Rajiv Joseph’s “Guards at the Taj “won Best New American Play and $1,000 at the 61st annual Obie Awards.
The Humans won for playwriting and best performance. Eclipsed won for best ensemble acting.
Full list below:
Playwriting
Lucas Hnath, The Christians (Playwrights Horizons) and Red Speedo (New York
Theatre Workshop)
Stephen Karam, The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company)
Musical Theater
Steven Levenson (book), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (music & lyrics), Dear Evan
Hansen (Second Stage Theatre)
Direction
Rachel Chavkin, The Royale (Lincoln Center Theater)
Michael Leibenluft, I’ll Never Love Again (Bushwick Starr)
Performance
Khris Davis, The Royale (Lincoln Center Theater)
Emily Donahoe, The Christians (Playwrights Horizons)
Georgia Engel, John (Signature Theatre Company)
Ensemble, Eclipsed (The Public Theater): Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab
Jah, Lupita Nyong’o, Saycon Sengbloh
Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company)
Omar Metwally and Arian Moayed, Guards at the Taj (Atlantic Theater Company)
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen (Second Stage Theatre)
Lucas Caleb Rooney, Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop)
Tamara Tunie, Familiar (Playwrights Horizons)
Design
Rachel Hauck, Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Jason Lyons, Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design
James Ortiz, Puppet Design, The Woodsman (New World Stages)
Bray Poor, Sustained Excellence of Sound Design
Kaye Voyce, Sustained Excellence of Costume Design
Special Citations: Collaboration
Annie Baker (playwright), Sam Gold (director), and the design team of John
(Signature Theatre Company): Mark Barton (lighting), Ásta Bennie Hostetter (costumes), Mimi Lien (set), Noah Mease (props),Bray Poor (sound)
Dominique Morisseau (playwright) and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (director), Skeleton
Crew (Atlantic Theater Company)
Obie Grants ($4,000 prize to each theater)
Bedlam Theatre
Noor Theatre
Prospect Theatre Company
The Ross Wetzsteon Award ($3,000 prize)
NAATCO/National Asian American Theatre Company
Best New American Play ($1,000 prize)
Guards at the Taj by Rajiv Joseph (Atlantic Theatre Company
Lifetime Achievement Award
Carmen de Lavallade
A.R. Gurney
The Obie Award judges panel for this season, headed by Village Voice columnist and longtime Obie chairman Michael Feingold, included actress Quincy Tyler Bernstine, director Oliver Butler, costume designer Clint Ramos, actress Juliet Rylance, Variety senior critic Marilyn Stasio, and freelance theatre critic Michael Sommers.
The Obie Awards are sponsored by the American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice.
