2020 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

2020 Village Voice Obie Awards

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Choreography Award	Camille A. Brown	Sustained Excellence in Choreography
Design Award	Andrea Hood, Jen Schriever, Arnulfo Maldonado, Andrea Hood, Arnulfo Maldonado
Design Award	Mikhail Fiksel, Mikhail Fiksel	Dana H
Design Award	Yu-Hsuan Chen, Yu-Hsuan Chen	Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Directing Award	Kenny Leon	Much Ado About Nothing
Directing Award	JoAnne Akalaitis	MUD/Drowning
Directing Award	Whitney White	Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Directing Award	Les Waters	Sustained Excellence in Direction

Lifetime Achievement	Tim Sanford, Vinie Burrows
Performance Award	Joe Ngo	Cambodian Rock Band

Performance Award	Deirdre O'Connell	Dana H.
Performance Award	Edmund Donovan	Greater Clements
Performance Award	Elizabeth Rodriguez, Liza Colón-Zayas	Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
Performance Award	April Matthis	Toni Stone
Playwriting Award	Michael R. Jackson	A Strange Loop
Playwriting Award	Will Arbery	Heroes of the Fourth Turning


Playwriting Award	Haruna Lee	Suicide Forest
Special Citation	Asian American Performers Action Coalition, Alexandria Wailes, Michael Feingold	For advocacy in the field of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Special Citation	L Morgan Lee, Antwayn Hopper, Michael R. Jackson, Rona Siddiqui, Charlie Rosen, Cookie Jordan, Alex Hawthorn, Jen Schriever, Montana Levi Blanco, Raja Feather Kelly, James Jackson, Jr., John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Larry Owens, Elijah Caldwell, Arnulfo Maldonado, Stephen Brackett, Jason Veasey	A Strange Loop
Special Citation	Marcella Murray, David Neumann	Distances Smaller Than This Are Not ConfirmedFor the Creation and Performance of Distances Smaller Than This Are Not Confirmed (Advanced Beginner Group, Abrons Arts Center, Chocolate Factory Theater, Mabou Mines)

Special Citation	Michele Pawk, Jeb Kreager, Danya Taymor, Justin Ellington, Isabella Byrd, Sarafina Bush, Laura Jellinek, John Zdrojeski, Zoë Winters, Julia McDermott	Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Special Citation	Tina Satter	Is This A RoomFor the Conception and Direction of Is This A Room (Vineyard Theatre).
Special Citation	Dave Malloy, Or Matias, Hidenori Nakajo	Octet
Special Citation	David Cale	We’re Only Alive For A Short Time

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2020 Village Voice Obie Awards

2020 Village Voice Obie Awards

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