Awards & Winners

1957 Obie Award

Check winners and nominations of 1957 Obie Award. Check awards winners of 2nd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

2nd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards

Obie Award for Best Actor

William Smithers

Honored for : The Sea Gull
Obie Award for Best Actress

Colleen Dewhurst

Honored for : The Taming of the Shrew, The Eagle Has Two Heads, Camille
Obie Award for Best All-Around Production

Burry Fredrik, Daniel S. Brown

Honored for : Exiles
Obie Award for Best Director

Gene Frankel

Honored for : Volpone
Obie Award for Best New Play

Louis A. Lippa

Honored for : A House Remembered
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Thayer David

Honored for : Saint Joan, Oscar Wilde
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Michael Kane

Honored for : Exiles
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Arthur Malet

Honored for : The Misanthrope, The Apollo of Bellac, Volpone
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Marguerite Lenert

Honored for : House of Breath
Obie Award for Special Citations

Paul Shyre

Honored for : I Knock at the Door, Pictures in the Hallway, USA
(for bringing O'Casey to Off-Broadway)
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Betty Miller

Honored for : Exiles
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Jutta Wolf

Honored for : Exiles