THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE 154 CHRISTOPHER STREET SUITE 3O NEW YORK NY 1OO14 October 8, 2012 Mr. Jeffrey Epstein 9 East 71st Street New York, NY 06840 Dear Mr. Epstein, am writing at the suggestion of Julie Taymor. I understand Julie spoke with you at the recent WWW Conference about Theatre for a New Audience's Capital Campaign to build the first theatre for classic drama since the 1965 Vivian Beaumont in downtown Brooklyn. Julie explained that you kindly invited us to send you information about this project. Please find this enclosed. Let me give you some background. Julie is on our Board and is the Honorary Co-Chair of the Campaign. Founded in 1979, Theatre for a New Audience's cornerstone is Shakespeare and we produce Shakespeare alongside other classical and contemporary authors. We're the first American theatre to be invited to bring a production of Shakespeare to the Royal Shakespeare Company. We've won multiple awards; supported the development of some of our finest artists such as Julie who first staged THE TEMPEST and TITUS ANDRONICUS with us. We created and run the largest program in the New York City Public Schools to introduce Shakespeare and classic drama. Our name refers to how theatre has evolved. The old audience was primarily one homogenous group. The new audience is comprised of all ages, cultural and economic back grounds. Since our founding 33 years ago, we've never had a permanent home. We've always been itinerant and dependent on rented spaces which are fast becoming unavailable. In 2000, the City invited us to build adjacent to MM in the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District -- the first major cultural district in New York City since Lincoln Center. Our neighbors will be BAM and Mark Morris Dance Center. 650,000 people annually attend BAM alone. Every subway line and the LIRR are within a 5-10 minute walk. The New Barclay's Sports and Entertainment Center is a few blocks away. Our theatre is designed by the eminent arc