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Stage and screen star Kathy Najimy will present three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer Gregg Barnes with the TDF/Irene Sharaff Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design; Valentina ("RuPaul's Drag Race") will present the TDF/Kitty Leech Ascending Artist Award to costume and textile designer Wilberth Gonzalez; Tony Award winner Ann Hould-Ward will present milliner and artisan Arnold S. Levine, Inc. with the TDF/Irene Sharaff Artisan Award; and legendary scenic designer Robert Israel will be honored with the Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design, presented by renowned director/choreographer Martha Clarke.

 Benefit Committee

Dillan Arrick, Chair

Bridget Bland Bogee, Holly Cohen, Gwen Marcus, Melanie O'Brien, Jane Shin Park, and Clint Ramos

Sharaff Awards Voting Committee

Stephen Cabral, Chair

Dede Ayite, Gregg Barnes, Linda Cho, Traci DiGesu, Lana Fritz, Jess Goldstein, Rodney Gordon, Brian Hemesath, Allen Lee Hughes, Holly Hynes, Daniel Lawson, Anna Louizos, Katherine Marshall, Mimi Maxmen, David Murin, Sally Ann Parsons, Scott D. Pask, Robert Perdziola, Alejo Vietti, Court Watson, and David Zinn.

Thanks to Theatre Authority, Inc. for its cooperation in permitting the artists to appear in this program.

Learn about previous Sharaff Award winners here.

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