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1980–1981 Obie Awards

Best New American Play	David Henry Hwang, FOB
Best Production	Emily Mann, Still Life
Playwriting	Charles Fuller, Zooman and the Sign
	Amlin Gray, How I Got That Story
	Len Jenkin, Limbo Tales
Direction	Melvin Bernhardt, Crimes of the Heart
	Wilford Leach, The Pirates of Penzance
	Toby Robertson, Pericles
Performances	Giancarlo Esposito, Zooman and the Sign
	Bob Gunton, How I Got That Story
	Mary Beth Hurt, Crimes of the Heart
	Kevin Kline, The Pirates of Penzance
	John Lone, FOB and The Dance and the Railroad
	Mary McDonnel, Still Life
	Timothy Near, Still Life
	William Sadler, Limbo Tales
	Michele Shay, Meetings
	John Spencer, Still Life
	Meryl Streep, Alice in Concert
	Christopher Walken, The Sea Gulf
Design	Bloolips, costume design, Lust in Space
	Manuel Lutgenhorst and Douglas Ball, Request Concert
	June Maeda, sustained excellence in set design
	Donnie Perichy, sustained excellence in lighting design
Sustained Achievement	Negro Ensemble Company

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