1996 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

1996 Village Voice Obie Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Best New American Play	Adrienne Kennedy
Best New American Play		June And Jean In Concert
Best New American Play	Adam Kennedy	Sleep Deprivation Chamber
Direction	Doug Hughes	The Grey Zone
Music	Polly Pen	Bed And Sofa
Music	Bruce Coughli, Adam Guettel	Floyd Collins
Obie Committee	Alberto Minero, Ross Wetzsteon, Charles McNulty, Jim O'Quinn, Karen Kandel, Holly Hill, Alisa Solomon, Michael Feingold
Obie Grant	The TEBA Group, New Georges

Performance	Steven Skybell	Antigone In New York
Performance	Terri Klausner	Bed And Sofa

Performance	Barbara Pollitt, Julie Archer	Epidog
Performance	Mary Louise Wilson	Full Gallop
Performance	Virginia Rambal	La Dama Duende
Performance	Gerry Bamman	Nixon's Nixon
Performance	Mark Nelson	Picasso At The Lapin Agile
Performance	Rocco Sisto	Quills


Performance	Tom McGowan	The Food Chain
Performance	Derek Smith	The Green Bird
Performance	James Urbaniak	The Universe
Performance	Virginia Rambal	Troya De America

Performance	Lisa Gay Hamilton	Valley Song
Performance	Adina Porter	Venus
Playwriting	Doug Wright	Quills
Playwriting	Donald Margulies	The Model Apartment

Playwriting	Suzan-Lori Parks	Venus
Playwriting	Ain Gordon	Wally's Ghost
Special Citations	Marty Pottenger	City Water Tunnel #3
Special Citations	Scott Elliott, The Acting Ensemble	Curtains
Special Citations	The Acting Ensemble, Michael Greif	Rent
Special Citations for Choreography and Dance	Savion Glover	Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk

Special Citations for Composer/Writer	Jonathan Larson	Rent
Special Citations for New Voices	Repertorio Espanol


Sustained Achievement	Uta Hagen
Sustained Excellence of Direction	Ingmar Bergman
Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design	Jeffrey S. Koger
Sustained Excellence of Music	David Van Tieghem
Sustained Excellence of Performance	Kathleen Chalfant, Henry Stram
Sustained Excellence of Set Design	Neil Patel

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1996 Village Voice Obie Awards

1996 Village Voice Obie Awards

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