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By: May. 20, 2014
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The 59th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards, celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony last night at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards ceremony was co-hosted by Tamara Tunie and Hamish Linklater. The awards were presented by Betsy Aidem, Harvey Fierstein, Lena Hall, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Andy Karl, David Bar Katz, Cristin Milioti, Kelli O'Hara, Lily Rabe and Stephen Trask. BroadwayWorld was there for the ceremony and you can check out photo coverage of the winners backstage below!

Newly minted Obie winner Sydney Lucas performed RING OF KEYS from this year's highly acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, FUN HOME.

Highlights of the 2014 included the Lifetime Achievement Award presentd to Estelle Parsons, 86, for her extraordinary multifaceted life in the theater. Sydney Lucas, 10, became the youngest recipient in the history of the Obies. The show FUN HOME was also honored by the Obies with awards for author Lisa Kron, composer Jeanine Tesori and directorSam Gold. Click here for a full ist of winners!

The Village Voice Obie Awards are presented by STELLA ARTOIS and benefiting A.R.T./ New York (Alliance of Residence Theaters). Additional sponsors include Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Once the Musical and The New York Botanical Gardens . Congratulations to all of this years winners!

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

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Hamish Linklater

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Andy Karl

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein

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Harvey Fierstein and Andy Karl

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Harvey Fierstein and Andy Karl

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Harvey Fierstein, Kelli O'Hara and Andy Karl

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Harvey Fierstein, Kelli O'Hara and Andy Karl

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Kelli O'Hara

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Kelli O'Hara

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LaTanya Richardson

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LaTanya Richardson

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Tamara Tunie

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Tamara Tunie

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Julianne Michelle

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Lena Hall

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Lena Hall

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Lena Hall and Stephen Trask

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Stephen Trask

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Stephen Trask

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Will Eno

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Mary Louise Burke

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BranDon Jacobs Jenkins

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John Earl Jelks

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JohAnna Day

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Larry Pine

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Larry Pine

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Mia Katigbak

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Estelle Parsons

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K. Todd Freeman

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Sonya Tayeh

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Sonya Tayeh

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Emmanuel Brown

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Ben Rubin

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Eric Southern

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Justin Townsend

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Sydney Lucas

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Oliver Butler

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Mallory Catlett

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Jiyoun Chang

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Hannah Wasileski

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Heather Christian

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Sydney Lucas

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Lucy Thurber

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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater-David Van Asseit and David Bay Katz

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Cristin Miloti and Sydney Lucas

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Cristin Milioti

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Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons

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Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons

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Sydney Lucas and Estelle Parsons

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Liesl Tommy

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John Ellison Conlee

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Chris Myers

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Jeanine Tesori, Sam Gold and Lisa Kron

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Award for James MacDonald accepted by Jim Nicola

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600 Highwaymen-Abagail Browde and Michael Silverstone

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Lily Rabe

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Abrons Arts Center-Jay Wegman

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Chris Kerson and Hyewon Yi

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48 Hours in Harlem-Bryan Glover, Eric Lockley, Garlia Jones and Sandra Daley-Shariff

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