2025 GALA
February 24
Join us for a star-studded evening celebrating and supporting Vineyard Theatre!
February 24
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Honoring Joe Morton
6:00pm Cocktails
7:00pm Dinner & Performance
Edison Ballroom at the Hotel Edison
240 W. 47th Street, New York, NY 10036
Our 2025 Gala will honor actor and activist Joe Morton, who has created unforgettable performances on stage and screen, including his Emmy® 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 will also toast two Vineyard champions, Sally Horchow and Craig Manzino, who have done much to support the Vineyard’s mission and artists.
Your Gala donation directly supports Vineyard’s 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.
TABLE PACKAGES AND TICKETS:
Individual full event tickets can be purchased online. To purchase tables please email Amanda Feldman at afeldman@vineyardtheatre.org.
SPONSORSHIP
$50,000 Table ($45,320 is tax-deductible)
Includes two $25,000 Premium Tables with seating for 12 guests each, a total of 24 guests, plus complimentary Vineyard Memberships for all guests, and all associated benefits – including the opportunity to underwrite tickets for Vineyard artists – plus a two-page spread in the digital Gala Journal, logo recognition on website and marketing materials, visibility on the venue’s screen, and opportunity for a public toast at the event.
TABLES
$25,000 Table ($22,600 is fully tax-deductible)
Includes premium seating for 12 guests, plus complimentary Vineyard Memberships for all guests, a full page ad in the digital Gala Journal, acknowledgement from the stage during the Gala and in Vineyard show programs throughout the following season, digital logo presence at the Gala and the opportunity to host artists at your table.
$12,500 Table ($10,600 is fully tax-deductible)
Includes seating for 10 guests, quarter page ad in the digital Gala Journal, and acknowledgement in Vineyard show programs throughout the season.
INDIVIDUAL FULL EVENT TICKETS
$3,125 Premium Ticket(s) ($2,930 is fully tax-deductible)
Includes premium seating, business card-sized ad in the digital Gala Journal and Vineyard show programs.
$1,250 Regular Ticket(s) ($1,055 is fully tax-deductible)
Includes seating and acknowledgement in the digital Gala Journal and Vineyard show programs.
$1,250 Sponsor-An-Artist Ticket (Fully tax-deductible)
Underwrite a ticket for a Vineyard artist to attend the event. Includes acknowledgement online and in Vineyard show programs throughout the season.
SHOW-ONLY TICKETS
$500 Show-Only Ticket ($470 is fully tax-deductible)
Includes bar-stool style seating for the live performance portion of the evening’s events, which will begin at 8pm and includes an open bar.
*Show-only tickets are extremely limited.
PURCHASING JOURNAL ADS
Help us celebrate our honoree Joe Morton and Vineyard Theatre by purchasing an ad in our Gala journal. Journal ads range from $500 to $10,000 based on size and placement. For more information or to purchase a journal ad, please email Nora Alexander at nalexander@vineyardtheatre.org or call 646.931.4727.
GALA AUCTION
Every year at the Gala Vineyard auctions off singular items and experiences, both in person at the event and online via CharityBuzz. If you are interested in making a donation to the Gala auction please contact us at nalexander@vineyardtheatre.org. Further details coming soon.
CAN’T ATTEND?
If you would like to support the Vineyard Gala but you are unable to attend, consider making a donation. You can also support by purchasing a gala ad. Click here to see our gala ad options.
For more information about tables and ticket purchases, journal ad purchases, the Gala auction, Vineyard’s 2025 Annual Gala in general please email Nora Alexander at nalexander@vineyardtheatre.org or call 646.931.4727.