Dear Evan Hansen Tony Nominees Pasek & Paul Among Presenters at 2017 Obie Awards

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, past Obie winners and current Tony nominees for Dear Evan Hansen, will present at the 2017 Obie Awards on May 22. The yearly celebration of off-Broadway will take place at Webster Hall.

Also set to present will be Chris Cooper, Rose Byrne, Edie Falco, Jayne Houdyshell, Lena Hall, Jefferson Mays, LaChanze, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Taylor Mac, Darius de Haas, Mike Faist, J. Smith-Cameron, David Henry Hwang, Derek McLane, William Ivey Long, Emilio Sosa, Peter Barbey, and chair of the Obie Judges Michael Feingold.

The evening will include special performances by Hall, Rubin-Vega, Katrina Lenk, Kecia Lewis, Austin Reed Alleman, Jessie Shelton, Storm Thomas, William Youmans and Daniel Bellomy.

As was previously announced, Lea DeLaria will return as host, with Indecent playwright Paula Vogel receiving a special Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement.

The Obie Awards were founded by The Village Voice and are co-presented with the American Theatre Wing (the co-producer of the Tony Awards). The Village Voice created the Obie Awards, soon after the publication's own inception in 1955. The American Theatre Wing is now in a long-term partnership with the Voice to co-present the Obies, off-Broadway’s highest honor.