The Guilds annual awards ceremony is scheduled for Monday, May 6, at New York Citys Sony Hall.

Durang first began experiencing symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as logopenic primary progressive aphasia in 2012.

Former talk show hostWendy Williamsand actorBruce Willishave gone public with their similar diagnoses.

Christopher Durang (2013)

Christopher Durang (2013)Getty Images

Christopher Durang, 2017