Kelli O'Hara, Santino Fontana, and more shine at Westport Country Playhouse Gala

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The event also featured Tamar Greene, Dan Lauria, Wendie Malick, and more.

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Westport Country Playhouse staged a one-night-only fundraiser, “From the Page to the Stage,” on Saturday, October 3. Broadway, television, and film talents, including Santino Fontana , Tamar Greene , Dan Lauria , Wendie Malick , Patty McCormack , Javier Muñoz , James Naughton , Kelli O’Hara, and NaTasha Yvette Williams , saluted, through songs and scenes, 95 years of productions that have gone from the page to the stage at the Playhouse since its founding in 1931. See photos!

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Joyce Hergenhan , Playhouse trustee and sponsor of the Playhouse’s Script in Hand playreading series, received the 2026 Playhouse Leadership Award.

Creative team included James Glossman , director; Mary-Mitchell Campbell , music supervisor; and Kevin Duncan , producer. Gala Committee included Kerri Joller, chair, Athena Adamson, Carin Freidag, Ben Frimmer , Jonathan Levy , Claudine Maidique, Elizabeth Marks, Elizabeth Salem, Trish Schwartz, Alison Smith, and Michael Streicker.

All proceeds from this annual fundraiser support Westport Country Playhouse, a nonprofit performing arts center and professional producing theater, and help sustain its work both on stage and throughout the community.

Photo credit: Kerry Long Photography

Mark Shanahan , Westport Country Playhouse artistic director; Beth Huisking, Playhouse managing director; Joyce Hergenhan , 2026 Playhouse Leadership Award recipient; and Athena Adamson, Playhouse board of trustees' chair

Mark Shanahan , Westport Country Playhouse artistic director, presents the 2026 Playhouse Leadership Award to Joyce Hergenhan

Kelli O'Hara

Wendie Malick

Santino Fontana

Dan Lauria

Tamar Greene

Patty McCormack

Javier Munoz

James Naughton , Kelli O'Hara

NaTasha Yvette Williams

Javier Muñoz , Patty McCormack , Dan Lauria

Santino Fontana , Kelli O'Hara , James Naughton , Wendie Malick , NaTasha Yvette Williams , Tamar Greene

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/Photos-Kelli-OHara-Santino-Fontana-and-More-at-Westport-Country-Playhouse-Gala-20261006)._