One of Washington’s top 20 benefits and galas, the Harman Center for the Arts Gala provides indispensable funds for the Theatre’s education and community engagement programs including the annual Free For All. The evening begins with cocktails and a special multidisciplinary performance in Sidney Harman Hall including the presentation of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. Michael Kahn describes this year’s recipient, F. Murray Abraham, as “the embodiment of what every classical actor strives for: a model representative of the arts who has garnered critical acclaim on stage, film and television.” After the performance, guests will finish the evening at the National Building Museum with dinner, dessert and dancing with the evening’s performers.

Under the gracious Patronage of His Excellency the French Ambassador and Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre

2012 Gala performers include operatic soprano Lauren Flanigan, actor Bill Irwin, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, hip-hop artists The Q Brothers, and actor Jerry Stiller.Past Gala performers include the Joffrey Ballet, opera singer Denyce Graves, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and Actors of the Shakespeare Theatre Company including audience favorites Floyd King and Ted van Griethuysen.

PATRON LEVELS AND BENEFITS

• Platinum Benefactor $50,000 One table for 12 at the Gala Dinner in a premium location; two seats may be designated for celebrity and other VIP guestsPremium seating for you and your guests at the Gala Performance

  Invitations for you and your guests to the Gala Patrons event hosted by Ambassador Franҫois Delattre and Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre at their residence

  Invitation for you and your guests to one additional exclusive Gala event

  Invitation for 2 to the Opening Night dinner and performance of the 2013 Free For All

  Recognition in the Shakespeare Theatre Company program for the entire 2012-2013 season

  Full page recognition in the Gala Program

  2012-2013 season subscription for 2 for all Shakespeare Theatre Company productions (excluding Opening Night)

• Gold Benefactor $25,000 One table for 10 at the Gala Dinner in a prime location; two seats may be designated for celebrity and other VIP guestsPremium seating for you and your guests at the Gala PerformanceInvitations for you and your guests to the Gala Patrons event hosted by Ambassador Franҫois Delattre and Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre at their residenceInvitation for the host couple to one additional exclusive Gala event

  Invitation for 2 to the Opening Night dinner and performance of the 2013 Free For All

  Recognition in the Shakespeare Theatre Company program for the entire 2012-2013 season

  Half page recognition in the Gala Program

• Silver Benefactor $10,000
  One table for 10 at the Gala Dinner in a prime location

  Prime seating for you and your guests at the Gala Performance

  Invitation for the host couple to the Gala Patrons event hosted by Ambassador Franҫois Delattre and Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre at their residence

  Invitation for 2 to the Opening Night dinner and performance of the 2013 Free For All

  Prominent listing in the Gala Program

• Benefactor $5,000
  Two tickets to the Gala Dinner in a prime location

  Two tickets to the Gala Performance in a prime location

  An invitation for two to the Gala Patrons event hosted by Ambassador Franҫois Delattre and Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre at their residence

  An invitation for two to one additional exclusive Gala event

  Invitation for 2 to the Opening Night dinner and performance of the 2013 Free For All

  Prominent listing in the Gala Program

  Recognition in the Shakespeare Theatre Company program for the entire 2012-2013 season

• SINGLE TICKETS
  Gold Patron $1,000
  One prime seat for the Gala Performance and Dinner

  Invitation to the Gala Patrons event hosted by Ambassador Franҫois Delattre and Mrs. Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre at their residence

  Listing in the Gala Program

  Patron $750
  One seat for the Gala Performance and Dinner

  Listing in the Gala Program

Silver Benefactor
John B. Beckman, David A. Gibbons and Richard T. Horan Jr.
Thomas Campbell and Gail Dady
Carol and Landon Butler
Comcast Corporation
DirecTV
Steven and Deborah Epstein
Peter Finn
Donald Graham
Harman Family Foundation
John and Meg Hauge
Jeffrey M. Kaplan
David J. Lee
Kris Morris
National Building Museum
Denis and Tamara O'Sullivan
Stephen M. Ryan and Lisa Frasco Ryan
Vicki and Roger Sant
Doug and Gabriela Smith
Judith Morris and Marvin Weissberg

Benefactor
Esthy and Jim Adler
Nick and Marla Allard
Altria Group
Clark Construction Group, LLC
Greg Dovel
Marilyn and Michael Glosserman
Catherine Held
Steve and Judy Hopkins
Mike and Gina House
Chris and Kathleen Matthews
Theodore B. Olson and Lady Booth Olson
Robert S. and Martha T. Osborne
Anne and Daniel Toohey
Lynn and Jonathan Yarowsky

Gold Patron
Anonymous
Ballard Spahr LLP
Francois Begin and Sabine Engelhard
Lisa and David Blatt
Ted and Helen Boutrous
Buffy and William Cafritz
Leslie and Ray Clevenger
George and Kellyanne Conway
Kenneth W. Crow
David Debold and Vicky Debold
Richard and Christina Doren
Tom J. Downey and Carol M. Browner
EagleBank
Roy Englert and Daniel Boettcher
The Honorable and Mrs. Melvyn J. Estrin
Angela D. Fox
Mark and Beth Filip
Golden & Cohen LLC
Kevin Hennessy
John Hill
Thomas G. Hungar
J.F. Lehman & Company
JM Zell Partners, LTD
Dan and Jessica Katz
Rebecca Klemm
Alice and Bill Konze
Ken and Carol Lackey
David A. Lamdin
Jim and Michelle Lavelle
Judith A. Lee
Marlene and Fred Malek
Peter Malone and Catherine Alden Malone
Dorothy and Bill McSweeny
Hazel C. Moore
Ann and Bill Nitze
John F. Olson
Alan and Marsha Paller
James Pedas and Theodore Pedas Family Foundation
Ann and Walter Pincus
Toni Ritzenberg
Peter D. Rosenstein
Pauline Schneider
Judi Seiden
Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal
Meredith Siegfried
Eden and Jerry Rafshoon
Phil Sharp
Elizabeth and George Stevens
Ed Stucky
Amir Tayrani and Adria Villar
Christine Varney and Tom Graham
Tom and Cathie Woteki
Alan and Irene Wurtzel

Patron
Carol and Ken Adelman
Howard B. Adler and Tanya Potter Adler
Jeffrey S. Akman and Steven Scott Mazzola
Richard Appel
BGV Construction
Lucy Reilly Fitch
Amy Forbes
Tim and Susan Gibson
Abigail Golden-Vazquez
The Mark and Anne Hansen Foundation
Amy Howe and Tom Goldstein
Kristin A. Goodfellow
Leander Gray
Douglas McCormick
Gregory and Teresa Fort Piasecki
Jennifer H. Rearden
Charles Rossotti
Dexter and Melissa Walker
Sharon White
Suzan Zimmerman

Contributor
Charles and Kathleen Arberg
Christopher Bellini
Dowd Bennett LLP
Harry and Daria Berman
CM Equity Partners
Manus and Theresa Cooney
Seth and Pam Farber
Ira M. Feinberg
Karen and Baruch Fellner
Scott and Sara R. Fisher
Daniel Floyd
Christy and Graham Gerst
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hoover
Jeff and Margaret Hudson
Gregory and Simone Katsas
William J. Kilberg
Daniel and Jay Kim
Janine and Marshall King
George K. Kollitides III
Greg and Lillian Lennox
Joseph and Jennifer Lower
Kerri Martin Bartlett
Randy Michael Mastro and Jonine Lisa Bernstein
Douglas Mayer
Derek A. McDowell
Kate Medina
John M. and Julie L. Meersman
Philip Mindlin
Daniel and Susan Plaine
Stuart M. and Wendy L. Riback
Benjamin and Nicolle Rippeon
Hattie Ruttenberg and Jon Molot
Patricia Larsen Scalia and Eugene Scalia
Gene and Martha Schaerr
Sam and Karen Seymour
Audrey Strauss
William Glenn Yarborough
Debra Wong Yang
S.M. Witzel