Ovation Gala Event Photos
New Jersey Theatre Alliance celebrated their 30th Anniversary at the October 27 Ovation Gala at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. The event kicked off the New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s anniversary year by honoring valued community and corporate supporters Carolyn J. Ferolito and McCarter & English LLP – and the impact of the Alliance’s membership – with an elegant party, live auction, and a cabaret tribute to New Jersey’s own Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman.
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Candace Goldstein, Elliot Lee of JP Morgan Chase and Carey Van Driest

Candace Goldstein, Elliot Lee of JP Morgan Chase and Carey Van Driest
Candace Goldstein, Elliot Lee of JP Morgan Chase and Carey Van Driest
Photo by David Kelly Crow

Joseph Benincasa, Carol A. Herbert, John McEwen

Joseph Benincasa, Carol A. Herbert, John McEwen
Joseph Benincasa, President and CEO – The Actors Fund; Carol A. Herbert, member of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, member of the NJTA Board of Trustees and Ovation Gala Committee Co-Chair; John McEwen, NJTA Executive Director
Photo by Jerry Dalia

John McEwen, Robert H. Doherty, Carol Herbert, Diane DiFrancesco

John McEwen, Robert H. Doherty, Carol Herbert, Diane DiFrancesco
John McEwen, NJTA Executive Director; Robert H. Doherty, President – Bank of America New Jersey, and 30th Anniversary Ovation Gala Dinner Chairman; Carol A. Herbert, member of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Ovation Gala Committee Co-Chair; Diane DiFrancesco – CEO and Founder DLD Quality Engineering and Gala Committee Co-Chair.
Photo by Jerry Dalia

Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Carolyn J. Ferolito

Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Carolyn J. Ferolito
Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr. and Ovation Gala Honoree - and NJTA Board member - Carolyn J. Ferolito
Photo by Jerry Dalia

Larry Capo, Anne Betterton, Michael R. Schonering

Larry Capo, Anne Betterton, Michael R. Schonering
Larry Capo, Executive Director – Young Audiences Arts for Learning New Jersey (YANJ), and Treasurer of NJTA Board of Trustees; Ann Betterton, Development Director – YANJ; Michael R. Schnoering, AIA, Partner – Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC.
Photo by David Kelly Crow

Natalie Watson, Scott Kobler, Esq., Tom Muza, Todd Schmidt

Natalie Watson, Scott Kobler, Esq., Tom Muza, Todd Schmidt
Natalie Watson, Esq., Partner – McCarter and English LLP, and President of NJTA Board of Trustees; Scott Kobler, Esq., Partner – McCarter and English LLP, Corporate Honorees. Tom Muza, General Manager – McCarter Theatre Center, and Chairman of NJTA Board of Trustees; Todd Schmidt, Managing Director – Paper Mill Playhouse and Vice Chairman of NJTA Board of Trustees.
Photo by Jerry Dalia

Mary O’Malley, Bea Daggett, Chris Daggett

Mary O’Malley, Bea Daggett, Chris Daggett
Mary O’Malley, Vice President, Local Initiatives – Prudential; Bea Daggett, Executive Director – Citizens' Campaign/Jersey Call to Service; Chris Daggett, President and CEO – The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Photo by Matthew Wright – Fig Tree Photography

Carol Herbert and Diane DiFrancesco

Carol Herbert and Diane DiFrancesco
Benefit Co-Chairwomen Carol Herbert and Diane DiFrancesco
Photo by Matthew Wright – Fig Tree Photography
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Stages Festival audience. Photo by David Kelly Crow

Stages Festival audience. Photo by David Kelly Crow
Stages Festival audience. Photo by David Kelly Crow
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