Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Sound Design
Awarded forOutstanding Sound Design
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded1980
Last awarded2009
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design was an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was first presented in 1980, for work in either a play or musical production. It was retired after the 2009 ceremony, replaced by separate play and musical categories (Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical and Outstanding Sound Design in a Play).

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Winners and nominees

1980s

YearDesignerProduction
1980
Norman L. Berman Strider
Richard Peaslee Teibele and Her Demon
Stanley Silverman Bent
1985
John DiFuscoTracers
Nigel Hess Cyrano de Bergerac
Much Ado About Nothing
John Malkovich Balm in Gilead
1986
Otts Munderloh The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Tom Morse Execution of Justice
The Red Clay Ramblers A Lie of the Mind

1990s

YearDesignerProduction
1991
Aural FixationRed Scare on Sunset
Olu Dara Let Me Live
John Gromada Machinal
Janet KalasThe Good Times Are Killing Me
1992
Paul Arditti Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
Mark Bennett and Jim van BergenLypsinka! A Day in the Life
Stewart Werner Lips Together, Teeth Apart
1993
Steve Canyon Kennedy The Who's Tommy
Rodrigo Bachler-KleinLes Atrides
Dan Moses Schreier Spic-O-Rama
Richard Woodbury Wings
1994
John A. Leonard Medea
Mark BennettThe Lights
T. Richard Fitzgerald Beauty and the Beast
John Gromada Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
1995
1996
Dan Moses Schreier Floyd Collins
David Van Tieghem The Grey Zone
1997
John Gromada The Skriker
Dan Moses Schreier God's Heart
Marc Anthony Thompson A Huey P. Newton Story
1998
Tony Meola The Lion King
Paul Arditti The Chairs
Mark Bennett A View from the Bridge
Thomas Cabaniss Mamba's Daughters
Rinde Eckert and Gina Leishman Thérèse Raquin
David Van Tieghem Scotland Road
1999
Christopher Shutt Not About Nightingales
John Collins and James JohnsonHouse/Lights
Jonathan Deans Parade
Fergus O'Hare Electra
David Van Tieghem Stop Kiss
Darron L. WestBob

2000s

YearDesignerProduction
2000
Jamie Mereness Charlie Victor Romeo
Marc Gwinn Coyote on a Fence
Rob Milburn and Michael BodeenSpace
Darron L. WestChesapeake
Y2K
2001
Christopher Shutt Mnemonic
Mark Bennett and Michael CreasonDogeaters
Bruce Ellman Comic Potential
Gregory KostroffLypsinka the Boxed Set
Mic Pool and David Bullard The Unexpected Man
Jerry VagerUp Against the Wind
2002
Dan Moses Schreier Into the Woods
John Collins, Geoff Abbas and Jim DawsonTo You, the Birdie!
Mark HuangCressida Among the Greeks
Scott LehrerFranny's Way
Matthew Spiro36 Views
David Van Tieghem The Glory of Living
2003
Acme Sound Partners La Bohème
Mark Bennett Julius Caesar
Golda's Balcony
Francois BergeronCirque du Soleil: Varekai
Janet Kalas Take Me Out
Mel Mercier and David Meschter Medea
2004
Dan Moses Schreier Assassins
Mark Bennett Henry IV
Scott JenningsRamayana 2K3
Brian Ronan Bug
David Van Tieghem The Stendhal Syndrome
2005
Paul Arditti The Pillowman
Acme Sound Partners The Light in the Piazza
Jill DuBoff Miss Julie
Spatter Pattern
Jeff Lorenz Frankenstein
Darron L. WestHot 'n' Throbbing
2006
Steve Canyon Kennedy Jersey Boys
Acme Sound Partners See What I Wanna See
The Drowsy Chaperone
Brian Ronan Grey Gardens
The Pajama Game
Dan Moses Schreier Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
Gregory Clarke Journey's End
Acme Sound Partners In the Heights
Mark Bennett The Coast of Utopia
Duncan Edwards LoveMusik
Frank GaetaDai (enough)
Richard Woodbury Talk Radio
2008
Scott Lehrer South Pacific
Adam Cork Macbeth
Jorge Cousineau Opus
Joseph FoscoThe Conversation
Mic Pool The 39 Steps
Tony Smolenski, IV Adding Machine
2009
Paul Arditti Billy Elliot the Musical
Acme Sound Partners Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Gregory Clarke Equus
John Gromada Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
André J. Pluess 33 Variations
John Shivers 9 to 5

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