The Founder’s Ball

May 30, 2026
5:30 – 10:30PM at the American Visionary Art Museum 
Honoring Everyman’s Founder and Artistic Director
Vincent M. Lancisi

Co-chaired by Jennifer & Bryan Rakes

Join us as we celebrate the visionaries who built Everyman as well as the patrons and creatives who will sustain it for generations to come. This joyful evening will honor the theatre’s founding artistic director’s remarkable 35-year journey and celebrate the next chapter of Everyman’s great story with artistry and flair.

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SPONSORS

PRODUCER

Gina and Dan Hirschhorn

RESIDENT ARTIST

PLAYWRIGHT

Beth Goldsmith
Bryan and Jennifer Rakes
Lisa Harris Jones and Sean Malone

Sandy and Mark Laken
Susan and John Nehra
Scott and Judy Phares

STAGE HAND

Catherine Larrabee in honor of Bryan and Jennifer Rakes
Courtney Cass and Ryland Sumner
Dorothy Powe
Hristina Schlagger
Larry and Nancy Fishel

BOOK


Maggie Kennedy
Mirmiran Family Foundation

FRIEND

Andrea Tucker
Edward Zimmerman

HOSPITALITY SPONSOR

WINE SPONSOR