Footlight Players Launches 79th Season With First Annual Art Auction
August 4, 2010
CHARLESTON, SC – August 4, 2010 – The Footlight Players, the longest continuously performing theatre company in the Holy City, will mark the beginning of its 79th season First Annual Local Celebrity Art Auction featuring original paintings created by eleven notable members of the Charleston business community on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at the company’s downtown theatre.
Featured artists include: Archie Burkel—The Hat Ladies; Robert Dickson—Robert’s of Charleston; R. Wayne Hall—(CEO) First Federal; Richard Heffner—Footlight Players; Robert Ivey—Robert Ivey Ballet; Henry Lowndes—CT Lowndes & Co.; Shawn Jenkins— (CEO) BenefitFocus; Linda Ketner—(Politician, Donor Activist & President) KSI Leadership and Management Development; Tom O’Rourke—Charleston County Parks & Recreation; Emily Remington—A Legend In Choral Music; and James Wadsworth—National Chamber of Commerce.
ABC News 4 meteorologist Tom Crawford will emcee the event and serve as auctioneer.
Doors open at 7 p.m. for an art viewing that includes hors d’oeuvres and beverages. The Live Art Auction begins at 8 p.m.
Tickets are available for $25 through the Footlight box office by calling (843)-722-4487 and are 100% tax deductible.
All money generated from the live auction and raised from ticket sales will benefit the Footlight Players Theatre and the company’s ongoing efforts to present and provide quality entertainment for and by the Charleston community, as well as, to maintaining and preserving the company’s nearly one hundred fifty year old building.
About Footlight Players
Footlight Players theatre was founded in 1931 as a 501 (c)(3) organization and is the longest continuously performing theatre company in the Southeast. The company’s 79th season begins with the August 27th production of Mark Twain’s long lost manuscript, Is He Dead? and continues through May 2011 with five additional productions that are a part of the Mainstage series and two shows that are a part of the Latenight series.
20 Queen Street, Charleston, S.C., 29401 www.FootlightPlayers.net
