Laugh Out Loud to benefit Arts Live Theatre reprises June 16 at the Fayetteville Town Center. The second annual adults-only benefit for the children's and youth theater company will feature entertainment from Phunbags Comedy Improv, food, live and silent auctions.
Auction items include four tickets to Disney World with a set of Walt Disney World luggage; Broadway's Hamilton memorabilia set including a pop up model of the set with display case, original cast program, original cast souvenir book and vocal selections; and a Branson getaway including a two-night stay, two tickets to Silver Dollar City, $50 Visa gift card and two tickets to the Hollywood Entertainment Center.
Laugh Out Loud Gala
Who: Arts Live Theatre
What: Food, drink, silent and live auctions, Phunbags Comedy Improv
When: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Where: Fayetteville Town Center
Tickets: $50, sponsorships available
Attire: Business casual
Information: (479) 521-4932, artslivetheatre.com
Christin Hurst, Arts Live board member and parent volunteer, said her son Chris, 17, has been involved with the nonprofit organization for four years.
Arts Live "gave him a safe haven to be around like-minded kids who want to be around each other," Hurst said.
Mark Landon Smith, executive director of Arts Live, said proceeds from the evening will help support the Arts Live Theatre scholarship fund and programming.
The group, founded in 1983, offers arts education and performance opportunities for children ages 5 through 18. Arts Live offers some more than 50 classes and works with more than 400 children annually.
The next production, Sherlock Holmes High School, will be staged June 22-25.
-- CARIN SCHOPPMEYER
NAN Our Town on 06/08/2017