Michigan native Jeff Daniels has done a lot for Chelsea, Mich., the city he grew up in. And now, he's giving you a chance to win a private concert in your living room, all benefiting The Purple Rose Theatre Company.
The Purple Rose, which was founded by Daniels, is holding their annual Backyard BBQ benefit on Sunday, July 23 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Chelsea Fairgrounds.
At the benefit, there will be an auction, with the grand auction item being a private concert at your home with Jeff Daniels. The 75-minute concert will also include a Q&A session.
“Playing a house concert is a great way for people to support The Purple Rose”, Daniels said in a release. “This ‘Unplugged House Concert’ will also include a question & answer session, giving folks a chance to hear what it’s been like to live the life of an actor for over forty years. Right in their living room. Or backyard. Or driveway. Good for The Purple Rose, plus I get to play. And I love doing both.”
Bidding is already underway at PurpleRose.Gesture.com, and as of Friday morning, the current bid was $18,500.
If you would like to attend the BBQ benefit, tickets are $135 a person and can be purchased at purplerosetheatre.org or by calling 734-433-7782, ext. 29.
Other auction items include one week in an exquisite Paris apartment, custom diamond and amethyst earrings by Austin & Warburton, “Dumb & Dumber” film props used by Jeff Daniels, a trip for two to the 69th Annual Emmy Awards hosted by Stephen Colbert, an exclusive NFL-VIP experience for four with sideline passes and brunch for Lions v. Falcons, tickets to the 2018 Masters Golf Championship, Broadway packages, dinner for 4 on the set of the PRTC's production of “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear,” and a South African photo safari for two at Zulu Nyala Game Reserve (location for “I Dreamed of Africa” starring Kim Basinger).
