Honoring Leonard Haas, 2018 Connector Award LiveConnections’ 10th Anniversary Big Hurrah Tickets and more information to the Big Hurrah can be found at. The program will also get the entire audience participating with a preview of LiveConnections’ 10th anniversary cornerstone A SONG EVERYONE CAN SING, which looks at accessibility and inclusion through singing. The artists will share the World Cafe Live stage with students from Hill-Freedman World Academy, performing songs from the students’ original album WHAT’S GOING ON. An all-star roster of LiveConnections favorites will perform, including Jay Fluellen, Andrew Lipke, Shavon Norris, Luke Carlos O’Reilly, Kristal “Tytewriter” Oliver, Joanna Pascale, Josh Robinson and Alex Shaw.
The 10th Anniversary Big Hurrah, a birthday party with a purpose for LiveConnections, will take place on Monday, November 12 at 5:30PM at World Cafe Live in University City.
And he is particularly proud of the work that the William Penn Foundation is doing in all three main areas of focus: Creative Communities, Great Learning, and Watershed Protection. With Wyncote, he notes support of LiveConnections, FringeArts, Open Connections (a homeschooling resource center in Newtown Square) and People’s Light as highlights. He is on the board of The Wyncote Foundation, and is the Vice Chair of the Board of The William Penn Foundation. He was off and running.Īs satisfying as theatre and live music has been, he has also been involved in his family’s philanthropic endeavors. His love for music began at an early age too, when his older brother David one day handed him the LP Space Oddity, recorded by David Bowie. Highlights include playing Hamlet at Bristol Riverside Theatre, Norman in The Dresser at Bristol, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest at People’s Light, and Chamberlain in the Wilma Theater’s production of The Invention of Love.
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After getting his professional start in 1988 at People’s Light, where he is still a member of the resident ensemble, he eventually branched out into the Philadelphia theatre scene, and has performed with many companies in the area. Having started acting at a very early age, he has followed that passion from then on and continues still. Haas has been a long time professional actor, music lover, and philanthropist. We’re honored to present him with the 2018 Connector Award.”īorn and raised in the Philadelphia region, Mr. “His positive energy and belief in the possible have opened so many doors for kids, artists and communities. “Leonard is a passionate champion of cultural and educational organizations, using the power of the arts, philanthropy, and his career in theatre to connect and inspire people across the Philadelphia region,” said David Bradley, Founding Director of LiveConnections. The Connector Award honors someone who shares LiveConnections’ vision for crossing boundaries and who works to build bridges, create collaborations, and fuel innovation through the power of connection and relationship. LiveConnections is proud to announce that Leonard Haas, professional actor, Vice Chair of the William Penn Foundation, and Trustee of the Wyncote Foundation, will receive the organization’s 4th annual Connector Award at this year’s Big Hurrah celebration on November 12, 2018. Haas, whose extensive stage work in the Philadelphia region includes productions at People’s Light, Bristol Riverside, and the Wilma, will be honored at LiveConnections’ 10th Anniversary Big Hurrah on November 12, 2018.
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