The annual gala benefits the Clarence Brown Theatre Artists Fund Endowment, which helps bring professional guest artists to the stages of the CBT. Tickets will go on sale in April 2018. The gala includes a cocktail hour, lavish full course dinner and live auction. The 2018 honoree will be Rusty Mowery, a University of Tennessee alum and Broadway actor and choreographer. He is the assistant choreographer of the Tony Award-winning musical, “Kinky Books,” with productions across the globe. His next Broadway project is “Pretty Woman,” which will open in August 2018. Attire: Black and red are encouraged.

For questions, contact Amanda Middleton at [email protected] or (865) 974-5654. Sponsors at Red Carpet level and above can attend a pre-party with Mowery starting at 6 p.m.