New York Philanthropists Joan and George Hornig
Launch
Sundance Institute Theatre Club
Joan and George Hornig hosted the launch of the
first-ever Sundance Institute Theatre Club: a
private dinner for 18 guests at Lafayette in New
York with special guests Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori,
playwrights of the much-raved-about new musical, Fun
Home. The Theatre Club features private events
showcasing projects supported by the Institute’s
Theatre Program now on stage in New York. Founded by
Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a
global, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to
nurturing artistic expression in film and theater,
and to supporting intercultural dialogue between
artists and audiences.
Philip Himberg, Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori
Fun Home, by Tony Award nominees Lisa Kron & Jeanine
Tesori and directed by Sam Gold, is a fresh, daring
new musical based on the acclaimed graphic novel by
Alison Bechdel. When her father dies unexpectedly,
graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to
tell the story of the volatile, brilliant,
one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets
defined her family and her life. The groundbreaking,
world-premiere musical was developed with support
from Sundance Institute, including participation in
two of its renowned Theatre Labs and performed
at the Public Theater.
Founding members of the Theatre Club including
business and cultural leaders and philanthropists:
Leslie A. Cornfeld, Margaret Crotty, Rick Friedberg,
Lisa Gelfond, Joan and George Hornig, Francine
LeFrak, Laura Moore, Jane and David Preiser, Richard
T. Prins, Rory Riggs, Connie Steensma, and Sheila
and Wally Weisman. Also present at dinner Fun Home’s
Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori; and Philip Himberg,
Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre
Program; Christopher Hibma, Producing Director of
the Sundance Institute Theatre Program; Jennifer
Arceneaux, Director of External Relations for
Sundance Institute;
and guests Alice Lustig, Michael Nairne, Pamela
Newkirk, Matt Titus.
Upcoming Theatre Club events featuring include A
Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L.
Freedman and Steven Lutvak (December 11),
Appropriate by Branden Jacob-Jenkins (March 12,
2014), and When We Were Young and Unafraid by Sarah
Treem (June 19, 2014). All productions were
developed through the support of the Sundance
Institute Theatre Program.