66th Obie Awards: Sanaz Toossi Acceptance Speech
Sanaz Toossi wins Obie Awards for Best New American Play for English (Atlantic Theater Company). In a play about language, every word counts. So, when a playwright tackles identity, intelli…
Sanaz Toossi wins Obie Awards for Best New American Play for English (Atlantic Theater Company). In a play about language, every word counts. So, when a playwright tackles identity, intelli…
Stephanie Berry wins Obie Award for her performance in On Sugarland (NYTW). They are the keepers of memory for a community whose rich history could become burdened by immeasurable grief. Si…
Kara Young wins for her Performance in Twelfth Night (The Classical Theatre of Harlem). Whether this actor was shivering post-shipwreck, dashing about in disguise, or dueling with lightsabe…
Creative Team and Ensemble of English (The Atlantic Theater) Knud Adams (Directing), Marsha Ginsberg (Set Design), Enver Chakartash (Costume Design), Reza Behjat (Lighting Design), Sinan Ref…
The Classical Theatre of Harlem with The Ross Wetzsteon Award at the Obie Awards. Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Euripides reinvented, refocused, and revitalized by contemporary Black voices a…
Shaina Taub (Music and Lyrics) for collaboration in the adaptation of As You Like It (The Public) "All the world's a stage." When Shakespeare wrote it, could he ever have imagined it becom…
Laurie Woolery (Director) for collaboration in the adaptation of As You Like It (The Public). "All the world's a stage." When Shakespeare wrote it, could he ever have imagined it becoming …
Brittany Bradford wins Obie for her Performance in Wedding Band (Theatre For a New Audience). Captivating. Heartbreaking. Transcendent. Those were just a few of the adjectives applied to th…
Digital+Virtual+Hybrid Production: Modesto Flako Jimenez (Creator and Writer) Taxilandia (Oye Group | NYTW | Bushwick Starr | The Tank) "Under the seeming disorder of the old city, whereve…
Martyna Majok wins Obie for Playwriting for Sanctuary City (New York Theater Workshop - NYTW). Fractured scenes featuring two teens traverse time and place at lightning speed, while repetit…
The Sol Project wins Theatre Company Obie Award. Transforming advocacy to a national theater movement with wide-ranging results sounds like an impossibility. And yet in just seven years, th…
Aya Ogawa for the Creation, Writing, and Direction of The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater| Japan Society) Failure is almost always something we hide from each other, but this artist dare…
Digital+Virtual+Hybrid Production: Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley, Ariel Sibert, Cat RodrÃguez and Rory Pelsue (Creators, Writers, Director) in collaboration with David Bengali (Video Des…
The 66th Obie Awards Off-Broadway's Highest Honors Hosted by Crystal Lucas-Perry Monday, February 27th
PETER FRANCIS JAMES (Funny Girl, Hillary and Clinton) shares insights into the world of classics. From Shakespeare to Chekhov, watch as James offers three students exercises and advice in th…
The setting of a show is everything. This is especially true when telling a story about grief, loss and change. When Keen Company's Jonathan Silverstein and Obie winner Kathleen Chalfant d…
In this never before seen full interview, playwright, David Henry Hwang shares his journey to writing plays and offers the best advice on working on creating characters and new work. Watch …
In this never before seen full interview, composer, lyricist, playwright, and performer Dave Malloy shares his journey working on adaptations, offering advice and sharing his different proce…
Whether you define it as a parody or new musical, or even some new genre, Titanique the Musical is definitely taking chances and having an incredible time doing it (and just in time to make …
Sherz Aletaha, Rona Siddiqui, Gavin Brown & Junior Mendez honor 2020 Jonathan Larson Grant Recipient Rona Siddiqui with a performance of "Change the World" at the American Theatre Wing's 202…
Kate Baldwin honors Georgia Stitt with a performance of "Something That You Do" at the American Theatre Wing's 2022 Gala at Cipriani's. Georgia Stitt, Music Director/Piano Rosa Avila, Drums…
Elizabeth Stanley honors Lynn Ahrens with a performance of "Back to Before" from Ragtime at the American Theatre Wing's 2022 Gala at Cipriani's. Georgia Stitt, Music Director/Piano Rosa Avi…
Aisha de Haas and Jeanine Tesori honor Micki Grant with a performance of "Fighting For Pharaoh/So Little Time" from Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope at the American Theatre Wing's 2022 Gala at C…
Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative University Scholar Leilani Patao performs her original piece "Imposter Syndrome" at the American Theatre Wing's 2022 Gala at Cipriani's. Georgia Stitt, Music …
Gretchen Cryer honors Nancy Ford and herself with a performance of "Old Friend" from I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road at the American Theatre Wing's 2022 Gala at Ciprian…