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When

What

Who

2023
Playwriting
Bruce Norris
Downstate (Playwrights Horizons | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | National Theatre)
2023
Direction
Dustin Wills
Montag (Soho Rep), Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater), and Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Company)
2023
Sustained Achievement in Directing
Pam MacKinnon
Downstate (Playwrights Horizons | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | National Theatre)
2023
Sustained Achievement in Performance
Shannon Tyo
The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre Company), The Far Country (Atlantic Theater Company), and Regretfully, So The Birds Are (Playwrights Horizons | WP Theater)
2023
Sustained Achievement in Performance
K. Todd Freeman
Downstate (Playwrights Horizons)
2023
Design
Enver Chakartash (Costumes)
Public Obscenities (Soho Rep | National Asian American Theatre Company), Toros (Second Stage Theater), The Trees (Playwrights Horizons | Page 73), Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Company), Catch As Catch Can (Playwrights Horizons), and I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theater Company)
2023
Special Citations
Design Team: Kate Noll (Set), Cha See (Lights), Haydee Zelideth Antuñano (Costumes), Tei Blow (Co-Sound), John Gasper (Co-Sound), and Nick Hussong (Projections)
Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons | MCC Theater)
2020
Playwriting
Will Arbery
Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)
2020
Playwriting
Michael R. Jackson
A Strange Loop​ ​(Playwrights Horizons, Page 73)

2020
Special Citation
Creative Team and Ensemble of ​A Strange Loop​ (Playwrights Horizons, ​Page 73​)
 Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Larry Owens, Jason Veasey, Elijah Caldwell (Ensemble), Stephen Brackett (Director), Raja Feather Kelly (Choreographer), Arnulfo Maldonado (Scenic Design), Montana Levi Blanco (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), Alex Hawthorn (Sound Design), Cookie Jordan (Hair, Wig, and Makeup Design), Charlie Rosen (Orchestrations), Rona Siddiqui (Music Director), Michael R. Jackson (Vocal Arrangements)
A Strange Loop​ (Playwrights Horizons, ​Page 73​)
2020

2020
Special Citation
Creative Team and Ensemble of ​Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)
Jeb Kreager, Julia McDermott, Michele Pawk, Zoë Winters, John Zdrojeski (Ensemble), Laura Jellinek (Set Design), Sarafina Bush (Costume Design), Isabella Byrd (Lighting Design), Justin Ellington (Sound Design), Danya Taymor (Director)
Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)

2020

2022
Direction
Taylor Reynolds
Man Cave (Page 73) and Tambo & Bones (Playwrights Horizons) 
2022
Design
Reza Behjat
English (Atlantic Theater Company) and Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons) 
2019
Special Citations
Clare Barron (Playwright) and Lee Sunday Evans (Director)
Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons)
2024
Sustained Achievement in Directing
Sarah Benson
Teeth (Playwrights Horizons) and The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company)
2024
Sustained Achievement in Performance
Greg Keller
Dig (59E59), Pre-Existing Condition (Jesse Eisenberg | Charlie Kaufman | OHenry Productions | The Cohn Sisters | Jessica Chase | Taylor Williams), and Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons)
2024
Sustained Achievement in Design
Jian Jung (set)
Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons), The Following Evening (Perelman Performing Arts Center | Talking Band | 600 HIGHWAYMEN), Zoetrope (Caborca | Abrons Arts Center), and 9 Kinds Of Silence (PlayCo)
2024
Special Citations
Milo Cramer (Book, Music, Lyrics, and Performance) and Morgan Green (Director)
School Pictures (Playwrights Horizons)
2016
Special Citations: Collaboration
Annie Baker (playwright)
JOHN
2016
Special Citations: Collaboration
Dominique Morisseau (playwright)
SKELETON CREW
1977
Distinguished Productions
Playwright Eve Merriam, director Tommy Tune, costume designer Kate Carmel, and the entire cast of "The Club"
2005
Obie Grant
Gina Gionfriddo Distinguished Emerging Playwright
2007
Obie Grant
Young Jean Lee, Emerging Playwright Grants
1967
Special Citations
The Open Theatre
for maintaining a laboratory where a company of actors, directors, and playwright confront the limits of contemporary theatre experience

When, What

Who

1923
Playwriting
Bruce Norris
Downstate (Playwrights Horizons | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | National Theatre)
1923
Direction
Dustin Wills
Montag (Soho Rep), Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater), and Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Company)
1923
Sustained Achievement in Directing
Pam MacKinnon
Downstate (Playwrights Horizons | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | National Theatre)
1923
Sustained Achievement in Performance
Shannon Tyo
The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre Company), The Far Country (Atlantic Theater Company), and Regretfully, So The Birds Are (Playwrights Horizons | WP Theater)
1923
Sustained Achievement in Performance
K. Todd Freeman
Downstate (Playwrights Horizons)
1923
Design
Enver Chakartash (Costumes)
Public Obscenities (Soho Rep | National Asian American Theatre Company), Toros (Second Stage Theater), The Trees (Playwrights Horizons | Page 73), Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Company), Catch As Catch Can (Playwrights Horizons), and I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theater Company)
1923
Special Citations
Design Team: Kate Noll (Set), Cha See (Lights), Haydee Zelideth Antuñano (Costumes), Tei Blow (Co-Sound), John Gasper (Co-Sound), and Nick Hussong (Projections)
Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons | MCC Theater)
1920
Playwriting
Will Arbery
Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)
1920
Playwriting
Michael R. Jackson
A Strange Loop​ ​(Playwrights Horizons, Page 73)

1920
Special Citation
Creative Team and Ensemble of ​A Strange Loop​ (Playwrights Horizons, ​Page 73​)
 Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Larry Owens, Jason Veasey, Elijah Caldwell (Ensemble), Stephen Brackett (Director), Raja Feather Kelly (Choreographer), Arnulfo Maldonado (Scenic Design), Montana Levi Blanco (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), Alex Hawthorn (Sound Design), Cookie Jordan (Hair, Wig, and Makeup Design), Charlie Rosen (Orchestrations), Rona Siddiqui (Music Director), Michael R. Jackson (Vocal Arrangements)
A Strange Loop​ (Playwrights Horizons, ​Page 73​)
1920

1920
Special Citation
Creative Team and Ensemble of ​Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)
Jeb Kreager, Julia McDermott, Michele Pawk, Zoë Winters, John Zdrojeski (Ensemble), Laura Jellinek (Set Design), Sarafina Bush (Costume Design), Isabella Byrd (Lighting Design), Justin Ellington (Sound Design), Danya Taymor (Director)
Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)

1920

1922
Direction
Taylor Reynolds
Man Cave (Page 73) and Tambo & Bones (Playwrights Horizons) 
1922
Design
Reza Behjat
English (Atlantic Theater Company) and Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons) 
2019
Special Citations
Clare Barron (Playwright) and Lee Sunday Evans (Director)
Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons)
1924
Sustained Achievement in Directing
Sarah Benson
Teeth (Playwrights Horizons) and The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company)
1924
Sustained Achievement in Performance
Greg Keller
Dig (59E59), Pre-Existing Condition (Jesse Eisenberg | Charlie Kaufman | OHenry Productions | The Cohn Sisters | Jessica Chase | Taylor Williams), and Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons)
1924
Sustained Achievement in Design
Jian Jung (set)
Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons), The Following Evening (Perelman Performing Arts Center | Talking Band | 600 HIGHWAYMEN), Zoetrope (Caborca | Abrons Arts Center), and 9 Kinds Of Silence (PlayCo)
1924
Special Citations
Milo Cramer (Book, Music, Lyrics, and Performance) and Morgan Green (Director)
School Pictures (Playwrights Horizons)
2016
Special Citations: Collaboration
Annie Baker (playwright)
JOHN
2016
Special Citations: Collaboration
Dominique Morisseau (playwright)
SKELETON CREW
1977
Distinguished Productions
Playwright Eve Merriam, director Tommy Tune, costume designer Kate Carmel, and the entire cast of "The Club"
2005
Obie Grant
Gina Gionfriddo Distinguished Emerging Playwright
2007
Obie Grant
Young Jean Lee, Emerging Playwright Grants
1967
Special Citations
The Open Theatre
for maintaining a laboratory where a company of actors, directors, and playwright confront the limits of contemporary theatre experience

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