Performance Safe Space Bay Street Theater Sag Harbor Center for the Arts June 26
The event benefits Bay Street's educational and theatrical programs.
Executive Manager Tracy Mitchell and Board Fellow member Steven Sanders.
Photo by: Lenny Stucker
Sag Harbor, NY - July 17, 2017 - Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts held the 26th Annual Summer Gala in Sag Harbor on the Long Wharf on July 15, 2017. The event benefits Bay Street's educational and theatrical programs. The evening included special performances likewise as a silent auction, cocktail party, alive "Fantasy Auction," dinner and dancing.
Honorary chairs for the evening were 2 of Broadway's about celebrated names, producer Daryl Roth (Indecent, Hullo, Dolly!, Present Laughter) and actress Betty Buckley (Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Bay Street'due south Gray Gardens).
Richard Kind (Amazon's Red Oaks, The Producers, Bay Street's Enter Laughing) was the Glory Auctioneer, and Ashlie Atkinson (FX'southward Rescue Me, BAM's As You Like It/The Storm/The Bridge Project), star of last summer's world premiere of The Forgotten Woman at Bay Street Theater, was the Emcee for the evening.
Scott Schwartz, Tracy Mitchell, Betty Buckley and guests. Photo Credit: Lenny Stucker
The Gala honored Board member Christine Wächter-Campbell & Bill Campbell, who were presented the award by Karen Brooks Hopkins. Tracy Mitchell, Bay Street Theater's Executive Director, presented the accolade to Bay Street Theater patrons J.C. Compton & Nicholas Wentworth. Tony award winner Elizabeth Ashley (HBO's Treme, Barefoot in the Park, You lot Can't Take It With You) presented the honour to Broadway managing director Michael Wilson (Bay Street's Grayness Gardens, Broadway'southward The Trip To Bountiful, The Who's Tommy).
The evening included special appearances and performances by Broadway stars. Betty Buckley revisited her thrilling performance as Large Edie with the song, "The Block I Got," from Gray Gardens. She as well sang the new original vocal "Christmas at the Klostners," written by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, which was a live auction item won by a patron at last yr'due south Bay Street Theater Gala. Obie award-winning actress Lois Smith (The Grapes of Wrath, Marjorie Prime, HBO's True Blood) read a monologue from Tennessee William's play Orpheus Descending, the part she created in the showtime production of the play on Broadway in 1957. Kyle Barisich (Phantom of the Opera) sang "Night and Day," Edward O'Blenis (currently in Intimate Apparel) read an excerpt from Shakespeare about creativity. The music director for the evening was David Caddick (Phantom of the Opera). BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance Company led the attendees from the theater to the tent in a festive atmospheric trip the light fantastic toe.
Artistic Director Scott Schwartz and Betty Buckley. Photo Credit: Barry Gordin
Also in attendance was the bandage for Intimate Apparel, currently on stage at Bay Street Theater through July 30. Kelly McCreary (Grayness'south Anatomy, Passing Foreign), Portia (Ruined, McReele, Our Lady of 121st Street), Blake DeLong (Othello, Natasha, Pierre and the Bang-up Comet of 1812), Julia Motyka (Bay Street'south Travesties, Richard Iii), Edward O'Blenis (Uncle Vanya, Tall Grass), and Shayna Small (The Colored Museum).
"The almanac gala was a wonderful event and Bay Street's only fundraiser of the year," says Executive Director Tracy Mitchell. "Besides beingness a fun nighttime in the theater and on the Wharf, the gala is the cornerstone of our fundraising allowing us to support more xxx other community organizations on the Due east Finish. Nosotros are so very grateful to Mayor Schroeder and village trustees for use of the Wharf for this important night."
The evening included both a silent and alive auction which featured a week at the embankment in St. Barth's for 4 at a luxury 2 bedroom WIMCO villa with unparalleled concierge service and complimentary provisioning, a personalized original song written about the winner past Tony Award nominated composer Andrew Lippa, a Viking River Cruise along the romantic Danube for two, accommodations for 2 for v nights in Venice, Italia, a walk on role in Bay Street's summer production of Buss Me, Kate starring Melissa Errico, forth with driving experiences by Tesla and Maserati, tickets to Broadway shows such as Come up From Away, Hamilton with a backstage tour, Hello, Dolly!, dining, spa packages and more than heady and unique items.
This year's sponsors (list in progress) include: AIG Wines, Channing Daughters Winery, Hamptons H2o Water, Ketel One Vodka, Sag Harbor Rum, Southampton Publick House, Land'due south End, Oban, Peconic Landing, Landscape Details, Viking River Cruises, Searles Graphics, Sterling Thing, PSEG LI, Bridgehampton National Bank, Sag Harbor Florist, Hamptons Magazine, Dan'due south Papers, Purist, Beach Magazine, and WIMCO Villa in St Barth's.
BodyStories: The Teresa Fellion Trip the light fantastic is a gimmicky dance company that captures and communicates universal human encounters through dynamic, purposeful movement in guild to inspire audiences to physically sense emotional and psychological aspects of the human being status on stage. We are a multifaceted, highly physical visitor laced with provocative, emotional, political and humorous edges.
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Middle for the Arts is a year-round, non-for-profit professional theater and community cultural eye which endeavors to innovate, brainwash, and entertain a diverse community through the practice of the performing arts. We serve every bit a social and cultural gathering identify, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.
Source: https://www.longisland.com/news/07-17-17/bay-street-theaters-26th-annual-summer-gala-a-huge-success.html
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