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2025 Luminary Awards
A Gala Celebration for Signature Theatre
Creative Team & Special Thanks

CREATIVE TEAM
Director & Creative Consultant- Laura Dupper
Stage Manager- Charles M. Turner III
Lighting Designer- Reza Behjat
Video Content Creation- Joe Curnutte
Event Designer- Kristin Reeves
Production Managers- Gabriela Gutierrez, Charlotte Vosseler
Lighting Programmer/Operator- Riley Allsop
Sound Operator- Jose Rivas

REMARKS BY
Doug Chittenden, Trustee & Board President
Donna Walker-Kuhne, Trustee & EDIA Committee Chair
Emily Shooltz, Artistic Director

ACCOMPIANISTS
Nadia DiGiallonardo
Kenny Seymour

THE GOTHAM KINGS
Alphonso Horne (Trumpet/Bandleader)
Boyce Griffith (Saxaphone)
Sterling Cozza (Piano) 
Harry Phillips (Tuba)
Norman Edwards (Drums)

SPECIAL GUESTS VIA VIDEO & AUDIO
January LaVoy
Edward Norton
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Paula Vogel

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Ars Nova, Nora Butler, Mariana Delgado Ceniceros, Camryn Douglas, Alex Duncker, Empire Merchants, Sophie Ferrin, Kamilah Forbes, Emma Huan Song, Will Hubbard, Kisha Jarrett, Theresa Johnson, Lauren Keffler, Leona Koo, Daphne Lin, Myren Mandap, Bailey McFaden, Gina Napolitano, Sasha Pico, Jill Reitzel, Shawna Schwarz, Strand Book Store, Rosey Strub, Xi Cecilia Sun, Torch & Crown Brewing, Aiden Vondriska, Lily Welsh, Tara Whangthanapreedakul, Whitehaven, Ran Yan

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.

2025 Gala Supporters
CO-CHAIRS
Doug & Kathy Chittenden*
Bruce Goldfarb & Ellen McCabe*
Nina B. Matis & Alan Gosule*


VICE CHAIRS
Bruce Goldfarb & Ellen McCabe*

Lori Kramer & Stephen Fraidin*
Nancy Northup & James Johnson*

SPONSORS
Bloomberg*
Citi*
Okapi Partners*


$15,000-$24,999
Howard L. Ellin*
H/Advisors Abernathy*
Christina Rutendo Cutlip*
Adrianne & Adam Kirszner*
Phil & Merritt Konort*
Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation*
Susan Weiner & Chris Aidun*
Sharon L. Volckhausen*
Tommy Wesely & Matthew Sinsheimer*

$10,000-$14,999
Five OHM Productions*
Joele Frank & Associates*
David Klafter & Nancy Kestenbaum*
Lizbeth and George Krupp
Michael & Betty Rauch*
Reevemark
Schulte Roth + Zabel LLP*

$5,000-$9,999
Thomas & Anuradha Chittenden
Cathleen Collins
Anne Miller & Stuart Breslow
Miranda Family Foundation
Mike & Gail O'Neill
Richard & Bette Saltzman
Alan & Lisa Sinsheimer

CONTRIBUTORS
Brenda Aiken Thompson*
Sari Anthony
David Berlin
Concord Theatricals
Bernard L. Dikman*
Jill Furman
Regan Healey
Abigail Hooper
Bill Irwin & Martha Roth
Christen James*
Terence Law & Llewellyn Young
Jim Lebenthal
Virginia Millhiser
Jay Nydick
Paradigm Talent Agency
PRG Worldwide
Melissa Prober*
Peter Robbins & Page Sargisson
Cheryl Rosario*
Matt Ross*
Daryl Roth
Jenny & Jon Steingart
Drew Sussman*
Toppan Merrill
Townsend Belisle/HaystackNeedle
United Talent Agency
Donna Walker-Kuhne*
Kathleen Werner
Bruce Whitacre
Jacqueline Williams
WME
Stephanie Ybarra*
Elisa Zuritsky

*denotes a member of the Host Committee

ARTIST HOST COMMITTEE
Sara Bareilles
Jocelyn Bioh
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Eisa Davis
Kamilah Forbes
Nathan Lee Graham
Jessica Hecht
Moses Ingram
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Lisa Kron
Sade Lythcott
Jonathan McCrory
Charles Mee
Lila Neugebauer
Edward Norton & Shauna Robertson
Lynn Nottage
Phylicia Rashad
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Paula Vogel
Michelle Wilson