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Curtain Call 2012 Honor the
Children in the Year of the Dragon
benefiting Dallas Summer Musicals and their
Education and Outreach Programs
Event Name: Curtain Call 2012 Honor the
Children in the Year of the Dragon
Benefiting: Proceeds from Curtain Call support Dallas Summer
Musicals' mission to bring the Best of Broadway to Dallas
and provide for children's education and outreach programs.
Sponsors’ support will bring the magic of musical theater to
so many children who otherwise would never experience it —
magic created through programs such as DSM High School
Musical Theatre Awards, Seats for Kids, DSM Academy of
Performing Arts, Kid’s Club, and
Stage Right.
When: Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Where: The Music Hall at Fair Park
909 1st Ave
Dallas, TX 75210
Chairs: Sandy and Steve Watson
Honorary Chair: Ellen Terry
The Evening: Cocktail reception, live and silent auctions,
gourmet seated dinner followed by the show (details below);
dessert, cocktails and dancing at the Curtain Call Cabaret
late night party.
The Show: This year’s featured entertainer will be Multiple
Grammy-nominated singer, Broadway, television, and film star
- Vanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams is one of the most
respected and multi-faceted performers in entertainment
today. She has sold millions of albums worldwide and she has
achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, in film
and on television. Her albums "The Right Stuff," "The
Comfort Zone" and "The Sweetest Days" have yielded such
classic hits as "Save the Best For Last," "Dreamin," "Work
To Do" and "Love Is," and the Academy Award-winning single
"Colors of the Wind," from Disney’s "Pocahontas," among many
others.
Sponsors: Dallas Summer Musicals season sponsors are
American Airlines, Dallas Morning News, Metro PCS, WFAA
Channel 8, and Texas Instruments. Curtain Call 2012 media
sponsors are Modern Luxury Dallas and Park Cities News/The
Waters Family.
Tickets: Sponsorships and underwriting available staring at
$2,500. Individual tickets are $500 each. All gala
underwriting opportunities and benefits are available
through the web site at:
http://www.curtaincallgala.org
Contact: Melissa Ogden, Director of Development at DSM,
214-413-3961 and email at
mogden@dallassummermusicals.org
About Dallas Summer Musicals
Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) is the preeminent nonprofit
presenter of Broadway theatre in North Texas. DSM produces,
presents and promotes excellence in live musical theatre
with year-round performances for diverse audiences of all
ages, impacting the lives of children and families through
community outreach and education and enriching the cultural
landscape of Dallas/Fort Worth, North Texas and the
Southwest Region. Visit the website at
www.dallassummermusicals.org
· DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards:
Patterned after Broadway’s Tony Awards®, the event
celebrates the power of the Arts to significantly improve
all areas of education. Show business veterans and community
celebrities come together to spotlight the achievements of
high school students and their school’s musical theatre
programs. DSM awards scholarships to a number of outstanding
and deserving participants. Students are nominated by their
teachers and judged by a separate scholarship committee. The
first annual awards ceremony will be held in May 2012.
· DSM Academy of Performing Arts:
The first component of Dallas Summer Musicals’ outreach
initiatives, DSM Academy of Performing Arts, extends the
legacy of former DSM Managing Director Tom Hughes’ vision,
to create the broadest possible avenue for dramatic
expression within our community. In 1999, the DSM Academy of
Performing Arts was established to provide training for
students ages 7 – adult, as well as continuing education for
adults in theater arts. Professional instruction helps
students integrate the disciplines of singing, dancing, and
acting into the unique genre of musical theater. To ensure
access and availability, the school offers limited
scholarships to promising students with limited financial
resources. Instruction includes classes, workshops and
performance. When possible, workshops are provided by
cast members of productions playing at Dallas
Summer Musicals.
· Seats for Kids: Created in 2003 to provide a meaningful
theater arts experience to low-income, at-risk and special
needs children, Seats for Kids serves approximately 2,000
children each year. Nonprofit youth agencies and Title 1
schools are eligible to participate in the program. DSM
provides children, their teachers and chaperones with free
tickets as well as a professionally drafted study guide to
support attending the performance. In 2011 DSM provided this
program to coincide with productions of STOMP and .
Kids Club: This free membership program for kids was created
to develop tomorrow’s musical theater audience. Through
exciting activities, special events, backstage tours and
informational exchanges about shows included in the Kids
Club membership, children gain an interest, knowledge and
appreciation of the performing arts.
Stage Right: In 2005, the Stage Right program to introduce
at-risk youth ages 12-15 to arts and cultural events, was
created in partnership with the Dallas Police Department.
Together, DSM and DPD are “Raising the curtain for education
and spotlighting the appreciation of the arts through
experience and positive quality lifestyles.” The students
entering the program are recommended by Dallas area teachers
and counselors and other youth programs including Boys &
Girls Clubs, Girls Inc. and Dallas Recreation Centers as
part of their ongoing efforts to keep students from joining
gangs, getting involved in drugs and crime, or engaging in
other activities that prevent their enjoying success in
school. Stage Right, with educational support from the
Phoenix House, seeks to raise awareness of the arts,
increase appreciation for different lifestyles and also
increase self esteem.
Discover Theatre: In 2007 Dallas Summer Musicals added a
program specifically for children in grades K-6. The
inaugural year included DISNEY’S CINDERELLA KIDS and THE
JUNGLE BOOK KIDS. Building on its year’s initial success,
DSM brought in FRANKLY BEN, FROG AND TOAD and FLAT STANLEY
to entertain, educate and empower young people in elementary
school. Nearly 6,000 students participated in this program
in 2010.
The public can play a part in bringing the Best of Broadway
to the young people in our community!
Charitable contributions are vital to the sustainability of
these initiatives at Dallas Summer Musicals. Please assist
DSM in its mission to build awareness for the enjoyment and
educational values of musical theater as it does so through
its ongoing outreach programs.
For more information including sponsorships, booking or
program details, please contact the DSM Development
Department at 214.413.3959 or
outreach@dallassummermusicals.org
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