2024 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2024 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Ensemble Award | Stereophonic | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Amy Herzog | An Enemy of the People |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Zinnie Harris | Macbeth (an undoing) |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Julián Mesri, Rebecca Martínez | The Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Robert Icke | The Doctor |
| Outstanding Adaptation | David Farr | The Hunt |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Romina Paula | The Whole of Time |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Itamar Moses | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Rebekah Greer Melocik | How to Dance in Ohio |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Justin Huertas | Lizard Boy |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Michael R. Jackson | Teeth |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Michael John LaChiusa | The Gardens of Anuncia |
| Outstanding Choreography | Camille A. Brown | Hell’s Kitchen |
| Outstanding Choreography | Justin Peck | Illinoise |
| Outstanding Choreography | Alex Sanchez, Graciela Daniele | The Gardens of Anuncia |
| Outstanding Choreography | Lorin Latarro | The Heart of Rock and Roll |
| Outstanding Choreography | Rick Kuperman, Jeff Kuperman | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Choreography | Shana Carroll, Jesse Robb | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Dede Ayite | Buena Vista Social Club |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Loren Elstein | Once Upon a One More Time |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Paul Tazewell | Suffs |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Márion Talán de la Rosa | The Connector |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | David Israel Reynoso | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Alex Berry | Macbeth (an undoing) |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Lux Haac | Manahatta |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Rodrigo Muñoz | Sally & Tom |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Enver Chakartash | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Karen Boyer | Warrior Sisters of Wu |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Rebecca Frecknall | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | David Cromer | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Daisy Prince | The Connector |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Danya Taymor | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Jessica Stone | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Lila Neugebauer | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Ciaran O'Reilly | Philadelphia, Here I Come! |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Kenny Leon | Purlie Victorious |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Daniel Aukin | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Rupert Goold | The Hunt |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Natalie Venetia Belcon | Buena Vista Social Club |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Bebe Neuwirth | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Thom Sesma | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Kecia Lewis | Hell's Kitchen |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Shoshana Bean | Hell's Kitchen |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer | Monty Python’s Spamalot |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Emily Skinner | Suffs |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Steven Pasquale | Teeth |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Dorian Harewood, Maryann Plunkett | The Notebook |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Michael Esper | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Marylouise Burke | Infinite Life |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Brittany Adebumola | Jaja’s African Hair Braiding |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Sheila Tousey | Manahatta |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Celia Keenan-Bolger | Mother Play |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Conrad Ricamora | Oh, Mary! |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Will Keen | Patriots |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Kara Young | Purlie Victorious |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Bubba Weiler | Swing State |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Marin Ireland | Uncle Vanya |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Steve Rankin | The Who’s Tommy |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Michael G. Chin | Warrior Sisters of Wu |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Cha Ramos | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Gayle Rankin | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Brian d’Arcy James, Kelli O’Hara | Days of Wine and Roses |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Andrew Durand | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Maleah Joi Moon | Hell’s Kitchen |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Liam Pearce | How to Dance in Ohio |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Santino Fontana | I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Ricky Ubeda | Illinoise |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Ben Levi Ross | The Connector |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Brody Grant | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Sarah Paulson | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Nicole Cooper | Macbeth (an undoing) |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Rachel McAdams | Mary Jane |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Jessica Lange | Mother Play |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Michael Stuhlbarg | Patriots |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | A.J. Shively | Philadelphia, Here I Come! |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | William Jackson Harper | Primary Trust |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Purlie Victorious |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Juliet Stevenson | The Doctor |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Tobias Menzies | The Hunt |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Heather Gilbert | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Lap Chi Chu | Suffs |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | The Connector |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Brian MacDevitt, Hana S. Kim | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Bradley King | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jane Cox | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Natasha Katz | Grey House |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Lizzie Powell | Macbeth (an undoing) |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Eric Southern | Swing State |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Stacey Derosier | Uncle Vanya |
| Outstanding Lyrics | David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Eli Bolin, Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen | Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Michael R. Jackson | Teeth |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Jason Robert Brown | The Connector |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Justin Levine, Jamestown Revival | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Music | David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Music | Justin Huertas | Lizard Boy |
| Outstanding Music | Shaina Taub | Suffs |
| Outstanding Music | Jason Robert Brown | The Connector |
| Outstanding Music | Justin Levine, Jamestown Revival | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel | |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Starr Busby, JJJJJerome Ellis | (pray) |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Ben Steinfeld | Pericles |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Will Butler | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Michael “Mikey J” Asante | The Effect |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Dionne McClain-Freeney | The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst |
| Outstanding Musical | Dead Outlaw | |
| Outstanding Musical | The Connector, Teeth, The Outsiders, Lizard Boy, Illinoise | |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Marco Paguia | Buena Vista Social Club |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Dean Sharenow | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Timo Andres | Illinoise |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Justin Craig, Will Butler | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Andrea Grody, Shaina Taub, Michael Starobin | Suffs |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Andy Evan Cohen | The Greatest Hits Down Route 66 |
| Outstanding Play | Annie Baker | Infinite Life |
| Outstanding Play | Jocelyn Bioh | Jaja's African Hair Braiding |
| Outstanding Play | Paula Vogel | Mother Play |
| Outstanding Play | David Adjmi | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Play | Rebecca Gilman | Swing State |
| Outstanding Play | Itamar Moses | The Ally |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Peter Nigrini | Hell’s Kitchen |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Olivia Sebesky | Melissa Etheridge: My Window |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Eric Dunlap | Our Class |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Jared Mezzocchi | Russian Troll Farm |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | The Connector |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Matt Acheson | Hotel Happy |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Adrian Kohler, Handspring Puppet Company | Life & Times of Michael K |
| Outstanding Puppetry | David Valentine | Poor Yella Rednecks |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Camille Labarre, JR Goodman, Ray Wetmore | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | I Can Get it for You Wholesale | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Gutenberg! The Musical!, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Appropriate | |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Doubt: A Parable, Philadelphia, Here I Come, Purlie Victorious, Uncle Vanya | |
| Outstanding Revue | Amid Falling Walls | |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Arnulfo Maldonado | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Grace Smart | Good Vibrations: A Punk Rock Musical |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Riccardo Hernández | Suffs |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Paul Tate dePoo III | The Great Gatsby |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | dots | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Scott Pask | Grey House |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Derek McLane | Purlie Victorious |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | David Zinn | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Es Devlin | The Hunt |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Patrick Page | All the Devils are Here |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Madeleine MacMahon | Breathless |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Wade McCollum | Make Me Gorgeous! |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Robert Montano | SMALL |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Michael Cruz Kayne | Sorry for Your Loss |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Nick Lidster for Autograph | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Kai Harada, Joshua Millican | Dead Outlaw |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Jason Crystal | Suffs |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Cody Spencer | The Outsiders |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Walter Trarbach | Water for Elephants |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Bray Poor, Will Pickens | Appropriate |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Tom Gibbons | Grey House |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Ryan Rumery | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Palmer Hefferan | The Comeuppance |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Adam Cork | The Hunt |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel | |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Nikiya Mathis | Jaja’s African Hair Braiding |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Cassie Williams, J. Jared Janas | Sally & Tom |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Katie Gell, Robert Pickens | Stereophonic |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Charles G. LaPointe | Suffs |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair | Nikiya Mathis | The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst |
| Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award | Cole Escola | |
| Special Award | Isabella Byrd, Irene Gandy | |
| Special Award | Authentic Autistic Representation Team | How to Dance in Ohio |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Grenfell: in the words of survivors | |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | I Love You So Much I Could Die, ADRIFT: A Medieval Wayward Folly, A Simulacrum, A Eulogy for Roman | |
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