Arena's SWINGIN’ WITH SOPHISTICATED LADIES Benefit Held At The Lincoln Theater

Join Maurice Hines and cast members of Arena Stage's Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies for the 18th Annual Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement: Swingin' with Sophisticated Ladies, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at The Lincoln Theatre. The evening will include cocktails and dinner followed by an original, one-night-only performance featuring prominent leaders from Capitol Hill, who will share their Ellington-inspired sophisticated talents. Also during the performance, legendary actor James Earl Jones and Representative Norman D. Dicks (D-WA) will be honored by Arena Stage with the American Artist and American Voice Awards respectively for their contributions to the national arts community.

Full details and casting for the performance to be announced at a later date.

The annual benefit raises over one-third of the funds necessary to run Arena's Community Engagement programs, which educate, excite and enrich the lives of over 20,000 students across the region.

18th Annual Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement:
Swingin' with Sophisticated Ladies
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Lincoln Theatre (1215 U St. N.W., Washington, D.C.)

6:00 p.m. Cocktails followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m. Performance followed by dessert and champagne reception
Attire: Cotton Club Couture
Complimentary Valet Parking Available

Dinner, show and reception tickets start at $500
Show and reception only tickets are $100
For tickets or further information contact April Irwin at amirwin@arenastage.org
or 202.554.9066, ext. 207.
For corporate sponsorship opportunities contact Desirée Urquhart at durquhart@arenastage.org or 202.554.9066, ext. 250.

Sponsors to date of the Arena Stage 18th Annual Benefit for Community Engagement include ExxonMobil and PEPCO.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Managing Director Edgar Dobie, Washington, D.C.-based Arena Stage has become the largest theater in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights. Founded in 1950 by Zelda Fichandler, Thomas Fichandler and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage was one of the nation's original resident theaters and has a distinguished record of leadership and innovation in the field. With the opening of the new Mead Center for American Theater in 2010, Arena Stage will be a leading center for the production, presentation, development and study of American theater. Now in its sixth decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 200,000. For more information please visit www.arenastage.org.

Photo credit Scott Suchman

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