VALLEY RESIDENTS SELECTED TO REVIEW ASU GAMMAGE BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS

Top L-R: Dick Foreman, Bill Hiniker, Kara Smith
Middle L-R: Therese Kerbey, Austin McKenzie, Sarah Ambrose, Ellen Claycomb
Front L-R: David Moxley, Baruch Koritan, Pamela Plaza, Donny Dunow, Patricia Bush

ASU Gammage has selected 12 Broadway theater lovers to become part of the 2nd
annual Gammage Goers program for the 2010-2011 Season. The 12 Valley reviewers
will have an opportunity to review shows throughout the blockbuster Broadway
season. The Goers were chosen from a pool of more than 250 applicants who
completed a comprehensive survey of their interests and background and desire to
review Broadway shows at ASU Gammage.

“We were looking for a way to better engage the patrons at ASU Gammage. The way
people receive information and make entertainment buying decisions has changed,”
says Michael Porto, ASU Gammage Director of Marketing & Communications who
conceived the program. “This program was a huge success last year as it gave
Gammage patrons a chance to see what educated-theater goers thought of the shows
first. We were overwhelmingly happy with the turn out, having more than 6,000
people visit the Goer section of our website,” he added.

Gammage Goers will create video reviews at MyStudio in Arizona Mills Mall and
they will be posted on the ASU Gammage website by Thursday during a run of a
show. Each Goer will review approximately three shows per Gammage season.


The 12 Goers include:

Sarah Ambrose, 16, High School Student

Patricia Bush, 48, Registered Nurse

Ellen Claycomb, 31, Marketing Manager
Donnie Dunow, 31, ER Nurse

Dick Foreman, 56, Registered Principal Lobbyist

Bill Hiniker, 57, Freelance Writer

Therese Kerbey, 46, First Sergeant of the 108th Army

Baruch Koritan, 62, Voice Teacher

Austin McKenzie, 17, High School Student

David Moxley, 40, Commercial Real-Estate Agent

Pamela Plaza, 24, ASU Theater Student

Kara Smith, 36, Director of Sales and Marketing