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 for | Outstanding projection Design |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First awarded | 2008 |
| Currently held by | Peter Nigrini for Hell's Kitchen (2024) |
| Website | dramadesk.org |
Winners and nominees
editSource:[2]
2000s
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ Drama Desk Awards "About Drama Desks Mission" Archived 2017-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
- ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Billy’ dominates Drama Desk Awards", Variety, May 17, 2009
- ^ Gordon Cox, "'Matilda,’ ‘Vanya and Sonia’ Score at the Drama Desks", Variety, May 19, 2013
- ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Gentleman’s Guide’ Racks Up 12 Nominations for Drama Desk Awards", Variety, April 25, 2014
- ^ Gordon Cox, "Drama Desk Toasts Broadway’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ at 2014 Awards", Variety, June 1, 2014
- ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Hamilton,’ ‘Curious Incident’ Top the 2015 Drama Desk Awards", Variety, May 31, 2015
- ^ Gordon Cox, "2016 Drama Desk Nominations: ‘She Loves Me,’ ‘American Psycho’ Earn Most Nods", Variety, April 28, 2016
- ^ Gordon Cox, "2016 Drama Desk Awards: ‘Shuffle Along,’ ‘The Humans’ Come Out on Top ", Variety, June 5, 2016
- ^ Gordon Cox, "'Hello, Dolly!’ Dominates 2017 Drama Desk Nominations", Variety, April 27, 2017
- ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Carousel,’ ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Lead 2018 Drama Desk Nominations", Variety, April 26, 2018
- ^ 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.