Photo Flash: Katie Finneran, Matthew Broderick and More at CANY's 2013 Gala
By: BWW News Desk May. 02, 2013
Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY), which uses drama therapy to help New York's most vulnerable children and adults, celebrated 30 years of the CANY mission of creativity, community and change to rebuild lives, on Monday, April 29, 2013 at the Edison Hotel Ballroom. The 2013 Honorees were Tony Award winners Katie Finneran and Kathleen Marshall, and in memoriam, CANY Founding Chairperson, Janet L. Levy. Scroll below for photos from the event!Hosted by Ann Hampton Callaway, with a special performance by Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway, filling in for Kristin Chenoweth, and video presentation by stage, film and television actor Victor Garber. Tony Award winner Judith Light will presented the award to Ms. Finneran, Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick presented the award to Ms. Marshall, and CANY Founding Board Member James I. Black, III presented the award to Mrs. Levy's family.
For 30 years, Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY) has been offering drama therapy programs to traumatized children and adults in the New York Metropolitan area, helping them to build new life skills and realize their potential through the art of drama. Working in partnership with leading social service organizations and health care institutions, CANY provides approximately 1,400 therapeutic theatre groups annually in residential centers for children and youth, special schools, veterans mental health centers, and domestic violence safe shelters. CANY was honored with the 2012 Aaron Stein Memorial Fund Award by The American Group Psychotherapy Association, given to organizations that utilize the creative applications of group theory and technique to benefit the community, particularly in non-psychotherapeutic settings.
For more information, visit www.cany.org.
Ann Hampton Callaway at the piano
Kathleen Marshal
Matthew Broderick, Kathleen Marshal and Jonathan Hilton, CANY Executive Director
Center: Judith Light, Katie Finneran with husband Darren Goldstein and friends
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