Lantern Theater Company 2012 Annual Benefit Set for 2/24

 Lantern Theater Company has announced that it will honor Ceal Phelan and Gayle Smith with the 2012 Luminary Award at its Annual Benefit on Friday, February 24, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. An Evening in Verona will be held at the elegant Down Town Club at 6th & Chestnut Streets in Center City, and will include entertainment, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, dinner and dessert, plus live music from the Alex Hiele Trio and a Silent Auction featuring exclusive vacations, fine dining, entertainment, adventures, sports, and other unique items.

All proceeds will benefit the Lantern's artistic and education programming, which reaches over 16,000 adults and children each year. Ticket prices range from $125-$1,000 and are now on sale atwww.lanterntheater.org or (215) 829-9002 x102. Practicing theater artists can purchase Theater Artist Tickets at the steeply discounted rate of $75.

Ceal Phelan is a beloved and highly respected member of the Philadelphia theater community. She has appeared at Lantern Theater Company as Madeleine in The Breath of Life (2010), Maria in Uncle Vanya (2010), and Grace inVigil (2011), and she directed the Lantern's 2007 production of The Taming of the Shrew. She will return to the Lantern this spring as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, which begins previews on March 1, 2012. Ceal and her husband, actor and director Peter DeLaurier, co-founded Wilmington's Delaware Theatre Company and have served as Resident Company Members at People's Light & Theatre Company for the past 30 years. In addition to acting and directing, Ceal teaches at Temple University, People's Light, and Hedgerow Theatre.

 

Gayle R. Smith is a professor, writer, and attorney, as well as one of Philadelphia's most passionate theater advocates. Gayle began her legal career at the City Solicitor's Office before starting her own practice in 1987, eventually concentrating on divorce law. She is a published author, serves as a trustee of the Charlotte Cushman Foundation, teaches courses on theater and social issues for Temple University's Master of Liberal Arts program, serves as a Barrymore Awards voter, is an ambassador to the National New Play Network, and has organized fundraising events for many local theater companies, including the Lantern.

 

An Evening in Verona is co-chaired by Gregory J. Kleiber, who was recently elected Treasurer of the Lantern's Board of Directors, and his wife Harriet Ravdin, who are residents of Narberth; Nina S. Rosenthal of Wynnewood; and Lantern Board Member Rebecca Williams of Haverford.

 

BENEFIT CO-CHAIRS
Gregory J. Kleiber*

Harriet Ravdin

Nina S. Rosenthal

Rebecca Williams*

BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Madeline Adams

Eileen Baird

Michael Brophy*

Lee & Susan Cassanelli

Joan L. Coale

Nicholas D. Constan*

David Conway* & Helen Hashimi Conway

Angela D'Amato* & Leo Shurtleff

Frank A. Dante*

Stacy Maria Dutton*

Nancy H. Dutton

Janet Embree

Jaimie & David Field

Marvin & Judith Garfinkel

Mark Garvin & Diane Menio

James & Kay Gately

Jay & Maxine Goldberg

Nancy Gussow Gross

Philip Hawkins* & Ronnie Kurchner-Hawkins

Donna Hill & John Wilson

Esther L. Hornik

Betsy Kalish*

Kevin Kleinschmidt*

Lucille Larkin & Paul Macdonald

Fran & Leon L. Levy

Stuart & Heidi Lurie

Howard & Cirel Magen

Charles & Helen McMahon

Charles McMahon*

Stephen Millen & Donna Saul Millen

Michael & Ellen Mulroney

David & Eileen Murphy

Ceal Phelan & Peter DeLaurier

Fred Johnson & Jennifer Pratt Johnson

Lee A. Rosengard & Andrea R. Kramer

Martin & Phyllis Rosenthal

Michael H. Rosenthal*

Aline Roy & Griffin Schrack

Anne Shuff* & Mike Creech

Aaron Smith & Andrea Nasto

David & Gayle Smith

Richard & Anne Umbrecht

Dr. R.J. Wallner

Margie Weingarten

Adam & Sarah* Weinstein

Rhys Williams

*Lantern Board Member

An Evening in Verona 
Lantern Theater Company's 2012 Annual Benefit

Event Location:
The Down Town Club
6th & Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Event Date:
Friday, February 24, 2012, 6pm to 10pm

Tickets:
Visit www.lanterntheater.org or call (215) 829-9002 x102
$1,000 Benefactor Ticket ($929 tax deductible)
$500 Sponsor Ticket ($429 tax deductible)
$250 Patron Ticket ($179 tax deductible)
$125 Friend Ticket ($54 tax deductible)
$75 Special Ticket for Practicing Theater Artists ($4 tax deductible)

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