The 1960s saw the beginnings of Edward Albee with his first play, The Zoo Story, receiving an Obie. Colleen Dewhurst, Samuel Beckett, and Robert Duvall were just a few who garnered the award, while an up and coming Dustin Hoffman received the Obie for his performance in The Exhaustion of Our Son's Love.
Winners
Best Actor
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George C. Scott
Desire Under the Elms
Best Actress
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Colleen Dewhurst
Desire Under the Elms
Best Director
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Alan Schneider
The Pinter Plays
Best Production (Play)
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Luigi Pirandello, directed by William Ball
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Best Production (Musical)
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The Boys from Syracuse
Distinguished Performances
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Olympia Dukakis
A Man's a Man
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Michael O'Sullivan
Six Characters in Search of An Author
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Madeleine Sherwood
Hey You, Light Man!
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Joseph Chaikin
Man is Man
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James Patterson
`The Collection" in The Pinter plays
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Jacqueline Brookes
Six Characters in Search of An Author
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Eli Wallach
"The Typists" and "The Tiger"
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Anne Jackson
"The Typists" and "The Tiger"
Special Citations
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The Second City
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Jean Erdman
The Coach with the Six Insides
Obie Committee
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John Gassner, Norman Nadel, Michael Smith