Cave Canem Brings the Drama
Annual Benefit Performance
October 24, 2011

Suzzanne Douglas performing selections from May Joseph's Fled, Tracie Morris performing selections from Claudia Rankine and Casey Llewellyn's Existing Condisitions, Lili taylor Performing a monologue from Jessica Hagedorn's Stairway to Heaven, Samantha Maurice and John Douglas Thompson performing selections from Cornelius Eady's Brutal Imagination.

  Directed by Ted Sod
  Mahogany Browne Emcees

Tickets to Benefit Cave Canem

General Seating $40

  • Free copy of Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day, while supplies last.

VIP $125

  • Ticket to VIP Wine & Hors d'oeuvres Reception, 5:30-7:15 pm
  • Gift bag
  • Reserved Seating at Performance
  • $45 of your $125 contribution is tax-deductible

Angel $250

  • Ticket to VIP Wine & Hors d'oeuvres Reception, 5:30-7:15 pm
  • Gift bag
  • Reserved seating at performance
  • Limited edition broadside of excerpt from Existing Conditions, by Claudia Rankine and Casey Llewellyn
  • $145 of your $250 contribution is tax-deductible

Seraphim $500

  • Acknowledged as Named Sponsor of a Cave Canem fellow
  • Ticket to VIP Wine & Hors d'oeuvres Reception, 5:30-7:15 pm
  • Gift Bag
  • Reserved seating at performance
  • Limited edition broadside of excerpt from Existing Conditions, by Claudia Rankine and Casey Llewellyn
  • $395 of your $500 contribution is tax-deductible

To inquire about Corporate Sponsorships & Advertising opportunities, call Alison at 718.858.0000.

PURCHASE TICKETS:

All tickets are will-call and will be held at the box office. Please print your receipt and present it at the box office. VIP guests are asked to check in at the reception. Tickets will also be for sale at the door. Memorial Hall is a historic building. For wheelchair access, please call our office in advance at 718.858.0000.

Seraphim: $500 (number of tickets: )
Angel: $250 (number of tickets: )
VIP: $125 (number of tickets: )
General Seating: $40 (number of tickets: )
Discount: $30 (number of tickets: )

Thanks go to our Benefit host Pratt Institute and our generous supporters:

68 Jay Street Bar, Adelphi University, Atlantic Center for the Arts, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, B'Cause it's Mimi, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, Graywolf Press, Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, Mosaic Magazine, Narrative Magazine, NYU Creative Writing Program, Poetry Society of America, Poets & Writers, Inc., United Federation of College Teachers, The University of Georgia Press, WBAI Pacifica Radio, Wolf ColorPrint, Words without Borders and The YMCA of Greater New York.