Special citation to the Mehr Theatre Group for creation Blind Runner (St Ann’s Warehouse | Mehr Theatre Group | Waterwell | Under the Radar Festival | Nimruz)
A revolutionary piece in a time of revolutionary needs, Blind Runner took the New York City stage and challenged Western norms of language and narrative structure to deliver a piece with passion and full intensity. Performers gave their absolute selves in the form of a marathon of human emotions [with closed captions]. Mixed media served as a tool for accessibility and as an invitation to understand the other, the person running in front of us. A visual poem to us, the audience. For these reasons, the Obie judges award a Special Citation to Mehr Theatre Group.