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Victoria Clark, Barrett Foa, Sutton Foster, Chad Kimball, Kate Mulgrew, Aaron Tveit et al. Contribute to Playwrights Horizons’ Online Auction

Victoria Clark
(© Tristan Fuge)
Victoria Clark
(© Tristan Fuge)

Numerous celebrities will be donating their time for events to be auctioned off as part of Playwrights Horizons’ online auction, with bids starting at 8am on Tuesday, April 26 at www.biddingforgood.com/playwrightshorizons.

Among the events being auctioned are a deluxe backstage visit to the set of 30 Rock featuring a photo with the cast, signed script, DVD set and attending an episode taping with director Don Scardino; dinner with Kate Mulgrew and Reed Birney before attending a performance of the upcoming new musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World; an on-set visit for two to NCIS: Los Angeles including lunch with cast member Barrett Foa; tickets and backstage visits for Anything Goes (with star Sutton Foster), Sister Act (with star Victoria Clark), Memphis (with star Chad Kimball), Catch Me If You Can (with star Aaron Tveit) and The Addams Family (with Roger Rees plus drinks with composer Andrew Lippa).

Other unique experiences to be auctioned include a power Lunch for four with former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin and former Office of Management and Budget Director for the Obama Administration Peter Orszag; lunch for two with President of Equality Matters and former Clinton White House Advisor Richard Socarides; an eight-day, seven-night Puerto Vallarta getaway; private in-depth casting consultation with the Playwrights Horizons casting department; and the chance to be “Artistic Director for a Day” alongside Playwrights Horizons’ Tim Sanford.

Items up for bid also include signed copies of six Edward Albee plays, signed copy of Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park as well as a poster signed by Norris, director Pam MacKinnon and the entire World Premiere cast; a signed first edition of the 1953 Sci-Fi novel The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester; and a rare 1918 boxed set of Oscar Wilde’s Ballade de la Geole de Reading (written under the pseudonym C.3.3.).

Online bidding will continue for three weeks through Wednesday, May 18, with items staggered to close at 8pm and 9pm.To register to bid, click here.