The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design was 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. The award was first presented in 1980, for work in either a play or musical production. It was retired after the 2009 ceremony, replaced by separate play and musical categories (Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical and Outstanding Sound Design in a Play).
Paul Arditti and Dan Moses Schreier hold the record for most wins in the category before its retirement, with three wins each, followed by Steven Canyon Kennedy with two wins. Mark Bennett leads the nominees with the most nominations, netting eight.
Winners and nominees Key
1980s Year Designer Production Ref. 1980 Norman L. Berman Strider Richard Peaslee Teibele and Her Demon Stanley Silverman Bent 1981-1984 colspan="3" 1985 John DiFusco Tracers Nigel Hess Cyrano de Bergerac Much Ado About Nothing John Malkovich Balm in Gilead 1986 Otts Munderloh The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Tom Morse Execution of Justice The Red Clay Ramblers A Lie of the Mind
1990s Year Designer Production Ref. 1991 Aural Fixation Red Scare on Sunset Olu Dara Let Me Live John Gromada Machinal Janet Kalas The Good Times Are Killing Me 1992 Paul Arditti Four Baboons Adoring the Sun Mark Bennett and Jim van Bergen Lypsinka! A Day in the Life Stewart Werner Lips Together, Teeth Apart 1993 Steve Canyon Kennedy The Who's Tommy Rodrigo Bachler-Klein Les Atrides Dan Moses Schreier Spic-O-Rama Richard Woodbury Wings 1994 John A. Leonard Medea Mark Bennett The Lights T. Richard Fitzgerald Beauty and the Beast John Gromada Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 1995 colspan="3" 1996 Dan Moses Schreier Floyd Collins David Van Tieghem The Grey Zone 1997 John Gromada The Skriker Dan Moses Schreier God's Heart Marc Anthony Thompson A Huey P. Newton Story 1998 Tony Meola The Lion King Paul Arditti The Chairs Mark Bennett A View from the Bridge Thomas Cabaniss Mamba's Daughters Rinde Eckert and Gina Leishman Thérèse Raquin David Van Tieghem Scotland Road 1999 Christopher Shutt Not About Nightingales John Collins and James Johnson House/Lights Jonathan Deans Parade Fergus O'Hare Electra David Van Tieghem Stop Kiss Darron L. West Bob
2000s Year Designer Production Ref. 2000 Jamie Mereness Charlie Victor Romeo Marc Gwinn Coyote on a Fence Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen Space Darron L. West Chesapeake Y2K 2001 Christopher Shutt Mnemonic Mark Bennett and Michael Creason Dogeaters Bruce Ellman Comic Potential Gregory Kostroff Lypsinka the Boxed Set Mic Pool and David Bullard The Unexpected Man Jerry Vager Up Against the Wind 2002 Dan Moses Schreier Into the Woods John Collins, Geoff Abbas and Jim Dawson To You, the Birdie! Mark Huang Cressida Among the Greeks Scott Lehrer Franny's Way Matthew Spiro 36 Views David Van Tieghem The Glory of Living 2003 Acme Sound Partners La Bohème Mark Bennett Julius Caesar Golda's Balcony Francois Bergeron Cirque du Soleil: Varekai Janet Kalas Take Me Out Mel Mercier and David Meschter Medea 2004 Dan Moses Schreier Assassins Mark Bennett Henry IV Scott Jennings Ramayana 2K3 Brian Ronan Bug David Van Tieghem The Stendhal Syndrome 2005 Paul Arditti The Pillowman Acme Sound Partners The Light in the Piazza Jill DuBoff Miss Julie Spatter Pattern Jeff Lorenz Frankenstein Darron L. West Hot 'n' Throbbing 2006 Steve Canyon Kennedy Jersey Boys Acme Sound Partners See What I Wanna See The Drowsy Chaperone Brian Ronan Grey Gardens The Pajama Game Dan Moses Schreier Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Gregory Clarke Journey's End Acme Sound Partners In the Heights Mark Bennett The Coast of Utopia Duncan Edwards LoveMusik Frank Gaeta Dai (enough) Richard Woodbury Talk Radio 2008 Scott Lehrer South Pacific Adam Cork Macbeth Jorge Cousineau Opus Joseph Fosco The Conversation Mic Pool The 39 Steps Tony Smolenski, IV Adding Machine 2009 Paul Arditti Billy Elliot the Musical Acme Sound Partners Irving Berlin's White Christmas Gregory Clarke Equus John Gromada Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont André J. Pluess 33 Variations John Shivers 9 to 5
Multiple wins 3 wins Paul Arditti Dan Moses Schreier
2 wins Steve Canyon Kennedy
Multiple nominations 8 nominations Mark Bennett
6 nominations Dan Moses Schreier Acme Sound Partners
5 nominations David Van Tieghem
4 nominations John Gromada Paul Arditti Darron L. West
3 nominations Brian Ronan
2 nominations Janet Kalas Richard Woodbury Steve Canyon Kennedy John Collins Mic Pool Scott Lehrer Jill DuBoff Gregory Clarke
See also Laurence Olivier Award for Best Sound Design Tony Award for Best Sound Design Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
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