Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.[1]

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Projection Design
Awarded forOutstanding projection Design
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded2008
Currently held byPeter Nigrini for Hell's Kitchen (2024)
Websitedramadesk.org

Winners and nominees

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Source:[2]

2000s

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Year Designer Production
2008[3]
Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network Sunday in the Park with George
Paul Barritt Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Zachary Borovay A Catered Affair
Jim Findlay & Jeff Sugg The Slug Bearers of Karol Island
Lorna Heavey Macbeth
Tal Yarden The Misanthrope

2010s

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Year Designer Production
2013[4]
Peter Nigrini Here Lies Love
Jon Driscoll Chaplin: The Musical
Wendall K. Harrington Old Hats
Darrel Maloney Checkers
Pedro Pires Cirque du Soleil: Totem
Aaron Rhyne Wild With Happy
2014[5][6]
Aaron Rhyne A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence Cirkopolis
Sven Ortel A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shawn Sagady All The Way
Austin Switser Sontag: Reborn
Ben Rubin Arguendo
2015[7]
Finn Ross The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
59 Productions An American in Paris
Roger Hanna & Price Johnston Donogoo
Darrel Maloney Found
Peter Nigrini Our Lady of Kibeho
Austin Zwitser Big Love
2016[8][9]
Finn Ross American Psycho
Nicholas Hussong These Paper Bullets!
Darrel Maloney Tappin’ Thru Life
Peter Nigrini Dear Evan Hansen
Tal Yarden Lazarus
2017[10]
Aaron Rhyne Anastasia
Reid Farrington CasablancaBox
Elaine J. McCarthy Notes from the Field
Jared Mezzocchi Vietgone
John Narun Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward
2018[11]
Finn Ross and Ash J. Woodward Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
David Bengali Van Gogh’s Ear, Ensemble for the Romantic Century
Andrezj Goulding People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong
Peter Nigrini SpongeBob SquarePants
Finn Ross and Adam Young Mean Girls
2019
Peter England King Kong
Katherine Freer By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Luke Halls The Lehman Trilogy
Alex Basco Koch Be More Chill
Peter Nigrini Beetlejuice
Joshua Thorson Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

2020s

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Year Designer Production
2020
Luke Halls West Side Story
David Bengali Einstein's Dreams
Julia Frey Medea
Lisa Renkel and POSSIBLE Emojiland
Hannah Wasileski Fires in the Mirror
2021 No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[12]
2022
59 Productions Flying Over Sunset
David Bengali Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Stefania Bulbarella and Alex Basco Koch Space Dogs
Shawn Duan The Chinese Lady
Sven Ortel Thoughts of a Colored Man
2023
Andrzej Goulding Life of Pi
Simon Baker Wuthering Heights
Caite Hevner Between the Lines
Josh Higgason White Girl in Danger
Nicholas Hussong On That Day in Amsterdam
Johnny Moreno Public Obsceneties
2024
Peter Nigrini Hell's Kitchen
Eric Dunlap Our Class
Jared Mezzocchi Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy
Olivia Sebesky Melissa Etheridge: My Window
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew The Connector

References

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  1. ^ Drama Desk Awards "About Drama Desks Mission" Archived 2017-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Billy’ dominates Drama Desk Awards", Variety, May 17, 2009
  4. ^ Gordon Cox, "'Matilda,’ ‘Vanya and Sonia’ Score at the Drama Desks", Variety, May 19, 2013
  5. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Gentleman’s Guide’ Racks Up 12 Nominations for Drama Desk Awards", Variety, April 25, 2014
  6. ^ Gordon Cox, "Drama Desk Toasts Broadway’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ at 2014 Awards", Variety, June 1, 2014
  7. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Hamilton,’ ‘Curious Incident’ Top the 2015 Drama Desk Awards", Variety, May 31, 2015
  8. ^ Gordon Cox, "2016 Drama Desk Nominations: ‘She Loves Me,’ ‘American Psycho’ Earn Most Nods", Variety, April 28, 2016
  9. ^ Gordon Cox, "2016 Drama Desk Awards: ‘Shuffle Along,’ ‘The Humans’ Come Out on Top ", Variety, June 5, 2016
  10. ^ Gordon Cox, "'Hello, Dolly!’ Dominates 2017 Drama Desk Nominations", Variety, April 27, 2017
  11. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Carousel,’ ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Lead 2018 Drama Desk Nominations", Variety, April 26, 2018
  12. ^ 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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