BAM Trailblazers Gala 2025

HONORING
Serge Laurent
Director of Dance and Culture Programs, Van Cleef & Arpels

Charles J. and Irene F. Hamm
Namesakes of the BAM Hamm Archives

Brooklyn Academy of Music invites you to an extraordinary evening of art and philanthropy at the BAM Trailblazers Gala 2025, honoring the transformative power of live performance and the relentless ingenuity of artists, neighbors, and philanthropists who make it possible.

Dress code: Elevated Brooklyn Chic

This event features an exclusive performance of Obie Award-winning artist Whitney White’s Macbeth in Stride.

GALA CO-CHAIRS

Alexa Davidson Suskin
Robert Tichio

GALA COMMITTEE

Kabir & Sofia Ahuja
Valerie Berlin
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Janel Anderberg Callon
Bill Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell
Natalia & Joel Chefer
Cheryl & Joseph Della Rosa
Richard Feldman - The SHS Foundation
Steven & Susan Felsher
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Judith & Alan Fishman
MaryAnne Gilmartin
Jennifer & Dmitry Kopylov
Edgar & Robin Lampert
Diane Max
Robin Maxwell & James Wilentz
Scott C. McDonald
Depelsha McGruder
Juliet Moser & Ben Darnell
Eri Nishikawa
Praxis Foundation
David & Rona Picket
Lindsay & Gabe Pizzi
Marcel Przymusinski
Debbie & Jonathan Rosen
Alberto Sanchez
Tim & Julie Sebunya
Emilia Sherifova
Lenny Singletary
Social Justice Fund Founded By
   Clara Wu Tsai
Nora Ann Wallace
Adam Wolfensohn
Claire & Curtis Wood

ARTIST COMMITTEE*

Hanif Abdurraqib
Alberta Arthurs
Peter Born
Helga Davis
Patsy Ferran
Tony Kushner
Meshell Ndegeocello

Proceeds from the BAM Trailblazers Gala support our mission to be a home of curious people and adventurous ideas. We support artistic experimentation and champion inclusion and accessibility throughout the arts as presenter, activator, and connector.

Macbeth in Stride is written and performed by Whitney White
Directed by Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar
Choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly

Presented by
BAM in association with Philadelphia Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company and Yale Repertory Theatre