Food For Thought Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary With Gala At Sardi's 9/21 With Arnaz, Caldwell and More

Food For Thought, the nation's premiere theatre company dedicated to the one-act play, will celebrate its ten year anniversary at a star-studded gala event at Sardi's (234 W. 44th Street, New York) on Monday, September 21, 2009. Food For Thought alumni expected to attend include: Lucie Arnaz, Zoe Caldwell, Lynn Cohen, Joan Copeland, Bob Dishy, Richard Easton, Barbara Feldon, Tom Fontana, Penny Fuller, Tammy Grimes, Judy Graubart, A. R. Gurney, Christopher Hart, Delphi Harrington, Anne Kaufman, Louise Lasser, Laurence Luckinbill, Antony Marsellis, Brian Murray, Mark O'Donnell, Larry Pine, Rex Reed, Roger Rees, Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes, John Shea, Frances Sternhagen, Elaine Stritch and Elizabeth Wilson. The evening will begin at 7PM with cocktails, followed by a seated dinner at 8PM. Entertainment will include a performance by cabaret star KT Sullivan (accompanied by David Lewis) and readings of one-act plays by Tony Award winner Mark O'Donnell and other award-winning writers performed by some of the evening's starry guests.

Founded by award-winning writer Susan Charlotte, this unique theatre series has premiered plays written by Tony Kushner, Lynn Redgrave, Murray Schisgal, Joyce Carol Oates and Tennessee Williams. Over its ten-year run, Food For Thought has presented over five hundred one-act plays and attracted the very best acting, writing and directing talent that the theater community has to offer.

Susan Charlotte remarks "We are thrilled to be celebrating a decade of great theatre with such extraordinary writers, actors and directors and deeply loyal audience members who have been supporting us from the very beginning."

The gala evening is open to the public, although seating is extremely limited. For more information and to purchase tickets, please call the Food For Thought office at (646) 366-9340.

Food For Thought Productions is an award-winning theatre company that began as an idea in September 2000. The vision: to create a venue for the oft-neglected one-act play. The philosophy: less is more. Less production values, more room for creativity and profundity of thought. Audiences from all over the country and abroad have been frequenting the theater to watch icons like Arthur Miller observing his own work performed by Marcia Gay Harden and Bob Dishy. Word soon caught on and if celebrities weren't performing, they were attending the shows to see their friends perform. Audiences could catch a glimpse of Liza Minnelli who came to see Tyne Daly, Vanessa Redgrave who came to see her sister, Lynn, Daniel Day Lewis who came to see Joan Copeland or that very shy man in the corner who was quietly watching a Joyce Carol Oates play. Audiences thought they had seen him somewhere before-they had. It was Steve Martin!

www.foodforthoughtproductions.com