The Guthrie today announced that Gretchen Bierbaum and Jeremiah Albrecht have won the theater’s spectacular When We Are Married Dream Wedding Giveaway prize package valued at more than $60,000. After eight years of cold feet, this Minneapolis couple will be married on Sunday, August 16 by Guthrie veteran and Father of the Bride film star Peter Michael Goetz, who is currently performing in When We Are Married at the Guthrie.
The couple’s winning video can be viewed at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kIof-Irzc.
The wedding prize package includes:
Wedding ceremony on Sunday, August 16, 2009 on the Guthrie’s Wurtele Thrust Stage
Reception, including food and beverage, for 150 guests in the Dowling Studio
Wedding gown from l’atelier couture bridal boutique and tuxedo rental from Savvi Formalwear
Wedding bands designed by local artist Karin Jacobson Design
Ceremony and reception photography by Anderson’s Designer Portraits and videography by Princess Bride Videography
Custom designed invitations compliments of A Milestone Paper Co
Floral arrangements by Bachman’s
Wedding night hotel room at aloft minneapolis
Honeymoon at the Radisson St. Martin Resort, Marina and Spa compliments of Radisson Hotels Worldwide
Mpls.St.Paul Weddings Magazine and
MetroMix.com are proud media sponsors of the Guthrie’s When We Are Married Dream Wedding Giveaway
Three distinguished couples come together in celebration of their joint silver wedding anniversaries only to discover that the parson who married them was, in fact, not authorized to perform marriages, and they have been “living in sin” for the past 25 years.
J.B. Priestley’s rollicking summer comedy reunites three generations of beloved Guthrie actors, including
Robert O. Berdahl,
Raye Birk,
Barbara Bryne,
Helen Carey, Maggie Chestovich,
Patricia Conolly,
Dennis Creaghan,
Bob Davis, Peter Michael Goetz,
Jonas Goslow, Linda Kelsey,
Colin McPhillamy, Christine Weber and Sally Wingert.
When We Are Married continues through August 30 on the Wurtele Thrust Stage at the Guthrie. Single tickets are priced from $24 to $60. Tickets are now on sale through the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224, toll-free 877.44.STAGE and online at
www.guthrietheater.org.
The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is an American center for theater performance, production, education and professional training. The Guthrie is dedicated to producing the great works of dramatic literature, developing the work of contemporary playwrights and cultivating the next generation of theater artists. Led by Director
Joe Dowling since 1995, the Guthrie opened its new three-theater home on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis in June 2006.
The Guthrie is located at 818 South 2nd Street (at Chicago Avenue), in downtown Minneapolis. To purchase tickets or season subscriptions call the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224 or toll-free 877.44.STAGE. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit
www.guthrietheater.org.
