Matt Dillon, John Patrick Shanley, Reg E. Cathey, Everett Quinton, Austin Pendleton, Rocco Sisto and others will be on hand to honor Olympia Dukakis and attorney Dan Kurtz at the La MaMa Earth Gala tomorrow, November 13 at the Ellen Stewart theatre in New York.
A bevy of entertainers, directors, producers, activists and even politicians will gather to pay tribute to Dukakis (Tales of the City, Away from Her, Academy Award for Moonstruck, Social Security and her one-woman play Rose on Broadway) for her creative achievement in the arts and her work as an activist for social change. Also honored will be Dan Kurtz, a partner at the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm, for his activism on behalf of nonprofit organizations.
Director Austin Pendleton will toast Dukakis, and Everett Quinton (Phaedra, The Mystery of Irma Vep) will direct. Performers will include Reg E. Cathey (House of Cards, The Wire), Lois Weaver of Split Britches as her alter ego Tammy WhyNot, the La MaMa Cantata, and Dukakis's son, Stefan Zoric.
La MaMa Earth Gala will take place at The Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 East 4th Street, on Thursday, November 13. Cocktails at 6:30pm will be followed by dinner, performances and tributes. Single tickets start at $300. To purchase tickets or for more information contact the development office at 212-254-6468, by email at gala@lamama.org, or via the La Mama website.
