| THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP ANNOUNCES PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTERS FOR 2024 GALA: "OUR STORIES" | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:08 am EST 03/09/24 | |
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| THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP ANNOUNCES PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTERS FOR 2024 GALA: OUR STORIES PRESENTERS INCLUDE HARVEY FIERSTEIN, ANDRÉ DE SHIELDS, KANDI BURRUSS, LACHANZE, KENNY LEON, MICHAEL GREIF WITH PERFORMANCES FROM PIGPEN THEATRE CO., NICHELLE LEWIS, AISHA JACKSON AND MORE! GALA TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2024 AT THE EDISON BALLROOM New York, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the performers for the 2024 TCG Gala: Our Stories, which will be held on Monday, March 11, 2024, at The Edison Ballroom, 240 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036. The Gala will feature performances from PigPen Theatre Co. (Water For Elephants), Nichelle Lewis (Dorothy, The Wiz), Judine Somerville (Hairspray) Tracee Beazer (Hairspray), Jacqueline Arnold (Hairspray) and Aisha Jackson. The Gala will honor architect and designer David Rockwell, ??Broadway producer Brian Anthony Moreland, director Schele Williams, and The Shubert Foundation. Additionally, the Gala will celebrate outgoing executive director and CEO Teresa Eyring and her 17 years at TCG. In addition to the performers, the 2024 TCG Gala will feature remarks from honoree presenters Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker, Harvey Fierstein, André De Shields, LaChanze, Kenny Leon, and Michael Greif, as well as Gala co-chairs Rick Miramontez and Lauren Reid. The 2024 Gala will also mark the launch of a fund to support trans women of color, which will be announced by Qween Jean, Merrique Jensen, and Monica Beverly Hillz. A 6:00pm cocktail reception will be followed by a 7:00pm seated dinner, with entertainment beginning at 7:20pm. To learn more about the Our Stories Gala, and the programming it supports, click here or email Gala@tcg.org. Please email Corinna Schulenburg for press reservations. The Gala program is directed by Trey Ellett. "We're so grateful to welcome these extraordinary performers to our 2024 Gala stage," said LaTeshia Ellerson, chief growth officer, TCG. "Their performances will be a joyful way to celebrate the artistry and impact of our honorees and make for an unforgettable night. We're grateful to our performers, honorees, co-chairs, presenters, sponsors, and host committee. The Gala will also be an opportunity to raise support for all of TCG's programs, including the trans women of color fund, which we will be sharing for the first time at the Gala." TCG's annual Our Stories Gala supports TCG's work in leading for a just and thriving theatre ecology. Past honorees include Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson; playwright Tony Kushner; actor Brian Dennehy, director Kenny Leon, playwright Lynn Nottage, actress and playwright Danai Gurira, theatrical producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, set designer Ming Cho Lee, lighting designer Jules Fisher, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Vilcek Foundation, producers Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Judith O. Rubin, and the creators of War Paint (Scott Frankel, Michael Greif, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright). Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, leads for a just and thriving theatre ecology. Since its founding in 1961, TCG's constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to over 700 Member Theatres and affiliate organizations and over 7,000 Individual Members. Through its programs and services, TCG reaches over one million students, audience members, and theatre professionals each year. TCG offers networking and knowledge-building opportunities through research, communications, and events, including the biennial TCG National Conference, one of the largest nationwide gatherings of theatre people; awards grants and scholarships to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level; and through the Global Theater Initiative, TCG's partnership with the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, serves as the U.S. Center of the International Theatre Institute. TCG is North America's largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature, with 20 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama on the TCG booklist. It also publishes the award-winning American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH®, the essential source for a career in the arts. TCG believes its vision of "a better world for theatre, and a better world because of theatre" can be achieved through individual and collective action, adaptive and responsive leadership, and equitable representation in all areas of practice. TCG is led by Chief Growth Officer LaTeshia Ellerson and Chief Operating Officer Karena Fiorenza. www.tcg.org. . # # # # www.tcg.org www.instagram.com/tcg_gram www.facebook.com/tcg.org |
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