New York Stage and Film’s 2023 Annual Gala on Sunday, November 5 at The Plaza Hotel will honor Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Billy Porter and GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. Porter has a deep and storied history with NYSAF as an actor, writer and director, including workshops of While I Yet Live and Being Alive, which he wrote and conceived, respectively. Ellis has been a fierce advocate for representation in the arts and has spearheaded focus of GLAAD’s advocacy through compelling initiatives, including as a behind-the-scenes consultant on hundreds of films and TV series.

Scheduled appearances include Melissa Etheridge, David Burtka, Chuck Cooper, Wilson Cruz, J Harrison Ghee, Nathan Lee Graham, Dominique Jackson, Princess Lockerooo and The Fabulous Waack Dancers, Lenora Nemetz, Mia Pak, Joel Perez, Brian Quijada, Adina Verson, Lillias White, Virgina Woodruff and more.

Co-Chairs are Barbara Manocherian, Dasha Epstein, Judith Manocherian and Dean Vanech, with Vice-Chair Max Mayer. The event begins at 6 pm followed by a seated dinner and performances.

For more information and to support the NYSAF Annual Gala  on Sunday, November 5 at The Plaza Hotel (768 5th Avenue), please visit https://www.newyorkstageandfilm.org/annual-gala