Tectonic Theater Project will be hosting a benefit performance and post-performance reception honoring the Broadway Premiere of Moisés Kaufman's new play, 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, Samantha Mathis, and Colin Hanks on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater, 230 W 49th St., New York City. The Post-Play Reception following the evening performance will be hosted by Morgans Hotel Group at Royalton, 44 West 44th Street, and catered by Valrhona Chocolates.
The benefit is hosted by Tectonic Theater Project Event Chair Timothy C. Wu, Co-Chairs
Michael Graziano, Kevin Jennings, David Melançon, Amy Stursberg, Ted Trimpa, and Host Committee Members Maria Cristina Anzola and John G. Heimann, Deborah Berke and
Steven Harris, Julie Candice, Gabriela Febres-Cordero, Stephen and Judy Gluckstern, Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida ,Ted Mesa, Dan Osheyak, Gigi Pritzker, Lisa Quiroz,
Robert Redford,
Jordan Roth and
Richie Jackson, Peter Teague, Joann B. Walker, Scott Williams, and
Doug Wright and David Clement.
33 Variations was developed in association with
Arena Stage and played pre-Broadway tryouts at
Arena Stage and the
La Jolla Playhouse.
33 Variations was developed with assistance from The Sundance Institute Theatre Program, The Orchard Project Theatre Residency Program, The Davis Performing Arts Center and Theater and Performance Studies at Georgetown University, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Artistic Director; Jeff LaHoste, Co-Founder and Senior Producer; Greg Reiner, Executive Director; and Dominick Balletta, General Manager) is an award-winning company whose plays have been performed around the world. The company has developed and produced works for theater and film, including: Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of
Oscar Wilde; The Laramie Project; and I Am My Own Wife (2004 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play). Tectonic has garnered numerous awards including the Humanitas Prize, the Obie, the
Lucille Lortel Award, The Outer Critics Circle Award, the GLAAD Media Award, and the Making a Difference Award from the
Matthew Shepard Foundation. In addition to creating theatrical works, Tectonic Theater Project works in residence at Universities around the country and hosts a New York based training lab for theater artists.
For additional information on the benefit performance of
33 Variations, please contact Greg Reiner or visit
www.tectonictheaterproject.org.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
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