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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HERE Arts Center
Lifetime Achievement
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Earle Hyman
Obie Grant
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The Classical Theatre of Harlem
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The Chocolate Factory
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Lark Play Development Center
Best New American Play
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Lynn Nottage
Ruined
Design
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Toni-Leslie James
Sustained Excellence of Costume Design
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David Korins
sustained excellence of set design
Music And Lyrics
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Stephen Sondheim
Road Show
Directing
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Ken Rus Schmoll
Telephone
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Katie Mitchell
The Waves
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David Cromer
Our Town
Special Citations
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Sarah Benson (director) and Louisa Thompson (set designer) (Soho Rep)
Blasted
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David Esbjornson (director) and Christian Camargo (actor) (Theatre for a New Audience)
Hamlet
Performance
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Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Ruined
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Sahr Ngaujah
Fela!
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Russell Gebert Jones
Ruined
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Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Ruined
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Lorenzo Pisoni
Humor Abuse
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Kevin T. Carroll
sustained excellence of performance
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Jonathan Groff
Prayer for My Enemy
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John Douglas Thompson
Othello
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James Sugg
Chekhov Lizardbrain
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Francois Battiste
The Good Negro
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Birgit Huppuch
Telephone
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Aaron Monaghan
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Obie Committee
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Michael Feingold, Alexis Soloski, Eisa Davis, Eric Grode, Ty Jones, Moises Kaufman, Chay Yew, Andy Propst