FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Great Barrington, Mass.—Actor, singer, Broadway star and Grammy-winner Andrew Rannells will headline the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center’s annual gala on Sunday, July 13 at 8 p.m.
“We are honored to have a talent as prolific, warm, and witty as Andrew Rannells to commemorate the Mahaiwe at its foremost celebration of the year,” says Mahaiwe Board member and Gala Committee co-chair Jamie DuMont. “From Book of Morman to Hamilton, screen and voice acting in hit shows and films, his is a star-power Gala attendees will recognize and delight in.”
DuMont is chairing the Gala Committee alongside his husband Rick Miramontez. DuMont and his business partner Rub Russo run a theatrical production company, The Fabulous Invalid, which brought its play Call Fosse at the Minskoff to the Mahaiwe in 2022. Miramontez is a public relations specialist and founder of DKC-O&M, a public relations agency for the arts and culture industry. Miramontez previously served on the Mahaiwe Board of Directors, 2021-2023.
About Andrew Rannells
Andrew Rannells can currently be seen recurring in season 3 of Netflix’s Girls5eva alongside Busy Phillips and Reneé Elise Goldsberry. Most recently he starred in the Broadway production of Gutenberg! The Musical! opposite Josh Gad. Prior to this, he starred in the West End production of Tammy Faye, a musical by Elton John, Jake Shears, and Rupert Goold. On the feature side, he can be seen in two films for Netflix – Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of the Tony-nominated musical The Prom (alongside a star-studded cast that includes Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden) and the feature adaptation of The Boys in the Band, alongside the rest of his cast from the 2018 critically-acclaimed Broadway run. Andrew can currently be seen in the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales, and the independent film Our Son alongside Billy Porter and Luke Evans. He can also be heard playing the voice of one of the lead roles in the hit Amazon animated series, Invincible, in which he stars alongside Sandra Oh, Steven Yeun, J.K Simmons, and Zazie Beats. Andrew also starred on the Showtime series Black Monday, opposite Don Cheadle, for executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Perhaps best known for his role as “Elijah” on the hit HBO series Girls, Rannells has also appeared in season two of Steven Soderbergh’s The Knick on Cinemax and starred on NBC’s The New Normal. In addition to The Boys in the Band, Andrew’s other recent theatre credits include originating the role of “Elder Price” in The Book of Mormon (for which he won a Grammy Award and was nominated for both a Tony and a Drama Desk Award), “King George” in the smash hit Hamilton, starring as “Hedwig” in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the Broadway revival of Falsettos, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Andrew’s other film credits include the Fox feature Why Him alongside James Franco and Bryan Cranston, Paul Feig’s thriller A Simple Favor, opposite Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick and Nancy Meyer’s The Intern for Warner Bros.
He will next be seen starring alongside Nick Kroll in the recent SXSW debut film, I Don’t Understand You, and in Jim Rash’s Miss You, Love You opposite Allison Janney. Other upcoming projects include reprising his role in Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor 2, and starring in Lena Dunham’s Too Much for Netflix.
Show-only tickets are $75 to $150. On sale dates for tickets are to-be-announced.
Gala information
Rannells’ performance will be preceded by a gala reception and dinner at 5 p.m., under a grand canopy tent at 52 Castle Street, the former freight yard steps away from the theater at 14 Castle Street. The tent is provided by Mahaiwe Tent.
Dinner will be catered by Peter Platt of Old Inn on the Green. The event is coordinated in partnership with Only in My Dream Events, with floral design by Erica Darling Flowers.
The Mahaiwe’s gala is the organization’s main annual fundraising event. In addition to performance and gala ticket sales, the Mahaiwe will raise funds for the completion and launch of its new venue, the Indigo Room, next door to the theater at 20 Castle Street, through a paddle raise auction during the gala.
For gala dinner packages, contact Mahaiwe Director of Advancement Diane Wortis at diane@mahaiwe.org or 413-644-9040 x123.
About the Mahaiwe
Located in downtown Great Barrington, Mass., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 27,000 students from 77 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see mahaiwe.org.
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