Voices Rising: Korean Diaspora Voices in Performance

VOICES RISING: KOREAN DIASPORA VOICES IN PERFORMANCE

Making Space at the Armory September 24, 2026

ABOUT THE EVENT Voices Rising is an New York-Emmy nominated series that shines a spotlight on AAPI culture, explores issues at the heart of the Asian American experience, and celebrates the contributions of the Asian diaspora to American society. Produced as a collaboration between ALL ARTS, the Serica Initiative, and Park Avenue Armory, Voices Rising: Korean Diaspora Voices in Performance convenes company members from The Cherry Orchard and others to reflect on how Korean and Korean American diasporas have shaped the evolution of Asian American theater, dance, music, and performance. The program considers how Korean artists are influencing US culture, from the global reach of K-pop and K-drama, to the vitality of the contemporary stage, while carrying forward deep artistic traditions through two panel conversations and two live performances by Korean and Korean American artists.

THE SERICA INITIATIVE

PRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Founded in 2018, the Serica Initiative advances the impact of the Asian diaspora in America through storytelling, empowering, and convening. This is achieved through stories and projects that celebrate, explore, and illuminate the Asian diaspora experience to advance greater visibility; innovative programs that inspire leaders across generations to forge new pathways in their sectors and industries; and partnerships that honor AAPI histories, foster belonging, and build coalitions between and among diverse communities.

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In 2021, Serica began partnering with The WNET Group and ALL ARTS to amplify the organization’s commitment to furthering dialogue and education around pressing issues affecting Asian and AAPI communities and allies. Together, they have produced three digital mini-series, including the New York Emmy-winning Climate Artists, all of which are available to stream online and have been accompanied by virtual and in-person convenings in partnership with organizations across the US.

ALL ARTS ALL ARTS is the destination for inspiration, creativity and art of all forms. This New York Emmy-winning arts and culture hub is created by The WNET Group, the community-supported home of New York’s PBS stations. ALL ARTS’ Webby-winning programming—from digital shorts and feature films to news and written interviews—is available through AllArts.org, the free ALL ARTS app on all major streaming platforms and @AllArtsTV on socials. Viewers can also watch ALL ARTS TV, the 24/7 broadcast channel available in the New York area. The ALL ARTS livestream is currently available in the New York tri-state area, Georgia (Georgia Public Broadcasting), Southeast Texas (Houston Public Media), and Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky (Nashville PBS). You may also tune into ALL ARTS Radio Hour.

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Voices Rising: Korean Diaspora Voices in Performance presented in conjunction with Simon Stone’s Korean-language adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard

thursday, september 24, 2026 at 7:30pm veterans room Presented in partnership with The Serica Initiative

PERFORMANCE I: JASMINE RICE LABEIJA Opera performance Longing for Mt. Geumgang

PANEL I: THE CHERRY ORCHARD AND THE KOREAN DIASPORA IN THEATER & PERFORMING ARTS Moderated by Kyung Yoon and featuring producer Min K. Shin and actor Nam Yun-ho, this conversation uses The Cherry Orchard as a starting point for a wider discussion of Korean artists and performing arts across cultures and borders. The panel explores the production itself, international artistic collaboration, Korea theater and performing arts, and the experience of artists and creative leaders whose work moves between Korea and international stages.

PERFORMANCE II: KRISTIN LEE Violin performance

PANEL II: THE WIDER GLOBAL IMPACT OF KOREAN DIASPORIC ARTS & CULTURE Moderated by Panney Wei and featuring Daniel K. Issac, Hee Seo, Joshua Hyunho Lee, and Kristin Lee, the second panel expands the conversation across movies, television, music, and dance. The discussion will consider the wider global impact of Korea diasporic arts and culture and how Korean artists influence US Culture—from the global reach of K-pop and K-drama to contemporary performance—while caring forward deep artistic traditions.

SEASON SPONSOR

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

PUBLIC SUPPORT

Making Space at the Armory is made possible with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF). The Cherry Orchard is made possible with leadership support from Misook Doolittle. Lead Production support is provided by Sulwhasoo. Major support is provided by So-Chung Shinn Lee & Tony W. Lee, and The Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund, Jean Sonia Lee, and Netflix. Captioning is being provieded, in part, by a grant from NYSCA/TDF TAP Plus. Bloomberg Philanthropies is Park Avenue Armory’s 2026 Season Sponsor. Leadership support for the Armory’s artistic programming has been generously provided by the Anita K. Hersh Philanthropic Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, Pinkerton Foundation, the Starr Foundation, the Thompson Family Foundation, and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. Major support was also provided by the the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, the Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Shubert Foundation, the SHS Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and Wescustogo Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Armory’s Artistic Council. Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council under the leadership of Speaker Julie Menin. 3

ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS DANIEL K. ISAAC

JOSHUA HYUNHO LEE

Daniel K. Isaac is a queer Korean American actor and writer. He can currently be seen as “Lt. Steve Connor” on the hit CBS series Elsbeth. Other TV: “Ben Kim” on Billions (Showtime), The Other Two, The Expecting, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Deuce, Crashing, Too Big To Fail, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Person of Interest. Film: Outerlands, Caravan, Dirty Rhetoric, Plan B, The Drummer, Money Monster (dir. Jodie Foster), upcoming Pandemonium and Rest and Relaxation. On stage, he received the Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle Award for Solo Performance for Every Brilliant Thing (Geffen). NY theater: You Will Get Sick (Roundabout, dir. Sam Pinkleton), The Chinese Lady (Drama Desk nom., Ma-Yi/Public), You Never Touched the Dirt (Clubbed Thumb), The Gentleman Caller (Abingdon), Sagittarius Ponderosa (NAATCO), Underland (59E59), La Divina Caricatura (La MaMa/ St. Ann’s), Anna Nicole the Opera (BAM). Regional: The Chinese Lady (Barrington Stage), The Ballad of Little Jo (Two River), Miss Electricity (La Jolla). As a writer, Isaac’s work has been championed by MacDowell, The Lark Playwrights Workshop, Second Stage, Netflix, FX, Ma-Yi Theater Company, NEA, MTC’s Groundworks Lab, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Barrington Stage, NYTW, Page73’s Writer’s Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood, Queens Theatre, The Tank, TheatreC, Leviathan Lab, and Lambda Literary. Playwriting debut : ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME (Summer 2022, Ma-Yi).

Joshua Hyunho Lee is a Korean American actor, dancer, and singer based in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Computer Science, a secondary in Economics, and a language citation in Mandarin Chinese. He transitioned from a career in venture capital to pursue acting full-time and has since made his Broadway debut originating the role of Timmy X in KPOP, performed alongside Stray Kids at the MTV Video Music Awards, and stars as Supreme in Gangnam Project. He currently portrays Jin in Netflix’s #1 global hit XO, Kitty.

KRISTIN LEE Born in Seoul, Kristin Lee is a violinist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique who enjoys a vibrant career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, and artistic director. As a soloist, Lee has appeared with leading orchestras including the Philadelphia and St. Paul Chamber orchestras; St. Louis, New Jersey, Hawai’i symphonies; Hong Kong Philharmonic; Ural Philharmonic of Russia; Korean Broadcasting Symphony; Guiyang Symphony Orchestra of China; and Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Dominican Republic. She has performed at major venues like Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, Met Museum, Ravinia Festival, the Louvre, Phillips Collection, and Korea’s Kumho Art Gallery. In 2026, she makes her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall performing her program American Sketches with pianist John Novacek. An accomplished chamber musician, Kristin Lee is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, performing regularly in New York at Lincoln Center and on tour. As an educator, she has served on the faculty of CCM and Music@Menlo’s Chamber Music Institute, and been in residence with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra and El Sistema Chamber Music Festival. Lee is also the Founding Artistic Director of Emerald City Music (ECM). She has been awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant, among many other honors. Teachers include Sonja Foster, Catherine Cho, Dorothy DeLay, Donald Weilerstein, and Itzhak Perlman. Master’s degree, Juilliard. Lee’s violin was crafted in Naples, Italy in 1759 by Gennaro Gagliano and is generously loaned to her by Paul & Linda Gridley.

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NAM YUN-HO Nam Yun-ho is South Korean actor whose career bridges classical theater, films, and TV. Having spent his early years studying in both the US and UK, Nam brings a deep cross-cultural understanding through his commanding stage presence and deeply grounded character work. His theatrical training includes a BA, Media Arts from University of London, an MFA, Acting from UCLA, and an MA Theatre Lab from RADA. Nam first established his reputation as a formidable leading actor in the Korean theater scene, taking on a repertoire of demanding, psychologically complex roles including Alan Strang in Equus and the title characters in The Chorus: Oedipus, Shakespeare’s Pericles, and Coriolanus. After a decade-long theater career, Nam has moved seemlessly into film and television scene, and quickly became a sought-after actor in the industry. His cinematic breakthrough came with 12.12: The Day (2023), a military thriller based on the true historical event that became one of the Top 10 highest-grossing Korean films of all time. His performances have since reached global audiences through major streaming platforms, with notable roles in Netflix’s The 8 Show and Karma, TVING/Paramount+’s A Bloody Lucky Day, Coupang Play’s Family Matters, tvN’s Our Unwritten Seoul, The Law and the City and Disney+’s Nine Puzzles, and in the upcoming Disney+ series The Remarried Empress.

JASMINE RICE LABEIJA Jasmine Rice LaBeija is a Juilliard-trained operatic tenor, internationally acclaimed drag artist, and one of New York City’s most magnetic nightlife icons—a singular performer redefining the intersection of classical excellence and queer artistry on the global stage. In 2025, she made history as the first drag artist to reach the finals of Britain’s Got Talent, earning a coveted Golden Buzzer. A proud Korean-American and the International Godmother of the Royal House of LaBeija, Jasmine moves seamlessly between opera houses, concert halls, drag stages, and cultural institutions. Now expanding her international profile, Jasmine was invited by Yale to present a featured recital and headline Hartford Pride. She recently participated in a Metropolitan Opera workshop as Miss Tang Bao in Huang Ruo’s The Wedding Banquet Act I. Her 2025–2026 season includes a return to the Guggenheim Museum for the Works & Process Holiday Concert, appearances with Art Bath in New York City, and a collaboration with The Bearded Ladies inside the abandoned Macy’s building in Philadelphia—continuing her reputation for bold, site-specific theatrical work. Most recently, Jasmine appeared as a featured headlining guest at Gold House’s Lunar New Year celebration, co-hosted by Heated Rivalry breakout star Hudson Williams. Her performance credits include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Shell,

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and major stages across the US and abroad. She has appeared as a special guest soloist with the San Diego Symphony alongside Megan Hilty under the baton of Rob Fisher, and has delivered acclaimed solo recitals at Lincoln Center and the Guggenheim, solidifying her status as a true crossover artist. Beyond opera, she is a beloved fixture of NYC nightlife, drawing celebrity audiences including Loren Allred, Tom Daley, and Chappell Roan. She starred in the Emmy Award–winning short “Inside & Outwards,” narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker; hosted Verizon’s Shorty Award–winning series “Dragged”; and made her Off-Broadway debut as Hillary Clinton in Five: The Parody Musical. Her film work has screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, and she served as the face of NYC Pride 2020. Jasmine’s classical foundation began at The Juilliard School, where she performed Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and gave her debut recital in Weill Hall. She later trained at Mannes and the Music Academy of the West, performing leading Rossini roles and participating in Carnegie Hall’s prestigious The Song Continues masterclass series with Anne Sofie von Otter. Blending classical mastery, drag brilliance, and theatrical innovation, Jasmine Rice LaBeija stands as one of the most compelling and genre-defying performers of her generation—commanding opera houses, nightlife stages, and international screens with equal power and precision.

HEE SEO Born in Seoul, South Korea, Hee Seo trained in ballet at Sun-hwa Arts Middle School, DC’s Universal Ballet Academy, and the John Cranko Ballet Academy in Stuttgart. She is the recipient of the 2003 Prix de Lausanne Award and the 2003 Grand Prix at the Youth America Grand Prix in New York. Seo joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in 2004, became an apprentice with the main Company in May 2005, and joined the corps de ballet in March 2006. She was promoted to Soloist in August 2010 and to Principal Dancer in July 2012. She created Frost in The Seasons and leading roles in AFTERITE, Garden Blue, Have We Met?!, I Feel The Earth Move, and With a Chance of Rain. Other repertoire with the Company includes Terpsichore and Polyhymnia in Apollo; Nikiya, Gamzatti, a Lead D’Jampe, and a Shade in La Bayadère; Cinderella in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella; Kitri in Don Quixote; The Dying Swan; the title role in Giselle; Queen of Shemakahn in The Golden Cockerel; Blanche Ingram in Jane Eyre; the title role in Manon; Natalia in On the Dnipro; Tatiana in Onegin; Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; Princess Aurora in Ratmansky and Susan Jaffe’s The Sleeping Beauty, respectively; and Virginia Woolf/Older Clarissa and “Tuesday” in Woolf Works; among many others.

MIN K. SHIN Min K. Shin is LG Arts’ Producer for Simon Stone’s The Cherry Orchard and Head of Programming at LG Arts Center SEOUL, where she oversees the curation, producing, and programming of the center’s two venues spanning genres from theater and dance to musicals and concerts. She also curates the center’s signature season, CoMPAS (Contemporary Music and Performing Arts Season). At the heart of her work is a deep commitment to international collaboration: creating new work by connecting Korean and international artists across boundaries of genre and nationality. Prior to joining LG Arts Center, Shin served as Chief Producer at the National Theater of Korea, where she initiated and led numerous international co-productions. Among them was: Trojan Women (2016) co-produced with the Singapore International Festival of Arts, which which reimagined Euripides’ tragedy through Korean Changgeuk and toured to BAM’s Next Wave Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, LIFT in London, the Holland Festival, Wiener Festwochen, and the Singapore International Festival of Arts; and Farewell, My Concubine (2019), a

cross-cultural fusion of Peking Opera and Changgeuk. Shin has with a growing interest in contemporary dance, music, and other genres to create new work for global audience. MA International Performance Research, University of Warwick and University of Amsterdam.

PANNEY WEI Panney Wei is an award-winning entrepreneur, producer, investor, and philanthropist whose work spans Broadway, film, hospitality, food, and social impact. She is Founding Partner of Harpe Ventures, and her body of work includes productions that have garnered Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award nominations. Wei is currently producing and supporting a slate of projects including Working Girl, The Karate Kid musical, Millennials Are Killing Musicals, and a documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and journey of acclaimed chef and MasterChef winner Christine Ha. In the hospitality space and the world of food, Wei is a partner in Momofuku and Niku X in Los Angeles, and currently building a new ice cream company that celebrates Asian cultures. Wei’s commitment to cultural connection and legacy is deeply rooted in her family history: Her lineage includes General Zuo Zongtang, also known as the Marquis Kejing, the renowned Qing dynasty statesman, military leader, and nobleman who was widely respected for his service during the Qing dynasty and later immortalized in American popular culture through the iconic dish General Tso’s chicken. Her maternal grandfather, Senator Liu Chen, also played a role in helping shape modern Taiwan. She serves on the board of the Drama League and the Vincent Price Art Museum and as a Trustee of the Asian Hall of Fame, among other philanthropic work surrounding women in sports and entertainment, trauma prevention, and legacy preservation. Across all of her work, Wei is deeply committed to empowering and elevating women, championing diverse voices, bridging East and West, and using storytelling, culture, food, and community to elevate our shared humanity to greater heights.

KYUNG B. YOON Kyung B. Yoon is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF). Under her leadership, KACF has grown into the leading force mobilizing Korean Americans to drive positive change in their communities through philanthropy. Notably, the Foundation received a $5 million Mackenzie Scott grant in 2024 to accelerate the next chapter of its growth. Yoon’s career in poverty alleviation, development economics, and media encompasses her roles as the Executive Producer of Television at the World Bank Institute and a correspondent for WNYW-Fox Channel 5, where she was the first Korean American broadcast reporter in New York. She is currently a contributing reporter to CUNY-TV’s Asian American Life, broadcast nationally on PBS stations and for which she received two Emmy nominations. Yoon was appoined to the inaugural New York State AAPI Commission in 2024. Previous roles include: Board Chair, Philanthropy New York and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy; Trustee, New York Foundation; Board Member, United Way of New York City. In 2023, Yoon was awarded the Moran Medal of the Order of Civil Merit by the Republic of Korea for her pioneering work and trailblazing leadership. BA English and Political Science, Wellesley; MA Development Economics, Johns Hopkins.

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ABOUT PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AT THE ARMORY Park Avenue Armory’s Public Programming series brings diverse artists and cultural thought-leaders together for discussion and performance around the important issues of our time viewed through an artistic lens. Launched in 2017, the series encompasses a variety of programs including large-scale community events; multi-day symposia; intimate salons featuring performances, panels, and discussions; Artist Talks in relation to the Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall programming; and other creative interventions. Highlights from the Public Programming series include: Carrie Mae Weems’ 2017 event The Shape of Things and 2021 convening and concert series Land of Broken Dreams; a daylong Lenape Pow Wow and Standing Ground Symposium held in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall, the first congregation of Lenape Elders on Manhattan Island since the 1700s; “A New Vision for Justice in America” conversation series in collaboration with Common Justice, exploring new coalitions, insights, and ways of understanding question of justice and injustice; Culture in a Changing America Symposia exploring the role of art, creativity, and imagination in the social and political issues in American society today; the 2019 Black Artists Retreat hosted by Theaster Gates; 100 Years | 100 Women, a multiorganization commissioning project that invited 100 women artists and cultural creators to respond to women’s suffrage; a Queer Hip Hop Cypher, delving into the queer origins and aesthetics of hip hop with Krudxs Cubensi and author and scholar Dr. Shante Paradigm Smalls; the Archer Aymes Retrospective, exploring the legacy of emancipation through an immersive art installation curated by Carl Hancock Rux and featuring a concert performance by mezzo soprano Alicia Hall Moran and pianist Aaron Diehl; legendary artist Nao Bustamante’s BLOOM; Art at Water’s Edge, a symposium inspired by the work of director and scholar May Joseph on artistic invention in the face of climate change; Symposium: Sound & Color – The Future of Race in Design, an interdisciplinary forum exploring how race matters in creative design for live performance; Juke Joint, a two-day event spotlighting the history of the juke joint in Black American social history and its legacy in music and culture, including performances by Pamela Sneed and Stew; Hapo Na Zamani, a 1960s-style happening curated by Carl Hancock Rux with music direction by Vernon Reid in collaboration with Harlem Stage; Hidden Conversations, a celebration of Dr. Barbara Ann Teer with National Black Theatre; Corpus Delicti in collaboration with the NYC Trans Oral History Project; Guttural (Conducted Contact), a musical encapsulation of the African diaspora by multidisciplinary artist Richard Kennedy, closing The Radical Practice of Black Curation symposium with Princeton University; Antagonisms: A Gathering, a symposium investigating group dynamics led by playwright and essayist Claudia Rankine, renowned postcolonial theorist Homi Bhabha, and acclaimed cultural historian Saidiya Hartman, and opened by Guggenheim fellow and choreographer Shamel Pitts’ [Essence of] TOUCH OF RED; Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes / Song for All, a 12-hour durational chamber and electronic composition and installation mixing a genre-defying canon of folk, pop, and experimental music of Central and Latin America; the largest installation in North America of Yoko Ono’s ongoing project Wish Tree, accompanied by a two-day symposium A Dream You Dream Together exploring Ono’s legacy and tribute concerts featuring experimental electronic music duo Matmos and soprano Alicia Mall Moran with Carl Hancock Rux; and Lenapehoking, an evening of music with Brent Michael Davids including the world premiere of his work “Ode to Joe.” 6

Notable Public Programming salons include: the Literature Salon hosted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose participants included Lynn Nottage, Suzan Lori-Parks, and Jeremy O. Harris; a Spoken Word Salon co-hosted with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe; a Film Salon featuring the works of immersive artist and film director Lynette Wallworth; “Museum as Sanctuary” led by installation artist and Artist-in-Residence Tania Bruguera, curated by Sonia Guiñansaca and CultureStrike, and featuring undocu-artists Julio Salgado and Emulsify; a Dance Salon presented in partnership with Dance Theater of Harlem, including New York City Ballet’s Wendy Whelan and choreographer Francesca Harper, among others; Captcha: Dancing, Data, Liberation led by visionary artist Rashaad Newsome; Seasons of Dance, a contemporary dance salon featuring conversations with “mother of contemporary African dance” Germaine Acogny, Tanztheater Wuppertal dancer Malou Airaudo, and dancers from The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] at the Armory; Day for Night: A Salon on Art and Nightlife, an afternoon salon bringing together scholars, writers, artists, and nightlife makers to enlighten nightlife as an art form, and discover the ways social and performative dance have intertwined in recent years, presented in conjunction with R.O.S.E; Black Theater Advance with National Black Theatre; and Caftan – Style as Liberation and Cultural Exchange, exploring the legacy of André Leon Talley. Artist Talks have featured esteemed artists, scholars, and thought leaders, such as: actor Bobby Cannavale; architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, and Elizabeth Diller; artist and composer Heiner Goebbels; choreographers Kyle Abraham, Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray, Trajal Harrell, Bill T. Jones, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and Justin Peck; comedian Morgan Bassichis; composers Seth. A. Cluett, Alexandra Gardner, Georg Friedrich Haas, Philip Miller, Samy Moussa, Thuthuka Sibisi, Tyshawn Sorey, and Philip Venables; composer and director Michel van der Aa; composer, vocalist, and scholar Gelsey Bell; conductors Amandine Beyer and Matthias Pintscher; curator Ana Janevski; designer Peter Nigrini; directors Claus Guth, Robert Icke, Richard Jones, Sam Mendez, Satoshi Miyagi, Ariane Mnouchkine, Ben Powers, Peter Sellars, Yuval Sharon, Simon Stone, Ian Strasfogel, Ivo van Hove, and Alexander Zeldin; illustrator Ned Asta; Juilliard president Damian Woetzel and Juilliard Provost and Dean Ara Guzelimian; musicians Helmut Deutsch, Nona Hendryx, Meredith Monk, Kathinka Pasveer, Miah Persson, and Davóne Tines; New Yorker editor David Remnick; James Nicola, Artistic Director of New York Theater Workshop; performance artists Marina Abramović and Helga Davis; RoseLee Goldberg, Founding Director and Chief Curator of Performa; playwrights Ted Huffman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tony Kushner, Lynn Nottage, Jackie Sibblies Drury, and Anne Washburn; Dr. Augustus Casely Hayford, Director of the Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art; visual artists Nick Cave, Anne Imhof, William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, Julian Rosefeldt, Hito Steyerl, and Ai Wei Wei; and writers and scholars Anne Bogart, Robert M. Dowling, Joseph Drew, Emily Greenwood, Ebony L. Haynes, Hua Hsu, and Carol Martin.

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ABOUT PARK AVENUE ARMORY Part palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory supports unconventional works in the performing and visual arts that cannot be fully realized in a traditional proscenium theater, concert hall, or white wall gallery. With its soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall—reminiscent of 19th-century European train stations—and an array of exuberant period rooms, the Armory provides a platform for artists to push the boundaries of their practice, collaborate across disciplines, and create new work in dialogue with the historic building. Across its grand and intimate spaces, the Armory enables a diverse range of artists to create, students to explore, and audiences to experience epic, adventurous, relevant work that cannot be done elsewhere in New York. The Armory both commissions and presents performances and installations in the grand Drill Hall and offers more intimate programming through its acclaimed Recital Series, which showcases musical talent from across the globe within the salon setting of the Board of Officers Room; its Artists Studio series curated by Jason Moran in the restored Veterans Room; Making Space at the Armory, a public programming series that brings together a discipline-spanning group of artists and cultural thought-leaders around the important issues of our time; and the Malkin Lecture Series that features presentations by scholars and writers on topics related to the Armory and its history. In addition,

the Armory also has a year-round Artists-in-Residence program, providing space and support for artists to create new work and expand their practices. The Armory’s creativity-based arts education programs provide access to the arts to thousands of students from underserved New York City public schools, engaging them with the institution’s artistic programming and outside-the-box creative processes. Through its education initiatives, the Armory provides access to all Drill Hall performances, workshops taught by Master Teaching Artists, and in-depth residencies that support the schools’ curriculum. Youth Corps, the Armory’s year-round paid internship program, begins in high school and continues into the critical post-high school years, providing interns with mentored employment, job training, and skill development, as well as a network of peers and mentors to support their individual college and career goals. The Armory is undergoing a multi-phase renovation and restoration of its historic building led by architects Herzog & de Meuron, with Platt Byard Dovell White as Executive Architects.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Emeritus Elihu Rose, PhD Co-Chairs Adam R. Flatto Amanda J.T. Riegel President Rebecca Robertson Vice Presidents David Fox Pablo Legorreta Emanuel Stern

Marina Abramović Abigail Baratta Joyce F. Brown Cora Cahan Hélène Comfort Paul Cronson Tina R. Davis Jessie Ding Sanford B. Ehrenkranz Roberta Garza Kim Greenberg Samhita Jayanti Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Edward G. Klein, Brigadier General NYNG (Ret.) Ralph Lemon Jason Moran Janet C. Ross Stephanie Sharp Joan Steinberg Dabie Tsai Ying Zhou

Avant-Garde Chair Adrienne Katz Directors Emeriti Harrison M. Bains Angela E. Thompson* Wade F.B. Thompson* Founding Chairman, 2000-2009 Pierre Audi* Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director

*In memoriam Treasurer Emanuel Stern

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