The 2001–2002 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 20, 2002, at New York's Webster Hall.
| Playwriting: | Melissa James Gibson, (sic); |
| Tony Kushner, Homebody/Kabul |
| Direction: | George C. Wolfe, Topdog/Underdog; |
| Mary Zimmerman, Metamorphoses |
| Performance: | Bill Camp, Homebody/Kabul; |
| Reg E. Cathey, James Himelsbach, Karen Kandel, Anthony Mackie, John Seitz, Maria Tucci (ensemble), Talk; |
| Christopher Donahue, Monster; |
| Linda Emond, Homebody/Kabul; |
| Raul Esparza, Tick, Tick…Boom!; |
| Juliana Francis, Maria del Bosco; |
| Peter Frechette and Reg Rogers, The Dazzle; |
| Yvette Ganier, Breath, Boom; |
| Martha Plimpton, Hobson's Choice; |
| Jeffrey Wright, Topdog/Underdog |
| Design: | Kevin Adams, sustained excellence of lighting design; |
| Marilys Ernst, video for Talk; |
| Angela Moore and Michael Schmelling, set and lighting design of Drummer Wanted; |
| Whit MacLaughlin, sound design for The Fab 4 Reach the Pearly Gates |
| Special Citations: | A.R.T./NY for support of Off-Broadway theater; |
| Daniel Aukin and Louisa Thompson, direction and set design, (sic); |
| Ingmar Bergman and the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden, The Ghost Sonata; |
| Daniel MacIvor, In on It; |
| Charles L. Mee and Les Waters, playwriting and direction, Big Love; |
| Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch at Liberty; |
| The Wooster Group; To You, the Birdie! |
| Sustained Achievement: | Caryl Churchill |
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