Dinner on Stage 2019

Client: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre & various backstage spaces

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2019

Number of Guests: 154

Event Challenge: Creative yet logical crowd flow throughout the entire theatre space.

This year, Woolly Mammoth Theatre celebrated their company’s 40th Birthday at their annual Dinner on Stage Fundraiser! The decor for the evening was playful, campy and exaggerated. Through the use of bright colors, large balloons and birthday cakes, guests were fully immersed into an over the top birthday experience.

Every Fall we look forward to working with the Woolly team on ways to keep this annual event exciting and fresh for guests. This year the theme was “birthday” but we also wanted to celebrate Woolly’s recent renovations to their new lobby space. The evening started off with guests gathering in the lower lobby for cocktails and appetizers and included a performance by local “D.O.P.E. Drummer” Malik Stewart. Then guests moved backstage to the Scene Shop for more cocktails and a performance from the play Mr. Burns. Following the pop up scene, guests then explored the costume shop, prop shop, green room, and dressing rooms… all of which were dressed to the nines by Woolly staff.

Following cocktails all guests were then ushered into the theatre for the grand reveal, Dinner on Stage! This year the stage was built out far into the house to accommodate the large number of guests who attended. In keeping with the whimsical feel, we went a non-traditional route using both square and circular tables which helped to juxtapose the balloons floating over head. As dinner progressed, guests were treated to a final performance by Obie Award winning composer and performer Heather Christian on beautiful grand piano. After dinner, in true birthday party fashion, the evening continued with an after-party where each guest could make their own waffle pop or help themselves to any of the delicious treats for dessert while dancing to tunes spun by DJ Chris Legend.

Vendors:

Lighting - In House

Decor - Silver Lining Design Group

Catering - RSVP Catering

Photography - Kalorama Photography

Sound - In House

Valet - MJ Valet

DJ - Pelonkey