The 2024 Gala starts at 5:00 pm at the Cliff Event Center with a Cash Bar and Hors d'oeuvres.  At 6:00 pm there will be a Program followed by Dinner.  Cocktail Attire is suggested.  There will be drawings and silent auction items throughout the evening.

Founded in 2003, Princeton Theater Group is a volunteer driven, non-profit arts organization dedicated to developing Princeton and the surrounding region as a home for professional theater and theater arts education. Festival 56 offers professional theater in central Illinois and is produced by Princeton Theater Group.

Learning Stage, the education committee of Princeton Theater Group, promotes theater arts education and enrichment for children and adults. Camp 56, a two-week summer theater camp for children, is sponsored by Learning Stage.