Elon Cares

Elon Cares returns for its 19th year. This event is a benefit cabaret led by students in Performing Arts for the national organization Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. Event information and more details below.

Elon Cares 2026
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Showtimes: 7:00pm & 9:00pm Updated showtimes!
Location: Yeager Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
Address: 417 N Williamson Ave, Elon, NC 27244

Join us for a night of performance to benefit a fantastic organization! On Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 7:00pm and 9:00pm, students will come together to showcase Elon Cares. Elon Cares is a benefit cabaret for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. At each performance, audience members can donate to benefit Broadway Cares and help Elon Cares reach their goal of $2,000.

Each in-person donation on the day of the show (Jan. 14th) is also an entry into one of our raffle for various prizes; raffle prizes include (but aren’t limited to) signed playbills and posters from Broadway Companies, private industry sessions via zoom, a headshot session, and even a PR merchandise box from various films; each item was donated by an alumnus from the Department of Performing Arts.

This year raffle items includes merch from the following shows Shucked, The Great Gatsby, Beauty and the Beast, Hell’s Kitchen, & Juliet, and Water for Elephants (to name a few); PR boxes; industry sessions and more!

Donations will be collected via cash, check, or via online donation. To make online donations click the above ‘Donate’ button and for more information about Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS visit https://broadwaycares.org/.

In partnership with the Gender and LGBTQIA Center. With funding from SGA. Questions can be directed to lgaray@elon.edu.

Creative Team

  • Malia Horst
  • Juliette Hill
  • Laird Stearns
  • Elliot Choate

Program – Coming Soon

Raffle items are courtesy of the following performing arts students and alumni:

  • Mallorie Sievert ’24
  • Dariana Mullen ‘21
  • Fergie Phillipe ‘17 and Michael Dikegoros ‘19
  • Kelly Belarmino ’23
  • Kennedy Caughell ‘16
  • Audrey Trullinger ‘22
  • Cara Rose DiPietro ’21
  • Andrew Purdy ’20
  • Kali Clougherty ’22
  • Jaron Cole ’23
  • Ella Huestis and Summer Severin ’25
  • Elsa Keefe ’24
  • Derick Donato ’25

Elon Cares 2025

To read about Elon Cares 2025, check out this story (Today at Elon)!

Event Information

  • Date: 1/15/25
  • Showtimes: 7:00pm and 9:00pm
  • Location: Yeager Recital Hall

Raffle items for Elon Cares 2025 were donated by the following alumni:

  • Cara Rose DiPietro ’21
  • Hannah Kevitt ’23
  • Willem Butler ’22
  • Jennifer Michael Matthews ‘01
  • Ella Huestis ’25
  • Mackenzie Bell
  • Derick Donato ’25
  • Audrey Trullinger ’22
  • Tucker Stampen ‘17
  • Elsa Keefe ’24
  • Alec Michael Ryan ’19
  • Zion Middleton ’23
  • Jaron Cole ’23

Elon Cares 2024

Join us for a night of performance to benefit a fantastic organization! On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 7:00pm and 9:00pm, students will come together to showcase Elon Cares. Elon Cares is a benefit cabaret for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. At each performance, audience members can donate to benefit Broadway Cares and help Elon Cares reach their goal of $2,000.

Each donation is also an entry into one of our 16 raffles for various prizes; raffle prizes include (but aren’t limited to) signed playbills and posters from Broadway Companies, private zoom sessions with agents and actors alike, a headshot session, and even studio space at Pearl Studios in NYC; each item was donated by an alumnus from the Department of Performing Arts.

Donations will be collected via cash, check, or via online donation. To make online donations click below and for more information about Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS visit https://broadwaycares.org/.

Donate To Help Us Reach Our Goal
Sponsored by the Gender and LGBTQIA Center. Questions can be directed to lgaray@elon.edu or sfinney2@elon.edu.

You can view the full list of raffle items here. Raffle items are courtesy of the following performing arts students and alumni:

Willem Butler ’22
Patrick Clanton ’14
Kali Clougherty ’22
Cara Rose DiPietro ’21
Dan Gibson ’09
Marina Jansen ’25
Hannah Kevitt ’24
JJ Niemann ’17
Andrew Purdy ’20
Drew Redington ’18
Jake David Smith ’19
Tucker Stampen ’19
Nasia Thomas ’15
Audrey Trullinger ’22
Sidney Wilson ’21

Elon Cares 2023

Read about Elon Cares 2023 (Today at Elon)!

Join us for a night of performance to benefit a fantastic organization! On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 6:30pm and 8:30pm, students will come together for “Elon Cares”. Elon Cares is a benefit cabaret for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. At each performance audience members can donate to benefit Broadway Cares and help Elon Cares reach their goal of $1,000. Each donation is also an entry into one of our 13 raffles for various prizes; raffle prizes include (but aren’t limited to) tickets to see Broadway’s SIX, signed Broadway Playbills and posters from various productions, and a one-on-one Zoom Q&A with JJ Neimann; each item was donated by an alumnus from the Department of Performing Arts. Donations will be collected via cash, check, or via online donation. For more information and to stay up to date visit https://linktr.ee/eloncares.

This year we are excited to partner with one of Broadway Cares’ grantees, Triad Health Project, for resources and testing services. Sponsored by the Gender and LGBTQIA Center. Questions can be directed to glc@elon.edu.

Raffle prizes include:

  • Signed playbills and posters
  • Tickets to national tours
  • Coaching sessions
  • Website creation

You can view the full list of raffle items. Raffle items are courtesy of Willem Butler ’22, Andrew Purdy ’20, Patrick Clanton ’14, Nasia Thomas ’15, Daniel Brackett ’22, Gerald Caeser ’16, and Steven Tesley ’18.