▁( Best ▁A ctor : ▁S ados ki , ▁Best ▁Director : ▁Terry ▁Kin ney ▁and ▁Best ▁Play ), ▁two ▁Out er ▁Crit ics ▁Circle ▁Award ▁nomin ations ▁( Best ▁A ctor : ▁S ados ki , ▁Best ▁New ▁Play ), ▁and ▁three ▁D rama ▁League ▁Award ▁nomin ations ▁( Best ▁Play , ▁Dist ingu ished ▁Performance ▁Awards : ▁S ados ki ▁and ▁Ireland ). ▁Neil ▁La B ute ▁cred its ▁S ados ki ▁for ▁insp iring ▁the ▁crit ically ▁noted ▁change ▁in ▁tone ▁in ▁reasons ▁to ▁be ▁pretty ▁from ▁the ▁play w right ' s ▁earlier ▁works ▁saying : ▁“ H is ▁own ▁thought ful ness ▁and ▁good ▁heart ▁helped ▁me ▁to ▁not ▁fall ▁back ▁on ▁anything ▁that ▁I ▁had ▁done ▁before . ▁My ▁plays ▁usually ▁end ▁dark ly . ▁I ▁always ▁thought ▁that ▁was ▁real ▁life , ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁always ▁sh ades ▁of ▁gray , ▁but ▁he ▁helped ▁me ▁see ▁some ▁other ▁colors ▁in ▁the ▁p alette .” ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁origin ated ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁' T rip ▁Wy eth ' ▁in ▁Jon ▁Robin ▁B ait z ' s ▁Other ▁Des ert ▁C ities ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁won ▁an ▁Ob ie ▁Award ▁and ▁Luc ille ▁L ort el ▁Award . ▁The ▁play ▁( which , ▁also ▁after ▁a ▁sold ▁out ▁Off - B road way ▁run , ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁Broadway ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 ) ▁was ▁named ▁Out standing ▁New ▁Off - B road way ▁Play ▁by ▁the ▁Out er