PROGRAM INSCRIBED TO CITY CENTER PRODUCER JEAN DALRYMPLE AND SIGNED BY THEATRE PRODUCER ROGER L. STEVENS, FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF THE KENNEDY CENTER AND THE NEA. de (Stevens, Roger L.). (1910-1998). American theatre producer and arts administrator. Founding chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the NEA - 1985.

The program is titled: "The Roger L. Stevens Celebration: A Concert to Benefit the Kennedy Center / Saturday, October 5, 1985 at 7:00 p.m."

Roger L. Stevens [1910-1998] was an American theatrical producer, arts administrator and real estate executive. He was the founding chairman of both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [1961] and the National Endowment for the Arts [1965]. He produced more than a hundred plays and musicals over his career, including "West Side Story", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Bus Stop". He became known for introducing plays by such adventurous writers as Harold Pinter, Arthur Kopit and Tom Stoppard.

Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostelanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world.