The Drama League's Spring Charity Auction Includes Meet and Greets with Alan Cumming, Noma Dumezweni, & More

The Drama League's 2018 Spring Charity Auction has launched at www.biddingforgood.com/thedramaleague, featuring forty once-in-a-lifetime prize packages. The impressive offerings include celebrity experiences with Alan Cumming (Legal Immigrant at Joe's Pub), Jessie Mueller (Carousel), Lea Salonga (Once On This Island); Andrew Rannells (The Boys in The Band), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Log Cabin), Condola Rashad (Saint Joan), Wayne Brady (Kinky Boots), Matthew Broderick (The Seafarer); House Seats to the hottest shows on and off Broadway, like The Iceman Cometh, Escape to Margaritaville, Sweeney Todd, In & Of Itself and more! Many premier theater companies across New York are participating as well, such as Atlantic Theater Company, New Ohio Theatre, Classic Stage Company, MCC, and New York Theatre Workshop.

Just a few highlights include:

POST-SHOW MEET & GREET WITH Alan Cumming AT Joe's Pub

Spend a night out at Joe's Pub with two tickets to Alan Cumming's limited engagement solo show Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant and meet the actor!

BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET WITH Condola Rashad AT SAINT JOAN

Take in an unforgettable night of theater with two tickets to Saint Joan, followed by a backstage meet-and-greet with the show's star, Condola Rashad!

BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET WITH Jelani Alladin AT FROZEN

This prize not only offers a pair of coveted tickets to Broadway's Frozen, it also includes a chance to go backstage to meet the actor taking on the role of Kristoff, Jelani Alladin!

BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET WITH Noma Dumezweni AT HARRY POTTER

Win two house seats to a both parts of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, followed by a chance to meet the actress who originated the role of Hermione in London,Noma Dumezweni!

BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET WITH Matthew Broderick AT THE SEAFARER

Enjoy two tickets to Irish Repertory Theatre's production of The Seafarer, then have the opportunity to meet award-winning actor Matthew Broderick!

The auction concludes on Thursday, March 29, 2018. Visit www.biddingforgood.com/thedramaleague to view additional items and place your bids.

The 2018 Spring Charity Auction will raise funds to support programs including the educational training programs of The Drama League Directors Project. The award-winning initiative, which began in 1982 and whose alumni now number over 300, has been instrumental in launching the careers of Tony® Award winners Rebecca Taichman(Indecent), Christopher Ashley (Come From Away), Sam Gold (Fun Home), Diane Paulus (Waitress), Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Michael Mayer(Hedwig and the Angry Inch), and John Rando (On The Town); Tony Award nominees Mark Brokaw (Heisenberg), Moritz von Steulpnagel (Present Laughter) and Alex Timbers (Joan of Arc); Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), West Hyler (Cirque du Soleil: Paramour); and OBIE and Emmy winners Lear deBessonet, R.J. Cutler, Tony Phelan and Anne Kaufmann, to name a few. 'Drama League Directors' have been honored with Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Obie, Peabody, Drama Desk, GLAAD, Drama League, New York Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics, Evening Standard, Lucille Lortel, Bessie, Princess Grace, Garland, Drama-Logue, Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Elliot Norton, and Joseph Jefferson Awards, and have directed films and plays that received Academy Award nominations and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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The Drama League of New York, since 1916, has been at the forefront of the American Theatre community, providing talent, audiences, and prosperous support. It is one of the nation's oldest continuously-operating, not-for-profit arts advocacy and education organizations. Through its programs, initiatives and events, The Drama League serves over 3,000 artists and 15,000 audience members each season with over 150 events and programs. Visit www.dramaleague.org for more information, or contact The Drama League at 212.244.9494.

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