Dear friends of the Fund,

This month, join us for two-time Tony nominee SMASH, adapted from the hit tv show, and see Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren in The Last Five Years, now on Broadway for the first time!

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

The Last Five Years Producer's Picks
Wednesday, May 14, 7 pm ET

Hudson Theatre
141 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

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.

The first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown (Parade)’s The Last Five Years takes audiences on an emotional journey through love and heartbreak. Starring Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), and directed by Tony nominee Whitney White (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding), this beloved musical traces the rise and fall of the relationship between Jamie, a charismatic young novelist, and Cathy, a struggling actress.

SMASH Producer's Picks
Thursday, May 22, 7 pm ET
Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 pm ET

Imperial Theatre
249 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036

Now a 2025 Tony Nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and Best Choreography!

Inspired by the hit TV series, featuring an iconic score by Emmy, Grammy and Tony winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) and directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), SMASH is a hilarious behind-the-scenes rollercoaster ride about the making of a Marilyn Monroe musical. The cast features Broadway veterans and Tony nominees including Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge!), Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom)—now nominated for a Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, Krysta Rodriguez (Spring Awakening) and John Behlmann (Shucked).

Drama Desk Awards
Sunday, June 1, 6:15 pm ET

NYU Skirball
566 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012

Please join us for the 2025 Drama Desk Awards Benefitting the Entertainment Community Fund! 100% of net proceeds benefits the Fund.

Hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess, the Drama Desk Awards are the only major New York City theater awards for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway are nominated together in gender-neutral categories. Support the Fund and join us for a celebration of everything NYC theater has to offer!

2025 Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf & Pickleball Tournament
Monday, August 18, 10 am–7 pm ET

The Knickerbocker Country Club
188 Knickerbocker Road
Tenafly, NJ 06070

NEW DATE! We are pleased to invite you once again to the Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf & Pickleball* Tournament at the historic Knickerbocker Country Club in Tenafly, New Jersey. *Yes, you read that right…pickleball, a new sport in this year’s event! Come dink, dunk or smash with our Pickleball Chair, Tony and Grammy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner, singer and recording artist Liz Callaway (Anastasia).

We look forward to enjoying a day of golf and pickleball with special guests from the entertainment industry, all joining together to raise funds for the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

More Fundraisers:
AFMX Festival: September 24–28. 50% net proceeds of donation ticket charge will be donated to the Fund with additional donations being collected at the festival
Laughs, Luck… and Lucy: Gregg Oppenheimer has generously pledged all proceeds from his audiobook, Laughs, Luck…and Lucy, co-authored with his father, I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer, to the Entertainment Community Fund
PlumbGoods: PlumbGoods has a variety of items to choose from with 5% of all net sales (excluding Happiness Included Coffee Collection) benefiting the 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 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