1985 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 New American Play	Maria Irene Fornes	The Conduct of Life
Costume Design	Judy Dearing
Direction	John Malkovich	Balm in Gilead
Direction	Barbara Vann	Bound to Rise
Direction	Jerry Zaks	The Foreigner
Direction	Jerry Zaks	The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Ensemble Performance		The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Ensemble Performance	Everett Quinton, Charles Ludlam	The Mystery of Irma Vep

Lighting Design	Victor En Yu Tan
Music	Peter Gordon	Otello

Music	Max Roach	Shepardsets
Obie Committee	Erika Munk, Eileen Blumenthal, Michael Feingold, Robert Massa, Julius Novick, Ross Wetzsteon, Woodie King, Margot Lewitin
Obie Grant	Spiderwoman Theatre, The Production Company, Intar, The Richard Allen Center, The Split Britches Company
Performance	Jonathan Hadary	As Is
Performance	Laurie Metcalf	Balm in Gilead
Performance	John Turturro	Danny and the Deep Blue Sea


Performance	Anthony Heald	Digby
Performance	Anthony Heald	Henry V
Performance	Anthony Heald, Anthony Heald	The Foreigner
Performance	Dennis Boutsikaris	The Nest of the Woodgrouse

Playwriting	William M. Hoffman	As Is
Playwriting	Christopher Durang	The Marriage of Bette and Boo
Playwriting	Rosalyn Drexler	Transients Welcome
Set Design	Loren Sherman

Special Citations	Julie Taymor, Penn and Teller, The Asia Society
Special Citations	The Roy Hart Theater for Pagliacci	An Evening with Ekkard Schall
Special Citations	Spalding Gray	Swimming to Cambodia
Sustained Achievement	Meredith Monk
Sustained Excellence in Performance	Ron Vawter
Sustained Excellence of Performance	Frances Foster

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