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Signature Theatre 2024 GALA
Honoring Lila Neugebauer
PROGRAM

Honoring
LILA NEUGEBAUER
with the Margot Adams Signature Award

And a toast recognizing
outgoing Artistic Director 
PAIGE EVANS 
for her eight years of service to Signature Theatre

Followed by Dinner & Dancing

LIVE AUCTION

LOT #1: PLAY BALL!

Nothing says summer in the City like a day at the ballpark. Enjoy 4 field-level seats to a New York Yankees game at Yankees Stadium, and another 4 field-level seats to a New York Mets game at Citi Field. 


COURTESY OF:
Gina Leonetti; Anonymous

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Good for a 2024 regular season game. Dates to be coordinated with auction donors, blackout dates will apply. Yankees ticket location TBD depending on date within field-level sections. Mets tickets are in Section 121, Row 3 and includes a pre-paid parking pass, and access to many clubs in the stadium.


LOT #2: BACKSTAGE BROADWAY BONANZA!

Take in the hottest shows on Broadway with two VIP seats and backstage tours to four of Broadway's hottest shows, including:

-Signature Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate, with a backstage tour from tonight's honoree, director Lila Neugebauer

-Lincoln Center Theater's Uncle Vanya, with a backstage tour from tonight's honoree, director Lila Neugebauer

-Home by the late, great Signature Playwright Samm-Art Williams, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company, with a backstage tour from cast member and Signature alum Stori Ayers and her co-stars

-Alicia Keys' musical Hell's Kitchen, with a backstage tour from Signature alum director Michael Greif

Plus: you'll have a Broadway family outing with four VIP tickets to Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, plus a swag bag of exclusive merch from the show.

COURTESY OF:
Appropriate on Broadway; Lincoln Center Theater; Roundabout Theatre Company; Hell's Kitchen on Broadway; Disney Theatricals


TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
A choice of available dates will be provided for each production to be determined by the producers and availability of creative team members providing tours. Each will be scheduled promptly after the close of the event. Uncle Vanya runs through June 16. Appropriate runs through June 23. Hell's Kitchen tickets must be redeemed by July 3. Home tickets must be redeemed by July 14. The Lion King tickets may be redeemed within one year of auction.

COMPANY

PERFORMERS & PRESENTERS
Marc Bovino
Phillip James Brannon
Joe Curnutte
Michael Dalto
Crystal Dickinson
Natalie Gold
Josh Hamilton
Lucas Hedges
Zoe Kazan
Dave Malloy
Cristin Milioti
J.D. Mollison
Mia Pak
Sarah Paulson
Heidi Schreck
Margo Seibert
Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh
Scott Stangland
Corey Stoll
Stephanie Thompson
Annie Tippe
Ching Valdes-Aran

AUCTIONEER
Robbie Gordy

CREATIVE TEAM
Director & Creative Consultant- Laura Dupper
Stage Manager- Charles M. Turner III
Event Designer- Corey Umlauf
Lighting Designer- Bailey Costa
Video Content Creation- Joe Curnutte

SPECIAL GUESTS VIA VIDEO & AUDIO
Melis Aker
Steve Carell
William Jackson Harper
January LaVoy
Dominique Morisseau
Edward Norton
Lynn Nottage
Alison Pill
Anna Deavere Smith
Paul Sparks
Lauren Yee

 

2024 GALA SUPPORTERS
CO-CHAIRS
Doug & Kathy Chittenden*
Bruce Goldfarb & Ellen McCabe*
Nina B. Matis & Alan Gosule*
Edward Norton & Shauna Robertson*
Edward Skyler, Citi*


$25,000-$49,999
Bloomberg*
Lori Kramer & Stephen Fraidin*
Nancy Northup & James Johnson*
Michael & Betty Rauch*

$15,000-$24,999
Howard L. Ellin*
H/Advisors Abernathy
Christina Rutendo Cutlip*
Christen James*
Phil & Merritt Konort*
Okapi Partners*
Reevemark
Alan & Lisa Sinsheimer*
Atul Subbiah*
Susan Weiner & Chris Aidun*
Tommy Wesely & Matthew Sinsheimer*

$5,000-$14,999
Dr. Brenda Aiken Thompson*
Thomas & Anuradha Chittenden
Collected Strategies*
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Andrew M. Freedman*
David Klafter & Nancy Kestenbaum*
Tim & Chris Little*
PRG Worldwide
Stephen Sherrill
Shulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Drew Sussman*
Susan Wasserstein & George Sard*

CONTRIBUTORS
Edward & Elaine Altman
Ambassador Theatre Group*
Annapurna Theatre*
Lynn & Mark Angelson
Bad Robot Live*
Karen Brumer
Glen Buchbaum
Cathleen Collins
Bernard L. Dikman & Chuck Davis
Disney Theatricals
Dorann Gerstman
Amanda Dubois
Jill Goldweitz
Hell's Kitchen on Broadway
Bill Irwin & Martha Roth
Terence Law & Llewellyn Young
Jim & Cheryl Lebenthal
Gina Leonetti
Lincoln Center Theater
Fred Martens
Lisa Fox Martin
Virginia Millhiser
Roda & Richard Neugebauer
Susan Raanan & Robert Fleischer
Ready Set Rocket
Hicran Rodoplu
Daryl & Steven Roth
Roundabout Theatre Company
Robert & Judith Rubin
Runyonland*
Bette & Richard Saltzman
Second Stage Theater
Robert Sinclair
Lois Smith*
Sid Soni
UTA*
Donna Walker-Kuhne*

*denotes a member of the Host Committee


ARTIST HOST COMMITTEE
Annie Baker
Josh Charles
David Cromer
Michael Esper
Edie Falco
Elle Fanning
Katie Finneran
Natalie Gold
Josh Hamilton & Lily Thorne
Lily Houghton
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Zoe Kazan
Robert Sean Leonard

Tracy Letts
Kenneth Lonergan
The Mad Ones
Dominique Morisseau
Sarah Paulson
Chris Perfetti
Josh Radnor
Heidi Schreck
Lois Smith
Paul Sparks & Annie Parisse
Simon Stephens
Corey Stoll

SPECIAL THANKS

Albany Distilling Co, Catskill Provisions Distillery, Copper Son Brewing Co, Dish Catering & Events, Rachel Viola, Stori Ayers, Tory Kittles, Brittany Inge, Michael Greif, Anika Noni Rose, Second Stage Theater, Amber Tamblyn, Torch and Crown Brewing Co. UTA, Wolffer Estate Vineyard


We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions:
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS
AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS
SAG-AFTRA
through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear in this program.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Signature Theatre is built on the unceded lands of Lenapehoking, homeland of the Lenape, which was colonized by European settlers starting in the 17th Century.  We are a home for storytellers, and this acknowledgment is only a starting point in our commitment to building an inclusive community.  As part of that commitment, we lift up playwrights and storytellers of all cultures, and welcome all audiences in our spaces.