Court Theatre Gala

From Court Theatre
To Catfish Row

A Taste of Southern Hospitality

Honoring Hyde Park Bank

The Court Theatre Gala Celebration
Friday, April 16, 2010
The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
120 East Delaware Place

6:00 pm Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction
7:30 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Special Cabaret Performance

Featuring music from PORGY AND BESS
By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin

One of the greatest American musical achievements of the 20th Century, PORGY AND BESS is set in Charleston, South Carolina. Based on a novel and a play by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, George and Ira Gershwin’s opera first premiered in 1935 in New York with an all-African-American cast, unprecedented in Broadway’s history. The music of  PORGY AND BESS has been recorded by the likes of Leontyne Price, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday.

Black Tie Valet Parking available

Reply requested by April 4

For more information about the 2010 Gala, contact Colette S. Gregory at (773) 834-5293

2010 GALA COMMITTEE
Brooks and Howard Morgan, Chairs
Suzy Campbell
James E. Clark
Kate Collins
Joan Coppleson
Paula D’Angelo
Joan Feitler
Kevin Hochberg
Virginia Gerst
Allison Thomas
Marilyn Fatt Vitale

Thank you to everyone who made the 2009 Court Theatre Gala an elegant, successful evening.  You may view pictures of the 2009 Gala here.