BROADWAY STARS TO PERFORM AS KIMBERLY BELFLOWER AND GRACE FEY ARE HONORED AT THE HUNTINGTON 2025 SPOTLIGHT GALA
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Information about the event can be found here
BROADWAY STARS TO PERFORM AS KIMBERLY BELFLOWER AND GRACE FEY ARE HONORED AT THE HUNTINGTON 2025 SPOTLIGHT GALA
Broadway talents will perform at this special event celebrating those who have made an extraordinary impact on Greater Boston, the arts, and The Huntington – including award-winning playwright Kimberly Belflower and former Huntington Trustee Grace Fey
(BOSTON) – The Huntington announces its annual Spotlight Gala on Monday, April 28, 2025 at the SoWa Power Station (550 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118). The event will celebrate honorees as well as the achievement of this transformational season. The Gala supports The Huntington’s artistic, education, and community initiatives. Tickets are available starting at $1,000, and sponsorships starting at $5,000 are still available. Young Professionals pricing starts at $250.
The Spotlight Gala honors two people who have made an extraordinary impact on The Huntington and the larger theatre community: former Huntington Trustee and esteemed Boston philanthropist Grace Fey and award-winning playwright Kimberly Belflower, whose play John Proctor is the Villain was a huge success for The Huntington last season and has been extended on Broadway this spring.
The April 28th Gala will begin with a cocktail hour at 5:30pm, followed by an auction and “Sponsor a Class” fundraiser to support The Huntington’s artistic and educational programs, a delicious dinner catered by MAX Ultimate Food, and several performances by Broadway superstars, including: Broadway legend and Tony and Emmy Award-nominee Eden Espinosa, who starred in The Huntington’s Merrily We Roll Along, played Elphaba in the Broadway, Los Angeles, and San Francisco productions of Wicked, and most recently starred in Lempicka on Broadway; The Light in the Piazza star William Michals, who has appeared at Lincoln Center in South Pacific and as the Beast in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast; and Tony Award-nominee Emily Skeggs, who starred in Our Town at The Huntington and in Fun Home on Broadway.
“The Spotlight Gala is a remarkable celebration of our vibrant creative community and an essential fundraiser for The Huntington’s outstanding theatre education programs,” says Randy Peeler, Chairman of the Board at The Huntington. “This year holds special significance as we come together to honor former Trustee Grace Fey, along with playwright Kimberly Belflower, whose play John Proctor is the Villain captivated audiences at The Huntington last season and continues to impress on Broadway. Adding to the excitement, we are gathering in a fresh location—the SoWa Power Station—which will provide a bold and dynamic backdrop for this special evening.”
Huntington Trustee and host of WCVB Channel 5’s CityLine Karen Holmes Ward will host the evening, and the event is chaired by Donald Nelson, Huntington Advisor Bobby Perino-Thompson, and Huntington Trustee Veronica Wiseman.
More information about the event can be found here.
ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON 2025 SPOTLIGHT GALA HONOREES:
Wimberly Award Honoree Grace Fey exemplifies steadfast support and advocacy for The Huntington as a former Huntington Trustee and President of Grace Fey Advisors. For twenty years, Grace was a partner at Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, and she currently serves as a Trustee of the John Hancock Financial Services Funds and is on the Board of Directors of the Fiduciary Trust Company. She is a Trustee of the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation, a member of Board Leaders and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Trustee Emeriti at GBH, and Chair Emeritus of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Wimberly Award Honoree Kimberly Belflower is an award-winning playwright and educator originally from a small town in Appalachian Georgia. Recent credits include the acclaimed John Proctor is the Villain at The Huntington as well as on Broadway and Off Broadway. Other credits include Lost Girl (Kennedy Center Darrell Ayers National Playwrighting Award) and Saint Pigtail. Kimberly has also worked with South Coast Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club, Alliance Theatre, Ojai Playwrights Conference, the Farm Theatre, We the Women, Less Than Rent, among others. Kimberly worked for two years as a narrative lead for Meow Wolf, Santa Fe’s celebrated arts and entertainment company, where she wrote a short film with original music by Beach House. She proudly holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and teaches playwriting at Emory University in Atlanta.
ABOUT THE HOST
Karen Holmes Ward is the director of public affairs and community services as well as host and executive producer of CityLine, WCVB-TV’s weekly magazine program which addresses the concerns and accomplishments of people of color living in Boston and its suburbs. Karen joined The Huntington’s Board of Trustees in 2021 and is the spokesperson for the Seats Campaign as part of The Campaign for the New Huntington. She hosted The Huntington’s Spotlight Gala in 2024 and 2023, and co-hosted several other years.
ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON
Celebrating over 40 years of outstanding theatre, The Huntington is Boston’s theatrical commons and leading professional theatre company. On our stages and throughout our city, we share enduring and untold stories that spark the imagination of audiences and artists and amplify the wide range of voices in our community.
Under the leadership of Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director Loretta Greco and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli, The Huntington is committed to welcoming broad and diverse audiences, provides life- changing opportunities for students through its robust education and community programs, is a national leader in the development of playwrights and new plays, has acted as the host organization for a multi-year residency of The Front Porch Arts Collective, a Black theatre company based in Boston, and serves the local arts community through our operation of The Huntington Calderwood/BCA.
The Huntington reopened the historic Huntington Theatre in fall of 2022 after its transformational renovation, and is currently in phase two of the project; the renovation and building project of this storied venue with a bold vision for the future will allow us to innovatively expand our services to audiences, artists, and the community for generations to come. For more information, visit huntingtontheatre.org.
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