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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Khigh Dhiegh
In the Jungle of Cities
Best Actress
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Anne Meacham
Hedda Gabler
Best Director
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Gerald A. Freedman
The Taming of the Shrew
Best Music
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Teiji Ito
In the Jungle of Cities," "Three Modern Japanese Plays, King Ubu
Best New Play
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Jean Genet
The Blacks
Best Off-Off-Broadway Production
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Theodore Flicker
The Premise
Best Overall Production
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David Ross
Hedda Gabler
Distinguished Performances Aactors)
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Godfrey M. Cambridge
The Blacks
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James Coco
The Moon in the Yellow River
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Lester Rawlins
Hedda Gabler
Distinguished Performances (Actresses)
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Joan Hackett
Call Me By My Rightful Name
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Gerry Jedd
She Stoops to Conquer
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Surya Kumari
The King of the Darn Chamber
Special Citations
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Bernard Frechtman
The Blacks for his translation
Obie Committee
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Harold Clurman
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Jerry Tallmer
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Tom Driver