Obie Award Winners

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:45pm

PERFORMANCE

Betsy Aidem, Sustained Excellence of Performance
Donna Lynne Champlin for her performance in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Andre De Shields, Sustained Excellence of Performance
Ain Gordon for his performance in Stories Left to Tell
David Greenspan for his performance in Faust and Some Men
Nina Hellman for her performance in Trouble in Paradise
Ron Cephas Jones, Sustained Excellence of Performance
Nancy Opel for her performance in My Deah
Roslyn Ruff for her performance in Seven Guitars
James Saito for his performance in Durango
Michael Stuhlbarg for his performance in The Voysey Inheritance
Nilaja Sun for her performance in No Child
Harris Yulin for his performance in Frank's Home
Ensemble for their performance in Tale of 2Cities (Winsome Brown, Michael Ray Escamilla, Tracey A. Leigh, Leo Marks Diane Rodriguez, Ed Vassallo, Heather Woodbury)
PLAYWRITING

Adam Bock for The Thugs
DIRECTION

Lou Bellamy for Two Trains Running
Anne Kauffman for The Thugs
Matthew Maguire for Abandon
Eirik Stubo for The Wild Duck
Chay Yew for Durango
MUSIC AND CHOREOGRAPHY

Michael Friedman, Sustained Excellence in Music
Bill T. Jones for his choreography of Spring Awakening
Lin-Manuel Miranda for his music and lyrics for In The Heights
DESIGN

Beowulf Boritt, Sustained Excellence in Set Design
Robert Kaplowitz, Sustained Excellence in Sound Design
Rae Smith for the set and costume design of Oliver Twist
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Alvin Epstein
EMERGING PLAYWRIGHT AWARD ($1,000 prize)

Young Jean Lee
THE ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD ($2,000 given annually to a theatre that nurtures innovative new plays)

Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
SPECIAL CITATIONS

Daniel Beaty, writing and performance Emergence-SEE
Edward Hall & Propeller, Taming of the Shrew
Tim Crouch, An Oak Tree
The Living Theatre, Ensemble and director Judith Malina, The Brig (Ensemble: Gene Ardor, Johnson Anthony, Kesh Baggan, Steven Scot Bono, Gary Brackett, Brent Bradley, Brad Burgess, John Kohan, Albert Lamont, Peter Lester, Jeff Nash, Josh Roberts, Bradford Rosenbloom, Jade Rothman, Isaac Scranton, Morteza Tavakoli, Evan True, Antwan Ward, Louis Williams; Steve Ben Israel, ensemble director)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:56pm

Yay for Donna Lynne!

[little_sally]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:58pm

So so SO happy for Michael Stuhlbarg.

[Bobby Maler]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:19pm

I'm happy for Chay Yew, James Saito, Michael Stuhlbarg and David Greenspan. I usually love Nancy Opel, but I thought My Deah was just eh.

[D2]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:30pm

But she was phenomenal in it.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 8:25am

I'm really happy that they remembered Roslyn Ruff. Her performance in Seven Guitars was astonishing.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:04am

Did anyone see THE THUGS? I missed it.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:22am

Yay Nilaja!! No Child... is amazing. Of course...being a teacher (1st year AND full-time grad student) I'm probably a little biased... but she NAILS our experience!!

[Jazzysuite82]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 9:38am

Yay Nancy Opel. I thought My Deah was hilarious as was she.

[robbiej]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 10:42am

Shout out to James Saito. Terrific actor with whom it is an absloute joy to work.