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HOST MICHAE L McELROY

SCENIC & DECOR DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER A N DY YA N NI '08 BRIA N NASON '86

VIDEO/PROJECTION DESIGNER PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR A NDREW LAZAROW JEFF MARKOWI TZ

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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN l F­ THE. TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

To Our Fr iends.

We lcome to one of the most important even ings for the NYU Tisch School of the Arts . You are a vital part of the Tisch Schoo l of the Arts community , and I am deep ly grateful for your support . Together , we Asp ire and Inspire .

This even ing, we honor two extraordinary and inspir ing alumni - Dana i Gur ira and Andre Holland - both from our Graduate Act ing Program. Danai and Andre are br illiant storyte llers and represent all that is possible with the educat ion we offer . They work across disciplines , and they are fear less in te lling stor ies that are often overlooked or unheard . They inspire us all.

Thank you so much to the gala committee, our hosts , generous donors, and to all of you for supporting us in so many ways . Since we last gathered at the Tisch Gala, we have begun construction at 181 Mercer Street , the new home to our Performing Arts Center , and we w ill soon be expanding to the Med ia, Technology and Arts comp lex at 370 Jay Street in Brook lyn . These exciting new centers will prov ide vita lly needed space for our student to cross and collaborate.

Your support guarantees that we are able to support the cr itical needs of students . Our work is more important than ever: to tra in and nurture outstanding scholars , performing art ists, film and image makers, coders , producers , and entrepreneurs from the Tisch School of the Arts .

Thank you!

A llyson Green Dean, Tisch Schoo l of the Arts • ----- A ------A. 'I N<; I E

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF

Dear Friends :

On behalf of the ent ire NYU community, I am delighted to welcome you to a most special evening : the 2017 Tisch School of the Arts Gala.

Tonight we ce lebrate two dazzling alumni , Danai Gur ira and Andre Ho lland . Dana i's four celebrated and groundbreak ing plays have made her one of the theater 's brightest voices - on top of being an accomp lished actress and deeply engaged advocate for women and gir ls Andre has consistent ly sought out roles of substance and nuance , leading him to cr it ical acc laim as an actor in television , the stage, and film , includ ing the w inner of this year's Academy Award for Best Picture.

Of course , Danai and Andre are not only consummate art ists. They are also friends and co lleagues who met in the classrooms and performance spaces of the Tisch School of the Arts. Together, they have appeared on 's biggest stages, from Broadway to Shakespeare in the Park to, most recent ly, The New York Times.

Dana i and Andre embody the magic that happens at NYU Tisch - where the world's most talented young artists hone the ir craft , insp ire each other, and go on to make their own unique and lasting mark on the wor ld of the arts.

We are thrilled that they could be a part of the Tisch Gala, and we are thri lled that you are , too . Your support is indispensab le to the Tisch School 's mission of nurturing the next generation of artists and performers. Thank you for helping to make th is even ing such a success !

Sincerely,

Andrew D. Ham ilton President, New York Univers ity • Jl,-(.HGALA201/ ------

GALA SUPPORTERS

A lexandra & Scot Ackerman Stefania & Mar k Mag idson Tracy Ste in & Marco Masotti Pat & Walter Moore

GALA SUPPORTERS

AWARD W INNERS ' CIRCLE Anonymous

PRESEN TING PAR TNERS Anonymous Janet & J immy Neissa Ram Sundaram & Preeth i Krishna

ANGELS Anonymous The A lec Baldwin Foundat ion, Inc . The Carol and Alan Bernon Family Fou ndation

PRODUCERS Alexandra & Scot Ackerman Chris Co lumb us '80 & Mon ica Devere ux Stefania & Mark Magidson Tracy Stein & Marco Masott i Pat & Walter Moore Ann & Andrew Tisch Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch

DIRECTORS Sha ron Chang '95/' 98 Barbara & Rodg in Cohen CAA Foundation George S. Kaufman ·55 Monica Muhart Randi & Dennis Riese ·73 Genevieve & Klaus See- Tho • ----Kath- leen & Char lie Van Horn 6 ------ASPIRf INSP Rl

BENEFAC TORS James & Deborah Burrows Fou ndation Barbara Lee Brand & Kar l E. Brand Iris & B. Gera ld Canto r Foundation Jonat han Cohen ·12 Elizabeth Gaine & Colin Callender Peter, Stacy, Sara, & Molly Clark Ke lly & Mark Consue los Becky & Michae l Costello Keri Cra ig-Lee & Dianne Craig Rosemar ie & Jo seph Di Lo renzo Dar la & Pat rick Flanagan Jana & Robert Fore Ellen & Eric Garland Lena & Rob Gelenberg Caro l & Ben jam in Greenspan Eve & Ross Jaffe Mary & Brian Katz Lisa & Brian Kessle r Amanda Lip itz '02 & Greg Smi t h Bet ty Ann Carave lla & Kev in Morris Loretta & Vincent O'T oole Perei ra Higgins Fo undat ion Noela & Dimitr is Nakos N BCUniversa I Reta & Br iggs Peery Brenda & Phil Rever Lisa & Peter Rose nberg Marie Santos . M.D. Sarah Lutz & John van Rens Ke lly & John Wa ller Sue Keating & Norman Worthing ton Ronna & Steve Zo ll PATRONS Anonymous Beth & Dong Soo Ande rson-Song Tamara & Brad Bernstein Arie lle Croonenberghs Je nnifer & Michae l Freit ag Mark T. Fung Mitch Glatt '78/' 80 Cher yl & Robert Kobre Cary l Hu ll Leav itt & Jeffrey Leav itt Margo Lion Jillian Manus '84 Neuman ·s Kitchen Catering & Events The O'Ne ill Film and Theatrical Foundation Stephanie & Nicho las Osborne Mitchell Rock Jane Rosenthal ·77 Steven Sampso n Henry & Peggy Sch leiff Allyson Green & Peter Terezakis '14 -----Lilah Fisher W ise '08 & Jeffrey W ise '09 • T SCH (All\ 2017 ------

H 0 N 0 R E E s

D/\f IPI CUR RA 0 t (GRADUA TE AC TING. INSTITUTE OF PERFORM ING AR TS)

Danai Gurira is an award-winn ing playwright and actress. As a playwright, her works include: In the Continuum ( , Outer Critics Award, Helen Hayes Award), Eclipsed (Tony Award Nom ination: Best Play, NAACP Award; Helen Hayes Award : Best New Play ; Connecticut Critics Circle Award Outstanding Production of a Play), and The Convert (six Ovation Awards, Los Ange les Outer Critics Award) . Danai's newest play Familiar rece ived its world premiere at Yale Rep in 2015 and prem iered in New York at Playwrights Horizons in February of 2016.

She is a recipient of the Sam Norkin Award at the 2016 Drama Desk Awards , a Wh it ing Award, a Hodder Fellow , and has been commiss ioned by Yale Rep , Center Group, Playwrights Hor izons , and the Royal Court . She is currently developing a pilot for HBO.

As an actor , she has appeared in the films The Visitor , Mother of George , she also played Isabella in NYSF's Measure for Measure (Equity Callaway Award) . She current ly plays Michonne on AMC's The Walking Dead (NAACP Image Award nom inat ion) and recently wrapped product ion on the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me. Danai next goes into production on Marve l's Black Panther where she will star as Okoye .

She holds an MFA from Tisch , NYU. She was born in the US to Zimbabwean parents and raised in Zimbabwe. She serves as an ambassador for Bone 's ONE campa ign and is the founder of LOGpledge.org, an awareness build ing campaign focused on the plights of women and g irls around the globe .

She is also the co -founder of Almasi Arts , wh ich works to give access and opportunity to the Afr ican Dramatic Arti st (almasiartsa lliance.org).

Tw itter/ lnstag ram : @dana igur ira Faceboo k: @Da naiGuriraOffi cial

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H 0 N 0 R E E s

ANDR I JOLLA D 06 (GRADUATE AC TIN G. INSTITU TE OF PERFOR MING AR TS)

Andre Holland is a native of Birmingham , Alabama, and gained an undergraduate degree from Florida State Univers ity before earn ing an MFA from New York Univers ity's Graduate Acting Program Shortly after graduation, he received acclaim for his tour-de-force performance as four generations of a family in the play Blue Door at Playwrights Horizons .

Holland can curren t ly be seen in Barry Je nkins· Moonlight . The A24 com ing-of-age drama received several awards including the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture. the 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama, and the 2017 lnd ie Spirit Award for Best Feature . The strong ensemble rece ived severa l acco lades including a 2016 Gotham Independent Film Award, 2017 Critics Choice Awards , and a 2017 lnd ie Spirit Award. Hol land received indiv idual nom inations from the 2017 Black Reel Awards and 2016 Flor ida Film Critics Circle Awards for his support ing role.

Holland recent ly wrapped production on Ava DuVernay ·s adaption of Madeleine L'Eng le's A Wrinkle in Time, alongside Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon , and Oprah W infrey. He w ill next film Widows , directed by Steve McQueen and featur ing Vio la Davis. Cynth ia Erivo. and Liam Neeson .

Other film cred its includ e: Paramount Pictures · Selma, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marche s and directed by Ava DuVernay, 42. Bnde Wars, 's Miracle at St. Anna , and the acclaimed 2008 independent film Sugar .

Previously, Holland starre d as Dr. Algeron Edwards in Steven Soderbergh's crit ically acclaimed Cinemax series The Knick, opposite Clive Owen . He rece ived a 2015 Satellite Award nom ination for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film as we ll as a 20 16 Crit ics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Support ing Actor in a Drama Series for the role.

Among his telev ision credits are American Horror Story, 7600 Penn, Damages. Burn Notice, NBC's Friends with Benefits, Law & Order , and The Black Donnellys

Holland made his Broadway debut in the Ton y Award-winning 2009 reviva l of August Wi lson 's Joe Turner 's Come and Gone, at the Belasco Theatre . He most recent ly returned to Broadway in August Wilson 's at the Samuel J. Friedman Theat re in 2017. Before that. he sta rred in Manhattan Theatre Club 's 20 11presentation of The Whipping Man . the Publ ic Theat re's Shakespea re in the Park productions of Alf 's Well That Ends Well. Measure for Measure , Much Ado About Nothing , and As You Like It. His off-Broadway wo rk also inclu des The Brother/Sister Plays, Wig Out. Tempest Tossed, and Romeo and Juliet , wi th the NYU/Continuum Company; In the Red and Brown Water. at Georg ia's ; and Andorra , at Londo n's Young Vic , to name on ly a few.

He current ly resides in New York City . • ----- 11: 11,- H GA I\ 2011 ------

PERFORMERS & PRESENTERS HOST MICHAEL McELROY As a performer , Michae l McElroy ·s credits include : Broadway: Sunday in the Park with George (2017 reviva l) , Next to Normal, RENT, The Wild Party, Big River (Tony nom ination 2004, Drama Desk nomination), The Who's Tommy , Miss Saigon, Patt i LuPone on Broadway , High Roller Social Pleasure Club. As a voca l arranger Michae l's wor k on Broadway includes : Disaster !, and Street Corner Symphony. Encores Cit y Center : Sunday in the Park with George , Faust. Hair . New York Philh armonic : Candide. Nat iona l Tou r: Next to Normal, Rent, Big River ( LA Ovation no mina tion ), SARAF/NA. Off-Broadway : Some Men (Second Stage Theate r). BLUE ( Roundabout), Violet (Original Cast , Playwr ights Horizons . Drama Desk No mina tion) , Thunder Knocking on the Door (Minetta Lane), Richard Ill (NYS F). Regiona l: Broadway 3 Generations (Kennedy Center), Big River (Fords Theater, Helen Hayes Awa rd 2006) , Fences (R iverside), Angels In America: /&II (Alley Thea ter). BLUE (Pasadena Playhou se, L.A. Ovat ion Nom ination), Dreamgir!s (Pi ttsburgh Playhouse). Featu red on such CDs as BLUE. The Who's Tommy, The Wild Party, Violet, Dream True.

As a Voc al Arranger and Musical Directo r, Michae l's arrangements have been fe atu red on Broadway in Disaster th is season, and Street Corner Symphony , Off-Broadway in Our Lady of Kibeho at Signat ure The ate r, and Three Mo' Tenors at the Little Shubert The ate r. Film: Rent Live on Broadway, Romance and Cigarettes. Stonewall . Te levis ion : The Wiz Live! (Background Voc als), Cantebury Law, Love Monkey, All My Children, Spin City, Michael Jac kson Concert. 2002 Grammy's . Michael McElroy is the Fo unde r/ Musical Director and Arranger for Broadway Insp irationa l Vo ice s (BIV) a mult i-racia l gospe l choir composed of Broadway performers from such shows as: Aladdin, A Bronx Tale. Waitress, Sunset Boulevard. Book of Mormon. Hamilton. The Lion King, and On Your Feet . Broadway Inspirationa l has recorded 3 Albu ms Great Joy II: Around the World (2 016), GRACE ( DMP Records) and GREAT JOY! (Sh-K -Boo m Records) an d is feat ured on The Wiz Live CD . Michael rece ived a Grammy nominat ion in 2004 for his arrangement of ''Joy to the World" on Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas. In October 2016 BIV re leased th eir second holiday CD : Great Joy II Around the World ava ilable on CD, iTune s, and on thei r website at broadwayinsp irati onalvo ic es.org . BIV has performed with such greats as Mar iah Carey, Gloria Estefan , Harry Conn ick Jr., Jason Mraz, Sting , Elton John, Vanessa W illiams. Patt i LaBe lle. Clay Aiken . and Heather Headley . Michael is Associate Cha ir of Profess ional Training in the Department of Drama as we ll as Head of Vocal Performance in the New Studio on Broadway at Tisc h School of the Arts at New Yo rk Univers ity. • ----- 0 ------ASPI

PERFORMERS & PRESENTERS FEA-rU~ED -;:)8FORMERS SEAN CURRAN '84 (CHOREOGRAPHER) CHAIR, DANCE Sean Curran's career in dance and the perform ing arts spans 30 years and includes awards from the Nat ional Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundat ion for the Arts, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, The O'Donne ll-Green Music and Dance Foundation , The New York Dance and Performance Bess ie Awards, and many others . His contemporary dance ensemb le, Sean Curran Company, was founded in 1997 and has toured internationa lly to over 75 venues and presented home seasons at prest igious venues such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Joyce Theater , and Dance Theater Workshop . In addit ion to 28 original works for his own company, Curran is a sought-after choreographer and director for opera and theater. A graduate and facu lty member of New York Univers ity's Tisch School of the Arts , he currently serves and Cha ir of the Department of Dance .

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BENJAMIN ELIZABETH MARIEL LAUREN FREEDMAN COKER HARRIS '15 KRAVITZ '14

MICHAEL SHANE JIN JU RICKY RICHMA N RUTKOW SKI SONG-BEGIN W ENT HEN ----- • ll"CH GIi A 2011 ------

PERFORMERS & PRESENTERS FEA nJRED S7JDENT PERFORMERS a IVE-DAV IS INSTITLrF OF RFCORDFD MUSIC

Muri elle '19 Dez i '18 N ick Cianci '17

Jao i ·02 Wil l Dann:r, DKTA '16 Dailey '19 Garcia 19

Daniel Christopher Hiram John M. Olivia Berlingeri '18 cassarino ·10 Delgado '18 Glowacki '18 HebQ{t 18

Ario FlkileM . Blair Kario A1shling Hill '18 Kani' l8 Lewin '18 Marcet ·1e Pembroke '18

Paul Alexancfra Julia John • ----Pontrelli '18 T-empler '18 Valen ·10 Zdrojeski '18 2 ------AS, Rf IN<;FIRf

PERFORMERS & PRESENTERS FEATUREDSTUDENT PERFORMERS r,cPAFHME-NT OF DRAMA

SierraD. Sonya T,evor Br idget June Delaney Ankley '17 Balsara ·17 Bunce ·17 Crisonino ·17 Flanagan '18

Hector Leanne Holly Allison Tyler ca rollne Fortun ·1a Gadow '18 Gould "18 Kane '17 Keegan "18

Olivia Al IIson Claire catherine Emma Max Konteatis ·17 Lian 18 Luckenbach '18 Maxwe11'18 Meyers ·17

AdamJ Sarah Alston Munoz ·17 Park 18 Slatton ·17

Veronica John Michael Eamon -----Thompson ·17 wa ller'17 Yates ·1s • TISCII CAI /,2017 ------n

CREATIVE & PRODUCTION STAFF

SAM SCALAMO NI (DIR ECTOR) Sam is a freelance New York based d irector of theatre and spec ial events across the US and world w ide and directed last year's 50th Ann iversary Tisch Gala. He is the director of the critically acclaimed Nationa l Tours of Elf the Musical. He also d irected the Nationa l Tour of Nicke lodeon 's Storytime Live! for Broadway Across America wh ich broke box office records at Radio City Music Hall, and the Nationa l Tour of The Gazill ion Bubb le Show . Sam is current ly the Associate Director of the current Nationa l and Int ernat ional Tours of Disney's Beauty and the Beast wh ich he also supervised on Broadway and mounted mult iple compan ies worldw ide. He also served as Associate Director for Elton John's Broadway mus ical Lestat . Current ly in deve lopment is a new musical, 7000 Faces , based on the life of fi lm legend Lon Chaney , a stage adaptat ion of the MGM mus ical Summer Stock , and Unbelievable, about baseba ll legend Jackie Mitche ll. Sam current ly serves as the Artistic Director of Skyl ine Theatre Company , a professiona l non -profit theatre company in New Jersey. Sam 's direction of or iginal wor ks inc lude the original two incarnations of A lan Menken ·s Broadway mus ica l Leap of Faith in workshop , the or ig ina l deve lopment workshop of Mu/an Jr . for Disney Theatrica l Productions; two workshop presentat ions of Sense and Sensibility at Playwr ights Hor izons and Shakespeare & Company; multiple wo rkshops of the musical At the Back of the North W ind at the Players Theatre, the Nationa l Arts Club, and The Vil lage Theatre ; a workshop of The New Picasso at New Wor ld Stages; Treaty 32 7! at the Luci lle Lorte l; and Fidelity Futurestage at New World Stages for Richard Fran kel Product ions . Regiona lly he recently directed Les Miserables winning the SALT Award for Best Director of a Musical and Best Musica l of the Year , and Agatha Chr istie's An Unexpected Guest, w inning the Broadway World Award for Best Director of a Play, both at Cortland Repertory Theatre . Sam is a proud member of The Stage Director s and Choreographers Society .

ANDY YA NN I '08 (SCE NIC & DECOR DESIGNER) Andy is a theatr ical, interior , furn iture, graph ic, and event des igner, a carpenter , and a furn iture maker, as well as an upst ate New York -born, Long Island-ra ised , first generat ion bi lingua l child of Egyptian immigrants . He has spent numerous years as a des igner in a high-end resident ial interior des ign firm w hile work ing as a freelance graph ic des igner and serv ing as a Stagehand on recent Bro adway shows includ ing Beautifu l the Caro l Kin g Musical , Finding Never/and, Les Miserables , and Gigi. As a frequent Off-Off-Broad w ay and Off-Broad w ay theatre des igner , Andy has designed and built scenery for over 10 years in venues throughout NY C and is a two-time New York Innovat iv e Theatre Awards Nominee in Set Des ign in 2012 for Pipeline Theatre Company's Fe lix and the Diligence and in 2013 for Libra Theatre Company 's The Thirteenth Commandment . BFA. in Theatre wi th a focus in Scen ic Design from Tisch Schoo l of the Arts Department of Drama . Much love to his incredib ly co lorful partner in cr ime. • ----- 1,1 ------ASPl'l[ 1'sSPIRf

BRIAN NASON '86 (LIGHTING DESIGNER) Broadway : The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Thurgood; On Golden Pond ; Fortunes Foo l; Arthur Miller's Broken Glass; 7776; A Month in the Country (Outer Crit ics Norn .); Taller Than a Dwarf; 3 Penny Opera with Sting; Metamorphosis with Mikhail Baryshnikov (Tony Award Norn .). Off Broadway: More than 75 Productions w ith 27 at Irish Repertory Theater. Opera : It 's A Wonder ful Life; Cold Mountain; Dead Man Walking , A Little Night Music ; A Coffin In Egypt; Cruzar La Cara De La Luna; 3 Decembers ; The End of the Affair; West Side Story (La Scala , Beirut , Ja pan). Specia l Events : 6 Nat ional Tou rs and 11D VD's for Tyler Perry; The Big Apple Circus ; The Big Apple Circus Stage Show; The Music of Andr ew Lloyd Webber; Great Performances "Spirituals " Live From Carnegie Hall (PBS); American Playhouse "O Pioneers " (PBS) ; Broadway Under The Stars (B ryant Park); Tyler Perry Stud ios; Tri-Star Feature Sing; M.Butterfly (National Tou r). Brian has been nom inate d for a Tony Award, 2 Outer Cri t ics Circle Awards , 2 Aude lco Awards , and won a Barrymore Award .

ANDREW LAZAROW (V IDEO/PROJ ECTION DESIGNER) Andrew is t hri lled t o give back to T isch to night. Most recently he designed The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and is continu ing work as the Interactive Consu ltant for the Donmar Warehouse's Privacy . Other favori te cred its include the pre m ieres of Andrew Lippa ·s I Am Harvey Milk, and Brooklynite. A ndre w has been recogn ized by Apple for Outstanding Achievement in Film , and is a recip ient of a grant from Goog le to deve lop new approaches to interactive storyte lling at Tisch, where he is also an ad junc t professor He woul d like to th ank Dan O'Sullivan , Amanda Lip it iz, and his w ife Rache l.

JEFFREY M. MARKOWITZ ( PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR) Jeffrey M. Markow itz has led projects such as Radio City Christmas Spectacu lar . Clinton Globa l Init iat ive, NYU/Tisch Annual Gala, Stars on Ice , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turt les; he has also served as producer or general manager for projects such as Cirque Elo ize: Rain and Lord Of The Rings In Concert for CAM I; as show caller Pan Ame rican Games in Rio 2007 and Toronto 20 15, Rio 2016 and Istanbul 2020 Olympic bids, the Victor ia's Secret Fashion Show for CBS and as stage manager on Broadway / Tour including Urban Cowboy , A Class Act , Ann ie, Blood Brothers , Annie 2, and Harrigan & Hart; on television Sound Of Music Live !, Peter Pan Live!, and The Wiz Live! for NBC , The Tony Awards , The Billboard Awards, Americ a's Got Talent . 72- 72-72 Concert , Fashion Rocks , 9/17 Memoria l Service and Live From Lincoln Center Other credits include 50 operas and countless industr ial sho w s, as well as his proudest credit as father to Kyla . ----- • 11,- H GA I\ 2011 ------15

TISCH GALA 2 0 1 7 ST AF F

CREATIV E STA FF Director Sam Scalamon i Assoc iate Producer Anna Frangos Cindy Sider is '17 Scenic & Decor Desig ner Andy Yanni '08 Light ing Designer Brian Nason '86 Video/Pro jection Designer Andrew Lazarow

PRO DUCTIO N STA FF Production Supervisor Jeffrey M. Markow itz Calling Stage Manager Lynda Erbs Stage Manager Dan da Silva Assistant Stage Manage r/Produc tion Assistant Cherie Chalouhi Production Assistants Anna Baronas Kiera Bennett Assis tant to the Direc tor Jake Dunham Light ing Programme r Brad Gray Assistant Lig hting Desig ner Luamar Cerveje ira Lighting Programmer Paul J. Sonnleitner Sound Engineer Paul Bevan Teleprompter Operator A -Prompt/Jen Marshall Hair Jane lle Leone Gina Leo ne Make-up Ashley Ryan Emily Anse l Talent Flow Manager ABG Gellert Talent Flow Team Valeri Elg Kathryn Griff in Harmony Ingraham Erin Koster Jakob Plummer Videog r apher Josue Loay za

AR T IST IC STA FF DJ DKTA '16

Op ening Animation An imator Jack Wedge ·19

cLIVE house band Voca ls Murie lle '19 Voca ls Dezi '18 Guitar Nick Cianci '17 Keys Jao i '20 Drums W ill Dailey '19 Bass Danny Garcia ·19

Metal Garden (Improvised Excerpt) Choreographed by Sean Curran '84 in col laborat ion with the dancers Music by Tigger Benford and Peter Jones

''Move On" from Sunday in the Park with George and "Our Time" from Merrily We Roll Along Music and Lyr ics by Stephen Sondhe im Arra ngement by Laurence Yurma n Musical Directo r Malco lm Gets Accompan ist Matt Catal di "Mov e On" Soloists Ario Hill • ----- Alexandra T em pier 16 ------ASPIRI INSPlhE

PHOTOGRAPHY NYU Photo Bureau Patrick McMullan Company Nate "Igor· Smith , Driven By Boredom

OFF ICE OF EXT ERNAL A FFAIRS, DEV ELO PMENT, & A LUM NI RELA TIONS Assistan t Dean, External Affairs Andrew I. Uriarte ·95 Director of Development Marc c,ncone '11 Associate Director, Development and Parents ' Council Liaison Sharon Peterson '06 Assistant Director . Alumni Relat ions Joanna Csporusso Puglisi Assistant Director Externa l Affa irs Laurel Bear Administrative Aide Cindy Sideris ·17 Admin istrative Aide Ernie Hughes

OFF ICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TEC HN OLOGY Executive Directo r, Communica tio ns and Techno logy Josh Murray '06 Project Manager Jeremy Schug

ADDITIONAL GALA STAFF Public Relations The TASC Group

SPECIAL THANK S Annie Allen Jesse Lively Emma Arnes Joan Maniego Casey Bader Susan Mannetta Traci Balmos Merida Marquez Derrick Bethune Laurence Maslon Laura Bladek Ann Mathews JimCslder Jaqueline Milles Colin Callender Nikki Mirasola John Canemaker Klara Palota i Jef frey Chassen Christina Papadopou los Jean Chen-Villa lba Patti Pearson Barbara Cokorinos Natalie Ramirez Patr icia Decker Emily Rennert Virgin ie Decker Sarah Ryndak Katrina Denney Dory Smith -Wilson Courtney Echols Star Group Productions Anna Gallagher Stephen Simban Gina Guadagn ino James Suskin Brianne Hayes MaryAnn Talavera Janelle Hutchison Giselle Vazquez Scott Illingworth Alan Watson Bob Kamp Mark Wing - Davey Ab igail Kniffin Sarah Yorke Aryn Lentz

...and than k you to an those last minute vo lunteers and friends' • 11,- H GA I\ 2011 ------17

T ISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS A BR IEF HISTORY

When the School of the Arts was founded at NYU in 1965. it was hera lded as a dar ing adventure - to be a school unl ike any other . The challenge was met. and over the last 50 years the Schoo l emerged as the country·s preeminent center for the study of the perform ing , cinematic, and emerging media arts. Tisch's breadth of excellence across departments is unique and wor ld-renowned . Students can earn a BA. BFA, MFA. MPS. or PhD in a wide range of disciplines uniquely integrated in one school within a global research university. Artist. scholars. and innovators come from around the world to study acting, animation, arts politics, cinema. dance, design, film, game design, interact ive media. performance, photography, preservation. and writing for musical theater, stage. screen. and television. INS TITUTES & DEPARTM ENTS

INSTITUTE OF MA URICE KAN BA R INSTITUTE OF PERFO RMING A RTS FILM & TELEVISION Art & Pub lic Po licy Undergraduate Fil m & T elevis ion Kathy Enge l, Cha ir Joe Pichi rallo , Chair

Dance Graduate F ilm Sean Curran '84 , Cha ir Barbara Schock, Chair

Design for Stage & Fi lm Rita & Burton Go ldberg Susan Hilferty, Chair Department of Dramatic Wr it ing Terry Curtis Fox , Chair Drama Rub en Po lendo, Ch air Cinema Studies An tonia Lant, Chair Graduate Acting Mark Wing -Dav ey, Cha ir INSTITUTE OF EMERGING MEDIA C live Davis Institute of Recorded Music Graduate Mus ica l T heatre Writ ing Jeffrey Rabhan '92 , Cha ir Sarah Sch lesinger , Assoc iate Dean and Cha ir ITP Dan o ·su llivan '91, Performance Stud ies Assoc iate Dean and Cha ir Karen Shimakwawa, Chai r Photography & Im ag ing Open Arts Debo rah W illis, Cha ir Mary Bite l, Cha ir NYU Game Center • ----- Frank Lantz, Cha ir lfl ------ASPIR INSPIR

LEADERSH IP

A llyson Green Dean

Sheril D. Antonio , PhD '81/'86/'99 Sen ior Associate Dean for Strateg ic Initiat ives

Robe rt Camero n Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs

Kathleen McDermo t t Sen ior Associate Dean of Resource Plann ing & Comp liance

Louis Scheeder PhD '95/' 04 Senior Assoc iate Dean of Facu lty

Michael Burke '99 Assoc iate Dean of t he Kanbar Institu te of Film & Televisio n

Dan O'Su llivan '91 Associate Dea n of Emergi ng Media

Sarah Schlesinger Assoc iate Dean of t he Inst it ute Of Perform ing Arts

Kaiko Hayes Assistant Dean of Administration

Andrew I. Uriarte '96 Ass istant Dean of Externa l Affa irs

Joan Maniego Ch ief of Staff

Jo sh Murray '06 Execut ive Director , Globa l Commun icat ions & Tec hno logy

Ann ie Stanton '96/'99 Executive Directo r, Spec ial Prog rams

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THANK YOU

Thanks to you, ton ight 's event has raised funds in support of critica l student needs . This ensures that our classrooms are filled with the br ightest young artists and scholars from across the count ry and around the world. Each do llar raised has the potentia l to change the life of a young student who will go on to impact their field -- just as to night 's hono rees have done.

If you wou ld like more information about how your generos ity can make a d ifference in the lives of the next generation of creators , innovators, entrepreneurs. and scho lars, please contact:

Andrew I. Uriarte '96 Assistant Dean , External Affa irs a ndrew.ur iarte@ nyu.edu

Marc Cincone '11 Director of Developme nt marc.c [email protected] u

Sharon Peter son '06 Assoc iate Director. Deve lopment Parents ' Counc il Liaison sharon [email protected]

Joanna Caporusso Puglisi Ass istant Director , A lumni Relations joanna.puglisi@nyu .edu

Laurel Bear Assistant Director , External Affairs laure [email protected]

Cindy Sideris '17 Admin ist rat ive A ide cindy.sider is@ny u.edu

Emie Hughe s Admin istrat ive A ide emie hughes@nyu .edu

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DEAN 1 S COUNCIL

The Tisch School of the Arts ' Dean 's Counc il is a dedicated group of cultural author iti es. business leade rs, and alumn i who are passionate about the arts. This group prov id es the dean and the school with the valuable counsel and an nual support necessa ry to position the Tisch School of the Arts as th e preeminent arts tra ining instit uti on in the world.

Alec Baldwin. '94/Hon. '10/ Co-C ha ir Spike Lee '82/H on. '98 Andrew Tisch/Co-Chair Margo Lion Alan J. Bernon Ama nda Lipitz '02 Martin Bregman '49 Jillian Manus '84 Col in Callender CBE Laurence Mark '73 Iris Cantor Lorne Michaels Sharon Chang '95/' 98 Sidney Poit ier Hon. '9 5 Alexandra M. Co hen Jack Rapke '7 4 H. Rodg in Cohen Bret t Rat ner '90 Chris Columbus '80 Dennis Riese '73 Martha Coo lid ge '71 Jane Rosentha l ·77 Billy Crystal '70 Scott Rudi n Raymond T. Dalio Henry S. Schleiff Clive Davis '53/H on . '11 Martin Scor sese '64 /' 68 /Hon . '92 Barry Diller Jay Stein '65 Mitche ll Glatt '78/'80 Oli ver Stone '71/H on. '13 Brian Grazer Sir Howard Stringer Brad Grey Ann Rubenstein Tisch Eliza beth Hemmerd inger '03 Jo nathan Tisc h Maur ice Kanbar Steve Tisc h George S. Kaufman '55 Richard Vague Steve Kloves Casey Wasserman '84 /H on. '01 George C. Wolfe '84

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PARENTS' COUNCIL

The Tisch Parents' Counc il brings together parents of cur rent students and alumni from around the wor ld to share perspectives and serve as ambassadors in suppo rt of the school. We are so grateful for their support.

To learn mo re about the Parents' Counc il, visit TischPC.com.

2016-1 7 CO-CHA IRS: Patric ia & Wa lte r Moo re MEMBER S: Alexandra & Scot Ackerman Jennifer & Michael Freitag Sarah Bhutta & Afzaa l Akhtar Nancy Trav is & Robert Fried Sharon & Brian A insworth Ellen Stern Garland & Eric Gar land Jessica & David Aronoff* * Amy & Frank Garr ison ** Lara Baumgarten Debra & Steve n Geist Spencer Baumgarten Lena & Rob Gelenberg +** Anne & Matthew Bean Pau la & Jonathan Gordon Cynth ia & Alan Berkshire+ .. Carol & Benjamin Greenspan Palma D'Orazio & Pierre Bree Nerida & Tom Hackett Dor i Schn itzer & Mark Brown Gayle Pere ira Higg ins & Francesca & Ji m Cervantes Harold Higgins Ar lene & Way ne Chapl in** Maria Wiesner & Paul Ho llands Rebecca & Michae l Coste llo Carol & Chr is Jakub ik Ar ielle Besson & Jol ie & Jon Jashn i Olivier Croonenberghs Bever ly & Brodie Johnson ** Georgia & Gera ld Curato la+*' Rise Johnson Valer ie Faris & Jonathan Dayton Wendy Davis Johnson & Aida & John Dieck Gordon Jo hnson Rosemar ie & Joseph Dilorenzo+ ** Carol & Michae l Johnson Stacey & Fernando Donayre ** Sally & Barry Kar lin Karey Burke & Michael Duggan Mary & Br ian Katz Mo lly & Sean Durk in** Lisa & Br ian Kessler Cather ine & David Durning Sarah Emerson & Ed Krape ls Lisa & Brian Enslow Adele & Jody Laboz Nora & A lexande r Falk Jude & Bill Lang ** Dar la & Patr ick Flanagan Juana Schurman & Tony Ligamar i Jana & Rob Fore Stefania & Mar k Magidson • ----- ?2 ------ASPIR INSPIRE

Va lentine Talland & Ellen & Bruce Shain ** Nagesh Mahanthappa Nina Palmer & Steve Sheldon** Evange lia Makkos Jud ith & David Shore Rob Martin ** Karen & Marc Spector .. Trac y Ste in & Marco Masott i Lisa & Howard Stern Suzanne McFayden Joyce Ulrich & Hank Stewart Ill+ .. Betty Ann Caravella & Kev in Morr is Jess ie Furness & Lance Stuart Mon ica Muhart Jillian & Jeremy Temkin Noela & Dimitris Nakos Jud ith & Tom Tullie Beatriz Fontoura & Jeannette & Jon Tu llis Dan iel Nussenzveig Wendy & Jeff Turk Gwendolyn & Doug Parker Jeri & Simon Turner Reta & Br iggs Peery Kath leen & Charles Van Horn Janan & Franc is Pisano Liz A licea-Velez & Ismae l Ve lez Tama ra & Joel Podol ny•• Kelly & John Waller Rob in & Nick Politan Pauletta Wash ington .. Lisa & Peter Rosenberg Elizabeth Breen & Jack We lch Patty Elias & Michae l Rosenfeld Van na White Mon ica & Philip Rosenthal ** Caro line & Jac k Williams Stacey Halpern & Dan Roston Courtney Eller-Williams A lan Rottman & Dav id Williams Chr istina & Jeff Sagansky Susan Z. W illiams Steven Sampson Susan Keati ng Ann ie Marie Santos, MD* * & Norman Worth ington A lissa & Jack Sebastian Jane & Raymond Wurwand ** Genny & Klaus See-Tho Caro l & Keith Yuster Bronwyn & Dav id Sergi Ronna & Steven Zoll

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Congratulations to and Andre Holland.

The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation

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CONG RA TULA TIONS TO

Danai Gurira

Andre Holland

Dean Allyson Green & NYU Tisch School of the Arts

And to our daughter , Jacquelyn Bachelor's Degree 2006 Master's Degree 2017

Best Wishes Carol and Alan Bernon Family Foundation

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Happy Birthday, Alec

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Parents supporting tonight's Gala, representing the Tisch Parents' Council, express their gratitude to the dedicated faculty and administrators who provide both inspiration and excellent training to our students who are the next generation of artists and arts scholars.

Tisch Parents' Council Co-Chairs Patricia & Walter Moore

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Thank you Tisch School of the Arts, your supporters over 51 years , all directors, faculty and staff. .. where eagerness of spirit is nurtured and rewarded .

We applaud your ability and commitment to educate tomo rrow's artists .

Max Ackerman 1 17 and the Ackerman Family Jacksonville, Florida

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Congratulations NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Honored to be part of the legacy

Mark and Stefania Magidson TISCH PARENTS '20

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At a time when supporting the Arts is so vital, we are proud to support the important work taking place at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Tracy Stein and Marco Masotti

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Congratulations to the Tisch School of the Arts and the 2017 Gala Honorees

Patricia and Walter Moore William Harrison Moore (Tisch Class of '18, Drama)

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Congratulations to tonight's honorees Danai Gurira and Andre Holland and thank you to Jon Tisch and the Tisch Family for their unwavering support of artists.

-Jonathan Cohen '12

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2017 Big Apple Award for Artistic Achievement

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Many, many thanks to all the dedicated Tisch faculty and staff who make this such a wonderfully creative place for all of our students!

Kathleen, Charlie and Knox Van Horn '19 New Orleans

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We salute the Tisch School of the Arts

Barbara and Rodgin Cohen Dean's Council

Jonathan Cohen '12 Kanbar Institute of Film & Television

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Jim and Debbie Burrows

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Congratulations to tonight's honorees Danai Gurira and Andre Holland and thank you to Jon Tisch and the Tisch Family for their unwavering support of artists.

-Jonathan Cohen '12

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Bravo to the Tisch School of the Arts!

Thank you for keeping the arts alive.

Margo Lion

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We salute your commitment to encouraging young artists.

Honored to support the Tisch Gala 2017

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Congratulations to the honorees! Thank you to the faculty at Tisch for inspiring our young artists.

Steven Sampson

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The Graduate Acting Alumni Association celebrates tonight's honorees - Danai Gurira and Andre Holland - two distinguished graduates of the Graduate Acting program.

As alumni of the NYU TSOA Grad Acting Program . we are passionate about the training we received and ded icated to enhancing our essential roles as artist citizens. We have created the Grad Acting Alumni Association to engage and connect the alumn i of our program. Through the GAAA. the combined power of our alumni 's skills and talents wil l funct ion as a multidimensional support mechanism , helping us to excel as the artist citizens we were t1·ained to become. In collaboration with our NYU colleagues and other suppo1·ters . our Association is committed to sustaining the Grad Acting Program 's excellence. competitive edge, and diversity for years to come . We have created t he Grad A cting Alumni Fund to further those goals and enable our graduates to go forth as distinguished artists and contributing citizens, unencumbered by prohib itive debt.

Visit gradactingalumni.org for more information

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