Join us for an intimate evening honoring Colt Coeur Board Members, actor Sendhil Ramamurthy (Hatefu*k, Netflix's "Never Have I Ever") and producer and Board Chair Erica Rotstein (Hundred Days, Water for Elephants). 

Thursday, September 22 at 7pm
Live Music, Drinks & Nosh
Raffle & Auction at 8:30pm 

CASA LA FEMME 
140 Charles Street, New York City 

Early Bird tickets available until September 18, 2022. 

It's been over two years since our last benefit, our 10th Anniversary Bash celebrating Celia Keenan-Bolger, and we have much to celebrate! Thanks to the incredible steadfast leadership of all our Board of Directors, Colt Coeur has grown in every way. 

As directors, Erica and Sendhil have fearlessly guided the CoCo community through these past two tumultuous years with ferocious tenacity and courage as we’ve navigated the complex and fickle arena of making theater in such trying times. Celebrate with us as we toast to all we’ve accomplished and raise essential funds to support our 3 top priorities: 

1) Creating plays from scratch and mounting World premieres

2)  Increasing our budget size so we can compensate artists with higher fees that better reflect their time, talent, and experience 

3) Keeping our show tickets at accessible prices 

THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Premiered The Goddamn Tooney Lunes, a multimedia musical by Rat Queen Theatre Co. at the Wythe Hotel and streamed online  

• Ushered in a new leadership structure and more administrative support for our ambitious programming with Artistic Director Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Executive Producer Alex Marrs, and Programs Director Vanessa Peréda 

• Returning to HERE Arts Center, October 1-29, with our 15th World Premiere, Dodi & Diana commissioned from Kareem Fahmy!  

2021 HIGHLIGHTS 

• Produced 2 virtual readings of new work by CoCo company members including Grey Matters and Feel the Spirit. 

• Returned to in-person theatre with our 14th world premiere, Polylogues and streamed the performance online to viewers in over 18 states and 8 countries. 

• Produced an original audio drama, Pleasure Machine with an incredible group of collaborators: Tara Elliott, Diane Exavier, Emma Orme, Phaedra Michelle Scott, and May Treuhaft-Ali, and hosted an outdoor launch party at PioneerWorks 

• Completed our 12th annual Education Initiative 

• Welcomed new Resident Artists: Borna Barzin, Sarah Blush, lily gonzalez, and Lizzie Stern

• Commissioned new plays from Francisca da Silveira, Kareem Fahmy, and Natalie Margolin

2020 HIGHLIGHTS 

• Produced 5 virtual readings including CoCo greatest hits: Eureka Day (2019), Seven Minutes in Heaven (2010), and Hatef*ck (2019), plus America V.2.1 and The Holiday Craptacular variety show. 

• Expanded our Education Initiative serving 31 students in 13 different states and launched our Mentorship program for BIPOC alumni. 

• Hosted cohort of Resident Artists included Bleu Beckford-Burell, Adrienne Dawes, Emma Goidel, Noelle Viñas, Tara Elliott, J. Mehr Kaur, and Portia Krieger

• Created a Cultural Competency Committee (chaired by Sendhil) made up of CoCo company and board and published our first Code of Community.

OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT

Mail a check, payable to Colt Coeur:
ATTN: Benefit
20 Jay Street, Suite 208 
Brooklyn, NY 11201

To place an ad in our digital journal, give by wire transfer or stock, in-kind contributions, volunteer hours: email Alex Marrs at ColtCoeurEP@gmail.com