The 68th annual Obie Awards, honoring achievement Off and Off Off Broadway, were announced tonight. Below is the complete list, which includes Lifetime achievement awards for Charles Busch, Kristin Marting and the members of Talking Band and 600 HIGHWAYMEN

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

• Jeremy Tiang Salesman之死 (Yangtze Repertory Theatre | Gung Ho Projects)

PLAYWRITING

• Ife Olujobi Jordans (The Public Theater)
• Ariel Stess Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda (The Tank | New Georges)

DIRECTING

• Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch (direction), Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles (choreography) Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Perelman Performing Arts Center)
• nicHi douglas (direction and choreography) (pray) (Ars Nova | National Black Theatre)
• Jack Serio The Animal Kingdom (Jack Serio) and On Set With Theda Bara (Transport Group | Lucille Lortel Theatre)
• Tiffany Nichole Greene Covenant (Roundabout Theatre Company)

SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

• Sarah Benson Teeth (Playwrights Horizons) and The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company)

PERFORMANCE

• Cole Escola Oh, Mary! (Alchemation | Mike & Carlee Productions)
• Gabby Beans Jonah (Roundabout Theatre Company)
• Dianne Wiest and Johanna Day Scene Partners (Vineyard Theatre)
• Nathan Lee Graham Orlando (Signature Theatre Company)

SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE

• The Bengsons (composing and performing), The Keep Going Songs (LCT3)
• Greg Keller Dig (59E59), Pre-Existing Condition (Jesse Eisenberg | Charlie Kaufman | OHenry Productions | The Cohn Sisters | Jessica Chase | Taylor Williams), and Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons)

DESIGN

• Greg Corbino (production design) Snatch Adams & Tainty Mccracken Present It’s That Time Of The Month (SoHo Repertory)
• Oana Botez (costumes) Orlando (Signature Theatre Company)
• Stacey Derosier (lights) Daphne (Lincoln Center Theater), On Set With Theda Bara (Transport Group | Lucille Lortel Theatre), The Animal Kingdom (Jack Serio), The Refuge Plays (Roundabout Theatre Company | New York Theatre Workshop), The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company), and United States V. Gupta (JACK | New Georges)

SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN

• Adam Honoré (lights) The Lonely Few (MCC Theater), Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Perelman Performing Arts Center), and I Can Get It For You Wholesale (Classic Stage Company)
• Jian Jung (set) Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons), The Following Evening (Perelman Performing Arts Center | Talking Band | 600 HIGHWAYMEN), Zoetrope (Caborca | Abrons Arts Center), and 9 Kinds Of Silence (PlayCo)

SPECIAL CITATIONS

• Ensemble: Jonathan Burke, Baby Byrne, Tara Lashan Clinkscales, Antwayn Hopper, André De Shields, Sydney James Harcourt, Dava Huesca, Dudney Joseph Jr., Capital Kaos, Junior LaBeija, Robert “Silk” Mason, Shireen Pimentel, “Tempress” Chasity Moor, Primo, Xavier Reyes, Nora Schell, Bebe Nicole Simpson, Emma Sofia, Frank Viveros, Kendall Grayson Stroud, Garnet Williams, Teddy Wilson Jr., Shelby Griswold, and Dominique Lee Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Perelman Performing Arts Center)
• Raja Feather Kelly (Creator and Director) and Ensemble: Beau Badu, Sheldon Best, Phillip James Brannon, Janelle McDermoth, Ronald Peet, Jon-Michael Reese, Jason Veasey, and Michelle Wilson The Fires (Soho Rep)
• Milo Cramer (Book, Music, Lyrics, and Performance) and Morgan Green (Director) School Pictures (Playwrights Horizons)
• Normandy Sherwood (Production Design and Concept) Psychic Self Defense (Here | Dream Music Factory)
• The 1491s – Dallas Goldtooth (Mdewakanton Dakota-Diné), Sterlin Harjo (Seminole-Muscogee), Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca-Ojibwe), Ryan RedCorn (Osage Nation) and Bobby Wilson (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) – (Creators) and Ensemble: Rachel Crowl, Derek Garza, Justin Gauthier, Irma-Estel Laguerre, Shyla Lefner, Wotko Long, Jessica Ranville, James Ryen, John Scott-Richardson, Kholan Studi, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Sheila Tousey, and Ryan Anthony Williams Between Two Knees (Perelman Performing Arts Center)
• Becca Blackwell and Amanda Duarte (Creators) and Jess Barbagallo (Director) Snatch Adams & Tainty Mccracken Present It’s That Time of The Month (SoHo Rep)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

• Charles Busch (writer) Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy (Primary Stages | George Street Playhouse | Daryl Roth | Ted Snowdon | Jamie deRoy)
• Kristin Marting Founding Artistic Director Emeritus of HERE
• Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow, and Tina Shepard The Following Evening (Perelman Performing Arts Center | Talking Band | 600 HIGHWAYMEN) and Shimmer and Herringbone (Talking Band | Mabou Mines)

THEATRE GRANTS

• Criminal Queerness Festival (National Queer Theater) 
• Out of the Box Theatrics 
• Braata Productions 
• The 1/52 Project 
• Tectonic Theater Project 

ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD

• Theater Mitu 

MICHAEL FEINGOLD AWARD

• 3Views On Theater 

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