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May 13: New Economy Smack Down

June 1: Focus groups for Stolen Chair's CST begin

The Company:

Artistic Directors
Kiran Rikhye
Jon Stancato
Members
David Bengali
Aviva Meyer
Cameron J. Oro
Emily Otto
Liza Wade Green
Board of Directors
Caroline Barnard
Kiran Rikhye
Rachel Rosenblatt
Aaron Sinay
Jon Stancato
 
What do Stolen Chair and the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty have in common?

Thanks to all 557 individuals who helped edge Stolen Chair's social media proposal into the final round of the Jenzabar Foundation's Social Media Leadership competition. Here's Jenzabar's official announcement:

The Foundation would like to reiterate how impressed we were with all of the submissions from the 15 organizations that nominated their campaigns. The following FIVE organizations received the most votes, and thus, are the finalists for The Jenzabar Foundation Soical Media Leadership Award:

-The Stolen Chair Theatre Company
-Dream Activist
-Texas Friends and Allies Against the Death Penalty
-Forge
-The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

The winner will be selected from this pool of campaigns and will be announced by the Foundation on Wednesday, May 13th.
Watch Stolen Chair's Jon Stancato run his mouth off!
@ the New Economy Smack Down!! Wednesday, May 13, 7pm - Free with RSVP

Co-Hosted by Robert Elmes, Galapagos Art Space, and Jennifer Wright Cook, The Field

Don't be brought down by the economy, instead usher it in with an evening of lively debate, truth-telling, and prophesizing. Join us to wrestle with the urgent issues and uncertainty that confront the performing arts community. A two-part panel of arts and business leaders will help set the stage for this impromptu evening of possibility.

PANELISTS:

Cultural Stakeholders and Gatekeepers:

  • Moira Brennan, Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
  • Heather Hitchens, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
  • Aaron Landsman, Thinaar / Elevator Repair Service (ERS)
  • Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, The Lost Notebook
  • Brian Rogers, The Chocolate Factory Theater

Cultural Entrepreneurs:

  • Rachel Chavkin, Theatre of the Emerging American Moment (TEAM)
  • Miguel Gutierrez, Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People
  • Jeff Hnilicka, Funding Emerging Arts with Sustainable Tactics (FEAST)
  • RoseAnne Spradlin, RoseAnne Spradlin Dance
  • Jon Stancato, Stolen Chair

RSVP Today!!!

This event is co-presented by The Field and Galapagos Art Space as part of The Field's Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA) program, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation's 2008 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund. Learn more about ERPA on the ERPA blog.

Location: Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street
Corner of Water Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, F to York, C/E to High Street, 2/3 to Clark Street
When: Wednesday, May 13, 7pm