NJPAC Creates Memorable Moment for Lung Transplant Recipient at Kumail Nanjiani Comedy Show
Dawn Burke meets Oscar-nominated comedian as part of Prudential North to Shore Festival.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) recently created a one-of-a-kind experience for lung transplant recipient Dawn Burke, who attended Kumail Nanjiani’s Doing This Again comedy show on Saturday, June 21, as part of the third annual Prudential North to Shore Festival in Newark.
Burke, a longtime resident of Keyport, NJ, received two complimentary tickets to the performance and enjoyed a personal meet-and-greet with Nanjiani — the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated star of The Big Sick, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Welcome to Chippendales.
The special opportunity marked a joyful milestone in Burke’s health journey following a life-saving lung transplant performed by the team at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in 2019.
In June 2019, Burke received a new right lung after two years on the transplant wait list. Her procedure was conducted at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, home to New Jersey’s only Advanced Pulmonary and Lung Transplant Program.
Nanjiani’s performance was part of the North to Shore Festival, which took place from June 14–29 with events in Asbury Park and Newark, and additional programming throughout the year in Atlantic City.
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Almost Floyd Williams Center (7/11-7/11) |
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Center Stage Productions presents The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler Over The Moon Art Studios (7/02-7/03) |
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Me and My Girl Spring Lake Theatre (7/08-7/19) |
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Sense and Sensibility duCret Center of Art (7/10-7/12) |
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What the Constitution Means to Me Pioneer Productions Company/The Stanley Center (7/11-7/12) |
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Rick Steves' Europe: A Symphonic Journey State Theatre New Jersey (11/08-11/08) |
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Mozart & Ravel Richardson Auditorium (1/08-1/08) |
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MrBallen: Lights out Live Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center (10/08-10/08) |
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Matilda Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center (6/25-6/27) |
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TOO FAT FOR CHINA The Theater Project (7/17-7/19) |