Two-time Tony Award® Winner Sutton Foster, along with nearly 80 local high school students, will grace the stage of Westport Country Playhouse on Thursday, February 12, 2015 in a special benefit concert for the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County, a non-profit which provides mental health services to over 2,000 local children every year.
Ms. Foster, who won Tony Awards® for her performances in ANYTHING GOES and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, will headline the benefit with additional musical performances by Adam Kaplan (from the Broadway cast of NEWSIES), Adam Christoferson (Musical Intervention), and local theatre and chorus groups representing Brien McMahon High School, Broadway Bootcamp®, Greens Farms Academy, Music Theatre of Connecticut, New Canaan High School, Staples High School, Weston High School, Wilton High School, and Wiremill Academy.
The “Shine a Light on Children’s Mental Health” benefit will begin at 7:30 pm with a VIP cocktail reception beginning at 6:00 pm. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting www.childguidancemfct.org or calling the Playhouse Box Office at (203) 227-4177. Limited event sponsorship opportunities are still available. To learn more contact Marissa Mangone at mmangone@mfcgc.org.
The “Shine a Light on Children’s Mental Health” benefit is being produced by Andrea Metchick and the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County. To learn more about the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County visit www.childguidancemfct.org.
About Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 11 Broadway shows - most recently the revival of VIOLET - and originated roles in the Broadway productions of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, LITTLE WOMEN, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, SHREK THE MUSICAL, and her Tony Award-winning performances in ANYTHING GOES and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE.
She was first seen on television on Star Search at age 15, and has more recently appeared in BUNHEADS, PSYCH, JOHNNY AND THE SPRITES, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, SESAME STREET, LAW AND ORDER SVU and ROYAL PAINS.
As a solo artist, Sutton has performed all over the country as well as internationally with her musical director Michael Rafter… featuring songs from her debut solo CD “Wish” as well as her follow up CD, “An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle.” She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein's, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, Joe’s Pub and many others.
In 2011 she received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Ball State University where she also is on faculty as a teacher and advisor to the Department of Theatre and Dance.
In March 2015, she will star in TVLand’s new series, “Younger” created by Darren Star.
About the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County
Founded in 1956, the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County (the Center), a not-for-profit organization that provides mental health care services to over 2,000 children each year from Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Weston, and Wilton. To learn more about the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County, visit www.childguidancemfct.org, or call 203.299.1315.
