Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Awarded forOutstanding Lighting Design for a Play
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded2009
Currently held byJane Cox for Appropriate (2024)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

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The award was established in 1975, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. For 2009, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories, but then merged again from 2010 to 2015; the separate play and musical categories have again co-existed since 2016.

Winners and nominees

2000s

YearDesignerProduction
2009
David Hersey Equus
Marcus Doshi Hamlet
Ben KatoWashing Machine
R. Lee Kennedy Bury the Dead
Paul Pyant The Winter's Tale
Hugh Vanstone Mary Stuart

2010s

YearDesignerProduction
2016
Justin Townsend The Humans
Neil Austin Hughie
Mark BartonJohn
Bradley KingEmpanada Loca
Tyler MicoleauAntlia Pneumatica
2017
Christopher Akerlind Indecent
James Farncombe The Tempest
Rick Fisher The Judas Kiss
Mimi Jordan Sherin The Hairy Ape
Stephen Strawbridge "Master Harold"...and the Boys
Justin Townsend The Little Foxes
2018
Neil Austin Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Natasha Chivers 1984
Alan C. EdwardsKill Move Paradise
Paul Gallo Three Tall Women
Paul Russell Farinelli and the King
2019
Amith Chandrashaker Boesman and Lena
Amith Chandrashaker Fairview
Jiyoun Chang Slave Play
Jon Clark The Jungle
Simon ClevelandSpaceman
Yi ZhaoThe House That Will Not Stand

2020s

YearDesignerProduction
2020
Heather GilbertThe Sound Inside
Isabella Byrd Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Oona CurleyDr. Ride's American Beach House
Mimi Jordan SherinJudgment Day
Yi ZhaoGreater Clements
2021No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City [1]
2022
Christopher Akerlind Clyde's
Amith ChandrashakerPrayer for the French Republic
Reza BehjatEnglish
Isabella ByrdSanctuary City
Jeanette Oi-Suk YewCullud Wattah
2023Natasha Chivers & Willie Williams (video) Prima Facie
Isabella ByrdEpiphany
Jiyoun ChangThe Far Country
Allen Lee Hughes Ohio State Murders
Cha SeeOn That Day in Amsterdam
Japhy Weideman August Wilson's The Piano Lesson
2024Jane Cox Appropriate
Stacey DerosierUncle Vanya
Jiyoun ChangThe Far Country
Natasha Katz Grey House
Lizzie PowellMacbeth (an undoing)
Eric SouthernSwing State

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References

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