Lisa Kron will host the evening, scheduled to begin at 7 PM. Tony nominee Mary Testa (On the Town), Amanda Green (Bring It On) and Kenita Miller (The Color Purple) will be among the evening's performers.

Karam will receive the 2012 Hull-Warriner Award for his play Sons of the Prophet, which received its New York City premiere with Roundabout Theatre Company in October 2011. The award is presented to an author or team of authors "in recognition of their play dealing with controversial subjects involving the fields of political, religious, or social mores of the times." Karam is also the author of Speech & Debate.

Menken and LaChiusa will each receive the Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition for the Tony-winning score of Newsies and the Drama Desk-nominated score of Queen of the Mist, respectively. The award "recognizes achievement in a theatrical score presented in New York during the previous theatrical season."

Other honorees include Philip Kan Gotanda, who will receive the Flora Roberts Award "in recognition of distinguished work in the theater and to encourage the continuation of that work"; and Micki Grant, who will receive the Dramatists Guild Award for Lifetime Achievement "in recognition of lifetime achievement in theatrical writing."

The Players Club is located at 16 Gramercy Park South. For tickets, priced $100, contact Tari Stratton at the Dramatists Guild of America at (212) 398-9366 ext. 20 or [email protected].