Vineyard Theatre 2019 Gala

Monday, May 6, 2019, 6pm

Edison Ballroom

240 West 47th Street

New York City

Join us on Monday, May 6 as we honor the talented and beloved Colman Domingo at our 2019 Gala!

The event includes a cocktail hour, a live auction, dinner, and star-studded show directed by Robert O’Hara, with music direction by Macy Schmidt.

Vineyard’s Gala event will include a cocktail hour and auction, dinner, and performances featuring artists of stage and screen, including: Ngozi Anyanwu, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ariana DeBose, Kathryn Erbe, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Forrest McClendon, Alex Newell, Leslie Odom, Jr., Sarah Stiles, Susan Stroman, Harris M. Turner, Sharon Washington, Daniel J. Watts, Christian Dante White, and more.

Colman Domingo is a multi-hyphante artist whose work as a writer and actor has been see all over the world. In addition to his plays DOT, A BOY AND HIS SOUL, and WILD WITH HAPPY, Colman co-wrote the Broadway show SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL and the new musical LIGHTS OUT: NAT KING COLE. You can currently see him in the critically acclaimed film If Beale Street Could Talk and the TV series “Fear the Walking Dead.” Colman is the recipient of numerous awards and is hard at work developing two TV series with AMC and HBO, which he will executive produce and write.

GALA COMMITTEE

AKA

Raul Aktanov-Domingo

AMC Networks, Josh Sapan

John Barrie and Betsy Smith

Kathleen and Henry Chalfant

Alycia Debnam Carey

Lee Daniels

Kim Dickens

Garret Dillahunt

Brandon Victor Dixon

Jenna and Bodhi Elfman

Frances Fisher

Dede Gardner

Bob Gersh

Maggie Grace

Ken and Rande Greiner

Leisha Haley

Lydia Hearst and Chris Hardwick

Dule Hill and Jazmyn Simon

Lennie James

Barry Jenkins

John Kander

Riley Keough

Aja Naomi King

Regina King

Jeremy Kleiner

Mark Lerner and Steven Frank

Forrest McClendon

Penelope Ann Miller

Niecy Nash

Nate Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker and

Pretty Matches Productions

Billy Porter

Anika Noni Rose

Annette Stover and Richard Feiner

Susan Stroman

David Thompson

Tessa Thompson

Pauletta Washington

Sharon Washington

Christian Dante White

For questions about purchasing tables, tickets, or sponsorships, please contact Gala Manager Hannah Dunkelberger at gala@vineyardtheatre.org or at 212-353-3366 x1219.

Gala tables:

  • $25,000 Table (Goods and services estimated at $3,700)
    Includes premium seating for 10 guests; full page ad in the Gala Journal; acknowledgement from the stage during the Gala and in Vineyard show programs throughout the season; digital logo presence at the Gala; opportunity to host artists at your table; and complimentary Vineyard Theatre memberships for all table guests.
  • $15,000 Table (Goods and services estimated at $3,700)
    Includes preferred seating for 10 guests; half page ad in the Gala; acknowledgement in Vineyard show programs throughout the season; opportunity to host artists at your table; and complimentary Vineyard Theatre memberships for all table guests.
  • $10,000 Table (Goods and services estimated at $1,900)
    Includes seating for 10 guests; quarter page ad in the Gala; and acknowledgement throughout the season in Vineyard show programs.

Individual tickets:

  • $2,500 Ticket(s) (Goods and services estimated at $370 each)
    Includes premium seating; business card sized ad in the Gala; acknowledgement in the Gala Journal and Vineyard show programs; and complimentary Vineyard Theatre membership.
  • $1,500 Ticket(s) (Goods and services estimated at $370 each)
    Includes preferred seating; acknowledgement in the Gala Journal and Vineyard show programs; and complimentary Vineyard Theatre membership.
  • $1,000 Ticket(s) (Goods and services estimated at $190 each)
    Includes seating and acknowledgement in the Gala Journal and Vineyard show programs.

To purchase GALA TABLES AND TICKETS, click here.
To purchase SHOW-ONLY TICKETS, click here.
To make a DONATION, click here.

Artists

Colman Domingo

(Playwright) is the author of WILD WITH HAPPY(Dramatists Play Service), A BOY AND HIS SOUL  (Oberon Books), UP JUMPED SPRINGTIME AND THE BROTHER(S). The artistic work of Mr. Domingo has been honored with Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. His work has won the OBIE, Lucille Lortel, GLAAD, Connecticut Critics Circle, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle and Internet Theater Bloggers awards. Mr. Domingo has received fellowships and/or residencies from The Sundance Theater Lab, The People’s Light and Theater Company, and the Banff Playwrights Colony. Mr. Domingo is under commission from The American Conservatory Theater, People’s Light and Theater Company  and The Public Theater. His plays have been produced at Vineyard Theatre, The Public, Theatreworks, Baltimore Centerstage, The Tricycle Theater (London), Brisbane Powerhouse/World Theater Festival (Australia), Theater Rhinoceros, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab/American Living Room Festival/HERE, and Thick Description Theater Collective. Dot was developed in part during a residency with New York Theater Workshop. Dot received its world premiere at The Humana Festival at Actors Theater of Louisville. Mr. Domingo currently stars on the AMC original series “Fear the Walking Dead.” He has starred in the films Selma, Lincoln, The Butler and Birth of a Nation among others.