Join us as we explore the themes of Follies with an
intergenerational panel of musicians, writers, and actors.

A Forum on Themes
of
FOLLIES
Saturday, May 3, 2008
1:30 - 4:30pm
Veterans Memorial Building
200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Book by James Goldman
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Produced originally on Broadway by Harold Prince.
Presented by
Oakland East Bay Symphony
in association with
 Downtown Oakland Senior Center
and
Stagebridge
FREE to the Public

RSVP to 510-444-0801 or admin@oebs.org

"One of Sondheim's greatest works… the timeless story of aging, learning from past mistakes and passing wisdom down from generation to generation." ~ Michael Morgan

Keynote Speaker
Ted Chapin, President and Executive Director, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, author of  “Everything was Possible, The Birth of the Musical Follies.” 

Special Guests
Ronn Guidi, Artistic Director, Oakland Ballet Company
Bonnie Bell, Manager Career and Life Planning
Bell Investment Advisors, Inc. 

Moderator
John Kendall Bailey, Music Director
Trinity Lyric Opera & Voices of Music Sacra,
Associate Conductor San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra 

Forum Panelists
Barbara Oliver, Actor & Founder, Aurora Theatre
Bill Bell, Jazz Pianist & Educator
Lucha Corpi, Writer & Poet
Diane Tembey-Stawicki, Choreographer
Glen Pearson, Chair, Music Department College of Alameda
Kathryn Pomilia, Writer & Graduate Student, Sonoma State University
Nkili Birmingham, Drama Student, Berkeley High School

The Forum is generously supported by:
Bell Investment Advisors, Inc.  
National Endowment for the Arts,
City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program &
Members of Sound Investment

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