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Opening Night Celebration

Benefactor Reception & Gala Dinner

Join us in celebrating 125 years of magic

Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Elevate your Opening Night Experience with a benefactor package! Event benefactors and their guests will enjoy a festive pre-concert reception followed by the concert. An elegant gala dinner will conclude the evening.

Schedule 

5:30 PM | Reception
7:00 PM | Concert
8:30 PM | Dinner

Program

Márquez Danzón No. 2
Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
Wolfe Pretty

Purchase a Package

Sponsorship Levels

Lead Benefactor: $50,000 ($41,720 tax-deductible)  

Opening Night Celebration experience for 16

  • Pre-concert reception
  • Priority concert and dinner seating
  • Two musicians seated with your party of 16 at the gala dinner
  • Spoken recognition during the concert program
  • Lead sponsor recognition in Playbill and on event materials
  • Prominent recognition at the Kimmel Center during the event 

Purchase a Package

Diamond Benefactor: $25,000 ($20,860 tax-deductible) 

Opening Night Celebration experience for 8

  • Pre-concert reception
  • Premier concert and dinner seating
    • One musician seated with your party of 8 at the gala dinner
  • Spoken recognition during the concert program
  • Prominent recognition in Playbill and on event materials
  • Prominent recognition at the Kimmel Center during the event 

Purchase a Package

Platinum Benefactor: $10,000 ($7,120 tax-deductible) 

Opening Night Celebration experience for 6

  • Pre-concert reception
  • Premier concert and dinner seating
  • 6 tickets at the gala dinner
  • Prominent recognition in Playbill and on event materials 

Purchase a Package

Gold Benefactor: $5,000 ($3,216 tax-deductible) 

Opening Night Celebration experience for 4

  • Pre-concert reception
  • Preferred concert and dinner seating
  • 4 tickets to the gala dinner
  • Recognition in Playbill and on event materials 

Purchase a Package

Principal Benefactor: $1,500 ($1,088 tax-deductible) 

Opening Night Celebration experience for 1

  • Pre-concert reception
  • Concert and dinner seating  

  • 1 ticket to the gala dinner  

  • Recognition in Playbill and on event materials 

Purchase a Package

Donation Only 

I/We cannot attend, but wish to sponsor the Opening Night Celebration with a fully tax-deductible gift 

Donate

Thank you to our generous sponsors of Opening Night:

Lead Benefactor

The Central Volunteer Committee
Comcast NBCUniversal
Ralph and Beth Johnston Muller
Lee Shlifer

Diamond Benefactor

Highmark Blue Shield
Patricia and John Imbesi
Lisa D. Kabnick and John H. McFadden
Neal Krouse and Karl Fong
The Main Line Volunteer Committee
The Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation
Joseph Neubauer and Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer

Platinum Benefactor

Elaine Woo Camarda and A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Rob and Patty Delany 
Dranoff Family Foundation
Julia A. Haller, M.D. and John D. Gottsch, M.D.
Miriam Mandell
David and Sandy Marshall 
The New Jersey Volunteer Committee 
Parx Casino
PNC
The Rittenhouse Square Volunteer Committee
Caroline B. Rogers
Adele K. Schaeffer
Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young, LLP
Leonard and Barbara Sylk
TD Bank
Zisman Family Foundation

Gold Benefactor

Ballard Spahr LLP
William and Sylvia Barone
Blank Rome LLP
N. Judith Broudy
Mrs. Julie Jensen Bryan
Sara A. Cerato
Sarah Miller Coulson
Tobey and Mark Dichter
Dilworth Paxson LLP
Freedom Mortgage
Carole Haas Gravagno
Robert Heim and Eileen Kennedy
Eric and Lenora Hume
Rachelle and Ronald Kaiserman
Bennett Keiser and Joy Wilf Keiser
Richard and Diana Larzelere
The Malmud-Kravitz Foundation
Dr. Joel and Mrs. Roberta Porter
Lyn M. Ross
Dianne and Jeffrey Rotwitt 
Mark and Robin Rubenstein
Molly D. Shepard and Peter J. Dean 
Kathleen and Roger Smith
Tom and Pat Vernon
Penelope and Thomas Watkins
Martin Zeldin - Zeldin Family Foundation 

Principal Benefactor

Dr Susan C. Aldridge
Alene Alper
Larry and Dr. Marcia Arem
Sandra Blumberg Beatty and George Beatty
Joel D. Beaver 
Charlotte H. Biddle
Harris T. Bock, Esq.
Sibby Brasler
Kristine Christensen
Margaret Clime
Norman and Suzanne Cohn
Peggy Cooke
Christos Coutifaris and Deborah Driscoll 
Nancy and Kenneth Davis
Henry and Kathy Donner
Barbara Eberlein and Jerry Wind
Dr. Bruce Eisenstein 
Linda Frankel
Nancy Galloway
Andrew and Paula Goldstein
Susan Grossman
Dr. Susan Hakkarainen
Kate Hall 
Marybeth Henry
Hollie and Jamie Holt
Independence Foundation
Drs. Gary and Deborah Ledley
Liddy Lindsay
Lawrence and Nancy Ludgus
Elizabeth and Edwin Mahoney
Daniel JS McArdle, D.H.Sc.
Cathy Moss and Mitchell Harris 
Prof. Ilan Peleg and Dr. Marta Rozans
Louise H. Reed
Faye Senneca and Richard Weisenberg
Georgia Shafia 
Joel and Paula Slomsky 
Brian A. Stumm
Judith Sills Swartz and Randy Swartz 
Ardith Talbott
Barbara and Robert Tiffany 
Harry R. Wachstein
Dr. R. J. Wallner 
Constance and Sankey Wiliams
Lisa Witomski and James Scott
Richard and Diane Woosnam 
F. Gordon Yasinow
Anonymous 

Volunteer Benefactor 

Dr. Robert Cody 
Sheila Cox
Chris D'Ascenzo, DBA
Virginia and John Dowd
Rochelle Magarick 
Michael and Anna Minkovich
Richelle and Kameron Rabenou
Bob, Kate, and Emily Rauscher
Anonymous 

Donor

Linda DeMarco
Honorable and Mrs. Stephen Levin 
Irina Sipe

Sponsor recognition as of August 20, 2025

Lead Benefactor

Diamond Benefactor

Kimmel Center