Virtual Gala Program

Performances by (in order of appearance):

Tarantino Smith, Black Boy by Richard Wright

Gaosong Heu, The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang

Kelvin Grullon, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Featuring (in order of appearance):

Lisa Beth Vettoso, Executive Director

Laura Handman, Board Chair

Tarantino Smith, Board & Company Member

Kao Kalia Yang, Author

Channie Waites, Company Member

Amos Margulies and the students of the Community School for Social Justice

Kim St. Clair Bodden, The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation

Erin Moughon-Smith, Theater Teacher at the Bronx Academy of Letters (BAL)

Aesha Kirkman, Student at BAL & Kelvin Grullon, Company Manager/Member 

Elise Thoron, Artistic Director

Literature to Life Company Members