Thanks

Thanks and cheers to those who make our work possible!

We could not have achieved all of this without the generous and visionary support of our patrons, board of directors, advidors, artists and volunteers. We would like to mention a few of the people and institutions that make our work possible.

Founders and Advisors

Foundations

BOXTALES is funded in part by the Organizational Development Program using funds provided by the City of Santa Barbara in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture.

Organizations

Children’s Creative Project
Performances to Grow On
Segerstrom Performing Art Center’s Arts Teach Program
LA Music Center’s On Tour Program

Corporate

Yardi Systems

Artists

Sigfrido Aguilar, Director, Leyendas de Deunde

James Donlon, Director, Waters of the Earth

Peter Lackner, Guest Stage Director, The Odyssey

Eva Magyar, Director, Jambo Watoto; Co-Director, B’rer Rabbit

Jeff Mills, Co-Director, The Odyssey

Chris Turner, Light Designer The Hero Twins – A Mayan Tale

Joseph Velasco, Directorial Consultant, The Hero Twins – A Mayan Tale

Anthony Mangini, Lighting Designer, B’rer Rabbit & Other Trickster Tales, Prince Rama & the Monkey King, The Odyssey, Leyendas De Duende – Magical Tales of Latin America

Kira Jones, Costumes, Prince Rama & the Monkey King

Mathew Macavene, Scenery, Leyendas De Duende – Magical Tales of Latin America

Montino Bourbon, Music, Prince Rama & the Monkey King

Rudy Martinez, shadow Puppets, The Hero Twins – A Mayan Tale

Timo Beckwith, Masks, Prince Rama & the Monkey King

Other Artists / Teachers

As we work collaboratively, we also owe a debt of gratitude to those artists with whom we have been fortunate enough to work with in the past, to say nothing of the many teachers who have influences us. We can’t thank them all here but would like to name:

Allie Menzimer, Angela Chandra, Bryan West, Chechi Swapna Sivakumar, David Selvaraj, Dr. SK Subaminiam, Ellen Reid, Francisco Gonzales, Jason Jackson, Jeff Boynton, Jennifer Michaels, Jenny Saur-Klein, Joanne Lubeck, Jon Retski, Justin Nestor, Kalamandalam Ratheesam, Laura Denny, Lija Vasudev, Michael Katz, Michael Pearce , Michaun Barner, Ottiliana Rolandssan, P.V. Sivakumar Gurukkal, Rebecca Zendejas, Ruben Polendo, Samantha Posey, Spetim Zero.