Des Moines Playhouse Hosts 'Hollywood Halloween' 10/30

Hollywood Halloween is The Des Moines Playhouse's signature fundraising event, and Des Moines' premier costume party. Proceeds benefit children's theatre and education programs.

Hollywood Halloween 6:30 PM, Friday, October 30, 2009 Hy-Vee Conference Center, West Des Moines Dress for the spotlight - costumes encouraged!

Producer: $1000* (includes two tickets to Hollywood Halloween) Table of 10: $1500* Individual tickets: $150* $900 per Producer, $1,000 per table, and $100 per ticket qualifies as a donation

Schedule

6:30 PM: Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres

* Join in the costumed merriment
* Be dazzled by artist-designed tables with Broadway and Hollywood themes
* Choose your favorite silent auction items

7:30 PM: Dinner, Auction, and Entertainment

* Dine like a star
* Enjoy a show featuring Playhouse performers
* Bid high in the live auction
* Cheer for the costume awards

9:30 PM: Dance to the music of Freestyle

Auction Items

Auction items added frequently. Check back!

* Limited edition piece by Anna Gaskell
* Art doll by Julie McCullough
* One-of-a-kind piece created for Hollywood Halloween by Iowa Diamond
* Carbondale Trip
* Pennsylvania Retreat
* Chicago Trip
* Flat Screen TV
* Wine tasting for 20
* Cooking classes
* Lobsterfest for 12
* Gym memberships including Aspen Athletic Club and Gym FX
* B17 bomber flight in Phoenix
* Bicycle
* Des Moines Art Center private tour
* Gift certificates to area restaurants including Dos Rios, Christopher's, Firecreek, Club Car, Biaggi's, The Radish, Bravo's, Maxie's Noodle Zoo, Star Bar, Noah's Ark, and more
* Game passes to Iowa Energy and Iowa Buccaneer's

Click here to see photos from Hollywood Halloween 2008.

Sponsors Darca Boom & Dennis Klein, Essex Meadows, Rosalie Gallagher & Arland Petersen, Barbara Graham, Lynn & Steve Graves, Abigail & Donn Hutchins, Hy-Vee, ING, ITA Group, KPMG, Gerard & Mary Lou Neugent/Knapp Properties, Meredith Corporation, Reike & Casey Plecas, Principal Financial Group, Alice Pugh, Mike Simonson, Veracity Financial Group, Wicker & Bill Van Orsdel, The Weitz Company, T. Gordon Welton

Donors
Terry & Chris Branstad
Dorris M. Davis
Denman & Company, LLP
Joseph & Grace Dickerson
David & Alice Friedgood
Iowa Pool
Mary & Bob Miller
W. Ward & Patricia Reynoldson
Shelley & Vipul Shah
Julian & Karen Silverberg
Triple Point Solutions
Beverly Williams
Dr. Kathy Wurster, D.C.
Steering Committee
Reike Plecas, Chair
Connie Boesen, Co-Chair
Casey Plecas, Co-Chair
T. Gordon Welton, Co-Chair
David Adelman
Ryan Bhattacharyya
Rita Forsyth
Sally Gaer
Rosalie Gallagher
Lynn Graves
Susan Heun
Soozie McBroom
Andrea McGinness
Rachel McLean
Diane Proctor
Alice Pugh
Pat Schneider
Mark Toebben
Wicker Van Orsdel

Auctioneer
Steve Maynes

Graphic Design
Jason LaCava for Measured Intentions