2023 Court Gala

The 2023 Court gala – Play, In Three Acts – was a resounding success! Thank you to everyone who brought this party to life on June 10, including Court’s Board of Trustees, University of Chicago faculty and administrators, artists, guests, gala co-chairs Dana Levinson and Andrea Sáenz, and honorees Barbara Franke, Lorna Ferguson, and Audrey Petty.

Read more about the gala here and enjoy this video clip celebrating the honorees!

You can still help support our programs! A few tickets remain for available for Robed in the Renaissance: A Night of Immersion with Ada Palmer.

Tickets available for purchase. Please contact Assistant Director of Development Cara Peterson at 773-834-5293 to join us.

All proceeds from the gala support Court Theatre’s artistic initiatives and education programs. Court Theatre is the Tony Award–winning professional theatre of the University of Chicago, dedicated to innovation, inquiry, intellectual engagement, and community service. Functioning as the University’s Center for Classic Theatre, Court and its artists mount theatrical productions and audience enrichment programs in collaboration with faculty. These collaborations enable a reexamination of classic texts that pose the enduring and provocative questions that define the human experience.

Honorees

Lorna Ferguson
Barbara Franke
Audrey Petty

Gala Chairs

Dana Levinson
Andrea Sáenz