The 67th annual Obie Awards, honoring achievement Off and Off Off Broadway, had been introduced tonight.
The 23 winners are listed under, a few of them linked to my opinions
BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY
PLAYWRITING
- Hansol Jung, Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Firm)
- Bruce Norris, Downstate (Playwrights Horizons | Steppenwolf Theatre Firm |Nationwide Theatre)
DIRECTION
- Dustin Wills, Montag (Soho Rep), Moist Mind (Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater), and Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Firm)
- Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Public Obscenities (Soho Rep | Nationwide Asian American Theatre Firm)
- Faye Driscoll, Weathering (New York Reside Arts)
SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
- Eric Ting, The Far Nation (Atlantic Theater Firm) and The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre Firm)
- Pam MacKinnon, Downstate (Playwrights Horizons | Steppenwolf Theatre Firm| Nationwide Theatre)
PERFORMANCE
- William Jackson Harper, Main Belief (Roundabout Theatre Firm)
- Marla Mindelle, Titanique (Eva Value)
- Zuleyma Guevara, Sancocho (The Sol Undertaking | Latinx Playwrights Circle | WP Theater)
- Maryann Plunkett, Deep Blue Sound (Clubbed Thumb)
SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE
- Shannon Tyo, The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre Firm), The Far Nation (Atlantic Theater Firm), and Regretfully, So The Birds Are (Playwrights Horizons | WP Theater)
- John Douglas Thompson, Endgame (Irish Repertory Theatre) and Hamlet (The Public Theater)
- Okay. Todd Freeman, Downstate (Playwrights Horizons)
DESIGN
- Enver Chakartash (Costumes), Public Obscenities (Soho Rep | Nationwide Asian American Theatre Firm), Toros (Second Stage Theater), The Bushes (Playwrights Horizons | Web page 73), Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Firm), Catch As Catch Can (Playwrights Horizons), and I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theater Firm)
- Barbara Samuels (Lights), Public Obscenities (Soho Rep | Nationwide Asian American Theatre Firm), Wolf Play (MCC Theater | Soho Rep | Ma-Yi Theater Firm), Becky Nurse of Salem (Lincoln Middle Theater), and Toros (Second Stage Theater)
SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN
- dots (Units) Collective: Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, and Kimie Nishikawa, Public Obscenities (Soho Rep | Nationwide Asian American Theatre Firm), Darkish Disabled Tales (The Bushwick Starr | The Public Theater), Occasions (The Fireplace Theater Firm), Infinite Life (Atlantic Theater Firm), Deep Blue Sound (Clubbed Thumb), and Grief Resort (Clubbed Thumb)
- Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound), The Half God of Rainfall (New York Theatre Workshop), Main Belief (Roundabout Theatre), Des Moines (Theatre For A New Viewers), Evanston Salt Prices Climbing (The New Group)
SPECIAL CITATIONS
- Ensemble of Darkish Disabled Tales (The Bushwick Starr | The Public Theater) Ryan J. Haddad, Dickie Hearts, and Alejandra Ospina
- Design Workforce of Moist Mind (Playwrights Horizon | MCC Theater): Kate Noll (Set), Cha See (Lights), Haydee Zelideth Antuñano (Costumes), Tei Blow (Co-Sound), John Gasper (Co-Sound), and Nick Hussong (Projections)
- Ensemble of The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre Firm) Brittany Bradford, Caleb Eberhardt, Susannah Flood, Bobby Moreno, and Shannon Tyo
- Liza Birkenmeier (Author) and Tara Ahmadinejad (Director) of Grief Resort (Clubbed Thumb)
- Lead Actors of Montag (Soho Rep) Ariana Venturi and Nadine Malouf
- Intimacy Coordinators of Shade and Ann C. James (Founder and Mentor)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
- Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver (writing and performing duo of Break up Britches)
- Carole Rothman (Co-Founder and Creative Director of Second Stage)
THEATRE GRANTS
- Breaking the Binary Theatre Firm
- Dominican Artists Collective (DAC)
- The Brick
ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD
- Below the Radar Competition (Mark Russell as Founder)
MICHAEL FEINGOLD AWARD
- Andrew Morrill for his or her work as Director of Creative Signal Language and Alison Kopit for Entry Dramaturgy of Darkish Disabled Tales (The Bushwick Starr | The Public Theater)
In lieu of the annual awards ceremony, the American Theatre Wing will as an alternative dedicate funds to the assist and progress of the artists, by bestowing winners with grants starting from $1,000-5,000.
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