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
There were no catagories assigned in 1969
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The Living Theatre
Frankenstein
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Jeff Weiss
The International Wrestling Match
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Julie Bovasso
Gloria & Esperanza
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Judith Malina
Antigone
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Julian Beck
Antigone
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Israel Horovitz
The Honest-to-God Schnozzola
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Jules Feiffer
Little Murders
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Ronald Tavel
The Boy on the Straight Back Chair
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Nathan George & Ron O'Neal
No Place to be Somebody
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Arlene Rothlein
The Poor Little Match Girl
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Theatre Genesis
Sustained Excellence
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Open Theatre
The Serpent
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Om Theatre
Riot
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Performance Group
Dionysus in '69
Obies Committee
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Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Pasolli, Jerry Tallmer, Ross Wetzsteon