Stage and TV Star Cedric Neal to Headline AT&T Performing Arts Center 2024 Bravo! Gala

Dallas-native and Olivier-nominated performer helps honor business and community leader Matrice Ellis-Kirk for her service to the arts in Dallas

(DALLAS) – The non-profit AT&T Performing Arts Center has announced that Dallas native and Oliver Award-nominee Cedric Neal will headline the 2024 Bravo! Gala on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Winspear Opera House.

An acclaimed TV and theater star, Neal’s performance will cap the evening for guests gathered on Shannon and Ted Skokos stage in Margaret McDermott Performance Hall. An Oak Cliff native and original member of Dallas Theater Center’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company, Neal boasts a long list of theater and television credits and was recently nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in the musical Guys and Dolls in London’s West End.

Neal will be joined by Cherish Love Robinson, also a Dallas native, who played the iconic role of The Witch in Dallas Theater Center’s production of Into the Woods. The evening will also feature performances from the Center’s resident companies and other local artists, including B. Moore Dance. The Center will also honor Dallas business and community leader Matrice Ellis-Kirk for her unwavering dedication to the arts in Dallas.

This 15^th Anniversary celebration supports the Center’s mission to entertain audiences and inspire creativity through diverse performances and arts education programs. This year’s chairs of the Bravo! Gala are Board Chair Jill B. Louis and Immediate Past Chair Daniel Tobey, the host committee, sponsors, and underwriters (listed below).

Single tickets for the full evening are $1,200 and underwriting levels begin at $5,000. For more information on Bravo! Gala, please visit attpac.org/bravo.

Host Committee:

• Rainy Berry
• Christy and Robby Berry
• Diane and Hal Brierley
• Nita and Cullum Clark
• Grace Cook
• John Dayton
• Lauren Embrey
• Bess and Ted Enloe
• Alina and Ruben Esquivel
• Janiece Evans-Page and Mark Page
• Bobby Gibbs
• Marissa and Michael Horne
• Leon Jacobson and Alyssa Reiman
• Leslie and Tony Lenamon
• Sarah and Alan Losinger
• Jill Magnuson
• Lynn and Allan McBee
• Paige McDaniel and Joe Clark
• Helen and Brendan McGuire
• Adrienne and Damon Mosley
• Honorable Eric Moyé and Veronica Moyé
• Caren Prothro
• Honorable Paul Ridley and Joan Ridley
• Helen and Frank Risch
• Katie Robbins
• Deedie Rose
• Jessica Shepherd and Marvin Jackson
• Andy Smith and Paul von Wupperfeld
• Phyllis and Ron Steinhart
• Emily and Steve Summers
• Greg Swalwell and Terry Connor
• Alexine and Warren Tranquada
• Laurie M. Wallace
• Bonnie and Jeff Whitman
• Ellen Winspear

Dinner Sponsor:

• AT&T

Featured Entertainment Sponsor:

• PNC

15^th Anniversary Artist Underwriter:

• Diane and Hal Brierley

Bravo! Honoree Celebration Underwriters:

• Barbara Thomas Lemmon
• Jill B. Louis/Perkins Coie
• The Eugene McDermott Foundation
• The M.O.B. Family Foundation
• Deedie Rose

Entertainment Underwriters:

• Hirsch Family Foundation

15^th Anniversary Underwriters:

• Jennifer and Peter Altabef

Table Underwriters:

• Lydia and Bill Addy on behalf of the Addy Foundation
• Anne and Robert Bass
• Communities Foundation of Texas
• John Dayton
• Matrice and Ron Kirk
• Lynn McBee/Paige McDaniel/Katie Robbins
• Adrienne and Damon Mosley
• Honorable Eric Moyé and Veronica Moyé
• Southwestern Medical Foundation/UT Southwestern Medical Foundation
• Greg Swalwell and Terry Connor
• Judith and Daniel Tobey
• Toyota North America
• The Jeff and Bonnie Whitman Charitable Foundation