Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design
American theatre award
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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]
Awarded forOutstanding projection Design
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
| 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 | Tal Yarden, Oedipus (2026) |
| Website | dramadesk.org |
The category was added for the 2008-2009 ceremony but was not subsequently included until the 2015-2016 season.
Finn Ross holds the record for most wins in the category, with three, followed closely by Peter Nigrini and Aaron Rhyne with two each. Nigrini holds the record for most nominations, with six, followed by Finn Ross with four.
Winners and nominees
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
2000s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |||
| Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network | Sunday in the Park with George | [2][3] [4] | |
| 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 | ||
| 2009 | N/A | ||
2010s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2012 | N/A | ||
| 2013 | |||
| Peter Nigrini | Here Lies Love | [5][6] | |
| 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 | |||
| Aaron Rhyne | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | [7][8] [9] | |
| 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 | |||
| Finn Ross | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | [10][11] | |
| 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 | |||
| Finn Ross | American Psycho | [12][13] | |
| Nicholas Hussong | These Paper Bullets! | ||
| Darrel Maloney | Tappin’ Thru Life | ||
| Peter Nigrini | Dear Evan Hansen | ||
| Tal Yarden | Lazarus | ||
| 2017 | |||
| Aaron Rhyne | Anastasia | [14][15] | |
| Reid Farrington | CasablancaBox | ||
| Elaine J. McCarthy | Notes from the Field | ||
| Jared Mezzocchi | Vietgone | ||
| John Narun | Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Finn Ross and Ash J. Woodward | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | [16][17] | |
| 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 | [18][19] | |
| 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
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Luke Halls | West Side Story | [20][21] | |
| 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 | [22] | |
| 2022 | |||
| 59 Productions | Flying Over Sunset | [23][24] [25] | |
| 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 | [26][27] | |
| 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 | [28][29] |
| 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 | |||
| David Bergman | The Picture of Dorian Gray | [30][31] | |
| Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom | Sunset Blvd. | ||
| Jake Barton | McNeal | ||
| Jesse Garrison | The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy [redux] | ||
| Hana S. Kim | Redwood | ||
| 2026 | |||
| Tal Yarden | Oedipus | [32][33][34] | |
| David Bengali | My Joy is Heavy | ||
| Akhila Krishnan | Kyoto | ||
| Johnny Moreno | Mexodus | ||
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
- 6 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Darrel Maloney
- Aaron Rhyne
- Tal Yarden
- 2 nominations
- Sven Ortel
- 59 Productions
- Nicholas Hussong
- Jared Mezzocchi
- Luke Halls
- Alex Basco Koch