Steppenwolf celebrated its 33rd season with GALA 2009: A Celebration of the Season of the Imagination on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted St. The “urban chic” event was attended by 550 guests and raised nearly $1 million for Steppenwolf’s artistic and community programming.
A personal visit with ensemble member Kathryn Erbe on the set of LAW AND ORDER: Criminal Intent in New York City. Includes airfare, hotel and dinner.
LA Weekend on the set of HBO’s Entourage with ensemble member Gary Cole. Includes airfare, hotel and dinner.
Gourmet dinner prepared on the Steppenwolf stage by acclaimed Chef Michael Kornick of MK Restaurant with the cast and director of Steppenwolf’s Endgame: ensemble members Ian Barford, Frank Galati, Fran Guinan, William Petersen and Rondi Reed.
InStyle Weekend in New York City with ensemble member Joan Allen. Includes private, in-studio viewing of a top designer’s collection, lunch with Joan Allen, spa treatment, airfare and hotel.
Dinner with the playwright and the original New York and London cast of August: Osage County at Julie Latsko and Chef Art Smith’s restaurant TABLE fifty-two. Guests include Deanna Dunagan and ensemble members Fran Guinan, Tracy Letts, Mariann Mayberry, Amy Morton, Sally Murphy, Jeff Perry, Rondi Reed and Rick Snyder.Exclusive Dinner at the home of acclaimed Chef Rick Bayless with the Founders of Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise, and Artistic Director Martha Lavey. Ernst & Young LLP is the Live Auction Sponsor; Merle Reskin is the Performance and Backstage Experience Sponsor; Ogilvy is the Marketing Partner; United Airlines is the Official Airline Partner; Exelon and National City – now a part of PNC, are the Golden Circle Sponsors. Lead Sponsors are Grosvenor Capital Management, Mrs. John M. Hartigan, David and Susan Kalt and Liz and Eric Lefkofsky. Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships and contributing new works to the national canon. The company, formed in 1976 by a collective of actors, is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of mutual respect and the development of artists through on-going group work. Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of 42 artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking and textual adaptation.Photos by Robert Carl and Dianne Brogan
David Hawkanson, Gary Sinise and Anna D. Shapiro
Martha Plimpton, Sally Murphy and Jim True-Frost
Amy Morton and Martha Plimpton with Stephanie Childers
Gala décor by Heffernan & Morgan, Inc
Kate Arrington and Michael Shannon
Gary Sinise and Dan Band
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