8 SARASOTA SCENE | MAY 2019
CONTENTS features
46 CULTURE BUILDING
Meet Cheryl Mendelson,
Van Wezel Foundation’s New CEO
By Sue Cullen
50 CREATING SUCCESS THROUGH
SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMIES
By Ryan G. Van Cleave
54 MURDER MAYHEM, AND FUN
Sweeney Todd at Asolo Rep
By Ryan G. Van Cleave
58 A SPECTACULAR SUMMER CIRCUS
By Sylvia Whitman
62 MANATEE PLAYERS: A CLASS ACT OF
COMMUNITY AND GROWTH
By Sylvia Whitman
ON THE COVER
Illustration by Darcy Kelly-Laviolette.
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ECTACULAR ATEE A ACT NITY OVER
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