Childsplay Celebrates Founding Artistic Director David Saar at 2016 Gala
Thirty-nine years after founding Childsplay, a nationally and internationally acclaimed professional theater company for children, Artistic Director David P. Saar is retiring. To honor him, Childsplay celebrated Saar and his wife, Sonja, for their contributions to the company, to the arts community, to the Theatre for Young Audiences field and to children everywhere.
The April 9 gala was held at Warehouse 215 @ Bentley Projects in downtown Phoenix. Attendees looked back fondly on the past and with anticipation to the future.
The emotional event raised $150,000 for the new David P. Saar New Plays Program, ensuring new ideas of significance can bubble up and become plays for young audiences, through the workshop process that Childsplay has successfully practiced for several years.
Shelley Cohn chaired the event.
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