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Season Celebration Party

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We just kicked off our exciting 44th Season with What the Butler Saw and Reefer Madness and we’re ready to make it another 44 years with your help!

Please join us for an evening with The Gallery Players extended family at our

1st Annual

Season Celebration Party

to benefit The Gallery Players

Monday, November 8th from 7:30 – 10:30pm

at our home:
The Gallery Players
199 14th St. in Park Slope

Mingle with fellow Gallery supporters and get to know the theater better.

Tickets are $44.00

($30 tax-deductible)

Join us for:
- An open bar of wine, beer, and a few special mocktails.

- Light food to nosh on.

- Performances by some of our talented alumni and special guests showing off their skills and doing what they do best, hosted by award-winning writer & lyricist Sammy Buck (Like You Like It, pictured at left). Performers include:

Greg Horton (City of Angels, currently Reefer Madness)
Lorinne Lampert (Top of the Heap)
Brian Mulay (City of Angels)
Christine Paterson (Victor/Victoria)
Kristen Lee Sergeant (Sideshow)
Frank Viveros (Caroline, or Change)
Anthony Wayne (Once on this Island)
And many more!

- A silent auction with a little twist to give you a behind-the-scenes taste of being a producer at The Gallery Players.

- A chance to take a peek backstage.

- And more.

Click here to purchase your tickets.

Can’t make it on November 8th? Please consider making a donation to help us to continue to produce high quality theater in Brooklyn at affordable prices.

Click here to join our “44 Club” with a $44 donation, or donate in any other amount.


Raffle Prizes

We’ve got some great prizes to give away Monday night. We’ve got a few surprises (Who doesn’t like surprises?) but here’s a taste of what our lucky winners could walk away with:

2 orchestra seats to Billy Elliot on Broadway

2 tickets to Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephron

2 tickets to The Divine Sister starring Charles Busch

A $50 gift certificate to Side Car restaurant in Park Slope, plus Gallery Players theater tickets

And our GRAND PRIZE for the evening…

2 tickets to see two time Tony Award-winner Donna Murphy (Passion, The King and I) in The People in the Picture at The American Airlines Theatre, plus a backstage visit with Ms. Murphy and autographed memorabilia.

Can’t make it, but are salivating over the chance to win one of these prizes? Click here to buy a raffle ticket, and we’ll drop your ticket in the bucket with everyone else’s at the event.

Thank you!

We’re very grateful to our sponsors and donors for this event, including:

Sidecar
Piramide Mexican Bistro
Cantina
Slope Cellars
Two Boots
Daryl Roth Productions
Donna Murphy

Our 2010 NY Innovative Theatre Award Nominations

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We are thrilled to announce that our productions of Top of the Heap and Caroline, or Change have both been nominated for 2010 New York Innovative Theatre Awards for Outstanding Production of a Musical. The Gallery Players has won this award three times in the past, for our productions of Urinetown (2007), Yank! (2008), and Like You Like It (2009). Congratulations to both casts and crews!

The awards will be announced at a ceremony in September.

Current News

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Check back often to view a list of our current news and special announcements!

September 2009
The Gallery Players recently received two New York Innovative Theatre Awards for productions in its 2008-2009 season. Like You Like Itreceived the award for Best Musical Production marking the third year in a row that The Gallery Players has received this award. The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots, a part of the 2008 Black Box New Play Festival, received the award for Best Play.

July 2009
Just weeks after announcing their 43rd season, The Gallery Players is proud to announce nominations for nine New York Innovative Theatre Awards for productions in its 2008-2009 season, including two for Outstanding Production of a Musical and one for Outstanding Production of a Play. This marks the third consecutive season The New York Innovative Theatre Awards has recognized The Gallery Players, who have received the honor of Outstanding Production of a Musical for the past two seasons.

The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots (June 2008) premiered in The 11th Annual Black Box New Play Festival and is nominated for three awards in playwrighting, performance and production: Outstanding Full Length Script, Nat Cassidy; Outstanding Leading Actor, David Ian Lee and Outstanding Production of a Play. The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots was co-produced with Engine37.

The Gallery Players’ production of the new hit musical, Like You Like It (November, 2008) is nominated for five awards in production, design and performance: Outstanding Choreography, Keith Andrews; Outstanding Featured Actress, Brynn Curry; Outstanding Costume Design, Hunter Kaczorowski; Outstanding Featured Actor, Clint Morris and Outstanding Production of a Musical.

The Gallery Players’ production of The Who’s Tommy (May 2009) is nominated for Outstanding Production of a Musical.

May 2009
The Gallery Players was proud to nominate Adam Wieckowski of Adam’s Wines and Liquors for the ART/NY DeWitt Stern Local Hero Award for 2009. In a recent ceremony with keynote address by Bill Irwin, Adam was presented with the award! Congratulations Adam, and thank you for your continuing support of The Gallery Players.

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Pictured (l to r): Artistic Director Heather Siobhan Curran with Brooklyn business owner Adam Wieckowski.