Cocktails in the Garden; Sumptuous culinary samplings and
delectable passed hors d'oeuvres prepared by Diane Browne Catering

Performance by Stephen Schwartz and Broadway Friends of the Playhouse

Champagne & Dessert Reception

Superb Silent Auction 6:00 to 9:30 PM

Produced by Kevin Duncan
Directed by Joe Calarco
Musical Direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell

Patron Tickets are
available at $1,000

To purchase tickets please call
Kathryn Gloor, Individual Giving Manager, at
(203) 227-5137 x 122
kgloor@westportplayhouse.org

Stephen Schwartz has contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker's Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags, Children of Eden and the current Broadway hit, Wicked. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein's Mass and wrote the title song for the play and movie Butterflies Are Free.
For children, he has written songs for two musicals, Captain Louie and My Son Pinocchio.

For films, he collaborated with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney's Enchanted, as well as the animated features Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also penned the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt.

Schwartz has released two CDs of new songs entitled "Reluctant Pilgrim" and "Uncharted Territory." His first opera, "Séance on a Wet Afternoon," premiered with Opera Santa Barbara in the fall of 2009. A book about his career, "Defying Gravity," has recently been released by Applause Books.

Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, Schwartz runs musical theater workshops in New York and Los Angeles, and is currently the president of the Dramatists' Guild. He has recently been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Other awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies.

http://www.stephenschwartz.com

Kate & Bob Devlin, Gala Honorary Chairs · Kim & Niv Harizman, Gala Chairs · Karen Parrella, Auction Chair · Stacy & Howard Bass · Ania Czekaj-Farber · Sandy & Neil DeFeo · Jill & Alex Dimitrief · Missy & Fred Feuerhake· Michele & Marc Flaster · Katia & John Friend · Angela & Mark Graham · Jane & Ian Warburg · Joyce Hergenhan · Bitsy & Mitch Higgins · Annie Keefe & David Wiltse · Darlene Krenz · Mary Ellen & Jim Marpe · Elisabeth & Stanley Morten · Joan & Sam Nevin · Marjorie Peterson & Robert Cenci · Jane & David Preiser · Candy & Bill Raveis · Jody & Peter Robbins · Danna & Don Rogers · Barbara & John Samuelson · Carol & Peter Seldin · Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler · Melissa & Alon Shein· Carmen & Howard Sosin· Carlyn & Robert Stonehill· Barbara & John Streicker· Kanika & Mark Taylor · Johnna Torsone & John McKeon · Margie & Joel Treisman · Judy M. Witt & Scott Phares · John Vaccaro

Elisabeth Morten, Chair · Sandra DeFeo, President · David Fiore, Vice President · Kate Devlin, Vice President · Richard Slavin, Secretary · Michael Klingher, Treasurer · Howard Aibel · Harold Bailey, Jr. · James P. Bradley · Michele Flaster · Jay M. Forgotson · Mark S. Graham · Kim Harizman· Joanna Heimbold · Helen Lee Henderson · Joyce Hergenhan · Theron S. Hoffman · James Earl Jones · Anne Keefe · Darlene F. Krenz · Roger Leifer · Arthur Levitt · Joan D. Nevin · Jeffrey Peterson · Marjorie Peterson · Janet Plotkin · Christopher Plummer · Cherie Quain · Judith Resnick · Jody Robbins · John Samuelson · Carol West Seldin · Ann Sheffer · Barbara K. Streicker · Sharon Sullivan · Johnna G. Torsone · Marjorie Treisman · John A. Vaccaro · Joanne Woodward