDAN WILEY-HILL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG SUMBERGWITH KIT THE FOX & OUR YOUTH PROGRAM
ASSOCIATE, JORDAN WILEY-HILL
Year of the Mighty Wurlitzer
Love this venue!
Love the sound!
Love the seating!
Love it all!
Shannon Black(patron)
“They call this place the CrownJewel of Downtown, and the Fox
Tucson Theatre lives up tothat characterization.”
James Becker (patron)
“I attended a concert there
recently and I was amazed by
how beautiful the theater is. It
looks like it stepped out of the
1940s into the present day
because of how classy the
auditorium is.”
Rachel Rogers (patron)
“There's a great
energy at The Fox
Tucson Theatre. I've
always enjoyed the
energetic and truly
engaged audiences.
It's an all-around
great vibe.”
LeAnne Rimes
“My father sang at the Fox Theatre in the 1930s, I watched Elvis Presley movies there in the
1950s, and I’m thrilled to be appearing here tonight.
Preserving the Fox Theatre has been a boon to my hometown.”
- Linda Ronstadt
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MELISSA ETHERIDGE GREETS PATRONS
JOHN PRINE
FANS IMPERSONATE GROUCHO MARXFANS IMPERSONATE GROUCHO MARX
COMEDIANKEN JEONG
2018 Highlights
S I N G E R / S O N G W R I T E R
W O R L D M U S I C & D A N C E
CLASSIC ROCK · FAMILY PROGRAMMING
POP & BROADWAYAMERICANA & ROOTS
COUNTRY JAZZ & BLUESCOMEDY
· The Fox Tucson Theatre was included in Pollstar Magazine’s Top 200 Theatre Venues Worldwide!· This was our busiest year ever, with more than 93,000 patrons coming through our doors!· Winner of the 2018 Tucson Chamber of Commerce “Copper Cactus Award” for non-profit businesses with budgets between $2-5 million!· 2018 Arizona Daily Star Reader’s Choice Award Winner for Best Performing Arts Venue!
AT THE FOX, WE LOVE OUR PETS!AT THE FOX, WE LOVE OUR PETS!
Michael HeislerPresidentNancy MarchPast PresidentBruce DusenberryVice PresidentNeal CashSecretaryFrank FilipoTreasurer
Tom Binder
Dan Cavanagh
Brent Davis
Sherry Downer
Jerry Fischer
Marta Holl
Neil Holstad
Tom Laue
Andy McWhirter
Catherene Morton
Larry Nagel
John Nyman
Nick Pierson
Terence Rudkin
Jo Ann Sabbagh
Terri Saint Pierre
David Volk
Jay Zucker
Board of Directors
Theater Staff
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Craig Sumberg
Andrew Birgensmith .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Karen Fogas .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Samm Gallego .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Carina Garcia .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Randy Ingram ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nancy Kilmer .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brent Kort .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Kunz .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deanna Lorentzen .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jasmine Loza .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tamara Mack .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Christa Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emily Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeff Rodenkirch .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Doug Spain .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jordan Wiley-Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Executive Director
Director of Programming & Commercial Rentals
Development Director
Head Bartender
Director of PR & Marketing
Facilities Manager
Accounting Manager
Assistant House Manager
Bar Manager
Accounting Assistant
Marketing Assistant
House Manager
Graphic Design
Box Office Manager
Technical Director
Assistant Box Office Manager & Non Profit Rentals
Youth Arts & Culture Program Associate
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