Tucson / Phoenix: Arizona Theatre Co.: 2008-2009 Season

DUDES, DOLLS & DIVAS IN DOWNTOWN TUCSON

Theatrical fashion show to benefit Arizona Theatre Company’s educational programs

The Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) Associates, ATC’s volunteer organization, announces the second annual Dudes, Dolls and Divas fashion show in Tucson.

Dudes, Dolls and Divas is a theatrical fashion show featuring haute couture and dramatic costumes from past ATC productions and Mills Touché. This lively and elegant fundraiser will take place on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 5 PM in the courtyard of the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue in downtown Tucson.

Dudes, Dolls and Divas is chaired by Dr. Mary Jo Ghory. Jennie Grabel and Blake Rogers, morning show hosts for 92.9 The Mountain, will serve as the Masters of Ceremonies.

This season's models include Tucson Business Edge 40 Under 40 winners from 2005, 2006 and 2007, including Julie Wolfe Beadle, Senior Director, Resource Development & Young Leaders Society for United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona; Carrie Brennan, Principal of City High School; Michael R. Cleveland, Group Remarketing Manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Chris Edwards, owner of Tucson Appliance Co.; Holly Ford, Area Marketing Manager of Cricket Communications; Yvonney Huth, Assistant Vice President of Citi; Edmund Marquez, owner of Edmund Marquez Suzuki; Steven Moeckel, Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster; Page W. Repp Jr., owner of Repp Enterprises; and Kim Roseman owner of Karin Newby Gallery and Sculpture Garden.

Other models include six of the 2007 Debutantes and one Escort, presented by the Tucson Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. They are Alesia Nicole Ash, a junior at Buena High School, Sierra Vista; Deanna Reyna Barrett, a senior at Ironwood Ridge High School, Oro Valley; Simone Adrienne Collins, a junior at Canyon Del Oro High School; Desireé Brionne Dillard, a junior at Ironwood Ridge High School, Oro Valley; Selena Andrea Gooden, a junior at Sabino High School; Brenna Nicole Trice, a sophomore at Tucson High Magnet School; and Derek Lane, Escort. Additional models to be announced.

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of 12,000 professional women of color in 273 chapters located in 42 states, the District of Columbia and three foreign countries: the Republics of Germany and South Africa and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.

Media partners for this event are Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, Tucson Business Edge and 92.9 The Mountain.

Event partners include The Village Salon featuring Mark and Carmen Speers, and Strung Out on Beads.

Blue House Catering will offer a delectable array of hors d’oeuvres. Wine will be served.

The ATC Associates' mission is to engage its members in the life of the theatre; to fully support ATC's productions, programs and fiscal stability; and to help raise awareness of ATC throughout the community.

Tickets for this semi-formal event are $75 ($50 is tax deductible) each. Table and event sponsorships range from $450 to $1,500. All proceeds benefit Arizona Theatre Company’s education and community-based programs. For more information on event sponsorships, reservations or to purchase tickets contact Marcia Scupin at 520.884.8210 x 8303 or mscupin@arizonatheatre.org.

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