21 Dreams: BCT Gala 2025

Celebrating 21 years of Brooklyn Children’s Theatre

Monday, April 7, 2025

Sony Hall, 235 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036

7:00pm -10:00pm

Cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres

Dinner, performances, silent auction

Festive Attire

For ages 21+

Honoring:

Erin Texeira, Former Board Chair, Brooklyn Children’s Theatre 

With performances by:

• BCT’s Kids and special guests:
• Sherz Aletaha (Merrily We Roll Along)
• Kim Exum (A Wonderful World, Book of Mormon)
• Kyle Ramar Freeman (The Wiz, A Strange Loop)

With your hosts:

• Nina Hellman (The Blacklist, The King of Staten Island)
• Jeremy Shamos (Only Murders In the Building, The Gilded Age)
• Jason Veasey (Only Murders In the Building, A Strange Loop)

“BCT is the home I was looking for as a kid” - Viola Davis

Please join us as we celebrate 21 years of Brooklyn Children’s Theatre and the transformative power of the arts on young lives. 

At Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, we believe that every child deserves the chance to shine,
that in order to prioritize equity, we must center our most marginalized students. Your
donation will directly support programs that not only train students to perform on stage and
empower them to write their own musicals, but also help support our free programming and
maintain our scholarship majority environment. By investing in our mission, you are nurturing
the next generation of diverse artists and storytellers, ensuring their voices are heard in a
world that needs their perspectives. When you invest in Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, you
invest in empowering young artists in, around, and behind the stage. You invest in closing
the opportunity gap in theater education. Most importantly you invest in the social-emotional
well-being and growth of our children. Together, we can create a more inclusive and vibrant
arts community, fostering creativity, confidence, and self-expression in every student we

serve. Join us in making the world we want to see as we invest in our students!

BCT GALA 2025

At Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, we believe that every child deserves the chance to shine,
that in order to prioritize equity, we must center our most marginalized students. Your
donation will directly support programs that not only train students to perform on stage and
empower them to write their own musicals, but also help support our free programming and
maintain our scholarship majority environment. By investing in our mission, you are nurturing
the next generation of diverse artists and storytellers, ensuring their voices are heard in a
world that needs their perspectives. When you invest in Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, you
invest in empowering young artists in, around, and behind the stage. You invest in closing
the opportunity gap in theater education. Most importantly you invest in the social-emotional
well-being and growth of our children. Together, we can create a more inclusive and vibrant
arts community, fostering creativity, confidence, and self-expression in every student we serve.

Join us in making the world we want to see as we invest in our students!

Thank you to our sponsors!

Angel Sponsor

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Ruby Sponsor:

Amika

Emerald Sponsor

Erin Texeira and Kevin Davis

Sapphire Sponsors

Sarah and Simon Collier

Briehan Lynch and Alexander Evis

Nancy and Gary Robbins

Pearl Sponsors

Jill and Jim Cornell

Ping and Alex Del Giudice

Amy White-Graves and Martin Graves

Opal Sponsors

Marc Schlesinger and Lindsey Fox

Benefit Committee

• Mindy and Joshua Greenberg
• Jeannine Kerr and Gavin Fraser
• Daniel Klaidman
• Lakota Leijon
• Andrew Pascal and Rachel Mercier

Business Sponsors

• ALB Vodka 
• Dear Irving 
• Far Better Printing  
• Fort Hamilton Distillery

Gala Chairs:

Nancy Robbins

Jason Veasey

BCT Board of Directors 

Lakota Leijon. Chair

Nancy Robbins, Vice Chair

Marc Schlesinger, Treasurer

Ping Del Giudice, Secretary

Maureen Ferry

Daniel Klaidman

Briehan Lynch

Rohi Mirza Pandya