2026 Drama Desk Awards
Winners and nominees from the Drama Desk Awards.
2026 Drama Desk Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Adaptation | Rosie Glen-Lambert and Hailey McAfee | and her Children |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Emily Breeze | Are the Bennet Girls Ok? |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Robert Icke | Oedipus |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Abigail Pickard Price, with Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches | Pride & Prejudice |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Taylor Massa | Room 204 |
| Outstanding Adaptation | Lucie Tiberghien | The Imaginary Invalid (Molière in the Park) |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Douglas Lyons | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jesse Malin & Lauren Ludwig | Silver Manhattan |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Ethan Lipton | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Book of a Musical | Dahlak Brathwaite | Try/Step/Trip |
| Outstanding Choreography | Natalie Malotke, Jonathan Platero, and Oksana Platero | Blood/Love |
| Outstanding Choreography | Omari Wiles & Arturo Lyons | CATS: The Jellicle Ball |
| Outstanding Choreography | Edgar Godineaux and Jared Grimes (tap choreography) | Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole |
| Outstanding Choreography | Christopher Gattelli | Schmigadoon! |
| Outstanding Choreography | Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant | The Lost Boys (includes aerial choreography) |
| Outstanding Choreography | Toran X. Moore | Try/Step/Trip |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Qween Jean | CATS: The Jellicle Ball |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Qween Jean | Saturday Church |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Catherine Zuber | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | David I. Reynoso | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Kaye Voyce | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Kindall Almond | Initiative |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Paul Tazewell | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Enver Chakartash | Meet the Cartozians |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Qween Jean | Oh Happy Day! |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Enver Chakartash | Tartuffe (New York Theatre Workshop) |
| Outstanding Costume Design of a Play | Emilio Sosa | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Josh Rhodes | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | David Mendizábal | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Lear deBessonet | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Danny Mefford | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Gordon Greenberg | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Leigh Silverman | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Trip Cullman | Becky Shaw |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | David Cromer | Caroline |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Joe Mantello | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Kenny Leon | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani | The Brothers Size |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Jesse Berger | Titus Andronicus |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play | Jack Serio | Well, I'll Let You Go |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Chris Blisset | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Erin Morton | Heathers the Musical |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Ben Levi Ross | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Jackson Kanawha Perry | Saturday Church |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | McKenzie Kurtz, Max Clayton | Schmigadoon! |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Jasmine Amy Rogers, Lilli Cooper | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Judy Kuhn | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Stephanie Hsu | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Ruthie Ann Miles | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Layton Williams | Titaníque |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Nathan Darrow | (un)conditional |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Edoardo Benzoni | Are the Bennet Girls Ok? |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Alden Ehrenreich | Becky Shaw |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Linda Emond | Becky Shaw |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | River Lipe-Smith | Caroline |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Lizan Mitchell | Cold War Choir Practice |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | West Duchovny | Diversion |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | David Greenspan | Prince Faggot |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Richard Thomas, Maria-Christina Oliveras | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Caroline Aaron | The Reservoir |
| Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Emily Davis | Well, I'll Let You Go |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Thomas Schall | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Sordelet Inc. | The Lost Boys |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Gerry Rodriguez | The Monsters |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rick Sordelet | Titus Andronicus |
| Outstanding Fight Choreography | Rick Sordelet | Ulster American |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Matt Rodin | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Nicholas Christopher | Chess |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Amber Iman | Goddess |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Dulé Hill | Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Brian Quijada, Nygel D. Robinson | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Brandon Uranowitz | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Luke Evans | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Micaela Diamond | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Sam Tutty | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | John Krasinski | Angry Alan |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Laurie Metcalf, Nathan Lane | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | John Lithgow | Giant |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Kara Young | Gruesome Playground Injuries |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Lesley Manville | Oedipus |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Synnøve Karlsen | Pygmalion |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Anika Noni Rose | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Aigner Mizzelle | The Monsters |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Noah Galvin | The Reservoir |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Patrick Page | Titus Andronicus |
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Quincy Tyler Bernstine | Well, I'll Let You Go |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Adam Honoré | Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Japhy Weideman | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Mextly Couzin | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Adam Honoré & Donald Holder | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Bradley King | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Jen Schriever and Michael Arden | The Lost Boys |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jack Knowles | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Studio Luna | Marcel on the Train |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Isabella Byrd | Prince Faggot |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jeff Croiter | The Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Stacey Derosier | Well, I'll Let You Go |
| Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Kate McGee | without mirrors |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Douglas Lyons | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Ethan Lipton | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Dahlak Brathwaite | Try/Step/Trip |
| Outstanding Lyrics | Jim Barne & Kit Buchan | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| Outstanding Music | Ethan D. Pakchar & Douglas Lyons | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Music | Michael Thurber | Goddess |
| Outstanding Music | Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Music | The Lazours | Night Side Songs |
| Outstanding Music | Ethan Lipton | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Ro Reddick | Cold War Choir Practice |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | John Patrick Elliott | Kenrex |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Donald Lawrence | Oh Happy Day! |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Stan Mathabane (composer) and Munir Zakee (musician) | The Brothers Size |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Johnathan Moore | The Imaginary Invalid (Molière in the Park) |
| Outstanding Music in a Play | Darron L West and Alexander Sovronsky | The Wild Duck |
| Outstanding Musical | Beau the Musical | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Musical | Mexodus | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Musical | Schmigadoon! | Schmigadoon! |
| Outstanding Musical | The Seat of Our Pants | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Musical | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | John McDaniel | Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | The Bengsons & Or Matias | My Joy is Heavy |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Bryan Carter (music supervisor and arranger) | The Fear of 13 |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | David M. Lutken, Morgan Morse, Lisa Helmi Johanson, and Sherry Stregack Lutken | The Porch on Windy Hill |
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Daniel Kluger | The Seat of Our Pants |
| Outstanding Play | Caroline | Caroline |
| Outstanding Play | Cold War Choir Practice | Cold War Choir Practice |
| Outstanding Play | Meet the Cartozians | Meet the Cartozians |
| Outstanding Play | Prince F****t | Prince F****t |
| Outstanding Play | The Balusters | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Play | The Porch on Windy Hill | The Porch on Windy Hill |
| Outstanding Play | Well I'll Let You Go | Well I'll Let You Go |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Akhila Krishnan | Kyoto |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Johnny Moreno | Mexodus |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | David Bengali | My Joy is Heavy |
| Outstanding Projection and Video Design | Tal Yarden | Oedipus |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Axtell Expressions | Amaze |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Emily Batsford (creator) and Yuliya Tsukerman (puppet design) | Cumulo |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Julian Crouch | Goddess |
| Outstanding Puppetry | Monkey Boys Productions | The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Chess | Chess |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Ragtime | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Baker's Wife | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Rocky Horror Show | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Becky Shaw | Becky Shaw |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Death of a Salesman | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Los Soles Truncos | Los Soles Truncos |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | Titus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus |
| Outstanding Revival of a Play | You Got Older | You Got Older |
| Outstanding Revue | About Time | About Time |
| Outstanding Revue | Baile Cangrejero | Baile Cangrejero |
| Outstanding Revue | I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical | I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Daniel Allen | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Rachel Hauck | CATS: The Jellicle Ball |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Arnulfo Maldonado | Goddess |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Jason Sherwood | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | Dane Laffrey | The Lost Boys |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical | dots | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Harry Feiner | Ceremonies in Dark Old Men |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Chloe Lamford | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Tatiana Kahvegian | Meet the Cartozians |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Derek McLane | The Adding Machine |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Derek McLane | The Balusters |
| Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Soutra Gilmour | Waiting for Godot |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Hailey McAfee | and her Children |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Savon Bartley | Holes in the Shape of My Father |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Jack Holden | Kenrex |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Josh Sharp | ta-da! |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Julia McDermott | Weather Girl |
| Outstanding Solo Performance | Natalie Palamides | Weer |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Jordana Abrenica | Beau the Musical |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Alex Hawthorn & Drew Levy | Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Mikhail Fiksel | Mexodus (includes looping systems architecture) |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Kai Harada | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical | Jason Crystal | The Baker's Wife |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Nevin Steinberg | Anna Christie |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Angela Baughman | Initiative |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Giles Thomas | Kenrex |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Tom Gibbons | Oedipus |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Caroline Eng | The Unknown |
| Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Kieran Lucas | Weather Girl |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | Nikiya Mathis | CATS: The Jellicle Ball |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | David Brian Brown and Victoria Tinsman | Fallen Angels |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | Robert Pickens | Tartuffe (New York Theatre Workshop) |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | David Brian Brown | The Lost Boys |
| Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | Alberto "Albee" Alvarado | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Amaze | Amaze |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Burnout Paradise | Burnout Paradise |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Color Theories | Color Theories |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | ha ha ha ha ha ha ha |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Rheology | Rheology |
| Unique Theatrical Experience | Slanted Floors | Slanted Floors |
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