Coyote Rep to Host Inaugural Gala, with Colella, Jan. 29

Coyote Rep, an emerging new theater company, will host a Gala evening celebrating their inaugural season.  

The Patron's Dinner at 6:30pm will be followed immediately by a reception and auction. Entertainment will be provided by High Fidelity star />, followed by a presentation of the Moon Awards. The Gala will be held at The Player's Club on January 29th.Jenn Colella

Coyote Rep will present two "Moon" awards at the Gala, honoring outstanding contributions to the theater. Rebecca Tourino will receive the Moon Award for Outstanding Playwriting. A second award will be presented to a surprise recipient whose name will be announced at a later date. A sample of the items up for auction and raffle are: 2 tickets to the Tony Awards, 2 orchestra tickets to the Broadway show of your choosing, a weekend in a Long Beach Island, NJ, beach house, a weekend in a Cape Cod beach house and more!  

Coyote Rep is a not-for-profit theatre company dedicated to balancing process and production, committed to developing, producing and inspiring original plays through innovative means: Recorded sound plays, an Electronic documentary and Productions for the stage. Coyote Rep was founded by and is comprised largely of graduates from UC Irvine's Masters of Fine Arts in Theater Program. Coyote REP has already begun producing their sound play series at WNYC studios and a documentary which follows the members of the company through the highs and lows of producing in New York. The company is producing the World Premiere of Rebecca Tourino's The Naked Eye Planets at the American Theater of Actors, March 9-25, 2007.

Photo - Jenn Colella