Get an inside look into Signature Theatre's 35th Anniversary gala, held March 19 at NYC's Edison Ballroom, with the photos in the gallery below. The evening raised $680,00 for the company.
Signature also announced its newest Resident Artist, Obie Award winner Eisa Davis(Warriors), as well as two productions set for the 2026–27 season: Lauren Yee's semi-autobiographical play King of the Yees with Tony winner Francis Jue in the cast, and Davis' Angela’s Mixtape, which explores the artist’s own family life and her relationship to her aunt, legendary activist Angela Davis.
The evening was attended by Signature playwrights, artists, and supporters including Heather Christian, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Samuel D. Hunter, David Henry Hwang, Bill Irwin, Zoe Kazan, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, Billy Porter, and more.
Four-time Emmy Award-winner and three-time Academy Award nominee Laura Linney was in attendance in honor of her father, the late playwright and Signature Resident Romulus Linney, whose work comprised Signature’s first ever season. The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre is named after him.