Photo Coverage: Ladies Rule on the Red Carpet for the 7th Annual Lilly Awards!
By: Walter McBride May. 24, 2016
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
The 7th Annual Lilly Awards
Howard McGillin and Martha Plimpton
Howard McGillin and Martha Plimpton
Deirdre O'Connell
Daniel Breaker and Kate Whoriskey
Daniel Breaker and Kate Whoriskey
Marsha Norman and Kathy Najimy
Marsha Norman and Kathy Najimy
Amanda Green and Howard McGillin
Amanda Green and Howard McGillin
Candis Jones
Julia Jordan and Candis Jones
Sarah Durcan
Lisa Tierney Keogh
Sarah Durcan and Lisa Tierney Keogh
Sarah Durcan and Lisa Tierney Keogh
Julia Jordan, Daryl Roth and Marsha Norman
Rachel Ebeling and Norbet Leo Butz
Rachel Ebeling and Norbet Leo Butz
Genne Murphy
Genne Murphy
Gloria Steinem and Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira and friends
Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o and Akosua Busia
Zainab Jah, Saycon Sengbloh, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Akosua Busia and Pascale Armand
Zainab Jah, Saycon Sengbloh, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Akosua Busia and Pascale Armand
Akosua Busia, Saycon Sengbloh, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Zainab Jah, and Pascale Armand
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