On Thursday, May 12, SAG-AFTRA leaders and staff celebrated the history of The Rehearsal Club, an organization founded in 1913 to establish a safe haven for young women embarking on performing arts careers in New York City.
The Rehearsal Club received a commemorative plaque in the West 53rd Street branch of the New York Public Library to celebrate its former location. The plaque installation was followed by a reception at the Museum of Modern Art.
The Rehearsal Club is currently located in the Webster Apartments on West 34th Street and continues its original mission to be a true home for young women who aspire to careers across the entertainment industry, including acting in theater, television and film, plus writers, composers, directors, choreographers, designers, stage managers and production assistants.
Top photo: Back row, from left, N.Y. Local Board member Sarah Seeds, N.Y. Local Executive Director Rebecca Damon, member Cynthia Darlow, N.Y. Board member Marc Baron, member Blythe Danner, N.Y. Local Board member and National Women’s Committee Co-Chair leslie Shreve, N.Y. Board member and N.Y. Local Women’s Committee Vice Chair Avis Boone, The Rehearsal Club President Gale Patron, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment’s Marisa Redanty and Carla Hoke Miller, and member Richard Ferrone.
N.Y. Executive Director Rebecca Damon and N.Y. Local Board member and Local Women’s Committee Vice Chair Avis Boone with the commemorative plaque for The Rehearsal Club.
The plaque installed at the New York Public Library commemorates the original location of The Rehearsal Club.
NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment’s Carla Hoke Miller at the New York Rehearsal Celebration.
SAG-AFTRA member Blythe Danner on May 12, 2022.
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