We invite you to join us Thursday, November 19th at Ballroom Marfa’s 2026 Gala, an enchanting evening surrounded by food, art, music, and surprises in the Ballroom Marfa spirit at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. With delight and gratitude, we will honor Pulitzer Prize-winning wartime photographer and photojournalist Lynsey Addario, singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, and visionary leader and Ballroom Board Member Anne‑Cecilie Engell Speyer. The gala will feature an auction and performances by Eloise Carter, the Marching Cobras Drumline & Danceline, Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy, and special musical guests.

We hope you will join us in celebrating Ballroom Marfa.

For more information contact development@ballroommarfa.org.

CO-CHAIRS
Paul Arnhold and Wes Gordon
Fairfax Dorn
Lizzie Means Duplantis
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Susan and John Hess
Rashid Johnson
Virginia Lebermann
Kathryn and James Murdoch
Allison Sarofim and Patrick Seabase
Nancy and George Walker
Sarah Means Ward 

HOST COMMITTEE

Rachel and Jeff Arnold
Suzanne Deal Booth

Rebecca and Owen Brainard
Stewart Butterfield
Yvonne Force and Leo Villareal
Deborah Green and Clayton Aynesworth
Raven Halfmoon

Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
Gabriela Hearst
Loie Hollowell

Matthew Day Jackson
Kate LaGere
Alejandra Laviada
Miyoung Lee
Kathleen and Christopher Loughlin
Stephanie March and Dan Benton
Bertha González Nieves
Louise O’Connor
Annie O’Grady

Lori Oscher and Eric Friedman
Meruert Planul-Tolegen

Jen Rubio

Nancy Sanders

Michelle and Pete Scantland

Neil Subin
Fern and Lenard Tessler

Chai Vasarhelyi
Gordon VeneKlasen
Andrew Warden and Raf Niemojewski

Elizabeth Weed and Matthew Mitchell
Jason Weinberg
Ali Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos
Arden Wohl and Jonah Freeman
Candace Worth

Names as of October 2nd, 2026