New York Stage and Film announced that their 2021 Winter Gala will be on Monday, December 13 at The Edison Rooftop, 233 West 46 Street. Dasha Epstein, Barbara Manocherian, and Dean and Denise Vanech are co-chairs, and Lauren B. Cramer, Diana DeMenna, Carol and Tony Friscia, Kimberly Germ Cramer, Doug and Christine Harmon, Theresa M. Martinac, Stephen Stout and Kiki Lambden, and Barbara Whitman are vice-chairs.
The festive (and safe) evening that will begin with doors at 6:00 PM followed by dinner and show at 7:00 PM. An after-party at 9:00 PM with performer and DJ Ari Groover (Ari Grooves) will close out the evening.
The celebratory Gala evening will include play excerpts from works by Keelay Gipson, Beth Henley, and Josh Radnor. And new musical excerpts from Agent 355 by Preston Max Allen & Jessica Kahkoska; Mexodus by Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson; and Return of Young Boy by Tre Matthews & Keenan Scott II.
Featured appearances include Adam Chanler-Berat, Dria Brown, Laura Dadap, Katie Madison, Blake Morris, Mason Alexander Park, Brian Quijada, Josh Radnor, Nygel D. Robinson, Thomas Sadoski, Kristin Stokes and more, with musical director Nehemiah Luckett.