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 Performance
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Gloria Foster
In White America
Best Direction
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Judith Malina
The Brig
Best Play
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Samuel Beckett
Play
Best American Play
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LeRoi Jones
Dutchman
Best Design
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Julian Beck
The Brig
Best Music
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Al Carmines
"Home Movies" and "What Happened"
Best Production (Play)
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Living Theatre
The Brig
Best Production (Musical)
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Judson Poets Theatre
What Happened
Distinguished Performances
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Taylor Mead
The General Returns from One Place to Another
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Ronald Weyand
The Lesson
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Philip Bruns
Mr. Simian
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Marian Seldes
The Ginger Man
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Lee Grant
The Maids
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Joyce Ebert
The Trojan Women
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Jack Warden
Epiphany
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Estelle Parsons
"Next Time I'll Sing to You" and "In the Summer House"
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Diana Sands
The Living Premise
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David Hurst
A Month in the Country
Distinguished Plays
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Rosalyn Drexler
Home Movies
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Adrienne Kennedy
Funnyhouse of a Negro
Distinguished Direction
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Lawrence Kornfeld
What Happened
Special Citations
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Judson Memorial Church
for its sponsorship of experiment and experimenters in the performing arts, through the Judson Poets' Theatre and the Judson Dance Theatre
Obie Committee
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Richard Gilman, Gordon Rogoff, Michael Smith