: an award presented annually by a professional organization for notable achievement in plays performed off-Broadway
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Writing, performing and producing plays for four decades, Childress was the first African American woman to receive an Obie Award and devoted her life to the theater.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Also seen on shows like In Treatment and David Makes Man, she’s been recognized for her stage work with Drama Desk, Obie and Lucille Lortel awards, among others, and is repped by Stewart Talent, Liebman Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Works like An Octoroon and Gloria have earned the 40-year-old Obie Awards and a Pulitzer nomination.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Written for and performed by the downtown wonder David Greenspan, who has collected a half-dozen Obie Awards over his singular career, it was originally scheduled to open the day after Inauguration Day.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Anyone who has seen the 68-year-old, six-time Obie Award winner perform live knows that both things can be simultaneously true.
—airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Or many of the other roles in the diversified career of the Obie Award-winning actress.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Many of Obie’s other children are still without power across Georgia.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
In Obie Williams' home city of Augusta, 30 miles east of his daughter's home in Thomson, power lines stretched along the sidewalks, tree branches blocked the roads and utility poles lay cracked and broken.
—CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Also seen on shows like In Treatment and David Makes Man, she’s been recognized for her stage work with Drama Desk, Obie and Lucille Lortel awards, among others, and is repped by Stewart Talent, Liebman Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Works like An Octoroon and Gloria have earned the 40-year-old Obie Awards and a Pulitzer nomination.
—Clare Fisher, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Written for and performed by the downtown wonder David Greenspan, who has collected a half-dozen Obie Awards over his singular career, it was originally scheduled to open the day after Inauguration Day.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Anyone who has seen the 68-year-old, six-time Obie Award winner perform live knows that both things can be simultaneously true.
—airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Or many of the other roles in the diversified career of the Obie Award-winning actress.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Many of Obie’s other children are still without power across Georgia.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
In Obie Williams' home city of Augusta, 30 miles east of his daughter's home in Thomson, power lines stretched along the sidewalks, tree branches blocked the roads and utility poles lay cracked and broken.
—CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Obie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Obie. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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