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On-Line Auction Celebrity Chair
KRISTINE NIELSEN
2013 Tony Nominee for Best Actress in
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

ON-LINE BIDDING: From Monday, May 20 to Wednesday, June 5
Items include: Dinner & Show, Artisanal Wines, Signed Posters, Vintage/Current Broadway Memorabilia, Headshot Photographers, Rehearsal Spaces, Spas/Hair Salons, Original Art, Professional Consultations, Weekend Get-Aways, and much more!

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The Play:
“A MANS WORLD”
By Rachel Crothers
Directed by Melissa Crespo

Set in early 20th century Greenwich Village, in a tenement populated by Bohemian artists and immigrants, the play features Frank, a worldly but idealistic woman writer who is determined to bring attention to the plight of women, especially the poor. What happens when she must choose between her principles and her heart? The play considers the gendered double-standard and the meaning of family– by birth or by choice. Over a century after the play premiered, it remains funny and moving, and, above all, it still speaks to us.

Date & Time: May 20th at 6pm

Location: New School for Drama, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor

RSVP to: OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com

Admission is FREE!
First come, first served day of event. RSVP at OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com Guaranteed Reserved seats in thanks for donations of $10. DONATE HERE

To stay abreast of OHS and to learn more about the legacy of women playwrights, please visit our website  AND like us on Facebook.

Don’t forget to tell your friends, colleagues and students. Your interest will guarantee the future of our theatrical past.

The Play In Context, which includes introductions by scholars and dramaturgs, and post-show discussion, will be sponsored in part by the League of Professional Theatre Women, a not-for profit organization promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in theatre since 1982. www.theatrewomen.org

TICKETS
Member Early Bird Price: $60.00
Member Price: $65.00
Non-Member Price: $70.00

TABLES OF 10
Purchase a GOLD TABLE: $1000 (w/ Merchandise and Champagne)
Purchase a SILVER TABLE: $800 (w/ Merchandise and Wine)
Purchase a Table at the Non-Member Price: $700.00
Purchase a Table at the Member Price: $650.00
Purchase a Table at the Early Bird Price: $600.00

When purchasing a table, please send your guest’s names and meal preferences to Mari Lyn Henry at programs@theatrewomen.org.

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Join us for lunch as we honor four amazing theatre women, and participate in our auction.

Peggy Eisenhauer, Ruth Morley Design Award presented by Anna Deavere Smith.

Peggy Eisenhauer has been designing on Broadway for 24 years, and is known as the longtime design partner to Jules Fisher, a 28-year collaboration. She was selected as one of Variety’s 100 Women of Impact in Hollywood 2010, and is the recipient of two Tony awards and eight nominations (2013 “Lucky Guy”).

Judith Malina, Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Mark Russell.

Anarchist, pacifist, iconoclast born in Kiel, Germany, she founded The Living Theatre in 1948 with Julian Beck, and their ground-breaking productions have made the Living Theatre one of the longest-running avant-garde companies in the United States.

Mia Katigbak, Winner of the Lucille Lortel Award.

Mia Katigbak is the Artistic Producing Director and co-founder of NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), its mission is to assert the presence and significance of Asian American theatre in the United States, demonstrating its vital contributions to the fabric of American culture.

Ashley Marinaccio, Lucille Lortel Women’s Visionary Award.

Ashley Marinaccio is the Founder and Artistic Director of Girl Be Heard, A not-for-profit theater collective and educational program for young women aged 12-21, which uses theater as a vehicle to empower young women to become brave, confident, socially conscious leaders while exploring their own challenging circumstances.

LPTW ONLINE AUCTION

CELEBRITY CHAIR: KRISTINE NIELSEN, 2013 Tony Nominee Best Actress, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”
ON-LINE AUCTION CHAIR: PAT ADDISS
COMMITTEE: PAULA EWIN, JENNY LYN BADER, MARI LYN HENRY

BIDDING:
On-Line Bidding GOES LIVE on Monday, May 20 at http://www.BiddingforGood.com and closes on Wednesday, June 5 at 11:59PM.
Gifts include a full page ad in the Times Square Chronicle, exotic Travel, Broadway Theatre Events, Show Tickets, Memorabilia, and More! Please support LPTW by making a Bid, its easy and fun, and you might win. Winners will be announced at the Awards Luncheon.

DONATIONS and CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS:
There is still time to Donate. All Donations are tax deductible and require a Value amount. If you would like to donate or be a Corporate Sponsor for this event, please contact Mari Lyn Henry, VP of Programming at programs@theatrewomen.org
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DEADLINES
DONATIONS AND VALUES – MAY 16
AUCTION SITE GOES LIVE – MAY 20
AUCTION CLOSES – JUNE 5 at 11:59PM

CONTACT: Mari Lyn Henry, V.P. Programs, programs@theatrewomen.org

Jane Dubin, Producer – ANN

Daryl Roth, Producer – LUCKY GUY, KINKY BOOTS

Brisa Trinchero, Producer – PIPPIN

Pat Addis, Producer – VANYA, MASHA, SONIA AND SPIKE; A CHRISTMAS STORY

Margot Astrachan, Producer – RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA

June Rachelson-Ospa, Investor - A CHRISTMAS STORY

Pamela Golinski, Lawyer - A CHRISTMAS STORY

Elizabeth Clancy, Costume Design - A CHRISTMAS STORY

Dorothy Leeds, Associate Producer – A CHRISTMAS STORY

CONGRATULATIONS TO LPTW MEMBERS FOR DRAMA DESK NOMINATED PRODUCTIONS:

Pat Addis, Producer – A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL

Margot Astrachan, Producer – CINDERELLA

Kristin Marting, HERE Artistic Director – STRANGE TALES OF LIAOZHAI, Outstanding Music in a Play

Lisa Rothe, Director – HOLD THESE TRUTHS, Outstanding Solo Performer

A Panel Discussion featuring agents representing directors, actors, playwrights, composers, and designers.

Beth Blickers, Abrams Artists
Val Day, ICM Partners
Susan Gurman, The Gurman Agency
Morgan Jenness, Abrams Artists
Kate Navin, Gersh
Russ Rosensweig, Summit Entertainment
Marilyn Scott Murphy, Professional Artists
Dorothy Leeds & Mari Lyn Henry, Moderators

RSVP to dleeds@theatrewomen.org

Networking Committee: Dorothy Leeds, Jill Du Boff, Romy Nordlinger, June Rachelson-Ospa, Frances McGarry, Richarda Abrams.

Monday, June 3 at 6PM

At the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at 65th and Amsterdam Avenue

FREE!

Patti LuPone
When Patti LuPone starts to sing her voice rings out to the rafters. Only 5’2, when you see her in action you’d swear she was 6 feet tall. In 1972, Patti became one of the original members of The Acting Company, formed by John Houseman, performing in many of their productions and in 1973 made her Broadway debut as Irina in Ibsen’s Three Sisters.

She has been nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Olivier Awards for her outstanding performances in innumerable roles and in 1985 she received London’s Olivier Award for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s world premiere of Les Miserable and The Cradle Will Rock.

Although she has appeared in many musicals, since 1977 Patti has acted in several plays by David Mamet prompting the New York Times reviewer to write of her performance in The Old Neighborhood: “Those who know Ms LuPone only as a musical comedy star will be stunned by the naturalistic fire she delivers here.” Starring in the original Broadway production of Evita as Eva Peron in 1979, Patti was hailed by the critics and won her first Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She sang out as nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at Lincoln Center Theater in1987 and in1993 returned to London to create the role of Norma Desmond in the original production of Sunset Boulevard. After acting in numerous other productions, in 2005 she returned to Broadway to star in a revival of Sweeney Todd in which she sang and played the tuba and the orchestra bells. And in 2008 she won her second Tony Award for her outstanding performance as Mama Rose in Gypsy. Patti has performed in numerous New York concert productions of musicals including Pal Joey, Annie Get Your Gun, Sweeney Todd in both New York and San Francisco, Anything Goes, Can-Can, Candide, Passion and Gypsy for City Center Encores!. Her performances in Sweeney Todd, and Candide were recorded and broadcast for PBSs Great Performances and were released on DVD. The concert staging of Passion was televised as part of Live from Lincoln Center.

Patti performs regularly in her solo show and has numerous film and televison credits.

She and cameraman Matthew Johnston, to whom she has been married since 1988, have one chid, Joshua Luke, and live in Connecticut and South Carolina.

Kathy Henderson
Kathy Henderson has covered New Yorktheater for three decades, first as a freelance writer for Playbill. She served as Editor-in-Chief of InTheater magazine and is currently Senior Editor of Broadway.com. A native of LaFayette, Alabama,Henderson graduated from Auburn University and earned a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. She is a member of the Drama Desk and a proud supporter of Our Time, a performing arts nonprofit serving children who stutter.

Join Kristin at
HERE Café
145 6th Ave., South of Spring, Enter on Dominick, Soho

Bring flyers, business cards, cameras, and get to know each other better

Click Here to RSVP

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Don’t miss this 1946 Comedy Classic From the author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!

Directed by Scott Alan Evans

The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row – 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Aves)

With Mary Bacon, Tom Berklund, Hanna Cheek, Nora Chester, Todd Gearhart, Darrie Lawrence, Victoria Mack, Joseph Masi, Anderson Matthews, Ron McClary, James Prendergast, Lesley Shires, Joe Tippett, Margot White and Karen Ziemba

From the playwright of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes comes Happy Birthday, a sparkling and effervescent gem from 1946. Follow mild-mannered librarian Addie Bemis as she discovers love and vitality through an enchanted evening at a dodgy Newark cocktail lounge. With each round of drinks, the bar comes alive; the gin bottles glow, the cash register sings and the vibrant locals overflow with spirit. Addie learns to put down the books, pick up a glass and leave her cautious lifestyle behind.

“★★★★! Critics’ Pick” – Time Out New York

“Flawless! TACT/The Actors Company Theatre has done it again.” – Wall Street Journal

“Loopy! Quite endearing!” – The New Yorker

“A fizzy retro confection, filled with laughs!” – Associated Press

“A glorious production…I urge you to go see this!” – Broadway World

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! NOW – APRIL 13 ONLY

Performance Schedule:*

Tuesdays 7:30pm | Wednesdays 7:30pm | Thursdays 7:30pm | Fridays 8pm | Saturdays 2pm and 8pm | Sundays 2pm

*Special matinee performance on Wednesday, April 10 at 2pm

Talkbacks with the director & cast will take place after every Sunday matinee.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday, March 29 – Tales of the City: Newark’s Past, Present and Future With Dr. Clement A. Price, noted historian and distinguished professor of history at Rutgers University in Newark

SPECIAL OFFER!

$44.75 Tickets (reg. $59.25) – Performances 3/27-3/31

$5 from each ticket purchased will go to LPTW

THREE EASY WAYS TO BUY:

ONLINE: Visit www.BroadwayOffers.com and use code TRHBLPTW

PHONE: Call 212.947.8844 and mention code TRHBLPTW

IN PERSON: Bring a print out of this offer to The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row box office – 410 West 42 nd Street (between 9th & 10th Aves) Box office hours: 12pm-8pm daily

FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit www.tactnyc.org

** Offer valid for performances from 3/27-3/31 only. Ticket price includes $1.25 facility fee. Service fees apply to online/phone orders. Schedule is subject to change. All sales are final.

Join us on April 29 from 6 to 7:30
At TheatreLab
357 West 36th St., 3rd floor (elevator access)
Between 8th and 9th avenues
For A Special Seminar and Q&A with Colin Hunt and Alexis Williams of Bret Adams Literary

To celebrate this special day we encourage you to read the International Message delivered this year by renowned Italian playwright Dario Fo.

If you’d like to celebrate with The NYC World Theatre Day Coalition in person please join us for…

The First Annual Staged Reading of 

The Around-the-Globe Chain Play

7pm on March 27th

@ The Lark Play Development Center (311 West 43^rd St, 5^th Floor)

Starting and ending in NYC, a play is currently being written as it travels around the world making 16 stops with playwrights from across the globe. Each playwright will contribute the next one to five pages of text, moving the plot forward from where the previous playwright left off.

Tickets are FREE.

But reservations are necessary, please click: http://www.nycwtdchainplay2013.eventbrite.com.

The play will also be live streamed on #NewPlayTV.

For more information about all of our activities, please visit: www.nycwtd.com.