1971 Award Winners

• Special Citations
  • Orlando Furioso,
• Obie Committee
  • Harold Clurman, John Lahr, Edith Oliver,
• Music
  • No award given,
• Distinguished Production
  • The Trial of the Catonsville 9,
• Distinguished Plays
  • Ed Bullins, "The Fabulous Miss Maria," "In New England Winter"
  • David Rabe,
• Distinguished Performances
  • Susan Batson,
  • Margaret Braidwood,
  • Hector Elizondo,
  • Donald Ewer,
  • Sonny Jim (Gaines),
  • Stacy Keach,
  • Harris Laskawy,
  • Joan MacIntosh,
  • William Schallert,
  • James Woods,
  • Kirk Kirksey,
• Distinguished Direction
  • John Berry, Boesman and Lona
  • John Hirsch, AC/DC
  • Gordon Davidson, The Trial of the Catonsville 9
  • Jeff Bleckner, Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
  • Larry Kornfeld, Dracula Sabbat
• Costumes
  • No award given,
• Best Performance By An Actress
  • Ruby Dee, Boesman and Lena
• Best Performance By An Actor
  • Jack MacGowan, Beckett
• Best Foreign Play
  • Athol Fugard, Boesman and Lena
  • Heathcote Williams, AC/DC
  • Derek Walcott, Dream on Monkey Mountain
• Best American Play
  • John Guare, House of Blue Leaves