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V2-19-Program.indd 1 4/10/18 9:47 AM HONORING EDDY Moretti ’98 Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Cinema Studies

Chris Columbus ’80 Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Undergraduate Film & Television

& eleanor Columbus ’11 Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Undergraduate Film & Television

With the Big Apple Awards for Artistic Achievement

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V2-19-Program.indd 2-3 4/10/18 9:47 AM Honorary Chair ’64/’68/Hon. ’92 Tisch Gala 2018

Chairs Hilaria ’05/’08 & Alec Baldwin ’94/Hon. ’10 OPENING SET cLIVE house band and

Dean “Who We Are” Allyson Green Written and performed by Austin Crute ’18

Present Welcome Dean Allyson Green

Honoring Eddy Moretti ’98 Presented by

a Performance from Swing Cast of Swing, Department of Drama Director Sam Scalamoni Dinner is served. Coordinating Producer ANNA FRANGOS Honoring Chris Columbus ’80 and Production Supervisor Eleanor Columbus ’11 Jeffrey M. Markowitz Presented by Alec Baldwin ’94/Hon. ’10 Associate Producers Jessica Mantell ’14 & Cindy Sideris ’17 “Still I Will Love” Scenic & Decor Designer from Public Works’ As You Like It Andy Yanni ’08 Shaina Taub ’09 with student and alumni performers from the Department of Drama Lighting Designer Brian Nason ’86 Dessert is served. Video/Projection Designer Andrew Lazarow The party continues after the show upstairs at CLUB TISCH. Graphic Designer Joshua Sanchez 5

V2-19-Program.indd 4-5 4/10/18 9:47 AM To Our Friends, Dear Friends,

Welcome to the NYU Tisch School of the On behalf of the NYU community, I am Arts Gala! We come together this delighted to welcome you to a most evening to pay tribute to three special evening: the 2018 Tisch School extraordinary alumni and to celebrate the of the Arts Gala. power of the arts in this beautiful downtown location. We are all grateful Tonight we celebrate three notable for an evening of gratitude and joy! alumni, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, and Eddy Moretti. Together, We honor Eddy Moretti, the trailblazing they represent NYU Tisch’s extraordinary Cinema Studies alumnus with a career as depth and range: In careers spanning a writer, director, producer, and creative four decades, their influence extends executive, who believes the Tisch School from producing to screenwriting to of the Arts changed his life. As a student, directing, from the small screen to the he studied with Professor Emeritus big screen, from box-office hits to Annette Michelson. Their bond was so independent films to documentaries. deep that Eddy has endowed a scholarship in her name to guarantee We also celebrate the Tisch School of the that cinema scholars can follow in his Arts, one of the world’s leading footsteps. institutions for the training of artists, scholars of the arts, and creative For the first time in our history, we are honoring a father-daughter duo. entrepreneurs. Your support is indispensable to NYU Tisch’s mission of Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus, both alumni of the Maurice nurturing the next generation of artists and performers. We are so happy Kanbar Institute’s Undergrad Film & Television program, have a unique that you are part of the Tisch School of the Arts family. Thank you! partnership. With their shared love of film, they influence one another as they create, promote, and celebrate fresh and exciting work. Chris and Sincerely, Eleanor also understand the importance of supporting the next generation of storytellers by funding scholarships and production awards at our school.

Thank you so much to the gala committee, our hosts, generous donors, and Andrew D. Hamilton to all of you for making this evening so special. Your belief in our mission of education in the arts, and your support of our community is transformative for current and future generations. With your generosity, we are able to support the critical needs of our students who have the dream to create. We need these storytellers and innovators today!

YOU are supporting the next outstanding film-and image-makers, performing artists, coders, producers, scholars, and entrepreneurs who will shape our world and lead their fields. We are grateful to you, and we are proudly optimistic about a bright future.

Thank you!

Allyson Green Dean, Tisch School of the Arts

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V2-19-Program.indd 6-7 4/10/18 9:47 AM Mary & Brian Katz 2018 GALA SUPPORTERS Lisa & Brian Kessler GALA HOST COMMITTEE Bonnie Comley & Stewart Lane Alexandra & Scot Ackerman Terri & Joe Long Stefania & Mark Magidson Jillian Manus ’84 Tracy Stein & Marco Masotti Betty Ann Caravella & Kevin Morris Pat & Walter Moore Noela & Dimitris Nakos NBCUniversal GALA SUPPORTERS Lisa & Charlie Palmer Award Winners' Circle Reta & Briggs Peery Anonymous Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Jack Rapke ’74 Presenting Partners Toni Ross Preethi Krishna & Ram Sundaram Genny & Klaus See-Tho Anne & Mark Stewart Angels Beth & Matthew Sennett The Alec Baldwin Foundation, Inc. Allyson Green & Peter Terezakis ’14 The Columbus Family Warner Bros. Pictures Marsha Garces Williams Producers Ronna & Steve Zoll Alexandra & Scot Ackerman Stefania & Mark Magidson Patrons Tracy Stein & Marco Masotti Available Light of Pat & Walter Moore Michele & Brian Barnett Myriam Benhamou Directors Tamara & Brad Bernstein Sharon Chang ’98 Muriel Boreham Jonathan Cohen ’13 Keith Funger/Funger Foundation Inc. Keri Craig-Lee Svetlana Goderstad Jennifer & Michael Freitag Alison & Jonathan Green Eddy Moretti ’98 David Javerbaum ’95 Randi & Dennis Riese Rise Johnson Lisa Shalett & Rhonda Kaufman, M.D. Tracy & Rocky Lai Ann & Andrew Tisch Margo Lion Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Amanda Lipitz ’02 Richard Vague Ed Martino Kathleen & Charles Van Horn Michaels Family Foundation Todd Thurman & Jeff Miller Benefactors Dawn & Salar Mirran Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Neuman’s Kitchen Catering & Events Colin Callender Jane & Tom Nitti Romy & David Cohen Stephanie & Nicholas Osborne Michelle & Shane Coppola Peter Rosenberg Rosemarie & Joe DiLorenzo Henry S. Schleiff Stacey & Fernando Donayre Jeffrey Squires Lisa & Brian Enslow Debora Rodriguez & Terry Theologides Tim Herlihy ’88/’92 Michael Thomas Renee A. Richards & John H. Hill Jephtha Tausig & Alexandre Valcic Eve & Ross Jaffe Lena & Rob Gelenberg Carol & Benjamin Greenspan Lists in formation at time of printing. 8 9

V2-19-Program.indd 8-9 4/10/18 9:47 AM ADDITIONAL 2018 GALA SUPPORTERS

Benefactors Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall Bonnie & Eugene Kornota Louis Quartararo M.D. Jillian & Jeremy Temkin Michael Thomas Michael Zaoui

Patrons Lisa & Cary Amann Elizabeth & Douglas Dickinson Michael Duggan Paula & Jonathan Gordon Joseph Heinen Steven Sampson Monique Barbour & Robert Victome

Lists in formation at time of printing. HONOREES The Witch, which premiered at the 2015 to rave reviews. Also in 2015, Maiden Voyage produced ’s Mediterranea, a feature based on the CHRIS COLUMBUS ’80 short A Chjana, that premiered at the 2015 . In For over twenty-five years, Academy 2016 they released Sian Heder’s Tallulah. Maiden Voyage’s Patti Cake$ Award® nominated-filmmaker Chris became the breakout star of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, finally Columbus has written, directed, and selling to Fox Searchlight after a heated bidding war. produced some of the industry’s most successful box-office hits. Columbus is also a New York Times best-selling ELEANOR COLUMBUS ’11 author. His novel, , the first iteration of an epic new fantasy Eleanor Columbus, a 2011 graduate series, was published in April 2013 to of the Tisch School of the Arts at rave reviews and quickly rose to the top , formed Maiden of the charts. Voyage Pictures in 2013.

Columbus is the masterful filmmaker Columbus was born in behind the film adaptations for Harry and raised mostly in San Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Francisco, CA. Prior to running Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; the Maiden Voyage, Columbus worked 2005 screen adaptation of the Pulitzer on several independent features in Prize-winning Broadway musical, RENT; Manhattan, and worked as an and films Stepmom; ; Mrs. Doubtfire; Only the Lonely based assistant to Peter Glanz and Neda on his original screenplay; ; and Home Alone 2: Lost In New Armian in New York, rounding out York. His credits as producer include the blockbuster hit The Help, as her early education of filmmaking well as the highly successful family/adventure comedy Night at the gathered from growing up on the Museum and its two sequels, : Battle of the sets of her father—writer, director, Smithsonian and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, all released and producer Chris Columbus. As under his banner. the oldest child of a film family, Columbus was from the beginning, a natural storyteller. Her gift In Hollywood, Columbus first gained prominence by writing several blossomed in NYU’s welcoming and competitive atmosphere. The original scripts produced by , including the back-to- confidence born of her years of study at NYU enabled her to help back hits and . create Maiden Voyage Pictures with her father in 2013.

Growing up outside Youngstown, Ohio, Columbus originally aspired Maiden Voyage’s film credits include Sara Colangelo's Little to be a commercial artist, spending years studying art and Accidents, Jonas Carpignano's Mediterranea, Robert Eggers' The interested in drawing for comics. He eventually made the Witch, and Sian Heder's Tallulah. Maiden Voyage’s fifth film by connection between comic books and movie storyboards and Geremy Jasper, Patti Cake$, was in competition at the 2017 graduated from NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts where Sundance Film Festival, and closed Directors' Fortnight at the 2017 he sold his first script, Jocks. Cannes Film Festival. Maiden Voyage’s sixth endeavor Menashe, directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein, also premiered at the 2017 Columbus and his daughter, Eleanor Columbus, launched Maiden Sundance Film Festival. Maiden Voyage has completed principal Voyage Productions in 2013. The duo’s first film, Sara Colangelo’s photography on Yes, God, Yes a romantic comedy directed by Karen Little Accidents starring Elizabeth Banks, premiered at the 2014 Maine, and The Lighthouse, the second film from writer/director Sundance Film Festival. They followed up with Robert Eggers’ Robert Eggers, starring and . 10 11

V2-19-Program.indd 10-11 4/10/18 9:47 AM HONOREES BIG APPLE AWARD PAS HONOREES

EDDY MORETTI ’98 2017 Eddy Moretti serves as Chief Creative Danai Gurira ’04 and André Holland ’06 Officer of VICE Media, where he is 2016 responsible for content across of all The Tisch Family (accepted by Andrew Tisch, Jonathan Tisch, and Steve of VICE’s media channels, as well Tisch), Lili Cheng ’93, Wendy Calhoun ’91, and Paul Tazewell ’89 as for all of VICE’s branded content initiatives. 2015 Michael C. Hall ’96, Robert L. Freedman ’83 and Steven Lutvak ’83

Eddy serves as co-Executive Producer 2013 with Shane Smith and Bill Maher on Liza Chasin ’87, Oliver Stone ’71/Hon. ’13 the original series VICE for HBO and was an Executive Producer of Fishing 2012 A Celebration of Mary Schmidt Campbell’s 20th Anniversary as Dean Without Nets, VICE’s first scripted feature film and an official selection 2010 at Sundance 2014. Billy Crystal ’70

As a screenwriter, Eddy is 2009 Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, ’88, Diana King, and represented by Mark Ankner at WME Sheila Nevins in Los Angeles and has sold feature screenplays to , Plan B/Summit Entertainment, 2008 and Riverroad Entertainment. Alec Baldwin ’94/Hon. ’10, Iris Cantor, Maurice Kanbar, and Zelda Fichandler Eddy holds an Hon. BA in Cinema Studies from University of 2007 Toronto (’96) and an MA in Cinema Studies from NYU Tisch School Billy Crudup ’94, David Liu ’87 and Carley Roney ’90/’94, Joan Tisch, of Arts (’98) where he specialized in film theory and the avant Richard Vague, and Spring Awakening: ’09, J. David Brimmer garde under the direction of Annette Michelson. Eddy serves on the ’81, Andrew Hamingson ’93, Susan Hilferty, Brian Charles Johnson ’07, Chairman’s Council of Conservation International. Christine Jones ’92, ’83, Mary McCann ’85, Neil Pepe, Krysta Rodriguez ’06, Stephen Spinella ’82, Phoebe Strole ’05, and Frank Wood ’87

2006 Felicity Huffman ’88, ’84, Floria V. Lasky, Esq. ’45, Gerald Schoenfeld, Esq. ’47/’49, and George C. Wolfe ’84

2005 Spike Lee ’82/Hon. ’98, Jane Rosenthal ’77, and Martin Scorsese ’64/’68/ Hon. ’92

2004 Bernie Brillstein ’53, Iris Cantor, Chris Columbus ’80, Martha Coolidge ’71, Brad Grey, Maurice Kanbar, Jillian Manus ’84, Laurence Mark ’73, Jack Rapke ’74, Brett Ratner ’90, Steve Tisch, and Casey Wasserman

2003 Clive Davis ’53

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V2-19-Program.indd 12-13 4/10/18 9:47 AM Special Appearances by

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V2-19-Program.indd 14-15 4/10/18 9:47 AM PRESENTER PRESENTER ANA LILY AMIRPOUR ALEC BALDWIN Ana Lily Amirpour made her first film at Since 1980, Alec Baldwin has age 12—a horror movie starring guests appeared in numerous productions of a slumber party. She has a varied on stage, in films, and on television. background in the arts, including He has received a Tony nomination painting and sculpting, and was bass (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1992) an player and front-woman of an art-rock Oscar nomination (The Cooler, 2004) band before moving to Los Angeles to and has won three , make films. Amirpour's feature debut, three Golden Globes, and seven the black and white Iranian vampire consecutive Screen Actors Guild love story A Girl Walks Home Alone at Awards as Best Actor in a Comedy Night (2014), premiered at the Series for his role on NBC-TV's 30 Sundance Film Festival, and was the Rock. His films include The Hunt for opening selection for the New Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Directors/New Films screening series Malice, The Edge, It's Complicated, at the MoMA in New York City. The film Blue Jasmine, Still Alice, Mission won the "Revelations Prize" at the 2014 Impossible: Rogue Nation, and The Deauville Film Festival and the Carnet Boss Baby among many others. Jove Jury Award, and the Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation from the Sitges Film Festival. In Baldwin is a 1994 BFA graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts 2014 Filmmaker Magazine named her to their 2014 list of the 25 New and received an honorary doctorate from NYU in 2010. Faces of Independent Film. And at the 2014 Gotham Awards, Amirpour was given the Bingham Ray Award, for an emerging He has authored three books: A Promise to Ourselves, his memoir, filmmaker whose work exemplifies a distinctive creative vision and Nevertheless, and with Kurt Andersen, You Can’t Spell stylistic adventurousness that stands apart from the mainstream. Without Me. Baldwin is the radio announcer for the New York Amirpour’s second film, the desert-set psychedelic cannibal romance Philharmonic. The Bad Batch starring Jason Momoa, Suki Waterhouse, , and , premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival where it He is Co-Chairman of the Board of the Hamptons International took home the Special Jury Prize. Film Festival, and serves on numerous boards related to the arts, the environment, and progressive politics.

Baldwin is married to author and fitness expert Hilaria Thomas Baldwin. They have three children: Carmen Gabriela Baldwin, Rafael Thomas Baldwin, and Leonardo Angel Charles Baldwin. His eldest child is his daughter, Ireland Baldwin. Baldwin hosts the classic television game show Match Game for ABC-TV. A portion of his proceeds are donated to charity.

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V2-19-Program.indd 16-17 4/10/18 9:47 AM FEATURED PERFORMER CLIVE HOUSE BAND DIRECED BY AUSIN CRUTE ’18 JEFF PERETZ Austin Crute is an up-and-coming singer, songwriter, producer, and actor Multi-instrumentalist/producer Jeff from Atlanta, Georgia. The 22-year-old Peretz is Assistant Arts professor and NYU student starred as “Black the Area Head of Musicianship at the Justin Bieber” on Donald Glover’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Emmy Award-winning TV series Jeff attended Berklee College of Music Atlanta, is a former contestant on The before receiving a Bachelor of Music Hub’s reality show Majors and Minors, degree in Jazz Performance from and dropped his sophomore mixtape William Paterson University. Deutschland this past summer. Entirely self-written and self-produced, Jeff has recorded and/or performed the tape was praised by HotNewHipHop with Mark Ronson, Lana Del Ray, Jay-Z, as a “genre-bending work of art that Rock Wilder, Daniel Merriweather, puts Crute’s versatility at the forefront.” Just before his role on Atlanta, Corrine Baily Rea, Tim Robbins, and Crute played the role of Seaweed in an Off-Broadway production of Stanley Clarke. He has appeared on the David Letterman Show, The Hairspray. In 2018, he will be appearing in 's upcoming season Ellen DeGeneres Show, and is the founder and principle composer for of Orange is the New Black, as well as Isabel Teitler's new film DISH. Abu Gara. His books include Zen and the Art of Guitar, Guitar Atlas: Cuba and Guitar Atlas: The Middle East. He has written music for television, film, and stage, and as Michael J. Fox's personal guitar coach for the SUDENT PERFORMERS past 12 years, he has prepared, arranged, and successfully directed Michael's performances with such artists as The Who, Chris Martin, CLIVE DAVIS INSITUTE OF RECORDED MUSIC and the Roots for the MJFox Foundation's annual benefit "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Cure.” As “America’s Pop Musicologist,” Jeff has appeared on CNN, NPR, Bloomberg TV, and MSNBC and in print for The Fader, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone Magazine as an expert in music theory and music copyright.

BLU MADELINE VICORIA JONAH DETIGER ’21 BOREHAM ’20 QUARTARARO ’20 RAWITZ ’20

KYLE ISAAC JACK ABBY DUKE ’19 FLOYD ’21 SCHNEIDER ’19 TAWIAH ’21

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V2-19-Program.indd 18-19 4/10/18 9:48 AM CAS OF SWING SWING PERFORMANCE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA DIRECED BY DELL HOWLETT

Dell Howlett (choreographer) is a full time professor in the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Drama's MATTHEW ISIS ANDREW SARAH ANNE New Studio on Broadway. He is the BERZON ’19 BRUNO ’19 FARELLA ’18 FERNANDEZ ’18 recent winner of the prestigious Suzi Bass Award for his choreography for The CA Lyons Project. Directing/ Choreography highlights include: WigOut (Choreographer, Studio Theater), The Wiz (Choreographer, Ford's Theater 2018), Crazy for You (Director/Choreographer), DREAM ELIZABETH GABRIELLA ELI DOUGLAS JAVIER (composer Michael McElroy), All the FOX ’19 KATZ ’19 KESSLER ’19 LACROIX ’18 Kids are Doing It, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (dir. Ian Belknap), Ragtime (dir. Erin Ortman), (dir. Kent Gash), The Boyfriend (dir. Brian Hill), Nine (dir. Kent Gash), and Tearing Down the Walls (dir. Daniel Beatty). Performance highlights include: Aida (Broad- way), Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams (Broadway), Pippin (National Tour), West Side Story (Intl. Tour/La Scala Opera House). Dell teaches Ballet, Jazz, Movement Dynamics, runs the summer high RYAN S. CATHERINE LUANA KATIE school program, and does acting based movement work for a variety LOWE ’19 LUCKENBACH ’18 PSAROS ’19 SHULTS ’19 of other classes. He is the Artistic Director for YOUNG PERFORMERS OF AMERICA, working closely with his dear friend, Dina Slawson.

EMILY TIERNAN PRINCESS MAX TRIAS ’18 TUNNICLIFFE ’19 VICOMÉ ’19 WIENSEIN ’18

PATRICK YEBOAH ’19

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V2-19-Program.indd 20-21 4/10/18 9:48 AM FEATURED PERFORMER Thank you! SHAINA TAUB ’09

Shaina Taub is a songwriter/performer Thanks to you, tonight's event has raised critical funds and proud Tisch alum. An artist-in- residence at Joe's Pub and the winner for the most pressing student needs. Your generosity of the Award and a Jonathan ensures that our classrooms are filled with the brightest Larson Grant, Taub will star in her musical adaptation of Twelfth Night, young artists and scholars from across the country and returning for an encore run this summer in 's around the world. Each dollar raised has the potential Shakespeare in the Park season, to change the life of a young student who will go on to following up an acclaimed run of her adaptation of As You Like It last impact thier field—just as tonight's honorees have done. summer at the Delacorte. She has performed her songs at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and appeared in the Off-Broadway casts of If you would like more information about how your Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and Hadestown. She is currently writing a musical about the women's suffrage movement. generosity can make a difference in the lives of the next generation of creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, and DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA scholars, please contact: SUDENT & ALUMNI PERFORMERS Briana Archer ’16 Matthew Berzon ’19 Andrew I. Uriarte ’96 Joanna Caporusso Puglisi Kim Blanck ’10 Assistant Dean, External Affairs Assistant Director, Alumni Relations Isis Bruno ’19 [email protected] [email protected] Nia Farrell ’19 Javier Fox ’19 Laurel Bear Cindy Sideris ’17 Jessie Frizzell ’20 Director, Development Administrative Aide Elizabeth Katz ’19 [email protected] [email protected] Gabriella Kessler ’19

Norah Hogan ’'18 Nikki James ’03 Sharon Peterson ’06 Emie Hughes Ryan S. Lowe ’19 Associate Director, Development Administrative Aide Grace McLean ’06 Parents’ Council Liaison [email protected] Laura Nelson ’18 [email protected] Tyaela Chanese Nieves ’19 Isabella Peterson ’20 Emery Schaffer ’18 Liana Stampur ’07 support.tisch.nyu.edu Princess Victomé ’19

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V2-19-Program.indd 22-23 4/10/18 9:48 AM Island-raised, first generation bilingual child of Egyptian immigrants. He CREATIVE & PRODUCION SAFF has spent numerous years as a designer in a high-end residential interior design firm while working as a freelance graphic designer and SAM SCALAMONI serving as a Stagehand on recent Broadway shows including Beautiful the DireCor Carol King Musical, Finding Neverland, Les Miserables and Gigi. As a frequent Sam is a freelance New York-based director of and special events Off-Off-Broadway and Off- designer, Andy has designed across the US and world wide and directed the last two Tisch Galas. He is and built scenery for over 10 years in venues throughout NYC and is a two- the director of the critically acclaimed National Tours of Elf the Musical. He time New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nominee in Set Design in 2012 also directed the National Tour of Nickelodeon’s Storytime Live! for and 2013. BFA in Theatre with a focus in Scenic Design from Tisch School Broadway Across America which broke box office records at Radio City of the Arts Department of Drama. Much love to his incredibly colorful Music Hall, and the National Tour of The Gazillion Bubble Show. Sam is partner in crime. currently the Associate Director of the current National and International Tours of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast which he also supervised on BRIAN NASON ’86 Broadway and mounted multiple companies worldwide. He also served as LIGHTING DESIGNER Associate Director for Elton John’s Broadway musical Lestat. Currently in Broadway: The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Thurgood; On Golden Pond; Fortunes development is a new musical, 1000 Faces, based on the life of film legend Fool; Arthur Miller's Broken Glass; 1776; A Month in the Country (Outer Critics Lon Chaney, a stage adaptation of the MGM musical Summer Stock, and Nom.); Taller Than a Dwarf; Threepenny Opera with Sting; Metamorphosis with Unbelievable about baseball legend Jackie Mitchell. Sam currently serves as Mikhail Baryshnikov (Tony Award Nom.). Off-Broadway: More than 75 the Artistic Director of Skyline Theatre Company, a professional non-profit Productions with 27 at Irish Repertory Theater. Opera: It’s A Wonderful Life; theatre company in New Jersey. Sam’s direction of original works include Cold Mountain; Dead Man Walking; A Little Night Music; A Coffin In Egypt; the original two incarnations of Alan Menken’s Broadway musical Leap Cruzar La Cara De La Luna; 3 Decembers; The End of the Affair; West Side Story of Faith in workshop, the original development workshop of Mulan Jr. for (La Scala, Beirut, Japan). Special Events: six National Tours and 11 DVD’s Disney Theatrical Productions; two workshop presentations of Sense and for Tyler Perry; The Big Apple Circus; The Big Apple Circus Stage Show; The Sensibility at Playwrights Horizons and Shakespeare & Company; Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber; Great Performances “Spirituals” Live From multiple workshops of the musical At the Back of the North Wind at the Carnegie Hall (PBS); American Playhouse “O Pioneers” (PBS); Broadway Players Theatre, the National Arts Club, and The Village Theatre; a Under The Stars (Bryant Park); For Colored Girls Tyler Perry Studios; Tri-Star workshop of The New Picasso at New World Stages; Treaty 321! at the Feature Sing; M. Butterfly (National Tour). Brian has been nominated for a Lucille Lortel; and Fidelity Futurestage at New World Stages for Richard Tony Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Audelco Awards, and won Frankel Productions. Regionally he recently directed Les Miserables winning a Barrymore Award. the SALT Award for Best Director of a Musical and Best Musical of the Year, and Agatha Christie’s An Unexpected Guest, winning the BroadwayWorld Award for Best Director of a Play, both at Cortland Repertory Theatre. Sam ANDREW LAZAROW is a proud member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. VIDEO/PROJECIOn DESIGNER Andrew is thrilled to be giving back to Tisch tonight. He is a researcher and JEFFREY M. MARKOWITZ adjunct professor at ITP. Broadway credits include projection design for the upcoming musical Head Over Heels, and this season’s The Terms of My ProduCion Supervisor Surrender. He would like to thank Dan O'Sullivan, Amanda Lipitz, and his Jeffrey M. Markowitz is pleased to be participating in more than a decade wife Rachel. of Tisch Galas and has led projects such as Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Clinton Global Initiative, Stars on Ice, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; he has also served as producer or general manager for projects JOSHUA SANCHEZ such as Cirque Eloize: Rain and Lord Of The Rings In Concert for CAMI; as GRAPHIC DESIGNER show caller Pan American Games in Rio 2007 and Toronto 2015, Rio 2016 Joshua Sanchez is the Director of Digital and Design Services at NYU Tisch and Istanbul 2020 Olympic bids, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for School of the Arts. He's an accomplished filmmaker and designer based CBS, and as stage manager on Broadway/Tour including Urban Cowboy, A in , New York. Joshua's debut feature film FOUR won the Best Class Act, , Blood Brothers, Annie 2 and Harrigan & Hart; on television Performance Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, Best Feature Film at Sound Of Music LIVE, Peter Pan LIVE, and The Wiz LIVE for NBC, The Tony the Urbanworld Film Festival, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Awards, Grammy Awards, VMAs, Kennedy Center Honors, The Billboard Awards, Award. He's been awarded grants from the Jerome Foundation and HBO for America’s Got Talent, 12-12-12 Concert, Fashion Rocks, 9/11 Memorial his work in film and video. His experimental film series Screentests debuted Service, and Live From Lincoln Center. Other credits include 50 operas and at PS122 in New York City in 2012. He is originally from Houston, Texas, countless industrial shows, as well as his proudest credit as father to Kyla. but now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He was recently awarded the 2016-2017 Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fellowship in ANDY YANNI ’08 Playwriting/Screenwriting. SCENIC & DÉCOR DESIGNER Andy is a theatrical, interior, furniture, graphic and event designer, a carpenter and a furniture maker as well as an upstate New York-born, Long

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V2-19-Program.indd 24-25 4/10/18 9:48 AM “Still I Will Love” from Public Works’ As You Like It TISCH GALA SAFF Music Director Kris Kukul

CREATIVE STAFF Club Tisch DJ DJ Young Slade Director Sam Scalamoni Producer Allyson Green OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, DEVELOPMENT, & ALUMNI RELATIONS Coordinating Producer Anna Frangos Assistant Dean, External Affairs Andrew I. Uriarte ’96 Associate Producers Jessica Mantell ’14 Director, Development Laurel Bear Cindy Sideris ’17 Associate Director, Development and Scenic & Decor Designer Andy Yanni ’08 Parents’ Council Liaison Sharon Peterson ’06 Lighting Designer Brian Nason ’86 Assistant Director, Alumni Relations Joanna Puglisi Video/Projection Designer Andrew Lazarow Administrative Aide Cindy Sideris ’17 Administrative Aide Emie Hughes PRODUCTION STAFF Production Supervisor Jeffrey M. Markowitz OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY Calling Stage Manager Lynda Erbs Executive Director Josh Murray ’06 Stage Managers Jeffry Gitter Director, Design and Digital Services Joshua Sanchez Dan da Silva Associate Director Jeremy Schug Assistant Lighting Designer Luamar Cervejeira Administrative Aide Karly Restrepo Assistant to Video/Projection Designer Christina Elizabeth Hall ’18 Design Assistant Hannah Morris Sound Engineer Paul Bevan Teleprompter Operator A-Prompt/Jen Marshall OFFICE OF THE DEAN Talent Flow Manager ABG/Ann Gellert Chief of Staff Joan Maniego Talent Flow Team Danielle Campbell Media Library Supervisor Klara Palotai ’10 Katherine Dumais Events Manager Jessica Mantell ’14 Jasen Miyamoto Administrative Aide II Adrienne Henry ’13 Tassja Walker Videographer Josué Loayza PHOTOGRAPHY NYU Photo Bureau—Sam Hollendshead Photography cLIVE house band Patrick McMullan Company Musical Director Jeff Peretz Emilio Madrid-Kuser Vocals Jonah Rawitz ’20 Vocals Madeline Boreham ’20 PUBLIC RELATIONS Vocals Abby Tawiah ’21 The TASC Group Keys & Vocals Victoria Quartararo ’20 Savannah Grinell Petals & Roots/ Drums Isaac Floyd ’21 SPECIAL THANKS Mario Guevara Alex Avdoulos Bass Blu DeTiger ’21 Emma Aarnes Sandeep Gupta Patricia Peters Guitar Kyle Duke ’19 Jessica Alberg Mimi Haley Natalie Ramirez Guitar Jack Schneider ’19 Annie Allen Natalie Harris Karlyandra Restrepo Casey Bader Brianne Hayes Sarah Ryndak “Who We Are” Traci Balmos Adrienne Henry ’13 Nael Samara Written and performed by Austin Crute ’18 Saunder Lynne Boyle Minghui Hu David Segovia Mariela Bradford Janelle Hutchison Mary Skafidas Medley from New Studio on Broadway's production of Swing Taidi Chen Alison Jerreld Dory Smith-Wilson Original Concept by Paul Kelly Doina Colef Cati Kalinoski MaryAnn Talavera Original Direction and Choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett William Curran Abigail Kniffin Kelvin Triminio Stage Manager Annie Jenkins Colin Davis Larry Kopp Alan Watson Music Director, Keyboards Corey Wachala Elizabeth Devereux Kevin Kuhlke Trumpet Todd Hayen Elyse Dolbec Merida Marquez Trombone Donavan Austin …and thank you to all Courtney Echols Kaley McMahon Reeds Michael Brinzer those last minute Nico Eriksen-Deriso Carrie Meconis Reeds Anthony Ferrara volunteers and Rida Bint Fozi Noah Mullenix Guitar Mike Turnwall Lisa Frechette Kaley McMahon friends! Bass Sam Lavery Jane Fujita Anteneh Moges Drums Alex MacKinnon Margaret Gold Nand Narine Michelle Golden Klara Palotai Madeline Greenberg Patti Pearson 26 27

V2-19-Program.indd 26-27 4/10/18 9:48 AM NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Andrew I. Uriarte ’96 When the School of the Arts was founded at NYU in 1965, it was Assistant Dean, External Affairs heralded as a daring adventure—to be a school unlike any other. The challenge was met and has exceeded all expectations. Now, Joan Maniego more than 50 years later, the school has emerged as the country’s Chief of Staff preeminent center for the study of the performing, cinematic, and emerging media arts. Tisch’s breadth of excellence across Josh Murray ’06 departments is unique and world-renowned. Students can earn Executive Director, Communications & Technology a BA, BFA, MA, MFA, MPS, or PhD in a wide range of disciplines uniquely integrated into one school within a great global research university. Artist, scholars, and innovators come from around the Annie Stanton ’96/’99 world to study acting, animation, arts politics, cinema, dance, Executive Director, Special Programs design, film, game design, interactive media, music business, performance, photography, preservation, and writing for musical Dana Whitco theater, contemporary music, stage, screen, and television. Director, Tisch Creative Research

Allyson Green Dean INSITUTE OF PERFORMING ARTS Sheril D. Antonio, PhD ’81/’86/’99 Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Art & Public Policy Kathy Engel, Chair Robert Cameron Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs Dance Seán Curran ’84, Chair Kathleen McDermott Senior Associate Dean of Resource Planning & Compliance Design for Stage & Film Susan Hilferty, Chair Michael Burke ’99 Associate Dean of the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television Drama Rubén Polendo, Chair Dan O'Sullivan ’91 Associate Dean of the Institute of Emerging Media Graduate ACing Mark Wing-Davey, Chair Sarah Schlesinger Associate Dean of the Institute of Performing Arts Graduate Writing Sarah Schlesinger, Associate Dean and Chair Fred Carl Co-Associate Dean of Faculty Open Arts Mary Bitel, Chair Karen Shimakawa Co-Associate Dean of Faculty Performance Studies André Lepecki, Chair Kaiko Hayes Assistant Dean of Administration 28 29

V2-19-Program.indd 28-29 4/10/18 9:48 AM MAURICE KANBAR INSITUTE TISCH DEAN’S COUNCIL OF FILM & TELEVISION The Tisch School of the Arts' Dean's Council is a dedicated group of cultural authorities, business leaders, and alumni who are Undergraduate Film & Television passionate about the arts. This group provides the dean and the Ezra Sacks, Chair school with the valuable counsel and annual support necessary to position the Tisch School of the Arts as the preeminent arts Graduate Film training institution in the world. Barbara Schock, Chair

Rita & Burton Goldberg Department Andrew Tisch, Chair Spike Lee ’82/Hon. ’98 of Dramatic Writing Alec Baldwin ’94/Hon. ’10 Margo Lion Terry Curtis Fox, Chair Alan J. Bernon Amanda Lipitz ’02 Martin Bregman ’49 Jillian Manus ’84 Cinema Studies Colin Callender CBE Laurence Mark ’73 Anna McCarthy, Chair Iris Cantor Sharon Chang ’95/’98 Hon. ’95 Alexandra M. Cohen Jack Rapke ’74 H. Rodgin Cohen Dennis Riese ’73 INSITUTE OF EMERGING MEDIA Chris Columbus ’80 Jane Rosenthal ’77 Martha Coolidge '71 Scott Rudin Clive Davis InSitute of Recorded Music Billy Crystal ’70 Henry S. Schleiff Jeffrey Rabhan ’92, Chair Raymond T. Dalio Martin Scorsese ’64/’68/Hon.’92 Clive Davis ’53/Hon. ’11 Jay Stein ’65 ITP Barry Diller Oliver Stone ’71/Hon. ’13 Dan O’Sullivan ’91, Associate Dean and Chair Alphonse Fletcher Sir Howard Stringer Mitchell Glatt ’78/’80 Ram Sundaram NYU Game Center Brian Grazer Ann Rubenstein Tisch Frank Lantz, Chair Elizabeth Hemmerdinger ’03 Jonathan Tisch Maurice Kanbar Steve Tisch Photography & Imaging Brian Kessler Richard Vague Deborah Willis, Chair Steve Kloves Casey Wasserman ’84/Hon. ’01 George C. Wolfe ’84

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V2-19-Program.indd 30-31 4/10/18 9:48 AM TISCH PARENTS’ COUNCIL Monica Muhart Jane & Raymond Wurwand** Noela & Dimitris Nakos Ronna & Steven Zoll The Tisch Parents’ Council brings together parents of current Jane & Thomas Nitti students and alumni from around the world to share perspectives Beatriz Fontoura & **Parents of Alumni and serve as ambassadors in support of the school. We are so Daniel Nussenzveig + Past Co-Chairs grateful for their support. Lisa & Charlie Palmer Gwen & Doug Parker To learn more about the Parents’ Council, visit TischPC.com. Reta & Briggs Peery Janan & Frank Pisano 2017-18 Co-Chairs: Debra & Steven Geist Tamara & Joel Podolny** Patricia & Walter Moore Lena & Rob Gelenberg**+ Robin & Nick Politan** Stefania & Mark Magidson Carol & Benjamin Greenspan Monica & Philip Rosenthal** Nerida & Tom Hackett Stacey Halpern & Dan Roston Members: Gayle Pereira Higgins & Steven Sampson Anonymous Harold Higgins Ellen & Ron Saslow Alexandra & Scot Ackerman Maria Wiesner & Paul Hollands Kathy Schumacher Martha & Michael Adler Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger & Alissa & Jack Sebastian Sharon & Brian Ainsworth Mark Hollinger Genny & Klaus See-Tho Sarah Bhutta & Afzaal Akhtar Nina Houghton Beth & Matthew Sennett Michele & Brian Barnett Carol & Chris Jakubik Kirsten & Brian Shirken Anne & Matthew Bean Wendy Davis Johnson & Judith & David Shore Cynthia & Alan Berkshire**+ Gordon Johnson** Lisa & Howard Stern Dori Schnitzer & Mark Brown Carol & Mike Johnson Joyce Ulrich & Francesca & Jim Cervantes Rise Johnson Hank Stewart III**+ Arlene & Wayne Chaplin** Sally & Barry Karlin Melissa Goldsmith & Rebecca & Jeff Cook Mary & Brian Katz Larry Stone Michelle & Shane Coppola Lisa Shalett & Rhonda Kaufman Jessie Furness & Lance Stuart Rebecca & Michael Costello Lisa & Brian Kessler Jillian & Jeremy Temkin Arielle Besson & Adele & Jody Laboz Debora Rodriguez & Olivier Croonenberghs Tracy & Rocky Lai Terry Theologides Aida & John Dieck Bonnie Comley & Stewart Lane Sharon & Michael Thomas Rosemarie & Juana Schurman & Judith & Tom Tullie Joseph DiLorenzo**+ Tony Ligamari** Jeanette Newman & Jon Tullis** Stacey & Fernando Donayre** Terri & Joe Long Wendy & Jeff Turk Karey Burke & Michael Duggan Beth & Greg Looser Kathleen & Charles Van Horn Molly & Sean Durkin** Valentine Talland & Liz Alicea-Velez & Ismael Velez Catherine & David Durning Nagesh Mahanthappa Kelly & John Waller** Lisa & Brian Enslow Kathleen Kennedy & Elizabeth Breen & Jack Welch Nora & Alexander Falk** Frank Marshall Vanna White Darla & Patrick Flanagan Rob Martin** Caroline & Jack Williams** Jana & Rob Fore Tracy Stein & Marco Masotti Courtney Eller-Williams & Jennifer & Michael Freitag Suzanne McFayden David Williams Nancy Travis & Robert Fried Dawn & Salar Mirran Eileen Heisler & Adam Wolman Ellen & Eric Garland Betty Ann Caravella & Susan Keating & Amy & Frank Garrison** Kevin Morris Norman Worthington 32 33

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Without the Strength and Support of NYU Tisch School of the Arts there would be no Congratulations to the Maiden Voyage to encourage 2018 Tisch Gala Honorees! and support first time filmmakers and their stories. Ram Sundaram and Preethi Krishna

With Thanks,

Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus

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V2-19-Program.indd 34-35 4/10/18 9:48 AM producer producer

We’re happy to be here with you all to celebrate Tisch School of the Arts. Congratulations NYU Tisch School of the Arts Congratulations to the honorees Honored to be part of the Eleanor Columbus, legacy Chris Columbus and Eddy Moretti Mark and Stefania Magidson TISCH PARENTS ’20 The Ackerman Family Max Ackerman ’17

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At a time when Congratulations to the supporting the Arts is so Tisch School of the Arts vital, we are proud to and the 2018 Gala support the important work Honorees taking place at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Patricia and Walter Moore William Harrison Moore Tracy Stein and (Tisch Class of ’18, Drama) Marco Masotti

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Parents supporting tonight's Gala, representing the Tisch Congratulations to tonight’s Parents' Council, express honorees, Chris Columbus, their gratitude to the Eleanor Columbus, and Eddy dedicated faculty and Moretti, and thank you to the administrators who Tisch Family for their provide both inspiration unwavering support of artists. and excellent training to our students who are the next generation of artists -Jonathan Cohen ’12 and arts scholars.

Tisch Parents' Council

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We are honoured that our daughter, Cartier Lee is attending Tisch, NYU, and we are delighted to lend our support.

Sincere congratulations to this year’s Gala Honorees.

-Keri and Trevor Lee (Brisbane, Australia)

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Congratulations and many thanks to the The purpose of art is 2018 Tisch Gala honorees washing the dust of daily for continuing to inspire life off our souls. future artists and designers! -Pablo Picasso

The Van Horn Group Ann and Andrew Tisch Kathleen and Charlie Van Horn Knox Van Horn, Tisch ’19 New Orleans, LA

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THE LIZZIE AND JONATHAN TISCH FOUNDATION

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To Chris Columbus, the brightest star in the NYU galaxy!

And to his wonderful daughter Eleanor, proof that Congratulaaons Chris is as great a father as to filmmaker! all the honorees. You make us proud, From your friend, fan and admirer, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundaaon

Richard Vague

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Chris and Eleanor, Many Congratulations Chris, Eleanor, and Eddy! Congratulations on this well deserved honor. With admiration, Colin and Elizabeth Callender Keep up the great work!!! and the team at Playground We love you and wish we could be there,

Marsha, Zak, Zelda, and Cody Williams

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CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS AND ELEANOR!

TIM HERLIHY

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Dear Chris and Eleanor, Warner Bros. Pictures warmly congratulates Congratulations on a CHRIS COLUMBUS & well-deserved honor. ELEANOR COLUMBUS I am so proud of you both. and EDDY MORETTI Best, distinguished honorees of the Jack Rapke 2018 Tisch Gala

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Congratulations Tisch School of the Arts. Proud to be part of the legacy. #nyutischgala

tisch.nyu.edu David Javerbaum ’95

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