Wiley Hausam, Director
Daniel Gurskis, Dean, College of the Arts
PEAK Performances presents
Isaac Mizrahi
A Holiday Fruitcake
Thursday, December 18, 2025, 7:30 PM
ALEXANDER KASSER THEATER
Running Time: 60 minutes, no intermission.
About the Artist
Isaac Mizrahi has spent over 35 years at the intersection of entertainment, media, and fashion, earning acclaim as a performer, host, writer, designer, and producer. Performing with his incredible jazz band, Mizrahi brings his signature wit and musical flair to the concert stages across the country. His multi-week residency at New York City’s Café Carlyle sells out every year, and he celebrates his 10-year anniversary of playing this iconic venue in 2026. Mizrahi made his Broadway debut playing Amos Hart in the musical Chicago in 2022. The New York Times praised him as “a founding father of a genre that fuses performance art, music and stand-up comedy.”
In 2025, the cult classic documentary Unzipped—which Mizrahi co-created and stars in—celebrates its 30th anniversary at the Sundance Film Festival. He hosted the Emmy-winning Isaac Mizrahi Show for seven years, served as a judge on all seven seasons of Project Runway: All Stars, and continues to appear widely across television and film.
Mizrahi has directed productions for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and designed for the Metropolitan Opera. He also annually narrates and directs the children’s classic Peter and the Wolf, a production he created for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Through his company IM Entertainment, Mizrahi develops original projects in television, theater, and publishing. He is currently a consulting producer on Hulu’s Mid Century Modern. His New York Times bestselling memoir I.M. was published in 2019.
For more information, visit HelloIsaac.com and follow on social @IMISAACMIZRAHI.
PEAK Performances
Wiley Hausam | Director
Taliyah Bethea | Marketing Assistant
Susan Case | Program Book Coordinator
Patrick Flood | Graphic Designer, Art Director
Martin Halo | Website Development
Michael Landes | Membership Coordinator
Peg Schuler-Armstrong | General Manager
Jacob Stepansky | Company Manager
Blake Zidell Associates | Media Representative
College of the Arts
Daniel Gurskis | Dean
Ronald L. Sharps | Associate Dean
Christine Lemesianou | Associate Dean
Amanda Gonzalez Carcione | Assistant Dean
Zacrah S. Battle | College Administrator
Nicole Archer | Chairperson, Department of Art and Design
Shea Scruggs | Director, John J. Cali School of Music
Kathleen Kelley | Chairperson, Department of Theatre and Dance
Wiley Hausam | Director, Arts + Cultural Programming
Hillery Makatura | Director, Performance Operations
Patricia Piroh | Director, Broadcast and Media Operations
Megan C. Austin | Director, University Galleries
Staff Credits
College of the Arts
Performance Operations
Hillery Makatura | Director
Cubby Terry | Facilities and Events Manager
Marlene Hamm | Interim Production Manager
Colin Van Horn | Technical Director
Kevin Johnson | Senior Production Engineer
Jason Flamos | Lighting Supervisor
Laurel Brolly | Business Manager
Jeff Lambert Wingfield | Box Office Manager
Jade Thomas | Patron Services Manager
Rayne Collins | Front of House Coordinator
Aboubacar Cisse, Abigail Drueding, Jacqueline Mancia Hernandez, Shantel Maysonett, Ashley Wallis | Lead Ushers, Season 2025–26
Andrea Armando, Riona Askins, Aboubacar Cisse, Jacqueline Mancia Hernandez, Audrey Lassanske, Shantel Maysonett, Ben Renfrow | Box Office Lead Associates, Season 2025–26
Coming Soon
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Programs in this season were made possible, in part, by the Alexander Kasser Theater Endowment Fund and PEAK Patrons.
PEAK Performances develops, presents, and produces a broad range of world-class dance, film, master classes, music, opera and music theater, talks, and theater in the Alexander Kasser Theater on the campus of Montclair State University for students, faculty, staff, and the general public. We are building community through live performance. PEAK Performances is a program of the university’s Arts + Cultural Programming Department.