American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice co-presented its 61st annual Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, at a ceremony Monday, May 23rd at Webster Hall.
Winners
Lifetime Achievement
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Carmen de Lavallade
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A. R. Gurney
Best New American Play
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Rajiv Joseph
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
Playwriting
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Lucas Hnath
THE CHRISTIANS and RED SPEEDO
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Stephen Karam
THE HUMANS
Musical Theatre
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Steven Levenson (book)
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
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Benj Pasek (lyrics)
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
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Justin Paul (music)
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Direction
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Rachel Chavkin
THE ROYALE
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Michael Leibenluft
I’LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
Performance
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Khris Davis
THE ROYALE
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Emily Donahoe
THE CHRISTIANS
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Georgia Engel
JOHN
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Pascale Armand
ECLIPSED
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Akosua Busia
ECLIPSED
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Zainab Jah
ECLIPSED
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Lupita Nyong’o
ECLIPSED
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Saycon Sengbloh
ECLIPSED
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Jayne Houdyshell
THE HUMANS
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Omar Metwally
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
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Arian Moayed
GUARDS AT THE TAJ
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Ben Platt
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
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Lucas Caleb Rooney
RED SPEEDO
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Tamara Tunie
FAMILIAR
Design
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Rachel Hauck
sustained excellence of set design
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Jason Lyons
sustained excellence of lighting design
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James Ortiz
puppet design, THE WOODSMAN
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Bray Poor
sustained excellence of sound design
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Kaye Voyce
sustained excellence of costume design
Special Citations: Collaboration
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Annie Baker (playwright)
JOHN
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Sam Gold (director)
JOHN
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Mark Barton (lighting)
JOHN
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Ásta Bennie Hostetter (costumes)
JOHN
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Mimi Lien (set)
JOHN
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Noah Mease (props)
JOHN
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Bray Poor (sound)
JOHN
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Ed Herman (production stage manager)
JOHN
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Dominique Morisseau (playwright)
SKELETON CREW
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson (director)
SKELETON CREW
Obies Grants
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Bedlam Theatre
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Noor Theatre
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Prospect Theater Company
Ross Wetzsteon Awards
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NAATCO /National Asian American Theatre Company