Winners

Best Actor

• Seth Allen

  Futz

Best Director

• Tom O'Horgan

  Futz

Best Lighting

• John Dodd

  "The White Whore," "The Madness of Lady Bright," "Charles Dickens' `Christmas Carol"'

Distinguished Plays

• Sam Shepard

  La Turista

• Rochelle Owens

  Futz

• Henry Livings

  Eh?

Distinguished Performances

• Tom Aldredge

  "Measure for Measure," "Stock Up on Pepper Cause Turkey's Going to War"

• Terry Kiser

  Fortune and Men's Eyes

• Stacy Keach

  MacBird!

• Robert Salvio

  Hamp

• Robert Bonnard

  The Chairs

• Rip Torn

  The Deer Park

• Neil Flanagan

  The Madness of Lady Bright

• Eddie McCarty

  Kitchenette

• Bette Henritze

  "Measure for Measure," the Wilder plays, "The Distinguished Person," "The Rimers of Eldrich"

• Alvin Epstein

  Dynamite Tonite

Special Citations

• Tom Sankey for conceiving, writing, and performing

  The Golden Screw

• The Second Story Players

  for consistent seriousness of purpose and superior standards of production

• The Open Theatre

  for maintaining a laboratory where a company of actors, directors, and playwright confront the limits of contemporary theatre experience

• La Mama Troupe

  for presenting a repertory of distinguished Off-Off-Broadway plays to European audiences

• Jeff Weiss Joseph Cino Memorial Award, for his plays and for his performances in both

  `And That's How the Rent Gets Paid" and "A Funny Walk Home"

Obie Committee

• Robert Pasolli, Michael Smith, Ross Wetzsteon