PHOTO FLASH: Janet Dacal, Aaron Lazar, Max von Essen, et al. at First Name Basis Benefit Concert

Celina Carvajal, Allison Case, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Janet Dacal, Madeleine Doherty, Daniel Everidge, Autumn Hurlbert, Aaron Lazar, Steven Reineke, Darren Ritchie, Jessica Rush, Jason Michael Snow, Lucia Spina, Stephen Spinella, Stephanie Umoh, Max Von Essen, Jim Walton, Correy West, and Amos Wolff were among the participants in Living for Today’s First Name Basis concert, held on Monday, October 17 at Joe’s Pub.

The event, which was directed by David Alpert, raised funds for the Gilana Shira Alpert Fund, which was created in November 2007 as a memorial to Gilana Alpert. The organization supports charities Alpert supported in life including Holocaust awareness, theater education and outreach, human equality advocacy, and sex education.