Arrival Information

Complimentary Valet
Due to construction on Euclid Avenue, we're using the doors on Dodge Court as our main entrance for the evening. Please use the following instructions upon arrival:

-From Chester Ave, turn onto E 15th Street (by Hofbrauhaus), which will take you to Dodge Court.
-You will see flags and jesters to guide your way!
-Traffic will be restricted to one-way from E 15th to Dodge Court – so you must enter from Chester, not from E 13th.

A night of revelry and renewal!

RENAISSANCE is more than a party. It is a celebration of Cleveland Play House’s service to the community through plays and education programs of the highest standards, dating back to 1915. Your support of Cleveland Play House’s RENAISSANCE will provide vital resources necessary to maintain the artistic and educational programming our community enjoys year after year.

As we revive this event for the first time since the pandemic, and as we welcome new staff leaders Michael Barakiva (Artistic Director) and Rachel L. Fink (Managing Director), we look forward to toasting the next era of Cleveland Play House at RENAISSANCE.

Most of all, we will celebrate you – our valued supporters, whose continued faith in CPH makes our work possible.

Event Designer:
Christopher Kascsak, Design Studio Cleveland, LLC

Event Logistics Manager:
Lauren Calevich, LCeventsCLE

Honorees:
Roland & Dale Anglin
Paul E. Westlake, Jr.

Gala Chairs:
Paul Siemborski and Anne Marie Warren
Host Committee Chairs:
Ryan R. Cross and Kim Meisel Pesses

PURCHASE TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIPS HERE

For more information about Tickets, contact:
Evan Smittle, Development Associate
216.400.7056
esmittle@clevelandplayhouse.com

For more information about Sponsorships, contact:
Caitie H. Milcinovic, Director of Development
216.400.7055
cmilcinovic@clevelandplayhouse.com

About our Honorees

Roland Anglin’s career spans more than 30 years of working in the public, educational, and philanthropic sectors. In all his professional positions, Anglin has focused on promoting economic and community development in and for low-income communities. Currently, he is professor of public affairs at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University. Immediately prior to this position, Anglin was Dean of the College. Before coming to Cleveland State, Dr. Anglin served in leadership roles at Rutgers University-Newark, the Ford Foundation, and Seedco. He has published three books: Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Development, Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (with colleagues), and Resilience and Opportunity (with colleagues).

Dale Anglin is the Vice President of Proactive Grantmaking at the Cleveland Foundation and was just announced as the inaugural Director for Press Forward: a national initiative to support the revitalization of local news. A coalition of national and local funders is raising and investing more than $500 million to support local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and scale infrastructure the sector needs to achieve sustainability. Dale was involved the last few years in the Foundation and with partners creating strategies to improve our local news and information system by launching Documenters and Signal Cle/Ohio and supporting groups like the Land and Buckeye Flame. At Press Forward she will be able to do the same work, but nationwide. 

Roland and Dale have been involved with Cleveland Play House for years. As a member of our Board of Directors, Roland’s love of theatre came from growing up in Brooklyn and seeing shows in New York City and, especially, at Crossroads Theatre in New Jersey. Similarly, Dale fell in love with theatre at a young age when she would attend performances with her parents or through her school’s student matinee program. Dale participated in the Goodman Theatre’s renowned apprenticeship program (and still has her acceptance letter!). Both Roland and Dale are passionate about arts education and the power of theatre to shine a light on important topics in a way that nothing else can.

Paul E. Westlake, Jr. is a Senior Principal and Lead Designer of DLR Group, an integrated, multi-disciplinary design firm with 33 offices worldwide. Prior to merging with DLR Group in 2016, Paul was Managing Principal of the legacy firm Westlake Reed Leskosky, headquartered in downtown Cleveland since 1905, and ranked #1 overall among U.S. architectural firms in Architect Magazine’s 2014 AIA Top 50 ranking. Over the course of his 40+-year career, Paul has designed a range of award-winning and technically challenging projects including major arts and cultural facilities such as theaters, amphitheaters, museums, and academic arts buildings. His body of work in both renovation and new construction has received more than 200 design awards.

Over the course of his career, Paul has been personally involved in the design of more than 100 performing arts facilities in the United States, Asia, and Africa. This includes work on four of the nation’s six largest performing arts centers and theater districts in New York, Los Angeles, and Cleveland. Paul has worked with Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, including its many theaters and Ideastream Public Media, for four decades and was the lead designer of the Allen Theatre Complex serving the Cleveland Play House. Additional performing arts projects in Ohio include renovations of Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center; the Kohl Jazz Building and other projects at Oberlin College & Conservatory; and the Ohio State University Arts District. 

Event Timeline

5:30 p.m.

• Doors open and valet parking begins at The Allen Theatre
• Cocktails & appetizers
• Pop-up performances

7:00 p.m.

• Showtime!
• Vibrant stage performances
• One-of-a-kind live auction packages
• (Auctioneer Mark Schroeder of Auction Brio LLC)

After the show (approx. 8:15 p.m.)

• Sumptuous open bars & dinner stations
• Revelry on the dance floor

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Host Committee

• Stephanie & Juan Antunez
• Dr. Michael A. Baston  
• Chuck & Christy Bittenbender
• Jon & Laura Bloomberg
• Beth & Bob Brandon
• Cindy & Bob Bruml
• Dr. Carolyn D. Cole
• Margot James Copeland
• Ryan R. Cross (Host Committee Co-Chair)*
• Susan Delaney
• Diane Downing & Tom Corrigan
• Judi & Tom Embrescia
• Barry Feldman* & Paul Wehn
• Char & Chuck Fowler
• Lee Friedman & Joe Gogol
• Walter Ginn
• Jan Hammond
• Michael E. Hill
• Kathy* & Jamie Hogg
• Jennifer Hurd
• Hon. Peter Lawson Jones
• Lara Kalafatis
• Ken Kalynchuk
• R. Steven Kestner
• Sharon Klonowski
• Stewart Kohl
• Dinah & Scott Kolesar
• Janet L. Kramer*
• Kamla Lewis
• Gail & Randell McShepard
• Mike* & Ellen Meehan
• Peter & Susi Meisel
• Craig Mohre
• Deborah Neale*
• Anthony M. Panzica*
• Alec & Tam Pendleton
• Shari & Michael Perlmuter
• Paul & Kim Pesses (Host Committee Co-Chair)*
• India Pierce Lee
• Julie & Peter Raskind
• Alan Rauss* & Marcie Bergman
• Enid & David Rosenberg
• Rev. Dr. Stephen Rowan
• Mary Ann & Gary Shamis
• Paul Siemborski (Gala Co-Chair)*
• Sally* & Terry Stewart
• Tim Tramble
• Anne Marie Warren (Gala Co-Chair)*
• Dr. Ruth Ellen Wasem
• Karen & Bob White

*Board of Directors, Cleveland Play House

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