Alley Ball A Deco Delight

and Michael chaired the annual Alley Theatre Ball at the historic JP Morgan Chase Bank Building. Completed in 1929, the cavernous lobby was stylishly transformed for the party, and guests glided through banquet tables and teller desks for the 1920s supper-club-themed event. Auction chair and “luxury chairs”

and coordinated the fundraising efforts to help with the Alley’s ongoing $73 million campaign. The auction included a four-day stay at the Linns’ home in Montecito, Calif., as well as trips to Tuscany and Costa Rica. There also was the opportunity to have a Warholstyle pop art portrait made by Gittings Studios.

Bartenders mixed Prohibition-era cocktails that harkened back to the Gatsby era, and the evening culminated with a performance by 1997 Theatre World Award for Best Actress winner

The guest list included the Alley’s artistic director and and and

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Brittany Scott and Clayton Kidd

The ’20s-inspired Alley Theatre Ball setup inside the JP Morgan Chase Bank Building downtown Andrew Cordes, left, and Brian Teichman

Jim and Kathryn Ketelsen Margaret Alkek Williams and Jim Daniel

Kathy and Martyn Goossenat

Jonathan and Karen Finger Jacques Davis Brad Goreski