Leadership Greater Waterbury Brings “Enhanced Experience” to Palace Theater

WATERBURY –A project team of the Leadership Greater Waterbury (LGW) class of 2014 is collaborating with the Palace Theater to enhance the performing art center’s Entrees & Encores restaurant-and-gift card program for a special limited time initiative that brings added value to the theater’s “Dinner and a Show” experience.

Entrees & Encores: “The Enhanced Experience” is an opportunity to add value to a patron’s dinner-and-show evening out on either Saturday, May 3, for the 8 p.m. performance of HAIR or Thursday, May 8,  for the 7:30 p.m. performance of Simply Sinatra starring Steve Lippia.

By using an Entrees & Encores gift card to dine at one of the thirteen participating restaurants prior to attending either one of these Palace performances, patrons will be treated to some added benefits compliments of Sweet Maria’s, O’Rourke & Birch Florist, and The Good Life Wine & Spirits, and will also be entered to win a basket of delights courtesy of Elizabeth Richard Gifts.

To partake in Entrees & Encores: “The Enhanced Experience,” patrons must use a Palace Theater Entrees & Encores gift card at one of the participating restaurants - 1249 Wine Bar; Diorio's Restaurant and Bar; LaTavola Ristorante; Nino's Trattoria; Paisano's; Quench Café; San Marino Restaurant; Spartan Restaurant & Bar; The Hills Restaurant; D'amelio's Italian Eatery; Tiramisu; The Shamrock Pub; Vasi's Restaurant & Bar - and have their receipt stamped by the restaurant.  On the night of one of the aforementioned shows, patrons must bring their stamped receipt to the theater and present it at the Leadership Waterbury VIP table to receive their complimentary goodies. Entrees & Encores gift cards may be purchased at the Palace box office or online at www.palacetheaterct.org.

“The idea that the Leadership group had was to showcase the best of Waterbury. By adding value to the existing experience of dinner and a show, their goal is to encourage the public to think ‘Waterbury’ for a fabulous evening out,” states Sheree Marcucci, Marketing and Public Relations Officer for the Palace Theater.

Josh Novo of the Leadership Waterbury project team and an employee of Post University echoed that sentiment and added, “We hope to build a better appreciation of Waterbury, and building on the Entrees & Encores program seemed a perfect vehicle to accomplish that.”

Other members of the project team include Bruce Trammell, NSI; Deb Massicotte, Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan; and Manny Martinez the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury.  Leadership Greater Waterbury, a program created by the Waterbury Regional Chamber, allows business professionals in the Greater Waterbury area to build a stronger awareness of the area and the opportunity to interact with civic, professional, and community leaders.