Theater for the New City hosted Love N’ Courage, a benefit for the theater’s emerging playwrights program.

Held at the National Arts Club, the event honored Mario Fratti with the theater’s Distinguished Achievement Award.

The gala evening began with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and a star filled show.

Among the luminaries performing were Liliane Montevecchi, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Bergman, Inma Heredia, Phoebe Legere, David Lewis and KT Sullivan.

The equally star-studded audience was presented a new short play by the evening’s honoree, Mario Fratti.

The play, Poet, was performed by Ian Campbell Dunn and Giulia Bisinella.