Pranks! Parades! Peep Shows! & more!
Please join us at CPR – Center for Performance Research on Tuesday, June 17 for our 2025 Spring Benefit, which gathers artists and friends for an evening of MISCHIEF with delightful disruptions, tantalizing treats, and joyful rebellion to celebrate CPR.
PROGRAM
7PM | Tipples, Munchies, Peep Show
8PM | Performances, Toasts, Tomfoolery
9PM | Shenanigans, Sweet Treats
Mistress of Ceremonies
DeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch!
featuring
DJ Pussy
Mischief by
Ka Baird
Tess Dworman
Ayana Evans
Fernando Gregório aka DJ FeG
Pussypaws Puppetry
Azikiwe Mohammed
Kat Sotelo
Empress Wu
& more surprises…!
Food & Drink
Food by Cozy Royale
Drinks by Vine Wine, Zev Rovine Selections, Madre Mezcal
Raffle artworks donated by
Maria Baranova
Barnett Cohen
Azikiwe Mohammed
Phaidon & Artspace
River L. Ramirez
TICKETS
$750 | PRODIGAL PRANKSTER
$600 | MEDDLING MISTRESS
$400 | NOBLE KNAVE
$250 | PUCKISH PATRON
$150 | GOOD TROUBLE (for artists & arts workers) [limited]
Tickets are 100% tax-deductible, and include all food, drink, merriment, and mischief. All proceeds benefit CPR’s artists and programs – and the devious act of experimentation and embodied practice.
Tickets may be purchased without additional fees incurred by Eventbrite by making payment via Zelle to alexandra@cprnyc.org. Please include the ticket type and number of tickets in the memo (including add-ons for raffle tickets or to Deface a Chair – more info below!).
If you can’t attend this year, you can make a tax-deductible donation to CPR via Eventbrite, PayPal, Zelle (no fees) to alexandra@cprnyc.org, or check.
BENEFIT COMMITTEE (in formation)
Samuel Akinloye Babajide *
Maria Baranova
Sidra Bell *
Randall Bourscheidt *
Amy Cassello
Yanira Castro
Barnett Cohen
Leslie Cuyjet
Alison Cuzzolino
Jonathan Gardenhire
Pati Hertling
Nick Hockens *
John Jasperse *
Margaret Knowles
Tommy Kriegsmann & Shanta Thake
Molly Kurzius
Jessica Massart
Juliana May
Tamara McCaw *
Azikiwe Mohammed
Anna Muselmann
Kathleen O’Connell *
Jack Radley
River L. Ramirez
Brian Rogers
Amber Sasse *
Jaynie Saunders Tiller
Martha Sherman *
Amanda Singer & Severin Sorel
Alex Sloane & Carlos Vela-Prado
Megan Sprenger *
Charmaine Warren
Janet Wong
Susan Yi & Jerry Garcia
* CPR Board of Directors
RAFFLE: $25
Enter to win an artwork donated by CPR artists and friends including Maria Baranova, Barnett Cohen, Phaidon & Artspace, Azikiwe Mohammed, and River L. Ramirez.
Raffle tickets are $25 a piece. Anyone can enter (even if you are not attending), and you can enter as many times as you wish! The drawing will take place live at the Spring Benefit on June 17, and tickets will be drawn for each artwork at random. Purchase 4 or more raffle tickets, and receive a limited-edition CPR tote bag!
Raffle tickets may be purchased online before 12PM on Tues, June 17 via Eventbrite (as an ‘add-on’ at checkout) or via Zelle (no fees) to alexandra@cprnyc.org. Tickets can also be purchased on-site at the Spring Benefit via Eventbrite, Zelle, cash, or check.
Terms and restrictions: Raffle winners must arrange to pick up their artwork at CPR’s offices in Brooklyn within 1 month of the drawing. Unfortunately, CPR cannot arrange shipping. Tote bags can be mailed within the US if an address is provided, however the preference is to pick one up at CPR, where you can also select your preferred color and size! Please note raffle tickets are NOT tax-deductible.
DEFACE A CHAIR
As a special addition to your evening of MISCHIEF, you can Deface a Chair at CPR with an additional tax-deductible donation of $100. To commemorate your devious support, we’ll affix a plaque on your chair naming you as its malevolent benefactor, or dedicated to a loved one, friend, pet, place, or prank of your choosing.
You can Deface a Chair as an ‘add-on’ at checkout via Eventbrite, or send your donation via PayPal, or Zelle (no fees) to alexandra@cprnyc.org. You can complete this order form to confirm your dedication or email Alexandra Rosenberg at alexandra@cprnyc.org with the details.
Orders placed by June 1 will have their plaques affixed by the Spring Benefit, so that you may recline and revel in your splendid misdeed as we misbehave the night away. While not required, we hope that you will continue to sustain your chair with a meaningful donation in subsequent years.
LOCATION AND ACCESSIBLITY
CPR – Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
CPR is easily accessed by public transportation or car. For detailed directions, please visit www.cprnyc.org/contact-directions.
CPR is located on the ground floor in a fully accessible and ADA-compliant venue, with two single use all-gender restrooms, one being wheelchair-accessible.