Photo Flash: SCHOOL OF ROCK and FUN HOME Pass Ziggy Bear to Radio City's NEW YORK SPECTACULAR

The Actors Fund's latest tradition for the children of Braodway, "Broadway's Ziggy Bear," was created for The Actors Fund by philanthropist and producer, Kelly Gonda. Ziggy Bear celebrates the children in Broadway shows and their contribution to the American Theatre.

Scroll down for photos of the kids from SCHOOL OF ROCK and FUN HOME passing on the bear to the company of Radio City's NEW YORK SPECTACULAR, featuring Lilla Crawford, joined by Jenna Ortega (Disney's STUCK IN THE MIDDLE), who designed the winning pin, which will be turned into a patch on Ziggy's jacket!

The Actors Fund bestows Ziggy Bear, a large stuffed animal sporting a jean jacket, upon the young performers in the cast of every Broadway show with one or more child actors under the age of 16. The ceremony takes place before each show's special The Actors Fund performance.

Comparable to the well-known Gypsy Robe tradition, the Ziggy Bear ceremony calls for the children in the cast to gather at the theater before their The Actors Fund performance, where they present a badge that they designed to represent their show, to be embroidered and sewn on Ziggy Bear's jean jacket. This jacket, similar to the Robe, will quickly garner multiple badges from all Broadway shows featuring children, and, when filled, each will be retired and displayed in The Actors Fund collection and replaced with a new jacket. In addition to the presentation of the badge to Ziggy Bear, every child in the cast receives from The Actors Fund a unique pin, created and designed by Ms. Gonda, to commemorate the ceremony and denote their participation to this unique tradition.

Broadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK and FUN HOME casts with Ziggy Bear and Jenna Ortega (Disney's STUCK IN THE MIDDLE)

Broadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK and FUN HOME casts with Ziggy Bear and Jenna Ortega (Disney's STUCK IN THE MIDDLE)

Broadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK and FUN HOME casts

Broadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK and FUN HOME casts with Ziggy Bear and Jenna Ortega (Disney's STUCK IN THE MIDDLE)

Jenna Ortega (Disney's STUCK IN THE MIDDLE)