MAY DAY
Mayday
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
Articulate celebrated Spring on May 1st in order to raise funds to honor the activists who have created some of the most iconic protest art of all time.
Why May 1st?
The first of May represents both the celebration of Spring and the honoring of activists who have changed our world. We think it's the perfect time to come together for some fun and some fundraising!
Q: What is this about? A: Articulating the Arts
Articulating the Arts is Articulate Theatre Company's signature benefit event. It brings together our ensemble members and guest artists with works of art from other disciplines to use as a springboard for new theatre works.
Our first session focused on playwrights taking an image and giving us "A Thousand Words." The second session took the images "Off The Wall" and put them on the stage. For our third AtA, Folk City Scenes, we decided to move from the visual arts to the musical arts, specifically folk music of the 60s and 70s, and our most recent AtA was "Tales In Time," new plays inspired from children's folklore from around the world.
Our next Articulating the Arts (as yet unnamed) is a highly topical one - we're going to take samples of the most evocative, relevant, inspirational and effective images of protest art and share them with our company playwrights (and some guest playwrights) and ask them to create new plays from that inspiration. Maybe it's about the making of the art, maybe it's about the cause the art is addressing, maybe it's about the artists themselves, and maybe it's none of those things at all. Art begets art, but you never know what your "child" will look like!
Articulating the Arts is Articulate Theatre Company's signature benefit event. It brings together our ensemble members and guest artists with works of art from other disciplines to use as a springboard for new theatre works.
Our first session focused on playwrights taking an image and giving us "A Thousand Words." The second session took the images "Off The Wall" and put them on the stage. For our third AtA, Folk City Scenes, we decided to move from the visual arts to the musical arts, specifically folk music of the 60s and 70s, and our most recent AtA was "Tales In Time," new plays inspired from children's folklore from around the world.
Our next Articulating the Arts (as yet unnamed) is a highly topical one - we're going to take samples of the most evocative, relevant, inspirational and effective images of protest art and share them with our company playwrights (and some guest playwrights) and ask them to create new plays from that inspiration. Maybe it's about the making of the art, maybe it's about the cause the art is addressing, maybe it's about the artists themselves, and maybe it's none of those things at all. Art begets art, but you never know what your "child" will look like!
The event is over, but the need is still there. Without your help, our next show may never happen. The budget needed for even a "frugal" show keeps getting bigger and bigger, as we face rising rehearsal and venue prices.
Artists live on hopes and dreams, but landlords prefer dollars!
Please help us raise the funds by donating today.
Artists live on hopes and dreams, but landlords prefer dollars!
Please help us raise the funds by donating today.
THANK YOU to everyone who attended our event.
Here's a few pictures from the evening!
Our MAY DAY/Mayday Logo!
In the early hours of the evening, people begin gathering and Stark Wilz gets us warmed up with a song!
Madame de Magical (aka Denise Pence) stops by to help us see our future.
The first, and best, person to see at the party is Brittney Venable, ATC Operations Director and ticket taker!
Alex Tavis and Rob Driemeyer
Tessia Smith and Alice Detollemaere livened up the room, and took home a raffle prize!
Michael Gnat spent most of the evening on his feet, regaling us with music and song!
David Palmer Brown and Cynthia Shaw
J. Dolan Byrnes and Tom Bernardin take a "shenanigans" moment.
Anthony, J. Dolan Byrnes and Tom Bernardin
George Allison and Elise Colomer-Cheadle (who flew from NC to be here!)
Michael Gnat takes a moment from singing to snuggle with wife Linda Gnat-Mullin.
Jim Kelly and Eric Rude debate the real reason to celebrate May 1st!
Leslie Middlebrook Moore and Joanne Dorian brought more than a touch of class to the room!
Joan Kane and Stark Wilz quietly solve the world's problems.
Betty Fennell and Brittney Venable pose beautifully for the camera.
AMAZING RAFFLE! AMAZING PRIZES! Amazing that Cat didn't fall off that stool!
Marisa Theobald was one of our lucky raffle prize winners!
Patrick Nuskey and Brittney Venable. Sorry, ladies, they're married!
Rebecca Mazumdar and Kevin Gilmartin swap theatre stories.
Artistic Director Cat Parker still looking surprised by a visit from Elise Colomer-Cheadle all the way from North Carolina!
Playwright Robin Rice and Director Brock Harris Hill plot magical theatre undertakings.
Sarah Okada brought her friends Cesare and Anthony, who also won prizes!
Stark Wilz doing more problem solving with the amazing Jane Seaman!
Artistic Director Cat Parker declaring victory after a sensational night! (Or leading the group in the wave, not sure...)
We are grateful to these companies and individuals for the wonderful Raffle Prizes they donated!
Norlan Whisky Glass has been designed to capture whisky's complex flavors and aromatics and deliver them to the senses like never before.
Broadway Inbound and the Broadway Collection have donated two tickets to your choice of the listed shows. A night on the town!
A bottle of wine from Francis Ford Coppola's vineyard always the perfect glass for every occasion!
"...the years between 1977 and 1982 were enchanted, endangered, and unrepeatable,” explains photographer Marcia Resnick. ... Here, her photographs of the “enfants terribles” reflect this unique time in the worlds of jazz, rock and roll, literature, art, and film"
Few French restaurants in NYC can compare to the warm environment of Cafe du Soleil. While keeping to the high standards of French cooking, Cafe du Soleil is friendly and accessible. Cafe du Soleil is the perfect place as it embraces a passion for food, wine and culture.
At Guacamole, we fuse traditional Mexican cuisine with different cuisines giving it our personal touch. Our diners have a first-class gastronomic experience in an informal environment and at a low cost. Our atmosphere and decoration evoke Mexican pop art in a warm and pleasant atmosphere.
A collection of fifty-one poems by BK (Baruch Kirschenbaum), all written since the turn of the twenty-first century, including reflections on nature, family, love, dreams, society, and mortality.
By Linda Gnat-Mullin. Twenty-Two Life-Embracing Stories from the Dead, Inanimate Objects, Star Brothers, Geese, and Other Unlikely Sources. These true and unusual stories offer intriguing answers and helpful questions about life in this distracting world.
Regional specializes in rustic Italian fare that spans the culinary coast of the Italian peninsula, from Sicily, Naples, Tuscany and beyond for both dinner and brunch.
Serafina is a place where everyone feels at home. Fabulous Italian cuisine is served to everyone in a fun, upbeat environment.
Seeing the world through a different eye is a way of life for multi-discipline artist Cynthia Shaw. Check out her other works by clicking on this pic!
Donated by historian Tom Bernardin, this map of Greenwich Village circa 1961 will look terrific on your wall!
A one of a kind collection of heartwarming stories and authentic recipes that you'll want to have for you cooking library. These recipes recall special memories of far away lands or of dearly loved relatives.