Goodspeed Gala
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at The Society Room in Hartford, CT
Thank you to everyone who attended and supported us!
Thank you especially to all of our silent auction donors.
Monday, June 12, 2023
You’re invited to celebrate 60 years of great musical theatre
The Goodspeed Lawn & Theatre
6 Main Street | East Haddam, CT
5:30pm Cocktails and Canapés
7:00pm Plated 4-Course Dinner with Live Auction, Entertainment, and Paddle Raise
8:30pm Jennifer Holliday in Concert in The Goodspeed Theatre
Special Guest Performer
JENNIFER HOLLIDAY
In 2016, Ms. Holliday returned to the stage in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple as sultry singer Shug Avery. Her other recent theater credits include Sing Mahalia Sing: The Mahalia Jackson Story, Downhearted Blues: The Bessie Smith Story, Harlem Suite (as Aretha Franklin), Chicago (as Mama Morton), Grease (as Teen Angel), and Black Nativity (as the Angel of God).
TICKETS
Tickets may be purchased for the entire Gala & Auction, which includes cocktails and canapes, a 4-course dinner and the concert. Or you may choose to attend only the concert at 8:30pm.
TABLES
$10,000 Producer Table 10 premium seats & post-performance reception with Ms. Holliday
$5,000 Director Table10 upgraded seats
$2,500 Quartet Table4 prime seats
INDIVIDUALS
$1,500 Marquee Ticket 1 premium seat & post-performance reception with Ms. Holliday
$1,000 Soloist Ticket1 upgraded seat
$500 Ensemble Ticket1 seat
or contact Mary Miko for more information: mmiko@goodspeed.org or 860.615.0368TABLES
$10,000 Producer Table 10 premium seats & post-performance reception with Ms. Holliday
$5,000 Director Table10 upgraded seats
$2,500 Quartet Table4 prime seats
INDIVIDUALS
$1,500 Marquee Ticket 1 premium seat & post-performance reception with Ms. Holliday
$1,000 Soloist Ticket1 upgraded seat
$500 Ensemble Ticket1 seat
CONCERT-ONLY TICKETS
Jennifer Holliday In Concert
8:30pm at The Goodspeed, East Haddam
Limited seating available!
$200 First Row Side Balcony
$100 Second Row Side Balcony
CONCERT TICKET RESERVATIONS HERE
There are many ways to support Goodspeed’s Gala and Auction. Please consider donating an item, gift certificate, or experience to our auction.
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Gala Chair Susan Link
Thank you to our 2023 Gala & Auction Sponsors
Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre
Originally designed for and presented to Ira Gershwin more than 20 years ago, this is Goodspeed's most prestigious honor. Goodspeed is pleased to bestow this annual award upon a member of the theatre community in recognition of their extraordinary talent.
PAST HONOREES
2022 The Versdon Fosse Legacy
2019 Jason Robert Brown
2018 Sue Frost
2016 Chita Rivera
2015 Tony Walton
2014 Sheldon Harnick
2013 Goodspeed's 50th Anniversary
2012 Kristin Chenoweth
2011 Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, & Thomas Meehan
2010 Paul Williams
2009 William Ivey Long
2008 Michael Price
2007 Jerry Herman
2006 Stephen Schwartz
2005 Julie Andrews
2004 Gerald Schoenfeld
2003 Susan Stroman
2002 Tommy Tune
2001 Ira Gershwin
2019 Jason Robert Brown
2018 Sue Frost
2016 Chita Rivera
2015 Tony Walton
2014 Sheldon Harnick
2013 Goodspeed's 50th Anniversary
2012 Kristin Chenoweth
2011 Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, & Thomas Meehan
2010 Paul Williams
2009 William Ivey Long
2008 Michael Price
2007 Jerry Herman
2006 Stephen Schwartz
2005 Julie Andrews
2004 Gerald Schoenfeld
2003 Susan Stroman
2002 Tommy Tune
2001 Ira Gershwin
Goodspeed Arts & Business Partnership Award
PAST HONOREES
- 2012: Hoffman Auto Group