Sarasota Jewish Theatre honors Nancy Roucher's legacy in the arts

Honorée Nancy Roucher with her granddaughter Zoe Schuver.

Actress Josephine Phoenix sings with accompanists Scotty Wright and Michael Ross.

Chantalle Soganich with a butter dish made by local potter Sarah Hans and donated to the silent auction.

Cindy Balistreri and Susan Burke are excited to honor their friend Nancy Roucher at Michael's On East.

NYC actors Josephine Phoenix and Michael Raver, who are in the current play, get ready for the luncheon honoring Nancy Roucher.

Actors Josephine Phoenix and Michael Raver are in "Bad Jews," the current production of the Sarasota Jewish Theatre.

Rhoda Goldberg and Cookie Bloom celebrate the Sarasota Jewish Theatre and their friend Nancy Roucher.

Beth Duda with David and Patti Wertheimer

Ilene and David Denton with Ruth Fleegler

Keren Shani-Lifrak with Peter and Tova Phillipes

Carole Kleinberg, Lisa Kleinberg, Fran Ruffalo and Harmon Greenblatt

Jackie Salvino with Andy and Ruthie Maass

Brenna Wilhm, Lisa Rubinstein, Nancy Roucher and Sue Rosin

Arkady Medovoy, Virginia Shearer, Sarah Wertheimer and Sheila McKoy

Charlie Huisking and Larry Winegar

Ron and Emme Shapiro with Barbara Kupferberg and Phyllis Dreyfuss

Matt Lang and Zoe Schuver

TJ and Peter Magnuson with Judy Bronstein

Joan Golub, Lynne Bernfield and Andrea Martone

Karen Hollbrook and Denise Davis-Cotton

Linda DiGabriele, Lois Lucek and Carolyn Michel

Showing support from Children's First are Philip Tavill and Jessica Rogers.