An evening benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Regional AIDS Interfaith Network comes to McGlohon Theater Monday, Jan. 25.

RAIN, Blumenthal Performing Arts and Members of the National Touring Company of WICKED will host “Witches’ Night Off,” an evening of song and dance at McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square on Monday, Jan. 25. Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance begins at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale to the public Monday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. and will be available at BlumenthalArts.org, WitchesNightOff.org, at the Belk Theater Box Office (130 N. Tryon St.), and by phone at 704-372-1000. Net proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN).

Produced by company members of WICKED, the evening is an opportunity for them to step out of their roles in the musical and kick up their heels performing some of their favorite non-Ozian material. WITCHES’ NIGHT OFF (WNO) is part of an ongoing series of performances by the touring company to support charitable causes. The WICKED, Munchkinland Tour has raised over $3.7 million in donations for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and local AIDS service organizations all over the country.

VIP admission is $100, which includes a pre-show reception with WICKED cast members from 6 to 7 p.m. and preferred seating. General ddmission tickets are available for $35. All proceeds benefit BC/EFA and RAIN. The purchase of event tickets is tax deductible.

This Monday night event will include LIVE auctions featuring opportunities to join the company backstage at  Ovens Auditorium.

Live Auction items include:

• Watch the “GREENIFYING” of OZ’s most infamous lady. This experience includes a backstage tour plus 2 house seats for a performance of WICKED between Wednesday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 30.
• Bid and win your chance to “Sit in the Pit” with the musicians who bring you the Grammy nominated music of WICKED. You will hear the show with so many intricacies you never knew existed.
• The last and most opportunity is the chance to win a WALK-ON ROLE in WICKED. This is a once-in-a lifetime-experience to be in this Broadway blockbuster. You can win the chance to wear a Tony-Award Winning costume and be in three scenes of Broadway’s favorite musical.

WICKED returns to Ovens Auditorium Jan. 6-31 and tickets are on sale now.