Dr. Robert Wallner, Kathryn Keeler, & Millie Lane Berg © Plate 3 Photography
2014 Performance Garage
Gala Celebration
Honoring Millie Lane Berg, Kathryn Keeler,
and Dr. Robert Wallner
March 27, 2014
6pm–9pm
Performances by Raphael Xavier, former Jeanne Ruddy Dance, and KuluMele African Dance & Drum Ensemble
The first annual Performance Garage Gala Celebration was a great success. Thank you to all our supporters for helping us to honor our three long time Board Members.
Honoree Biographies
Millie L. Berg
Millie Lane Berg supported the Jeanne Ruddy Dance Company since its inception, serving on the Board for nine years. She retired this Fall from the Community College of Philadelphia after 40 years of teaching Children's Literature, Emergent Language in Early Childhood, and Infant and Toddler Development. A life-long supporter of dance and theater, Millie recently served as the moderator for the National Museum of Jewish History's panel: Children's Literature and Social Justice. She fervently supports the Performance Garage as a venue for dance instructors, adults, and children.
Kathryn Keeler
Kathryn Keeler was the founding Board President of Jeanne Ruddy dance, a position she held for five years. She has served on the Boards of both JRD and the Performance Garage since that time. Kathryn’s professional career was in the corporate world here in Philadelphia, and she has been a supporter of the arts, especially dance, for many years. She has also served on the boards of the Painted Bride, Ellen Forman Dance Company, Dance Celebration, and the Drexel University Dance Department.
Dr. Robert Wallner
Dr. Robert Wallner has been a Board Member of the Performance Garage/Jeanne Ruddy Dance since 2003. He is a radiologist and avid supporter of the arts, having served on the Boards of the Wilma Theatre, the Clay Studio, Art Matters Newspaper, and Etage Performance Space. He is also an artist with a concentration in sculpture, and a member of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Sculptors, the International Sculpture Center, and the Philadelphia Folk Song Society.
Committee
Barbara Adams
Floss Barber & Robert Angevine
Milton & Connie Benoliel Rock
Millie Lane Berg
Yvonne & Joseph Bobrowicz
Amy Branch & Jeff Benoliel
Louis Coffey
Margery & Frank Cooper
Sandra Duggan & Javier Kuehnle
Beth & Bob Emmott
Linda & David Glickstein
Janet Goldwater & Branch Coslett
Ruth Herd
Dr. Kathryn Kearns & Dr. Al Olenzak
Carol Jones & Judson Robert
Kathryn Keeler & Grant Greapentrog
Susan Lewis & Josesph Kluger
Elizabeth Osborne & Ronald Wertheim
Barbara Pressman
Verna & Robert Prentice
Jeanne Ruddy & Victor F. Keen
Janet Russell
Ashley Searles & Jeb Brookman
Tanya & Pierce Shields
Babette & Harvey Snyder
Francy & Bayard Storey
Kathleen Vick & Steve Stack
Joan& Albert Wachlin
Dr. Robert Wallner
2014 Gala Sponsors
Courtyard Associates
McFarland Tree & Landscape Services
Jeanne Ruddy & Victor F. Keen
Scarpetta NYC
