Voice teacher and producer, Barbara Maier Gustern and Downtown and producer/performer Eric L. Schmalenberger present: TRANS Formative – Songs that Propelled Us: A Benefit for Joe’s Pub New York Voices Commissioning Program and the Ali Forney Center. This is the second of two extravaganzas featuring stars of the downtown scene at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, on April 28. Show time is at 9:30pm. Tickets are $30 and can be reserved online http://joespub.publictheater.org/en/tickets/calen...
Voice teacher and producer, Barbara Maier Gustern and Downtown and producer/performer Eric L. Schmalenberger present: TRANS Formative – Songs that Propelled Us: A Benefit for Joe’s Pub New York Voices Commissioning Program and the Ali Forney Center. This is the second of two extravaganzas featuring stars of the downtown scene at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, on April 28. Show time is at 9:30pm. Tickets are $30 and can be reserved online http://joespub.publictheater.org/en/tickets/calendar/playdetailscollection/joes-pub/TRANS-Formative/ at or by phone at: (212) 539-8778. Below, find a list of performers who have enthusiastically committed to perform so far.
April 28th
Hosted By Tammy Faye Starlight and Eric Schmalenberger
WITH:
Penny Arcade, Seth Bedford, Louisa Bradshaw, Machine Dazzle, Heather Greene, Kathleen Hanna and the Julie Ruin, Benjamin Ickies, John Kelly, Nancy Magarill, Julie Atlas Muz, Miss Guy, Taylor Mac, Sofia Rei, Rob Roth, David F. Slone Esq., Vlada Tomova's Bulgarian Voices Trio with Valentina Kvasova and Shelley Thomas, and Natti Vogel.
With possible surprise guests!!!
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US at one or both of these spectacular evenings.
Barbara Maier, who teaches a significant number of entertainers in the LGBT community, says, “Joes’ Pub has been a significant presence in the development of a diverse group of talent. Certainly, they have been a force in the careers of many of my students. Joe’s Pub New York Voices Artist Commissioning Program and the important Ali Forney Center, in their very different ways, support and encourage people to be the best at who they are and to care for and nurture themselves. Youth who are struggling with identity need role models who’ve stepped out to claim their true selves. I thought it was the right time to throw a great party to say thank you to these organizations that foster those values.”
New York Voices, an initiative envisioned and developed by Joe's Pub Director Shanta Thake, supports artists by commissioning new works that not only connect them to their fans, but to their contemporaries as well. The program received an NEA grant in 2011.
The Ali Forney Center is the largest and most comprehensive program in the nation dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
Through a variety of services, the center sees over 1,000 homeless LGBTQ youth each year, offering essentials of food and sustenance, extensive physical and mental health services, career and educational counseling and life skills mentoring. 99% of youth in the center’s Transitional Housing Program are employed and 77% are enrolled in higher education.