Dec 6th, 2011

7pm

Written by Stephen Metcalfe

Get into the holiday spirit with a reading of this new play, by acclaimed playwright, Stephen Metcalfe. Based on O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi

Featuring Todd Blakesley, Brian Mackey, Steven Lone, Amanda Sitton and Rachael VanWormer

Tickets just $10

Aug 15th, 2011

7:00 PM

Write Out Loud and Cygnet Theatre present readings from THE AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, SHRINKING, COLOSSAL, BIKINI-CRAZED CREATURE FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN by E. Mitchell.

The formula is simple: Take one mad genius, add a luscious lady in a lab coat, mix in a sex-starved scientist stirring up trouble with mutant movie monsters and you've got all the ingredients for howling good humor. If you're a film buff, fan of classic horror flicks or just looking for something fiendishly funny, this book is for you. Like a drive-in movie (popcorn not included) CREATURE FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN delivers colossal laughs. Coming soon to a theater near you! Or at least to a bookstore near you.

Tickets $10.

Aug 8th, 2011

Cygnet Theatre Company and Prayer Dudz presents an evening of stand up comedy at the Old Town Theatre, hosted by Mark Christopher Lawrence (The Piano Lesson, Fences and NBC's "Chuck").

The evening will feature some of the hottest comedy acts around.

JIMMY BROGAN Time Magazine says, "People who go to the improvisational comedy clubs in New York City and Los Angeles know that Jimmy Brogan is probably the best comic to hit that circuit since Robin Williams."

MIKE PACE "The well-scrubbed look of a mischievous boy-next-door with sly perverse habits" - Denver Post.

ANITA MILNER "One of the funniest headliners working across America" - SDGLN.com

Show starts at 7pm.

Tickets are just $15. ($10 for Subscribers)

Jun 27th, 2011

7:00PM

Join Cygnet Theatre and Write Out Loud for evening of excerpts from Cygneture Book Club Selection - Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below. Brother Juniper was himself about to step out onto the bridge, witnessed the plunge of five people into the abyss below and has begun to investigate their lives seeking an answer to why it happened and was it divine intervention.

Wilder won his first of three Pulitzer Prize for The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

Tickets are $10.

Jun 25th, 2011

12:00pm

Cygnet Theatre presents an encore performance of The Laramie Project performed by students of the Coronado School of the Arts.

In October 1998 a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, and others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of their reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

Tickets: $10

Apr 25th, 2011

Cygnet Theatre's Playwright Companion Series presents
A Staged Reading of

I Am A Camera
by John Van Druten
directed by George Ye

Inspired by Christopher Isherwood's The Berlin Stories (also the source for the musical Cabaret), John Van Druten draws an affecting portrait of young people trying to come to terms with their hopes and dreams as the decadence of the Weimar Republic gives way to the relentless evil of the Nazi Reich.

The cast features:
Tom Andrew (It's a Wonderful Life), Sandy Campbell (The Norman Conquests), Patrick Duffy, Annie Hinton (Private Lives), Nick Spear, Veronica Murphy (The Tragedy of the Commons), and Rachael VanWormer (Arcadia).

Tickets are just $10.

Apr 5th, 2011

Cygnet Theatre Company and Prayer Dudz presents an evening of stand up comedy at the Old Town Theatre, hosted by Mark Christopher Lawrence (The Piano Lesson, Fences and NBC's "Chuck").

The evening will feature some of the hottest comedy acts around.

LARRY OMAHA Larry's jokes come fast and furious! He hits every topic: stupid stereotypes; wacked out relatives; why Santa avoids Indian reservations. Without using shocking language he will have you in convulsions and tears. Some comics attack their audience but Larry engages his audience and takes them on a roller coaster comedy ride they'll never forget. His unique point of view on multi-ethnic America has garnered numerous tv appearances and places him in great demand on the corporate circuit. His comical stories about his youth are hailed by the Los Angeles Times as, "Refreshing, funny and universal." Omaha's side-splitting jabs at every day life inspired the Las Vegas Sun to label him, "A very hip comic for the the new millennium."

ERIC HUNTER Eric now performs non-stop around the country leaving his mark as a clean, funny, bright, friendly and original performer. He jokes sarcastically about various topics, including his friends and Irish Catholic family, education, sports and relationships. He’s best known for his hilarious, deadpan attempt to impress the women in the audience. In October, 2006, LA Weekly listed Eric in its “Some Of The Funniest Comedians In America” section.

CLAUDE SHIRES Claude Shires has done it all. If we all have nine lives this guy has 10. The son of a prominent physician(inventor of Gatorade, Dr Dana Shires), Claude knew too well what it was like to living in someone else's shadow. Like his father, Claude holds a degree in Molecular Biology and is a certified Emergency Medical Technician, and an Organ and Tissue harvester...yes, you read that right, as well as a former United States Marine. Claude has landed a couple of roles on hit shows CSI and Dexter, and can be seen in the new horror flick Boogeyman 2.

Show starts at 7pm.

Tickets are just $15. ($10 for Subscribers)

Feb 8th, 2011

Cygnet Theatre Company and Prayer Dudz presents an evening of stand up comedy at the Old Town Theatre, hosted by Mark Christopher Lawrence (The Piano Lesson, Fences and NBC's "Chuck").

The evening will feature some of the hottest comedy acts around.

Jack Mayberry Jack has appeared on numerous television programs such as, A & E’s "Evening at the Improv," NBC’s "Hot Country Nights and has made over twenty-five appearances on the Tonight Show. Jack has "performed" (Or as Jack says, "Channeled") presidential candidate Ross Perot for folks from: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Pepsico, Texaco, Exxon, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, and at numerous trade shows and events representing communications giants like: Micom and Nortel. In addition to his "dead on" caricature of Ross, his crowds are also treated to his clean and funny stand-up comedy.

Shayla Rivera Shayla has been named "Funniest Latina Comedian" by the prestigious organization "Latin 2015". She used her experience as a scientist to create the hit one-woman show “Rocket Science and Salsa,” directed by Debbie Allen, in which Rivera earned a "Best Lead Actress" nomination by the NAACP Theater Awards, as well as Allen a nomination for "Best Choreography" for the same. She has appeared on television in “Girls Behaving Badly,” “Ultimate Revenge”, "Extreme Fakeover", "National Lapoon’s Funny Money", “Funny is Funny" among others. She was a guest on “The Roseanne Show” and “The Martin Short Show" and featured in the "Paul Rodriguez Latin All Stars."

Joe Charles Joe Charles is a stand-up comedian living in beautiful Southern California. His stand-up career has taken him across the country and halfway around the world. In January of 2009, he had the privilege of being part of a comedy tour that entertained U.S. Troops in Kuwait and Iraq.

Show starts at 7pm.

Tickets are just $10.

Feb 7th, 2011

Written by Lance Arthur Smith
Directed by Francis Gercke

This staged reading is presented as part of the Playwright in Process Series which is sponsored by Bill and Judy Garrett.

1950s Postwar America. Reeling from the shock of World War II, the media appeared tainted by ambiguity and uncertainty. Popular culture was forced to abandon darker stories in favor of light fare. Television icons like Lucy reinforced our innocence, as did the ever-popular comicbook- Walt Disney’s animal line, Funnies on Parade, and those wholesome superheroes fighting for right and the American way. But springing from fear of the bomb and The Red Scare, juvenile delinquency reached record levels and a desperate public called for its representatives to find a tangible culprit. A handy scapegoat arose in a small contingent of daring, edgy, comicbook talent aggressively challenging the flow.

Truth, Justice, and the Four-Color Way explores the trials of parenthood in the face of apparently uncontrollable media influence, and the near-obliteration of the comicbook industry through the 1954 heated (and televised) Senate Subcommittee hearings.

Dec 7th, 2010

Mark Christopher Lawrence (The Piano Lesson, Fences and NBC's "Chuck") hosts an evening of comedy at the Old Town Theatre featuring some of the hottest acts around.

The Lineup Includes:

Doug Starks If you combine the comedic styling of Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy, throw in the smooth singing voice of Johnny Mathis, add the tap dancing skills of Gene Kelly and the musical talents of Wayne Newton, not to mention, dead on impersonations that make Rich Little take a second look, you’ve just seen a Doug Starks show.

Cary Odes Cary Odes is one of the best comics you've never heard of. Yes, he's headlined across the country, yes he's been on TV over a dozen times, and yes he's even written for television and film. In decades at work at the craft, Cary has continued to grow and take stand up to where the truth meets the insane. Energetic, clean, fiercely insightful, Cary is carnival ride for your head.

Quartez Quartez is a San Diego native. His insightful comedy touches on life as he sees it. He works all over the country and is a regular at The Comedy Store in La Jolla and The Comedy Palace in Kearny Mesa.

Tickets are $10.

Show starts at 7pm

Nov 1st, 2010 through Nov 8th, 2010

featuring a concert reading of
On the 20th Century
book and lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green.
music by Cy Coleman

TWO NIGHTS ONLY
Nov 1st and 8th

Wine and Cheese at 6:30pm
Performance at 7:30pm

Join Cygnet for a MINI-BENEFIT with proceeds going to support Cygnet's Storytelling on the Green, followed by a Concert Reading of the hilarious and seldom seen musical On the Twentieth Century.

While on the 20th Century Limited to New York, down-and-out theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe reunites with his muse turned Hollywood starlet Lily Garland. As Jaffe tries to woo Garland back to the stage (in an attempt to save his career) he is bombarded with a wealthy religious nut, Garland's egotistical new love toy, and a train full of passengers who repeatedly declare "I have written a play, Mr. Jaffe!".

Featuring:
Sean Murray, Eileen Bowman, Lance Arthur Smith, Krt Norby, Phil Johnson, Kerry Meads, Melissa Fernandes, Sandy Campbell, Gigi Coddington, Ryan Scrimger, Justin Martin, Eric Hellmers, Bryan Barbarin, Jacob Caltrider, and Ed Hollingsworth.

Tickets are $40

$20 of your ticket price is tax deductible

Oct 25th, 2010

Playwright Companion Series presents a staged reading of the most famous radio broadcast of all time, War of the Worlds.

First broadcast on October 30, 1938, War of Worlds sent the nation into a terrified panic as people tuned in to hear that New York was being destroyed by an alien invasion as many believed the radio drama was actually a news report.

In the tradition of Cygnet's annual holiday show, It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Scott Paulson will provide live sound effects as actors recreate the Orson Welles' radio show that is still thrilling today as it was 72 years ago.

Featuring Richard Baird, David McBean and Tim West.

Directed by Francis Gercke.

Tickets: $10

Sep 27th, 2010

Playwright Companion Series presents a staged reading of a play by one of the most prolific playwrights of all time.

When the Strattons meet at their favorite restaurant, they are hoping for a good time. But for playwright Alan Ayckbourn, time is relative - and wildly funny. While parents Gerry and Laura reminisce in the present, son Glyn and his wife are viewed in the future, and son Adam and his girlfriend are seen from the past. Meanwhile, one actor works overtime as the entire restaurant staff. Ultimately, Ayckbourn's sly comedy suggests that living in the moment is the best time of all.

The cast features Ron Choularton (The Norman Conquests, St. Nicholas, My Fair Lady), Annie Hinton (Private Lives, A Christmas Carol, Book of Liz), Jessica John (Private Lives, Noises Off, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), and Jason Heil (Noises Off, Passion).

Directed by Francis Gercke.

Tickets: $10

Sep 21st, 2010

Mark Christopher Lawrence (The Piano Lesson, Fences and NBC's "Chuck") hosts an evening of comedy at the Old Town Theatre featuring some of the hottest acts around.

The Lineup Includes:

Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson's skill as a ventriloquist is unmatched. After you give up trying to catch his lips moving the magic really begins. He has appeared on shows such as America's Got Talent and The Late Show with David Letterman.

Frances Dilorinzo Frances is spontaneous, silly, smart, sarcastic, free and physical. How can you not have fun with that? She is always the life of the party... even when there isn't one. TV appearances include Last Comic Standing and the upcoming season of Real Housewives of Orange County.

David Kamatoy David Kamatoy is the # 1 Philippine American Juggling Comedian...probably the only Philippine American Juggler Comedian. David’s act is more like spending time with an entertainer, a New! Vaudevillian, a comedian that juggles rather than a juggler that just tells a few jokes.

Tickets are $20.

Show starts at 7pm

Sep 13th, 2010

Cygnet's Playwright Companion Series presents a staged reading of the play that put Sir Alan Ayckbourn on the map!

Ginny is married to Greg (although she is having an affair with Phillip). Phillip is married to Sheila (but she's having an affair with Greg, he suspects). Meanwhile Greg thinks Phillip is Ginny's Father, when in truth he is Ginny's Boss. And that is just the beginning.

The cast features Ron Choularton (The Norman Conquests, St. Nicholas, My Fair Lady) and Annie Hinton (Private Lives, A Christmas Carol, Book of Liz).

Directed by Francis Gercke.

Tickets: $10

Jun 21st, 2010

June 21, 2010 - 7pm
Directed by Francis Gercke

Cygnet presents a Staged-Reading of Noel Coward's salaciously, devastating drama as part of the Playwright Companion Series.

First performed in London in 1924, The Vortex was Noel Coward's first commercial success.

Returning from Paris, Nicky discovers that his glamorous socialite mother, Florence has taken a lover half her age. While Nicky battles with the conflicting emotions that her behavior arouses, Florence is horrified by her son’s equally devastating revelation.

FREE: suggested donation $10
Tickets available at the door.

Apr 26th, 2010

By Stephen Metcalfe

Staged Reading
Monday, April 26
7pm

Part of the Playwrights in Process Series

The story of three young Marines and how their deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan effect their lives and the lives of those they leave at home. Written and directed by Stephen Metcalfe who wrote the screenplays for JACKNIFE and PRETTY WOMAN… Cygnet will be producing his play THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS in January 2011.

Tickets: $10

Apr 24th, 2010

“What good is sitting alone in your room?

Cygnet Gala 2010
The Prado at Balboa Park - Grand Ballroom

Kit Cat Club Foyer Reception
6:00 pm – Come Taste the Wine…Come Hear the Band…
Appetizers, Drinks, Live Entertainment, and our incredible Silent Auction

Dinner and Program
Start Celebrating…Right This Way Your Table’s Waiting!
The Kit Cat Club Doors Open at 7:15 pm
Experience a Uniquely Themed 3-Course Meal from Executive Chef Jonathan Hale
Live Cabaret Performances By Cygnet Performers
Live Auction

Tickets are $150 or - Buy a table of 10 for $1250

Suggested Attire – Swanky Cocktail

Event Sponsors
Flossie Cohen & Robert Shapiro

For more information please call Veronica at (619) 698-5855 ext 113

All proceeds benefit Cygnet Theatre Company - 501(c)3 # 571146474. For tax purposes, the fair market value of each ticket is $80

Apr 12th, 2010 through Apr 13th, 2010

Staged Concert
Music by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine

One of Stephen Sondheim's most gorgeous and haunting musicals, PASSION examines the landscape of the human heart. In a remote military outpost in Italy in 1863, a handsome army captain, separated from his beautiful but married mistress, is forced to re-evaluate his beliefs about love when he becomes the object of the obsessive, unrelenting passion of Fosca, his Colonel’s plain and sickly cousin. PASSION explores the theme of love as something not necessarily pretty or safe, but rather as a blazing lifeforce that consumes and enlightens.

Tickets are $25
$20 for Subscribers

Mar 30th, 2010

Cygnet Theatre and Prayer Dudz present an evening of live comedy at Cygnet's Old Town Theatre.

Hosted by Mark Christopher Lawrence (The Piano Lesson, NBC's "Chuck").

Featuring performances by:
Vicki Barbolak (from "Whose Minding the Store")
Jimmy Burns (as heard on "Live from Here")
Scott Wood (as seen on Comedy Central)

Dec 7th, 2009

Cygnet Theatre is proud to present the San Diego premiere staged-reading of acclaimed writer Stephen Metcalfe’s The Tragedy of the Commons.

The cast will include Jim Winker, Manny Fernandes, Monique Gaffney, Francis Gercke, Veronica Murphy, Soroya Rowley, and Tim West and will be directed by Stephen Metcalfe.

Wine and appetizer meet-and-greet - 6pm.

Staged-Reading - 7:30pm.

Talk-back with the cast and playwright, Stephen Metcalfe, will immediately follow the reading.

Dakin Adams, a retired school teacher, spends his days writing and sending his thoughts - his blogs - out into the void that is the internet. His wife, Macy, walks the dogs and gardens. It would seem the only thing they have in common anymore is their home and their memories and their love of “the view"- the pacific ocean as seen from the back deck of the house. But now their neighbor is selling and the new owner is coming in to tear down and rebuild - build "up" - and the view - and the fragile relationship of two people - is in ever increasing jeopardy.

Price: $10 suggested donation

Jun 27th, 2009

On June 27, Cygnet Theatre Company is asking patrons to "put on some make up and pull the wig down from the shelf". The "DRAG YOURSELF TO HEDWIG" contest invites audience members to "drag" out and don their best Hedwig or Yitzhak costume for the 10pm performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch will receive HALF OFF the ticket price.

Prior to the performance, audience members will help determine the best of the best. One winning costume will receive a FLEX PASS for Cygnet's 2009/2010 Season!

In addition to this special event, Cygnet is also offering patrons a "REPEAT OFFENDER" card. Patrons can use the card to receive discounts on return visits to see Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Card holders who return a fifth time to see Hedwig will receive a FREE TICKET.

"Repeat Offender" cards can be picked up at the Cygnet Box Office.

Apr 25th, 2009

At The World-Famous San Diego Zoo from 6-10 p.m.
Stroll the park grounds from 4-6 p.m.

Join us for the Cygnet's fifth annual benefit. This year's event will once again be hosted at the World-Famous San Diego Zoo and include dinner, auctions and entertainment. There will even be visits from some of the residents of the zoo. You will also be able to stroll the park grounds prior to the event and take a ride on the Skyfari.

Tickets: $125

Dinner! Animals! Entertainment! Fun!

Mar 16th, 2009

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Based on an original idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.

One Night Only

Monday, March 16, 2009 at 7:30 pm
at the Old Town Theatre

Cygnet will present a staged reading of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. Directed by Sean Murray and Kim Strassburger and featuring an all star cast of San Diego Favorites.

Tickets $50
$40 for Cygnet Season Subscribers

Proceeds support renovations of the Old Town Theatre. Tickets are tax deductible less $20

Jan 10th, 2009 through Jan 11th, 2009

Sale at Cygnet: All Tickets Only $20*

20/20 Sale begins Jan 10, 2009 at 9am.

In our current economy, you don’t have to give up theatre, too! 20 seats per performance will be put on sale for just $20 each for ALL REMAINING PERFORMANCES of our 2008/09 Season!

Tickets available at the Old Town box office, online or by phone. Snatch ‘em up and enjoy up to four great shows!

*Excluding opening nights. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. Sale ends 1/10/09.

Feb 4th, 2008

King Hedley II
Directed by Antonio "T.J." Johnson
Feb. 2 - 3pm at City Heights Performance Annex
Feb. 4 - 7:30pm at Cygnet

Peddling stolen refrigerators in the feeble hope of making enough money to open a video store, King Hedley, a man whose self worth is built on self delusion, is scraping in the dirt of an urban backyard trying to plant seeds where nothing will grow. Drawing on characters established in Seven Guitars, King Hedley II shows the shadows of the past reaching into the present as King seeks retribution for a lie perpetrated by his mother regarding the identity of his father.

"Mesmerizing.... Full of powerful images that convey the darkly comic dialogue between hope and hopelessness in African American life."-N.Y. Daily News.

Sep 17th, 2007 through Sep 18th, 2007

Cygnet Theatre in collaboration with The San Diego Black Ensemble continue their August Wilson series with a staged reading of King Hedley II, the eighth play in Mr. Wilson's ten play cycle.

Featuring: Antonio "TJ" Johnson, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Sylvia M'Lafi Thompson, Grandison M Phelps III, Monique Gaffney and Hassan El Amin.

An ex-con in the Reagan years of excess tries to rebuild his life by selling stolen refrigerators and robbing the neighborhood jeweler so he can buy a video store. But grand dreams for his wife and unborn child are threatened by a system that's not about to play by his rules.

Performances begin at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available for $5.

Purchase Tickets Online or Call (619) 337-1525

Sponsored in part by The San Diego Foundation

Aug 28th, 2007

Directed by Claudio Raygoza
Featuring Rosina Reynolds & Kate Reynolds along with Ron Choularton and Jillian Frost.

Josie is seeing her mother Fay for the first time in a while - she's never walked into a prison before, and she's been putting it off for fifteen years. Fay is serving life for murdering her husband with a kitchen knife. Her daughter needs to find out why she can't remember anything that came before that terrible night, why her own mother would kill her father. Uncovering the memories they share is going to be more perilous than either of them can imagine...

Tickets will be available at the door only. Suggested donation of $5. Performance begins at 8pm.

Jun 6th, 2007 through Jun 10th, 2007

Cygnet Theatre Company
in collaboration with the
San Diego Black Ensemble
present The August Wilson Festival.

Sponsored in part by Sempra Energy and The Pratt Memorial Fund at Union Bank of California.

Individual Tickets are just $10!
Festival Passes are $40!
Passes available thru the Box Office only 619-337-1525.

Performance Schedule:
Walking in the Shadows of August Wilson - June 6th 7:30pm.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone - June 7th 7:30pm.
Seven Guitars - June 8th 7:30pm.
The Piano Lesson - June 9th 2:00pm.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - June 9th 7:30pm.
Fences - June 10th 2:00pm.

Wilson has been hailed since the mid-1980s as an important talent in the American theatre. He spent his childhood in poverty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he lived with his parents and five siblings. Though he grew up in a poor family, Wilson felt that his parents withheld knowledge of even greater hardships they had endured. "My generation of blacks knew very little about the past of our parents," he told the New York Times in 1984. "They shielded us from the indignities they suffered." Wilson's goal is to illuminate that shadowy past with a series of plays that focus on black issues, each set in a different decade.

May 12th, 2007

SUNDOWN SOIREE A HUGE SUCCESS!

Over 150 Cygnet Theatre lovers gathered at the Powerhouse on Saturday, May 12th for the third annual Sundown Soiree. This benefit event featured a wonderful silent auction, delicious food and wine, and musical entertainment by Cygnet artists.

County Supervisor Pam Slater presented a proclamation to Artistic Director Sean Murray, recognizing Cygnet's accomplishments and celebrating May 12th as "Cygnet Theatre Day" in San Diego County.

KUDOS TO OUR SUPPORTERS!

Our special thanks go to our Event Chairs, Ellen Cherin and Pamela Richards, and to the many sponsors, auction donors, and volunteers who made this event possible.

We are deeply grateful to our title sponsor, Harle Montgomery, for her generous support of this event. The beautiful invitations were underwritten again by Harvey and Sheryl White. The musical entertainment, featuring selections from past and future Cygnet shows, was sponsored by Cygnet supporters Howard Finnecy, and Lynne Thrope and Joe Parness. Co-chair Pamela Richards and her husband Mathew Brunson supported the Powerhouse's outdoor terrace, which overlooks the shimmering Pacific Ocean, and Marianne McDonald sponsored the facility.

Cygnet donors Stuart and Linda Robinson, and Corky's Pest Control sponsored the beverages and wine, served in commemorative Soiree glasses sponsored by Mike and Rhoda Auer. An added feature to this year's event was Corky's Wine Corner, featuring wonderful wines donated by Corky and Barbara Mizer. Delicious hors d'oeuvres were presented by Doyle Catering. To top off the evening, guests were treated to chocolate-dipped strawberries from Maria Richardson, mouth-watering pastries by Patisserie du Soleil, sponsored by Ana Maria Grace and Chuck Cuccaro. Tables were decorated with beautiful ice plants, donated by florist Rebecca Geiss.

Guests had an opportunity to sponsor their favorite actor, director or full cast in our 2007/2008 season during our Artist Advocate program. Thanks to the generous support of over 30 donors, this program raised over $23,000 to support some of the talented artists who will be a part of this season!

At the event, Artist Advocates had a unique opportunity to win a five night stay at the elegant Hotel Lombardy in New York, thanks to a generous gift from Cygnet donors. Deborah Pettry, cast sponsor of our upcoming production of A Little Night Music, was the lucky winner.

Stay tuned for information on our 2008 Soiree!!!
For more information on future Cygnet events, please contact Veronica Murphy at (619) 698-5855 ext 113 or via email at: veronica@cygnettheatre.com