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Kristen, Park, Raines, Ziemba, et al. Set for WorkShop’s Annual Benefit

Karen Ziemba
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Karen Ziemba
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Broadway veterans Ilene Kristen, Michael Park, Ron Raines, and Karen Ziemba are among those set to participate in the WorkShop Theatre Company’s Daytime at Nighttime 2006 benefit, to be held at 8pm on Monday, October 23 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street).

The event will be hosted by Ellen Dolan and Bill Tatum, and will be directed by Jeffrey Buchsbaum. It will feature excerpts from the WorkShop’s new musical Liberty. Other scheduled performers include daytime television stars Alexandra Chando, Trent Dawson, Bobbie Eakes, Jennifer Landon, and Robert Newman, and WorkShop members Jennifer Kathryn Marshall, Natalie Mosco, Tracy Newirth, Gerrianne Raphael, and Emily Zacharias.

Tickets to the show range in price from $50 to $250; tickets that include a post-performance dinner with the stars at A.O.C. are an additional $100. Call 212-279-4200 to order or visit www.workshoptheater.org.