Montauk - The Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation (MPCCF), along with members of the theater community, will pay tribute to legendary American playwright Edward Albee at its Harbor Lights Dinner Gala on Saturday, August 7. A long-time resident in Montauk, Albee has been integrally involved in the planning and development of the Montauk Playhouse.

Albee's career has spanned more than five decades. He has written 30 plays, including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The Zoo Story," "Three Tall Women," "The Play About the Baby," and "The Goat Or, Who is Sylvia?" He was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980 and in 1996 he received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. In 2005, Albee was awarded a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won three Pulitzer Prizes for drama.

Dick Cavett will act as the emcee for the evening, with performances by actors from the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival.

The event will be held at the Montauk Lake Club, East Lake Drive (27E) in Montauk, with arrivals beginning at 6:15 p.m., event at 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Supporters include Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lauren, Daryl and Steven Roth of Vornado Realty, Jack Lenor Larson, noted textile designer and founder of Longhouse Reserve.

About The MPCCF
The historic Montauk Playhouse, a 50,000 square foot building overlooking Fort Pond, is quickly becoming a community treasure. Plans are in place to develop a 299-seat Performing Arts Center that will present music, dance, theater and film, as well as an Aquatics Center with lap and recreation pools and community rooms. Cultural activities, physical fitness and educational programming will continue to expand in the Montauk Playhouse, creating both a community resource and an economic engine for the East End. The MPCCF is raising private funds to complete the theater and aquatics facility.

The MPCCF has worked to preserve this building. Through the efforts of the entire community, the Montauk Playhouse was restored and brought back to life in 2006 with vital social and community services including a child day care center, a senior nutrition center, an adult day care center, a high-school regulation-sized gymnasium, a fitness center and a physical therapy practice.

For more information go to www.montaukplayhouse.org.