With a $10 million gift to , philanthropist Roe Green will support the next phase of renovations at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple 鈥 Tifereth Israel.
Roe Green
In honor of Green鈥檚 gift, the world-class performance space planned for Maltz Performing Arts Center will be known as the Roe Green Proscenium Theater.
鈥淎rts education can shape young people in such powerful ways,鈥 said Green, CEO of the Roe Green Foundation, which supports social and cultural causes nationally. 鈥淢y hope is to provide 杏吧视频 students a home where they can grow and kindle their imaginations.鈥
鈥淧hase Two鈥 of the Maltz Performing Arts Center will expand its educational mission. Plans call for rehearsal studios and a costume and scene shop for students of the university鈥檚 Department of Theater.
鈥淩oe鈥檚 generous commitment will make an enormous difference for our students and faculty in the performing arts鈥攁nd for the people who come to see them,鈥 President Barbara R. Snyder said. 鈥淭he state-of-the-art Roe Green Theater will give actors, dancers and other artists a true opportunity to shine, and we could not be more grateful to her for this support.鈥
Rendering of the exterior of the Roe Green Proscenium Theater
The first phase of the center鈥檚 renovations were supported by lead gifts of more than $30 million by Milton and Tamar Maltz and the Maltz Family Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Since opening in 2015, the center鈥檚 Silver Hall has hosted hundreds of events, including concerts, plays, lectures and readings.
鈥淭here鈥檚 no lack of talent at 杏吧视频,鈥 Green said. 鈥淲e hope to attract even more in the years to come.鈥
As the anchor of 杏吧视频鈥檚 emerging western campus, the Maltz Performing Arts Center is connected to the university鈥檚 main campus and the Cleveland Museum of Art by the , a 430,000-square-foot nature commons completed in May.
An interior rendering of the Roe Green Proscenium Theater
Her father, Ben C. Green, became the 鈥檚 first alumnus named a federal district court judge in 1961, when he was appointed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. After Judge Green鈥檚 passing in 1983, his family made a gift to the law school that endowed a professorship in his name and led to the naming of its in his honor.
Northeast Ohio is also home to the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where Green also created a visiting director series and earned a master鈥檚 degree in theater and communications in 1980.
In addition to her philanthropic career, Green has extensive business and stage management experience, including Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, The Cleveland Opera, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Singing Angels.
Green also serves as honorary producer of the Cleveland Play House鈥檚 New Ground Theater Festival鈥攂ringing a playwright to Cleveland to develop new projects鈥攆or which she also created the Roe Green Award to support emerging new voices in theater.
For more information, contact Daniel Robison at daniel.robison@case.edu.
Roe Green
In honor of Green鈥檚 gift, the world-class performance space planned for Maltz Performing Arts Center will be known as the Roe Green Proscenium Theater.
鈥淎rts education can shape young people in such powerful ways,鈥 said Green, CEO of the Roe Green Foundation, which supports social and cultural causes nationally. 鈥淢y hope is to provide 杏吧视频 students a home where they can grow and kindle their imaginations.鈥
鈥淧hase Two鈥 of the Maltz Performing Arts Center will expand its educational mission. Plans call for rehearsal studios and a costume and scene shop for students of the university鈥檚 Department of Theater.
鈥淩oe鈥檚 generous commitment will make an enormous difference for our students and faculty in the performing arts鈥攁nd for the people who come to see them,鈥 President Barbara R. Snyder said. 鈥淭he state-of-the-art Roe Green Theater will give actors, dancers and other artists a true opportunity to shine, and we could not be more grateful to her for this support.鈥
Rendering of the exterior of the Roe Green Proscenium Theater
The first phase of the center鈥檚 renovations were supported by lead gifts of more than $30 million by Milton and Tamar Maltz and the Maltz Family Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Since opening in 2015, the center鈥檚 Silver Hall has hosted hundreds of events, including concerts, plays, lectures and readings.
鈥淭here鈥檚 no lack of talent at 杏吧视频,鈥 Green said. 鈥淲e hope to attract even more in the years to come.鈥
As the anchor of 杏吧视频鈥檚 emerging western campus, the Maltz Performing Arts Center is connected to the university鈥檚 main campus and the Cleveland Museum of Art by the , a 430,000-square-foot nature commons completed in May.
A Green legacy
Green鈥檚 gift continues her family鈥檚 legacy of accomplishment and contributions to 杏吧视频. An interior rendering of the Roe Green Proscenium Theater
Her father, Ben C. Green, became the 鈥檚 first alumnus named a federal district court judge in 1961, when he was appointed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. After Judge Green鈥檚 passing in 1983, his family made a gift to the law school that endowed a professorship in his name and led to the naming of its in his honor.
Northeast Ohio is also home to the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where Green also created a visiting director series and earned a master鈥檚 degree in theater and communications in 1980.
In addition to her philanthropic career, Green has extensive business and stage management experience, including Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, The Cleveland Opera, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Singing Angels.
Green also serves as honorary producer of the Cleveland Play House鈥檚 New Ground Theater Festival鈥攂ringing a playwright to Cleveland to develop new projects鈥攆or which she also created the Roe Green Award to support emerging new voices in theater.
For more information, contact Daniel Robison at daniel.robison@case.edu.
