Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The 2005–2006 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 15, 2006, at New York University's Skirball Center.
| Direction: | Daniel Sullivan, Stuff Happens; |
| John Clancy for sustained excellence of direction | |
| Performance: | Reed Birney, sustained excellence of performance; |
| Michael Cumpsty, Hamlet | |
| Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens; | |
| Ari Fliakos, Poor Theater: A Series of Simulacra; | |
| Edwin Lee Gibson, The Seven; | |
| Peter Francis James, Stuff Happens; | |
| Byron Jennings, Stuff Happens; | |
| Marin Ireland, Cyclone; | |
| Dana Ivey, Mrs. Warren's Profession; | |
| Meg MacCary, What Then; | |
| S. Epatha Merkerson, Birdie Blue; | |
| Euan Morton, Measure for Pleasure; | |
| Sherie Rene Scott, Landscape of the Body; | |
| Scott Shepherd, Poor Theater: A Series of Simulacra; | |
| Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful; | |
| Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed; | |
| Gary Wilmes, Red Light Winter | |
| Design: | Allen Moyer, sustained excellence of set design; |
| The National Theater of the United States of America, Abacus Black Strikes Now! The Rampant Justice of Abacus Black; | |
| Anita Yavich, sustained excellence of costume design | |
| Playwriting: | Rolin Jones, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow; |
| Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant Of Inishmore; | |
| Special Citations: | Hunter Bell, Michael Berresse, Jeff Bowen; [title of show]; |
| Ricky Ian Gordon, Jane Moss, Jon Nakagawa, Doug Varone; Orpheus and Euridyce; | |
| Danai Gurira, Robert O'Hara, Nikkole Salter; In the Continuum; | |
| Adam Rapp, Red Light Winter | |
| Lifetime Achievement: | Eric Bentley |
| Grants: | Billie Holiday Theatre ($3,000); |
| Edge Theater Company ($3,000); | |
| Red Bull Theater ($3,000) | |
| Emerging Playwright Grants: | Neena Beber ($1,000); |
| Rinne Groff ($1,000) | |
| Ross Wetzsteon Award: | Soho Repertory Theater |
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