| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Wig and Hair Design |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 2016 |
| Currently held by | Charles LaPointe for Death Becomes Her (2025) |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design 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. Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, the award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design combines plays and musicals into a single category.
Mia M. Neal, David Brian Brown and Charles G. LaPointe hold the record for two wins each, while Lapointe is tied with Nikiya Mathis and Campbell Young Associates for the most nominations, with five nominations each.
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | |||
| Mia M. Neal | Shuffle Along | [1] [2] | |
| David Brian Brown | She Loves Me | ||
| Jason Hayes | The Legend of Georgia McBride | ||
| Robert-Charles Vallance | Women Without Men | ||
| Charles G. LaPointe | The School for Scandal | ||
| 2017 | |||
| David Brian Brown | War Paint | [3] [4] | |
| Campbell Young Associates | Hello, Dolly! | ||
| John Jared Janas | Yours Unfaithfully | ||
| Jason Hayes | The View UpStairs | ||
| Josh Marquette | Present Laughter | ||
| Tom Watson | The Little Foxes | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Charles G. LaPointe | SpongeBob SquarePants | [5] [6] | |
| Carole Hancock | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | ||
| Campbell Young Associates | Farinelli and the King | ||
| Cookie Jordan | School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play | ||
| Josh Marquette | Mean Girls | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Charles G. LaPointe | The Cher Show | [7] [8] | |
| Campbell Young Associates | Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus | ||
| Cookie Jordan | Eddie and Dave | ||
| Paul Huntley | Tootsie | ||
| Charles G. LaPointe | Beetlejuice |
| Year | Designer | Production | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Campbell Young Associates | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | [9] [10] | |
| Cookie Jordan | Fefu and Her Friends | ||
| Nikiya Mathis | STEW | ||
| Tom Watson | The Great Society | ||
| Bobbie Zlotnik | Emojiland | ||
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | [11] | |
| 2022 | |||
| David Brian Brown | Mrs. Doubtfire | [12] [13] [14] | |
| Matthew B. Armentrout | Paradise Square | ||
| Paul Huntley | Diana | ||
| Charles G. LaPointe | MJ the Musical | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Mia M. Neal | Ain't No Mo' | [15] [16] | |
| Campbell Young Associates | Almost Famous | ||
| Cookie Jordan | August Wilson's The Piano Lesson | ||
| Earon Nealey | Twelfth Night | ||
| Mitsuteru Okuyama | Chushingura 47 Ronin | ||
| Luc Verschueren | A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Nikiya Mathis | Jaja's African Hair Braiding | [17] [18] | |
| J. Jared Janas & Cassie Williams | Sally & Tom | ||
| Charles LaPointe | Suffs | ||
| Nikiya Mathis | The Harriet Holland Social Club presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel | ||
| Robert Pickens & Katie Gell | Stereophonic | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Charles LaPointe | Death Becomes Her | [19] [20] | |
| Alberto "Albee" Alvarado | SUMO | ||
| Sabana Majeed | Boop! The Musical | ||
| Nikiya Mathis | Cats: The Jellicle Ball | ||
| Liberation | |||