Laura Benanti, Andrew Rannells, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney and More Join New Work Inspired by Trump Tweet

Playwright Liz Meriwether and director Shira Milikowsky host a benefit on Monday, December 19th at 7:30pm at The McKittrick Hotel's The Heath (542 West 27th Street, NYC). The evening will include performances of new work, inspired by Trump's tweet, "The theater must always be a safe and special place."

A Safe and Special Place will feature original works by: composer/lyricist/writer César Alvarez (recipient of the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award and a Jonathan Larson Grant), Tony Award-winning playwright Christopher Durang (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury (inaugural recipient of the 2012-2014 Jerome Fellowship at The Lark), award-winning playwright Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues), composer Michael Friedman (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), playwright Javier Antonio González (Artistic Director of Caborca Theatre Company), playwright Sam Hunter (Obie Award-winner, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient), playwright Mike Lew (co-director of Ma-Yi Writers Lab), Liz Meriwether (creator of New Girl), playwright and performer Rachel Shukert (author of Have You No Shame?: and other regrettable stories) composer/lyricist Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop, Only Children), playwright Kim Rosenstock (Tigers Be Still), Daniel and Patrick Lazour (recipients of the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater for the musical We Live in Cairo), playwright/singer-songwriter Dan Fishback (The Material World, Thirty Nothing) and more.

Special guest appearances will include actors/comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney (stars of the hit Broadway show, Oh, Hello), plus an all-star cast featuring some of New York's finest actors including Zosia Mamet (Girls), Andrew Rannells (The Book of Mormon, Girls), Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black), Evan Jonigkeit (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Whiskey, Tango, Bravo), Chris Gethard (Career Suicide, Broad City), Jennifer Ikeda (Vietgone, Love and Information), Myra Lucretia Taylor (Love, Loss and What I Wore) and Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and She Loves Me) as Melania Trump.

Tickets are $40 and all proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24; and KIND (Kids in Need of Defense), the leading organization for the protection of children who enter the U.S. immigration system alone and strives to ensure that no such child appears in immigration court without representation.

There is also an associated fundraising campaign for individuals who are unable to attend the event but would still like to contribute.

To learn more and/or purchase tickets visit web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/10134371.