Oh, Mary!‘s Cole Escola, the drag ball reimagining of Cats and Jeremy Tiang’s Salesman之死 are among the many large winners of this yr’s Obie Awards honoring Off and Off Off Broadway productions introduced tonight.
Introduced by the American Theatre Wing and New York’s Spectrum Information NY1, the 68th Annual Obie Awards winners have been introduced on Spectrum Information NY1’s On Stage program hosted by Frank DiLella. Like final yr, the Obies didn’t have a ceremony, as an alternative bestowing the winners of the 35 awards with grants totaling $250,000.
See the whole listing of winners beneath.
“We’re moved and inspired by the overwhelmingly optimistic response to the brand new construction of the Obie Awards, which we launched final yr,” says Heather Hitchens, President & CEO, in an announcement. “The artists honored at present are a mirrored image of the unbelievable work that’s being created and offered Off Broadway and we’re so thrilled that, with the assist of an nameless donor, we are able to present one of the best and brightest of Off Broadway with grants that go on to the artists.”
Escola, who took their play Oh, Mary! to Broadway after the Off Broadway run, turning into one in every of this season’s largest hits, was among the many winners for excellent Efficiency. Others included Gabby Beans for her efficiency in Roundabout’s Jonah; Dianne Wiest and Johanna Day, for Scene Companions (Winery Theatre); and Nathan Lee Graham for Signature Theatre Firm’s Orlando.
The Excellent New Play award went to Jeremy Tiang’s Salesman之死 (Yangtze Repertory Theatre | Gung Ho Initiatives), impressed by the real-life story of Arthur Miller’s collaboration with an all-Chinese language solid performing Dying of a Salesman on the Beijing Folks’s Artwork Theatre in 1983.
Particular citations went to, amongst others, the ensemble of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the critically acclaimed re-imagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical set on the earth of New York Metropolis’s well-known drag balls. Charles Busch took a Lifetime Achievement Award for his Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy, and Sarah Benson for Enamel, the unlikely hit musical comedy primarily based on the 2007 camp traditional horror movie of the identical identify.
The On Stage episode asserting the winners earlier tonight will re-air tonight at 10:30 PM/ET and Sunday, February 2, at 7:30 and 10:30 PM. Spectrum Information NY1 is accessible to Spectrum subscribers on channel 1 and by way of the Spectrum Information App for cellular, Xumo Stream Field, Roku, and Apple TV streaming gadgets.
The whole listing of 68th Obie Awards winners is:
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Jeremy Tiang, Salesman之死 (Yangtze Repertory Theatre | Gung Ho Initiatives)
PLAYWRITING
Ife Olujobi, Jordans (The Public Theater)
Ariel Stess, Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda (The Tank | New Georges)
DIRECTING
Zhailon Levingston and Invoice Rauch (Course), Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles (Choreography), Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Perelman Performing Arts Heart)
nicHi douglas (Course and Choreography), (pray) (Ars Nova | Nationwide Black Theatre)
Jack Serio, The Animal Kingdom (Jack Serio) and On Set With Theda Bara (Transport Group | Lucille Lortel Theatre)
Tiffany Nichole Greene, Covenant (Roundabout Theatre Firm)
SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Sarah Benson, Enamel (Playwrights Horizons) and The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Firm)
PERFORMANCE
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! (Alchemation | Mike & Carlee Productions)
Gabby Beans, Jonah (Roundabout Theatre Firm)
Dianne Wiest and Johanna Day, Scene Companions (Winery Theatre)
Nathan Lee Graham, Orlando (Signature Theatre Firm)
SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE
The Bengsons (Composing and Performing), The Hold Going Songs (LCT3)
Greg Keller, Dig (59E59), Pre-Present Situation (Jesse Eisenberg | Charlie Kaufman | OHenry Productions | The Cohn Sisters | Jessica Chase | Taylor Williams), and Workers Meal (Playwrights Horizons)
DESIGN
Greg Corbino (Manufacturing Design), Snatch Adams & Tainty McCracken Current It’s That Time of the Month (SoHo Repertory)
Oana Botez (Costumes), Orlando (Signature Theatre Firm)
Stacey Derosier (Lights), Daphne (Lincoln Heart Theater), On Set With Theda Bara (Transport Group | Lucille Lortel Theatre), The Animal Kingdom (Jack Serio), The Refuge Performs (Roundabout Theatre Firm | New York Theatre Workshop), The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Firm), and United States V. Gupta (JACK | New Georges)
SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN
Adam Honoré (Lights), The Lonely Few (MCC Theater), Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Perelman Performing Arts Heart), and I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Basic Stage Firm)
Jian Jung (Set), Workers Meal (Playwrights Horizons), The Following Night (Perelman Performing Arts Heart | Speaking Band | 600 HIGHWAYMEN), Zoetrope (Caborca | Abrons Arts Heart), and 9 Sorts of Silence (PlayCo)
SPECIAL CITATIONS
Ensemble of Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Perelman Performing Arts Heart) Jonathan Burke, Child Byrne, Tara Lashan Clinkscales, Antwayn Hopper, André De Shields, Sydney James Harcourt, Dava Huesca, Dudney Joseph Jr., Capital Kaos, Junior LaBeija, Robert “Silk” Mason, Shereen Pimentel, “Tempress” Chasity Moore, Primo, Xavier Reyes, Nora Schell, Bebe Nicole Simpson, Emma Sofia, Phumzile Sojola, Frank Viveros, Kendall Grayson Stroud, Garnet Williams, Teddy Wilson Jr., Shelby Griswold, and Dominique Lee
Raja Feather Kelly (Creator and Director) and Ensemble of The Fires (SoHo Rep) Beau Badu, Sheldon Greatest, Phillip James Brannon, Janelle McDermoth, Ronald Peet, Jon-Michael Reese, Jason Veasey, and Michelle Wilson (Ensemble)
Milo Cramer (Ebook, Music, Lyrics, and Efficiency) and Morgan Inexperienced (Director), College Footage (Playwrights Horizons)
Normandy Sherwood (Manufacturing Design and Idea), Psychic Self Protection (Right here | Dream Music Manufacturing unit)
The 1491s – Dallas Goldtooth, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Ryan RedCorn, and Bobby Wilson – (Creators) and Ensemble of Between Two Knees (Perelman Performing Arts Heart) Rachel Crowl, Derek Garza, Justin Gauthier, Irma-Estel Laguerre, Shyla Lefner, Wotko Lengthy, Jessica Ranville, James Ryen, John Scott-Richardson, Kholan Studi, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Sheila Tousey, and Ryan Anthony Williams (Ensemble)
Becca Blackwell and Amanda Duarte (Creators) and Jess Barbagallo (Director), Snatch Adams & Tainty McCracken Current It’s That Time of The Month (SoHo Rep)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Charles Busch (Author), Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy (Major Phases | George Avenue Playhouse | Daryl Roth | Ted Snowdon | Jamie deRoy)
Kristin Marting, Founding Inventive Director Emeritus of HERE
Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow, and Tina Shepard, The Following Night (Perelman Performing Arts Heart | Speaking Band | 600 HIGHWAYMEN) and Shimmer and Herringbone (Speaking Band | Mabou Mines)
THEATRE GRANTS
Legal Queerness Competition (Nationwide Queer Theater)
Out of the Field Theatrics
Braata Productions
The 1/52 Challenge
Tectonic Theater Challenge
ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD
Theater Mitu
MICHAEL FEINGOLD AWARD
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