Bebe Neuwirth to Host WP Theater's 30th Women of Achievement Awards, Honoring Tyne Daly & More

Women's Project Theater (WP Theater), under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty has announced the 30th Annual WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS GALA. The gala will honor Tony Award and six-time Emmy Award winning actress Tyne Daly, President and Vice Chairman, Fairchild Fashion Media Stephanie George and Group President, North America, Procter & Gamble Carolyn Tastad. Hosted by Two-time Tony & Emmy Award-winner Bebe Neuwirth, with special appearances by Four-time Tony Award & Emmy winner Terrence McNally (It's Only a Play, The Visit), Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid, It Shoulda Been You), Jeb Brown (Beautiful, The Carole King Musical), Margo Seibert (Rocky), and more, the Gala will take place on Monday, June 8, 2015 (6:30pm Cocktails, 8:00pm Dinner/Awards/Performances) at The Edison Ballroom, 240 W 47th Street.

Each year WP honors truly outstanding women who have taken risks, pushed limits, and broken ground in a wide variety of fields, celebrating their unique accomplishments at the WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. Over the past 29 years, WP Theater has paid homage to luminaries such as Joan Didion, Eve Ensler, Whoopi Goldberg, Audra McDonald, Vanessa Redgrave, Diane Sawyer, Chita Rivera, and Gloria Steinem to name a few. The WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS deliver an inspiring, entertaining, star-studded night that celebrates the accomplishments of exceptional women across many disciplines in New York and beyond.

American stage and screen actress Tyne Daly has won six Emmy Awards for her brilliant work on television in "Cagney & Lacey," "Christy" and "Judging Amy," a Tony Award for her star turn in Gypsy on Broadway, and is a 2011 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee. Ms. Daly is currently starring in Broadway's It Shoulda Been You.

Stephanie George oversees business management of all Fairchild Fashion Media's print and digital properties including Women's Wear Daily, M Collections magazines, Beauty Inc., Footwear News and Fairchild's Summits and events. Ms. George returned to Fairchild as Vice Chair and President in February 2015, having previously served as President of Women's Wear Daily and Executive Vice President of Fairchild and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Time Inc.

Carolyn Tastad leads P&G's more than $32 billion business in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico; the largest and most profitable market. In addition to running operations in North America, Carolyn leads P&G's Corporate Women's Leadership Team, whose mission is to influence systemic change in a way that continues to create an environment where women can succeed at P&G.

Called "an important, risk-taking organization" by New York Magazine, WP Theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing and promoting the work of women in theater at every stage in their careers. WP Theater supports female-identified theater artists and the world-class, groundbreaking work they create, and provides a platform where their voices can be heard and celebrated on the American stage.

Sponsorship and support of WP's premiere event complements WP Theater's unwavering commitment to develop, produce, and promote the work of female theater artists at every stage in their careers.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski