2016 Obie Award Winners Announced
On Monday May 23rd, the 2016 Obie Awards were announced at Webster Hall. The following awards were given.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Carmen de Lavallade
AR. Gurney
BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY (w/$1000 prize)
Rajiv Joseph, GUARDS AT THE TAJ (Atlantic Theater)
PLAYWRITING
Lucas Hnath, THE CHRISTIANS (Playwrights Horizons) and RED SPEEDO (NYTW)
Stephen Karam, THE HUMANS (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
MUSICAL THEATRE
Steven Levenson (book), Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics), DEAR EVAN
HANSEN (Second Stage)
DIRECTION
Rachel Chavkin, THE ROYALE (Lincoln Center Theater / Newhouse)
Michael Leibenluft, I’LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN (Bushwick Starr)
PERFORMANCE
Khris Davis, THE ROYALE (Lincoln Center Theater / Newhouse)
Emily Donahoe, THE CHRISTIANS (Playwrights Horizons)
Georgia Engel, JOHN (Signature Theater)
Ensemble, ECLIPSED (Public Theater)
Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah, Lupita Nyong’o, Saycon Sengbloh
Jayne Houdyshell, THE HUMANS (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed, GUARDS AT THE TAJ (Atlantic Theater)
Ben Platt, DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Second Stage)
Lucas Caleb Rooney, RED SPEEDO (NYTW)
Tamara Tunie, FAMILIAR (Playwrights Horizons)
DESIGN
Rachel Hauck, sustained excellence of set design
Jason Lyons, sustained excellence of lighting design
James Ortiz, puppet design, THE WOODSMAN (New World Stages)
Bray Poor, sustained excellence of sound design
Kaye Voyce, sustained excellence of costume design
SPECIAL CITATIONS: COLLABORATION
Annie Baker (playwright), Sam Gold (director) and the design team of JOHN (Signature):
Mark Barton (lighting), Ásta Bennie Hostetter (costumes), Mimi Lien (set), Noah
Mease (props), Bray Poor (sound)
Dominique Morisseau (playwright) and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (director), SKELETON
CREW (Atlantic Theater)
OBIE GRANTS ($4000 each)
Bedlam Theatre
Noor Theatre
Prospect Theater Company
THE ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD ($3000)
NAATCO /National Asian American Theatre Company
JUDGES: Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Oliver Butler, Clint Ramos, Juliet Rylance, Michael
Sommers, Marilyn Stasio; Michael Feingold, chairman