Save the Date:
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at the
Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers
2010 Wimberly Award Recipients:
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Kenny Leon, Director,
Fences and Stick Fly |
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Education and Access Partner
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Mark your calendar now for the Huntington’s 2010 Spotlight Spectacular! Gala benefit event! We are delighted to have Huntington Trustee Carol G. Deane and Overseer Bryan Rafanelli (President of Rafanelli Events) serving as this year’s Event Chairs!
At this year's event, we will present The Wimberly Award, the Huntington’s highest honor, to both an artist and a funder who have made significant contributions to the organization. Our artist honoree will be Kenny Leon, award-winning Broadway and film director who most recently completed his sixth production for the Huntington this fall with August Wilson’s Fences, and will be returning to direct Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly in February. Our funder honoree will be Bank of America, the Huntington's Education and Access Partner, which has been a dedicated, long-time supporter of the Huntington and has recently deepened their commitment to our Education and Access programs.
Once again the Huntington will offer some fantastic auction items for online bidding at our online auction site. The online auction will open in April 2010, and will include many unique items for online bidding, plus previews of items available exclusively at the event. Exciting items from last year’s online auction included VIP tickets to the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival Opening Night concert, Bruce Springsteen tickets, and several pairs of Red Sox/Yankees tickets.
Among the exciting live and silent auction items for sale on the night of the 2009 Spectacular! were a walk-on role in a film with Adam Sandler, a cocktail reception with Peter DuBois and Doris and Dick Goodwin on the Huntington’s stage, a dinner party personally catered by Barbara Lynch (chef and owner of No. 9 Park) a Tony Awards package, numerous Red Sox/Yankees tickets, “beer for a year” from Sam Adams, several golf outings and much more.
The proceeds from this annual benefit help to support the programs of the Huntington, including its award-winning Youth, Education, and Community initiatives. These dynamic programs help the Huntington engage the next generation of theatre artists and audience members.
You won’t want to miss it!
To sponsor a
table, to reserve your
tickets, to make an
auction item donation, or for more information about the
Spotlight Spectacular!, please contact
Michelle Cicerano, Special Events Manager.
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From left: Trustee and Event Co-Chair Carol Deane with Honoree John M. Cornish and Overseer and Event Co-Chair Neal Balkowitsch at the 2009 Spectacular
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From left: Huntington Overseer Fancy Zilberfarb, Lisa Owens, Jeff Zilberfarb, Overseer Sharon Malt, and Overseer Darryl Settles at the 2009 Spectacular
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Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois (right) with Dick and Doris Kearns Goodwin at the 2009 Spectacular
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