66th OBIE Awards Recognize Multiple Design Alumni
The winners of the 66th OBIE Awards were announced this week, and we're so proud to see so many familiar names on the list. Multiple alumni of the Design Department were recognized for their outstanding work. They are listed (in bold) below.
DESIGN
Reza Behjat (Lighting Design '17), for English (Atlantic Theater Company) and Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons)
SPECIAL CITATIONS
Creative Team and Ensemble of Fat Ham (The Public) James Ijames (Playwright), Saheem Ali (Director); Maruti Evans (Set Design); Dominique Fawn Hill (Costume Design); Stacey Derosier (Lighting Designer '18); Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound Design); Darrell Grand Moultrie (Choreographer); Earon Chew Nealey (Hair and Wig Design); Skylar Fox (Illusions Design); Nikki Crawford, Chris Herbie Holland, Billy Eugene Jones, Adrianna Mitchell, Calvin Leon Smith, Marcel Spears, and Benja Kay Thomas (ensemble)
Creative Team and Ensemble of English (The Atlantic Theater) Knud Adams (Directing), Marsha Ginsberg (Set Design '90), Enver Chakartash (Costume Design), Reza Behjat (Lighting Design '17), Sinan Refik Zafar (Sound Design) Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, and Hadi Tabbal (Ensemble)
Qween Jean (Costume Designer '16) for Corsicana (Playwrights Horizons), Soft (MCC), Wedding Band (TFNA), Black No More (The New Group), The Fever (Audible | The New Group), What To Send Up When it Goes Down (Playwrights Horizons), and Semblance (NYTW)
Digital+Virtual+Hybrid Production: Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley, Ariel Sibert, Cat Rodríguez and Rory Pelsue (Creators, Writers, Director) in collaboration with David Bengali (Video Designer '12) Circle Jerk (Fake Friends and Jeremy O. Harris)
THEATRE COMPANIES
See Lighting Foundation (Cha See '17, Kimie Nishikawa '15, Rodrigo Munoz '19)
You can find the full list of winners here.