The 65th Annual Obie Awards ceremony, scheduled on YouTube Thursday, June 4 have been postponed. A new date will be announced later. The annual Obie Awards are presented for excellence in Off and Off Off Broadway theater.
Heather Hitchens, president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, which presents the awards with The Village Voice said, “Our hearts are heavy and our souls are weary. This is a time for reflection and mourning, for action and activism. It is not a time for celebration or diversion. The most recent examples of racial violence and injustice in America against the black community that culminated in the senseless and unjust killing of George Floyd are devastating and have added to a persistent and truly horrific narrative about who America is as a nation.”
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