Awards & Winners

1961 Obie Award

Check winners and nominations of 1961 Obie Award. Check awards winners of 6th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

6th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards

Obie Award for Best Actor

Khigh Dhiegh

Honored for : In the Jungle of Cities
Obie Award for Best Actress

Anne Meacham

Honored for : Hedda Gabler
Obie Award for Best Director

Gerald Freedman

Honored for : The Taming of the Shrew
Obie Award for Best New Play

Jean Genet

Honored for : The Blacks: A Clown Show
Obie Award for Best Music

Teiji Ito

Honored for : King Ubu, In the Jungle of Cities, Sotoba Komachi, The Damask Drum, Han's Crime
(For In the Jungle of Cities, Three Modern Japanese Plays, King Ubu)
Obie Award for Best Off-Off-Broadway Production

Theodore J. Flicker

Honored for : The Premise
Obie Award for Best Overall Production

David Ross

Honored for : Hedda Gabler
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Godfrey Cambridge

Honored for : The Blacks: A Clown Show
(Distinguished Performances (actors))
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

James Coco

Honored for : The Moon in the Yellow River
(Distinguished Performances (actors))
Obie Award for Special Citations

Bernard Frechtman

Honored for : The Blacks
(For his translation of The Blacks)
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor

Lester Rawlins

Honored for : Hedda Gabler
(Distinguished Performances (actors))
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Joan Hackett

Honored for : Call Me By My Rightful Name
(Distinguished Performances (actresses))
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Gerry Jedd

Honored for : She Stoops to Conquer
(Distinguished Performances (actresses))
Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress

Tanguturi Suryakumari

Honored for : The King of the Dark Chamber
(Distinguished Performances (actresses))