Opening Night Gala with Liza Minnelli and the North Carolina Symphony.

6:30 pm- Cocktail reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres

8:00 pm- Liza Minnelli and the NC Symphony

9:45 pm- After party of desserts and dancing

Attire is black tie.

Tickets to the black-tie grand opening gala with Liza Minnelli and the NC Symphony are $225 + taxes and fees

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Open Call Auditions for Sponsors

CFCC is searching for event sponsors who have a passion for theater, music, and the arts–how will YOU shine on the red carpet?

You can make a lasting impact on CFCC students and our community by joining our ensemble as one of our Cast of Characters.

For sponsorship inquiries contact the CFCC Foundation:

Bob Jones
Phone: 910.362.7331
Email: [email protected]

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[wptabtitle]EVENT SPONSOR – $25,000[/wptabtitle]
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• 12 Tickets to the October 3 Gala with preferred seating to the inaugural production
• Choice of seats or Theater box location for inaugural event
• Name/Logo on all printed material (Save the dates, Invitations, and Ads)
• Logo/Name displayed using lighting inside both the building and the theater pre-concert
• Name/Logo on all signage at the event
• Name recognition as a member of the Founders’ Society on the main donor display
• Access to VIP Pre-Party on Oct 3rd Event (1 admission/Gala Ticket)
• Private Patron Party for all CFCC events with the purchase of a ticket*
• Premier opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public*
• A ticket discount of 10%*
• Recognition on a name plate affixed to a seat in the theater
• Recognition in CFCC Playbill*

* Benefits are non-transferable, valid for the first 3 years of CFCC performances, and based on availability. Benefits are not available for third party events using the theater. All gifts are tax deductible based on the amount exceeding the fair market value of the benefit received.
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[wptabtitle]VIP PRE-GALA PARTY SPONSOR – $15,000[/wptabtitle]
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• 8 Tickets to the October 3 Gala with preferred seating to the inaugural production
• Name/Logo on all printed material (Save the dates, Invitations, and Ads)
• Opportunity to have banners and display in Wilma Daniels Art Gallery
• Recognition at Gala Event
• Name recognition as a member of the Founders’ Society on the main donor display
• Access to VIP Pre-Party on Oct 3rd Event (1 admission/Gala Ticket)
• Private Patron Party for all CFCC events with the purchase of a ticket*
• Premier opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public*
• A ticket discount of 10%*
• Recognition on a name plate affixed to a seat in the theater
• Recognition in CFCC Playbill*

* Benefits are non-transferable, valid for the first 3 years of CFCC performances, and based on availability. Benefits are not available for third party events using the theater. All gifts are tax deductible based on the amount exceeding the fair market value of the benefit received.
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[wptabtitle]STAGE SPONSOR – RESERVED[/wptabtitle]
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Gala Stage Sponsor:

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[wptabtitle]CAR SPONSOR – $10,000[/wptabtitle]
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• 6 Tickets to the October 3 Gala with preferred seating to the inaugural production
• Name/Logo on all printed material (Save the dates, Invitations, and Ads)
• Option to park a car outside the main entrance

As a top sponsor ($10,000 and above) for the Grand Opening Gala of the Fine Arts Center, you are eligible to receive the following benefits:

• Name recognition as a member of the Founders’ Society on the main donor display
• Access to VIP Pre-Party on Oct 3rd Event (1 admission/Gala Ticket)
• Private Patron Party for all CFCC events with the purchase of a ticket*
• Premier opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public*
• A ticket discount of 10%*
• Recognition on a name plate affixed to a seat in the theater
• Recognition in CFCC Playbill*

* Benefits are non-transferable, valid for the first 3 years of CFCC performances, and based on availability. Benefits are not available for third party events using the theater. All gifts are tax deductible based on the amount exceeding the fair market value of the benefit received.
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[wptabtitle]AFTER PARTY SPONSOR – RESERVED[/wptabtitle]
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Gala after party is sponsored by:

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Printed and Electronic Tickets are sponsored by:

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[wptabtitle]PARKING SPONSOR – $5,000[/wptabtitle]
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• 4 Tickets to the October 3 Gala and preferred seating for the inaugural event
• Option to offer business coupon at opening gala
• Recognition on a name plate affixed to a seat in the theater

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[wptabtitle]CHAMPAGNE SPONSOR – RESERVED[/wptabtitle]
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[wptabtitle]VIP GUEST – $2,500[/wptabtitle]
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• 4 Tickets to the October 3 Gala AND admission to VIP Pre-Gala Party
• Preferred seating to the inaugural event
• Name Recognition at Event
• Recognition on a name plate affixed to a seat in the theater4 Tickets to the October 3 Gala with preferred seating to the inaugural production

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[wptabtitle]SUPPORTING ROLE – $1,000[/wptabtitle]
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• 2 Tickets to the October 3 Gala AND admission to VIP Pre-Gala Party
• Preferred seating to the inaugural event
• Name Recognition at Event

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LIZA MINNELLI BIOGRAPHY

“She is the Grand Dame of New York, New York.”
-Oprah Winfrey

Liza Minnelli, winner of four Tony Awards, an Oscar, a special “Legends” Grammy, two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy, is one of the entertainment world’s consummate performers. In film, on stage and in television, Liza has won critical acclaim, a multitude of fans, and recognition from her peers in show business, giving new dimension and credibility to the word “superstar.”

Liza was born on March 12, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, to actress/singer Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli, responsible for such classics as “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “An American in Paris.”

One of America’s true legends, Liza began her professional career at an early age, 16, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical “Best Foot Forward,” for which she received her first award, the Theatre World Award. It would be the first among many show business honors.

Liza turned to Broadway at age 19, and became the youngest woman ever to win a leading actress Tony Award for “Flora the Red Menace.” Over the years, Liza’s other Broadway appearances have been memorable. In 1975 her enormous strength and talent were put to the test when she agreed to replace an ailing Gwen Verdon in the Broadway run of Kander and Ebb’s “Chicago.” With only one-week’s rehearsal, and no public announcement, Liza played to sold-out audiences for a period of five weeks. In 1984, Liza reunited with her “Chicago” co-star Chita Rivera in the Kander and Ebb musical “The Rink.” The musical garnered Liza a Best Actress Tony nomination. In 1997, Liza took over from an ailing Julie Andrews in Broadway’s “Victor/Victoria.”

A special Tony was awarded to Liza for breaking the box-office record at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1974 for her one-woman show. While this show was released as an LP it was pulled from shelves because of legalities and not released on CD until 2012. In 1977, she returned to the Broadway stage in a starring role in the Kander and Ebb musical, “The Act” for which she was awarded her third Tony. The musical was directed by Martin Scorsese, who had just directed Liza on the big screen in “New York, New York” opposite Robert DeNiro.

She had been seen earlier on movie screens in films that showcased her superb acting abilities, including her first film role opposite Albert Finney in “Charlie Bubbles,” followed by “The Sterile Cuckoo,” which won Liza her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

In 1972 her movie career peaked when she played Sally Bowles in “Cabaret.” The film won eight Oscars, including Best Actress for Liza. The role also earned her a Golden Globe and a British Film Academy Award. The unqualified success of “Cabaret” put Liza on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week.

In 1981, she co-starred with Dudley Moore on the big screen in the classic “Arthur,” going on to make the sequel “Arthur 2” in 1988.

Liza starred in the first concert ever filmed live for television in 1972. The seminal “Liza with a Z” produced a Top 20 album and won the Emmy for Outstanding Single Program and the prestigious Peabody Award. It has been released in recent years on DVD.

Other television specials of that era included “Goldie and Liza: Together” with her friend Goldie Hawn and the Emmy Award-winning “Baryshnikov on Broadway.” Years later Mikhail Baryshnikov would present Liza with the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards.

Liza emerged as a dramatic television actress in the made-for-TV drama, “A Time to Live.” The role won Liza her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and universal acclaim from television critics and writers around the world.

In between her many TV and film roles, Liza has never stopped touring and has long been considered one of the most exciting concert performers, electrifying audiences around the world and setting records at the most prestigious venues, from the Palladium in London and Opera House in Sydney, to the Olympia Theatre in Paris and New York’s historic Carnegie Hall, where one of Liza’s greatest triumphs was her unprecedented three-week concert engagement in 1987. Liza was the first entertainer in the hall’s history to completely sell-out three weeks of appearances. She had earlier appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall in 1979. This appearance was every bit as unforgettable. On closing night the police had to disperse the crowd when they refused to leave the auditorium following multiple encores. Both of these concerts were recorded and are among the music industry’s most highly praised live concert recordings.

One of Minnelli’s great joys while touring the world has been to serve as a representative of the United States and its values. Her global cultural impact was recognized in 1987 when she was bestowed the honor of membership in France’s Légion d’Honneur with the rank of Chevalier, the first of several ranks of the award. In 2011, she was elevated to the rank of Officier. Additional international honors include receiving the Heraldic Order of Christobal Columbus in 2010 from the government of the Dominican Republic and Liza was named a Distinguished Citizen of Buenos Aires by the city’s government in 2012.

One of the greatest and most acclaimed show business triumphs of all time was Liza’s record-setting in-concert engagement at Manhattan’s famed Radio City Music Hall in 1991, where Liza played to packed houses for three weeks, followed by a return engagement. The show was called, “Stepping Out,” after Liza’s film of the same name.

Liza returned to Broadway in December 1999 to pay tribute to her father in a show called “Minnelli on Minnelli” at New York’s Palace Theater. Shortly after the CD of “Minnelli on Minnelli” was released in February 2000, Liza was hospitalized for encephalitis. The prognosis was grim: she was told she would never walk, talk, dance or sing again. But Liza’s incredible will, determination and relentless hard work proved the doctors wrong, and by June 2002, she was back on stage at the Beacon Theater in New York. Her triumphant comeback CD entitled “Liza’s Back!” was released in October 2002, and she was seen the following year as Lucille Austero on TV’s critically acclaimed “Arrested Development.” The show was revived by popular demand and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2014 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Liza made a triumphant return to Broadway in 2008 with “Liza’s at the Palace …” which went on to win the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. It’s Liza’s fourth Tony. Her performance was filmed for a public television special and a DVD and the show’s cast recording was nominated for a Grammy Award.

In 2010, following a much talked about cameo in “Sex and the City 2,” Liza released “Confessions,” which was recorded with her longtime collaborator pianist Billy Stritch. The CD debuted to great reviews.

Throughout her lifetime Liza has supported various charities and causes. She served on the board of directors of The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential for 20 years and she also has dedicated much time to amFAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. In 1994, Minnelli recorded the Kander & Ebb tune “The Day After That” and donated the proceeds to AIDS research. That same year she performed the song in front of hundreds of thousands in Central Park at the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.

Today, when her busy schedule allows, she works with students at The Actor’s Studio teaching master classes in acting and singing. Her well-known generosity of spirit, enthusiasm and commitment to her craft are unequaled in the entertainment industry, where she continues her extraordinary career with ongoing concert tours around the world.

More information on Liza Minnelli can be found at OfficialLizaMinnelli.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/OfficialLiza