1970 Award Winners

• Special Citations
  • Charles Ludlam, The Ridiculous Theatrical COmpany,
  • John Vaccaro, Theatre of the Ridiculous,
  • Richard Foreman, Stanley Silverman, Richard Foreman, Stanley Silverman
  • Gardner Compton, Emile Ardolino, (projected media for "Oh! Calcutta!"
  • Chelsea Theatre Center for distinguished production,
  • Andre Gregory, Alice in Wonderland
• Set Design
  • No award given,
• Obie Committee
  • Jack Kroll, John Lahr, John Simon,
• Music
  • No award given,
• Distinguished Plays
  • Murray Mednick, The Deer Kill
  • Vaclav Havel, The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
• Distinguished Performances
  • Beeson Carroll, The Unseen Hand
  • Vincent Gardenia, Passing Through Exotic Places
  • Harold Gould, The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
  • Anthony Holland, The White House Murder Case
  • Lee Kissman, The Unseen Hand
  • Ron Leibman, Transfers
  • Rue McClanahan, Who's Happy Now?
  • Roberta Maxwell, Whistle in the Dark
  • Austin Pendleton, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
  • Fredericka Weber, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
  • Pamela Payton-Wright, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
• Distinguished Direction
  • Alan Arkin, The White House Murder Case
  • Melvin Bernhardt, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
  • Maxine Klein, Approaching Simone
  • Gilbert Moses, Slave Ship
• Costumes
  • No award given,
• Best Performance
  • Sada Thompson, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
• Best Musical
  • Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
  • Robert Livingston, Gary William Friedman, Will Holt, The Me Nobody Knows
• Best Foreign Play
  • Joe Orton, What the Butler Saw
• Best American Play
  • Paul Zindel, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
  • Megan Terry, Approaching Simone