Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play

Summary

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Awarded forOutstanding Costume Design for a Play
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded2016
Currently held byEmilio Sosa for Ain't No Mo' (2023)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The award was established in 1969, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2016, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.

Winners and nominees edit

2010s edit

Year Designer Production
2016
Anita Yavich The Legend of Georgia McBride
Jessica Ford These Paper Bullets!
Martha Hally Women Without Men
Constance Hoffman Pericles
William Ivey Long Shows for Days
2017
Jane Greenwood The Little Foxes
Susan Hilferty Present Laughter
Murell Horton The Liar
Toni-Leslie James Jitney
Stewart Laing The Hairy Ape
Ann Roth The Front Page
2018
Jonathan Fensom Farinelli and the King
Dede M. Ayite School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Katrina Lindsay Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Ann Roth Three Tall Women
Emilio Sosa Venus
2019
Toni-Leslie James Bernhardt/Hamlet
Dede M. Ayite By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka
Ásta Bennie Hostetter Mrs. Murray's Menagerie
Nicole Slaven Henry VI: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts

2020s edit

Year Designer Production
2020
Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn The Confession of Lily Dare
Asa Benally Blues for an Alabama Sky
Montana Levi Blanco Fefu and Her Friends
Toni-Leslie James for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Antony McDonald Judgment Day
Kaye Voyce Coriolanus
2021 No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1]
2022
Jennifer Moeller Clyde's
Linda Cho The Chinese Lady
Gregory Gale Fairycakes
Tilly Grimes The Alchemist
Qween Jean On Sugarland
2023 Emilio Sosa Ain't No Mo'
Kara Branch According to the Chorus
Enver Chakartash Public Obscenities
Qween Jean Wedding Band
Sarah Laux Wish You Were Here
Roberto Surace Peter Pan Goes Wrong


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References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.

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