AGMA is proud to announce that acclaimed actress Sandra Oh is serving as the Honorary Chair of the 2025 AGMA Relief Fund Holiday Drive!
Fresh off her recent debut at the Metropolitan Opera, where she performed alongside AGMA members, Sandra was moved by the extraordinary skill, devotion, and humanity she witnessed behind the scenes.
In her heartfelt letter launching this year’s Holiday Drive, Sandra shares why supporting the AGMA Relief Fund is her way of giving back to the artists who inspired her—and why a strong safety net is essential when performers face an unexpected crisis.
As Honorary Chair, she invites all of us to join her in sustaining this lifeline for AGMA Artists nationwide.
Read Sandra Oh’s full message below and consider contributing at agmarelief.org.
AGMA Relief Fund 2025 Holiday Drive:
A Message from Sandra Oh, Honorary Chair
This fall, I had the tremendous opportunity to step onto a sister stage at the Metropolitan Opera, performing alongside AGMA members—artists whose medium is different from mine, yet whose devotion to their craft feels so very familiar. My experience working for the first time with singers, dancers, actors, stage managers, directors, and choreographers opened a new window into the performing arts industry. And what I saw left me in awe.
Every person involved, whether onstage or behind the scenes, works at an extraordinary level of expertise, all in service of something bigger than themselves. I found myself endlessly fascinated by the scale, the precision, and the number of people it takes to bring a production to life.
Every rehearsal and performance felt like entering a temple – a holy space where voice, music, and dance become a direct download of the soul into the audience. I didn’t want it to end. But all things do.
Being the Honorary Chair of this year’s AGMA Relief Fund Holiday Drive is my way of staying connected, of continuing to express my gratitude, and of supporting the artists who moved me so profoundly.
Sometimes we can forget that the people who make these sacred spaces possible are mortal. They roll up their sleeves. They work to the bone. Their schedules are grueling; their commitment is total. And when the unimaginable happens, like a canceled contract, an unexpected illness or injury, a personal tragedy, or a financial emergency, they deserve a safety net.
This holiday season, I’m asking you to join me in supporting the AGMA Relief Fund.
For decades, this fund has offered crucial, confidential emergency assistance to AGMA Artists in need. In these increasingly uncertain times for the arts, this lifeline matters more than ever. AGMA Artists across the country rely on the AGMA Relief Fund when life takes an unexpected turn.
Whether you contribute through a tax-deductible donation or simply help us spread the word, your support makes a very real difference.
There is a reason these art forms have survived for centuries. They speak to the deepest parts of who we are. And the artists who carry them forward need us—need you—now. If not us, then who? Please give today, and help sustain the temple.
Learn more and donate at: agmarelief.org.
Sandra Oh, Honorary Chair
AGMA Relief Fund Holiday Drive