Sundance Institute Theatre Program enables some of the most inspiring, innovative voices in theatre through comprehensive, year-round artist support, including Labs, workshops and retreats, grants, fellowships, and awards. Some of the remarkable productions developed at the Sundance Theatre Program include Fun Home, Appropriate, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Circle Mirror Transformation, Spring Awakening, and The Light in the Piazza.

The members of the Sundance Institute Theatre Club are a dedicated group of individuals, who support the work of the Theatre Program through philanthropic contributions. Members receive exclusive, insider access to the best productions developed through the Theatre Program, and connect with one another at intimate salons, dinners, and cocktail parties.

When you join Theatre Club you play an integral role in supporting the Theatre Program’s mission to provide an environment free from commercial pressure, in which a diverse community of theatre artists can experiment with their work. As a Theatre Club Member you are on the forefront of creating the most innovative new theatre and shaping our culture through the creative work your support enables.

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Sydney Lucas and Michael Cerveris in Fun Home. Sundance Theatre Lab, 2012

Theatre Club Members will be invited to four extraordinary evenings of groundbreaking theatre in New York City. All Theatre Club productions are developed through Sundance Institute artist support programs and are curated by Artistic Director Philip Himberg and Producing Director Christopher Hibma.

Each evening is hosted by a renowned director, playwright, or actor from each production for an intimate conversation over dinner.

THEATRE CLUBSIGNATURE EVENINGS

SPRING AWAKENINGBook and Lyrics by Stephen Sater Music by Duncan Sheik October 13, 2015 Reception Details To Follow Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 W 47th St New York, NY 10036

Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 expressionist play of the same name and featuring an electrifying pop/rock score, Spring Awakening follows the lives of a group of adolescents as they navigate their journey from adolescence to adulthood in a fusion of morality, sexuality, and rock & roll. An extraordinary creative team including Michael Arden and Spencer Liff has reinvented the groundbreaking musical about lost innocence and the struggles of youth in true Deaf West style.

FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE by Michael John LaChiusa November 3, 2015 Reception Details To Follow The Public Theater 425 Lafayette St New York, NY 10003

A historical fantasia in four-parts, First Daughter Suite follows Patricia Nixon and daughters Tricia and Julie; Roselyn and Amy Carter; Betty and Susan Ford; Patti Davis and mom Nancy Reagan; and Barbara Bush and daughter-in-law Laura as they strive to live meaningful lives in the public eye, while dealing with the complex private relationships all of us face with our parents and children.

SKELETON CREW by Dominique Morisseau February 5, 2016 Reception Details To Follow Atlantic Theater Company 330 W 16th St New York, NY 10011

In this final installment of Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit trilogy, a makeshift family of workers at the last exporting auto plant in the city navigate the possibility of foreclosure. Power dynamics shift, and they are pushed to the limits of survival. When the line between blue collar and white collar gets blurred, how far over the lines are they willing to step?

INDECENT Written by Paula Vogel Created by Paula Vogel & Rebecca Taichman Directed by Rebecca Taichman May 2016 Final Date and Reception Details To Follow Vineyard Theatre 108 E 15th St New York, NY 10003

Indecent, created by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (Vineyard’s How I Learned to Drive and The Long Christmas Ride Home) and award-winning director Rebecca Taichman (Stage Kiss), is a deeply moving new play with music, inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it.

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Theatre Club Membership starts at the $2,500 level and includes the exclusive access outlined in this brochure.

Visit sundance.org/theatreclub, or complete the below to join today!

Jefferson Mays in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. Sundance Theatre Lab, 2006

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I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE THEATRE CLUB AT THE FOLLOWING LEVEL:

• $2,500 ($1,250 of your gift is tax-deductible)• This includes access for one to each of the Sundance Institute

Theatre Program Signature Evenings, as well as additional exclusive invitations.

• $5,000 ($2,500 of your gift is tax-deductible)• This includes access for two to each of the Sundance Institute

Theatre Program Signature Evenings, as well as additional exclusive invitations.

I would like to support the Sundance Institute Theatre Program with a philanthropic gift. This additional support plays an essential role in funding the future of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program. This contribution is fully tax-deductible and directly and immediately influences our work in the following ways:

• $500 Each gift at this level provides a one week honorarium to a Theatre Lab fellow.

• $1,000 Each gift at this level covers the cost of hiring an actor to participate in a Lab.

• $2,500 Each gift at this level allows an artist to travel to an international Theatre retreat.

• $5,000 Each gift at this level fully covers the cost of a fellow’s Lab experience.

• $10,000 Each gift at this level enables 150 New York City community members from underserved backgrounds to attend a Sundance supported theatre performance through Sundance Tickets Night.

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In addition to four extraordinary evenings of groundbreaking theatre in New York City, Theatre Club members receive access to purchase additional tickets to Theatre Club Signature Evenings, and receive additional invitations to other exclusive events throughout the year. Invitations may include opportunities to visit artist-development programs, attend other Sundance Institute curated events in New York City and to meet one-on-one with Sundance Institute Leadership.

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THEATRE PROGRAMSundance Institute Theatre Program is a core program of Sundance Institute. Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, the mission of Sundance Institute is to champion and curate independent stories for the stage and screen. Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, film composing, and digital media to create and thrive while transforming the art of storytelling.

To learn more about the comprehensive, year-round work of Sundance Institute visit sundance.org.

Sundance Institute Theatre Club is made possible by the leadership of Founding Theatre Club Chairs Joan and George Hornig.

"STORYTELLERS BROADEN OUR MINDS: ENGAGE, PROVOKE, INSPIRE, AND ULTIMATELY, CONNECT US."

ROBERT REDFORD, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER