Leon Bates
pianist
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Lucie Arnaz
actress
Lúnasa
new Irish music
Mandy Patinkin
actor and singer
Mark Brutsché
playwright and actor
Melba Moore
singer and actress
National Theatre of the Deaf
The New York Festival of Song
Ossie Davis
actor, author, activist
The Paris Combo
French jazz
P.D.Q. Bach (aka Peter Schickele)
Peter Sagal
host of NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me
Reduced Shakespeare Company
the bad boys of abridgement
Rennie Harris’ RHAW
hip-hop dance
Richard Blanco
poet
Roz Chast
cartoonist
Ruby Dee
actress, author, poet, activist
Sarah Vowell
NPR contributor and author
Scott Simon
host of NPR’s Weekend Edition
Steep Canyon Rangers
contemporary bluegrass and roots music
Stephen Lang
actor
Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Sweet Honey in the Rock®
Grammy Award-winning choir
Taylor 2 Dance Company
Terry Gross
host of NPR’s Fresh Air
Tierney Sutton
jazz songstress
Tig Notaro
comedienne
Tim Russert
former moderator of Meet The Press
Tony Kushner
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Trout Fishing in America
seriously fun music for families
Vienna Boys Choir