Central Square Theater Gala

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA

Honoring

Brit d’Arbeloff, announcing The d’Arbeloff Women in Science Production Series

and

Martin Blatt for dedication and service as Central Square Theater Board Chair 2008-2017

5:30PM REGISTRATION & COCKTAILS

6:00PM GALLERY CELEBRATION with Delectables, Performances, Awards, & Auction

7:30PM GALLERY DINNER: (Director Level and Sponsor Tickets Only)

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Attend as an Individual

Director Ticket – $250
Ticket for one to Gallery Dinner and Gallery Celebration

Leading Role – $125
Ticket for one to Gallery Celebration

Sponsor a Ticket for a CST artist – $125

 

Attend as a Sponsor

All Sponsors receive Dinner Tickets and benefits!

Producer – $2500 (6 tickets)

Luminary- $5000  (12 tickets)

Benefactor $10,000 (18 tickets + exclusive perks)

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Brit d’Arbeloff
Pioneer Engineer and Advocate for Women and the Arts, and announcing The d’Arbeloff Women in Science Production Series

Martin Blatt
Honoring his dedication and service as Central Square Theater Board Chair, 2008-2017

The Margret and H.A. Rey Curiosity Award
Recognizing a young dreamer of innovation and creativity

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Host Committee

 

Season Sponsor
Wayne Patenaude, President & CEO of Cambridge Savings Bank

Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Sponsor
Philip Khoury, Chair, Advisory Committee, Ford International Professor of History, Associate Provost, MIT

Central Square Theater Board of Directors
Betsy Bard
Dr. Martin Blatt
Downing Cless
Alison Coleman
Subrata Das
Mary Dill
Lee Mikeska Gardner
Amanda Goodwin
Betsy Groban
Noreen Hurley
Jim Kaufman
Breton Leone-Quick
Linda Lipkin
Rakel Meir
Jane Minasian
Carolyn Mugar
C. Brandon Ogbunu, Ph.D.
Laura Roberts
Simar Singh
Melanie Wallace
Debra Wise

 

  

 

 

 

 

Tonight, it’s Midvale High School’s class of 1954’s 50th reunion. Tom and Bettina – returning for the first time – are looking for second chances. As the evening revs up to the highly anticipated dance contest, they flash back to formative moments – but are those memories real? Emmy winning actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue) and our own Debra Wise, star in Alan Brody’s (Operation Epsilon) romantic comedy about how we remember, how we choose and how we never stop looking for love.

Two actors. Six characters. Four different courses of action. What will happen next? Master of form Alan Ayckbourn’s (Absurd Person Singular) Intimate Exchanges follows marriages and love affairs in a London suburb. Meet Celia Teasdale, the wife of the drunken headmaster of the local school. And then, there’s Sylvie Bell, Celia’s part-time help, to whom there is more than meets the eye – is she a modern day Eliza Doolittle?

In the opening scene, Celia steps into her backyard and eyes a pack of cigarettes. Her choice leads to one of four possibilities. On alternating performances, you can follow either Celia or Sylvie in their path throughout the play. At intermission, place your vote on how you want the play to end. And, if you don’t like the result, you’ve nobody to blame but yourself!

Bonus: On Saturdays see both paths in the matinee and the evening!

Do you want to purchase tickets to a “Celia” night or a “Sylvie” night? Look at this schedule!

A research linguist, Brodie, receives genetic testing results: her unborn child may never be able to learn a language. Her girlfriend’s unsympathetic; her genetic counselor’s a rookie; her own uncompromising intellect betrays her. Her search for guidance takes her to unexpected places. Three actresses play multiple roles – including a gorilla – in Madeleine George’s irreverent exploration of one of our most fundamental questions: when does too much knowledge get in the way of our basic instincts?

A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production

We will have a Diaper Circle collection bin in the lobby during the run of Precious Little. Diaper Circle are a wonderful local charity who supply diapers and wipes to low-income families in need.

Please consider bringing the following with you to donate:

• new, unopened packs of diapers
• opened packs of diapers
• loose diapers (clean, of course!)
• gift cards to places that sell diapers (to be used only by staff, not given directly to families)
• unopened containers of wipes
• rewards points from Huggies (we use these to earn free diapers)

After charming audiences last season, Underground Railway Theater’s adaptation of Matchless & The Happy Prince returns! By Wicked author Gregory Maguire, Matchless rekindles Hans Christian Andersen’s classic Little Match Girl and pairs it with Oscar Wilde’s whimsical and achingly beautiful The Happy Prince. Intimate, innovative storytelling animates found objects into puppets and transforms the everyday into a city of dreams. Enchanting for all ages, come discover magic and beauty in the most unexpected places.

Matchless & The Happy Prince is not part of any subscription package but may be purchased at a special Subscriber add-on rate before single tickets go on sale.

Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room Pop-Up will be selling hot & tasty dumplings in the lobby following the 7pm show on Thursday, December 29, and the 2pm and 7pm shows on Friday, December 30.