TRY IT LIKE THIS Benefit for SDCF set for Oct 17

10/12/2022 1:07pm


Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), has announced the line-up of artists for Try It Like This: Directors and Choreographers Take the Stage, an evening of performances on Mon Oct 17 at 54 Below. The one-night-only fundraiser will turn the spotlight on directors and choreographers. Try It Like This will feature some of the theatre’s finest directors and choreographers performing together and alongside the stars they’ve helped to shine. Newly announced performers include actors, directors and choreographers including Michael Arden, Stephen Brackett, Jonathan Cable, Trip Cullman, Dormeshia, Aaron De Jesus,  Shadia Fairuz, Amber Gray, Angelique Ilo, Michael R. Jackson, Naomi Kakuk, Rory Kaplan, Andy Karl, Orfeh, CJ Pawlikowski Helen White. They join the previously announced Steve H Broadnax III, Mark Brokaw, Rachel Chavkin, JoAnn M. Hunter, Anne Kauffman, Moisés Kaufman, Lorin LatarroPam MacKinnon, Jerry Mitchell, Leigh Silverman, Susan Stroman, Maria Torres, Sergio Trujillo, Michael Wilson. The evening will be hosted by Baayork Lee. The evening’s tribute is conceived by Jerry Mitchell and directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant. The event will begin with cocktails at 6:30 PM prior to the 7:30 PM performance, where dinner will be served. For tickets & more information, please visit https://sdcfoundation.org. Proceeds from the event will benefit programs of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation whose mission is to support directors and choreographers throughout all phases of their careers. The Executive Producers are Rachel Chavkin, Matt Ross and Katie Spelman. The event is presented by SDC Foundation. The event will also feature Kate Leonard as the scriptwriter, Rick Hip-Flores as music director, Sarah Bierstock as producing associate and stage management by James Fitzsimmons. Foresight Events will provide event management for the evening. Press contact: Sarah Sgro/Matt Ross Public Relations (212/756-1248)...