Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the 2026 TRU Love Benefit, honoring respected members of the theater community. Producers Bonnie Comley & Stewart Lane will be given the TRU Spirit of Theater Award for their dedication to community, their visionary work creating BroadwayHD, and the platform’s unwavering commitment to expanding access to the transformative power of live theater; and Tony-winning Broadway and TV star Tonya Pinkins will receive the TRU Humanitarian Award for being an uncompromising advocate for change, using her art, heart, and talent in a lifetime pursuit of equality and acceptance for all. TRU will also honor the memory of Advisory Board member, prolific Broadway and London producer, and friend Jack W. Batman. The event will feature a cocktail hour, luncheon, awards presentation and performances. It is scheduled for Sunday, February 8, 2026, starting at 11:30AM at Green Room 42, 570 10th Avenue (at 42nd Street), NYC. Tickets start at $165 and can be purchased at https://truonline.org/events/2026-tru-love-benefit/.

Supporting the event is an Honoree Benefit Committee of theater luminaries: Tony nominee and TV regular Veanne Cox; Tony winner Cady Huffman; theater, TV and film actor Jake O’Flaherty; Pulitzer Prize winning playwright-composer-lyricist Michael R. Jackson; actor, author and director Erik Liberman; theater and film star Mandi Masden; veteran actor, writer, director and producer Juney Smith; theater, film and TV actress and author Kim Sykes, Elly Tatum and 4-time Tony winning producer Cheryl Wiesenfeld.

Join TRU for a VIP cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres, a three-course luncheon, and performances celebrating dear friends who have enriched our theater community. The benefit will also celebrate the memory of producer, advisory board member, and friend Jack W. Batman. Show will be directed by Jonathan S. Cerullo, music directed by Clare Cooper, and stage managed by Natalie Thomas.

The Benefit Producing Committee includes chair Cheryl L. Davis; producers Bob Ost, Janel C. Scarborough and Sharon Weiss; committee members Jay Chacon, Matthew Davis, Merrie L. Davis, Ginny Hack, Rob Hofmann, June Ospa, Aisling Riley, Sandy Silverberg.

Event Schedule

Cocktail Hour: 11:30am

3-Course Luncheon: 12:30PM

Awards & Entertainment: 1:30PM

Tickets $165 to $325 including VIP cocktail hour/hors d’oeuvres and luncheon.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a thirty-three-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.

TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, opportunities and productions; presents weekly Community Gatherings about the arts, and monthly Town Halls about current social issues; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught by prominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through the TRU Voices Play Reading Series, TRUSpeak: Hear Our Voices (adapting short plays into films), Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab.

Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by the Montage Foundation, The Storyline Project and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit www.truonline.org.

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