Photo Coverage: Inside Off-Broadway's Biggest Night with the Obie Award Winners!

The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, Owner) just presented the 62nd Annual Obie Awards®. Jennifer Kidwell & Scott R. Sheppard's Underground Railroad Game, produced by Ars Nova, and J.T. Roger's Oslo, produced by Lincoln Center Theater, shared the Obie Awards for Best New American Theatre Work, which is accompanied by a $500 prize each. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel received a special Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement. Obie and Screen Actors Guild® Award-winning actress Lea DeLaria returned as host of this year's ceremony, which was held at Webster Hall (125 East 11th Street).

This year's presenters included Peter Barbey, Rose Byrne, Academy Award® winner Chris Cooper, Mike Faist, Edie Falco, Lena Hall, two-time Obie Award winner Jayne Houdyshell, three-time Obie Award winner David Henry Hwang, Obie Award winner LaChanze, Obie Award winner William Ivey Long, Obie Award winner Taylor Mac, two-time Obie Award winner Jefferson Mays, two-time Obie Award winner Derek McLane, Academy Award and Obie Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Emilio Sosa, and several of this year's Obie judges including Obie Award winner Darius de Haas, Obie Award winner Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Obie Award winner J. Smith-Cameron.

Special performances were given by Katrina Lenk who performed "Omar Sharif" from The Band's Visit; Kecia Lewis, Austin Reed Alleman, Jessie Shelton, Storm Thomas, and William Youmans who performed "There's Only What I Know" from The Skin of Our Teeth; The Fantasticks' Daniel Bellomy who performed "Try to Remember" as part of the In Memoriam; and a rousing finale "Let the Sunshine In" honoring the 50th Anniversary of Hair performed by Lea DeLaria, Obie Award winner Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Lena Hall.

Click here for a full list of winners.

Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon

Oslo

Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Jack Cummings III
J.T. Rogers
Justin Paul and Benj Pasek
Justin Paul and Benj Pasek
Itamar Moses
David Yazbek
David Cromer
David Cromer, Itamar Moses and David Yazbek
Riccardo Hernandez
Dane Laffrey
Ryan Rumery
Jared Mezzocchi
Daniel Jenkins
Kecia Lewis
Jayne Houdyshell
Arin Arbus
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper
Austin Reed Alleman, Storm Thomas, Arin Arbus, Kecia Lewis, William Youmans and Jessie Shelton
Rebecca Taichman
Bobby Cannavale
Michael Urie
Riccardo Hernandez and Lileana Blain-Cruz
Pete Simpson
Paula Vogel
Daniel Bellomy
Daniel Bellomy
Heather MacRae
Lynn Nottage
Matthew Broderick
The cast of The Wolves
Taylor Mac