Indio Performing Arts Center

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Letter From The President

David Clinton-Reid

May 2011

Dear Friends,

The Indio Performing Arts center (IPAC) provides multicultural entertainment in four theatres within our 22,000 SF building On the Corner of Indio Blvd and Fargo St in downtown Indio.

We are supported by the City of Indio, local businesses and the local community. Additional support comes from the “Friends of IPAC” which enables us to offer incredible discounts to performances. The Down town area of Indio is undergoing a renaissance with city plans to integrate the business and entertainment districts. The College of the desert is planning a 3,000 student campus within half a mile of our theatre. The transportation center for trains and busses is also planned within a stone’s throw of our building. Alongside our mainstream theatrical productions, IPAC draws as many as 20,000 service users annually through its many programs and events. We believe in collaboration and mutual support.

We are now entering our sixth year of operation, and despite the turbulent times, have managed to expand our events. Please check out our web site for the current line- up of shows. Other events will be added as soon as possible.

Mr. Bob Reinhagen has once again offered to produce and direct our musical theatre season which promises to be better than ever. By keeping our overhead to a minimum, and engaging more volunteers to assist in our productions, we have been able to keep our ticket prices very reasonable and this year, we are introducing on line ticket sales which will help the public and our team to improve the reservations process.

A key element of IPAC is creating opportunities for educational classes in the performing arts and stage craft including set design, sound & light and other technical planning. Tutors and organizations are commissioned to provide this training and we then promote the skills and talents in our in-house youth productions.

We need your help and actively seek sponsors for our 2011/2012 season. This can be exclusive for individual shows or in partnership with others. We also offer sponsorship of our stage craft educational programs providing assistance for talented underprivileged children and youth to help with tuition fees. Please see the information attached or on our web site www.indioperformingartscenter.org

We are also embarked on a major publicity campaign and have developed season programs and other advertising mediums. Special rates are being offered to promote your business. Every advert will be included in mail outs, official programs, web site, flyers and projection to cinema screens within the theatres. Please call us for further details.

These are the best and worst of times. The arts are being reduced in schools, income is through the floor, teens have nothing to do and seniors are struggling to make ends meet. Offering more than a show is what makes the difference between IPAC and many other entertainment venues. We are unique in our ability to provide multi functional events at rock bottom prices. There literally is something for everyone at IPAC.

Most of us who work at IPAC are volunteering our time, experience and effort to keep our theatre going. Support whether it is financial or physical is what creates the drive for success and the energy not to give up. We need more people to help us expand our community programs. If you would like to help IPAC, please contact us as soon as you can. We need ushers, stage hands, set design, carpenters, electricians, sound/light techs and administrative support. All volunteers receive theatre benefits and theatre training. For some who have no job, volunteering is a great asset on any resum`e.

I would like to thank you personally for supporting community arts and the Indio Performing Arts Center.

Yours sincerely,

David Clinton-Reid
President / CEO Indio Performing Arts Center

Indio Performing Arts Center 2011 Achievements

Over the past two years, The Indio Performing Arts Center (IPAC) has had to face many challenges not least of which, has been the economic impact that has affected fund raising and ticket sales as the public tightened their purse strings. Being a non-profit organization enabled us to adapt rather than fail. Team members from the CEO down volunteered their time to ensure that the performing arts prevailed in the east end of the Coachella Valley, which has the highest population and is the most culturally diverse and economically challenged. We have adapted to these potential impediments by reassessing our financial and artistic direction. As we all know, when a crisis happens, people pull together. This is particularly relevant to IPAC.
The following points demonstrate how value and collaboration have not only held the community together but have opened up new opportunities for individuals and groups to access the performing arts:

Traded meeting space for services to maintain and operate our facility
Collaborated with schools and colleges to create new innovative programs in the arts for at risk youth and youth in crisis:
Red Hot Ballroom
Resident Theater Company Arts Training Programs
Internships in the Arts
Fee Based Programs in Partnership with Desert Recreation District
Developed a business plan to concentrate on musical theatre to draw attendance
Supported educational programs in stage craft for youth and young adults and made them financially accessible through grants and scholarships
Allowed other non-profits to share our resources for the mutual benefit of the community
Invested in the technical and physical infrastructure of the theatre complex
Developed new strategies for fund raising, including sponsor benefit packages, facility rentals, and our “Friends of IPAC” Donors.

David Clinton-Reid, CEO
On Behalf of the Indio Performing Arts Center Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Cheryll Bisco-Dahlin, President
Ron Hagan, Secretary
Dylan Brennan, Treasurer
Ellen Boyer, Education Coordinator
Priscilla Gonzales-Wagonner
Fergus Currie

IPAC Staff

David Clinton-Reid, CEO
Glo Selders, Box / Office Manager
Jeanie Boldi, Administration
Nathan Luoto, Technical Supervisor
Jose DeLacruz, Premises Supervisor
Santos Reyes - Photographer
Paul Taylor - Photographer
George Valencia - Special Eeffects
David Seabourn - Artistic Designer
Michael Hatfield, Marketing & Business Development

Security - Serna & Associates

Production Team Members

Bob Reinhagen
Artisic Director
rreinhagen@aol.com
760-668-4890

Bob Reinhagen is an award winning actor, director, musical director and producer with over 140 theatrical productions to his credit. In September 2001, after a twenty-two year hiatus from education, he accepted a teaching position at Coachella Valley High School, charged with developing performing arts program and a Visual and Performing Arts Academy, for which he is currently the director. This "school within a school" opened in September 2003 with two hundred talented and enthusiastic students. Over the years, Bob has performed professionally from New York to LA in musicals, operas and as a guest singer. A Classically trained singer, Bob has performed with the Boston Pop’s under the direction of Arthur Fiedler, Boston Symphony with Harry Ellis Dickson, Concordia Chorale with Dr. Edward Gilday and the Coachella Valley Symphony under the direction of Christian Chalifour. Bob has been the featured many times as the Bass/Baritone soloist for Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, as well as PDQ Bach’s (Professor Peter Schickele) The Seasonings.

John Salerno
Music Director

Rob Reinhagen
Choreographer

ROTC

In honor of ROTC students of the Coachella Valley, the Indio Performing Arts Center (IPAC) is offering a complimentary ticket to any student from
the program, who attends the IPAC in uniform and verifies their school.

This offer is available for any of our performances this seasonwhich includes ““Holiday Tradition at IPAC”, “Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class”, “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”, and “4 Guys Named Jose and Una Mujer Named Maria!”.

Persons interested in this offer are urged to contact the box office 1-760-775 -5200 in advance to book their seats. Accompanying family members
or friends will receive a $5 discount.

California Ballet Opera

The IPAC also collaborates with the California Ballet Opera (CBO) who proivde onsite singing and dance lessons for the community as well as at their operational studio in Indio.

Press

For media and press inquiries please contact David Clinton-Reid at david@indioperformingartscenter.org or call 760-775-5200.

In The News

We thank our friends at the local news organizations for highlighting the events and activities at the Indio Performing Arts Center

Press Release:

“IPAC opens fall season with “Have A Nice Day, A 70’s Musical Flashback”
September 26, 2011

The Indio Performing Arts Center, located at 45-175 Fargo St in downtown Indio, kicks off
their 2011-2012 musical theatre season with the musical "Have a Nice Day! A 70’s Musical
Flashback"

The show opens on Friday October 14 with a professional cast and live music and runs for three
weeks through the end of October, takes a two week hiatus the first of November while IPAC
presents the Veterans Weekend Holiday special “GI Jukebox: A Stage Door Canteen”, and then
continues for the last two weeks in November. Evening shows are Fridays and Saturdays at
7:00 PM and matinees are Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM. Tickets can be purchased on line at
www.indioperformingartscenter.org or by calling the box office at 760-775-5200. Ticket prices
range from $17.00 for groups and Friends of IPAC to $22.00 for general admission.

"Have A Nice Day!" is actually a performance by a fictional singing group who sing songs
from the 70s to try and save the world from a bummer day. Conceived, written and arranged by
Rick Lewis and originally produced off Broadway by Select Entertainment Productions, LLC at
Theatre East, New York, NY it really promises to be a great time for all involved - audience and
cast alike. The show features music from artists like Cher, John Denver, The Brady Bunch and
the Cowsills. While not required, audience members are encouraged to join the cast and crew in
dressing like the 70's to make this brief step back into the celebrated era that much more fun.

IPAC’s production is directed by Bob Reinhagen, with musical director John Salerno and
choreographer Rob Reinhagen, the cast includes: Johnelle Walker as Lori Anne, Marissa Escobar
as the bubbly Ronda, Jessika Pollard as the very reserved Holly, Gabe Benavides as Brian whose
goals include either becoming a protestant minister or an interior designer, and Carrick O’Dowd
as the group heartthrob and future politician.

“Have a Nice Day” is a little slice of nostalgic bubblegum. Featuring the music of the Nixon
Era (1968 – 1974) it is a spoof on groups such as Up With People, The Young American’s, the
Continentals and so on. The basic premise of the show is that the cast has come to IPAC in Indio
for the final performance of their five-year long “Have a Nice Day Tour”. This group of five
young men and women are the very image of wholesome, clean-cut, young Americans whose
credo is to promote the moral uplifting of America’s youth while at the same time warning of the
dangers of “free love” and “flower power!” They try to bridge the generation gap between the
conservative establishment and the “peace” movement with their inspiring music and positive
message. Although the cast belongs to neither group, they do their very best to connect with both,
their naïve enthusiasm and exuberance will warm your hearts and bring a smile to your face.

As the shows director Bob Reinhagen says, “Where else can you go to hear a show start
with 'Convoy' and get more fun from there with songs like 'It Ain't Easy Being Green,' 'I Believe
in Music' and more. You should really love the cast and the voices, and truly enjoy the show and
are guaranteed to leave with a familiar song or two stuck in your head”.

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Success of IPAC may open music doors
Mar. 28, 2011 - Desert Sun

Saturday's season finale of the Desert Rock at the IPAC series was the culmination of a long battle to get original desert rock music presented in a legitimate local venue. More than 400 people saw 12 bands perform on three stages in the suddenly hip Indio Performing Arts Center... (Read More)

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IPAC Renews Downtown
by Jackie Devereaux

March 24, 2011 - Desert Valley Star Weekly

IPAC Renews Downtown
by Jackie Devereaux
March 24, 2011

IPAC Staff

Indio – Can one business really make or break a downtown business core? It can and often does in smaller, underfunded communities similar to Indio. However, since the Indio Performing Arts Center (IPAC) reopened in 2008, and especially since David Clinton-Reid took over as general manager in 2009, the refurbished theater complex has proven to be a big plus in revitalizing the entire downtown business district.

What a difference a few years and a small but well-spent budget can do to revitalize a decayed and empty downtown business district. More than 25,000 people have utilized the new IPAC facility and enjoyed live performing arts events with their families in a safe and picturesque environment since Jan. 2010, Clinton-Reid said in a telephone interview.

“The whole revitalization of downtown Indio is important for every business. It's all about attracting investors and property development,” he said, adding the city has and will acquire buildings dedicated to the downtown revival with IPAC as the anchor tenant.

He said if luck holds, the Amtrak transit terminal will be located near the Jackson bridge which lies adjacent to the theater bringing enormous advantages. Additionally, the College of the Desert plans to open a campus in the former bus station bringing in students and creating a renewed entertainment, shopping and education area all-in-one.

“We need to send a positive message about the revival of the downtown hub. Many people think it's not significant but we have a team of volunteers and professionals committed to making the theater complex a destination for Indio,” he said.

“The first thing we had to do was reevaluate our aims and objectives and build on our versatility.” Clinton-Reid put his “money where his mouth is” by donating his entire salary and benefits to IPAC so the theater could afford to pay professionals to make live theater a reality here.

“The show will not go on unless you've got the right people in the right positions to make it happen,” he said. The whole complex is resource-driven

IPAC underwent a series of major renovations since 2005 comparable to human plastic surgeries. The entertainment complex had the equivalent of a face lift, a nose job, a tummy tuck and breast augmentation. The IPAC playhouse was remodeled with all-stadium seating; the main stage got raised and refurbished; the entire backstage area was remodeled with dressing rooms. Additionally, an adjacent cinema was restored and the two big-screens were retained and preserved for film festivals and cabarets which need big backdrops. They've also converted the exhibition hall which seats 300 people.

I have developed a new board of directors who are fully committed,” he said, adding that bringing in Artistic Director Bob Reinhagen to run the theatrical performances is a key to success. “He (Reinhagen) has a lot of history in Broadway and mainstream theater.”

“The goal is to provide a place where people and families can have affordable quality entertainment that supports multiculturalism and uses many different mediums in the performing arts realm,” said Artistic Director Bob Reinhagen.

“We are grateful to the original founders of the IPAC and their vision to establish the arts here in Indio. Our goal is to let the community have a theater they can call their own, “ Clinton-Reid said.

“We learned the Latino community needed a place for their family events. Currently, we have local churches and groups using our facility and we held the first Latino Film Festival and first bilingual play, “Our Dad is in Atlantis,” in December 2009, he said. The facility currently hosts theatrical shows, classes in the performing arts, live music shows and space is also available to rent for special meetings and events.

IPAC provides quality theatrical arts entertainment and helps bring performing arts to the local schools through the “Red Hot Ballroom,” program that began three years ago giving teachers a chance to learn ballroom dancing so they can start the program within their classrooms. After a successful launch the Desert Sands Unified School District took over the program, he said.

“These programs give local teens a place to learn a craft or skill in performing arts world. It will not only enrich their lives but help them with future job prospects. To see that have we planted the seed for Desert Sands Unified School district and to have it become a success means a lot to us,” he said.

The educational goal was to create “Passport to the Arts,” an academy of the performing arts where local teens can be given experience learning performing arts, as well as, in the vocational stage craft and media arts. After each course is finished, students will receive a stamp in their passports to validate their accomplishments.

IPAC hosts The Ragamuffin Project, an 8-week session during the summer of 2011 for children and teen actors ages eight to 18 for classes taught in character development, improvisation, acting techniques, vocal performance, monologue and scene development, as well as, advanced auditioning techniques. Classes, coaching and private lessons are available. Go to theragamuffinproject.blogspot.com

Currently, the play Godspell runs through Apr. 18 2011. The play is based on a series of parables from the Gospel of Matthew though considerable material, such as the parables of the prodigal son and of the rich man and Lazarus, comes exclusively from the Gospel of Luke. These parables are interspersed with modern music and lyrics from traditional hymns. Showtimes Fri. and Sat. 7:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.

IPAC also hosts the popular Desert Rock Series which some call a mini-Coachella festival. The final concert in the series will be held Sat., Mar. 26, 7:00-11:30 p.m. There will be 12 bands performing on three stages, including Gram Rabbit; Evaro, Perstrians vs War, Half Astro; The Hellions; One 11; and Dali's Llama. Tickets are $10 at the door.

The Indio Performing Arts Center is located at 45-175 Fargo Street, Indio, CA 92201
(760)-775-5200