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The first awards in 1955-1956 for plays and musicals were given to Absalom (Lionel Abel) as Best New Play, Uncle Vanya, Best All-Around Production and The Threepenny Opera as Best Musical. [ 8 ] Other awards for off-Broadway theatre are the Lucille Lortel Awards , the Drama Desk Awards , the Drama League Award , and the Outer Critics Circle ...
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V was awarded the Obie Award in 1996 for 'Best New Play' and in 1999 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in Playwriting. She has also received the Berrilla-Kerr Award for Playwriting, the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, and the Jury Award for Theater at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. [25] [26]
Her plays explore sexuality, body images and the female mind. [3] She is the recipient of several awards including the Lambda Book Award and an Obie Award. She is a professor of art and design as well as theater and drama at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. [4]
The award can be for a lead or supporting performance and in a play or musical, and can recognize an actress for collective performances in more than one production during the same season. On occasion, the Obie Awards committee will give an actress an award "for sustained excellence of performance", recognizing their ongoing contributions.
Kennedy won several awards for her plays, including a Stanley Drama Award (1963) from the New York City Writers Conference at Wagner College, [36] two Village Voice Obie Awards. Her Obie Awards were for "Distinguished Play" in 1964 for Funnyhouse of a Negro [37] and "Best New American Play" in 1996 for June and Jean in Concert and Sleep ...
Dutchman is a play written by playwright Amiri Baraka, then known as LeRoi Jones. [1] Dutchman was first presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York City, in March 1964 co-produced by Rita Fredricks. The play won an Obie Award; it shared this distinction with Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro. [2]
1984 Obie Awards for Playwrighting: The Danube, Sarita, Mud [2] 1984 Obie Awards for Directing: The Danube, Sarita, Mud [2] 1985 Obie Award for Best New American Play: The Conduct of Life [2] 1985 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award in literature [45] 1986 Playwrights U.S.A. Award for translation of Virgilio Piñera's Cold Air