New York Neo-Futurists Gala 2017 to Honor Ellie Covan

The New York Neo-Futurists Gala comes to The Astor Center on November 13th, from 7pm-11pm. The award-winning downtown theater's annual fundraiser will feature live entertainment, silent & live auctions, catered small plates, and an open bar of designer cocktails.

The New York Neo-Futurists are a collective of wildly productive writer-director-performers that create theater that is fusion of sport, poetry and living-newspaper; non-illusory, interactive performance that conveys experiences and ideas as directly and honestly as possible; immediate, irreproducible events at affordable prices. Since opening in Brooklyn in 2004 the New York Neo-Futurists have premiered roughly 4,500 plays and have become a downtown New York institution. In addition to performing The Infinite Wrench fifty weeks a year and producing Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind from 2004 until 2016, the New York Neo-Futurists have been a stalwart presence in the Off-Off Broadway community, having won numerous Innovative Theatre Awards and Drama Desk Nominations. Most recently, The Infinite Wrench took home the 2017 Innovative Theatre Foundation Award for "Outstanding Performance Art Production". The Infinite Wrench unleashes a barrage of two-minute plays and while each one offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, or terrifying, all are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers.

The 2017 Gala will continue the tradition of honoring artists and those that support the arts. Previous honorees have included Laurie Anderson, Dread Scott, Charles Mee, Eric Bogosian, and Debevoise & Plimpton. This year's gala honoree is Dixon Place Founder & Artistic Director Ellie Covan. Ellie Covan will be recognized for her "Outstanding Contributions To The Arts", for her decades of contribution to the performance art theatrical community and for the many emerging artists she's championed. Covan & Dixon Place have received a NY Dance & Performance Award (a Bessie), two Obies, a BAXten Award, CUNY's Edwin Booth Award for Excellence in Theater, the Alliance of New York State Arts Organization's Celebrate the Arts Award for outstanding contributions to the state of New York, & the NY Innovation Theater Foundation's Stewardship Award for service to the community.

This evening is a chance to show love for independent downtown theater, support the arts, and rub shoulders with the creative elite. Tickets may be purchased online at nynf.org, by phone at 866.811.4111 or at the door. General Admission tickets are $150. Our Gala is proud to be sponsored in part by Dow Jones, Elland Road Partners, and Jack Plowe. For more information call 347.871.6365 or visit www.nynf.org.

IF YOU GO:

NEW YORK NEO-FUTURISTS' 2017 GALA

Where: The Astor Center, 399 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
When: Monday, November 13th, 2017, 7pm - 11pm
Tickets: General Admission $150 at nynf.org or 866.811.4111.
Info: info@nynf.org or call 347.871.6365

For more on Ellie Covan, visit dixonplace.org. For more on The New York Neo-Futurist 2017 Gala, go to nynf.org/neo-gala.