We had such a blast at our Scandalous Gala on May 22, 2016 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge! Many thanks to our host committee and all of our guests, sponsors, donors, and the hotel for a fantastic evening. Enjoy a few snapshots from our snazzy soiree!

L-R: Executive Producer Kimberly Dawson; Director of Education Programs & Project Mara Sidmore; Myran Parker-Bass Executive Director of the Arts, Boston Public Schools; Rev. Dr. Cynthia Good; Robert Brustein; Julie Burros, Chief of Arts & Culture, City of Boston; Denise Jillison, Executive Director of the Harvard Square Business Association; Artistic Director Allyn Burrows. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Board member Bruce Herrmann and wife Erin Hoffer getting into character at the photo booth, which included wigs from ASP's most recent production, "The School for Scandal." Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Gala luminaries, ASP staff, and gala co-chairs. L-R: Myran Parker-Brass, Denise Jillison, Allyn Burrows, Julie Burros, Cynthia Good, Jim Burke, Mara Sidmore, Kimberly Dawson, Sarah Leaf-Herrmann. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

An elegant table setting, including Mad Lib scrolls in red ribbons for guests to complete

ASP's Resident Acting Company acts up with theater legend Alvin Epstein

Costume Designer Tyler Kinney, and RAC member Omar Robinson get in--or into--the spirit of the event. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

ASP youth program participants. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Perusing the silent auction items, with RAC member Jennie Israel. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Artistic Director Allyn Burrows and Executive Producer Kimberly Dawson welcome two Shakespeares and guests at the cocktail reception

Executive Producer Kimberly Dawson and guests respond to Grooversity's upbeat entrance to the cocktail reception. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Guests get groovy with Grooversity, a Brazilian drum line from Somerville. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Grooversity, a Brazilian drum line from Somerville, kicks it up a notch at the start of the evening. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

RAC member Omar Robinson in a dramatic, and somewhat slapstick, reading from "Hamlet," in which he has the title role in our 2016-17 Season

Artistic Director Allyn Burrows gets Elizabethan as he honors luminary Robert Brustein, seated beside theater legend Alvin Epstein. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

RAC member Robert Walsh toasts luminary and Harvard Square Business Association Director Denise Jillison. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Luminary Denise Jillison, Executive Director of the Harvard Square Business Association, gets a kiss from RAC member Sarah Newhouse

RAC member Bobbie Steinbeck toasts Cynthia Good with a puppet Cynthia made in ASP's early years. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Rev. Dr. Cynthia Good, former ASP Board chair, shows off a hand-made vase ASP gave to her, not knowing it would match her fabulous outfit! Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Julie Burros, Chief of Arts & Culture, City of Boston, receives gifts from ASP. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Myran Parker-Brass, Executive Director of the Arts for Boston Public Schools, not only was feted as a luminary, she added flair to the festivities with a jazzy number! Allyssa Jones, also from the BPS office for the arts, provided fantastic accompaniment. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

RAC member Marya Lowry entertains guests during a skit promoting the 2016-17 season. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

RAC member, and Gala skits narrator Steven Barkhimer during a scene promoting ASP's 2017 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

RAC members Steven Barkhimer and Maurice Emmanuel Parent pucker up to promote ASP's 2017 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Youth program participants and RAC members Steven Barkhimer and Maurice Emmanuel Parent. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Sergeant Pepper meets ASP's "The School for Scandal." Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

ASP RAC members Lydia Barnett-Mulligan and Jennie Israel. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Assistant Stage Manager Sam Layco busts a move with her friends at the After-Party. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Matty and The Pushups performing at the After-Party. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

ASP alum Lori Taylor and Rebecca Schneebaum (Maria in ASP's "The School for Scandal") explore the Red Light Balloon prizes at the After-Party. Photo by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Guests at the Audacious After-Party

Brandon Milardo (and ASP alum) from MIT, Elsa McLaughlin from the Boston Center for the Arts, and ASP's Lindsay Williams, Education Project Associate, at the photo booth

Desserts provided by the Sonesta were a huge hit at the After-Party!

Violet de Besche hams it up on the dance floor of the After-Party in a wig from "The School for Scandal" with ASP's Kimberly Dawson and Lindsay Williams

All photos by Nile Scott Shots for ASP.

Gala Committee Co-Chairs:

• Jim Burke
• Sarah Leaf-Herrmann

Luminaries:

• Robert Brustein, Artist
• Julie Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture, City of Boston
• Rev. Dr. Cynthia Good, Former Chair, ASP Board of Directors
• Denise Jillison, Executive Director, Harvard Square Business Association
• Myran Parker-Brass, Executive Director of the Arts, Boston Public Schools

And our deepest gratitude to our Gala sponsors and partners, including: