Stoneham Theatre's 2011 "Lights Up!" Auction, with Hank Morse as auctioneer -- held in Woburn

Auction details at a glance:
2011 Lights Up! Auction
Presented by Stoneham Theatre, with radio host Hank Morse, Auctioneer.
Special auction items include: an Ultimate Red Sox Experience,  a Cabaret Dinner with Kathy St. George,  a Hilton Head Vacation,  a 7-night stay for four in a Tuscan Villa, and much more! 
(A Lights Up! Online Auction Pre-Sale runs from Monday, March 7 through Friday, March 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm.)
Auction held on Friday, April 1, with a champagne reception and registration beginning at 6:30 pm; during the evening, the theatre’s upcoming Season 12 will be revealed, with an entertainment medley highlighting the new season.
Held at the Hilton Boston/Woburn, 2 Forbes Rd., Woburn, MA 01801, http://tinyurl.com/yqp62r.
Lights Up! tickets are $75 per person or table of ten for $700; bronze sponsor table of ten for $1,200.  Black tie optional. 
To purchase tickets or for more information, contact Kelly Gaudet at 781-587-7901 or kelly@stonehamtheatre.org. 
Tickets also available online at www.stonehamtheatre.org/dev_auction.html.

Stoneham Theatre

announces its
10^th annual
Lights Up! Auction

with
radio talk show personality
 Hank Morse
as
Auctioneer

“Hank Morse has a personality-filled voice
and sharp sense of humor”
(visitingnewengland.com’s
Boston Radio Hall of Fame)

a portion of the proceeds from the auction
to provide
scholarships for local youth
who are participating in the theatre’s
the young company
educational program

Friday, April 1, 2011
beginning at 6:30 pm

held at
Hilton Boston/Woburn

(Stoneham, MA)  Members of Stoneham Theatre’s 2011 Lights Up! Auction Committee mingled with Auction sponsors, restaurant partners, and invited guests on Thursday, February 17 at a Sneak Peek Reception held in the Atelier Gallery at Stoneham Theatre.  Invited guests were given a first-look at some of the exciting items to be auctioned at the 2011 Lights Up! Auction, to be held on Friday, April 1st at the Hilton Boston/Woburn.  For this year, new items up for bid include a 2011 Boston Marathon Weekend Experience, a Cabaret Dinner with Kathy St. George, a Hilton Head Vacation and a Chicago Wrigley Field Experience. Returning favorites include a 7-night stay for four in a Tuscan Villa and a behind-the-scenes tour of Boston’s July 4th Celebration.

Sneak Peek guests were also treated to a performance of Sunfish just finishing up its successful run at Stoneham Theatre and featuring Rocio Valles, a graduate of Stoneham Theatre’s education program, the young company.  A portion of the proceeds from the Auction will go to the Fund-A-Need campaign, which supports the young company and provides scholarships to the education program.  These funds allow Stoneham Theatre to continue offering education classes during the academic year, increase enrollment in the summer program, and provide additional scholarships to those needing financial assistance.

Stoneham Theatre’s Lights Up! Auction is not only an occasion to raise funds for programs, it is also the much awaited yearly event to hear, before anyone else, what will be the next season’s line-up of shows and programs.  The theatre’s Season 12 (2011-2012) will be revealed that evening and attendees will be entertained by a medley of short performances that will highlight several of the shows planned for the new season.

The Savings Bank is, once again, the Premier Sponsor for Stoneham Theatre’s Lights Up! Auction.  Other sponsors include Affeldt, Miles & Calabrese Wealth Management Group, A.A. Dority Company, Inc., Boyd's Direct, Weiss Farms, Grossman Marketing Group, Integrity Services, Law Offices of Suzanne C. Cummings & Associates, Stoneham Savings Bank and Hilton Boston/Woburn.  Dinner at the auction will be provided by some of MetroNorth’s best restaurants and caterers, including 2 Forbes Bistro (Woburn), Caffé Italia Ristorante Bar & Functions (Wakefield), David's Catering & Events (Woburn), Felicia's of the North End (Stoneham), Stearns & Hill's Bistro/Sam’s Bistro (Melrose/Reading), and Taste of Siam (Stoneham).

NEW THIS YEAR:
Raffle tickets are now on sale in support of Stoneham Theatre’s Lights Up! Auction.  Tickets can be purchased for a chance to win an Ultimate Red Sox Experience!  Package includes: four (4) front-row Pavilion Seat Tickets, round-trip limo service, dinner at the Shawmut Pavilion, a visit to the Red Sox Hall of Fame and an incredible On-Field Experience before the game.  Raffle tickets are $50 each and the raffle is limited to 350 tickets.  Drawing will be held at the Lights Up! Auction on April 1st.  To purchase tickets or for more information, contact Kelly Gaudet at 781-587-7901 or kelly@stonehamtheatre.org.   Lights Up! Red Sox Raffle is sponsored by Business Copy Associates.  Details on the Theatre’s 10th Annual Auction can be found at www.stonehamtheatre.org/dev_auction.html.

ONLINE AUCTION:
Due to its popularity, Stoneham Theatre will once again be offering a Lights Up! Online Auction Pre-Sale starting Monday, March 7 and running until Friday, March 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm.  Everyone will have a chance to bid on and buy from a selection of the auction items available this year.  Details regarding the Set the Stage on-line auction can be found at www.stonehamtheatre.org.

The members of this year’s Lights Up! Auction Committee are Sheila Ryder (from Stoneham, Committee Co-Chair, affiliation: Grossman Marketing Group); Paula Falzone (from Stoneham, Committee Co-Chair, affiliation: Mt. Auburn Hospital); Rebecca Brennan-Laird (from Winchester, affiliation: Shanahan Real Estate Group); Mary Canavan (from Stoneham, affiliation: Stoneham Theatre Volunteer Guild); Suzanne C. Cummings (from Lynnfield, affiliation: Law Offices of Suzanne C. Cummings); Robert J. DiBella (from Stoneham, affiliation: The Savings Bank); Eileen Keegan Bongiorno (from Stoneham, affiliation: Cambridge Department of Human Services); Patricia A. Kilty (from Stoneham, affiliation: Stoneham Theatre Trustee); Diane Lind (from Reading, affiliation: Stoneham Theatre Trustee); MJ Michaels (from Stoneham, affiliation: Stoneham Theatre the young company parent); Anita Sweeney (from Topsfield, affiliation: Stoneham Theatre Volunteer Guild); and Aricia Symes-Elmer (from Andover, affiliation: Stoneham Theatre Trustee).

Stoneham Theatre, a professionally producing regional theatre, is the only company founded within the past ten years ranked by the Boston Business Journal among the area’s ten most popular performing arts organization.  It is consistently praised by critics and audiences for its superior caliber of production, its connection to the communities it serves and its comfortable atmosphere.  The mission of the theatre’s the young company is to develop confidence, self-discipline, and collaboration in order to prepare our local youth for the challenges that lie ahead.  The young company is also a great place to have fun and learn the joys of teamwork, the major criterion for pulling off any theatrical production.  Weylin Symes serves as Stoneham Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director.  Visit www.stonehamtheatre.org.