Obies 2020 The 2020 Obie Awards will be a virtual event hosted by Cole Escola on the American Theatre Wing's YouTube channel on Tuesday, July 14 at 8PM ET.

2020 Winners

Direction

• Kenny Leon

  ​Much Ado About Nothing​ (The Public Theater)

• JoAnne Akalaitis

  MUD/Drowning​ (Mabou Mines, Weathervane Productions, The Days and Nights Festival)

• Whitney White

  Our Dear Dead Drug Lord​ (WP Theater, Second Stage Theater, by special arrangement with Benjamin Simpson and Joseph Longthorne)


• Les Waters

  Sustained Excellence in Direction


Special Obie Citation + Establishment of Michael Feingold Award

• Michael Feingold

  Special Citation

Lifetime Achievement

• Vinie Burrows

• Tim Sanford

Playwriting

• Will Arbery

  Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)

• Haruna Lee

  for the Conception and Writing of ​Suicide Forest​ (Ma-Yi Theater Company, Bushwick Starr)

• Michael R. Jackson

  A Strange Loop​ ​(Playwrights Horizons, Page 73)


Choreography

• Camille A. Brown

  Sustained Excellence in Choreography

Performance

• Liza Colón-Zayas and Elizabeth Rodriguez

  ​Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Atlantic Theater, LAByrinth Theater Company)

• Emily Davis

  Is This A Room ​(Vineyard Theatre)

• Edmund Donovan

  ​Greater Clements​ (Lincoln Center Theater)

• April Matthis

  ​Toni Stone ​(Roundabout Theatre Company) 


• Joe Ngo

  Cambodian Rock Band ​(Signature Theatre Company)

• Deirdre O'Connell

  Dana H. ​(Vineyard Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group)

Design

• Yu-Hsuan Chen

  Set Design, ​Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (​ WP Theater, Second Stage, by special arrangement with Benjamin Simpson and Joseph Longthorne)

• Mikhail Fiksel

  Sound Design, ​Dana H. ​(Vineyard Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group) and ​Cambodian Rock Band (​Signature Theatre Company)

• Andrea Hood

  Costume Design with Public Works (The Public Theater)

• Arnulfo Maldonado

  Sustained Excellence in Set Design

• Jen Schriever

  Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design

Special Citation

• Creative Team and Ensemble of ​A Strange Loop​ (Playwrights Horizons, ​Page 73​)
Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Larry Owens, Jason Veasey, Elijah Caldwell (Ensemble), Stephen Brackett (Director), Raja Feather Kelly (Choreographer), Arnulfo Maldonado (Scenic Design), Montana Levi Blanco (Costume Design), Jen Schriever (Lighting Design), Alex Hawthorn (Sound Design), Cookie Jordan (Hair, Wig, and Makeup Design), Charlie Rosen (Orchestrations), Rona Siddiqui (Music Director), Michael R. Jackson (Vocal Arrangements)

  A Strange Loop​ (Playwrights Horizons, ​Page 73​)

• Creative Team and Ensemble of ​Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)
Jeb Kreager, Julia McDermott, Michele Pawk, Zoë Winters, John Zdrojeski (Ensemble), Laura Jellinek (Set Design), Sarafina Bush (Costume Design), Isabella Byrd (Lighting Design), Justin Ellington (Sound Design), Danya Taymor (Director)

  Heroes of the Fourth Turning​ (Playwrights Horizons)


• David Cale

  for the Writing and Performance of ​We’re Only Alive For A Short Time​ (The Public Theater)

• David Neumann and Marcella Murray

  for the Creation and Performance of ​Distances Smaller Than This Are Not Confirmed ​(Advanced Beginner Group, Abrons Arts Center, Chocolate Factory Theater, Mabou Mines)

• Dave Malloy, Or Matias, and Hidenori Nakajo

  for their collaboration on the Music and Sound of​ Octet​ (Signature Theatre)

• Tina Satter

  for the Conception and Direction of ​Is This A Room​ (Vineyard Theatre)

• Alexandria Wailes

  for Sustained Excellence as an Artist and Advocate

• AAPAC (Asian American Performers Action Coalition)

  for advocacy in the field of equity, diversity, and inclusion

Institutional Recognition

• National Black Theatre

  for Sustained Excellence in Production and continued Advocacy on behalf of Black Artists

• Page 73

  for Providing Extraordinary Support for Early Career Playwrights

• The Tank

  for Providing Extraordinary Support for Emerging Artists