1976 Village Voice Obie Awards
Winners and nominees from the Village Voice Obie Awards.
1976 Village Voice Obie Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best New American Play | David Mamet | American Buffalo |
| Best New American Play | David Mamet | Sexual Perversity in Chicago |
| Best Theatre Piece | Richard Foreman | Rhoda in Potatoland |
| Design | See Citations | |
| Direction | JoAnne Akalaitis | Cascando |
| Direction | Marshall Mason | Knock Knock |
| Direction | Marshall Mason | Serenading Louie |
| Obie Committee | Ross Wetzsteon, Carll Tucker, Arthur Sainer, Julius Novick, Erika Munk, Michael Feingold, Francoise Kourilsky | |
| Performance | Sammy Williams, Priscilla Lopez | A Chorus Line |
| Performance | Joyce Aaron | Academics |
| Performance | Mike Kellin | American Buffalo |
| Performance | Robert Christian | Blood Brothers |
| Performance | June Gable | Comedy of Errors |
| Performance | Crystal Field | Day Old Bread |
| Performance | Priscilla Smith | Good Woman of Setzuan |
| Performance | Roberts Blossom | Ice Age |
| Performance | Pamela Payton-Wright | Jesse and the Bandit Queen |
| Performance | Kate Manheim | Rhoda in Potatoland |
| Performance | David Warrilow | The Lost Ones |
| Performance | T. Miratti | The Shortchanged Review |
| Performance | Tony Lo Bianco | Yanks 3 Detroit 0 Top of the Seventh |
| Special Citations | Chile! Chile!, Neil Flanagan | |
| Special Citations | The Creators | A Chorus Line |
| Special Citations | Edward Bond | Bingo |
| Special Citations | Morton Lichter, Gordon Rogoff | Old Timers' Sexual Symphony |
| Special Citations | Meredith Monk | Quarry |
| Special Citations | Ralph Lee | The Halloween Parade |
| Special Citations for music | Philip Glass | Mabou Mines |
| Special Citations for Set design | Donald Brooks | The Tempest |
| Special Citations for Sets and costumes | Santo Loquasto | Comedy of Errors |
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