The 63rd edition of the Obie awards, hosted by John Leguizamo, were held last night at Terminal 5. Backstage, the Village Voice operated a photo studio in which the evening’s presenters, organizers, and winners sat for portraits. Here are the highlights from the booth.
Denise Gough (performance, “People, Places & Things”)
Robert Sean Leonard (performance, “At Home at the Zoo”)
Dominique Morisseau (playwriting, “Pipeline”)
Rajiv Joseph (Best New American Play, “Describe the Night”)
Amy Herzog (playwriting, “Mary Jane”)
Aleshea Harris (playwriting, “Is God Is”)
Abe Koogler (playwriting, “Fulfillment Center”)
Jack Cummings III and Lori Fineman (special citation, “Strange Interlude”)
Jack Cummings III (special citation, “Strange Interlude”)
Lap Chi Chu (sustained excellence of lighting design)
Carrie Coon (performance, “Mary Jane”)
Billy Crudup (performance, “Harry Clarke”)
Matthew Broderick (presenter)
Kathleen Chalfant (Lifetime Achievement)
Sarah Laux (costume design, “Jerry Springer – The Opera”)
Dame-Jasmine Hughes and Alfie Fuller (performance, “Is God Is”)
Dame-Jasmine Hughes (performance, “Is God Is”)
Alfie Fuller (performance, “Is God Is”)
Taibi Magar (directing, “Is God Is”)
Ben Edelman (performance, “Admissions”)
Anne Kauffman (directing, “Mary Jane”)
Jesse Berger (directing, “The Government Inspector”)
Left to right: Christopher Barreca, Montana Levi Blanco, and Donald Holder (design team award, “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”)
Donald Holder (design team award, “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”)
Montana Levi Blanco (design team award, “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”)
Christopher Barreca (design team award, “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”)
Sean Carvajal (performance, “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train”)
Chukwudi Iwuji (performance, “The Low Road”)
Jessica Hecht (performance, “Admissions”)
James Morgan (Obie Grant, York Theatre Company)
Tisa Chang (Obie Grant, Pan-Asian Repertory Theatre)
Ralph B. Peña (Ross Wetzsteon Award, Ma-Yi Theater Company)
Laura Benanti (presenter)
Yvette Rovira (performer)
Brie Cassil (performer)
RaeMe (performer)
Matt Duncan (performer, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” tribute)
Justin Craig (performer, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” tribute)