2017 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

2017 Village Voice Obie Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Best New American Theatre Work	J.T. Rogers	Oslo
Best New American Theatre Work	Jennifer Kidwell, Scott R. Sheppard	Underground Railroad Game
Design	Scott Zielinski	Sustained Excelence of Lighting Design
Design	Dane Laffrey	Sustained Excellence of Set and Costume Design
Design	Riccardo Hernandez	Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Design	Ryan Rumery	Sustained Excellence of Sound Design
Design	Jared Mezzocchi	VietgoneProjection Design
Directing	Rebecca Taichman	Indecent

Directing	Jack Cummings III	Picnic
Directing	David Cromer	The Band's Visit

Directing	Lileana Blain-Cruz	The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World
Directing	Arin Arbus	The Skin of Our Teeth
Ensemble	Jennifer Ehle, T. Ryder Smith, Joseph Siravo, Henny Russell, Angela Pierce, Daniel Oreskes, Christopher McHale, Jefferson Mays, Jeb Kreager, Dariush Kashani, Daniel Jenkins, Adam Dannheisser, Anthony Azizi, Michael Aronov, The Cast of Oslo, Bartlett Sher	Oslo
Ensemble	The Cast of The Wolves, Susannah Perkins, Lauren Patten, Tedra Millan, Sarah Mezzanotte, Lizzy Jutila, Midori Francis, Jenna Dioguardi, Brenna Coates, Mia Barron, Kate Arrington, Lila Neugebauer, Samia Finnerty	The Wolves
Lifetime Achievement	Paula Vogel
Musical Theater	Itamar Moses, David Yazbeck	The Band's Visit


Obie Grants	Irish Repertory Theatre, Pearl Theatre Company, The Playwrights Realm
Performance	Heather MacRae	Come Back, Little Sheba
Performance	Matthew Broderick	Evening at the Talk House and Shining City
Performance	Michael Urie	Homos, or Everyone in America

Performance	Amy Ryan	Love, Love, Love
Performance	Kecia Lewis	Marie and Rosetta and The Skin of Our Teeth
Performance	Pete Simpson, Kevin Geer	Sustained Excellence
Performance	Bobby Cannavale	The Hairy Ape

Playwrighting	Christopher Chen	Caught
Playwrighting	Lynn Nottage	Sweat
Special Citations	Taylor Mac	A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Special Citations	Anna Deavere Smith	Notes from the Field
The Ross Wetzsteon Award	Theatre for a New Audience

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2017 Village Voice Obie Awards

2017 Village Voice Obie Awards

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