Co-hosted by Tamara Tunie and Hamish Linklater , presenters included Betsy Aidem , Harvey Fierstein , Lena Hall , LaTanya Richardson Jackson , Andy Karl , David Bar Katz , Cristin Milioti , Kelli O'Hara , Lily Rabe and Stephen Trask .
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Cristin Milioti Strikes a Pose, Kelli O'Hara Shines, Harvey Fierstein Goofs Around and Young Fun Home Star Makes History at 2014 Obie Awards
Cristin Milioti Strikes a Pose, Kelli O'Hara Shines, Harvey Fierstein Goofs Around and Young Fun Home Star Makes History at 2014 Obie Awards
Winners of the 59th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and Off Off-Broadway theatre, were announced May 19 at a ceremony at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Kelli O’Hara
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Andy Karl
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Kelli O’Hara and Andy Karl
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Hamish Linklater
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Kim Martin-Cotten, Johanna Day and Nick Westrate
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Johanna Day
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Kim Martin-Cotten
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Nick Westrate
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Maddie Corman and her daughters
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Maddie Corman
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Lily Rabe
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Judy Kuhn
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Jake Lucas
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David Bar Katz
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Kelly Aucoin
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Tamara Tunie
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Cristin Milioti
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Betsy Aidem
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Harvey Fierstein
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Larry Pine
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Estelle Parsons
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Hamish Linklater
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Hamish Linklater
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Andy Karl
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Harvey Fierstein
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Harvey Fierstein and Andy Karl
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Harvey Fierstein, Kelli O’Hara and Andy Karl
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Kelli O’Hara
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LaTanya Richardson Jackson
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Tamara Tunie
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Julianne Michelle
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Lena Hall
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Lena Hall and Stephen Trask
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Stephen Trask
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Will Eno
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Marylouise Burke
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
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John Earl Jelks
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Johanna Day
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Larry Pine
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Mia Katigbak
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Estelle Parsons
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K. Todd Freeman
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Sonya Tayeh
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Emmanuel Brown
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Ben Rubin
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Eric Southern
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Justin Townsend
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Sydney Lucas
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Sydney Lucas
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Oliver Butler
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Mallory Catlett
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Jiyoun Chang
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Hannah Wasileski
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Heather Christian
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Sydney Lucas
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Lucy Thurber
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David Van Asselt and David Bar Katz
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David Bar Katz
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Sydney Lucas and Cristin Milioti
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Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons
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Liesl Tommy
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John Ellison Conlee
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Chris Myers
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Jeanine Tesori. Sam Gold and Lisa Kron
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Sam Gold
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Lisa Kron
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James MacDonald
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James MacDonald
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Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone
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Betsy Aidem
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Jay Wegman
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Newly minted Obie winner Sydney Lucas performed "Ring of Keys" from this year's acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Fun Home . Lucas, age 10, is the youngest recipient in the history of the Obies. Fun Home was also honored by the Obies with awards for author Lisa Kron , composer Jeanine Tesori and director Sam Gold .
Kelli O'Hara presented the 2014 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement to Estelle Parsons .
The Obie for Best New American Play was awarded to playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. A complete list of the award winners follows:
PERFORMANCE :Marylouise Burke Sustained excellence of performance
Johanna Day Appropriate (Signature)
John Ellison Conlee The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence (Playwrights Horizons )
K. Todd Freeman Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW)
John Earl Jelks Sunset Baby (Labyrinth) / Fetch Clay, Make Man (NYTW)
Mia Katigbak Awake and Sing (NAATCO)
Sydney Lucas Fun Home (Public Theater)
Chris Myers An Octoroon (SoHo Rep)
Larry Pine A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney (SoHo Rep)
PLAYWRITING: Will Eno The Open House (Signature)
MUSICAL THEATER: Lisa Kron (author), Jeanine Tesori (composer), and Sam Gold (director)Fun Home (Public Theater)
DIRECTION: James MacDonald Love and Information (NYTW)
Oliver Butler The Open House (Signature)
Liesl Tommy Appropriate (Signature)
DESIGN/MUSIC: Ben Rubin (projections), Arguendo (Elevator Repair Service @ Public Theater)
Emmanuel Brown and Sonya Tayeh (fight direction and choreography) Kung Fu (Signature)
Eric Southern (lighting design), The Correspondent (Rattlestick)
Justin Townsend Sustained excellence of lighting design
SPECIAL CITATIONS: Mallory Catlett This Was the End (Chocolate Factory)
Heather Christian (music), Jiyoun Chang (lighting) and Hannah Wasileski (projections)The World Is Round (Ripe Time @ BAM Fisher)
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Lucy Thurber The Hill Town Plays
THE ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD: Abrons Arts Center
GRANTS: 600 Highwaymen 48 Hours in Harlem
BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Appropriate (Signature) and An Octoroon (SoHo Rep)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Estelle Parsons
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Judges included Michael Feingold , chairman; Kirsten Childs , Nicky Paraiso, Tonya Pinkins , Michael Sommers and Rick Sordelet .