Awards & Winners

1981 Obie Award

Check winners and nominations of 1981 Obie Award. Check awards winners of 26th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

26th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards

Obie Award for Best New American Play

David Henry Hwang

Honored for : FOB
Obie Award for Best Production

Emily Mann

Honored for : Still Life
Obie Award for Design

Manuel Lutgenhorst, Douglas E. Ball

Honored for : Request Concert
Obie Award for Direction

Melvin Bernhardt

Honored for : Crimes of the Heart
Obie Award for Direction

Wilford Leach

Honored for : The Pirates of Penzance
Obie Award for Direction

Toby Robertson

Honored for : Pericles
Obie Award for Performance

William Sadler

Honored for : Limbo Tales
Obie Award for Performance

Timothy Near

Honored for : Still Life
Obie Award for Playwriting

Charles Fuller

Honored for : Zooman and the Sign
Obie Award for Playwriting

Amlin Gray

Honored for : How I Got That Story
Obie Award for Performance

Michele Shay

Honored for : Meetings
Obie Award for Costume Design

Bloolips

Honored for : Lust in Space
Obie Award for Special Citations

JoAnne Akalaitis, Mabou Mines

Honored for : Dead End Kids
Obie Award for Special Citations

Joseph Chaikin, The Winter Project

Honored for : Tourists and Refugees
Obie Award for Special Citations

Bill Irwin

(for his inspired clowning)
Obie Award for Special Citations

Bruce Myers

Honored for : A Dybbuk for Two People
Obie Award for Special Citations
Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design
Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement

Negro Ensemble Company

(Obie Award for Sustained Achievement)
Obie Award for Performance

Meryl Streep

Honored for : Alice in Concert
Obie Award for Performance

Mary McDonnell

Honored for : Still Life
Obie Award for Performance

John Spencer

Honored for : Still Life
Obie Award for Performance

Mary Beth Hurt

Honored for : Crimes of the Heart
Obie Award for Performance

Kevin Kline

Honored for : The Pirates of Penzance
Obie Award for Performance

John Lone

Honored for : FOB, The Dance and the Railroad
Obie Award for Performance

Giancarlo Esposito

Honored for : Zooman and the Sign
Obie Award for Performance

Christopher Walken

Honored for : The Seagull
Obie Award for Performance

Bob Gunton

Honored for : How I Got That Story
Obie Award for Direction

Len Jenkin

Honored for : Limbo Tales
Obie Award for Playwriting

Len Jenkin

Honored for : Limbo Tales
(script and direction)