The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
The award was established in 1969, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2016, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.
Dede M. Ayite has received the most nominations in the category, with four, followed closely by Toni-Leslie James with three and Ann Roth, Emilio Sosa, Qween Jean and Enver Chakartash with two each. No designer has won the award multiple times.
Winners and nominees Key
2010s Year Designer Production 2016 Anita Yavich The Legend of Georgia McBride Jessica Ford These Paper Bullets! Martha Hally Women Without Men Constance Hoffman Pericles William Ivey Long Shows for Days2017Jane GreenwoodThe Little Foxes Susan HilfertyPresent Laughter Murell HortonThe LiarToni-Leslie JamesJitney Stewart LaingThe Hairy ApeAnn RothThe Front Page2018Jonathan FensomFarinelli and the King Dede M. AyiteSchool Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls PlayKatrina LindsayHarry Potter and the Cursed Child Ann RothThree Tall Women Emilio SosaVenus2019Toni-Leslie JamesBernhardt/Hamlet Dede M. AyiteBy the Way, Meet Vera StarkIf Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a MuhfuckaÁsta Bennie HostetterMrs. Murray's MenagerieNicole SlavenHenry VI: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts
2020s Year Designer Production 2020 Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn The Confession of Lily Dare Asa Benally Blues for an Alabama Sky Montana Levi Blanco Fefu and Her Friends Toni-Leslie James for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Antony McDonald Judgment Day Kaye Voyce Coriolanus 2021 colspan="2" 2022 Jennifer Moeller Clyde's Linda Cho The Chinese Lady Gregory Gale Fairycakes Tilly Grimes The Alchemist Qween Jean On Sugarland2023Emilio SosaAin't No Mo'Kara BranchAccording to the ChorusEnver ChakartashPublic ObscenitiesQween JeanWedding BandSarah LauxWish You Were HereRoberto SuracePeter Pan Goes Wrong2024Enver ChakartashStereophonicAlex BerryMacbeth (an undoing)Karen BoyerWarrior Sisters of WuLux HaacManahattaRodrigo MuñozSally & Tom 2025 Dede Ayite Our Town Brenda Abbandandolo The Antiquities Christopher Ford The Beastiary Camilla Lind Dark Noon Karl Ruckdeschel Twelfth Night2026Paul TazewellJoe Turner's Come and GoneKindall AlmondInitiativeEnver ChakartashMeet the CartoziansTartuffeQween JeanOh, Happy Day!Emilio SosaThe Balusters
Multiple nominations 4 nominations Dede Ayite Enver Chakartash
3 nominations Toni-Leslie James Qween Jean Emilio Sosa
2 nominations Ann Roth
See also Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play
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