Woodruff Arts Center Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Jane Fonda Film

Get gussied up for a good cause.

Tickets are on sale now for the East Coast premiere of “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” on October 4 at 6 p.m. at the Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall. Proceeds benefit the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP).

Attend and you may wind up strolling down the red carpet alongside some Hollywood celebrities, all while supporting a worthy cause.

“We’ve got an exciting night planned,” says Vikki Millender-Morrow, president and CEO of G-CAPP. “It starts out with a reception for VIP guests with fabulous hors d’oeuvres and drinks and the opportunity to hang out with cast members. The fun evening we have planned includes dancers, a DJ, silent and live auctions and then we’ll move on to watch the movie.”

Directed by two-time Academy Award nominated Bruce Beresford, “Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding” is a comedy about an uptight New York City lawyer (Catherine Keener) who, after splitting with her husband, takes her two spirited teenagers (Nat Wolff and Elizabeth Olsen) to her hippie mother's (Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda) house in the rural countryside.  The story explores the things that unite and divide families. Actor Chace Crawford is also among the star cast.

“With Jane Fonda as star and her being founder of G-CAPP this is a wonderful opportunity that we’ve benefitted from,” says Millender-Morrow. “Having a movie premiere here in Atlanta is pretty rare let alone one with so many Oscar nods. And it’s even rarer to have a movie premiere as a charity event, now 13 years running, for G-CAPP.  We are excited to continue such a unique, fun, experience for Atlanta and grateful for the much needed support and awareness the event brings to teen pregnancy prevention in Georgia.”

Individual tickets start at $150 and include a cocktail reception and access to the auctions and the screening. VIP tickets include priority seating, a red carpet entrance and an exclusive reception with celebrity guests. 

When Jane Fonda launched G-CAPP in 1995, Georgia had the nation’s highest teen birth rate. Since its founding, the state has seen a 32 percent decrease in teen pregnancy (though it still ranks as having the 13th highest teen birth rate in the country).

Teen pregnancy costs Georgia taxpayers more than $465 million a year. “Several things go into that number,” says Millender-Morrow, “and it’s inextricably linked to every social issue that burdens our state like poverty, high school dropout rates, workforce development, and fragile families.” Among its program offerings, G-CAPP operates seven homes with the goals “to prevent a second teen pregnancy, make sure girls finish high school and make sure teen moms have the
skills to be a good parent.” Initiatives are based on proven models.

“Addressing this issue often means changing the circumstances for some of our most vulnerable young people,” she says. “And I’m grateful for the awareness this event brings to this really tough issue.”

For more information about the movie premiere event, to purchase tickets or become a sponsor, visit www.gcapp.org/peace or call 404-475-6046. For more information about G-CAPP visit www.gcapp.org.

Among the 40 exclusive prize packages to be auctioned at G-CAPP’s East Coast premiere of “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” …

Live Auction Lots include

Stay at Ted Turner’s Montana Ranch for four

Stay in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for four

Stay at Jane Fonda’s New Mexico Ranch for six

New York Fashion Week for two

Walk-on role in Jane Fonda movie for two

LA Awards show and dinner with Jane Fonda

Silent Auction Lots include

Acoustic guitar signed by Sugarland with 4 concert tickets

Bacardi Party for up to 300 guests

Fraser, Colorado vacation home for four

Week’s stay at Stinson Beach, California

Chef’s dinner and wine tasting for four at Aria

Girls’ Night Out at BLUE MedSpa