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Performance Space 122’s Spring Gala
The PS122 Spring Gala is our annual premiere event, attracting mega-watt
participation and support. In the spirit of PS122, the event is always a festive
affair, jam-packed with programming and experiences to remember. PS122 is at
a pivotal and transitional time in its history as we soon return to our beloved
building in the East Village. This year will be a true celebration of the downtown
arts community at large. The performances will reflect the past, present, and
wider artist communities that benefit from and support the risk-taking work
presented by Performance Space 122.
Spring Gala 2016 Honorees: Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar
Shining Star Awardee: Nicole Birmann Bloom, Program Officer, Performing
Arts at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
Date and Location: Thursday, April 28, 2015 at Jing Fong, 20 Elizabeth St.
Manhattan
Gala Chair: Anne Delaney
Previous Gala Details
Honorees: Eric Bogosian, Claire Danes, Gabrielle Hamilton, Holly Hughes, John
Fleck, John Leguizamo, Clara Miller, Tim Miller, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez,
Amanda Palmer.
Performers and Participants: Antony and the Johnsons, Jonathan Ames,
Charles Atlas, Blue Man Group, Justin Vivian Bond, Steve Buscemi, Alan
Cumming, Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, Ira Glass, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bill T.
Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Spike Lee, Isaac Mizrahi, Richard Move, Rosie O’Donnell,
Mandy Patinkin, Peaches, Philippe Petit, Rosie Perez, Parker Posey, Sam
Rockwell, Michael Stipe, Elizabeth Streb, John Turturro, New York City Council
Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer and Rufus Wainwright.
Notable Auction Items: A private food performance by artist Jennifer
Rubell, International Contemporary Ensemble Private Performance, Prune
dinner for eight with a cooking demo with Chef Gabrielle Hamilton, Reclining
Nude: Jean-Michel Basquiate VIII by photographer Paige Powell, Absinthe Vegas
Package including accommodations, air fare, and tickets to Absinthe Las Vegas
and Vegas Nocturne
Select 2014 Press Inclusions: NYTimes T Magazine, Wall Street Journal,
New York Magazine Approval Matrix, Guest of a Guest
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Performance Space 122
2016 Spring Gala
EVENT SPONSOR DETAIL INFORMATION
Architects & Contractors $25,000
• 12 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Recognition at the committee level in the new building
• Exclusive invitation to the donor recognition event for the opening of
our Building
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page and 2016-2017
Season Sponsor Listing
• Link and logo inclusion in benefit section of weekly e-newsletter,
21,000+ recipients
• Inclusion in all Gala promotional and press materials as released
• Marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Inside Cover/or Center Full page advertisement and sponsorship listing
in program
• 12 complimentary tickets to the 2016-2017 Season and unlimited
discount code
Roof Deck $15,000
• 12 tickets to the Gala
• Step and Repeat Logo placement
• Prominent listing, Logo/Link on website event page
• Link and logo inclusion in benefit section of weekly e-newsletter,
21,000+recipients
• Inclusion in all promotional and press materials as released
• Marketing presence and additional sampling opportunities at the event
• Full-page advertisement and sponsorship listing in program
• 10 complimentary tickets to the 2016-2017 season
Bricks & Mortar $10,000
• 10 tickets to the Gala
• 5 complimentary tickets to our 2016-2017 Season
• Full-page advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala
program, a contribution listing in Gala invitation, program and on PS122
website
Insulation $5,000
• 6 tickets to the Gala
• 2 complimentary tickets to our 2016-2017 Season
• Half-page advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala
program, a contribution listing in Gala invitation, program and on PS122
website
Bedrock $3,000
• 4 tickets to the Gala
• Business card size advertisement or acknowledgment in the PS122 Gala
program and a contribution listing in Gala invitation, program and on
PS122 website
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VIP Single Ticket $1,000
• A Single ticket with premium seating
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Single Ticket $400
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Performance Space 122 provides incomparable experiences for audiences by presenting and
commissioning artists whose work challenges boundaries of live performance. PS122 is dedicated to
supporting the creative risks taken by artists from diverse genres, cultures and perspectives. We are an
innovative local, national and international leader in contemporary performance.
PS122’s HISTORY
For over 35 years, Performance Space 122 has been a leading contemporary performance hub in New York
City. PS122 provides support for audiences, artists and artistic practices, with an ambition to better engage
in contemporary society and positively affect the cultural landscape of the East Village, New York City, the
United States and the globe. PS122 has presented over 25,000 artists from more than 20 different
countries for hundreds of thousands of audience members since our beginning in 1980.
Through PS122’s focus on audience experience, artistic support and the development of artistic practice,
we have brought forward not only artists like John Leguizamo, Jonathan Ames, Eric Bogosian, the Blue
Man Group and Annie Dorsen, who have gone on to make waves in commercial arenas like Broadway,
cinema and television, but also artists who have triggered national debate about political and ethical issues.
These include the original “NEA four,” Ethyl Eichelberger and more recently Young Jean Lee and Thomas
Bradshaw, as well as artists who have radicalized aesthetic form,
like Meredith Monk, Spalding Gray, Ron Athey, Richard Maxwell,
Elevator Repair Service, Radiohole, Adrienne Truscott, Rabih
Mroué (Lebanon), Philippe Quesne (France) and Maria Hassabi.
Through the presentation of these artists and many more, PS122
has launched careers and art forms, and developed new art
practices that have enriched the cultural petri dish that is New
York City and subsequently the globe.
PS122’S FUTURE
Since our start as an East Village artist squat, PS122 has evolved
from a scrappy underdog providing artists a space to experiment,
to a globally renowned leader in our field. PS122 now presents and
commissions emerging and mid-career artists at the forefront of
contemporary performance here and around the world.
With the generous support of the City of New York, PS122 is
engaging in a transformative renovation of our home at 150 First
Avenue, with a planned completion date of early 2016. Our
renovated space will open up a world of programming
opportunities that enable the artists of today and the future to
thrive through enhanced technological capability, flexible
configuration and vastly improved stage space. This moment
provides PS122 with a unique opportunity to increase and evolve
our organizational and artistic output of thought-provoking,
provocative work across all live artistic disciplines. In concert with the City–led renovation, our
increased organizational capacity will make our space a hub for bold new ideas surging through
contemporary conversations.
The PS122 community is invigorated by the prospect of 2016’s reopening in larger, state-of-the-art and column-
free, flexible, ADA-compliant theaters. PS122’s theaters are the heart and soul of the East Village and the
launching board for artists worldwide. We could not be more excited by the prospects of our new venues,
which will ensure that PS122 will remain a leader in the contemporary performance field for decades to come.
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES &
EVENTS:
COIL 2016
January 5-17, 2016
COIL is PS122’s annual performance
festival that demonstrates the
constant vitality of live performance
in NYC featuring works created
locally, across the US and around
the world.
Red + White Party
Polytoxic, J.D. Franzke and
Helen Herbertson
January 10, 2016
Presented at Gawker Media’s
Headquarters and in partnership
with the Australia Council and
Australian Consulate-General in NY.
Brisbane-based theatre company
Polytoxic brings us a total karaoke
experience.
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