Please join us at CPR – Center for Performance Research on Wednesday, June 5 at 7PM for our 2024 Spring Benefit, which gathers artists and friends for an evening of RITUAL with communal rites, flowing libations, and ecstatic offerings to celebrate CPR.
PROGRAM
7:00 PM | Libations, Victuals, Interludes
8:00 PM | Performances, Ceremonies, Divinations
9:00 PM | Dessert, Music, Revelry
Friendly Ghost | River L. Ramirez
Ritos de primavera | Antonio Ramos
Valley of the Wind | Johann Diedrick w/ Temar France, Caleb Giles, and Alex Smith
Void Hymnal | Kamikaze Jones
Repotting | Beth Gill
Al Centro Pa Dentro | Martita Abril
Performance | Ethan Philbrick and Anh Vo
DJ | pure xtra (aka Raymond Pinto)
Food & Drink | Food by Cozy Royale, Wine by Zev Rovine Selections, Dessert by Fortunato Bros.
Raffle | Maria Baranova, Barnett Cohen, Jibz Cameron / Dynasty Handbag, Raymond Pinto, Danh Vo (donated by an anonymous benevolent witch)
Dress Code | Ascetic Aesthetics, Witch Haus, Devotional Drag, etc.
BENEFIT COMMITTEE (in formation)
Salome Asega, Maria Baranova, Sidra Bell*, Randall Bourscheidt*, Taja Cheek, Barnett Cohen, Alison Cuzzolino, Moriah Evans, Jonathan Gardenhire, Pati Hertling, Nick Hockens*, Ishmael Houston-Jones, John Jasperse*, Tommy Kriegsmann & Shanta Thake, Jessica Massart, Juliana May, Tamara McCaw, Sarah Michelson, Azikiwe Mohammed, Kathleen O’Connell*, Annie-B Parson & Paul Lazar, Brian Rogers, Ali Rosa-Salas, Amber Sasse*, Amanda Singer & Severin Sorel, Martha Sherman*, Alex Sloane & Carlos Vela-Prado, Anna Sperber, Megan V. Sprenger*, Meiyin Wang, Emily Wexler
*CPR Board of Directors
TICKETS
$750 | DEVOTIONAL DEMIGOD
$600 | BLESSED BENEFACTOR
$400 | PIOUS PATRON
$250 | SACRED CELEBRANT
$150 | COVEN (for artists & arts workers) [limited]
Tickets are 100% tax-deductible and include all food, drink, and merriment. All proceeds benefit CPR’s artists and programs – and the divine act of experimentation and embodied practice.
Please consider buying an additional COVEN ticket for an artist or arts worker to join the celebration!
If you can’t attend this year, you can also make a tax-deductible donation to CPR via Eventbrite, PayPal, Zelle (no fees) to alexandra@cprnyc.org, or check made payable to Center for Performance Research and mailed to 361 Manhattan Ave, Unit 1, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Please include “donation” in the memo.
Important note: Tickets may be purchased without additional fees by making payment via Zelle, sent to Center for Performance Research using the email alexandra@cprnyc.org. Please indicate ticket level and number of tickets in the memo [including add-ons of RAFFLE TIX ($25 each) or if you would like to CONSECRATE A CHAIR ($100)].
