Special Events
FIFTH ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
CURRENT SILENT AUCTION ITEMS
Last updated: April 24, 2008
- The Bard and the Beach (Value: $1000)
Donated by Sandra and Richard Ross
THIS ITEM IS PART OF OUR LIVE AUCTION!
Enjoy a relaxing spring, fall, or winter week* in Ocean City, New Jersey! Great location: 3820 Central Avenue. Across the street from one of OCNJ's nicest beaches and a short drive or bike ride from the boardwalk! Relax on the beach, stroll on the boardwalk, or take a trip to Cape May or Atlantic City. Both about 30 minutes away. 4 bedrooms (sleeps 8); 2 baths (must provide linens and towels).
Click here to see a picture of the beach house! - Romeo and Juliet for YOU! (Value: $800)
Donated by the Gamut Core Company
One benefit performance Romeo and Juliet at Gamut Classic Theatre (accommodates up to 100 people.) Show can be used to raise money for the charity of your choice or donate to your favorite school for a field trip!
Starting Bid: $320
Guaranteed Purchase: $1120 - Do You Have A "Lean and Hungry Look"? Get This Gourmet Dinner For Four! (Value $500)
Donated by Claude Giroux, Artistic Director, Allenberry Playhouse
THIS ITEM IS PART OF OUR LIVE AUCTION!
Claude A. Giroux (Artistic Director, Allenberry Playhouse) will prepare and serve a gourmet dinner for four in the comfort of your own home. You know how talented Mr. Giroux is directing live theatre, but what you may not know is that Claude is the son of French Canadian gourmet chef Andre Giroux. Claude will consult directly with you and provide a five-course dinner accompanied by wine and table service. All you will have to do is provide the working kitchen and your own fantastic taste buds. Here is an example of what you may have in store:
~ Red pepper bisque with a garlic cream and pesto emulsion
~ Spinach salad with Gorgonzola cheese, fire roasted walnuts and warm bacon dressing
~ Seared scallops and jumbo prawn with a wasabi wine reduction
~ Sole stuffed with shrimp, crab, scallops and lobster with a béarnaise sauce served with asparagus spears wrapped in prosciutto and wild rice Florentine….Or…Crab and artichoke stuffed pork tenderloin with a garlic whipped cream truffle served with baked brie and horseradish cauliflower on a bed of Potatoes Henri
~ Tableside Crepes Suzette or Cherries Jubilee
All menu items may be substituted, changed, adjusted for whatever the guests would like to eat. Your meal will only require imagination and taste… kind of like a good play! Chef Claude is votre service!
- Shakespeare in DC: Food for Body and Soul (Value: $330)
Donated by David and Katharine Newhouse
THIS ITEM IS PART OF OUR LIVE AUCTION!
You will spend a delightful day or evening in Washington with these twin gift certificates. The first is good for two tickets to the wonderful Shakespeare Theatre Company (well, almost as good as HSF!) Antony and Cleopatra and Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid are still on tap this year, while the 2008-2009 season includes Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and King Lear .
Before or after the show, enjoy a sumptuous French meal at La Chaumiere, Georgetown's renowned bistro. Modeled on a French country inn, La Chaumiere is rustic and romantic, casual, relaxing – and delicious! It has won Washington magazine's Best Restaurant award from readers every year since 1978. And the last time they were there, David and Katharine had author David McCullough off to their left and Sen. Arlen Specter (enjoying a two-martini dinner) off to their right -- so it's also a great place for people-watching!
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What a Piece of Work... is a QUILT! (Value: $250)
Donated by David and Katharine Newhouse
THIS ITEM IS PART OF OUR LIVE AUCTION!
A rare, one-of-a-kind "crazy quilt," handcrafted in 1884. An exquisite collector's item!
Click here to see a picture!
- All the World's a Stage: Act I (Value: $250)
Donated by Gamut Theatre Group and Char's Bella Mundo
Enjoy a night on the town! Start out with a delicious dinner at Char's Bella Mundo in Harrisburg's beautiful Shipoke neighborhood, and take in a show at Gamut Classic Theatre with a $150 gift certificate redeemable at any mainstage performance.
Starting Bid: $100
Guaranteed Purchase: $350 - All the World's a Stage: Act II (Value: $250)
Donated by Open Stage of Harrisburg and Harrisburg Hilton
Feast on cutting-edge cuisine and cutting-edge theatre; with a gift certificate to the prestigious Golden Sheaf restaraunt in the Harrisburg Hilton, and a gift from Open Stage of Harrisburg: 4 sets of 2 tickets each to the Flying Solo event at Open Stage in June. Mix and match your tickets to attend any or all of these three shows: Oh Crap I Forgot to Have Kids , written and performed by Karen Gray; The Gone Chair , written and performed by Sean Lewis; Gary Anderson as Clarence Darrow: The Search for Justice.
Starting Bid: $100
Guaranteed Purchase: $350 - All the World's a Stage: Act III (Value: $188)
Donated by Theatre Harrisburg and Carmella's Trattoria
Savor authentic Italian cuisine at Carmella's Trattoria in downtown Harrisburg, and great theatre in the fabulous Whitaker Center, courtesy of their resident theatre company, Theatre Harrisburg! Enjoy a Flex Pass - 5 vouchers for tickets that can be used in any combination for next season. You can use the Pass to get 5 tickets for one show or 1 ticket for five shows or any other combination!
Starting Bid: $75
Guaranteed Purchase: $263 - Happy Birthday to You! (Value: $200)
Donated by Popcorn Hat Players
One private birthday party show performed by Popcorn Hat Players. Show can be held at Gamut Classic Theatre in Strawberry Square (accommodates up to 100 people) or held at an alternative venue. Great gift for children or grandchildren ages 3 – 10!
Starting Bid: $80
Guaranteed Purchase: $280 - The Shakespearean Scholar (Value: $200)
Donated by Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Dive into the world of Shakespeare's words with some of the most noted and respected scholarly works ever written about the Bard. Historical context of Shakespeare's plays, meter and rhyme scheme are only a few of the diverse topics covered in this exciting collection.
Starting Bid: $80
Guaranteed Purchase: $280 -
Take Me Out to the Ball Game! (Value: $180)
Donated by Town Planner Community Calendars: Kathy Weaver, Publisher and Rich Miller
Enjoy spring and summer fun with 10 vouchers for general admission tickets to Harrisburg Senators baseball games! Also, work on your swing with Rich Miller, former major league baseball player and hitting coach for the Minnesota Twins organization. Miller will provide three private batting lessons for the lucky bidder!
Starting Bid: $72
Guaranteed Purchase: $252 - All The Glisters Is Not Gold (Value: $175)
Donated by Morrow Farrar Jewelers
An exquisite silver necklace and a gift certificate for $100 for Morrow Diamonds and Fine Jewelry in Camp Hill.
Starting Bid: $70
Guaranteed Purchase: $245 - Will Loves Wine (Value: $165)
Donated by Gamut Theatre Board
A large basket of some of our Board members' favorite wines.
Starting Bid: $66
Guaranteed Purchase: $231 - So Wise, So Young (Value: $150)
Donated by the Gamut Core Company Members
The perfect gift for the little person in your life! Here's a collection of seven children's books with a Read Along CD created by the Gamut Theatre Core Company. Each Core Company member has picked one of his/her favorite books and reads the selection on the accompanying CD. The collection includes: If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond, read by Melissa Nicholson (Co-Founder/Executive Director); Just Go To Bed by Mercer Mayer, read by Alexis Dow (Actor/PR Director); Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, read by Bill D'Agostino (Actor/Development Director); The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, read by Krista Carter (Actor/Resident Theatre Manager); The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, read by Jeremy Garrett (Actor/Technical Director); Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, read by Brianna Dow (Office Manager); The Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg, read by Clark Nicholson (Co-Founder, Artistic Director).
Starting Bid: $60
Guaranteed Purchase: $210 - To Thine Own Self Be True (Value: $130)
Donated by Kenneth & Co. and Karen Ruch
Pamper thine own self with this individually designed facial from Kenneth & Co. in Camp Hill. A deep cleansing, facial exfoliation, facial massage,serum treatment, and specifically designed mask brings you a total balance of moisture and protection. This package also includes a beautiful journal, handmade by KAren Ruch, inspired by the songs from HSF's upcoming Free Shakespeare in the Park show, Love's Labour's Lost; as well as a necklace that reads Hamlet's famous line, "To Thine Own Self Be True."
Starting Bid: $52
Guaranteed Purchase: $182 -
Tea and Roses (Value: $135)
Donated by Katharine Newhouse and Jay Miffoluf
A beautiful trio of bone china teacups (click here to see a picture!), crafted in England, paired with a box of elegant Parisian tea. Add a dozen red roses from Pealer's, and you have a lovely gift, fit for royalty!
Starting Bid: $54
Guaranteed Purchase: $189
- If Gift Cards Be the Food of Love, Shop On! (Value: $100)
Donated by Strawberry Square
A $100 gift card that can be used at any of the shops in Strawberry Square.
Starting Bid: $40
Guaranteed Purchase: $140 - Sigh No More Ladies, Sigh No More! (Value: $100)
Donated by Franklyn Studio
A $100 gift certificate to Franklyn Studio in Camp Hill - one of Central PA's most respected and established salons. Featuring world class stylists, the most current techniques and stylists that "get you" and make that special connection with you. Great Mother's Day gift!
Starting Bid: $40
Guaranteed Purchase: $140
- O, What Men Dare Do! (Value $100)
Donated by Franklyn Men, Master Barbers
A $100 gift certificate to Franklyn Men, Master Barbers in Camp Hill - Harrisburg's Premier Men's Barber Salon. Uncompromising environment and service, this studio offers men's grooming services for the traditionalist to modern. Great Father's Day gift!
Starting Bid: $40
Guaranteed Purchase: $140
- Brush up your Shakespeare! (Value: $100)
Donated by Katharine Newhouse
Did you know that many of the words and phrases we use every day have a Shakespearean origin? Well, they do! This framed, poster-sized print from Shakespeare's Globe explains the etymology of phrases like "green room" and "it's all Greek to me."
Starting Bid: $40
Guaranteed Purchase: $140 - Got Shakespeare? (Value: $60)
Donated by Carrie Nielsen and Brianna Dow
Trendy, one of a kind, modified HSF t-shirt designed by Carrie Nielsen and made in your size! Accompanied by a hand-made bag created by our own Office Manager, Brianna Dow.
Starting Bid: $24
Guaranteed Purchase:$84 - Dishes Fit For The Gods (Value: $75)
Donated by the Gamut Theatre Board
Enjoy a package of gift certificates to an array of delectable area restaurants: The Firehouse, Scott's Grille and Fenicci's in Hershey.
Starting Bid: $30
Guaranteed Purchase: $105 - Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Donated by Katharine Newhouse
Three personal knitting lessons, plus a $20 gift certificate to Yarn Love in Hummelstown. Learn to knit a scarf and choose your own project! Our very own Chair of the Shakespeare's Birthday Planning Committee, Katharine, will be your personal tutor!
Starting Bid: $20
Guaranteed Purchase: $70 - Let's Go to the Movies! (Value: $35)
Donated by Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Four passes to the Select Medical IMAX Theatre at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.
Starting Bid: $14
Guaranteed Purchase: $49 - Here's To Your Health! (Value: $42)
Donated by Sandi and Richard Ross
A pair of unique wine glasses with the following quote from Macbeth: "I drink to the general joy of the whole table." Package also includes on bottle of Virginia claret from the Williamsburg Winery.
Starting Bid: $17
Guaranteed Purchase: $59
For more information about Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration, see Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival's Special Events. You can purchase tickets online or call the theatre at (717) 238-4111 to RSVP.
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