The 7th Annual Lilly Awards

The Lilly Awards proudly presented The 7th Annual Lilly Awards, honoring extraordinary women artists by promoting gender parity at all levels of theatrical production. This year’s ceremony will take place at Pershing Square Signature Center, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 23 May at 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 4 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 2 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Use #LillyAwards on Twitter.

Honorees include Tony Award winning actress and 2016 Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller (Waitress), playwright Danai Gurira (Eclipsed, Familiar), Tony Award nominated actress Martha Plimpton, director Kate Whoriskey, actress and advocate Kathy Najimy, playwright Genne Murphy, director Candis Jones, playwright Rehana Lew Mirza, actress and activist Mia Katigbak, and the women of Waking the Feminists. The Lilly Awards will also recognize Norbert Leo Butz and his organization, the Angel Band Project, and will announce the winners of the $25,000 Stacey Mindich Prize and the Leah Ryan Prize.

Writer, political activist, and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem and Academy Award winner and 2016 Tony Award nominee Lupita Nyong’o will be on hand to present awards. Other presenters include Diane Paulus, Lloyd Suh, Russell G. Jones, Rachel Chavkin, and Neena Beeber. 

The Lilly Awards are made possible with generous support from The Dramatists Guild and The New York Women’s Foundation, and sustaining assistance from the Lilly Awards Leadership Circle.

The Lilly Awards began in 2010, founded by 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.”

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HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email [email protected], or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.