1978–1979 Obie Awards

Best New American Play	Michael McClure, Josephine
Playwriting	Rosalyn Drexler, The Writer's Opera
	Susan Miller, Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks
	Richard Nelson, Vienna Notes
	Bernard Pomerance, The Elephant Man
	Sam Shepard, Buried Child
Direction	Maria Irene Fornes, Eyes on the Harem
	Jack Holssiss, The Elephant Man
Performances	Mary Alice, Nongogo and Julius Caesar
	Philip Anglim, The Elephant Man
	Joseph Buloff, The Price
	Constance Cummings, Wings
	Fred Gwynne, Grand Magic
	Judd Hirsch, Talley's Folly
	Marcell Rosenblatt, Vienna Notes
	Elizabeth Wilson, Taken in Marriage
Design	Theatre X, set design and lighting design, A Fierce Longing
	Jennifer Tipton, Public Theatre, set design and lighting design
Sustained Achievement	Al Carmines