Every year we celebrate people whose work and values reflect our own as a company and inspire us to do better.
The presentation of the M. Edgar Rosenblum Award is our way of acknowledging these individuals who make our world a little more beautiful.
We are Inspired. And because of that, we hope to Inspire others.
Barbara Mackenzie-Wood - Carnegie Mellon University Professor
The Children of Ukraine (presented to Olena Kondratiuk, Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada)
The Family of Bertolt Brecht (presented to Stefan Brecht)
Bill T. Jones - Dancer and Coreographer
Phylicia Rashad - Actor and Stage Director
Alan Alda - Actor, Writer and advocate for Science Communication
John Gould Rubin - Founder Labyrinth Theater Company
PigPen Theater
Carmen Farina - Chancellor, NYC Dept. of Education
Marvin Carlson - Sidney E. Cohn Professor of Theatre, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Tucker Reed - Downtown Brooklyn Parternship
Senator Velmanette Montgomery, NYS Senate
Janis Russel - Lafayette Inspirational Choir
Crystal Field - Theater for the New City
Carleton Turner - M.U.G.A.B.E.E
The Office of the Borough President, Marty Markowitz
Phil Lilienthal - Global Camps Africa
Barbara Hauben Ross - BHR Design
6:00 Pre-Event Cocktails
6:30 Welcome
7:00 M. Edgar Rosenblum Award Presentation to The Children of Ukraine
7:30 Auction
8:00 M. Edgar Rosenblum Award Presentation to Barbara Mackenzie-Wood by Zachary Quinto
8:30 Closing Remarks
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
We offer different sponsorship packages with tickets to the Gala, your name on our Donor Wall, Irondale swag, and more.
Select the size of the package that best fits your support!
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RSVP by May 19th, 2023.
Sponsor this event
We are very proud to have been a sponsor for The School of Open Minded Kids' Studio Theatre in Ukraine. In honor of that collaboration, we will dedicate 5% of all sponsorships raised for this anniversary to further theatre education programs in Ukraine.
SINGLE TICKETS
Help us celebrate 40 years of Irondale and enjoy some delicious food and special performances, as we honor Irondale founder and University Professor Barbara Mackenzie-Wood and the courageous children of Ukraine.
Ticket price: $350
Special price for Fort Greene residents and working artists: $250
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RSVP by May 8th, 2023.
BENEFIT PROGRAM ADS
We welcome you to send a message to our honorees, Irondale, or the Rosenblum family by placing an ad in our beautiful, full-color Gala Program.
$1,000 Full page
$650 Half page
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