LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Earle Hyman
BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY
Ruined, by Lynn Nottage
PERFORMANCE
Francois Battiste, The Good Negro
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Ruined
Kevin T. Carroll, sustained
excellence of performance
Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Ruined
Jonathan Groff, Prayer for My
Enemy and The Singing Forest
Birgit Huppuch, Telephone
Russell Gebert Jones, Ruined
Aaron Monaghan, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Sahr Ngaujah, Fela!
Lorenzo Pisoni, Humor Abuse
James Sugg, Chekhov Lizardbrain
John Douglas Thompson, Othello
MUSIC & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim, Road Show
DIRECTING
David Cromer, Our Town
Katie Mitchell, The Waves
Ken Rus Schmoll, Telephone
DESIGN
Toni-Leslie James, sustained excellence of costume design
David Korins, sustained excellence of set design
SPECIAL CITATIONS
Sarah Benson (director) and Louisa Thompson (set designer), Blasted
David Esbjornson (director) and Christian Camargo (actor), Hamlet
The ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD ($2,000 prize)
HERE Arts Center
OBIE GRANTS ($10,000 divided equally)
The Chocolate Factory
The Classical Theatre of Harlem
Lark Play Development Center
CEREMONY HOSTS
Daniel Breaker
Martha Plimpton
AWARD PRESENTERS
Gavin Creel
Brian d’Arcy James
Anne Hathaway
Marc Kudisch
Kate Mulgrew
Karen Olivo
John Shea
Nilaja Sun
OBIE AWARD JUDGES
Michael Feingold, Chairman
Andy Propst, Secretary
Eisa Davis
Eric Grode
Ty Jones
Moisés Kaufman
Alexis Soloski
Chay Yew
OBIE AWARDS CEREMONY PRODUCER
Eileen Phelan