Our Time's Tackling Our Fears Gala, With Ron Rifkin, Amy Ryan, Edie Falco and Victor Garber, Offered April 16

By Michael Gioia
16 Apr 2012

Victor Garber
Victor Garber
Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Tony Award winner Ron Rifkin and Tony nominees Amy Ryan, Edie Falco and Victor Garber perform in Our Time's tenth annual benefit gala, Tackling Our Fears, Defending Our Dreams, April 16 at New York University's Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

Our Time, which serves as an artistic home for young people who stutter, allows young people to express themselves and overcome challenges through theatre.

The 7 PM gala honors Matt Slauson of the New York Jets and chair emeritus Budd Mayer, who will receive the company's first Advocacy Award.

The event features performances and/or presentations from Rachel Dratch (Celebrity Autobiography), Falco (The House of Blue Leaves), Garber (Damn Yankees), Mariska Hargitay, Mark Sanchez, Richard Kind (The Producers), Jesse L. Martin (Rent), Matthew Modine (The Miracle Worker), John Oliver, Rifkin (Cabaret), Ryan (A Streetcar Named Desire) and cast members from The Book of Mormon, among others. A dinner and auction will follow the performances.

The Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is located at New York University at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South. For more information and tickets, call (212) 414-9696 or visit www.ourtimestutter.org/gala or www.campourtime.org.