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Our Time Theatre Company’s 7th Annual Benefit Gala
Capturing History, Celebrating Dreams

Monday, April 13, 2009

7:00pm Performance followed by dinner and auction

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts & Rosenthal Pavilion at NYU

This event will celebrate the achievements of world renowned photographer Howard L. Bingham, and the hopes, dreams, and voices of the youth of Our Time.

Howard L. Bingham (Photo by Douglas Kirkland)

Please join us for a one-night event paying tribute to the personal photo-biographer of Muhammad Ali. Mr. Bingham’s work has been published in magazines and periodicals, including: Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, People, Ebony, and others.

The evening will feature an original performance written by the young people of Our Time.

Participating Artists
(scheduled to appear as of February 11, 2009)

Lauren Ambrose, Talia Balsam, David Alan Basche, Michael Cerveris, Maddie Corman, Nadia Dajani, Ned Eisenberg, Dominic Fumusa, Lauren Graham, Kate Jennings Grant, Kathryn Grody, Gregory Allen Howard, Adriane Lenox, Ilana Levine, Tiffany McElroy, Matthew Modine, Kelli O’Hara, John Oliver, Rosie Perez, Alysia Reiner, Ron Rifkin, Alice Ripley, Ken Roberson, Ramon Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Amy Ryan, Ed Sherin, John Slattery, Fisher Stevens, Mary Testa, Callie Thorne, Jeffrey Wright, Cast members from Spring Awakening & the Youth of Our Time

For more information or reservations, please contact us by:

Telephone: (212) 414-9696
E-mail: gala2009@ourtimetheatre.org
Or visit our Gala Web Page.

Everett Bradley and President Barack Obama

Tonight, Everett Bradley, Our Time's Musical Director, will be performing in front of President Barack Obama with Jon Bon Jovi at the Commander-in-Chief Ball.

Congratulations Everett! We know you will rock the house and have a great time doing it. If you get a chance, would you mind sharing this poem with the President ... it was written by Our Time Alumni Jonathan Greig about a year before Barack Obama began running for President:

Who says I can’t write a play
Who says I can’t be a valedictorian
Who says I can’t build an airplane or be an astronaut
Who says I can’t act in a play
Who says I can’t make tons of friends
Who says I can’t be President
They may say it
But I don’t
Because I know I can

What will you be doing tonight?

The Our Time Questions with Liz Tuccillo

Liz Tuccillo, on the right, during one of her many trips around the world

Periodically, we will interview members of the Our Time and Camp Our Time family (company members, alumni, honorees, participating artists, the board, volunteers, staff, donors, parents, campers, counselors, etc.) by asking them the same 20 questions. Which will now be known as THE OUR TIME QUESTIONS.

Our fifth interview is with Liz Tuccillo. Liz is an accomplished writer perhaps best known for her work on the HBO comedy series Sex and the City and for co-authoring (with Greg Behrendt) the best-selling book He's Just Not That Into You. She also wrote Fair Fight and Joe Fearless (which are two of Taro's favorite all-time plays).

Liz is involved in MANY ways with Our Time: Liz is a Board Member, a volunteer, a playwright teacher/adviser for our One-Act Play Program, a host for many cast parties and other Our Time events including an unforgettable afternoon with Our Time Gala Honoree Bill Withers and the Our Time kids. She is one of Our Time's most important friends and we are all SO THANKFUL to you, Liz for EVERYTHING that you do for us!

1. Favorite Food: Very hard to say, possibly French fries

2. Favorite thing about Our Time: The love, baby – all the love!

3. Favorite place I’ve been: Reykjavik, Iceland

4. Place I’ve always wanted to go: The Grand Canyon! And all the other National Parks out west as well.

5. Favorite Movie: I don't know if I can say I have a favorite movie. The two movies that come to mind that have affected me the most have been Ordinary People and The Lives of Others.

6. If you were trapped on an island for three years, and you could only listen to one recording artist, who would it be: Stevie Wonder. Does that make me really old?

7. Mac or PC: Mac. Does that make me really young and hip?

8. Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate, c’mon.

9. Cats or Dogs: Neither, really. Don’t tell anyone, I think people will hate me.

10. Favorite Our Time moment: Recently – Tom singing Neil Diamond at the One-Acts! I mean talk about a magical moment!

11. What do you want to be when you grow up: Completely satisfied with my life and unafraid.

12. Who would play you in a movie: Tina Fey. No wait. I think what I really mean to say is that I want to be Tina Fey.

13. Favorite Book: Um. “He’s Just Not That Into You.” What? What????

14. Favorite sports team: Giants right now. So obvious, I know.

15. What advice do you have for people who stutter: Hang around Taro and Our Time for the rest of your life.

16. What advice do you have for people who don’t stutter: Hang around Taro and Our Time for the rest of your life.

17. Favorite TV Show: 30 Rock. I WANT TO BE AS FUNNY AS TINA FEY.

18. Favorite Play or Musical: Six Degrees of Separation was pretty amazing. And Rent. That’s right!

19. If you were President, what would your first official act be: Shutting down Guantanamo Bay, getting all the prisoners to trial or releasing them.

20. Where do you see Our Time in 10 years: That is a very difficult question as I am not clear how much the company can expand, if we are not able to clone Taro into twenty different people. But what I do see, is an amazing, thriving, huge camp for kids who stutter, and their friends and siblings. And a space – for rehearsals and offices.

The Perfect Holiday Gift!

Still Looking for the Perfect Holiday Gift?

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Want to Support an Important Organization in the Spirit of Charity?

We have the perfect solution!!!

Donate to Our Time in honor of a friend, colleague, or loved one, and we will send a beautiful (secular) holiday card notifying them of your generous gift on their behalf.

With each donation (100% tax deductible), you are not only giving a thoughtful gift to one person, but to all of the kids who benefit from Our Time's programming.

Our Time is a non-profit organization that provides an artistic home to youth who stutter, promoting confidence and self-acceptance in all of its participants.

Click here for simple instructions on how to donate as a holiday gift! Or for more information, please call (212) 414-9696.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Our Time!

Cover of Holiday Card
(this photo is of the Our Time company at Jon Bon Jovi's personal recording studio. We went there to record songs for our upcoming CD, photo by Mikiodo.)

Tim Rocks the Studio!

Tim in the Studio from Taro Alexander on Vimeo.

Three weeks ago the Our Time kids went into a recording studio to lay down some tracks for our upcoming CD. Here is a very short video of Tim rockin' the house. Stay tuned for more info. on this exciting project where the Our Time kids team up with recording artists and Broadway stars to record their original songs.

Participating artists include: Ann Hampton Callaway, Michael Cerveris, Adriane Lenox, Jesse L. Martin, Kelli O'Hara, Adam Pascal, Mandy Patinkin, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sherie Rene Scott, Duncan Sheik, Mary Testa, and cast members from Spring Awakening, Blue Man Group, and The Little Mermaid.

Stars Record for Album Project!

Greg Parratto, Kelli O'Hara, Taro Alexander, & Everett Bradley

Our Time and Broadway stars alike are working hard in the recording studio to create Our Time's sophomore album! This photo was taken when the amazing and fabulous Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, The Pajama Game, solo concert at Carnegie Hall, etc.) just finished recording Listen To Your Heart, a song written by Lindsay, the first-ever Our Time company member.

A few weeks later, the outstanding Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd, Lovemusik, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Assasins, etc.) came into the studio and recorded his part for this spectacular duet. And apparently, somehow these two Broadway stars had never worked together before. All of us at Our Time were delighted to be the catalyst of their first collaboration!

(Stay tuned for more fun pics and info on the kids and professional artists who are
participating. Hint, the list of amazing performers is long and impressive!)

Paul Rudd Speaks With USA Weekend Magazine About Our Time

Paul Rudd and Company Member Dashawn, 2006 Gala

Click here to read an interview by USA Weekend Magazine in which Board Member Paul Rudd speaks about Our Time.