EVE OF THE FIRST Spark Gala To Benefit Mad Company And Living Room Productions At RESOBOX

MAD Company and Living Room Productions will present Eve of the First Spark, a joint fundraising gala taking place April 30, 2026, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at RESOBOX. The event will bring together artists, patrons, and supporters of both companies in support of upcoming productions.

The evening will include an open bar, light bites, live entertainment, and a raffle. Proceeds will benefit Living Room Productions’ Twelfth Night: 1941, a reimagined staging of Shakespeare’s comedy, and MAD Company’s audio drama Sleepy Hollow.

“There is a particular magic held within the beginning of a project,” the companies wrote in the event invitation, “a flicker of an idea that will eventually catch and ignite. Throw some kindling on the fire with us and be a part of what comes next.”

April 30 coincides with Walpurgis Night, a European tradition marking the eve of May Day, historically associated with bonfires and seasonal transition. The event draws on this theme as a symbolic backdrop for the evening.

“Walpurgis Night is a storyteller’s holiday, the whole tradition is built on things that go bump in the night, and the bonfires we light to answer them,” said Helena Mueller, Executive Director of MAD Company. “That’s the same air our audio drama Sleepy Hollow is working in, and it’s the spirit we wanted for this gala: gather in the dark, tell a good story, and let the spark do its work.”

“Twelfth Night: 1941 is about a troupe of actors in wartime London who trade the drone of the sirens and the waves of exhaustion for a comedy that makes room for love, grief, and reunion all at once,” said Ellyn Heald, Artistic Director of Living Room Productions. “It’s the same thing Walpurgis Night has always been about: gathering together, lighting a fire, and refusing to let the darkness win.”