The PS21 Circle of Supporters
PS21 Artists, Producers, and Directors Circle members are visionary leaders dedicated to supporting PS21’s innovative artistic and community programming for the open-air Pavilion Theater, Black Box Theater, and PATHWAYS program. Circle members enjoy privileged access to private events with our visiting artists, discover the different benefits below:
PS21 ARTISTS CIRCLE $1,000–2,500
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All benefits listed in Membership categories of giving plus…
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Behind-the-scenes access to artists’ rehearsals throughout the season.
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Post performance “Meet the Artist” events to experience a deeper and more intimate connection with our visiting artists, including directors, composers, choreographers, dancers, actors, and musicians.
Join the Artists Circle
PS21 PRODUCERS CIRCLE, $2,500–9,999
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All benefits listed in the Artists Circle plus…
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Invitation to the annual Producers Circle Dinner at the New York City home of a PS21 benefactor.
Join the Producers Circle
PS21 DIRECTORS CIRCLE, $10,000 +
PS21 Directors Circle members are essential underwriters of the unique performances that have made PS21 the destination for exceptional contemporary arts programming in our region. As PS21’s leading arts philanthropists, Directors Circle members receive all the benefits and privileged access offered to other donor categories, as well as special benefits and opportunities, including yearly previews and discussions of future programming with the Executive Director.
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All benefits listed in the Producers Circle plus…
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A private dinner with the Executive Director and visiting artists to preview upcoming artist programming, and discuss the creative process of developing their work at PS21.
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Privileged access for you to host a private function at PS21 for up to twenty guests.
Join The Directors Circle
2022 Season PS21 Circle Highlights
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June 3, Summer 2022 opening night with Re:INCARNATION by the Qdance Company. Producers Circle members may reserve two tickets, Directors Circle members may reserve four tickets.
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July 8, House Blend’s concluding installment, featuring bassist Lizzie Burns, cellist Joshua Roman, soprano Amy Burton and pianist John Musto, followed by a “Meet the Artists” dinner and reception next to PS21’s theater.
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July 25, Bang on a Can’s Michael Gordon presents Field of Vision by 36 percussionists from the University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble and the Sō Percussion Summer Institute. Taking place across PS21’s spectacular fields, the performance is followed by an outdoor dinner next to PS21’s theater with a “Meet the Artists” reception.
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August 5, Advanced invitation to join the Gala Host Committee to celebrate PS21’s artistic innovation and community impact at the 2022 Gala in the Orchards, featuring the Mark Morris Dance Group and farm-to-table dinner.
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September 4, Invitation to the end-of-season celebration featuring Philippe Quesne’s band The Moles, as well as participation in Juhyung Lee / Compagnie Galmae’s playful, political, participatory installation C’est pas là, c’est par là on PS21’s grounds, plus more.
Past Events
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December 8, 2021, Directors Circle invitation to a private dinner at a Hudson Valley estate with the remarkable French playwright and director Pascal Rambert, actors Jim Fletcher and Ismail ibn Connor. Members enjoyed a private evening with the artists as they developed two of Rambert’s masterful plays, The Art of Theater, and With My Own Hands.
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December 15—16, 2021, Sarah Kane’s Blasted, presented as a work-in-progress showcase, followed by a “Meet the Artists” onstage dinner and drinks reception, with actors Jim Fletcher and Katiana Rangel.
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December 21—22, 2021, Meet-the-artist reception at the U.S. premiere of Phasmes and Hêtre, two works of contemporary circus art from Companie Libertivore (France), composed and choreographed by Fanny Soriano.
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October 30, 2021, Excursion to The Wooster Group’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s 1932 play The Mother, Performing Garage in New York City, including a “Meet The Artists” post-show reception at Laduree in Soho with veteran actors Jim Fletcher and Kate Valk.
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May 30, 2021, Unveiling of James Casebere’s installation, Solo Pavilion for Two or Three. The piece stands proudly overlooking PS21’s open-air Pavilion Theater and inaugurated our Pathways programming.
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May 23, 2021, Producers Circle party at Midwood, a Hudson Valley riverfront estate, featuring a panel discussion with the Heartbeat Opera creative team, director Louisa Proske (Opera Halle, Germany) and composer Daniel Schlossberg, discussing their work The Extinctionist, which premiered on May 29—30 at PS21, after a two-week development residency on our campus.
PS21 Directors & Producers Circle
Directors Circle
David Braunschvig
Sara Cashen & Tony K. Muoser
Marcia & Jess Fardella
Susan & Kenneth Kramer
Deborah E. Lans & Sharon E. Grubin
Leslie Lassiter
Nancy & Jerry Straus
Producers Circle
Judith Albert
Pooky Amsterdam & Tony Jones
Isabelle Autones & Francis Greenburger
Judy & Tim Boomer
Winsome Brown & Claude Arpels
Carrie Chen & Stanley Cohen
Deborah & Robert Conrad
Lloyd Constantine & Jan Friedman
Joan K. Davidson
Gayatri Devi
Anna d’Onofrio & Ken Kraus
Anita & John Fiorillo
Frank Furstenberg
Kathy Gallo & David Sturm
Huntley Gill & Juan Carlos Merlo
Ila & John Gross
Louis R. Hedgecock
Julia Kent
Alice Kocis
Marian & Jack Krauskopf
Lois Krasilovsky
Helen & William Little
Marguerite Nougue-Sans
Barbara & Michael Polemis
Janet Romano & Ted Jadick Jr.
Jack Shainman
Steven Taylor & Maria Ausherman
Illiana van Meeteren & Terence Boylan
Wheelock Whitney III
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