| BLACK THEATRE UNITED Announces 2024 Gala Auction Details and New Musical Theatre Scholarship | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 03:37 pm EDT 09/12/24 | |
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| BLACK THEATRE UNITED ANNOUNCES 2024 GALA AUCTION DETAILS AND NEW MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE BTU GALA “GENERATIONS OF EXCELLENCE” GALA ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 LIMITED AVAILABILITY FOR SINGLE TICKETS AND TABLES HERE! (New York, NY) – Black Theatre United (BTU) is thrilled to announce details for the auction at the 2024 Gala, “Generations of Excellence,” honoring renowned conductor, composer, and music director Linda Twine with the 2024 Accountability Award; Chief Diversity Officer of Meta, Maxine Williams with the 2024 Advocacy Award; and 16-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys with the 2024 Aspire Award, and taking place Monday, September 30 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Gala will include both a Live Auction by Patrick Tully and a Silent Auction. The four items that will be auctioned live include: A Karaoke Night with BTU Founders LaChanze, Vanessa Williams and Norm Lewis for 20 people. 2 Tickets to the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans. A Celebrity Private Chef Experience for 10 people at Vanessa Williams’ private dining room An all-inclusive retreat at private villa “La Maison Michelle” in St James, Barbados The evening’s silent auction will include: A Martha’s Vineyard private home for 5 days Dinner for 4 at Chef Preston Clark’s table at Lure Fishbar 4 field-side New York Yankees tickets 2 Tickets and Dinner to BTU Founder Norm Lewis’ 2024 Christmas Show at 54 Below The silent auction will also be available online via OneCause beginning Monday, September 23 through Monday, October 7. To learn more about the auction items and to place a bid, please visit the BTU Gala OneCause page HERE. BTU is thrilled to also announce their newest initiative: The BTU Marva Hicks Musical Theatre Scholarship. This scholarship will provide $10,000 to a student who is training in the field of musical theatre every year for four years. The scholarship, created in memory of Marva and her lasting contribution to the musical theatre field, will be given to a student based on financial need and merit. Limited availability for single tickets to the Gala are now available and begin at $1,000. Tables begin at $10,000. Tickets and tables are available now at www.BlackTheatreUnited.com/Gala. Directed by Jerry Dixon with music direction by Joseph Joubert, the evening will feature performances by Broadway legends André de Shields, Leslie Uggams, and Stephanie Mills with Ephraim Sykes, Nichelle Lewis, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and newcomers Sydney Terry, Gabrielle Rice, Darrin Scott, Savannah Lee Henry and Caleb Mayers, as well as a featured performance by Matthew Whitaker and the next generation of musical theatre performers from the Class of 2024: Owen Scales, Aidan Jones, Kianna Kelly Futch, Logan Durrah Broadnax, Jalen Bunch, Aria Evans, Ahmeer Bethea, Harry Cornelio, Kal Rutledge, Jenna Rose Young, Talib Thompson, Joshua Lewis, Kennedy Jackson, and Amirah Joy Lomax. The Gala will feature special presentations by Shoshana Bean, Telly Leung, Kristin Chenoweth, Danny Burstein, Mia Neal, Peggy Eisenhauer, Juliana Canfield, Raúl Esparza, Jeanine Tesori, Kara Young, Mario Cantone and more, as well as BTU Founders. The 2024 Gala’s honorary co-chairs includes Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony Award winner Whoopi Goldberg; Oscar winner Ariana Debose; Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award nominee Josh Groban; Tony & Grammy Award winner Marc Shaiman; Tony & Grammy Award winner Patti LuPone; Richard Jay-Alexander; Oscar winner Spike Lee and Oscar & Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Stephen Schwartz. Gala Co-Chairs include Dr. Indira Etawroo (Harlem Stage), Kevin Brown (Ernst & Young) and Jana Fleischman (Roc Nation). Proceeds from the gala will support BTU’s empowering programs including student internships, the BTU Design Initiative, the Marva Hicks Musical Theatre Scholarship and BTU’s Education program. BTU, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, was founded to build pathways of access and opportunities for Black and other students and industry professionals who have been historically marginalized in the theatre community. You can also be a part of the call to action to inspire the next generation of Black theatre professionals in all communities across the country by becoming a sponsor. For more information, please email gala@blacktheatreunited.com or visit www.BlackTheatreUnited.com. WE ARE BLACK THEATRE UNITED On the heels of a watershed moment in American society, Black Theatre United was formed in 2020 by a passionate group of theater professionals committed to ensuring advances in their beloved theater community. BTU’s mission is to provide access for up-and-coming Black artists, pathways for art makers, and opportunities for industry professionals historically marginalized within the theater world and beyond. As members of the Black theatre community, we stand together to help protect Black people, Black theatre, and Black lives of all shapes and orientations in communities across the country. Our voices are united to educate, empower, and inspire through excellence and activism in the pursuit of justice and equality. We will tell our stories, preserve our history, and ensure the legacy of Black theatre as American culture. Passionate and committed, BTU’s founding group of actors, directors, musicians, writers, technicians, producers and stage management includes: Lisa Dawn Cave, Darius de Haas, Carin Ford, Capathia Jenkins, LaChanze, Kenny Leon, Norm Lewis, Audra McDonald, Michael McElroy, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Wendell Pierce, Billy Porter, Anna Deavere Smith, Allyson Tucker, Tamara Tunie, Lillias White, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Schele Williams, and Vanessa Williams. |
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