Guild Hall

ART & ABOUT: HOUSTON
2025-04-04 - 2025-04-07 | NY
Guild Hall presents ART & ABOUT 2025: HOUSTON
APRIL 4-7, 2025
Join us in Houston, Texas, for a curated taste of this vibrant city, which boasts world-class museums and a dynamic food scene. Graced by Southern hospitality, we have been invited to meet private collectors and artists for an insider look. Together we’ll hit the Houston high notes…Tour the Menil Collection with the senior curator, view private collections of two prominent Houston collectors, experience the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, visit the community arts neighborhood – Project Row Houses, explore the Buffalo Bayou Cistern, reflect in the newly-reopened Rothko Chapel, and eat like a royal!
What’s Included:
– 3-nights at Hotel Saint Augustine
– All planned meals & beverages, taxes and gratuities
– Private tours, attractions, entrance fees
– Ground transportation during the program
To register, click HERE and enter Password: [REDACTED] or contact plan A events at 310.860.1300, planA@planaevents.com.

$3750 per person
Reservations are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Note: You must be a current Guild Hall Director’s Circle ($2,500) level member or higher to participate.

For more information on Membership, please contact Eliza Rand at erand@guildhall.org or 631.324.0806 x117.
Click HERE for the trip flyer from plan A Events.
Guild Hall’s official travel partner, plan A, designs exclusive journeys to destinations near and far, focusing on extraordinary experiences and private access for like-minded travelers. planaevents.com

Project Row Houses

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Le Jardinier

The Menil Collection

James Turrell at Rice.

Downtown Houston

PRIME VIDEO PRESENTS: SPOTLIGHT ON THE BETTER SISTER, A SERIES ADAPTATION
2025-04-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
HAMPTONS WHODUNIT
Step inside the world of The Better Sister with an exclusive book-to-screen conversation featuring New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke and the visionary co-showrunners of the upcoming Prime Video adaptation, Olivia Milch (Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown) moderated by NBC News Entertainment correspondent, Chloe Melas.
Doors will open at 5 PM and refreshments can be purchased before, during, and after the program from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby, to be enjoyed in the Minikes Garden. Food and beverage are permitted in the theater.
This program is presented as part of Hamptons Whodunit, East Hampton’s annual festival celebrating mystery and crime storytelling, this special event offers a behind-the-scenes look at adapting a gripping thriller from page to screen.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: VANYA—SOLD OUT
2025-04-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
THIS PROGRAM IS SOLD OUT. An in-person only waiting list will begin at 6:30 PM. Please leave your name at the podium and return at 6:55 PM.
Vanya
adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov
directed by Sam Yates
designed by Rosanna Vize
$20 ($18 for Members)
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End, Vanya began playing exclusively in cinemas in 2024.
Run Time: 2 hours
Concessions, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during all National Theatre Live programs at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.

ART SOCIAL: WET FELTING - SOLD OUT
2025-04-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Led by Kerry Sharkey-Miller
SOLD OUT – Email akirwin@guildhall.org to be added to the waiting list.
Art Social offers a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by all skill levels.
Do you have a burning desire to create some amazing fabric from scratch? Join artist Kerry Sharkey-Miller in an exploration of the ancient art of wet-felting. The process of blending wool fibers together to create an incredibly strong and versatile fabric. You will be introduced to some basic techniques of laying out wool fiber and processing the fiber into a 3 dimensional piece of felt using bubble wrap, soap, water and elbow grease! You’ll create a beautiful vessel out of soft and fluffy wool fibers to take home to dry and embellish to your hearts content!
The Art Social admission fee includes a complimentary glass of wine, beer, or a non-alcoholic beverage, and lite bites generously donated by Harbor Market & Kitchen in Sag Harbor.

39TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS DINNER
2025-04-22 18:00 - 22:00 | The Rainbow Room, The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Tickets are limited. Please email events@guildhall.org for availability.
We proudly present the 39th Annual Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at The Rainbow Room, New York City. The Academy of the Arts is a community of over 200 of the nation’s most accomplished artists and creative professionals who lend their talent and expertise to Guild Hall.
This year, we honor Eric Fischl with the Chairman’s Award for Service to the Academy, in recognition of his Academy stewardship and co-founding of the Guild House Artist-in-Residence program. It is also our honor to recognize arts patron and trustee Linda Lindenbaum for her many years of support with the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy.
We are delighted to recognize our newest inductees to the Academy of the Arts: Katie Couric, Neil Patrick Harris, Sheree Hovsepian, Jane Krakowski, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph M. Pierce, David Rockwell, Jeffrey Seller, and Almond Zigmund. The event will be hosted by our new Academy President, Susan Stroman. Guests will be treated to a special performance by Broadway favorites Debra Monk, Tony Yazbeck and Seth Rudetsky.
To be included as a Benefit Committee Member, you are asked to support Guild Hall by purchasing tickets or a table or contribute to the event. In recognition of your generosity, we will include your name on the digital invitation (for responses received by February 3), on our website, and in the evening program.
Please contact Kendra Korczak, Director of Events and Corporate Relations, at events@guildhall.org or call 631.324.0806 x116 with any questions.
Tickets are not refundable. The non-deductible amount per ticket is $175.00.
Can’t attend? We appreciate your contribution.

THE MET: LIVE IN HD - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
2025-04-26 13:00 - 17:00 | Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
TICKETS $30 ($27 FOR MEMBERS)
On April 26, Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.
Food and beverage, including fresh sandwiches from Harbor Market, will be available for purchase before and during the program from Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby, and refreshments are permitted in the theater.
Runtime: 3 hours 55 minutes
There will be one intermission.

PUBLIC REHEARSAL: FUENTEOVEJUNA EAST END
2025-04-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
FREE

Be part of the creative journey behind Fuenteovejuna: East End, an exciting new production co-created by OLA of Eastern Long Island and Guild Hall.

Directed by Guild Hall Community Artists-in-Residence, Minerva Perez and Margarita Espada, this fully Spanish-language reimagining of Lope de Vega’s timeless 17th-century play tells the story of a community’s courageous stand against tyranny.

This public rehearsal gives you the chance to witness the power of theater in shaping conversations around justice, solidarity, and collective action.

Please Be Aware: This show contains brief moments of depicted violence and assault and is suggested for audiences ages 10 and up.

Únase al proceso creativo detrás de Fuenteovejuna: East End, una emocionante nueva producción co-creada por OLA de Long Island Oriental y Guild Hall.

Dirigida por Minerva Pérez y Margarita Espada, artistas residentes de Guild Hall, esta adaptación íntegramente en español del clásico de Lope de Vega del siglo XVII cuenta la historia del valiente levantamiento de una comunidad contra la tiranía.

Este ensayo público le da la oportunidad de ser testigo del poder del teatro en la construcción de conversaciones sobre justicia, solidaridad y acción colectiva.

Por favor tenga en cuenta: Este espectáculo contiene breves momentos de violencia y agresión representadas, y se sugiere para audiencias de 10 años en adelante.
