Please join us on June 21 for cocktails in the orchards, dinner under the big tent, a performance of Noli Timere in our theater, and more.
$10,000 — Underwriter
10 tickets to the Gala and your own well-placed table at dinner
VIP seats for the performance
Invitation for two to an exclusive cocktail party hosted by one of our donors with PS21 performers (not the night of the gala)
2024 PS21 Membership for you and your guests
Option to have a PS21 performer at your table (as one of your 10 guests)
Private use of PS21 for one evening (to be mutually agreed between you and PS21, limitations apply)
Listing on Gala program as a Gala Underwriter
$5,000 — Benefactor
4 tickets to the Gala
VIP seats for the performance
2024 PS21 Membership for you and your guests
Invitation for four to an exclusive post-performance drinks party with performers (not night of Gala)
Listing on Gala program as a Gala Underwriter
$2,500 — Patron
2 tickets to the Gala
Priority seats for the performance
Invitation for four to an exclusive post-performance drinks party with performers (not night of Gala)
Listing on Gala program as a Gala Underwriter
$1,250 — Supporter
1 ticket to the Gala
Invitation for two to an exclusive post-performance drinks party with performers (not night of Gala)
Listing on Gala program as a Gala Underwriter
And for those 45 and under:
We are offering a special ticket price of $500. To purchase please text Zack at (518) 212-7534 or email zack@ps21chatham.org for details.
$250 per ticket purchased is non-tax deductible.
Does your employer offer a matching gift program? You can use that for the tax-deductible portion of your Gala tickets! For details, to pay with a DAF, stock, wire transfer, or with any questions contact Zack at zack@ps21chatham.org or (518) 212-7534.
About the 2024 PS21 Gala!
Our pinnacle event of the season, the Gala spans the PS21 campus, featuring a cocktail fountain in the orchards, a farm-to-table dinner under the big tent, a silent auction, and a performance of Noli Timere, by acclaimed choreographer Rebecca Lazier, in our pavilion theater. All proceeds from the Gala allow PS21 to continue to provide everyone in our community affordable access to adventurous performing arts, to present our PATHWAYS series of free and low-cost community programming, and to keep our 100-acre campus maintained and open to the public every day.
Noli Timere by Rebecca Lazier (Canada)
Noli Timere is a soaring aerial performance-installation—eight dancers moving within, on, under, and around Janet Echelman’s voluminous floating iridescent net sculpture, up to 25 feet in the air. Rebecca Lazier’s choreography, with an original score by cellist and composer Jorane, daringly synthesizes experimental dance, avant-garde circus, installation art, music, engineering, public sculpture, and social practice.
Noli Timere (“be not afraid,” in Latin) makes the interconnectedness of the human and natural realms visible and tangible: a change in one element has cascading effects. The work is guided by urgent questions: how do we survive in a changing world, cope with instability, and live with precarity? During a time of unprecedented uncertainty, Noli Timere revels in our interconnectivity and resilience.
Support PS21's artistic and community focused mission
PS21's Gala raises funds critical to PS21’s commitment to presenting the free community programs that attract new audiences and to supporting the artists who create and present bold, innovative works in our theater that are “an affirmation of the human spirit” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “at once challenging and inviting” (New York Times).
To ensure that performances at PS21 are accessible to everyone in our Hudson Valley community, we keep ticket prices low and offer generous discounts. As a result, ticket sales cover just 10 percent of our annual operating expenses, and we rely on the generosity of individual donors to make it possible to sustain this experiment in cultural inclusion. By supporting the Gala and urging your friends to join as well, you help us reach our goals, and in return enjoy the dynamic and innovative Noli Timere in the poetic, natural landscape of our apple orchards.
PS21's 2022 Gala in The Orchards, photo by Steven Taylor
Even in the best of times, ticket sales cover only a fraction of PS21’s costs; therefore, we rely on you to continue supporting our endeavors. Please consider making a donation today.
About PS21
A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region. Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.
Photography PS21 will take photos of this event for use in social media and on our website. The photos sometimes include audiences. Your attendance at this performance indicates you consent to appear in PS21 photography. If you would prefer not to appear in any photos, please let a staff member know, and we will be glad to accommodate your request.
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