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1989 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

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1989 Village Voice Obie Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

CategoryNomineeShow
DirectionPeter SteinFalstaff
DirectionIngmar BergmanHamlet
Obie CommitteeMargo Jefferson, Martha Coigney, Gordon Rogoff, Julius Novick, Erika Munk, Robert Massa, Michael Feingold, Ross Wetzsteon, Eileen Blumenthal
Obie GrantCucaracha Warehouse Theater, The Living Theater
PerformanceEverett QuintonA Tale of Two Cities
PerformanceNiall BuggyAristocrats
PerformanceFyvush FinkelCafe Crown
PerformanceTim McDonnellDiary of a Madman
PerformancePaul HechtEnrico IV
PerformanceMark BlumGus and Al
PerformanceWilliam Converse-RobertsLove's Labor's Lost
PerformanceNancy MarchandThe Cocktail Hour
PerformanceGloria FosterThe Forbidden City
PerformanceLonny PriceThe Immigrant
PerformanceMo Gaffney, Kathy NajimyThe Kathy and Mo Show
PerformanceRocco SistoThe Winter's Tale
PerformanceWill PattonWhat Did He See?
Playwriting WorkshopGRANT Intar Hispanic Playwrights-in-Residence Laboratory, The Frank Silva Workshop
Special CitationsDance Theater Workshop
Special CitationsLeo BassiNero's Last Folly
Special CitationsRachel RosenthalRachel's Brain
Special CitationsJanie GeiserStories From Here
Special CitationsPaul ZaloomThe House of Horror
Special CitationsTamamatsu YoshidaThe Warrior Ant
Special Citations for the Young Playwrights FestivalThe Dramatists GuildThe Young Playwrights Festival
Sustained AchievementIrene Worth
Sustained Excellence of Costume DesignGabriel Berry, Susan Young, Susan Young
Sustained Excellence of DirectionRene Buch
Sustained Excellence of Set DesignDonald Eastman

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