2022 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2022 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Ensemble Award | Anna Uzele, Samantha Pauly, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Andrea Macasaet, Adrianna Hicks | SIX |
| Harold S. Prince Lifetime Achievement Award | Alice Childress | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Jaquel Spivey | A Strange Loop |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Chip Zien | Harmony |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Myles Frost | MJ |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Billy Crystal | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Rob McClure | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jacob Ming-Trent | Merry Wives |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Brandon J. Dirden | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | John Douglas Thompson | The Merchant of Venice |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke | Caroline, Or Change |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Jeanna de Waal | Diana |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Kearstin Piper Brown | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Victoria Clark | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Joaquina Kalukango | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Michelle Wilson | Confederates |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Andrea Patterson | cullud wattah |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Tala Ashe | English |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Ruth Negga | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Phylicia Rashad | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Shannon Tyo | The Chinese Lady |
| Outstanding Adaptation | The Alchemist | Jeffrey Hatcher |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Merry Wives | Jocelyn Bioh |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Bruce Sussman | Harmony |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Lynn Nottage | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz, Billy Crystal | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow | SIX |
| Outstanding Choreography | Liam Steel | Company |
| Outstanding Choreography | Ayodele Casel | Funny Girl |
| Outstanding Choreography | Rich + Tone Taleuega, Michael Balderrama, Christopher Wheeldon | MJ The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Garrett Coleman, Bill T. Jones, Chloe Davis, Gelan Lambert, Jason Oremus | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Choreography | Carrie-Anne Ingrouille | SIX |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Susan Hilferty | Funny Girl |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Catherine Zuber | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Gabriella Slade | SIX |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Machine Dazzle | The Hang |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Santo Loquasto | The Music Man |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Jennifer Moeller | Clyde's |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Gregory Gale | Fairycakes |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Qween Jean | On Sugarland |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Tilly Grimes | The Alchemist |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Linda Cho | The Chinese Lady |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | Assassins |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Marianne Elliott | Company |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Bartlett Sher | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jessica Stone | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Director of a Musical | Jamie Armitage, Lucy Moss | SIX |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Knud Adams | English |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Saheem Ali | Merry Wives |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Whitney White | On Sugarland |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Rebecca Frecknall | Sanctuary City |
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Taibi Magar | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Matt Doyle | Company |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Jared Grimes | Funny Girl |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Justin Austin | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Justin Cooley | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Tavon Olds-Sample | MJ The Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Ron Cephas Jones | Clyde's |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Billy Eugene Jones | On Sugarland |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Joshua Boone | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Daniel K. Isaac | The Chinese Lady |
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Chuck Cooper | Trouble in Mind |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | Assassins |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Tamika Lawrence | Black No More |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Simard, Patti LuPone | Company |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Bonnie Milligan | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Kenita R. Miller | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Stephanie Berry | On Sugarland |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Page Leong | Out of Time |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Francis Benhamou | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Sonnie Brown | what you are now |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | Diana |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Bradley King | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Jennifer Tipton | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Natasha Katz | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Christopher Akerlind | Clyde’s |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | cullud wattah |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Reza Behjat | English |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Amith Chandrashaker | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Isabella Byrd | Sanctuary City |
| Outstanding Lyrics | David Lindsay-Abaire | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Amanda Green, Amanda Green | Mr. Saturday Night |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow | SIX |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Shaina Taub | SUFFS |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Taylor Mac, Taylor Mac | The Hang |
| Outstanding Music | Carrie Rodriguez | ¡Americano! |
| Outstanding Music | Jeanine Tesori | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Music | Jason Howland | Paradise Square |
| Outstanding Music | Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow | SIX |
| Outstanding Music | Matt Ray | The Hang |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Bill Sims Jr. | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Michael Thurber, Farai Malianga | Merry Wives |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Kamauu, Te'La | Thoughts of a Colored Man |
| Outstanding Musical | Harmony | Harmony |
| Outstanding Musical | Intimate Apparel | Intimate Apparel |
| Outstanding Musical | Kimberly Akimbo | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Musical | SIX | SIX |
| Outstanding Musical | The Hang | The Hang |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Greg Jarrett | Assassins |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | David Holcenberg, Jason Michael Webb | MJ The Musical |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Curran | SIX |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Yasuhiko Fukuoka, Mark Hartman | The Streets of New York |
| Outstanding Play | Erika Dickerson-Despenza | cullud wattah |
| Outstanding Play | Sanaz Toossi | English |
| Outstanding Play | Joshua Harmon | Prayer for the French Republic |
| Outstanding Play | Martyna Majok | Sanctuary City |
| Outstanding Play | Sylvia Khoury | Selling Kabul |
| Outstanding Play | Lloyd Suh | The Chinese Lady |
| Outstanding Projection Design | 59 Productions | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Alex Basco Koch, Stephania Bulbarella | Space Dogs |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Shawn Duan | The Chinese Lady |
| Outstanding Projection Design | Sven Ortel | Thoughts of a Colored Man |
| Outstanding Projection Design | David Bengali | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | James Ortiz | The Skin of Our Teeth |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Rockefeller Productions | Winnie the Pooh |
| Outstanding Puppet Design | Amanda Villalobos | Wolf Play |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Assassins | Assassins |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Baby | Baby |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Caroline, Or Change | Caroline, Or Change |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Company | Company |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | How I Learned to Drive | How I Learned to Drive |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Lackawanna Blues | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Skeleton Crew | Skeleton Crew |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Trouble in Mind | Trouble in Mind |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Bunny Christie | Company |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Beowulf Boritt | Flying Over Sunset |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | David Zinn | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Emma Bailey | SIX |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Takeshi Kata | Clyde's |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Marsha Ginsberg | English |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Junghyun Georgia Lee | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Beowulf Boritt | Merry Wives |
| Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play | Wilson Chin | Pass Over |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Alex Edelman | Just for Us |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Kristina Wong | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Arturo Luís Soria | Ni Mi Madre |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Ian Dickinson | Company |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Kai Harada | Kimberly Akimbo |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Gareth Owen | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Paul Gatehouse | SIX |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Hidenori Nakajo, Ryan Rumery | Autumn Royal |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Max Ringham, Ben Ringham | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Mikaal Sulaiman | Sanctuary City |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Lee Kinney | Selling Kabul |
| Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Tyler Kieffer | Seven Deadly Sins |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Paul Huntley | Diana, The Musical |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Charles G. LaPointe | MJ the Musical |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | David Brian Brown | Mrs. Doubtfire |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Matthew B. Armentrout | Paradise Square |
| Special Award | Dede Ayite, Adam Rigg | |
| Special Awards | Heather Christian | Oratorio for Living Things |
| The Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award | Marjan Neshat | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Seven Deadly Sins | Seven Deadly Sins |
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