The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts (NEFCA) and event Co-Chair Michael Steinhardt proudly present the 7th Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel at the Hudson Theatre on Monday, March 14th, 2011 at 7pm. For one night only, stars from Broadway's biggest hit shows join together for the Broadway Purim Shpiel, a hilarious retelling of the Purim story. Proceeds from the NEFCA production will benefit The Birthright Israel Foundation, an organization dedicated to sending young Jews from across the world to Israel. Full details about the event can be found at www.nefca.org or follow us for live updates on twitter at www.twitter.com/#!/NEFCA
ICON David Mamet will open this years show with personal message and premiere his latest short film.
The Cast will include:
• Garrett Long Mamma Mia
• Curtis Holbrook West Side Story
• Rachel Potter The Addams Family
• Anne Nathan Chicago
• Kevin Earley Tale of Two Cities
• Dave Attell Comedian
"I continue to be awed by the generosity of the Broadway community. I try to keep
the cast fresh with new talent each year, which is bittersweet since weve had such
amazing talent in the past like our hilarious host last year Richard Kind and Tony
Nominee Chad Kimball. But yet again, the Broadway stars are dedicating their
night off to foster a meaningful cause." said NEFCA Founder and Executive
Director Scott Kluge. "Plus, Having an icon like David Mamet involved this year
takes the show to whole new level. Hes been incredibly generous and were excited to
work with an icon like Mr. Mamet.
"This year's cast includes Drama Desk Nominee Garrett Long and stars from
Mamma Mia, West Side Story, The Addams Family, and one of my favorite
comedians Dave Attell will be performing stand up" the Director/Producer added.
Thanks to the generous underwriting of Michael Steinhardt, proceeds from this year's
Broadway Purim Shpiel will go to The Birthright Israel Foundation to help make his
dream that it is every Jewish person's birthright to visit Israel, a reality.
The performance will be held at the Hudson Theatre at 141 West 44th Street in New York
City. The event begins 7PM with complimentary drinks at an open bar cocktail hour.
The Purim Shpiel performance kicks off at 8PM. For more information or to purchase
tickets, please visit http://www.nefca.org/7thbroadwaypurimshpiel
ABOUT BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
The Birthright Israel Foundation provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational
trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. Birthright Israel's founders created
this program to send thousands of young Jewish adults from all over the world to Israel as
a gift in order to diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities
around the world; to strengthen the sense of solidarity among world Jewry; and to
strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people.
The gift of the 10-day trip is being provided by our partners: the people of Israel through
the Government of Israel, North American Jewish Federations through the United Jewish
Communities (UJC), and leading private philanthropists. Please take a few minutes to
learn more about our partners, especially your local Jewish Federation, which is your
gateway to community involvement, continued learning and leadership opportunities.
Taglit-Birthright Israel operates on a belief that it is every Jewish person's birthright to
visit Israel. To date, over 120,000 young adults from 45 countries have traveled to Israel
for the first time on Taglit-Birthright Israel trips.
ABOUT NEFCA
The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts (NEFCA) is a non-profit 501 c 3
Production Company. NEFCA developed and will produce The "7th Annual Broadway
Purim Shpiel," a benefit for The Birthright Israel Foundation. NEFCA prides itself on
improving the image of different charities by producing unique and entertaining benefit
events. Non-profits are desperately seeking out fresh fundraising programs to avoid the
saturated market of monotonous charity dinners. NEFCA provides that originality and
works with charities to brand them as trendier and more interesting. NEFCA develops
many different kinds of events including but not limited to film, theater and television
projects. NEFCA was founded by Theatre and Film Producer Scott Kluge in 2004.
