A private reception to toast the winners of the 68th Annual Obie Awards, celebrating the best of Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway, was held February 10. See photos from the event in the gallery below.
Presented by The American Theatre Wing, the honors announce their winners without a ceremony to allow grants to be bestowed on each of the 35 winners, totaling $250,000.


Greg Corbino
Ensemble of Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Emilio Sosa and Ted Chapin
Morgan Green
Adam Honoré
Cole Escola and Phillip James Brannon
Wilson Chin
Heather Hitchens
Cole Escola and The Bengsons
Zhailon Levingston and Junior LaBeija
Heather Hitchens
Dianne Weist and Moises Kaufman
Jian Jung
Normandy Sherwood
Charles Busch, Natasha Katz, Cole Escola, and Heather Hitchens
Ife Olujobi
Jeremy Tiang
Jess Barbagallo and Amanda Duarte
Tina Shepard, Ellen Maddow, and Paul Zimet
Raja Feather Kelly
Zhailon Levingston
Ryan J. Haddad
The Bengsons
Company of Between Two Knees
Company of The Fires
Cole Escola
Company of Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The 2025 honorees included Jeremy Tiang's Salesman之死 taking Outstanding New Play, Cole Escola for their performance in Oh, Mary! the directing and choreography teams behind PPAC NYC's Cats: "The Jellicle Ball," and more.
This year's judging panel comprised Aya Ogawa, David Greenspan, Diep Tran, Heather Alicia Simms, Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, Nikiya Mathis, Ryan K. Haddad, and Taylor Renolds, led by co-chairs Wilson Chin and Haruna Lee. More than 300 productions were evaluated.
For more information or to view the winners' recorded acceptance speeches, visit ObieAwards.com.