Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Projection Design

Awarded for| Outstanding projection Design
Location| New York City
Country| United States
Presented by| Drama Desk
First award| 2008
Currently held by| Peter Nigrini for Hell's Kitchen (2024)
Website| dramadesk.org

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design is 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.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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Source:[2]

### 2000s

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Year  | Designer  | Production

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2008[3]
Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network | Sunday in the Park with George
Paul Barritt  | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Zachary Borovay | A Catered Affair
Jim Findlay & Jeff Sugg  | The Slug Bearers of Karol Island
Lorna Heavey  | Macbeth
Tal Yarden  | The Misanthrope

### 2010s

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Year  | Designer  | Production

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2013[4]
Peter Nigrini | Here Lies Love
Jon Driscoll | Chaplin: The Musical
Wendall K. Harrington | Old Hats
Darrel Maloney  | Checkers
Pedro Pires  | Cirque du Soleil: Totem
Aaron Rhyne | Wild With Happy
2014[5][6]
Aaron Rhyne | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence  | Cirkopolis
Sven Ortel  | A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shawn Sagady  | All The Way
Austin Switser  | Sontag: Reborn
Ben Rubin  | Arguendo
2015[7]
Finn Ross | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
59 Productions | An American in Paris
Roger Hanna & Price Johnston  |  Donogoo
Darrel Maloney  |  Found
Peter Nigrini | Our Lady of Kibeho
Austin Zwitser  | Big Love
2016[8][9]
Finn Ross | American Psycho
Nicholas Hussong  | These Paper Bullets!
Darrel Maloney  | Tappin’ Thru Life
Peter Nigrini | Dear Evan Hansen
Tal Yarden  | Lazarus
2017[10]
Aaron Rhyne | Anastasia
Reid Farrington  | CasablancaBox
Elaine J. McCarthy | Notes from the Field
Jared Mezzocchi | Vietgone
John Narun  | Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward
2018[11]
Finn Ross and Ash J. Woodward | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
David Bengali | Van Gogh’s Ear, Ensemble for the Romantic Century
Andrezj Goulding  | People, Places & Things, National Theatre/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Bryan Singer Productions/Headlong
Peter Nigrini | SpongeBob SquarePants
Finn Ross and Adam Young  | Mean Girls
2019
Peter England | King Kong
Katherine Freer  | By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Luke Halls  | The Lehman Trilogy
Alex Basco Koch  | Be More Chill
Peter Nigrini | Beetlejuice
Joshua Thorson  | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

### 2020s

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Year  | Designer  | Production

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2020
Luke Halls | West Side Story
David Bengali  | Einstein's Dreams
Julia Frey  | Medea
Lisa Renkel and POSSIBLE  | Emojiland
Hannah Wasileski  | Fires in the Mirror
2021  | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[12]
2022
59 Productions | Flying Over Sunset
David Bengali  | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Stefania Bulbarella and Alex Basco Koch  | Space Dogs
Shawn Duan  | The Chinese Lady
Sven Ortel  | Thoughts of a Colored Man
2023
Andrzej Goulding | Life of Pi
Simon Baker  | Wuthering Heights
Caite Hevner  | Between the Lines
Josh Higgason  | White Girl in Danger
Nicholas Hussong  | On That Day in Amsterdam
Johnny Moreno  | Public Obsceneties
2024  | Peter Nigrini | Hell's Kitchen
Eric Dunlap  | Our Class
Jared Mezzocchi  | Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy
Olivia Sebesky  | Melissa Etheridge: My Window
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew  | The Connector
2025[13] | Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom  | Sunset Blvd.
Jake Barton  | McNeal
David Bergman  | The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jesse Garrison  | The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy [redux]
Hana S. Kim  | Redwood

## References

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1. ^ Drama Desk Awards "About Drama Desks Mission" Archived 2017-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
3. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Billy’ dominates Drama Desk Awards", Variety, May 17, 2009
4. ^ Gordon Cox, "'Matilda,’ ‘Vanya and Sonia’ Score at the Drama Desks", Variety, May 19, 2013
5. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Gentleman’s Guide’ Racks Up 12 Nominations for Drama Desk Awards", Variety, April 25, 2014
6. ^ Gordon Cox, "Drama Desk Toasts Broadway’s ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ at 2014 Awards", Variety, June 1, 2014
7. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Hamilton,’ ‘Curious Incident’ Top the 2015 Drama Desk Awards", Variety, May 31, 2015
8. ^ Gordon Cox, "2016 Drama Desk Nominations: ‘She Loves Me,’ ‘American Psycho’ Earn Most Nods", Variety, April 28, 2016
9. ^ Gordon Cox, "2016 Drama Desk Awards: ‘Shuffle Along,’ ‘The Humans’ Come Out on Top ", Variety, June 5, 2016
10. ^ Gordon Cox, "'Hello, Dolly!’ Dominates 2017 Drama Desk Nominations", Variety, April 27, 2017
11. ^ Gordon Cox, "‘Carousel,’ ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Lead 2018 Drama Desk Nominations", Variety, April 26, 2018
12. ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
13. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (April 30, 2025). "Boop! Leads 2025 Drama Desk Award Nominations With 11 Nods Including Outstanding Musical; Read the Full List Here". Retrieved May 5, 2025.

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* Zachary Borovay & The Knifedge Creative Network (2008)
* Peter Nigrini (2013)
* Aaron Rhyne (2014)
* Finn Ross (2015)
* Finn Ross (2016)
* Aaron Rhyne (2017)
* Finn Ross and Ash J. Woodward (2018)
* Peter England (2019)
* Luke Halls (2020)
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