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People’s Light & Theatre’s Live Auction Cabaret
April 8, 2011 at 6pm

An event to raise funds for Arts Discovery, the Theatre’s comprehensive education program.

(Malvern, PA) – The People’s Light & Theatre Live Auction Cabaret to benefit Arts Discovery takes place Friday, April 8, 2011 from 6pm to 11pm.  Moira and Ken Mumma, and Penny and Tom Watkins Co-Chair.  The night includes live music from lyricist and composer Michael Ogborn, a silent and live auction, and a raffle drawing for a stay at a luxury Spanish villa.  People’s Light & Theatre is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA  19355.  For more information call 610.647.1900 x119 or visit PeoplesLight.org. 

“The People’s Light annual auction is the premiere fundraising event for our theatre education program Arts Discovery,” says Kristin Heisey, Director of Corporate Relations & Special Events. 

This season marks the 23rd year of the Theatre’s comprehensive education programs.  Arts Discovery programs, formerly known as Project Discovery, open windows onto new worlds for young people, help them think in new ways, and support their development academically, socially, and personally.  People’s Light is committed to helping ensure that young people have multiple opportunities to benefit from the arts’ proven contribution to academic achievement.  These programs bring young people together from very diverse communities and backgrounds for shared, meaningful experiences.

"People's Light is not just a groundbreaking theatre – it brings acting and culture and huge growth opportunities to children and teens from all walks of life,” says Moira Mumma, Co-Chair.  "Arts done right, as they are on so many levels at People's Light, create life-changing experiences for people of all ages and stripes, broadening their world view in ways that affect not just themselves, but their communities and cultures."

Michael Ogborn, who has written original music for the Theatre’s most popular Pantos (Treasure Island, Cinderella, Snow White, and this season’s The Three Musketeers), will write songs specifically for this event.  “The addition of Michael Ogborn and a cabaret style is the big difference this year,” says Heisey.  “His songs will add a very personal touch.”

She continues, “One of the most exciting moments of the evening will be the drawing for the winner of the one-week stay for six people in the luxury Spanish villa, Casa del Jardín, minutes from the Costa del Sol.  This raffle ticket has been a hot seller during our very cold winter months.” 
LIVE AUCTION ITEMS INCLUDE:
Chateau de Balleroy
A priceless stay for four people at the Chateau de Balleroy, nestled in the heart of the French countryside of Normandy, France.

AT&T National Tickets
A foursome at Aronimink Golf Club and passes for four to the prestigious AT&T National Golf Tournament being held July 2011.

Lookout Cove, Jamaica
A private, hideaway stay at the secluded cliff-side Villa or Cottage in Lookout Cove, Jamaica.

One-of-a-Kind Quilt
One-of-a-kind quilt created by company member Susan McKey, hand-stitched from luxurious fabrics from our 2010 production of Legacy of Light.


2011 PEOPLE’S LIGHT AUCTION RAFFLE
Includes a one week (7-night) stay for up to six people in a luxurious Spanish villa in the lush countryside of Andalusia in southern Spain.  Casa del Jardín is a large open-plan luxury villa surrounded by beautiful gardens, set in a lemon grove, on 2.7 acres of land with the Sierra Bermeja Mountains as a backdrop. Relax poolside just outside the conservatory, or hike the trails that begin on your doorstep.  Casa del Jardín is minutes from the white-washed village of Casares, or a 15 minute drive from the beaches and markets of Estepona on the Costa de Sol. Visit the sophisticated city of Marbella or enjoy the restaurants of Puetro Banus. Travel to Ronda, with its incredible gorge, and Jerez, famous for its sherry bodegas and Spanish dancing horses.

Raffle tickets are $100 each – only 200 will be sold.  Drawing will be held at The Live Auction Cabaret at the Farmhouse at People’s Light.  Need not be present to win.

To enter, call 610.647.1900 or visit PeoplesLight.org


AUCTION CABARET COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Moira Mumma & Kenneth B. Mumma  ▪  Penelope P. Watkins & Hon. Thomas Watkins

Committee Members
Ron & Toby Agulnick  ▪  Alice Bartmer & Ann Sullivan  ▪  Diane Bishop  ▪  Sally Bullard  ▪  Pat Carlton  ▪  Peggy Hart Earle  ▪  Tess Hooper  ▪  Rita & Keith Kaplan  ▪  Katie & Bill McNabb  ▪  Janet & Jay Osterholm  ▪  Barbara & Fred Sutherland  ▪  Deb Hesselton  ▪  Erwin K. Wenner  ▪  Lizanne Wentz


*SPONSORS
Premiere Sponsors
Moira & Ken Mumma  ▪  Penelope & Tom Watkins

Sustaining Sponsors
Bill & Katie McNabb  ▪  Fred & Barbara Sutherland  ▪  Peggy & Bruce Earle


Supporting Sponsors
ACE USA  ▪  Customers Bank  ▪  Ritson & Julie Ferguson  ▪  The John Lazarich Foundation  ▪  Meridian Bank

Benefactors
Gladys Black  ▪  Jane & Sean Hagerty  ▪  Tessa Davis Hooper  ▪  Tom Hogan & Victoria Silbey  ▪  Caren & Stuart Hosansky  ▪  Keith & Rita Kaplan  ▪  Josephine Klein  ▪  FM & Dave Mooberry  ▪  Barbara J. Robinson  ▪  John & Barbara Spellman  ▪  Star Print Mail, Inc.  ▪  Lizanne Wentz

Patrons
Abigail Adams & Lee Devin  ▪  Alice Bartmer & Ann Sullivan  ▪  Elizabeth Bennett  ▪  Diane & David Bishop  ▪  Betsy & Neil Cullen  ▪  Frank Gebe  ▪  Grace E. Grillet & W. Richard Eagan  ▪  Jane & Arnold Johnsen  ▪  Karen Kirchner & Bob Kirkpatrick  ▪  Amy & Michael Smith

*As of February 28, 2011


ABOUT PEOPLE’S LIGHT
People’s Light, a professional, not-for-profit theatre founded in 1974 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, makes plays drawn from many sources to entertain, inspire, and engage our community.  We extend our mission of making and experiencing theatre through arts education programs that excite curiosity about, and deepen understanding of, the world around us. These plays and programs bring people together and provide opportunities for reflection, discovery, and celebration.