Pictured above: Gala Committee Co-Chair Rick Miramontez, Mahaiwe Vice Chair and Gala Committee Co-Chair Jamie DuMont, and guests Rob Russo, Zac Petkanas, and Levi Bonahan. Photo by Avida Love.

The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center's 2026 Gala played for one night only on Sunday, August 2, with a reception, dinner, and performance built around a double occasion: an evening honoring outgoing board chair Margaret Deutsch, and a rare Berkshires appearance by Anthony Roth Costanzo, the countertenor who's sung at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and the Guggenheim, and who now runs Opera Philadelphia as its general director.

Former Mahaiwe Board Chair and Gala Honoree Margaret Deutsch. Photo by Avida Love.

Guests gathered on Castle Street for a 5pm reception ahead of dinner and Costanzo's 8pm performance. The benefit helps fund the Mahaiwe's year-round programming. Here's a look inside the night.

Mahaiwe Executive Director Janis Martinson and Board Chair and Gala Committee Member Sheila Parekh-Blum. Photo by Avida Love.
Gala performer Anthony Roth Costanzo with pianist Bryan Wagorn. Photo by Avida Love.
Gala Committee members Elizabeth Youngman Prager and Adam Prager, with guests Heather Brookman Ehrlich and Harry Ehrlich. Photo by Avida Love.
Mahaiwe Spanish-language Community Advisory Network (SCAN) advisors, from left: Gala Committee Member Lilia S. Baker, Diana Lotero, Luana Dias David, Gala Committee Member Marina Dominguez, Mayra Rodriguez, Paola Alta, Vladimir Soasti, Edwin Rihanno Salseo, Marco Soasti, Micaela Soasti, Liliana Ortiz-Bermudez, and Mahaiwe Education & Community Engagement Manager Natalia Bernal. Photo by Avida Love.
Mahaiwe Board Vice Chair Allison Wintner, Board Chair and Gala Committee Member Sheila Parekh-Blum, and Board Vice Chair and Gala Committee Co-Chair Jamie DuMon. Photo by Avida Love.
Mahaiwe Board Member Ted Stephens III, Pjeter Dushku, Erica Jaffe, Jonathan Loy, Christopher Riggleman, Sue Redgen-Eyerly, Mahaiwe Met Opera Lecturer Scott Eyerly, Board Member Maggie Buchwald, and Gala Committee members Paul Curnin and Amanda Gott Curnin. Photo by Avida Love.

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After a decade of writing for RI (along with many other publications and organizations) Jamie took over as editor in 2025. He has a masters in journalism from NYU, a wonderful wife, two kids and a Carolina dog named Zelda.