Theater Latte Da online benefit for the arts

Theater Latté Da will have its first online benefit, Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7 pm. One hundred percent of funds raised will go directly into the hands of theater artists. The event raises crucial funds to support NEXT Up, Theater Latté Da’s intensive new works laboratory launched in May 2020. The online event is free to watch, though registration is required. Tickets are also on sale now to become a Benefit Producer. Info and registration: latteda.org/benefit.

The benefit will feature special appearances by Theater Latté Da artists including Sasha Andreev, Greg Angel, Corissa Bussian, Cat Brindisi, Dorian Brooke, David Darrow, Jay Owen Eisenberg, Jendeen Forberg, Jason Hansen, Michelle de Joya, Ryan Lee, Ann Michels, Nora Montañez, Tod Petersen, Dan Piering, T. Mychael Rambo, Jon-Michael Reese, Matthew Riehle, Andre Shoals, Martín Solá, Elly Stahlke, Jessica Staples, Sonja Thompson, Alejandro Vega, Regina Marie Williams, and Sally Wingert. The event is produced by the creative team of Peter Rothstein, Denise Prosek, and Kelli Foster Warder. The video production is by Michael Hanisch of Mind the Mind Productions and Lucas Wells of Wells Film and Photo.

Theater Latté Da closed the Ritz Theater to the public in March  before the opening night performance of La Boheme. The company launched NEXT Up, an intensive new works laboratory investing in the future of new musical theater. The initiative is providing a way for the company to meet this moment in the face of a pandemic.