Portraits: Where Social Change Meets the Stage

NYU Portraits is an annual, performance-based event featuring a dynamic cast of student and celebrity performance artists, speakers, and trailblazers. This NYU tradition is a vibrant and exciting showcase where historical and contemporary movements for social change come together on stage.

✨ Celebrity Cast: 

➡ Tituss Burgess, Actor and Singer
➡ Bonnie Milligan, Actor and Singer
➡ Alex Newell, Actor and Singer
➡ Krysta Rodriguez, Actor and Singer

✨ Student Cast

➡ Tyra Hughes (Tisch ’25) 
➡ Leilani Patao (Tisch ’26) 
➡ Saima (Steinhardt ’27) 

✨ Narrators! 

Narrators:
​​➡ Daniel Choi, Associate Dean, Steinhardt 
​​➡ Teagan Rabuano, Director, LGBTQ+ Center