Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Projection Design
Awarded forOutstanding projection Design
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First award2008
Currently held byDavid Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray (2025)
Websitedramadesk.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]

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

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Key
  and bold indicates the winner.

2000s

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Year Designer Production Ref.
2008
Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network Sunday in the Park with George [2][3]
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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

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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]
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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

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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]
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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

Multiple wins

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3 wins
2 wins

Multiple nominations

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6 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

References

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  1. ^ Drama Desk Awards "About Drama Desks Mission" Archived 2017-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "2008 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  3. ^ "Arts: Drama Desk's Awards". The New York Times. May 19, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  4. ^ New York Theatre Guide Staff (October 19, 2017). "Drama Desk Awards 2008 Winners Announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  5. ^ "2013 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  6. ^ Michael Paulson (May 20, 2013). "Matilda Wins Big at Drama Desk Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  7. ^ "2014 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  8. ^ New York Theatre Guide Staff (June 1, 2014). "The 59th Annual Drama Desk Awards". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  9. ^ Jesse Green (June 1, 2014). "Drama Desk Embraces a Gentleman's Guide". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  10. ^ "2015 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  11. ^ Gordon Cox (May 31, 2015). "2015 Drama Desk Awards Winners (FULL LIST): 'Hamilton' Takes 7". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  12. ^ "2016 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  13. ^ Gordon Cox (June 5, 2016). "2016 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST): 'Shuffle Along,' 'The Humans'". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  14. ^ "2017 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  15. ^ Variety Staff (June 5, 2017). "Drama Desk Awards 2017: Full List of Winners". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  16. ^ "2018 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  17. ^ Playbill Staff (June 3, 2018). "SpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  18. ^ "2019 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  19. ^ Ruthie Fierberg (June 2, 2019). "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  20. ^ "2020 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  21. ^ Dan Meyer (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "2022 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  24. ^ Chloe Rabinowitz (June 8, 2022). "COMPANY, SIX & More Win 2022 Drama Desk Awards – See the Full List!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  25. ^ Gillian Russo (June 8, 2022). "2022 Drama Desk Award winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  26. ^ "2023 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  27. ^ Logan Culwell-Block (May 31, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  28. ^ "2024 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  29. ^ Logan Culwell-Block (June 10, 2024). "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards With 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  30. ^ "2025 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  31. ^ Logan Culwell-Block (June 1, 2025). "Drama Desk Award Winners 2025: The Full List". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
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