The event will feature special performances and presentations by Elaine Stritch, Nathan Lane, Sara Ramirez, and Kathleen Chalfant.

Also featured will be Randy Aaron; Jill Abramowitz. Jared Gertner, Nic Rouleau, Brad"Gorilla" Carbone, Matt Castle, Ryan Duncan; Mary Faber, Bradley Beahen, Frank Galgano, Robb Sapp, Jim Walton; Hudson Flynn, Ann Harada, Sheldon and Margery Harnick, Rose Hemingway; Gwen Hollander, Jamie LaVerdiere; Ian Niederhoffer, Brad Oscar, John Tartaglia, Alan W. Taylor, and the Just Off-Broadway Youth Ensemble.

The gala will also include a special tribute to Theatreworks USA Co-Founders Jay Harnick and Charles Hull.

The evening's honorees will include four-time Tony Award-winning director Jerry Zaks; George Forbes, Executive Director of the Lucille Lortel Foundation and President of the Off-Broadway Theatre League; Betty Jacobs, longtime Theatreworks USA Board and Founding Circle Member; Theatreworks USA Marketing Director Barbara Sandek; and NYC Department of Youth & Community Development Comissioner Jeanne Mullgrav.

For tickets and information, call 212-647-1100 ex126 or visit www.twusa.org.