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Award Season | Non-Equity Jeff Nominations and Obie Award Winners

Please join us in congratulating The Theatre School’s faculty, staff, and alumni who were nominated for 2024 Non-Equity Jeff Awards and won Obie Awards!​​ The ceremony for the Non-Equity Jeff Awards will be held on March 24 at the Harris Theater​.

Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominees 


REBECCA WILLINGHAM (MFA Directing ‘23) 
Director, Play 
Pro-Am | First Floor Theater

CLAUDIA QUESADA (BFA Acting ‘19) 
Performer in a Principal Role, Play 
An Educated Guess | Definition Theatre 

PHIL TIMBERLAKE (Former Faculty) 
Performer In a Principal Role, Short-run 
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol | Lifeline Theatre 

MANUEL ORTIZ (BFA Acting ‘12) 
Scenic Design 
The Tragedy of Macbeth 
Invictus Theatre Company 

LUCY ELKIN (BFA Costume Design ‘21) 
Costume Design 
The Secret Garden | Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre 

ETHAN KORVNE (BFA Sound Design ‘24) 
Sound Design 
Coronation | Refracted Theatre Company 

KEITH PARHAM (Lighting Design ‘98) 
Lighting Design 
Attempts on Her Life | TUTA Theatre 

SEOYOUNG PARK (MFA Acting ‘24) 
Ensemble - Play 
Attempts on Her Life | TUTA Theatre 

Obie Award Winner


PHILLIP JAMES BRANNON (BFA Acting ‘06) 
Special Citation
Ensemble of The Fires | SoHo Rep