The Play Company (PlayCo; Founding Producer Kate Loewald, Managing Director Robert G. Bradshaw) announces the chefs and artists scheduled for their 2019 gala, Cabaret Gourmet: Radiance,on Monday, April 29th at Sony Hall in Midtown Manhattan. Philadelphia's "most beloved drag character" (WHYY) and "Drag Queen King" (the Philadelphia Inquirer) Martha Graham Cracker-embodied by Pig Iron Theatre Company co-founder Dito van Reigersberg-will dazzle guests with indefatigable wit and hirsute beauty as this year's Mistress of Ceremonies. Martha and her band, the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret,will give a special live performance.Participating chefs and restaurants will include Chef Michael Han/Ortzi, Chef Mark Mata/The Writing Room, The Ribbon, Chef Alexander Harris/Emma's Torch, Chef Hugue Dufour/M. Wells, Chef Caranda-Martin/Serengeti Kitchen, Chefs Ejhadji and Cheikh Cisse/PonyBistro, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, and Tableside Italian Cook Shoppe.

PlayCo is thrilled to honor non-profit social enterprise and restaurant Emma's Torch, and its executive director and founder Kerry Brodie, as well as Insecure's Season 3 breakout Alexander Hodge-in keeping with this year's celebration of chefs, artists, food lovers, and change makers who inject light and energy into their respective fields.