OBIE winners

The ceremony just ended an hour ago, and the press release is out.

UPDATE: Was in a hurry last night. So here's the full list. (Saving you the click.)

And Soloski's full live blog is here.

PS. Jason Grote was there, too, and is up early today (or last night?) with a spirited dissent, lamenting the spirit of Obies past. (Too corporate, says he.)

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) GRANTS (Totaling $10,000) Transport Group Peculiar Works Project Synapse Productions The Play Company