PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 30, 2007
Media Contacts: Jacquelyn Rardin, Public Relations Manager
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Frank Stilwagner, Director of Marketing
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VILLAGE THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS
ANNUAL AUCTION & GALA, ON THE TOWN WITH VILLAGE THEATRE
John Curley of KING-5’s Evening Magazine to Serve as Auctioneer
What: Annual Auction & Gala
On the Town with Village Theatre
Featuring John Curley of KING-5’s Evening Magazine as Auctioneer
Where: The Fairmont Olympic Hotel
411 University Street
Seattle, WA 98101
When: Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Tickets: Start at $200 per person
Corporate tables of 10 start at $2,000
Contact: Marcie Wirtz, development manager at (425) 257-6373
Everett and Issaquah, WA—Village Theatre announces its Annual Auction & Gala, On the Town with Village Theatre, to support the ongoing development of Village Theatre programs and productions. While in previous years Village Theatre hosted two separate Gala events at its theatre spaces in Issaquah and Everett, this year the theatre is moving the Gala to the beautiful, centrally-located Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, and will feature a four-course gourmet dinner, complete with fine wines. Serving as auctioneer is the dynamic Emmy Award-winning broadcast personality, John Curley, star of KING-5 TV’s Evening Magazine. This event will help raise vital funds that enable the theatre to achieve the following:
• Fund the growth of Village Theatre’s KIDSTAGE and Pied Piper youth education programs that serve over 54,000 young people, families, and schools annually;
• Further our commitment to the development of new musicals with their creators as a part of Village Theatre’s nationally-recognized Village Originals program—70 new musicals and counting!
• Offer ticket and tuition discounts to students, youth, seniors, and active military to keep ticket prices and programs affordable.
• Bridge the gap between ticket prices and the actual cost to produce Broadway-quality Mainstage productions.
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In addition to an elegant dinner, On the Town with Village Theatre will feature both silent and live auctions, giving patrons a chance to bid on, among other items, an indulgent cruise aboard a Holland America luxury ocean liner; an all-inclusive dinner for six at Seattle’s private dining club, The Ruins; an exclusive spa party for 16 at Duque Salon + Spa + Boutique; and even a precious Australian Labradoodle puppy.
Tickets start at $200 per person, with corporate sponsorship tables for 10 starting at $2,000. All proceeds from ticket sales, sponsorships, and auctions benefit Village Theatre. For more information and tickets, please contact Marcie Wirtz at (425) 257-6373.
Special thanks go to Village Theatre’s Annual Auction & Gala Sponsors: The Boeing Company, Cascade Bank, Continental Airlines, Tomlinson, Inc., and W.G. Clark.
About Village Theatre
Based in Issaquah, WA, Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest. What began in 1979 with the vision of a small group of dedicated theatre artists has grown into one of the region's best-attended Equity theatres, with over 17,000 subscribers to the current season and 165,000 projected total attendance, performances on seven stages in the Puget Sound area, youth education programs serving over 54,000 young people, families, and schools annually, and a nationally recognized program that has enabled the development of over 70 new musicals. Serving a still-growing, ever more diverse community, Village Theatre has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years with the start of our contract as the resident performing and management company at the Everett Performing Arts Center in 1998.
Mission of Village Theatre:
• To be a regionally recognized and nationally influential center of excellence in family theatre
• To promote a season of top quality productions
• To commission and produce new musicals that achieve national exposure
• To train young people in theatre skills for career opportunities and enriched lives
• To develop a broad based appreciation for live theatre
• To promote positive values through art
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