Gala: The Play
Monday, April 13, 2026 • 6:00 pm
Ziegfeld Ballroom • 141 W 54th St, New York
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Join us – and some very special guests – as we celebrate the Playwrights Horizons Theater School and honor alum Leslye Headland ★
Featuring a performance by Raúl Esparza ★ (4-time Tony nominee, Law and Order: SVU).
PLUS! Gala: The Play is back for its fifth exciting installment! Watch as three daring playwrights each create an original work on the spot—using prompts from you, the audience.
AND, for the first time ever, one of them will be musical! After dinner,
see your favorite actors bring it all to life in a one-night-only theatrical experience you won’t want to miss.
Featuring original works by:
Jaclyn Backhaus ★♦
Wives, Men on Boats (Playwrights Horizons), Out of Time (Public Theater), India Pale Ale (MTC)
Agnes Borinsky ✻
The Trees (Playwrights Horizons), A Song of Songs (Bushwick Starr), Of Government (Clubbed Thumb)
Justin Levine ★
Music, lyrics, and book for The Outsiders (Tony and GRAMMY Award nominations)
★ PHTS Alum ♦ PHTS Faculty ✻ PHTS Mainstage Writer
For more information, please contact waystogive@phnyc.org.
Donation Levels
Diamond Table
$50,000
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Diamond Table
$50,000
- Table for 12
- Your logo on all on-site event signage
- Dedicated poster at event
- Your logo on invitation
- Social media "thank you" post
- Thanked from the stage at event
- Recognition in Gala press release
- Your logo in Gala e-blasts
- Your logo and weblink on Gala webpage
- Full screen ad at Gala
- Title page logo in Gala program
- Listing in website donor list for one year
- Tribute message to honoree in Gala
program - $46,820 is tax-deductible
Gold Table
$25,000
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Gold Table
$25,000
- Table for 10
- Your logo on all on-site event signage
- Social media "thank you" post
- Thanked from the stage at event
- Recognition in Gala press release
- Your logo in Gala e-blasts
- Your logo and weblink on Gala webpage
- Full screen ad at Gala
- Large size logo in Gala program
- Listing in website donor list for one year
- Tribute message to honoree in Gala
program - $22,350 is tax-deductible
Bronze Table
$12,500
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Bronze Table
$12,500
- Table for 10
- Your logo in Gala e-blasts
- Your logo and weblink on Gala webpage
- Half screen ad at Gala
- Small size logo in Gala program
- Listing in website donor list for one year
- Tribute message to honoree in Gala
program - $9,850 is tax-deductible
$2,500 Recognition Package
$2,500
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$2,500 Recognition Package
$2,500
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- Your logo and weblink on Gala
- Full screen ad at Gala
- Large size logo in Gala program
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- Tribute message to honoree in Gala program
- 100% tax-deductible
$2,000 Premium Ticket
$2,000
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$2,000 Premium Ticket
$2,000
$1,000 Recognition Package
$1,000
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$1,000 Recognition Package
$1,000
- Your logo in Gala e-blasts
- Your logo and weblink on Gala
- Half screen ad at Gala
- Small size logo in Gala program
- Listing in website donor list for one year
- Tribute message to honoree in Gala program
- 100% tax-deductible
$1,000 Gala Ticket
$1,000
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$500 Package Holder Special
$500
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$500 Package Holder Special
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$500 Tribute Message
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$500 Tribute Message
$500
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- 100% tax-deductible