A Gala for the Playhouse

The Montauk Playhouse Community Center’s annual summer gala will be held on Saturday under a lighted tent on the playhouse grounds. Event organizers promise an enchanted evening with the artwork of 70 artists on display for bidding, a mural by Aubrey Roemer being painted during the event, a live theatrical performance by the Neo-Political Cowgirls, and the Nancy Atlas Project rocking the dance floor.

In previous years, various benefactors have been honored at the event, but this year the honorees are the supporting artists of the playhouse fund-raising project, which includes the works of Edward Albee, Eva Iooss, Jessie Joeckel with Whalebone Creative, Diane Mayo, Dalton Portella, Aida Turturro, Mary Daunt, Dick Cavett, Noel Arikian, and others.

People can bid in an online auction of the artists’ work at montaukplayhouse.org/pop-up-gallery. It can also be seen at a pop-up gallery in the harbor area behind Ben and Jerry’s from 4 to 7 p.m. tonight. Tomorrow the artwork will be transported to the playhouse site. Bidding will continue live or online through 10 p.m. at the event, which runs from 7 to 11 p.m. There will be valet parking.

The evening begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres around the artwork. There will also be items displayed for a silent auction. Then guests will be invited under the tent for a dinner with various wines, and there will be an open bar. Lee Skolnick, the principal of Lee H. Skolnick Architect and Design, will be on hand to discuss the latest concept for the building’s aquatic and cultural centers.

Tickets cost $350 per person and are available at montaukplayhouse.org or by calling the playhouse office at 668-1124. An entire table can be reserved for a donation of $5,000 and up.