1998–1999 Obie Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The 1998–1999 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 17, 1999, at New York's Webster Hall.
| Best Production: | The Wooster Group, House/Lights |
| Playwriting: | W. David Hancock, The Race of the Ark Tattoo; |
| Dare Clubb, Oedipus; | |
| Christopher Durang, Betty's Summer Vacation | |
| Direction: | Jim Simpson, Benten Kozo; |
| Melia Bensussen, The Turn of the Screw; | |
| Nicholas Martin, Betty's Summer Vacation; | |
| Declan Donnellan, Le Cid | |
| Performance: | Liev Schreiber, Cymbeline; |
| Kathleen Chalfant, Wit; | |
| Daniel Gerroll, sustained excellence of performance; | |
| Matthew Maher, The Race of the Ark Tattoo; | |
| Randall Duk Kim, sustained excellence of performance; | |
| Mina Bern, sustained excellence of performance; | |
| Darius de Haas, Running Man; | |
| Viola Davis, Everybody's Ruby; | |
| Kristine Nielson, Betty's Summer Vacation; | |
| Swoosie Kurtz, The Mineola Twins | |
| Design: | Thomas Lynch, for sustained excellence of set design; |
| Michael Chybowski, for sustained excellence of lighting design; | |
| Martin Pakledinaz, costume design for The Misanthrope; | |
| Diedre Murray, score for Running Man | |
| Special Citations: | Peggy Shaw, Menopausal Gentleman; |
| Richard Maxwell, House; | |
| Carmelita Tropicana; | |
| David Cale, Lillian; | |
| Kim Hughes, Sakina's Restaurant; | |
| Aasif Mandvi, Sakina's Restaurant; | |
| Ronnie Burkett; Tinka's New Dress; | |
| Lisa Kron; 2.5 Minute Ride; | |
| Basil Twist; Symphonie Fantastique | |
| Sustained Achievement: | Wynn Handman |
| Ross Wetzsteon Award: | Ellie Covan-Dixon Place |
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