“Every human is the other human. We are one world.” - Ellen Stewart, La MaMa Founder
6:00 - Cocktails in the newly renovated 74A East 4th Street 7:00 - Dinner, Tributes, and Entertainment in the Ellen Stewart Theatre
Thursday, November 10, 2022
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Join us for a global event celebrating La MaMa's artists and audiences who are part of our One World Vision.
Come celebrate La MaMa’s 61st anniversary as we pay tribute to artists and activists whose work has been transformative to their communities. Festive attire
for her work to support and encourage people to build a better, more just, and open democratic society in the Balkans and South Eastern Europe using arts, culture, and education through her organization My Balkans, and three decades of work with the Open Society Foundations.
Belarus Free Theater
Belarus
for pioneering an award-winning global model of activism that unites artistic, geopolitical, environmental and human rights concerns, using theatre to build a movement for democracy, human rights and artistic freedoms. Belarus Free Theater is the only theater in Europe banned by its government on political grounds.
Álvaro Restrepo
Colombia
for his passions for contemporary dance and social justice, founding Cartagena’s The School of the Body, with a unique interdisciplinary focus on respect for the body that cultivates dances while at the same time addressing topics ranging from human rights to sexuality to drug addiction.
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
Philippines
for her lifetime commitment to “cultural care giving” by providing free arts training to street children, the disabled, and Indigenous youth, as Executive Director of the National Committee for Culture and Arts, and director of TWITAS at La MaMa (Third World Institute of Theatre Arts Studies). She is the moving spirit behind the UNESCO DREAM Center and the International Theater Institute Philippines.
Duk-Hyung Yoo
South Korea
for his significant contribution to the international understanding of Asian arts, his impact on arts education through his work at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and his visionary commitment to using digital and emergent technologies to explore new forms of artmaking and cultural exchange across distance, creating a global network of artists and communities; that was the seed for what would become CultureHub.
Serhiy Zhadan
Ukraine
for his work as an internationally recognized poet and novelist, a theater maker, and a revolutionary through on-the-ground action and establishment of the Serhiy Zhadan Charitable Foundation in 2017 to provide aid to the front-lines. Zhadan was recently nominated for a Nobel Prize and currently remains in Kharkiv to provide humanitarian aid in his hometown.
Richard Lanier
United States
for his commitment to forging connections through cultural exchange over the course of his career, and his invaluable contributions to the global dialogue as president emeritus of the Asian Cultural Council and a founding trustee of the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
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Join our global
community today.
Dine in the legendary Ellen Stewart Theatre as we pay tribute to seven outstanding individuals whose work as global citizens embodies La MaMa’s One World Vision
HONORARY CHAIR
Ping Chong
CO-CHAIRS
Bridget Bobel McIntyre
Jacqueline Chu
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Martha Clarke
Dario D’Ambrosi
André De Shields
Adrienne Kennedy
Diane Lane
Saori Tsukada and Philip Glass
GALA COMMITTEE
Scott Asen
Page Ashley
Beyer Blinder Belle - Architects and Planners, LLP
Donald Capoccia and Tommie Pegues
Frank Carucci and David Diamond
Eugene Chai
Claudia Doring-Baez
Jane Friedman
John Fulham
Tim Fulham and Lise Olney
Robert Goldberg - Yorke Construction Corporation
Karen Hauser and Warren Leight
Cheryl Henson
Gerald Herman
Jacqueline Judd and John Papanek
Steve Malkenson
Open Society Foundations
Margaret Parker
Polly Parker and Damon Smith
Estelle Parsons
Richard Pinner and Ruth Epstein
Michael Pressel/RPO, Inc.
Irene Ramp and Buck Henry
Trust for Mutual Understanding
Luis Ubiñas and Deborah Tolman
BOARD
Frank Carucci
President
Joan Rose
Vice President
Donald A. Capoccia
Treasurer
Richard Pinner
Secretary
Byung Koo Ahn
Eugene Chai
Jane Friedman
Mary Fulham
Timothy W. Fulham
Matthew Hall
Steven B. Malkenson
Wynn J. Salisch
Luis A. Ubiñas
Scott Wittman
Mia Yoo
Joel Zwick
Tickets and Sponsorship OpportunitiesPurchase tickets to attend La MaMa’s gala in-person(SOLD OUT) or online, or join us as a gala Sponsor to provide critical support for our 61st Season. You can also support La MaMa season artists by making a donation today!
Journal AdsPurchase an Ad to be featured in the Gala Program. Congratulate our honorees, promote your business to our community of donors, or congratulate La MaMa on 61 years as a home for experimental artists. Ads range from $200 - $600.
Sponsorships and Tables
Levels
$60,000
$60,000
$60,000
Gala Title Sponsor
Gala Title Sponsor
Gala Title Sponsor
$30,000
$30,000
$30,000
Gala Co-Sponsor
Gala Co-Sponsor
Gala Co-Sponsor
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Table Sponsor
Table Sponsor
Table Sponsor
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
$700 or $500
$700 or $500
$700 or $500
Onsite Tickets
Onsite Tickets
Onsite Tickets
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
A celebratory evening honoring artists and activists whose work has been transformative to their communities.