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Charles S. Dutton, David Hyde Pierce, Brian Stokes Mitchell et al. Set for The Acting Company’s Masquerade Gala

Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian Stokes Mitchell

Stage and screen stars David Hyde Pierce and Charles S. Dutton will be awards presenters at The Acting Company’s Masquerade Gala, to be held at Capitale on November 14.

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Joseph Benincasa, Chairman and President respectively of The Actors Fund, will receive the Joan Warburg Humanitarian Award, which honors the Fund’s extraordinary legacy of providing health and human services to the entertainment community since 1882.

Also being honored is James Bundy, Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, who will receive the John Houseman Award recognizing his profound commitment to the development of classical actors and a national audience for the theater.

Hamish Linklater, who stars on Broadway this season in Seminar, will emcee the event, which will also feature a performance from the Broadway cast of Godspell.

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