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MU GALA 2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
Mixed Blood Theatre
CELEBRATE AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN THEATER MU’S HISTORY AS WE WELCOME OUR NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR!
Join us at Mu’s biggest party of the year as we welcome our new Artistic Director to the Mu Family, celebrate this season’s accomplishments, and take pride in the wealth of talent, people, and art in our community. Event highlights includes mouth-watering Lao food, gourmet cotton candy, silent auction, and a special gala performance of HOT ASIAN DOCTOR HUSBAND.
Don’t miss out on an unforgettable night!
TICKET PACKAGES
+ $200 - Group of 4
- Four general admission tickets
- Four food and drink tickets (one food and drink ticket/person)
- Standard theater seating for the gala performance of HOT ASIAN DOCTOR HUSBAND
(tax-deductible amount is $12)
+ $60 - Individual
- One general admission ticket
- One food and drink ticket
- Standard theater seating for the gala performance of HOT ASIAN DOCTOR HUSBAND
(tax-deductible amount is $13)
VIP TICKET PACKAGES
+ $750 - Soul Lao Food Truck Sponsor
Soul Lao, MN’s first-ever Lao pop up, will be serving delicious food at the event! We’re looking for a food sponsor to help cover the cost. Sponsors will receive these delicious perks:
- SIX VIP TICKETS (premium theater seats)
- Unlimited access to food truck
- Sponsorship listed on event materials and webpage
- Signed cast photo from HOT ASIAN DOCTOR HUSBAND
- Invitation to attend private meet & greet with Mu’s new Artistic Director
(tax-deductible amount is $400)
+ $500 - Drink Sponsor
- TWO VIP TICKETS with unlimited drinks
- Special champagne gift
- Signed cast photo from HOT ASIAN DOCTOR HUSBAND
- Invitation to attend private meet-and-greet with Mu’s new Artistic Director
(tax-deductible amount is $370)
+ $250 - Cotton Candy Cart & Photobooth Sponsor
Spinning Wylde will be making freshly spun cotton candy at the event! Spinning Wylde is an Asian woman-owned and family-operated pop-up shop that prepares gourmet cotton candy made with organic cane sugar and plant-based dyes.
- TWO VIP TICKETS with premium theater seats
- Name on all cotton candy “bowties”
- Invitation to attend private meet & greet with Mu’s new Artistic Director
(tax-deductible amount is $150)
GENERAL INFORMATION
UNABLE TO ATTEND?
If you are unable to attend this year’s gala, please consider supporting Mu’s new Artistic Director and 2019/20 season through a fully tax-deductible donation.
VENUE INFO
Hot Asian Doctor Husband will take place at Mixed Blood Theatre located at 1501 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55454
For directions or parking information, visit Mixed Blood Theatre’s website.
SUGGESTED ATTIRE
Festive and floral. Like what you’d wear to a summer wedding. Something celebratory!
SCHEDULE
5:30 PM
Food from Soul Lao, cotton candy from Spinning Wylde, sake, wine, and beer, photobooth, and silent auction
6:30 PM
A welcome from Board Chair Reginaldo Reyes, Managing Director Shannon Fitzgerald, and Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal
7:00 PM
Performance of HOT ASIAN DOCTOR HUSBAND
8:45 PM
Mix and mingle
Announce raffle & silent auction winners
10:00 PM - END OF NIGHT
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING THEATERS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY DONATED TO OUR GALA
20% Theatre Company, Collide Theatrical, History Theatre, Huge Improv Theater, Illusion Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Ragamala Music and Dance Theater, Stages Theatre Company, Teatro del Pueblo, The Jungle Theater, Theater Latte Da, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, VocalEssence, Yellow Tree Theatre, and Youth Performance Company
AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ARTISTS WHO HAVE DONATED TO THE SILENT AUCTION
Bao Phi, Chris Chookiatsirichai, Cori Lin, Dennis Madamba, Emma Choy-Brown, Hmong Creations, Jacqueline Nuzzo, Jeni O’Malley, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Jun Osaki, Kao Kalia Yang, Kindred Post, Sayon Saprasoeuth, Steve Ozone, Art by Tori Hong, Trungles, Wendy Her & Morgane Guillet, Wing Young Huie, and Yen Chee Design
SPONSORS
Kris Burhardt & April L. Spas, Aileen Wu, Dorothy Mollien, Gloria Kumagai & Steven Savitt, Reginaldo Reyes, AK Connection, Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL), Minnesota Private College Council, Minnesota Rising, LOCUS, and Purple Platypuses for Social Justice
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR?
Contact Tiffany Xiong, Development Director
tiffany@theatermu.org or (651) 789-1012
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2018/19 SEASON
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