FETE 2026: Spring Soiree Under the Marquee

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Honoring Vesna Todorović Sacks and Howard Sacks Leadership Underwriters of the HotHouse Acting Company
&
Toasting 30 Years of the Wilma on Broad Street

Vesna Todorović Sacks and Howard Sacks 

We are privileged to honor Howard and Vesna Sacks for their generous support in underwriting our HotHouse Acting Company. In the 10 years since its official founding in a performance of ANTIGONE in our 2015-16 season, the HotHouse Acting Company has become the artistic lodestone of the Wilma Theater, and has received national attention for its unique methodology.

30 years at our home on Broad Street 

We are excited to be celebrating 30 years in our home on Broad Street. In 1996, our theater was the first built for the newly formed Avenue of the Arts which was pivotal for both the Wilma and Philadelphia, and which cemented our place in the regional theater scene and announced that Philadelphia was place for vibrant, exciting live theater. As the blueprint of Broad Street continues to evolve with exciting improvements on the horizon, we are thrilled to take this moment to look back on its storied history.

Supporters

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

HotHouse Star

Chara Cooper Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

Cassiopeia

Vesna Todorović Sacks and Howard Sacks

Taurus

Caroline Hall and Brian Woods
Lobro Associates
Dianne Semingson

Pegasus

James Betts and Grace Kessler Betts
The Brodsky Center at PAFA Advisory Council
Linda and David Glickstein
Robert Holum and Mattie Holme
Michael and Eva Leeds
Pamela Snyder Goffman

Nova

Anonymous
Cozen O’Connor
Mark and Tobey Dichter
Ensemble Arts Philly
Herman and Helen Fala
Jerry and Mindy Goldberg
Carole Haas Gravagno
Independence Foundation
Katherine Kelton and Troy Graham
Drs. Ken and Julie Kendall
Chrissy Kind and Ralph Pomponi
Michael Shannon Designs
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Don and Barbara Parman
Joel and Roberta Porter
Karen Scholnick
Spruce Street Commons
Mark Stewart and Mary Gay Scanlon
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Univest Financial
Dr. R. J. Wallner

Soiree

Duane Morris LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Megan McCarthy
Lansie Sylvia and Andrew Panebianco

Donors

Diane Alianiello
Val Arkoosh and Jeff Harbison
Olga Briker
Stewart Eisenberg
Carol and Bruce Lockman
Anne Malone
Barbara Mollanazar, ReMax Legacy
Andrew and Bryna Scott

Patrons

Valerie Arkoosh
Lucinda Blank
Ryan Wesley Brown
Marie Carroll
Matthew Chiachetti
Alice Donavin Day and George Sutherland Day
Alan and Deedee DeCherney
Steven Falkowski
Shelley Green and Michael Golden
Tamara Hobbs
Michael Jakubowski
Ro King
Harvey Shipley Miller
Carol Moody
Kinohi Nishikawa
Amy Pisechko and Cynthia Rogan de Ramirez
Paul Rathblott
Carolyn Saligman
David and Kathy Scranton
Sunita Sheth and David Bayard
Jonathan and Judith Stein
Susan Tabas Tepper and Dagny Tepper
John and Marian Weston
Stephen Zeller
Rachel Zimmerman

Soiree Patrons

C. Erickson & Sons
Karyn Lyman
Karol M. Wasylyshyn

Fete Event Sponsors

Photography by Johanna Austin