The First Amendment
                                             A Celebration of the First Amendment

 The Broad Theater hosts a unique, FREE, one-night-only event to celebrate one of the greatest gifts our nation's Founding Fathers gave us:  the First Amendment.  The Martin Sosin Foundation invites you to celebrate at a gala show featuring original music, comedy, dramatic readings, historical discussions, and the presentation of the First Amendment Awards.

Musical performances will include original songs by Larissa Auble, Brian Pugach, and Jim Yates.  Comedy will be performed by James Blackman, with more to come!

The Founding Fathers who fought for our independence recognized that to maintain our essential freedoms required not only eternal vigilance, but also Constitutional guarantees protecting those freedoms.  Freedom of expression was considered one of the most important values to protect.

We celebrate this Amendment - which has been threatened throughout our history and is under attack this very day,-by bringing it to a fresh attention for great public awareness of its fragility and importance.  The First Amendment Awards, each recognizing one of the five guaranteed freedoms, honor these champions of free expression: