Urban Stages’ 2019 Annual Benefit urbanStages Staff Frances Hill, Founder/Artistic Director Kim Sharp, Technical Director Donna Murphy Antoinette Mullins, Development/Literary Director Peter Napolitano, Producing Consultant is one the most acclaimed and beloved theater actresses of her generation. Olga Devyatisilnaya, Financial/Company Manager Bara Swain, Creative Consultant A two-time Tony Award winner for Passion and for The King and ,I other Ilanna Saltzman, Outreach Program Director Vincent Scott, School Coordinator theater highlights include Hello, Dolly! The People in the Picture, LoveMusik, Tom Toce, Musical Theater Producer Joe Trentacosta, Press Agent Wonderful Town, Into the Woods for the NYSF, Anyone Can Whistle and Follies for Encores! She was honored with the Drama League Award for urbanStages Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater and has earned five Tony Theatre Productions Award nominations, three Drama Desk Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Urban Stages has 35 years of excellence in theater, and premiering plays that Awards. The New York Times recognized Murphy as one of film’s most go on to larger venues. Recently, our 2019 world premiere of Death of a Driver gifted character actresses for her performances in Vera Farmiga’s Higher by Will Snider receive critical acclaim and will be produced in Salt Lake City. Ground and Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse. Other memorable film performances Last year’s world premiere of A Deal by Zhu Yi went on to tour throughout include Center Stage, Spider-Man 2, Star Trek: Insurrection, and the voice of China. Our 2018 NYC premiere of Dogs of Rwanda by Sean Christopher Lewis Celebrating Mother Gothel in Disney’s Tangled. For television, Murphy has appeared on received acclaim and multiple regional productions. Our 2017 American premiere The Blacklist, Quantico, Resurrection, Royal Pains, The Good Wife, CSI, PBS’ of Angry Young Man by Ben Woolf transferred to the John Drew Theater at Women in the Arts Civil War drama Mercy Street and upcoming: Starz’ Power. For her work in Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY. Our 2016 world premiere of Mabel Madness HBO’s Someone Had to Be Benny, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award. by Tony Winner Trezana Beverley is in talks for a London productions. Our 2013 New York Times Critic’s Pick Honky by Greg Kalleres was broadcast on PBS’s On Stage in America in 2015. Jim Brochu’s 2014 premiere of Character Man Edwina Sandys received Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle award nominations. Our 2010 The artistic appeal of Edwina Sandys lies in her recognizable style, using musical Langston in Harlem received a multitude of awards including a Callaway positive and negative images to dramatic effect. Edwina has created art Award for Choreography and an Audelco Award for Best Musical Production of international acclaim. For the 1979 United Nations’ Year of the Child, of the year. Bulrusher by Eisa Davis – a 2006 Urban Stages production – was she created monumental sculptures, installed at UN centers in New York, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Furthermore, we are immensely proud of our Geneva and Vienna. A decade later she created Woman Free again, for the award-winning music festival, Winter Rhythms, that sees over 100 amazing UN Center in Vienna. In 1989, to mark the end of the Cold War, Edwina performers take the stage during a two-week run every year in December. used sections of the Berlin Wall to create the sculpture, Breakthrough, for Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. Edwina frequently explores the urbanStages relationships between Man and Woman. Major works include her series Outreach Programs The States of Woman for the New York Academy of Sciences, and her iconic Outreach has toured admission-free plays and workshops to all five boroughs Eve’s Apple in Windsor, Ontario. The Marriage Bed is in the permanent of New York City for over 20 years. In nearly 200 events annually, we reach collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Edwina relates her work to the neighborhoods with severe budget cuts to arts and education. We bring a wide HONORING global issues of our time; environment, war and peace, and in particular variety of programming ranging from Adult Literacy programs to preschool and Donna Murphy women’s causes. Her art reaches a broad audience though her many family programs. Extended programming through Artist Residencies allow us to meet the artistic needs of specific communities, such as senior citizens in our & Edwina Sandys publications, including Edwina Sandys ART, and the PBS documentary One Bite of the Apple. Edwina recently installed Paradise Regained for the senior theater groups, for longer periods of time. Finally, our annual Summer Opportunity preschool in West Palm Beach. She is currently at work on Theatre Camp develops creative and problem-solving skills for 10-15 year old Finest Hours to be installed in Detroit. British born Edwina Sandys has aspiring artists as they learn theater craft from our brilliant teaching artists and create an original musical. been a New Yorker since the 1970’s. Edwina was married for thirty years Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | 6:30pm to New York architect, the late Richard D. Kaplan. 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urbanstages.org photos: Donna Murphy by xxxxxx & Edwina Sandys Murphy by Harry Donna by Benson photos: design: Sondra Graff/rpm:projects Urban Stages’ Board of Directors A sampling of Auction Items…more to come… Invites you to our Annual Benefit Auctioneer courtesy of the Christie’s Auction House. A MUSICAL COMEDY MASTERPIECE Enjoy 2 producer seats to the sparkling Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate starring Tony Winner Kelli O’Hara and Urban Stages’ own Terence Archie (actor & writer of touring Outreach favorite The Peanut Prince, formerly in Broadway’s Rocky). Dinner included at Orso Restaurant. Value: $650 Celebrating FOR WINE LOVERS ONLY! Win a club membership to our favorite Mendocino boutique winery Phillips Hill. As part of the Muse Cru Club, you’ll receive 6 bottles of wine, twice a year, including 3 new released wines. women in the arts You’ll also have access to limited production releases and library wine, and exclusive access to the winery’s food and wine events. Value: $600 & Urban Stages’ Thirty-fifth Anniversary A MEXICAN ESCAPE PRESENTING Do margaritas and enchiladas sound good? Treat yourself to a week on the beach in a 2-bedroom condo in Puerto Vallarta. Enjoy PV’s new art center, botanical gardens and whale watching. Urban Stages’ Lifetime Achievement Awards to: Included is a dinner or lunch at Daiquiri Dick’s restaurant on the beach. Value: $4000 GOLF AT LONG ISLAND’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CLUBS. & Start with a round of golf and lunch at Maidstone Club in East Hampton. Then indulge yet Donna Murphy another day teeing off, this time at Sebonack – the site of the 2014 LPGA Championship – with Two-Time Tony Award & Emmy Award Winning Actress named a lunch overlooking the course. For 3 players. Value: Priceless Living Legend of the New York Theater by New York Magazine. A BROADWAY HIT FROM A URBAN STAGES’ ALUM 2 producer seats to the latest new Broadway musical hit, Be More Chill by composer and lyricist Joe Iconis. Iconis is a proud Urban Stages’ discovery. His musical comedy Rewrite premiered with & uS in 2008 and boasted several current Broadway artists. Be More Chill has garnered the cult following of young audiences and is a musical comedy gift for all ages. Value: $600 Board of Directors Benefit Committee Edwina Sandys ART BY EDWINA SANDYS Lynn San Andres, President April Gow & Francine Pascal, Benefit Chairs In 1997 awarded by the United Nations Society Writers & Artists Here is a great and rare opportunity to own a piece of work by one of our honorees of the night, Mik Chwalek, Vice President Ms. Catherine Alder Mr. Celso Gonzalez-Falla & Sondra Gilman Edwina Sandys. Her immense reputation as an artist has made her books and prints a focal Peggy O’Brien, Secretary Award for Excellence. The United Nations has installed 5 monumental Mr. Edward L. Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Federbush point for many collectors. Her signature skill is drawing the subtle and not so subtle humor in her Tom Hehman, Treasurer Ms. Nancy Blank Ms. Pamela Ferrari sculptures by Ms. Sandys at their centers around the world. subjects. Value: $1500 Eileen Begg Mrs. Rosalie Brinton Mr. & Mrs. Peter Georgescu Sandy Berger A WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO/SAUSALITO Mr. Henry Buhl Mr. Roddy Gow Introduction by Anthony Haden-Guest Spend a special week with the spectacular views of San Francisco Bay in a beautiful 3-bedroom/bath Mary Churchill Mr & Mrs. Gilbert Butler Mr. Jamie Hill Francine Pascal Writer, reporter, cartoonist and, from time to time, a curator house in Sausalito. There are decks and gardens off every room. Walk down the hill to the bayside Mr. & Mrs. Michael Casciato Mr. Lionel Larner town and enjoy the restaurants and shops. You are close to wine country, the beach, and, of course, April Gow Ms. Peggy Chane Mrs. Mary Libby San Francisco by ferry. Lunch at French restaurant La Garage Bistro, right on the Bay, is included. Frances Hill Ms. Tina Chen Mr. Jarvis Slade Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Value: $4000 Martha Sproule Mr. & Mrs. Mark Dalton Mr. & Mrs. Ted Terry Tom Toce The Central Park Boathouse, 72nd Street & Fifth Avenue MARVEL AT GLENDA JACKSON IN KING LEAR Benefit Committee list in formation One of the most celebrated British actors, Tony-winner Glenda Jackson (Three Tall Women), as of 3.24.19 Catch the shuttle trolley climbs the tallest mountain any actor can climb in Shakespeare’s King Lear with Tony-winner Jayne |Houdyshell, directed by Tony-Winner Sam Gold (Fun Home). This is a can’t miss 6:30pm performance. With 4 producer seats at the Cort theater, you won’t. Bring friends and make this Cocktails & Boat Rides a night to remember. Value: $1200 AN IRISH GETAWAY 7:45pm Visit the beautiful Isle of Ireland and stay for 3 nights in the magnificent 5-star exclusive Dromoland Dinner, Awards Ceremony & Auction Castle. Just 12 minutes from Shannon Airport and 4 hours from NYC. Dromoland Castle was the home of the Lords of Thomond dating back hundreds of years. In this modern-day luxury hotel, you can enjoy falconry, golf, a Michelin star restaurant and spa as extras to purchase. You are Festive Dress also near the famous Cliffs of Moher and the delights of County Clare. Meals not included. Value: $2500