Trio of New York Mets broadcasters, journalist Douglas Murray
September 2025 – Drew University has announced the remainder of the 2025-26 Drew Forum speaker series lineup at the Mayo Performing Arts Center.
Each year, the Drew Forum offers an array of perspectives, opinions, and viewpoints through its speakers, which include politicians, entertainers, journalists, historians, comedians, and more.
The 2025-26 series will feature a trio of New York Mets television broadcasters—Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, and, marking a return to the Drew Forum, Keith Hernandez—on February 3, 2026, in an event moderated by Drew University President Hilary L. Link, PhD.
Journalist and bestselling author Douglas Murray, who has spent much of the past few years reporting from the frontlines in Ukraine and Gaza, will round out the Drew Forum season on April 20, 2026.
Tickets for the Mets sportscasters event and for Douglas Murray will go on sale Friday, October 3 at 10 am. Tickets range from $47-$99 (includes all fees).
For more information on Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, and Keith Hernandez, click here.
For more information on Douglas Murray, click here.
The Drew Forum lecture series is generously sponsored by the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
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About Drew University:
Drew University, a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts university, includes the College of Liberal Arts, Drew Theological School, and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. Drew is located on a beautiful, wooded campus in Madison, New Jersey, a thriving small town close to New York City. It has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 students and has 143 full-time faculty members, 98 percent of whom hold the terminal degree in their field. The Theological and Caspersen schools offer master’s and doctoral degrees, and the College confers BA and BS degrees in 42 disciplines, and offers 61 minors, 19 Dual-Degree programs, and seven New York Semesters.
About MPAC:
Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2025-2026 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. Mayo Performing Arts Center was named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres, and is ranked in the top 50 mid-sized performing arts centers by Pollstar Magazine.

