1965 Award Winners

• Special Citations
  • The Paper Bag Players,
    for raising the level of children's theatre through intelligence, imagination, and respect for its audiences
  • Caffe Cino and Cafe La Mama,
    for creating opportunities for new playwrights to confront audiences and gain experience of the real theatre
• Set Design
  • No award given,
• Obie Committee
  • ,
    Richard Gilman, Gordon Rogoff, Michael Smith
• Music
  • No award given,
• Distinguished Plays
  • Maria Irene Fornes, "Promenade" and "The Successful Life of 3"
• Distinguished Performances
  • Brian Bedford, The Knack
  • Robert Duvall, A View from the Bridge
  • Roberts Blossom, Do Not Pass Go
  • Rosemary Harris, APA Repertory
  • Joseph Chaikin, "Victims of Duty" and "The Exception and the Rule"
  • James Earl Jones, Baal
  • Margaret De Priest, The Place for Chance
  • Frances Sternhagen, "The Room" and "A Slight Ache"
  • Dean Dittmann, The Cradle Will Rock
  • Sada Thompson, Tartuffe
• Distinguished Direction
  • No award given,
• Best Musical Production
  • , The Cradle Will Rock
• Best Foreign Play
  • No award given,
• Best Direction
  • Ulu Grosbard, A View from the Bridge
• Best Costumes
  • Willa Kim, The Old Glory
• Best American Play
  • Robert Lowell, The Old Glory