For the first time, the Obies were co-presented by the Village Voice and American Theatre Wing.
The 60th annual Obie Awards celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, at a ceremony Monday, May 18 at Webster Hall.
Winners
Sustained Achievement Award
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James Houghton
Best New American Theatre Work
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Lin-Manuel Miranda (writer)
Hamilton
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Andy Blankenbuehler (Choreography)
Hamilton
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Thomas Kail (direction)
Hamilton
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Alex Lacamoire (orchestrations)
Hamilton
Performance
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Usman Ally
The Invisible Hand (New York Theatre Workshop)
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Firdous Bamji
Indian Ink (Roundabout Theatre Company)
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Brooke Bloom
You Got Older (Page 73)
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Stephen McKinley Henderson
Between Riverside and Crazy (Atlantic Theater Company & Second Stage Theatre)
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April Matthis
Sustained Excellence of Performance
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John Douglas Thompson
Tamburlaine (Theatre for a New Audience) / The Iceman Cometh (BAM)
Playwriting
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Ayad Akhtar
The Invisible Hand (New York Theatre Workshop)
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Clare Barron
You Got Older (Page 73)
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Suzan-Lori Parks
Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts I, II, & III (The Public Theater)
Direction
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Trip Cullman
Punk Rock (MCC Theater)
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Anne Kauffman
Sustained Excellence of Direction
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Darko Tresnjak
The Killer (Theatre for a New Audience)
Design
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Abigail DeVille
Prophetika: An Oratorio (La MaMa)
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Christine Jones
Sustained Excellence of Set Design
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Ben Stanton
Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design
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Japhy Weideman
Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design
Special Citations
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Kate Benson (writer)
A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (New Georges)
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Lee Sunday Evans (director)
A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (New Georges)
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Robert O’Hara (writer, director)
Bootycandy
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Philip James Brannon (actor)
Bootycandy
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Jessica Frances Dukes (actor)
Bootycandy
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Jesse Pennington (actor)
Bootycandy
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Benja Kay Thomas (actor)
Bootycandy
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Lance Coadie Williams (actor)
Bootycandy
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Andrew Dinwiddie
Catch (performance series)
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Caleb Hammons
Catch (performance series)
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Jeff Larson
Catch (performance series)
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Bridget Everett
Rock Bottom (Public Theater)
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Dead Centre Theatre
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Bush Moukarzel
Lippy (Abrons Arts Center and Irish Arts Center)
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Andrew Schneider
Youarenowhere (PS 122 & COIL Festival)
Obie Grants
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Horse Trade Theater Group / The Fire This Time Festival
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JACK
(Arts Center)
The Ross Wetzsteon Award
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Ars Nova