Dock Street Reopening Gala

Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church Street| $250 – $1,000
Corporate Host: Wachovia

Please join us on Thursday, April 1, for an extraordinary gala evening in honor of the reopening of the Dock Street Theatre after its extensive three-year renovation. The centerpiece of the evening will be a performance featuring the  mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, who portrayed Giullietta in the 1991 Spoleto production of Les Contes d’Hoffman. Recognized worldwide as one of today’s most exciting vocal stars, Ms. Graves is hailed by USA Today as “an operatic superstar of the 21st century,” while the Atlanta Journal-Constitution proclaims that “if the human voice has the power to move you, you will be touched by Denyce Graves.” Violinist Geoff Nuttall will also perform with other prominent chamber artists. Singers from Flora, an Opera, will provide a sneak peek of the 2010 Spoleto opera, and actress Heather Gillespie, last seen at the Dock Street in the Spoleto production of Mamba’s Daughters, will perform DuBose Heyward’s charming prologue to The Recruiting Officer.

The evening will begin at 6:00pm, as all arriving guests are greeted with champagne and invited to explore the restored theater’s public spaces. After the performance, which begins at 7:00pm, the festivities will continue with cocktails in the courtyard and upstairs in the Wadsworth Room followed by an elegant black-tie dinner served in various areas of the theater.

Supporter

Table(s) for 10 at $10,000 each ($8,500 tax-deductible contribution)

Ten (10) tickets to the gala including champagne reception, premium performance seating, post-performance cocktails, reserved table for ten (10) for dinner on the Dock Street stage with artists, and listing in gala program as Gala Supporter if purchased by March 8. 

Salon Host

Table(s) for 10 at $5,000 each ($3,500 tax-deductible contribution)

Ten (10) tickets to the gala including champagne reception, performance seating, post-performance cocktails, reserved table for ten (10) for dinner in one of the theatre’s newly renovated rooms, and listing in gala program as Gala Salon Host if purchased by March 8.

Host

Ticket(s) at $1,000 each ($850 tax-deductible contribution)

Ticket to the gala including champagne reception, premium performance seating, post-performance cocktails, dinner on the Dock Street stage with artists, and listing in gala program as Gala Host if purchased by March 8.

Gala Individual

Ticket(s) at $500 each ($350 tax-deductible contribution)

Ticket to the gala including champagne reception, performance seating, post-performance cocktails, and dinner in one of the theatre’s newly renovated rooms.

Program Individual

Ticket(s) at $250 each ($175 tax-deductible contribution)

Ticket to the champagne reception and performance seating. This ticket does not include post-performance cocktails or gala dinner.

Black Tie

Coporate Supporters: Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Charleston Place, U.S. Trust

For more information or to purchase tickets please call 843.579.3100.