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Gala host and Broadway Star Tyne Daly and Washington theater patron Jaylee Mead Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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The Helen Hayes Star Gala celebrated Washington’s vibrant theater scene. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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Studio Theatre Board Chair Susan Butler, right, and her mother, Frances Lewis. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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Honorees and Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company Patrons Pete Miller and Sara Cormeny Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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Kelli Pedas and Virginia Tech dance professor Billie Lepczyk Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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Robin Malloy, running one of the neighborhood-themed auction tables. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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Washington’s theater companies are the strongest of any American city’s but New York’s. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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Lea, Joanna, Paulina and George Pedas Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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New Studio Theatre artistic director David Muse, actress Rachael Holmes, and playwright Renee Calarco. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild
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As it has for almost 20 years, the Four Seasons served dinner to gala attendees Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild