1970 Village Voice Obie Awards

Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.

Note: Award winners appear on a red background.

Category	Nominee	Show
Best Foreign Play	Joe Orton	What the Butler Saw
Best Musical	Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford	The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
Best Musical	Robert Livingston, Will Holt, Gary William Friedman	The Me Nobody Knows
Best New American Play	Megan Terry	Approaching Simone
Best Performance	Sada Thompson	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Citations	Chelsea Theatre
Citations	Andre Gregory	Alice in Wonderland
Citations	Richard Foreman, Stanley Silverman	Elephant Ship

Citations	Gardner Compton	Emile Ardolino
Citations	Charles Ludlam	The Ridiculous Theatrical Company

Direction	Maxine Klein	Approaching Simone
Direction	Gilbert Moses	Slave Ship
Direction	Melvin Bernhardt	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Direction	Alan Arkin	The White House Murder Case
Distinguished Plays	Murray Mednick	The Deer Kill
Distinguished Plays	Vaclav Havel	The Increased Difficulty of Concentration


Performance	Vincent Gardenia	Passing Through Exotic Places
Performance	Pamela Payton-Wright	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Performance	Harold Gould	The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
Performance	Austin Pendleton	The Last Sweet Days of Isaac

Performance	Lee Kissman, Beeson Carroll	The Unseen Hand
Performance	Anthony Holland	The White House Murder Case
Performance	Ron Leibman	Transfers
Performance	Roberta Maxwell	Whistle in the Dark

Performance	Rue McClanahan	Who's Happy Now?

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