2005 Chairman’s Awards Gala

National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) presents its Annual Chairman’s Awards Gala at New York’s Essex House. This year, NCTF Chairman James E. Buckley (KPMG) will honor Chris Campbell (Palace Production Center), Gordon Davidson (Founder & Artistic Director of Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group – Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum & Kirk Douglas Theatres) and John Lithgow, currently starring in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

Jane Curtin will act as Master of Ceremonies for this black tie event. Rosalyn & Irwin Engelman, David Hyde Pierce, and Anna Deavere Smith will present the awards to the evening’s honorees. Cocktails begin at 6:30 PM followed by dinner at 7:30 PM. The gala will feature a silent auction filled with exciting prize packages, a special musical presentation directed and choreographed by Dirty Rotten Scoundrels associate choreographer Denis Jones, and a tribute performance by Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza).