The Play Company

The Play Company Presents
CABARET GOURMET 2008

a celebration of food, glorious food! Featuring New York’s finest chefs and performers in an evening of great cuisine, entertainment, and more

Monday April 28, 2008 7 – 9:30pm Metropolitan Pavilion (The Level) 123 West 18th Street

This year, The Play Company is delighted to honor to legendary editor Judith Jones.

We salute Ms. Jones for her pioneering work over the past 50 years to bring international cuisine into the homes of Americans. She recently published her acclaimed memoir The Tenth Muse . As an editor at Alfred A. Knopf Ms. Jones has introduced and nurtured a treasure trove of esteemed food writers including Julia Child (beginning with her first book Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961 and throughout her career), Lidia Bastianich, James Beard, Marcella Hazan, Ken Hom, Madhur Jaffrey, Jaques Pepin and Katy Sparks among many others.

CABARET
Special appearances and performances by stars of stage, screen and cuisine, including Penny Fuller, Madhur Jaffrey, Anthony Mackie, Alex Prud'homme, Katy Sparks, Myra Lucretia Taylor and Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for RENT)!

GOURMET
Featured Chefs and Restaurants:
Chef David DeCarlo, Angus McIndoe
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, Butter Restaurant
Chef Michael Hu, Hana Pastries
Chef Jehangir Mehta, Graffiti
Chef Nancy Olson, Gramercy Tavern
Chef Shanna Pacifico, Back Forty
Chef Jason Avery – Pera Mediterranean Brasserie
Chefs Suvir Saran & Hamant Mathur / Devi Restaurant
Gianfranco Sorrentino/Il Gattopardi

All proceeds benefit the artistic programs of The Play Company, a 501C3 To make reservations please click here

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Play Co. is the only theatre regularly producing new plays from abroad alongside new American works. Ticket sales and grants from foundations, corporations and government are vital to us, but cover only a portion of our annual budget. We need your support, whether you can give at the $50 or the $50,000 level, to help us continue to nurture artistic excellence and promote cultural dialogue.

Last year, your contributions enabled us to increase compensation to production directors and designers, host foreign writers in New York, and expand marketing support to help our work reach more people in New York and beyond. In addition to continuing those important initiatives, your donations this year will help us increase compensation to playwrights and actors, and commission new translations of foreign work.

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PATRON PROGRAM

Angels ($10,000 & above) Benefits include: everything listed below, plus: invitation for two to a Patron Dinner with Founding Producer Kate Loewald, Play Company Board members, and season artists; two passes to an open first rehearsal "Meet and Greet" and read-through.

Visionaries ($5,000 - $9,999) Benefits include: everything listed below, plus two complimentary tickets to an Opening Night Performance and Private Company Party for each season production; two passes to an open dress rehearsal.

Champions($2,500 - $4,999) Benefits include: everything listed below, plus two complimentary tickets to a Patron's Night Performance of each season production with Private Reception.

Sustainers ($1,000 - $2,499) Benefits include: everything listed below, plus two passes to Artist Conversation events, discussions with the season's writers, directors, designers, performers and Play Co. staff.

Partners ($500 - $999) Benefits include: everything listed below, plus a production script autographed by the playwright and production artists, priority seating at New Work/New World Series events; insider notification of our annual Gala & special Broadway theatre benefits.

Friends ($100 - $499) Benefits include: everything listed below, plus advance ticket ordering notification for all productions; special discounts at partner restaurants, parking lots and Play Co. sponsors.

Donors ($1 - $99) Benefits include: listing in Play Co. season program for 12 months; our e-newsletter.