The 00s brought the Obies to Webster Hall and the then new Skirball Center. The Obies featured hosts like Cynthia Nixon, Raul Esparza, Bill Irwin, and Marian Seldes and celebrated shows such as Caroline or Change and Doubt.
Winners
Ross Wetzsteon Award
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New Dramatists
Sustained Achievement
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John Guare
Obie Grant
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Margo Skinner Memorial Acting Scholarship
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Little Theater at Tonic
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Gina Gionfriddo Distinguished Emerging Playwright
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Epic Theatre Company
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13P
Performance
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Vivienne Benesch
Going to St. Ives
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Rosemary Allen
Good Samaritans
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Mercedes Ruehl
Woman Before A Glass
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Larry Bryggman
Romance
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LaChanze
Dessa Rose
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L. Scott Caldwell
Going to St. Ives
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Kieran Culkin
After Ashley
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Jeremy Shamos
Engaged
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Jason Butler Harner
Hedda Gabler
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Cherry Jones
Doubt
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Elizabeth Marvel
Hedda Gabler
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Deidre O'Connell
sustained excellence
Design
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Willa Kim, costumes
Woman Before A Glass
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Thomas Lynch, sets
Woman Before A Glass
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Rui Rita,lights
Engaged
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Phil Monat, lights
Woman Before A Glass
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John Lee Beatty, sets
Engaged
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Jan Versweyveld, sets
Hedda Gabler
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David Van Tieghem, sound
Woman Before A Glass
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Catherine Zuber, costumes
Engaged
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Aural Fixation Sound & Music, sound
Engaged
Playwriting
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Lynn Nottage
Fabulation
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John Patrick Shanley
Doubt
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Christopher Shinn
Where Do We Live
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Caryl Churchill
A Number
Direction
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Ivo van Hove
Hedda Gabler
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Doug Hughes
sustained excellence
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Dan Wackerman
Counsellor-At-Law
Special Citations
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The Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas
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Sin: A Cardinal Deposed
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Hell Meets Henry Halfway
Obie Committee
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Charles McNulty, Michael Feingold, Alexis Soloski, Kathleen Chalfant, Andre de Shields, David Greenspan, Daphne Rubin-Vega, David Savran, Paula Vogel, David Kornhaber