The 8th Annual Lilly Awards Ceremony, which celebrates women of distinction in the American Theater, will this year be hosted by playwright, Sarah Jones, with honorees to be announced soon. The Lilly Awards honors the extraordinary contributions made to the American Theater by women. This year, the awards will be presented Mon May 22, at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd St). The Lilly Awards firmly believes that taking an artist's identity into consideration in casting, programming and hiring creates a more vibrant, more interesting and more valuable American theater; that taking diversity into consideration is not a step away from a meritocracy, it is a step towards one. For additional information about the Lilly Awards, visit www.thelillyawards.org. Press contact: DKC/O&M Co (212/695-7400)...