2025 GALA
February 24
A star-studded evening celebrating and supporting Vineyard Theatre!
February 24
February 24
2025 GALA
Honoring Joe Morton
Our 2025 Gala honored actor and activist Joe Morton, who has created unforgettable performances on stage and screen, including his EmmyÂź Award-winning role as Rowan/Eli Pope in Shonda Rhimes’ groundbreaking series Scandal. Joe made his Broadway debut in Hair, earned a Tony Award nomination for the musical Raisin, and most recently portrayed the activist and comedian Dick Gregory to great acclaim in the play Turn Me Loose, for which he won the Lucille Lortel Award and the NAACP Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award. He has appeared in more than 70 films including The Brother from Another Planet (as The Brother), Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Speed, Of Mice and Men, Batman v Superman and Justice League. Joe’s work with Vineyard Theatre spans more than two decades, as an actor, director, student mentor, and Board member.
We also toasted two Vineyard champions, Sally Horchow and Craig Manzino, who have done much to support the Vineyardâs mission and artists.
Gala donations directly support Vineyardâs 2024-2025 productions and artists, including our Fair Pay Initiative, a commitment to paying everyone who works with us, on stage and behind the scenes, a living wage; and Good Neighbor Program, through which we make thousands of subsidized free and low cost tickets available each season.