1981–1982 Obie Awards

Best New American Plays	Metamorphosis in Miniature
	Mr. Dead and Mrs. Free
Best Theater Piece	Tadeusz Kantor, Wielopole, Wielopole
Playwriting	Robert Auletta, Stops and Virgins
	Caryl Churchill, Cloud 9
Direction	Tommy Tune, Cloud 9
Performances	Kevin Bacon, Forty Deuce and Poor Little Lambs
	James Barbosa, Soon Jack November
	Ray Dooley, Peer Gynt
	Christine Estabrook, Pastorale
	Michael Gross, No End of Blame
	E. Katherine Karr, Cloud 9
	Kenneth McMillan, Weekends Like Other People
	Kevin O'Connor, Chucky's Hunch, Birdbath and Crossing the Crab Nebula
	Carole Shelley, Twelve Dreams
	Josef Sommer, Lydie Breeze
	Irene Worth, The Chalk Garden
Distinguished Ensemble Performances	Lisa Banes, Brenda Currin, Elizabeth McGovern and Beverly May, My Sister in This House
	Adolph Caesar, Larry Riley and Denzel Washington, A Soldier's Play
Design	Jim Clayburgh, sustained excellence in set design
	Arden Fingerhut, sustained excellence in lighting design
Sustained Achievement	Maria Irene Fornes