Tisch Gala 2015

The 2015 Tisch Gala took place on Monday May 4, 2015 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City to honor 50 years of Tisch.

It's Never Too Late to Make a Gift in Support of Student Scholarships! Thank you!

Honorees:

MICHAEL C. HALL ’96

MFA, Acting

Actor, HBO’s Six Feet Under, Showtime’s Dexter, films such as Kill Your Darlings and Cold in July, and Broadway roles in The Realistic Joneses and Hedwig and the Angry Inch Tisch Big Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Performing Arts.

ROBERT L. FREEDMAN ’83

MFA, Dramatic Writing/Graduate Musical Theatre Writing

AND

STEVEN LUTVAK ’83

MFA, Graduate MusicalTheatre Writing

Co-creators of the Tony Award® winning A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Tisch Big Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Theatrical Arts

Special Tribute to MEL SILVERMAN

Creator of the Silverman Scholars awards at Tisch

Host

ANNA DEAVERE SMITH
Actress, Playwright, and NYU University Professor

appearances by
Tyne Daly, Winnie Holzman '83, and other special guests

with performances by
Monica Bill Barnes '97, Anna Bass, Kiah Victoria '14 and Tisch students

Producer & Director
Bill Castellino

Event Hosts

  • Cynthia & Alan Berkshire
  • Barbara & Rodgin Cohen
  • Georgia & Gerry Curatola
  • Darla & Patrick Flanagan
  • Maurice Kanbar
  • Patricia & Walter Moore
  • Robin & Nicholas Politan