DMFA Theater Night: THE ALLY at the Public Theater with a Pre-show Reception

Join the DMFA at The Public Theater for a pre-show networking reception and performance of The Ally by Tony Award-winning playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) organized by the DMFA's Diversity, Inclusion, and Systemic Change committee. Gather with your fellow members and direct response fundraising professionals not just to connect and socialize, but also to contemplate topics that impact us locally and globally.

About The Ally

When college professor Asaf (Josh Radnor) is asked by a student to sign a social justice manifesto, what seems at first like a simple choice instead embroils him in an increasingly complex web of conflicting agendas that challenge his allegiances as a progressive, a husband, an artist, an academic, an American, an atheist, and a Jew. With tensions at an all-time high, Asaf is forced to confront the age-old question: “If I am only for myself, what am I?”

Directed by Drama Desk Award winner Lila Neugebauer (Appropriate), The Ally is a passionate, provocative, and unflinching new play about the vanishing line between the personal and the political.

“The play is about what it means to be an ally. The Ally dramatizes the incredible difficulties of parsing through this issue without picking sides or offering solutions. I believe talking and listening…expressing disagreements about deeply difficult topics is the way the theater can offer an opportunity for moving a dialogue forward. I am extremely proud that we are doing this with The Ally.” 

-Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director

Please Note:
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and we encourage you to contact The Public Theater (info@publictheater.org or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. The Ally includes active discourse about Israelis and Palestinians, police violence, and racism.

The Public Theater is located at 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003. Location and direction information.

ACCESSIBLITY

If you need additional accommodations, please contact Risa Sudnow at info@dmfa.org or 646-675-7314.