Playwrights Horizons Announces 2013 Auction Details; Bidding to Open Tomorrow, 3/29

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons has announced initial details for its 2013 special online Auction in connection with its annual Spring Gala. Bidding for the auction, which will feature an eclectic array of items and unique opportunities, begins Friday March 29 at 10AM at www.biddingforgood/playwrightshorizons. Online bidding will continue through Monday, April 15 at 8PM.

Celebrating its 42nd Anniversary Season, Playwrights Horizons is one of New York's most prized theater companies. Proceeds from the Auction benefit the company's six annual productions and programs, the development of new work, access to the arts for all and training the next generation of theater managers and artists. A writer's theater dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American Playwrights, composers and lyricists, it has presented the work of over 375 writers. It has also been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including 5 Pulitzer Prizes.

The categories and items for Playwrights Horizons' Online Auction include:

CELEBRITY EVENTS
Including golf and lunch with actor Judd Hirsch at Westchester Country Club; dinner with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (including tickets to Hands on a Hardbody); backstage tour at Breakfast at Tiffany's with Cory Michael Smith; backstage tour at Mamma Mia! with Felicia Finley; backstage tour at Motown with Brandon Victor Dixon; backstage tour at Wicked; backstage tour at Rock of Ages with Adam Dannheisser; backstage tour at Kinky Boots with Annaleigh Ashford; and lunch with "Copper" star Ato Essandoh and BBC America GM Perry Simon.

ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCES
Including a tour of NFL Films and an on-set visit at "Inside the NFL"; The Happiness Project: New York Times best selling author Gretchen Rubin lunch with 8 women; one-month internship at Marc Jacobs in the collections accessories department; two-week internship with the communications department of Tribeca Enterprises (parent company of Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca Institute); a story of yours mixed and ready for Public Radio; Paula Perlini interior design consultation; Full make-over at Alchemy NYC; Playwrights Horizons Artistic Director for the Day; Playwrights Horizons Casting Director for the Day; Playwrights Horizons Literary Department for the Day; your own personal Theater Concierge for 6 months.

GETAWAYS
Including a 6 day/6 night South Africa Photo Safari for 2 in luxury accommodations; 1-week vacation in Palm Springs with airfare from American Airlines; 1-week vacation in Puerto Vallarta with airfare from American Airlines; 2-week vacation in Sun Valley, ID with airfare from American Airlines; Beverly Hills trip with airfare from American Airlines; Boston trip including Acela train fare and tickets to The Huntington Theatre.

MEMORABILIA & GIFT ITEMS
Including a signed "Homeland" script; lot of new and vintage HBO swag including items from "Girls," "Game of Thrones," "Boardwalk Empire" "The Sopranos" and "Grey Gardens"; Marie Coady handmade quilt; Reed Krakoff handbag.

TICKETS
Including 2 AMC Premiere and Premiere Party tickets to "The Walking Dead: Season 4, 4 NBCU tickets to each of "Chelsea Lately," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "America's Got Talent" and "The Tonight Show"; and 4 tickets to Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart";
4 tickets to the Rangers (center-ice); 6 passes to the Guggenheim Museum plus a selection of retail products; 2 Friends Tent Membership passes to Celebrate Brooklyn!; 2 tickets to City Ballet plus dinner at the Empire Hotel Rooftop; and many Broadway shows and New York City theater companies productions.

Many more items will be added throughout the auction. All interested bidders must go to www.biddingforgood.com/playwrightshorizons to register to bid.

A second Playwrights Horizons' auction will take place at the annual Spring Gala, which will be held Monday evening, May 6th at the event space 583 Park Avenue. Titled "HEROINES", the evening will celebrate the many distinguished Women Writers that have been produced in the company's 42 years. The evening will also celebrate Leslie Marcus on her 20th Anniversary as the company's Managing Director. Cocktails and a Silent Auction will begin at 6PM, followed by dinner at 7:30 PM and the evening's entertainment. Ticket prices for the Gala start at $1,000 and can be reserved by calling Michelle Kiefel at 212-564-1235 extension 3143 or online at www.playwrightshorizons.org

Playwrights Horizons' 2012/2013 Season has boasted acclaimed productions of Lisa D'Amour's Detroit, Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale, Amy Herzog's The Great God Pan, the current The Flick by Annie Baker and The Call by Tanya Barfield and the upcoming World Premiere of the new musical Far From Heaven by Richard Greenberg, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie, which will begin previews Wednesday, May 8.

The just-announced 2013/2014 Season includes plays and musicals by Sarah Ruhl; Anne Washburn and Michael Friedman; Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick and Kim Rosenstock; Kirk Lynn; Madeleine George; and Marlane Meyer.

Playwrights Horizons is a writer's theater dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American Playwrights, composers and lyricists and to the production of their new work. Under the leadership of artistic director Tim Sanford and managing director Leslie Marcus, the theater company continues to encourage the new work of veteran writers while nurturing an emerging generation of theater artists. In its 42 years, Playwrights Horizons has presented the work of more than 375 writers and has received numerous awards and honors, including a special 2008 Drama Desk Award for "ongoing support to generations of theater artists and undiminished commitment to producing new work." Notable productions include five Pulitzer Prize winners - Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park (2012 Tony Award, Best Play), Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife (2004 Tony Award, Best Play), Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles (1989 Tony Award, Best Play), Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George - as well as Lisa D'Amour's Detroit, Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale, Kirsten Greenidge's Milk Like Sugar (2012 Obie Award), Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn; Dan LeFranc's The Big Meal; Amy Herzog's After the Revolution and The Great God Pan; Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation (three 2010 Obie Awards including Best New American Play) and The Flick (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Bathsheba Doran's Kin; Adam Bock's A Small Fire; Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I; Melissa James Gibson's This (2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist); Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie's Grey Gardens (three 2007 Tony Awards); Craig Lucas's Prayer For My Enemy and Small Tragedy (2004 Obie Award, Best American Play); Adam Rapp's Kindness; Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone; Lynn Nottage's Fabulation (2005 Obie Award for Playwriting); Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero; David Greenspan's She Stoops to Comedy (2003 Obie Award); Kirsten Childs's The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2000 Obie Award); Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey's James Joyce's The Dead; Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins; William Finn's March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland; Christopher Durang's Betty's Summer Vacation and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You; Richard Nelson's Goodnight Children Everywhere; Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once on This Island; Jon Robin Baitz's The Substance of Fire; Scott McPherson's Marvin's Room; A.R. Gurney's Later Life; Adam Guettel and Tina Landau's Floyd Collins; and Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley's Violet.

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