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Cole Escola Hosts the 2020 Obies, Lifetime Achievement Announcement

2020 OBIES WILL PREMIERE ON YOUTUBE COMEDIAN, ACTOR AND WRITER COLE ESCOLA WILL HOST AND PERFORM ALONGSIDE SPECIAL GUESTS ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES BY SHAINA TAUB, ORIGINAL BROADWAY AND REVIVAL OFF-BROADWAY CAST MEMBERS OF MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG AND MORE LONGTIME OBIES CHAIR MICHAEL FEINGOLD TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL OBIE CITATION FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE THEATER; OBIES WILL ESTABLISH A…

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2020 Obie Awards Ceremony Reconceived as Virtual Event

The American Theatre Wing has announced that the 65th Annual Obie Awards, originally scheduled to be held at Terminal 5 on Monday, May 18, will be postponed and reconceived as a virtual event, with awards being handed out for shows that opened between May 1, 2019 and March 12, 2020. Additional details on the 2020 Obie Awards ceremony, New York’s preeminent…

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Relief Fund Formed to Support the Community of Artists Working Off- and Off-Off-Broadway

THEATRE ARTIST RELIEF FUND The shuttering of more than 90 Off- and Off-Off-Broadway productions has left an untenable number of theatre workers suddenly without work. The Wing, with the council and guidance of the Obie Awards’ Judges Panel (co-chaired by Obie-winning scenic designer Rachel Hauck and choreographer Sam Pinkleton), has created a $250,000 Theatre Artists Relief Fund in order to…

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Obies Welcome Rachel Hauck and Sam Pinkleton as 2020 Co-Chairs

The 65th Annual Obie Awards, celebrating the best of Off- and Off-Off-Broadway, will return to Terminal 5 on Monday, May 18, 2020. The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President & CEO) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, CEO) are pleased to announce that the 65th Annual Obie Awards will return to New York’s Terminal 5 (610 West 56th Street) on…

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2019 Obie Award Winners

Best New American Play Heidi Schreck, What the Constitution Means to Me (New York Theatre Workshop) Playwriting Marcus Gardley, The House That Will Not Stand (New York Theatre Workshop) Madeleine George, Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop) Suzan-Lori Parks, White Noise (The Public Theater) Directing Jo Bonney, Sustained Excellence in Directing Leigh Silverman, Sustained Excellence in Directing Stevie Walker Webb,…

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