Phillipa Soo & Bradley Whitford Set for Juilliard Gala A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

On Monday, April 25, 2016, faculty member and alumnus Alan Gilbert (Juilliard Pre-College '85, MM '94) conducts the Juilliard Orchestra in an evening weaving together the words of William Shakespeare with the music of Felix Mendelssohn in A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring actors Phillipa Soo (Hamilton on Broadway) and Bradley Whitford (The West Wing and Amazon's Transparent). Joining them will be current students and distinguished alumni.

Gala chair is Barbara G. Fleischman, and gala vice chairs are Sidney R. Knafel, Beth Kojima, Suzie Kovner, Stewart F. Lane, Teresa E. Lindsay, Ellen Marcus, Nancy A. Marks, Stephanie Palmer McClelland, Stephen A. Novick, Susan W. Rose, and Wes Stricker, MD.

Proceeds from the evening will help support Juilliard student scholarships; 90% of Juilliard's talented actors, dancers, and musicians need such financial aid to attend.

To purchase benefit tickets, please visit juilliard.edu/gala or contact the Juilliard Events Office atevents@juilliard.edu or (212) 799-5000, ext. 329.

About The Juilliard School

Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. Juilliard's mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted actors, dancers, and musicians from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.

Located at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, Juilliard offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, drama (acting and playwriting), and music (classical, jazz, historical performance, and vocal arts). Currently more than 800 artists from 44 states and 42 countries are enrolled at The Juilliard School, where they appear in over 700 annual performances in the school's five theaters; at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully and David Geffen halls and at Carnegie Hall; as well as other venues around New York City, the country, and the world.

Beyond its New York campus, Juilliard is defining new directions in global performing arts education for a range of learners and enthusiasts through The Tianjin Juilliard School, K-12 educational curricula, and an increasing array of digital education products through itsJuilliard/Digital brand.

For more information, visit juilliard.edu and discover.juilliard.edu.