The 2011 OBIE Awards

The winners of the 2011 OBIE Awards were announced tonight at Webster Hall. And the winners are:

Best New American Play
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz (Second Stage)


Lifetime Achievement
Repertorio Espanol and its co-founder and artistic director, René Buch


Performance
F. Murray Abraham, sustained excellence of performance
André Braugher, The Whipping Man (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Michael Chernus, In the Wake (Public Theater)
Ethan Hawke, Blood from a Stone (The New Group)
Hamish Linklater, The School for Lies (Classic Stage Company)
Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place (Manhattan Class Company)
Thomas Sadoski, Other Desert Cities (Lincoln Center Theater)
Scott Shepherd, Gatz (Elevator Repair Service / Public Theater)
Brenda Wehle, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures (Signature Theatre / Public Theater)
Charlayne Woodard, The Witch of Edmonton (Red Bull Theater)

Playwriting
Samuel D. Hunter, A Bright New Boise (Partial Comfort Productions)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Invasion! (The Play Company)

Direction
Austin Pendleton, Three Sisters (Classic Stage Company)
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher (New York Theatre Workshop)
Leigh Silverman [pictured right], In the Wake (Public Theater) and Go Back to Where You Are (Playwrights Horizons)

Design
Jill BC Du Boff, sustained excellence of sound design
Donyale Werle, sustained excellence of set design

Special Citations
Design and choreography, Sleep No More (Punchdrunk Theatre) Felix Barrett, Livi Vaughan, Beatrice Minns, Maxine Doyle, Stephen Dobbie, Euan Maybank, and David Israel Reynoso
Young Jean Lee, We're Gonna Die (13P / Joe’s Pub)
debbie tucker green and Leah C. Gardiner, Born Bad (Soho Rep)

Obie Grants ($2,500 to each theater)
Metropolitan Playhouse
Wakka Wakka

The Ross Wetzsteon Award
Belarus Free Theatre

10 Favorite Shows of 2010

So here, in the order in which Ludlow Lad saw them, are the top 10 Favorite Shows of 2010:

#1. LEAR
@ Soho Rep
---
#2. L'effet de Serge
@ 3LD/Under The Radar Festival
---
#3. The Divine Sister
@ Theater For The New City
---
#4. Alice in Slasherland
@ HERE/Vampire Cowboys
---
#5. Milk
@ HERE/New Georges
---
#6. The Zero Hour
@ Walkerspace/13P
---
#7. The Little Foxes
@ New York Theater Workshop
---
#8. Laurie Anderson's Delusion
@ BAM/Next Wave
---
#9. That Hopey Changey Thing
@ The Public/Public Lab
---
#10. Middletown
@ The Vineyard Theater

13P's THIRTINI AWARDS

THIS MONDAY - MAY 11th

THIRTINI AWARDS are the coveted awards presented by 13P to the mentors and heroes who have inspired 13P with their seminal contributions to new American plays.

honoring...
CRAIG LUCAS
SUZAN-LORI PARKS
PAULA VOGEL
MAC WELLMAN

hosted by...
LISA KRON
evening directed by...
SARAH BENSON

Monday, May 11, 2009
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, New York

5:30PM viP Cocktails
6:00PM Doors Open to Joe’s Pub
7:00PM Performance Begins
8:30PM Silent Auction & Post-Performance Reception with the Honorees, Cast and Playwrights of 13P

For Tickets: CLICK HERE