2018 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2018 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Ensemble Award | Myra Lucretia Taylor, Mirirai Sithole, Abena Mensah-Bonsu, Nike Kadri, Zainab Jah, Paige Gilbert, MaameYaa Boafo, Nabiyah Be | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Evan Ruggiero | Bastard Jones |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Joshua Henry | Carousel |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jelani Alladin | Frozen |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Harry Hadden-Paton | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Ethan Slater | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Andrew Garfield | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | James McArdle | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Paul Sparks | At Home at the Zoo |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Johnny Flynn | Hangmen |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hollander | Travesties |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jessie Mueller | Carousel |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Ashley Park | KPOP |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gizel Jimenez | Miss You Like Hell |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | LaChanze | Summer |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Carrie Coon | Mary Jane |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Denise Gough | People, Places & Things |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Glenda Jackson | Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf | Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Billie Piper | Yerma |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Peter Kellogg | Desperate Measures |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Tina Fey | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Hannah Moscovitch | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Kyle Jarrow | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Dede M. Ayite | Bella: An American Tall Tale |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Gregg Barnes | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Catherine Zuber | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Clint Ramos | Once on this Island |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | David Zinn | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Jonathan Fensom | Farinelli and the King |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Katrina Lindsay | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Dede M. Ayite | School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Ann Roth | Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Emilio Sosa | Venus |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jack O'Brien | Carousel |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Teddy Bergman | KPOP |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Tina Landau | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Marianne Elliott | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | John Tiffany | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Lila Neugebauer | Miles for Mary |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Jeremy Herrin | People, Places & Things |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello | Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Simon Stone | Yerma |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Alexander Gemignani | Carousel |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Grey Henson | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Tony Yazbeck | Prince of Broadway |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Gavin Lee | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Damon Daunno | The Lucky Ones |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ben Edelman | Admissions |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Nathan Lane | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Gregg Mozgala | Cost of Living |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Anthony Boyle | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Brian Tyree Henry | Lobby Hero |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | David Morse | The Iceman Cometh |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lindsay Mendez | Carousel |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kate Rockwell, Ashley Park | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Diana Rigg | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kenita R. Miller | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jamie Brewer | Amy and the Orphans |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Constance Shulman | Bobbie Clearly |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Deirdre O'Connell | Fulfillment Center |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Jocelyn Bioh | In the Blood |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Barbara Marten | People, Places & Things |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Steve Rankin | Carousel |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | J. David Brimmer | Is God Is |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Unkle Dave's Fight House | Oedipus El Rey |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Brian MacDevitt | Carousel |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | KPOP |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Louisa Adamson | Old Stock: A Refuge Love Story |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer | Once on this Island |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Amith Chandrashaker | The Lucky Ones |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Natasha Chivers | 1984 |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Paul Russell | Farinelli and the King |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Neil Austin | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Alan C. Edwards | Kill Move Paradise |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Paul Gallo | Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Peter Kellogg | Desperate Measures |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Helen Park, Max Vernon | KPOP |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Nell Benjamin | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Quiara Alegría Hudes, Erin McKeown | Miss You Like Hell |
| Outstanding Music | David Friedman | Desperate Measures |
| Outstanding Music | Helen Park, Max Vernon | KPOP |
| Outstanding Music | Erin McKeown | Miss You Like Hell |
| Outstanding Music | Ben Caplan, Christian Barry | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story |
| Outstanding Music | The Bengsons | The Lucky Ones |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Justin Levine | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Adrian Sutton | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Imogen Heap | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Justin Hicks | Mlima's Tale |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Amatus Karim-Ali | The Homecoming Queen |
| Outstanding Musical | Desperate Measures | Desperate Measures |
| Outstanding Musical | KPOP | KPOP |
| Outstanding Musical | Mean Girls | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Musical | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story |
| Outstanding Musical | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | Carousel |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Erin McKeown, Charlie Rosen | Miss You Like Hell |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Annmarie Milazzo, John Bertles, Michael Starobin | Once on this Island |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Jonathan Tunick | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Kitt | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Play | Joshua Harmon | Admissions |
| Outstanding Play | Amy Herzog | Mary Jane |
| Outstanding Play | The Mad Ones | Miles for Mary |
| Outstanding Play | Duncan Macmillan | People, Places & Things |
| Outstanding Play | Jocelyn Bioh | School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Ash J. Woodward, Finn Ross | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Adam Young, Finn Ross | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Andrezj Goulding | People, Places & Things |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Peter Nigrini | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Projection Design | David Bengali | Van Gogh's Ear |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Jonathan Levin, Sarah Nolan, Charle Kanev | A Hunger Artist |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Michael Curry | Frozen |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Vandy Wood | The Artificial Jungle |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Amerike-The Golden Land | Amerike-The Golden Land |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Carousel | Carousel |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | My Fair Lady | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Once on This Island | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Pacific Overtures | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Angels in America | Angels in America |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Hindle Wakes | Hindle Wakes |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | In the Blood | In the Blood |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Three Tall Women | Three Tall Women |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Travesties | Travesties |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Santo Loquasto | Carousel |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Christian Barry, Louisa Adamson | Old Stock: A Refuge Love Story |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Dan Laffrey | Once on this Island |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Beowulf Boritt | Prince of Broadway |
| Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | David Zinn | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jon Levin | A Hunger Artist |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Billy Crudup | Harry Clarke |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Sophie Melville | Iphigenia in Splott |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | David Greenspan | Strange Interlude |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Lesli Margherita | Who's Holiday! |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Scott Lehrer | Carousel |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Will Pickens | KPOP |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Dan Moses Schreier | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Kai Harada | The Band's Visit |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Tim Gibbons | 1984 |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Brendan Aanes | Balls |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Gareth Fry | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Tim Gibbons | People, Places & Things |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Palmer Hefferan | Today is My Birthday |
| Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Stefan Gregory | Yerma |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Campbell Young Associates | Farinelli and the King |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Carole Hancock | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Josh Marquette | Mean Girls |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Cookie Jordan | School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Charles G. LaPointe | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Sam Norkin Award | Juan Castano | |
| Special Award | Sean Carvajal, Edi Gathegi | Jesus Hopped the A Train |
| The Chase Award for Unique Theatrical Experience | Derren Brown: Secret | Derren Brown: Secret |
| The Chase Award for Unique Theatrical Experience | Master | Master |
| The Chase Award for Unique Theatrical Experience | Say Something Bunny! | Say Something Bunny! |
| The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Louisa Thompson | In the Blood |
| The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Maruti Evans | Kill Move Paradise |
| The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Bunny Christie | People, Places & Things |
| The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Miriam Buether | Three Tall Women |
| The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Lizzie Clachan | Yerma |
| The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography | Justin Peck | Carousel |
| The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography | Casey Nicholaw | Mean Girls |
| The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography | Camille A. Brown | Once on this Island |
| The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography | Christopher Gattelli | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| The LaDuca Award for Outstanding Choreography | Nejla Yatkin | The Boy Who Danced on Air |
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