1962 Award Winners

• Special Citations
  • Ellis Rabb,
    for conceiving and maintaining the Association of Producing Artists (APA)
  • , The Hostage
    for using the best possibilities of Off Broadway to convey the essence of Brendan Behan
• Obie Committee
  • ,
    Edward Albee, Walter Kerr, Jerry Tallmer
• Music
  • No award given,
• Distinguished Plays
  • No award given,
• Distinguished Performances (actresses)
  • Sudie Bond, Theatre of the Absurd
  • Vinnette Carroll, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
  • Rosemary Harris, APA Repertory
  • Ruth White, Happy Days
• Distinguished Performances (actors)
  • Clayton Corzatte, APA Repertory
  • Geoff Garland, The Hostage
  • Gerald O'Loughlin, Who'll Save the Plowboy?
  • Paul Roebling, This Side of Paradise
• Distinguished Direction
  • No award given,
• Costumes
  • No award given,
• Best Set
  • Norris Houghton, Who'll Save the Plowboy?
• Best Musical
  • C. Jackson, James Hatch and Jerome Eskow, Fly Blackbird
• Best Foreign Play
  • Samuel Beckett, Happy Days
    Walter Kerr abstaining
• Best Director
  • No award given,
• Best American Play
  • Frank D. Gilroy, Who'll Save the Plowboy?
• Best Actress
  • Barbara Harris, Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
• Best Actor
  • James Earl Jones, "Clandestine on the Morning Line," "The Apple," "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl"
    New York Shakespeare Festival