Hudson Valley Shakespeare 
2025 Annual Benefit & Auction 

Sunday, October 12 
5:00PM-8:30PM

Honoring

Robin Arditi
 with the Marit and Lars Kulleseid Award for extraordinary service to HVS

and

Craig Lucas
with the HVS Artistic Award for his extraordinary contributions to the arts

We invite you to celebrate and support the vibrant artistry and special community HVS brings to our new permanent home, and toast to our inaugural season in the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, coming in 2026.

Let’s gather for cocktails, dining, and mingling in an evening that will feature music, entertainment and our annual Live Auction and Paddle Raise.

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR 2025 GALA LEADERS

CO-CHAIRS

  • Suzanne and D.J. (Jan) Baker
  • Pepper Evans and Bob Lieber
  • Patricia King
  • Dan Kramer and Judy Mogul
  • Laura Jean Wilson and Mark Menting

VICE-CHAIRS

  • Natalie Fishman
  • Heather and Derrick Hopkins
  • Chip Loewenson and Susan Brune
  • James Stanford and Kate Farrell Stanford
  • Ned Whitney and Martha Howell

COMMITTEE

  • Mary Elizabeth and Jeffrey Bunzel
  • Marie Fabian and Genie Cesar-Fabian
  • Frederic C. Rich
  • Christine Wong Lent and Paul D. Lent

COMPANY OF FRIENDS

  • Marie Alpert
  • Heitmann Builders
  • Doug Land and Lynn Peebles

A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR IN-KIND SPONSORS

    Liquid Fables and Fjord Vineyards


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