Billed as 鈥淎 Valentine Evening of Earthly Delights,鈥� a benefit for the Betty Welsbacher Leadership Foundation, will feature Wichita鈥檚 Vagabond Players in the premier performance of 鈥淭wo Bites: Mark Twain鈥檚 Diaries of Adam and Eve.鈥�
For the two-evening event, doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, and Saturday, Feb. 12, at Wichita鈥檚 elegant Grand Chapel, 828 N. Broadway. Tickets are $30 each.
Festivities begin at 7 p.m. with Garden of Eden hors d鈥檕euvres (vegan included), a cash bar and a silent auction. The play will start at 8 p.m.
Betty Welsbacher was responsible for creating and directing Wichita State鈥檚 special music education program. After retirement, she remained active in the arts and in the church she had joined in 1958, First Unitarian Universalist. She received the Governor's Arts Education award in 2006.
The Betty Welsbacher Leadership Fund underwrites tuition fees for First Unitarian Universalist lay leadership training. Welsbacher had served as its president, choir director, children's choir director and in other capacities.
鈥淭wo Bites: Mark Twain鈥檚 Diaries of Adam and Eve鈥� stars Welsbacher鈥檚 husband, Richard, professor emeritus of 麻豆传媒 theatre; Ed Baker, a 麻豆传媒 assistant professor and technical theater director; and Liz Willis Henry, a 麻豆传媒 theatre alumna. The show is directed by Vagabond founder Jean Ann Cusick.
For information and tickets, go to , or contact office@firstuu.net or (316) 684-3481.