NEW YORK & TINTON FALLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MagnaCare, a healthcare services company, today announces that Joseph Berardo Jr., CEO, MagnaCare, will be the Corporate honoree at the Working Theater’s 2014 Annual Awards Ceremony, Monday, April 7, 2014, 6 p.m., Sardi’s Restaurant, 234 W. 44th St. New York, N.Y. MagnaCare has served as a corporate sponsor for the past decade, playing a key role in supporting the theater’s affordable off-Broadway productions written for and about Americans working in the industrial, transportation and service industries.
“MagnaCare has been a true champion of the Working Theater’s mission for many years,” says Mark Plesent, producing artistic director, Working Theater. “We are honoring Joe Berardo for his ongoing commitment to bridging the gap between art, labor and community, and helping us to make theater a staple, not a luxury, for working people who may not feel a personal connection with high-profile commercial productions.”
MagnaCare will continue its support by co-sponsoring the Working Theater’s 29th season, which features the award-winning plays “Mercy Killers,” written and performed by Michael Milligan, and “Cherry Smoke,” by James McManus. The 2014 Annual Awards Ceremony, which raises money to support the new season, will also recognize Peter Ward, president, New York Hotel Trades Council, as its Labor honoree. To purchase tickets visit: http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=6938.
Berardo says, “I am truly honored by this recognition. The Working Theater has served the labor community of New York for almost 30 years, and we are delighted to help further its pioneering and culturally diverse productions.”
About MagnaCare
MagnaCare, a leader in self-insurance and healthcare services, is helping employers in New York and New Jersey take control of their healthcare costs. For more than 20 years, MagnaCare has served self-insured employers and health, workers’ compensation and no fault payers, including commercial insurers, TPA’s, government entities, and labor markets. MagnaCare offers access to a broad proprietary provider network, micro-networks, predictive modeling analyses, member outreach programs and integrated solutions that include full benefit plan management services. Visit www.magnacare.com, www.facebook.com/magnacare, www.linkedin.com/company/magnacare, http://blog.magnacare.com.
About Working Theater
Founded in 1985, the Working Theater’s mission is to produce plays for and about working people (the majority of Americans working in the industrial, transportation and service industries.) By creating theater of interest to working people and by bringing this constituency to our productions we aim to change the composition of New York’s theater audience to reflect a full range of socio-economic diversity. Working Theater is committed to making theater that can bridge those divisions, expanding the reach of theater’s impact to all people, uniting us in our common humanity. http://www.theworkingtheater.org.
