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Barbara Andres, Andre Bishop, Walter Bobbie, Ray DeMattis, Jack Viertel, Christopher Durang, Jill Eikenberry, Jules Feiffer, John Christopher Jones, Kendrick Jones, Ilene Kristen, Grant Shaud, and Michael Tucker will be among the performers and speakers at Ensemble Studio Theater's gala benefit dinner. The event will be held Tuesday, June 24 at the Players Club.

The evening will honor EST founding member, director and performer Jerry Zaks, who will receive EST's inaugural Distinguished Member Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field. Corporate leader Jerry Saviola and Grey New York will also be honored with EST's 2008 Corporate Citizen Award for decades of casting EST members in television commercials.

Zaks has received four Tony Awards, and most recently directed Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale on Broadway. Saviola is a senior vice-president and director of casting services at Grey/NYC.

For tickets and more information, call 212-247-4982 or visit www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org.