We are thrilled to announce our
15th Anniversary Benefit Bash!
Honoring Founding Artistic Director Adrienne Campbell-Holt and Youth Services Expert Alison Overseth
Save the Date: Sunday, October 26
Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn
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One star for each year of original, hauntingly resonant, and fiercely tender theatre that has launched careers, deepened community, and challenged the boundaries of traditional storytelling!
Benefit Co-Chairs: RoAnn Costin & Braley Degenhardt
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Join us for our greatest bash yet - Sunday, October 26th at Williamsburg's stunning Wythe Hotel as we honor Alison Overseth, a lifelong champion of educational equity and youth development, and Adrienne Campbell-Holt, CoCo's Founding Artistic Director.
Alison's leadership at the Partnership for After School Education has uplifted tens of thousands of young people across New York City. Her work aligns powerfully with Colt Coeur’s mission: to center underrepresented voices, invest in the next generation of artists, and build theatre that connects deeply and urgently with our time.
Adrienne will be recognized for her visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to nurturing bold new work including helming the premieres of such powerful works as the Tony-winning Eureka Day (2019), the Kennedy Center world premiere of Finn (2024), and the unflinchingly honest Dry Land (2014).
If you’d like to learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities or have any questions, please email coltcoeurEP@gmail.com
Benefit Tickets will go on sale in early August.
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Learn more about our honorees:
Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Founding Artistic Director, she/her) Adrienne is an award-winning NYC-based director and choreographer and the Founding Artistic Director of Colt Coeur. Recent world premieres: Still (Sheen Center, Colt Coeur at DR2, NYC & Dorset Theatre Festival, VT), Finn by Chris Dimond, Michael Kooman and Chris Nee (Kennedy Center, Helen Hayes nom.), Dodi & Diana by Kareem Fahmy (Colt Coeur at HERE), Afterwords, by Emily Kaczmarek, music & lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, choreographed by Ebony Williams (5th Avenue Theater, Heileman & Haver Award for Best New Musical), NY premiere of Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector (Colt Coeur), Other World, by Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen & Ann McNamee, choreography by Karla Puno Garcia (Delaware Theatre Company, BroadwayWorld Award for Best New Musical), We Are Among Us by Stephen Belber (City Theater, Pittsburgh), Hatef**k, by Rehana Lew Mirza (WP/Colt Coeur), Joan by Stephen Belber (Colt Coeur), Downstairs by Theresa Rebeck starring Tyne and Tim Daly (Primary Stages), Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel (Colt Coeur), Seven Minutes in Heaven by Steven Levenson (Colt Coeur). Currently developing work with Jaclyn Backhaus & Jonatha Brooke (Tempus). Associate Director of Dear Evan Hansen (OBC). Lucille Lortel Visionary Director Award, "25 Women to Watch on Broadway". AdrienneCampbellHolt.com.
Alison Overseth (she/her) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership for After School Education (PASE), a nonprofit which works with hundreds of community-based organizations, higher education institutions, and corporate partners to improve the quality of opportunities available to young people living in poverty in New York City. With over 30 years of experience in the youth serving profession, Ms. Overseth directed a management initiative for the Fund for the City of New York to strengthen the non-profit agencies that provide community support for young people, and served as the founding President of the Board of Directors of PASE for 12 years. Ms. Overseth serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Smith College; is on the Board of Directors of The New York Women’s Foundation; has served on the Advisory Board of The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School; and has taught leadership courses at Bank Street College of Education. Ms. Overseth was a Director at The First Boston Corporation, specializing in corporate restructurings, from 1984-1992. Ms. Overseth is a graduate of Smith College and Columbia Business School.