Fundraising Events

JOIN US AND TAKE CENTER STAGE!

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is inaugurating Center Stage, an exclusive benefit concert and dinner on the Moe and Jack’s Place—The Rouse Theatre Stage. This wonderful new event will benefit the Playhouse’s main stage productions and education programs. Center Stage will feature Broadway performers who have started their careers at the Playhouse in the Park, an exclusive cocktail reception, a sumptuous dinner on stage created by Chef Renee Schuler of Eat Well celebrations and feasts, and more.

THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025

Cocktails: 5:30 p.m.
Dinner on stage: 6:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Blake Robison, Osborn Family Producing Artistic Director, has announced the two stars of the Center Stage event.

BETSY WOLFE
Tony-nominated star of the hit Broadway musicals &Juliet, Waitress, Falsettos, The Last Five Years, Bullets Over Broadway, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood

NATHAN LEE GRAHAM
Tony and Grammy Award-nominated cabaret artist, stage, television and film actor, singer, writer and director. Nathan’s Broadway credits include The Wild Party, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and the national tour of the Tony-award-winning musical Hadestown. His films include Zoolander and Zoolander 2, Sweet Home Alabama, and Hitch.

We invite you to join us for Center Stage as a table sponsor or by purchasing individual tickets. We have only 170 seats available and hope to count you amongst this special group.

$10,000 Producer Sponsorship

SOLD OUT

Exclusive recognition from the stage
Sponsorship recognition on event invitation (if sponsorship is received by the end of January 2025)
Social media recognition for all promotional Center Stage activities
Recognition in all 2025-26 Playbills and event program
Exclusive use of the Playhouse Donor Lounge for one corporate event*
Cocktails at the Center Stage event
A table for ten at the Center Stage concert and dinner
Invitation to three Artistic Director’s Circle events during the 2025-26 Season
VIP Ticket Service
Access to the Donor Lounge for select performances*
Six tickets and three parking passes to one performance during the 2025-26 season*
The satisfaction that your company is supporting a two-time Tony Award® winning theatre

*Based on Availability

$750 per person individual ticket

SOLD OUT

Recognition on event invitation (if sponsorship is received by the end of January 2025)
Recognition in the event program
Access to the Donor Lounge for select performances*
Cocktails at the Center Stage event
Center Stage concert and dinner
The satisfaction that you are supporting a two-time Tony Award® winning theatre

*Based on Availability

Non-Attendance Donation

DONATE

The satisfaction that you are supporting a two-time Tony Award® winning theatre

Mainstage productions reaching 100,000 people annually
Education and Outreach programs reaching 37,000 children and families annually

See you on the Broadway red carpet at the Playhouse on May 29.

For questions or to pledge your support, please contact Sneja H. Tomassian, Chief Philanthropy Officer, at Sneja.Tomassian@cincyplay.com or (513) 977-2081.

CENTER STAGE HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Ellen van der Horst and Barbara Weyand

CENTER STAGE PRODUCING CO-CHAIRS

Robert S. Castellini and Woody Taft

CENTER STAGE COMMITTEE

MC Brennan, Host
James P. Conway Jr., Board Treasurer
Linda Greenberg, Host
Nirvani Head, Board Vice President
Terry Lemmerman, Host
Jamie Leonard, Board President
Danute Miskinis, Creative Advisor
Patti Myers, Host
Jenny Powell, Host
Margo Ross, Board Secretary
Digi Schueler, Board Chair
Julia Wesselkamper, Host
Ronna Willis, Host