2011 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

2011 Village Voice Obie Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Best New American Play	Kristoffer Diaz	The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity
Directing	Leigh Silverman	Go Back To Where You Are
Directing	Leigh Silverman	In The Wake
Directing	Roger Rees	Peter and the Starcatcher
Directing	Alex Timbers	Peter And The Starcatcher
Directing	Austin Pendleton	The Three Sisters
Lifetime Achievement	Rene Buch, Repertorio Espanol
Obie Grant	Wakka Wakka, Metropolitan Playhouse

Performance	Ethan Hawke	Blood From a Stone
Performance	Charlayne Woodard	Charlayne Woodard

Performance	Scott Shepherd	Gatz
Performance	Michael Chernus	In The Wake
Performance	Thomas Sadoski	Other Desert Cities
Performance	Hamish Linklater	School for Lies
Performance	Brenda Wehle	The Intelligent Homosexual'S Guide
Performance	Laurie Metcalf	The Other Place


Performance	Andre Braugher	The Whipping Man
Playwriting	Samuel D. Hunter	A Bright New Boise
Playwriting	Jonas Hassen Khemiri	Invasion!
Ross Wetzsteon Award	Belarus Free Theatre

Special Citation for Choreography	Maxine Doyle	Sleep No More
Special Citation for Costumes	David Israel Reynoso	Sleep No More
Special Citation for Design	Livi Vaughan, Felix Barrett, Beatrice Minns	Sleep No More
Special Citation for Directing	Leah C. Gardiner	Born Bad

Special Citation for Lighting	Euan Maybank	Sleep No More
Special Citation for Playwriting	Debbie Tucker Green	Born Bad
Special Citation for Sound	Stephen Dobbie	Sleep No More
Special Citations	Young Jean Lee	We're Gonna Die!
Sustained Excellence of Performance	F. Murray Abraham, F. Murray Abraham
Sustained Excellence of Set Design	Donyale Werle

Sustained Excellence of Sound Design	Jill BC DuBoff, Jill BC DuBoff

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2011 Village Voice Obie Awards

2011 Village Voice Obie Awards

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