A SUMMER BENEFIT FUNDRAISER Cocktails 5:30 PM Dinner & Remarks 7:00 PM Showtime 8:30 PM TICKETS MAIN FLOOR TICKETS: $850 per person / $6800 table of 8 MEZZANINE TICKETS: $650 per person / $1300 table of 2 Includes Cocktail Hour with Inda Eaton, Dinner, and Martha Wainright performance NEW THIS YEAR: COCKTAIL HOUR ONLY: $ 150 per person *cocktail hour does not include access to the Wainwright performance Includes Cocktail Hour with Inda Eaton Our highly anticipated, annual benefit returns with an intimate evening of stories and songs by a powerful voice to be reckoned with Catering by Sen Pre-Sale for Director’s Circle, Board, and Pledges: begins April 21, 12PM Pre-Sale for all other Member Levels: begins April 24, 12PM General Public Sale & Cocktail Hour Tickets: begins April 27, 12PM BUY TICKETS The moment you have been waiting for is her! The Church is thrilled to announce our inspirational annual tradition returns: a benefit event that is easy on the speeches and heavy on the brilliance. Showcasing yet another exceptional performer, this year’s Summer Dinner Theater benefit welcomes Martha Wainwright to the stage in her only area performance this summer! Joining the likes of Candace Bushnell (2023), Martin Short (2024), and Laurie Anderson (2025), Wainwright has been invited due to her outstanding, heartful yet entertaining, command of song and stage. “We are thrilled that Martha is headlining this year’s benefit – our first to feature a musical act. Our summer benefit helps fund a broad range of our commitments to art and community, and she perfectly embodies inspirational levels of creativity, vision, and execution.” Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly acclaimed, genre defying singer Rufus Wainwright, Martha grew up in a world filled with incomparable musical legends Anna McGarrigle, Leonard Cohen, Suzzy Roche, Richard and Linda Thompson, Emmylou Harris and struggled to find her voice in a milieu in which every drama was refracted through song. Then, in 2005, she released her critically acclaimed debut album, Martha Wainwright, which containing the blistering hit which the Sunday Times called one of the best songs of the year. That release, and the albums that followed, such as Come Home to Mama and I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too, showcased Martha’s searing songwriting style and established her as a powerful voice to be reckoned with. AND THAT’S NOT ALL… New this year: we’ve added a COCKTAIL HOUR ONLY ticket for those wishing to contribute the community love of the event, which includes another fantastic performer: Inda Eaton! The beloved, East End-based singer-songwriter will appear live for a set during our cocktail hour. Sorry - cocktail hour tickets do not provide access to the Wainwright performance. However, ticket holders for the dinner theater receive access to both the Inda Eaton cocktail hour and the Martha Wain...
