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YAAMNY Collected Stories on Broadway

When:   April 29, 2010 7:00pm
Where:   Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
261 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036
  FreeArts

 

 

The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan NY's Arts Committee cordially invites you to a performance of Manhattan Theatre Club's Collected Stories on Broadway, followed by an exclusive talk back with the members of the creative team and cast and MTC's associate artistic director Mandy Greenfield '96.

Pullitzer Prize-winning playwright and Yale College playwrighting professor, Donald Margulies returns to MTC following this season's Broadway premiere of the crtitically acclaimed play, Time Stands Still. Collected Stories centers on a celebrated New York author and her bright-eyed young protégé. As their relationship evolves and the line between fact and fiction blurs, their fascinating story comes to a dramatic conclusion. Tony Award winner Linda Lavin and director Lynne Meadow, who collaborated on MTCs The Tale of the Allergists Wife, reunite for this new production.

The limited number of tickets available are all orchestra seats. We expect this exclusive event to sell out. Tickets are $85 before March 31, $90 after. Register now at http://yaamny-collectedstories.eventbrite.com/. First come, first served.

AAAYA & YAAMNY BENEFIT CONCERT in MEMORY OF ANNIE LE

When:   April 14, 2010 7:30pm-10:30pm
Where:   St Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Ave (54th St), NYC
  $25 ($15 student) suggested donationReception

AAAYA & YAAMNY  cordially invite you to a BENEFIT CONCERT IN MEMORY OF ANNIE LE

Please join Yale Alumni, students, and friends for the very First Fellowship Benefit to honor the memory of Annie Le, the 24-year-old Yale pharmacology doctorate student who was murdered on campus in September of 2009.  Classical music performance by Dean Robert Blocker, Yale School of Music, Professor Ransom Wilson, Yale School of Music, Jessica Chang '08, Akiko Kobayashi '07, and Gabriella Tortorello '11.

RSVP: Limited space is available. You must RSVP online to reserve a space via the comment box at http://aaaya.org/?p=1759

Voluntary Donation at the door, cash or check made payable to Yale University.  All Proceeds to benefit the ANNIE LE MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FUND. Full event details available here, including how to make a donation if you are unable to attend the benefit.

Arts & Entertainment Committee meeting

When:   March 28, 2010 2:00pm
Where:   Cosi (21st & Park)
  FreeArts

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee provides a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the arts, through regular presentations and events that will offer opportunities for networking and performance. Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.

All are welcome. Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

Preview of the new opera Before Night Falls with Composer Jorge Martin ’81

When:   March 9, 2010 8:00pm-10:00pm
Where:   Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Tisch School of the Arts
113-A 2nd Avenue
  $15 before February 25; $20 after Arts

The Association of Yale Alumni Presents:
Special Preview of the new opera Before Night Falls and discussion with Composer Jorge Martin '81

Sponsored by: YAAMNY, Yale GALA, Yale Latino Alumni Association, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program

Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls, an opera based on the memoirs of Reinaldo Arenas, the gay, Cuban, dissident author who died of AIDS in New York in 1990, premiers at the Fort Worth Opera in May 2010 (www.fwopera.org). The opera follows the life of Arenas from his time as a rebel in the Cuban revolution to his eventual escape to and death in the United States and explores issues of sexuality, ethnicity, and immigration. Yale Opera students Chrystal Williams ’10 MUS, Eric Barry ’10 MUS and Vince Vincent ’10 MUS will perform excerpts from the work. Following the performance, we will have a conversation with composer Jorge Martin ’81 and a reception.

RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW here: http://beforenightfalls.eventbrite.com/

 

             

Art Internships for Yale Students Wanted: POST HERE! Deadline 2/26/10

Yale Undergraduate Career Services (UCS) is seeking to develop an extensive database of exceptional summer internship opportunities offered by alumni and other professionals working in the arts industry through a new media project entitled Arts Notable Internships.

•    Promote your internship to Yale students
•    Help Yalies find great internships in the arts
•    Internships do not need to be Yale exclusive
•    Posting is simple

Post and send your internship opportunity using the Internship Posting Form.

UCS asks all potential employers to submit their internship information by February 26, 2010 as an effort to inform students of all internship opportunities before spring break.  Please contact Lori Ferrara, Internship Program Coordinator, at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript or by phone at 203.432.0800 for comments or questions.

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