Scott Sanders and Barbara Slifka. (Jenny Gorman)

New York City - On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, LongHouse Reserve held its Winter Benefit to celebrate a revival of Edward Albee's "The Lady from Dubuque" in Manhattan at the Signature Center on West 42nd Street.

Award-winning playwright Albee, a member of LongHouse Reserve's Arts Committee, has collaborated with Jane Alexander to revive his 1980 play, "The Lady from Dubuque." The play's opening night reception and performance benefited LongHouse Reserve.

Peter Wilson and Scott Sanders hosted a cocktail and dinner pre-performance reception in their home overlooking The High Line. After dinner, guests were provided transportation to the performance of "The Lady from Dubuque" at the Signature Center.

Following the performance, LongHouse Reserve Founder Jack Lenor Larsen and longtime friend Albee led a Q & A session in the theater with members of the audience.


Albee is on the Arts Committee at Longhouse Reserve, and has won three Pulitzer Prizes, two Tony's, as well as a Drama Critics Circle Award and an Outer Circle Critics Award. "The Lady from Dubuque" is one of the first plays to be held at the End Stage Theater which was newly renovated by Frank Gehry.

Jack Larsen and Ayse Kenmore. (Jenny Gorman)

Attendees included Albee (Playwright, Author), Dianne B. (President, LongHouse Reserve), Larsen (Founder, LongHouse Reserve), Barbara Slifka (Trustee, LongHouse Reserve), Sanders (interior designer), and Matko Tomicic (Executive Director, LongHouse Reserve)

About LongHouse Reserve:
LongHouse Reserve exemplifies living with art in all its forms. Founded by Jack Lenor Larsen, its collections, gardens, sculpture and programs, reflect world cultures and inspire a creative life. LongHouse Reserve is a not-for-profit museum that encompasses nearly 16 beautiful acres in East Hampton. Each year the LongHouse Reserve presents major exhibitions in both the pavilion and the gardens. Currently, there are more than 60 sculptures for the gardens including works of glass by Dale Chihuly, ceramics by Takaezu, and bronzes by Barceló, Voulkos, Benglis and de Kooning. Works by Ossorio, Claus Bury, Yoko Ono, Opocensky, Izumi Masatoshi, Bryn Hunt, Eric Fischl, Roy Lichtenstein and Takashi Soga are also on view, while the installation of a Fly's Eye Dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and a site-specific Sol Lewitt add interesting scale and dimension.

LongHouse Reserve is open through October 7, Wednesday an Saturdays, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. July and August.