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Photo Coverage: Ladies Rule on the Red Carpet for the 7th Annual Lilly Awards!

By: May. 24, 2016
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The 7th Annual Lilly Awards Ceremony, which celebrates women of distinction in the American Theater, were presented yesterday, May 23, at the Signature Theatre (480 West 42nd St). This year's honorees included: Tony Award-winner and 2016 Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller,Kathy Najimy, Genne Murphy, Candis Jones,Rehana Lew Mirza, the women of Waking the Feminists, Danai Gurira, Martha Plimpton, Kate Whoriskey, and Mia Katigbak.

The Lilly Awards honor the extraordinary contributions made to the American Theater by women, as well as announce the $25,000 Stacey Mindich Prize, which funds a new work by a female playwright, and the Leah Ryan Prize, which awards an annual cash prize to an emerging woman playwright and produces a reading of the winning play in New York City.

The Lilly Awards were started in the Spring of 2010 as a way to honor the work of women in the American Theater. The founders of The Lillys are Julia Jordan, Marsha Norman and Theresa Rebeck. The awards are named for Lillian Hellman, a pioneering American playwright who famously said "You need to write like the devil and act like one too when necessary."

Previous winners who have received the Lilly Award include Mary Rodgers, Dominique Morisseau, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Jeanine Tesori, Liesl Tommy, Kelli O'Hara, Pam MacKinnon, Leigh Silverman, Anne Kauffman, Sarah Ruhl, Kristin Chenoweth, Annie Baker,Susan Stroman, Lynn Ahrens, Tina Fallon, Amy Herzog, Nina Arianda, Diane Paulus, Katori Hall, Tina Howe, Estelle Parsons, Lynne Meadow, Ntozake Shange, Jessica Hecht, and Lois Smith.

For additional information about the Lilly Awards (including a list of all past recipients), visitwww.thelillyawards.org.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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The 7th Annual Lilly Awards

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Jessie Mueller

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Jessie Mueller

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Jessie Mueller

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Howard McGillin and Martha Plimpton

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Howard McGillin and Martha Plimpton

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Kristen Anderson-Lopez

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Kristen Anderson-Lopez

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Diane Paulus

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Diane Paulus

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Russell G. Jones

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Deirdre O'Connell

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Daniel Breaker and Kate Whoriskey

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Daniel Breaker and Kate Whoriskey

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Kate Whoriskey

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Cristin Milioti

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Cristin Milioti

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Cristin Milioti

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Cristin Milioti

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Lloyd Suh and Mia Katigbak

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Lloyd Suh and Mia Katigbak

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Martha Plimpton

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Martha Plimpton

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Shakina Nayfack

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Shakina Nayfack

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Shakina Nayfack

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Lloyd Suh

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Lloyd Suh

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Kathy Najimy

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Kathy Najimy

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Kathy Najimy

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Marsha Norman and Kathy Najimy

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Marsha Norman and Kathy Najimy

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Amanda Green and Howard McGillin

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Amanda Green and Howard McGillin

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Candis Jones

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Julia Jordan and Candis Jones

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Sarah Durcan

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Lisa Tierney Keogh

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Sarah Durcan and Lisa Tierney Keogh

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Sarah Durcan and Lisa Tierney Keogh

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Julia Jordan and Daryl Roth

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Julia Jordan

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Julia Jordan, Daryl Roth and Marsha Norman

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Rehana Lew Mirza

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Rehana Lew Mirza

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Rehana Lew Mirza

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Georgia Stitt

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Georgia Stitt

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Georgia Stitt

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Zoe Sarnak

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Zoe Sarnak

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Amanda Green

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Amanda Green

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Amanda Green

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Rachel Ebeling and Norbet Leo Butz

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Rachel Ebeling and Norbet Leo Butz

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Genne Murphy

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Genne Murphy

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Mia Katigbak

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Mia Katigbak

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Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem and Danai Gurira

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Danai Gurira

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Danai Gurira

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Danai Gurira

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Danai Gurira and friends

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Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o

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Zainab Jah

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Akosua Busia

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Lupita Nyong'o

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Saycon Sengbloh

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Saycon Sengbloh

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Saycon Sengbloh

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Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o

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Lupita Nyong'o and Akosua Busia

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Zainab Jah, Saycon Sengbloh, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Akosua Busia and Pascale Armand

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Zainab Jah, Saycon Sengbloh, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Akosua Busia and Pascale Armand

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Akosua Busia, Saycon Sengbloh, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Zainab Jah, and Pascale Armand







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