1978 Award Winners

• Special Citations
  • Ain't Misbehavin',
  • Eric Bentley,
  • Joseph Dunn and Irja Koljonen, Preface
  • James Lapine, Photograph
  • Jerry Mayer, Taud Show
  • Stuart Sherman,
  • Squat,
  • Winston Tong,
• Playwriting
  • No award given,
• Performance
  • Richard Bauer, "Landscape of the Body" and "The Dybbuk"
  • Nell Carter, Ain't Misbehavin'
  • Alma Cuervo, Uncommon Women
  • Swoosie Kurtz, Uncommon Women
  • Kaiulani Lee, Safe House
  • Bruce Myers, The Dybbuk
  • Lee S. Wilkof, The Present Tense
• Obie Committee
  • Michael Feingold, Terry Curtis Fox, Erika Munk, Julius Novick, Arthur Sainer, Ross Wetzsteon, Richard Eder, Gordon Rogoff,
• Lifetime Achievement
  • Peter Schumann's Bread & Puppet Theatre,
• Direction
  • Robert Allan Ackerman, Prayer for My Daughter
  • Thomas Bullard, Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act
  • Elizabeth Swados, Runaways
• Design
  • Garland Wright and John Arnone, K
  • Robert Yodice, Museum
• Best New American Play
  • Lee Breuer, Shaggy Dog Animation