Lilly Award Foundation's '(3) Plays From Kilroys' List' Continues with WHAT WOULD CRAZY HORSE DO? with Emily Bergl, 3/16

The Lilly Awards Foundation has announced additional casting for the play in the Inaugural (3)Plays from The Kilroys' List: A Reading Series featuring new works by female playwrights Larissa FastHorse, Meg Miroshnik and Laura Schellhardt, with female directors Lear deBessonet, Leigh Silverman and Liesl Tommy.

Slate Holmgren (Spiderman 2) and Madeline Sayet (Twelfth Night) join previously announced Emily Bergl ("Shameless") and Jason Grasl (The Seminarian) for the staged reading of the new play, What Would Crazy Horse Do? by Larissa FastHorse and directed by Liesl Tommy on Monday evening, March 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at The Duke on 42nd Street (229 West 42nd Street).

Admission is free but reservations are strongly recommended and can be obtained at http://www.thelillyawards.org or https://www.artful.ly/the-lilly-awards-foundation.

Set today, What Would Crazy Horse Do? by Larissa FastHorse, is about two Native Americans who are facing the extinction of their tribe while the first female leader of the KKK is poised to bring a gentler version of the Klan into the limelight. When the two groups are brought together, they find that sometimes they are asking the same questions. When is race separation racism? And when is it essential preservation? It's a question both sides need to answer before it is too late. Dramatist Play Service is proud to be a sponsor of this evening, and to support The Lilly Awards in its ongoing work in recognizing extraordinary contributions to the American Theatre made by women.

After each reading, attendees are invited to join the artists and members of The Lilly Awards at "AfterChats" hosted by The Interval (www.the-interval.com), a new website dedicated to female voices in theatre. The "AfterChats" will be held at Bea Restaurant (403 West 43rd Street) and will offer guests the chance to discuss the plays, learn more about getting involved with the community, and to mingle and be merry over snacks and wine. To stay updated on all the AfterChat fun, follow @TheIntervalNY on Twitter.

(3)Plays from the Kilroys' List: A Reading Series was created to support the Lilly Awards Foundation's mission to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, and develop and celebrate the work of women in the theater. Released by The Kilroys in 2014, THE LIST consists of the 46 plays most recommended by industry leaders in a national survey of the best underproduced plays by female and trans* playwrights. It was created as "a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female voices in the American theater."

The Lilly Awards Foundations launched the inaugural 3-play series with the new play, The Comparables by Laura Schellhardt with direction by Lear deBessonet. The cast featured Cassie Beck, America Ferrerra and Kate Mulgrew. The series concludes Monday, March 23rd at 7:00 p.m. with the staged reading of The Tall Girls, a play by Meg Miroshnik. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the cast will feature Kally Duling, Alexandra Henriksen, Cobie Minifie, Sarah Steele and Erin Wilhelmi.

The Lilly Awards were started in 2010 as a way to honor the work of women in the American Theater. The founders of The Lilly Awards are Julia Jordan, Marsha Norman and Theresa Rebeck. The Lilly Awards Foundation was named after Lillian Hellman, a pioneering American playwright who famously said, "You need to write like the devil and act like one when necessary." The Lilly Awards have expanded their mission to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, as well as develop, celebrate and advocate for the work of women in the theater. The Lilly Awards Foundation created the Inaugural (3)Plays from The Kilroys' List: A Reading Series in order to support the sister mission of The Kilroys and their organization, and to put the work of women playwrights in front of the community that can produce and support them. For more information: www.thelillyawards.org, Like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheLillyAwards or follow on Twitter at @thelillyawards.

Photo by Walter McBride

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