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The Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play is a theater award presented annually since 1996 by The Drama League, recognizing a "full production" of a play during a theater season.[1]

Awarded forOutstanding Production of a Play
LocationNew York City
Presented byThe Drama League
Currently held byLiberation by Bess Wohl (2026)
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Drama League Award for
Outstanding Production of a Play
Awarded forOutstanding Production of a Play
LocationNew York City
Presented byThe Drama League
Currently held byLiberation by Bess Wohl (2026)
WebsiteDrama League.com
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Tom Stoppard is the only playwright to win the award more than once, with two wins for The Coast of Utopia and Leopoldstadt. Martin McDonagh holds the record for most nominations, with six (and one win), followed closely by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with five.

Winners and nominees

1990s

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Year Production Playwright Ref
1996 Seven Guitars August Wilson [2][3]
A Fair Country Jon Robin Baitz
The Green Bird Carlo Gozzi
Master Class Terrence McNally
Molly Sweeney Brian Friel
Old Wicked Songs Jon Marans
Racing Demon David Hare
1997 The Last Night of Ballyhoo Alfred Uhry [4][5]
Dealer's Choice Patrick Marber
How I Learned to Drive Paula Vogel
A Question of Mercy David Rabe
Skylight David Hare
Taking Sides Ronald Harwood
The Young Man from Atlanta Horton Foote
1998 The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh [6][7]
Art Yasmina Reza
As Bees in Honey Drown Douglas Carter Beane
Gross Indecency Moisés Kaufman
Mojo Jez Butterworth
Never the Sinner John David Logan
Pride's Crossing Tina Howe
Visiting Mr. Green Jeff Baron
1999 Wit Margaret Edson [8]
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2000s

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Year Production Playwright Ref
2000 Copenhagen Michael Frayn [9][10]
Dinner With Friends Donald Margulies
Dirty Blonde Claudia Shear
Jar the Floor Cheryl West
Last Train to Nibroc Arlene Hutton
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Charles Busch
Waste Harley Granville Barker
2001 Proof David Auburn [11][12]
Jitney August Wilson
Judgment at Nuremberg Abby Mann
Stones in His Pockets Marie Jones
The Invention of Love Tom Stoppard
The Play About the Baby Edward Albee
The Syringa Tree Pamela Gien
2002 Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman [13][14]
The Castle Howard Barker
Fortune's Fool Ivan Turgenev
Topdog/Underdog Suzan-Lori Parks
QED Peter Parnell
The Shape of Things Neil LaBute
The Phantom Lady Pedro Calderón de la Barca
2003 Take Me Out Richard Greenberg [15][16]
Enchanted April Matthew Barber
Far Away Caryl Churchill
Fucking A Suzan-Lori Parks
Golda's Balcony William Gibson
Our Lady of 121st Street Stephen Adly Guirgis
Talking Heads Alan Bennett
Vincent in Brixton Nicholas Wright
2004 I Am My Own Wife Doug Wright [17][18]
Addicted Mark Lundholm
Bridge and Tunnel Sarah Jones
Frozen Bryony Lavery
Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage
The Retreat from Moscow William Nicholson
2005 Doubt John Patrick Shanley [19][20]
The Day Emily Married Horton Foote
Death and the Ploughman Johannes von Tepl
A Number Caryl Churchill
Orson's Shadow Austin Pendleton
The Pillowman Martin McDonagh
Švejk Jaroslav Hašek
2006 The History Boys Alan Bennett [21][22]
Dedication, or the Stuff of Dreams Terrence McNally
The Lieutenant of Inishmore Martin McDonagh
Stuff Happens David Hare
Measure for Pleasure David Grimm
Rabbit Hole David Lindsay-Abaire
The Ruby Sunrise Rinne Groff
Spirit Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott
2007 The Coast of Utopia Tom Stoppard [23][24]
Coram Boy Jamila Gavin
Blackbird David Harrower
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion
The Scene Theresa Rebeck
No Child... Nilaja Sun
Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan
Radio Golf August Wilson
2008 August: Osage County Tracy Letts [25][26]
Eurydice Sarah Ruhl
The 39 Steps Patrick Barlow
The Seafarer Conor McPherson
Thurgood George Stevens Jr.
Rock 'n' Roll Tom Stoppard
November David Mamet
The Farnsworth Invention Aaron Sorkin
2009 God of Carnage Yasmina Reza [27][28]
33 Variations Moisés Kaufman
Wig Out! Tarell Alvin McCraney
Why Torture Is Wrong, And The People Who Love Them Christopher Durang
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) Donald Margulies
Ruined Ayad Akhtar
reasons to be pretty Neil LaBute
Lady Craig Wright
If You See Something Say Something Mike Daisey
Chair Edward Bond
Black Watch Gregory Burke
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2010s

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Year Production Playwright Ref
2010 Red John Logan [29][30]
The Brother/Sister Plays Tarell Alvin McCraney
Enron Lucy Prebble
Clybourne Park Bruce Norris
The Pride Alexi Kaye Campbell
Venus in Fur David Ives
A Behanding in Spokane Martin McDonagh
Aftermath Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Next Fall Geoffrey Nauffts
2011 War Horse Michael Morpurgo [31][32]
The Dream of the Burning Boy David West Read
Sleep No More Punchdrunk
Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz
The Motherfucker with the Hat Stephen Adly Guirgis
Kin E.V. Crowe
Good People David Lindsay-Abaire
Gatz Elevator Repair Service
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Kristoffer Diaz
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Rajiv Joseph
The Diary of a Madman Neil Armfield
Jerusalem Jez Butterworth
2012 Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz [33][34]
Peter and the Starcatcher Rick Elice
The Columnist David Auburn
The Lyons Nicky Silver
One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean
Tribes Nina Raine
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Tony Kushner
Clybourne Park Bruce Norris
Venus in Fur David Ives
Septimus and Clarissa Ellen McLaughlin
Seminar Theresa Rebeck
2013 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Christopher Durang [35][36]
The Whale Samuel D. Hunter
The Assembled Parties Richard Greenberg
I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers John Logan
Lucky Guy Nora Ephron
The Nance Douglas Carter Beane
Old Hats David Shiner and Bill Irwin
The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín
2014 All the Way Robert Schenkkan [37][38]
Casa Valentina Harvey Fierstein
All That Fall Samuel Beckett
Domesticated Bruce Norris
Mothers and Sons Terrence McNally
The Realistic Joneses Will Eno
The Open House
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Anne Washburn
2015 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Simon Stephens [39][40]
The Audience Peter Morgan
Between Riverside and Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis
Bootycandy Robert O'Hara
Hand to God Robert Askins
Constellations Nick Payne
Wolf Hall Mike Poulton
Scenes from a Marriage Emily Mann and Ivo van Hove
Punk Rock Simon Stephens
An Octoroon Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
2016 The Humans Stephen Karam [41][42]
The Father Florian Zeller
Skeleton Crew Dominique Morisseau
The Royale Marco Ramirez
Marjorie Prime Jordan Harrison
King Charles III Mike Bartlett
HIR Taylor Mac
Gloria Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
10 out of 12 Anne Washburn
Eclipsed Danai Gurira
2017 Oslo J.T. Rogers [43][44]
A Life Hugh Leonard
The Play That Goes Wrong Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
The Wolves Sarah Delappe
A Doll's House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath
Everybody Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Indecent Paula Vogel
Tell Hector I Miss Him Paola Lázaro-Muñoz
Sweat Lynn Nottage
If I Forget Steven Levenson
Caught Christopher Chen
2018 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Jack Thorne [45][46]
Hangmen Martin McDonagh
Until the Flood Dael Orlandersmith
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Jocelyn Bioh
Oedipus El Rey Sophocles and Luis Alfaro
Meteor Shower Steve Martin
Is God Is Aleshea Harris
In the Body of the World Eve Ensler
Animal Clare Lizzimore
2019 The Ferryman Jez Butterworth [47][48]
The House That Will Not Stand Marcus Gardley
What the Constitution Means to Me Heidi Schreck
To Kill a Mockingbird Aaron Sorkin
Teenage Dick Mike Lew
Paradise Blue Dominique Morisseau
Network Lee Hall
The Lehman Trilogy Stefano Massini
The Jungle Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy
Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties Jen Silverman
Dance Nation Clare Barron
Fairview Jackie Sibblies Drury
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Taylor Mac
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2020s

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Year Production Playwright Ref
2020 The Inheritance Matthew López [49][50]
Grand Horizons Bess Wohl
Dana H. Lucas Hnath
The Hot Wing King Katori Hall
Cambodian Rock Band Lauren Yee
Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris
Seared Theresa Rebeck
Sea Wall / A Life Simon Stephens and Hugh Leonard
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Halley Feiffer
The Michaels Richard Nelson
2021 No Award Given due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2022 The Lehman Trilogy Stefano Massini [51][52]
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Selina Fillinger
The Minutes Tracy Letts
Merry Wives William Shakespeare
Confederates Dominique Morisseau
Dana H. Lucas Hnath
English Sanaz Toossi
Hangmen Martin McDonagh
Clyde's Lynn Nottage
Selling Kabul Sylvia Khoury
Prayer for the French Republic Joshua Harmon
2023 Leopoldstadt Tom Stoppard [53][54]
Elyria Deepa Purohit
the bandaged place Harrison David Rivers
Cost of Living Martyna Majok
Dark Disabled Stories Ryan J. Haddad
Downstate Bruce Norris
Life of Pi Yann Martel and Lolita Chakrabarti
Good Night, Oscar Doug Wright
Fat Ham James Ijames
Summer, 1976 David Auburn
Peter Pan Goes Wrong Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields
Public Obscenities Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Prima Facie Suzie Miller
2024 Stereophonic David Adjmi [55][56]
The Comeuppance Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Flex Candrice Jones
Grief Hotel Liza Birkenmeier
Jaja's African Hair Braiding Jocelyn Bioh
The Hunt David Farr
Oh, Mary! Cole Escola
Patriots Peter Morgan
Prayer for the French Republic Joshua Harmon
Wet Brain John J. Caswell, Jr.
Mother Play Paula Vogel
2025 Oh, Mary! Cole Escola [57][58]
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Kip Williams
The Antiquities Jordan Harrison
Becoming Eve Abby Stein
English Sanaz Toossi
Good Bones James Ijames
Good Night, and Good Luck George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Here There Are Blueberries Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
John Proctor Is the Villain Kimberly Belflower
Liberation Bess Wohl
Walden Amy Berryman
Purpose Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Stranger Things: The First Shadow Kate Trefry
2026 Liberation Bess Wohl [60]
The Balusters David Lindsay-Abaire
Caroline Preston Max Allen
Cold War Choir Practice Ro Reddick
Dog Day Afternoon Stephen Adly Guirgis
Giant Mark Roseblatt
Kyoto Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson
Marcel on the Train Ethan Slater
The Monsters Ngozi Anyanwu
Prince Faggot Jordan Tannahill
Rheology Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Spread Jesús I. Valles
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Multiple wins

2 wins

Multiple nominations

6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

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