Seattle Rep to Honor Bill Irwin at Annual Gala

Bill Irwin will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Award at Seattle Repertory Theat’res annual gala, Le Cirque Repartee, to be held at the Grand Hyatt in Seattle, on October 4 beginning at 6:30 pm.

The event, which will benefit Seattle Rep’s artistic and educational programming, will feature theatre-themed auction packages, cocktails, a multi-course meal, and dancing. Arts supporter Matthew N. Clapp Jr. will also be honored with a Lifetime Dedication to the Theatre award.

Irwin will star in Seattle Rep’s Broadway-bound production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, January 15-February 14. He won the Tony for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and also starred on Broadway in such shows as The Goat and Fool Moon.

For more information, visit www.seattlerep.org/BenefitEventsGala.html.