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COLLABORATION
AWARDS GALA
Thursday,
October 24,
2013
at
Baruch
Performing
Arts
Center's
55 Lexington
Avenue, New
York City
Tickets are
only $20 for
members
of any of
our member
orgs
as long as
you buy them
in advance.
The evening
will
feature:
Keynote Speaker:
Madeleine
Smithberg,
Emmy and Peabody
Award winning
co-creator and
original
producer of The
Daily Show with
Jon Stewart and
founder and
president of Mad
Cow Productions.
Madeleine will
share her
experiences in
collaborating
with other women
writers, as well
as talk about
her new
collaborative
female comedy
entity Moo,
which will
showcase work of
young comedy
content
producers and
comediennes.
Awards
presentations
to:
Collaboration
Award Winner
Jane Edith
Wilson (SAG-AFTRA)
and Grace Lee
(Women Make
Movies)
for Janeane from
Des Moines
This is the
first time a
film has
been named
Collaboration
Award
winner. A
political
mockumentary
shot on the
actual 2012
Republican
campaign
trail,
Janeane from
Des Moines
seamlessly
merges
documentary
film with
fiction as
it follows 'Janeane,'
a vulnerably
imagined
member of
the Tea
Party, as
she follows
Republican
candidates
Mitt Romney
and Rick
Perry, among
others,
seeking
answers to
her real
world
problems and
begging them
to save
'small
American
families'
like hers.
Honored
Finalist
Silent
Witnesses (a
play)
by Stephanie
Satie (AEA,
SAG-AFTRA)
and Anita
Khanzadian (SDC)
The Island
of No Return
(a play)
by Fengar
Gael (DG,
LPTW)
and Lorca
Peress (SDC,
AEA, LPTW)
Network with
amazing
women in our
member
organizations
and
affiliate.
Also, not to
be missed,
an
opportunity
to WIN a
one-hour
consultation/conversation
with
Madeleine
Smithberg
(your ticket
to the Gala
automatically
enters you
to win this
special
opportunity)
On-site
raffle
of more
than
$2,100
in
prizes
including:
Tickets to Peter
and the
Starcatcher
Tickets
to Becoming
Dr. Ruth
Gift
baskets
from
Mario
Badescu
Skin
Care,
Eve
Pearl
Cosmetics,
Pamela's
Potions,
Cooking
lesson with
Andrea
Giardino
Free
dance
classes
and
group
lessons
from
Massages,
design
consultations,
and lots
more!
And six
PRICELESS
gifts -
One-hour
solo
consultations
with each of
our award
winners:
Jane Edith
Wilson,
Grace Lee,
Stephanie
Satie, Anita
Khanzadian,
Fengar Gael,
and Lorca
Peress.
Don't miss
out on this
great night
to meet and
network with
fabulous,
talented
women, hear
their
success
stories, and
win great
prizes and
one-of-a-kind
mentoring
consultations!
For more
information,
call
212-592-4511
We look
forward to
seeing you
at the Gala!
Women in the
Arts & Media
Coalition, a
non-profit
organization,
represents
more than
80,000 women
and men in
the
performing
arts and
media
through its
member
organizations
and
affiliates.
The
Coalition
focuses the
power of its
member
organizations
and their
memberships
together and
uses the
combined
strength to
address
issues of
concern
through
advocacy,
networking
and
educational
events.
Member
organizations
are: Actors
Equity
Association,
Dramatists
Guild of
America,
League of
Professional
Theatre
Women, SAG-AFTRA
New York
Local,State
Directors
and
Choreographers,
New York
Women in
Film &
Television,
and the
Writers
Guild of
America,
East.
Affiliates
are:
WomenArts,
The
Rehearsal
Club, The
Women's
Media
Center,
Women Make
Movies,
Dancers Over
40 and
Professional
Women
Singers
Association.
For more
information on
the Women in the
Arts & Media
Coalition, visit
www.womenartsmediacoalition.org
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