Galas & Events
King & Country Benefit: Henry V
- 1PM
BAM Lepercq Space / Peter Jay Sharp Building / 30 Lafayette Avenue / Brooklyn
BAM, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and The Ohio State University present
King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings
Henry V
Royal Shakespeare Company
Join us in marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with a landmark theatrical event: the Royal Shakespeare Company’s magisterial four-play cycle King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings. To celebrate the occasion and the revered ensemble's return to Brooklyn, BAM and the RSC join forces to present this sumptuous benefit, fit for a king.
1pm: Vice Chair Luncheon
BAM Lepercq Space
Peter Jay Sharp Building / 30 Lafayette Avenue / Brooklyn
3pm: Performance of Henry V
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton Street / Brooklyn
6pm: Celebration with the Company
BAM Lepercq Space
Peter Jay Sharp Building / 30 Lafayette Avenue / Brooklyn
Festive attire. Proceeds benefit BAM and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Honorary Chairs
Sir Kim Darroch, KCMG & Lady Vanessa Darroch
Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States of America
Co-Chairs
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Vice Chair, New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA)
Ambassador Carl Spielvogel
Executive Committee, Trustee, State University of New York (SUNY)
Gordon A. Smith
Consumer & Community Banking CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Mark Thompson
President & CEO, The New York Times Company
Alex Hassell brings infinite nuance and humanity to the newly crowned Henry V in director Gregory Doran and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s incisive reading of King and Country’s final chapter.