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68th Obie Awards: Paul Zimet Acceptance Speech

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If theater is where body, ritual, and phenomena exist in temporal relationship, then perhaps theater legacy exists within individual bodies who carry the dream, the memories, the praxis over time. These three artists, all former members of Joseph Chaikin’s Open Theater, started their own theater company in 1974, and have since contributed vibrantly to off-Broadway’s avant-garde landscape, committed to a rigorous but zany, playful but serious, profoundly theatrical aesthetic. For those of us who have had the pleasure of working with them, each opportunity to do so has been nothing short of a privilege. It is rare for a company to be putting up work for fifty years! Just this season they produced three original plays (you read that right…three!) that fully engaged audiences intellectually and emotionally—both on their own and in collaboration with 600 Highwaymen and with Mabou Mines. For their remarkable achievements over five decades and for being a source of inspiration to theater makers who aspire toward longevity, sustainability, and continuing their work at full throttle, the judges are thrilled to have awarded an Obie for Lifetime Achievement to THE TALKING BAND’s PAUL ZIMET, ELLEN MADDOW, and TINA SHEPARD.

For more information and winners visit ➡️ https://www.obieawards.com

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