Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Fight Choreography
Drama Desk Award ; for Outstanding Fight Choreography
Awarded for	Outstanding Fight Choreography
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Drama Desk
First award	2017
Currently held by	Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet for Pirates! The Penzance Musical (2025)
Website	dramadesk.org

Awarded forOutstanding Fight Choreography

LocationNew York City

CountryUnited States

Presented byDrama Desk

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in fight choreography in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, this award combines plays and musicals into a single category.

Year	Choreographer	Production	Ref.
2017
	U. Jonathan Toppo	Sweat	^[1]^[2]
	Donal O'Farrell	Quietly
	J. David Brimmer	Yen
	Michael Rossmy and Rick Sordelet	Troilus and Cressida
	Thomas Schall	Othello
	Thomas Schall	The Hairy Ape
2018
	Steve Rankin	Carousel	^[3]^[4]
	UnkleDave's Fight-House (Gerardo Rodriguez and David Anzuelo)	Oedipus El Rey
	J. David Brimmer	Is God Is
2019
	Claire Warden	Slave Play	^[5]^[6]
	Claire Warden	Daddy
	U. Jonathan Toppo	Julius Caesar

Year	Choreographer	Production	Ref.
2020
	Thomas Schall	A Soldier's Play	^[7]^[8]
	UnkleDave's Fight-House (David Anzuelo)	Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven
	Vicki Manderson	Square Go
2021	No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City		^[9]
2022	No award given
2023
	B. H. Barry	Camelot	^[10]^[11]
	UnkleDave's Fight-House (David Anzuelo)	Soft
	Rocío Mendez	Dia Y Noche
	Rocío Mendez	How to Defend Yourself
2024
	Cristina "Cha" Ramos	Water for Elephants	^[12]^[13]
	Steve Rankin	The Who's Tommy
	Michael G. Chin	Warrior Sisters of Wu
2025
	Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet	Pirates! The Penzance Musical	^[14]^[15]
	Drew Leary	Romeo + Juliet
	Chelsea Pace and James Yaegashi	SUMO
	Bret Yount	King Lear
2026	Gerry Rodriguez	The Monsters	^[16]
	Thomas Schall	The Balusters
	Rick Sordelet	Titus Andronicus
	Rick Sordelet	Ulster American
	Sordelet Inc.	The Lost Boys

v t e Drama Desk Awards
Play	Play Revival of a Play Lead Performance in a Play Featured Performance in a Play Director of a Play Music in a Play
Musical	Musical Revival of a Musical Lead Performance in a Musical Lead Performance in a Musical Director of a Musical Book Music Lyrics Orchestrations
Production	Choreography Costume Design of a Musical Costume Design of a Play Lighting Design for a Musical Lighting Design for a Play Scenic Design of a Musical Scenic Design of a Play Sound Design in a Musical Sound Design in a Play Wig and Hair Design Puppetry
Other (competitive)	Solo Performance Unique Theatrical Experience Revue Projection Design
Special (non-competitive)	Special Award Ensemble
Retired	Actor in a Play Actress in a Play Featured Actor in a Play Featured Actress in a Play Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Featured Actor in a Musical Featured Actress in a Musical Director Revival Costume Design Lighting Design Set Design Sound Design

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominations

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