Forward. Together. A Virtual Event to Support The Public Theater
PREMIERED OCTOBER 20 AT 8:00PM ET
FORWARD. TOGETHER.
Thank you to everyone who watched and supported FORWARD. TOGETHER. This event is no longer available to stream, but many clips from the event are available to view on our YouTube channel.
In recognition of the shared needs of our community partners, 25% of event proceeds will be equally distributed via grants to nine partners; the eight Public Works partner organizations, and Public Shakespeare Initiative partner Hunts Point Alliance for Children.
Co-Chairs: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Candia Fisher, Joanna Fisher, Laure Sudreau, and Lynne Wheat
Honorees: Audrey & Zygi Wilf
Artistic Honoree: Sam Waterston
Directed by Kenny Leon
Music Directed by Ted Sperling
Closed Captions are available for this event. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or 212.539.8634.
CAST & CREATIVE.
Jelani Alladin
Jacqueline Antaramian
Antonio Banderas
Laura Benanti
Kim Blanck
Ally Bonino
Danielle Brooks
Jenn Colella
Elvis Costello
Alysha Deslorieux
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Holly Gould
Danai Gurira
Stephanie Hsu
David Henry Hwang
Nikki M. James
Alicia Keys
John Leguizamo
John Lithgow
Audra McDonald
Grace McLean
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Mia Pak
Suzan-Lori Parks
David Hyde Pierce
Liev Schreiber
Martin Sheen
Phillipa Soo
Meryl Streep
Will Swenson
Shaina Taub
Kuhoo Verma
Ada Westfall
Kate Wetherhead
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Production Stage Manager
Lead Sound Engineer and Composer
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
Brownsville Recreation Center
Located in Brooklyn, Brownsville Recreation Center is a branch of the New York City Parks Department. With extensive resources for youth and seniors, the center offers a vibrant space to pursue both artistic and athletic activities.
Learn more about this Public Works partner organization.
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
Founded in 1934, Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education is the oldest Latino charity in New York City. The South Bronx-based community arts and educational organization presents diverse, contemporary visual and performing arts and education programming for all ages.
Learn more about this Public Works partner organization.
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park is a neighborhood-based social service organization in Brooklyn. CFL’s comprehensive services in counseling, employment, education, the arts and recreation engage more than 16,000 children and adults each year at 8 community locations.
Learn more about this Public Works partner ogranization.
Children's Aid
Located in Manhattan, Children's Aid provides comprehensive support to children in targeted New York City neighborhoods. The organization aims to connect young people and their families with the tools they need to learn, grow, and become leaders of their own lives.
Learn more about this Public Works partner organization.
Domestic Workers United
Domestic Workers United is a city-wide organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for power, respect, and fair labor standards in the domestic industry.
Domestic Workers United is a Public Works partner organization.
DreamYard
Located in the Bronx, DreamYard provides transformative arts education for youth in the Bronx through school-based and out-of-school programs and supports young people as they work toward higher learning, meaningful careers and social action.
Learn more about this Public Works partner organization.
The Fortune Society
Located in Queens, The Fortune Society is a nonprofit social service and advocacy organization, founded in 1967, whose mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
Learn more about this Public Works partner organization.
Hunts Point Alliance for Children
Located in The Bronx, HUNTS POINT ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN's multigenerational programs build confidence, develop skills and inspire hope for Hunts Point children and youth while empowering parents to be advocates for themselves and their families. Through year-long education and arts programming, supportive services for families, and community alliance-building, we work to ensure every Hunts Point child has the opportunity to thrive and embody their limitless potential.
Learn more about this Public Shakespeare Initiative community partner.
Military Resilience Foundation
Military Resilience Foundation works to create opportunities for individual men and women who have served in the military to engage in community-based events that honor their unique experiences, while allowing those experiences to become part of a shared narrative.
Learn more about this Public Works partner organization.
HOST COMMITTEES.
Maribel Alvarez
Isobel Appiah-Endresen
Jennifer Ardizzone-West
Maryam Banikarim
Robin Bardolia
Soozan Baxter
Kathryn Benedict
Nicolas Berggruen
Paul Boghossian & Tamsin Shaw
Lynne Bredfeldt
Lydia Cheuk
Elizabeth Crabb
Cathy Dantchik
Michael Day
Claudia Demonte
Jamie deRoy
Olivia Douglas & David DiDomenico
Adwoa Edun
Alicia Ernst & John Katzman
Esther Fein & David Remnick
Julia Forster & John Thompson
Jill & Michael J. Franco
Honorable Dan & Rhoda Glickman
Gayle & David Heller
Joan & George Hornig
Sandra Klass Hueskes & David Hueskes
Maxine Isaacs
Grace Johnson
Carolyn Klemm
Sloane Klevin, ACE
Jacob Krushel
Dr. Linda Lancaster
Stephanie & Jeff Lundwall
Constance Marks
Sara Mason
The Miranda Family
Jeffery L. Neuman & Patricia Machado
Marti Noxon
Nora Ephron & Nicholas Pileggi Foundation
Gary & Iris Posternack
Deborah & Stephen Quazzo
Stephanie Reiner
Sheryl & Jim Reuben
Michael Roberts
Lauren Rosenkranz
Allison Sarofim
Will Schwalbe & David Cheng
Lauren & Ben Shenkman
Carron Sherry
Isabelle Simone
Brian S. Snyder
Jay Meredith Stein
Renée & Richard Steinberg
Lise Strickler & Mark Gallogly
Mike & Jean Strunsky
Randi Subarsky
Marlene & John Sughrue
Tony Taccone
Carlyn Tomares
Julie Turaj & Robert Pohly
Susan & Richard Ulevitch
Stellene Volandes
Claudia Wagner
Myrle & Duane Wall
Debi & Steven Wisch
Merryl & Chuck Zegar
American Express
iHeartMedia
Penguin Random House
Seamless
DONORS [As of 10/19/20].
Julia Pershan & Jonathan Cohen
Hilary & Joseph Feshbach
Liane Ginsberg
Select Equity Group, L.P.
Alexandra Shiva & Jonathan Marc Sherman
Lise Strickler & Mark Gallogly
Laure Sudreau-Rippe
Arielle Tepper
Teresa Tsai
Audrey & Zygi Wilf/Wilf Family Foundation
Anonymous (1)
Amy & David Abrams
Bank of America
Michele & Timothy Barakett
Nicolas Berggruen
Andi & Tom Bernstein
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Olivia Douglas & David DiDomenico
Susanne & Douglas Durst
Pat Fili-Krushel & Ken Krushel
Candia Fisher
Faith Gay & Francesca Zambello
Ashley Leeds & Christopher M. Harland
Bryan Lourd & Bruce Bozzi
The Miranda Family
Hans & Kate Morris
Elyse & Michael Newhouse
Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi Foundation
Julie & Spencer Rice
Janice Cook Roberts & Richard Roberts
Wendi Rose
Lauren Rosenkranz
Lisa Roumell & Mark Rosenthal
Steve & Christine Schwarzman
Brian S. Snyder
The Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation
The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation
Tiger Baron Foundation
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch
Julie Turaj & Robert Pohly
Stellene Volandes
Frances & Frank Wilkinson
Ted & Anne Clarke Wolff
Merryl & Chuck Zegar
Anonymous (1)
Liz Armstrong
Jody & John Arnhold
Laura Naylor & Trey Beck
Con Edison
Cathy Dantchik
Andra & John Ehrenkranz
Eric Ellenbogen & Dominic Ramos-Ruiz
Katie Ford
Gates Capital Management
John Gore Organization
Elizabeth T. Peabody
Perri A. Peltz & Eric Ruttenberg
Beth Press
Ted & Mary Jo Shen
Jim & Marilyn Simons
Abigail Klem & Warren Spector
Ann & Andrew Tisch
Cristina von Bargen
Lynne Wheat
Alisa & Alastair Wood
Anonymous (1)
Susan & Alan Bushell
Kurt Chauviere
Joan K. Davidson, The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Peggy C. Davis & Gordon J. Davis
Glen de Vries
Diana & Joe DiMenna
Alicia Ernst & John Katzman
GFP Real Estate
Maxine Isaacs
Roberta & Brad Karp
Corey & Michael Labadorf
Deborah Roberts
Scott Salvator
Sarah & Howard Solomon
Lois & Arthur Stainman
Laurie M. Tisch
Debi & Steven Wisch
Lauren Flicker & Julian Yap
Anonymous (3)
Sheila&Lee Stewart §
Keith Addis
Ron Chernow
Jill and Michael J. Franco
Jill Furman & Andrew Blauner
Deborah Gray
John & Amy Griffin
Kathleen Hagen
Susan Harris
Pnina & Anatol Hiller
Karen & Dennis Keegan
Allan Arffa & Kathryn Matschullat
Melissa Salten & Richard Rothman
Tatiana Serafin & Mick Kalishman
Amy & Rob Stavis
Ken Sunshine
Reginald Van Lee
Peter Wexler
Anthony Appiah & Henry Finder
Barbara G. Fleischman
Debby & Rocco Landesman
Kerry and Simone Vickar Family Foundation
Gail Schargel
Margaret Wurtele
Ann Kaplan
Marcia Riklis
Anna L. Weissberger Foundation
Barbara Aubrey
Amanda D'Avria and Daniel Bauman
Melissa & Dan Berger
Steve & Susan Boren King
Catherine & Bill Carmody
Edward & Katherine Cerullo
Sarah Cogan & Douglas Evans
Alex & Kenny Creed
Allyson Green
Bryanne & Thomas Hamill
Joe Harper & Mark Stephanz
Kate & Jerry Hathaway
Mary D Higgins
Sandra & David Hueskes
Linda Landis
Carolyn Rossip Malcolm
Mandelbaum Foundation
Nina B Matis
Laura Moore Tanne
Nancy Zink O'Connor
Ellen Ozur & Stuart Brown
Matthew & Candace Penn
Lynn Povich & Stephen Shepard
Leslie & David Puth
Clifton & Deborah Robbins
Bernice Wollman
Heidi Jo Spiegel & Nuno Gaspar
Elizabeth Syufy Kelley
Allison Thomas
David Rockwell
Darren Walker
In memory of Murray Reich
Scott Latzky & Teresa S. Weber
Sandy and Jon Willen
Kate Lear and Jon LaPook
Anonymous (6)
Lisbeth R. Barron
Laurie Landy
George & Liz Krupp
Hannah Jopling
Peter & Janie
Steve & Caryn Wechsler
Hilary Ackermann & Paul Goldberg
Gail Berney & Lee Buchheit
Susan Bevan & Tony Daddino
Monty Blanchard & Leslie Tcheyan
Jane S. Block
Casper Caldarola
Andy & Holly Cohen
Betty Cohen
Christine Denham & Robert Stein
Anne Donnelly
Dave Cohen & Revi-Ruth Enriquez Cohen
Laurie Fabiano and Joseph Della Fave
Roger Generazzo
Gloria Gilbert Stoga
Elissa Grayer Interior Design
Rita Houlihan
Drs. Ken & Julie Kendall
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Brenda Levin
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K. Ann McDonald
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Margaret Moore
Morgante Wilson Architects LTD
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Martha S. Sproule
Paige Price & Nevin Steinberg
Kelly Sullivan
Kim & Josh Targoff
Brenda and Roy Tanzman
Anonymous (14)
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Kayce Freed Jennings
Hilary & Jake Elkins
Sheri Cozen Resnik
Beth Martin
Matt Schneider & Priyanka Garg
Carolyn Strecker
Belinda Broido
Nancy & Michael Cardozo
Lynne Lipton
Marlie Oden
Stephen Stoneburn
Annie Bone & Russ Fischella
Katherine Vos
Martha Perl
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J. Lynne Bredfeldt
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Page Burkholder
Lawrence Burstein & Nancy Goldstein
Harry Conaway
Mariana Cook
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In honor of Maxine Isaacs
Mary Ann Deignan
Barry & Hilit Edelstein
Rick Feldman & Susan Horowitz
Lorna Fenenbock
Christine Field & Tim Mitchison
Glenda & Bob Fishman
Sean Patrick Flahaven
Amy & Bill Frischling
Beth & Tony Galban
Susan Logan & Michael Garabedian
Susan & Roy Glaser
Roz Goldberg & Alan Bandler
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Robin Jones
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Orhan Elam
Little Johnny Koerber
Susan Leader
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Susanna Lowy & Victor Davis
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Mel Marvin
Judith Maxwell
Margaret McFadden
Peggy McGarry
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Linda Meaney
Sandy Gotham Meehan
Mintz-Gorman Family
Erin F. Moriarty
Colleen Murphy
Glenna Norton
Carol and Stuart Oken
Mack’s Mom
Judith Payne
Kathryn & Richard Pershan
Daphne Philipson
Theresa & Peter Piliero
Kink Doctor aka Dulcinea Pitagora, PhD, LCSW, CST
Barbara Pollard & Mitchell Stein
In Memory of Don Aslan
Princeton Photo Workshop
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KIKI KIT
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Ev and Lee
Heidi Schulman
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Stephen Segaller & Lisa Gabor
Simon Shaw
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Esther Goldbas & Daniel Tanenbaum
Matt Tepper
Al Thomson
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Victoria Traube
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Tina Walls
Susan Warren
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Mindy Weisel
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