2025 Artrageous Gala & Auction

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The 2025 Artrageous Gala

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025

Mark your calendars for a wicked good night!

Featuring
A celebration of this year’s Elizabeth Cochary Gross Stewardship of the Arts honoree

GREGORY MAGUIRE

Former Umbrella board member, fierce advocate of children’s literacy, and devoted steward of the arts, Gregory is a celebrated novelist and the best-selling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West which inspired the Tony award-winning musical and upcoming two-part film adaptation. Other best known books by Maguire include Egg & Spoon, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award winner, the Another Day series, After Alice, and Mirror Mirror. He is the cofounder of, and for a quarter century co-directed, a nonprofit called Children’s Literature New England, whose aim was focusing attention on the significance of literature in the lives of children. We are humbled to celebrate his contributions to The Umbrella and the greater arts community.

The Umbrella’s annual Artrageous Gala Art Auction & Exhibition

Thrilling live performance on the Main Stage Theater 144

Seated dinner catered by the fresh, modern talents of MAX Ultimate

More exciting details soon to follow!

Sponsorships start at $2,500. Interested in sponsoring? Contact Katie Cimet at katie@theumbrellaarts.org. Space is limited.

Gail Burr, 2025 Gala Chair
Ellen McHale, 2025 Gala Auction Co-Chair
Julie Hagan, 2025 Gala Auction Co-Chair

And the 2025 Gala Committee
Susannah Benner
Suzanne Broxson
Ellen Gaies
Liz Gross
Mary Ellen Harney
Melissa LaFrance
Caroline Paduch
Laura Pouladdej
Monica Rogan
Debra Rutter
Priscilla White Sturges
Shanna Theriault
Kaitlyn Whittier
Deborah Yamin