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The smash hit "Hamilton" made a lot of people rich, and now one of them is giving back to his hometown arts community. "Hamilton" producer Jeffrey Seller has made a $1 million gift to Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit, Crain's Detroit Business reports.
Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller (Photo: Twitter)
Seller, an Oak Park native, made the largest one-time grant the theater has received.
It will help support Mosaic's summer camp and middle school programs over the next five years as the organization transitions to new leadership following the planned retirement of founder Rick Sperling this coming fall. Part of the gift will also establish an endowment to support future programs.
The gift will come through the Seller-Lehrer Foundation in New York, an organization Seller founded with his partner, photographer and documentarian Josh Lehrer, to support dynamic educational, cultural and environmental organizations and initiatives.
Seller has shown his favor to Mosaic in the past:
Seller, who was an attendee and featured speaker at the 2016 Detroit Homecoming event — produced by Crain's Detroit Business — to reacquaint successful "expats" with their native city, last year chose Mosaic as one of three charities to sell tickets to Detroit performances of the Broadway production before they go on sale to the public.
"Hamilton" comes to Detroit for a six-week run at the Fisher Theater, starting in March.