
For the first time in four years, the event took place in a tent spanning the theater's adjacent parking lot. Partytime-HDO Productions provided the tent.
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Silhouettes depicting scenes from past Steppenwolf productions gave the appearance of mountain ranges in the prairie-theme tent.
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Projections on the wall evoked prairie views, and lighting changed throughout the night. Frost handled audiovisual production and lighting.
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As the night went on, the tent grew darker.
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Event Creative placed lounge areas throughout the space that had props inspired by the Old West.
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Conestoga wagon canopies covered some of the lounge areas.
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Candles in jam jars decorated trays of appetizers; Limelight provided the catering. Dinner was gem lettuce and charred-vegetable succotash followed by pistachio-crusted beef tenderloin and coconut-shortbread-lemon-curd tarts with Rainier cherries.
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Wildflowers decked tables.
Photo: Nick Jamison for Event Creative