Event Details
About The Event
EMERALD CITY will be more than a party. It will be a celebration of Cleveland Play House's service to the community through plays and education programs of the highest standards, dating back to 1915; a celebration that looks forward to our next century of improving the lives of people of all ages. Most of all we will celebrate you, our most valued supporters, whose continued faith in CPH makes it possible for us to produce the sterling work on our stages while engaging our community through superior education programs.
Your support of Cleveland Play House's EMERALD CITY will provide vital resources necessary to maintain the artistic and educational programming our community enjoys year after year.
About Cleveland Play House
Cleveland Play House is committed to building a better community through theatre. We do this by telling stories that matter in high-caliber productions that are imaginative and thrilling. Further, CPH is dedicated to benefiting the people of Northeast Ohio through exceptional education and engagement programs that instill essential life and workforce skills in young people, inspire curiosity among adult learners and create important conversations around social issues illuminated by our plays. Our purpose is to serve our community by bringing people together for shared experiences that are inspiring, stimulating and entertaining. As ever, we are guided by the relentless pursuit of our Vision: to be a premier regional theatre that is welcoming, diverse, distinctive, bold, thrilling, and essential to our community.
Event Honoree
Karen White’s career spans nearly 45 years working in the legal, investment and financial industry sectors. In all her professional positions, Karen’s true North has been service, focusing on the needs of individuals and nonprofit organizations in the areas of the Arts, Healthcare, Education, and Community Development.
She recently retired from KeyBank as Senior Vice President under Trina Evans’ leadership in Key’s Corporate Center. Prior to her career at Key, Karen worked in the legal environment for nearly 20 years.
Karen currently serves as Chair of the Board of Cleveland State University Foundation, as a Trustee of Atwood Yacht Club, and has served on numerous other nonprofit Boards.
Karen enjoys painting original artwork, spending time in the garden, boating and kayaking. She is a contributing author to the book “Love You More Than You Know” which is a compilation of stories from Ohio mothers who sent their sons or daughters to war.
Karen and her husband and best friend of 40 years, Bob, reside in Solon.
Host Committee
Host Committee
- Joanie & Tom Adler
- Rita Andolsen
- Roland* & Dale Anglin
- Stephanie & Juan Antunez
- Dr. Michael A. Baston
- Jon* & Laura Bloomberg
- Howard & Deb Bobrow
- Amy & Stan Brady
- Beth & Bob Brandon
- Cindy & Bob Bruml
- Nikki C. Byrd
- Joanne & Richard Clark
- Liz Conway
- Margot James Copeland
- Tom Corrigan & Diane Downing
- Ryan R. Cross* (Host Committee Co-Chair)
- Susan Delaney
- Jim & Paige Dickey
- Judi & Tom Embrescia
- Trina Evans (Gala Co-Chair)
- Peggy Zone Fisher & Dean Lee Fisher
- Helen Forbes Fields
- Char & Chuck Fowler
- Ann & Lou Frangos
- Lee Friedman & Joe Gogol
- Roe Green*
- Kathy* & Jamie Hogg
- Jennifer Hurd
- Hon. Peter Lawson Jones & Lisa Payne Jones
- Lara Kalafatis
- Ken Kalynchuk
- Linda Kane
- Amy & Ira Kaplan
- Christopher Kascsak (Event Designer)
- Augie & Joan Katz Napoli
- Janet L. Kramer*
- Holley & Rob Martens
- Ronna & Darrell McNair
- Gail & Randell McShepard
- Mike* & Ellen Meehan
- Megan Mehalko
- Peter & Susi Meisel
- Amy & Marc Morgenstern
- Deborah L. Neale*
- Megan O'Bryan
- Shari & Michael Perlmuter
- Paul & Kim Pesses* (Host Committee Co-Chair)
- India Pierce Lee
- Richard W. Pogue
- Julie & Peter Raskind
- Denise Reading & Linda DeMarco
- Cyndi & David Reynolds
- Daria Roebuck
- Jan Roller & David Abbott
- Enid & David Rosenberg
- Dr. Michele Scott Taylor
- Mary Ann & Gary Shamis
- Lee C. Shapiro
- Paul Siemborski*
- Karen Skunta*
- Taurean Spratt
- Terry & Sally Stewart* (Gala Co-Chair)
- Pam & Bill Summers
- Hon. Joan & Roger Synenberg
- Christina M. Tamburro
- Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton
- Tim Tramble
- Lorraine Vega
- Gina Vernaci & Bill Hilyard
- Louise & Greg Warner
- Dr. Ruth Ellen Wasem
- Andrew & Randy Watterson
- Jeffery & Tracey Weaver
- Bob White
*Board of Directors, Cleveland Play House
Sponsors
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