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Table of Contents FEATURE STORIES For information on being included in the Frontdoors Fall Arts & Culture Directory, please contact publisher@frontdoorsmedia.com Act One Arizona Broadway Theater Arizona Citizens for the Arts Arizona Consortium for the Arts Arizona Heritage Center Arizona Opera Arizona Science Center ASU Gammage Ballet Arizona Black Theatre Troupe The Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre Center Dance Ensemble Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler Museum Children’s Museum of Phoenix Childsplay Desert Botanical Garden Desert Foothills Theater Desert Sounds Performing Arts Desert Stages Theatre Free Arts Great Arizona Puppet Theater Hale Centre Theatre Heard Museum Herberger Theater Kids in Focus Mesa Arts Center Museum of Northern Arizona Musical Instrument Museum MusicaNova Orchestra The Nash One Step Beyond, Inc. Phoenix Center for the Arts Phoenix Chorale Phoenix Theatre Phoenix Youth Symphony Phoenix Zoo ProMusica Arizona Rosie’s House Scottsdale Artists’ School Scottsdale Arts Scottsdale Gallery Association Scottsdale Philharmonic Shemer Art Center Theater Works Valley Youth Theatre Vision Gallery Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West L ENHARDTS AIM TO ADVANCE CONTEMPORARY ART IN PHOENIX ....... 06 ADAPTIVEWORKS CREATES NEW STARS ..................................................... 14 IRA GLASS AND THE ART OF STORYTELLING ............................................ 20 SCOTTSDALE ARTISTS’ SCHOOL ALUM RETURNS TO EDUCATE ............. 30 ACTING UP: ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY LAUNCHES 51st SEASON WITH NEW VISION AND DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM .... ....................... 38 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS