Off-Broadway's Highest Honor

1976 Hosts

1976 Presenters

1976 Award Winners

  • Special Citations
    • The Creators, of "A Chorus Line"
    • Edward Bond, Bingo
      in the Yale Repertory Theatre production
    • Meredith Monk, Quarry
    • Morton Lichter and Gordon Rogoff, Old Timers' Sexual Symphony
    • Ralph Lee, The Halloween Parade
    • `Chile! Chile!",
    • Santo Loquasto, "Comedy of Errors"
      sets and costumes
    • Philip Glass, Mabou Mines
      music for
    • Donald Brooks, "The Tempest
      set design for
    • Neil Flanagan,
      distinguished contribution to Off-Off-Broadway theatre
  • Performance
    • Priscilla Smith, Good Woman of Setzuan
    • David Warrilow, The Lost Ones
    • Sammy Williams, A Chorus Line
    • Joyce Aaron, Academics
    • Roberts Blossom, Ice Age
    • Robert Christian, Blood Brothers
    • Crystal Field, Day Old Bread
    • June Gable, Comedy of Errors
    • Mike Kellin, American Buffalo
    • Tony Lo Bianco, Yanks 3 Detroit 0 Top of the Seventh
    • Priscilla Lopez, A Chorus Line
    • Kate Manheim, Rhoda in Potatoland
    • T. Miratti, he Shortchanged Review
    • Pamela Payton-Wright, Jesse and the Bandit Queen
  • Obie Committee
    • Michael Feingold, Francoise Kourilsky, Erika Munk, Julius Novick, Arthur Sainer, Carll Tucker, Ross Wetzsteon,
  • Direction
    • JoAnne Akalaitis, "Cascando'
    • Marshall Mason, "Knock Knock" and "Serenading Louie"
  • Design
    • See Citations,
  • Best Theatre Piece
    • Richard Foreman, Rhoda in Potatoland
  • Best New American Play
    • David Mamet, "American Buffalo" and "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"

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