Our Impact
The Annual John Lennon Tribute is a benefit for Theatre Within, a non-profit providing ongoing free workshops in creative expression and mindfulness, including the award-winning John Lennon Real Love Project, to communities in need.
Theatre Within currently serves the cancer community and public elementary schools. Since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic in March 2020, Theatre Within has provided over 900 workshops in songwriting, art, meditation and much more — for children who have lost a parent to cancer, adult cancer patients, survivors, and their family members.
In 2021, Theatre Within launched the John Lennon Real Love Project public elementary school program, which to date has been provided to over 20 schools. After learning about John Lennon’s life and music, students write new lyrics to “Real Love” and record their own version of the song with John Lennon’s original vocal and piano track.
Adult group at Gilda’s Club NYC (2018).
A child from the program’s launch at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx (2014).
Students at Tri Valley Central School District (2022).
Students at Paige Hilltop School (2021).
Students singing at Mott Hall II (2023).
Students at Sullivan West School (2023).
Students playing violin at Liberty Middle School (2021).