Alfred Molina, who can currently be seen on Broadway in his Tony Nominated performance in RED will host the Theatre for a New Audience's 30th Anniversary Gala on May 10. The Gala event will take place at the Powerhouse at the American Museum of Natural History.
Being honored at the gala will be Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal. John Corigliano and Jonathan Andrew Bate will present Taymor and Goldenthal with their Samuel H. Scripps Award. The award honors extraordinary commitment to promoting the power of language in classic and Contemporary Theatre.
The gala will feature a silent auction to benefit Theatre for a New Audience. There will be a cocktail reception, dinner and live music by the Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars.
For more information on the Theatre for a New Audience visit www.tfana.org.
Founded in 1979 by Jeffrey Horowitz, the mission of Theatre for a New Audience is to help develop and vitalize the performance and study of Shakespeare and classic drama. Theatre for a New Audience produces for audiences Off-Broadway and has also toured nationally and internationally.
The Theatre sustains the largest program in New York City's Public Schools for introducing Shakespeare. TFANA provides teachers with professional development, places artists in-residence in the classroom and brings students to matinee performances of the same award-winning productions seen by TFANA's adult audiences. Several thousand students take part each year and over 100,000 have been served since the program began in 1984. TFANA also has a distinctive symposia series for general audiences and offers a wide range of ticket prices to minimize economic barriers for all its audiences. These endeavors are grounded in a firm belief that the language and scope of classic drama belong to everyone.
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