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Dear friends of the Fund,

As we gear up for our 142nd birthday in a few months, we're
excited to share a one-of-a-kind auction item from decades past. Plus,
tickets for our Producer's Picks performances of both The Great Gatsby
and The Who's Tommy are still available! But first, we take a look
back on a very special night for the Fund.

Thank you for your continued dedication, and we hope to see you soon.

Gala 2024 Recap

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Photo credit: Rebecca J. Michelson

2024 Annual Gala Recap

We wish to offer a sincere thank you to all who attended our 2024
Annual Gala! We were pleased to recognize Sonia Friedman CBE, Seth
MacFarlane, and Warner Bros. Television Group as they received the
Entertainment Community Fund Medal of Honor.

The night was a joyous celebration with show-stopping performances
from Hannah Cruz and Hawley Gould, Maria Friedman, Cassadee Pope, Liz
Gillies and Ryan Vasquez. We also welcomed special guests including
Entertainment Community Fund Chair of the Board Annette Bening, Chair
of Leadership Council Brian Stokes Mitchell, President and CEO Joe
Benincasa, as well as Kelsey Anderson, Eric Bauza, Michael Evans
Behling, Kola Bokinni, Bugs Bunny, Stephen Daldry, Daffy Duck, Cristo
Fernández, Joey Graziadei, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Shanola
Hampton, Katherine Oliver and Greta Onieogou.

The evening also featured the announcement of our $160 million
ESSENTIAL Campaign: a bold and comprehensive effort that will allow
the Fund to serve more people in more places.
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Watch Highlights
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Doyle Auction

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Auction: Eleanor Roosevelt Signature on Historic Fund Program

Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers

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175 East 87th Street
New York, NY

A one-of-a-kind item is up for auction at Doyle from Entertainment
Community Fund history: a program signed by First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt, from The Actors Fund of America's (our former name)
Second Annual "Salute to Broadway"! This event took place
on December 21, 1956; actress Gusti Huber (The Diary of Anne Frank)
collected the autograph and passed the program down to her
granddaughter, actress Samantha Mathis (American Psycho). Samantha has
generously donated the program to benefit the Fund.

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Gala 2024

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Photo credit: Jeremy Daniel

The Great Gatsby Producer's Picks
Wednesday, May 8, 7 pm ET

Broadway Theatre

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1681 Broadway
New York, NY

See top-notch theater and feel good about helping others! Producer's
Picks tickets are donated by the producers so your entire ticket
purchase goes to support the Entertainment Community Fund's programs
and services.

Transport yourself to the opulent world of the 1920s, and join the
Fund for an extravagant night at The Great Gatsby on Broadway! This
story of excess and longing stars Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan
(Newsies) as the eccentric and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and
Tony Award Nominee Eva Noblezada (Hadestown) as the enigmatic Daisy
Buchanan.

Buy Tickets

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Gala 2024

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The Who's Tommy Producer's Picks
Thursday, July 11, 7 pm ET

Nederlander Theatre

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208 West 41st Street
New York, NY

In 1969, The Who created a rock opera that changed the course of music
history.

After witnessing an act of violence, young Tommy Walker-played
by Ali Louis Bourzgui, making his Broadway debut-goes into a
state of shock, spending his time endlessly and obsessively staring
into the mirror. An innate knack for pinball catapults him from
reticent adolescent to celebrity savior. Myth and spectacle combine in
a fresh reinvention of The Who's exhilarating 1969 rock concept
album, Tommy-including the unforgettable anthems
"I'm Free," "See Me, Feel Me,"
"Sensation" and "Pinball Wizard."

Buy Tickets

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Gala 2024

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2024 Jock Duncan Memorial Celebri-TEE Golf & Tennis Outing
Monday, August 19, 10 am ET

Knickerbocker Country Club

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188 Knickerbocker Road
Tenafly, NJ

Join us for a day of golf and tennis with special guests from the
entertainment industry, all coming together to raise funds for the
Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Tee it up with Broadway star Robert Creighton (The Good Fight), film
and TV star Peter Gallagher (American Beauty), Tony Award-winning
actor Judy Kaye (Ragtime), Tony-nominated actor Richard Kind (Argo),
Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon (Purlie Victorious),
Tony-nominated actor, producer and songwriter Constantine Maroulis
(Rock N' Roll Man), screen and stage actor James Moye (Tootsie) and
Broadway star and Emmy Award-winner Michael Park (Dear Evan Hansen).
Or, ace a serve to Tony and Grammy Award nominee and Emmy Award
winner, singer and recording artist Liz Callaway (Anastasia), Broadway
star Bobby Conte (The Who's Tommy) and Micaela Diamond (Parade)!

Learn More

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More Fundraisers:
Stars In The House: Watch musical performances, behind the scenes
stories and more with Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley
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PlumbGoods: PlumbGoods has a variety of items to choose from with 5%
of all net sales (excluding Happiness Included Coffee Collection)
benefiting the Fund
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Laughs, Luck... and Lucy: Gregg Oppenheimer has generously
pledged all proceeds from his new audiobook,

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Laughs, Luck...and Lucy, co-authored with his father, I Love Lucy
creator Jess Oppenheimer, to the Entertainment Community Fund
T-shirts on Bonfire: 100% of the sales from this graphic t-shirt
will be donated to the Entertainment Community Fund. With special
thanks to
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The Old Guard comic series co-creators, Greg Rucka and Leandro
Fernández, who is the illustrator of the series and created the
image on the t-shirt
Moonees: Professional Artist & Background Casting Director Jason
D'Aquino has pledged $5 to the Entertainment Community Fund from
every Moonees product sold to support film and television workers
affected by work stoppages or other pauses in industry work
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