Save the Date: Williamstown Theatre Festival to Hold NYC Gala February 8, 2016 at City Winery
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
SAVE THE DATE!
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL’S
2016 NYC GALA
SET FOR
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
AT CITY WINERY
New York, NY (December 2, 2015) – Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director) has announced that the annual WTF Gala will be held at City Winery in New York City (155 Varick Street) on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 6:30 PM. The evening will include cocktails, dinner, and live auction led by Charity Auctioneer Robbie Gordy of Christie’s New York, along with special appearances and performances including: Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht (Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof), Kristolyn Lloyd (last season’s Paradise Blue at WTF), New York’s hottest new band Sky-Pony (led by Tony Award-nominated singer/actress Lauren Worsham and musician/writer Kyle Jarrow), star of stage and screen David Hyde Pierce and more!
This year’s 2016 Gala Artist Committee includes many passionate advocates for the Williamstown Theatre Festival including: Becky Ann Baker and Dylan Baker, Eric Bogosian and Jo Bonney, Fernanda Coppel, Trip Cullman, Halley Feiffer, Michael Friedman, Ana Gasteyer, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jessica Hecht, Kristolyn Lloyd, Chris Lowell and Kerry Bishe, Dominique Morisseau, Lila Neugebauer, Cynthia Nixon, Benjamin Scheuer, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, Lucy Thurber, and Blair Underwood.
Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Gala Committee includes: Fredi and Alan Carver, Kim and Wole Coaxum, Denise Cohn and Adam Blank, Tracy and Joe Finnegan, Shana Fisher and Jonathan Glick, Pamela Milam and Jamie Fowler, Jessica and Matt Harris, Kristen Johanson and Tom Green, Anne and Josh Morris, KK and Bo Peabody, Annie and Nick Pell, Olivia Sabine, Caren Pasquale Seckler and Michael Seckler, Courtney Smith and Graham Duncan, Alex Volckhausen, Julianne and Michael Wainstein, and Carolyn Zakrevsky and Jeff Altman.
To support the Williamstown Theatre Festival and purchase tickets to the 2016 Gala, please contact Emily Curro at (413) 458-3200 x14 or ecurro@wtfestival.org.
Additional information about the 2016 Gala will be announced at a later date.
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL
Since 1955, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has brought America’s finest actors, directors, designers, and playwrights to the Berkshires, engaging a loyal audience of both residents and summer visitors. Each WTF season is designed to present unique opportunities for artists and audience alike, revisiting classic plays with innovative productions, developing and nurturing bold new plays and musicals, and offering a rich array of accompanying cultural events including Free Theatre, Late-Night Cabarets, readings, workshops, and educational programs. With offices in both Williamstown and New York City, WTF creates vibrant work that feeds the wider theatrical landscape. The artists and productions shaped at the Festival each summer often go on to reach diverse audiences nationally and internationally. WTF is also home to of the nation’s top training and professional development programs for new generations of aspiring theatre artists and administrators. WTF was honored with the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 2002 and the Commonwealth Award for Achievement in 2011.