Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The awards were established in 1955, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director being presented to directors of both plays and musicals. The new award categories were later created in the 1975 ceremony.
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Director of a Play |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| Currently held by | Stephen Daldry for The Inheritance (2020) |
| Website | DramaDeskAwards.com |
† - indicates the performance won the Tony Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Tony Award
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Director | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | ||
| John Dexter | Equus † | |
| Frank Dunlop | Sherlock Holmes ‡ | |
| Athol Fugard | Sizwe Banzi Is Dead ‡ | |
| The Island ‡ | ||
| Peter H. Hunt | Goodtime Charlie | |
| Ron Link | Women Behind Bars | |
| Gene Saks | Same Time, Next Year ‡ | |
| 1976 | ||
| Ellis Rabb | The Royal Family † | |
| Edward Albee | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | |
| Arvin Brown | Dual Bill | |
| Mike Nichols | Streamers ‡ | |
| Stephen Porter | They Knew What They Wanted | |
| Tom Signorelli | Lamppost Reunion | |
| 1977 | ||
| Mike Nichols | Comedians ‡ | |
| Alan Schneider | A Texas Trilogy | |
| Frank Dunlop | The New York Idea | |
| Tony Giordano | G.R. Point | |
| Ulu Grosbard | American Buffalo ‡ | |
| Oz Scott | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf | |
| 1978 | ||
| Melvin Bernhardt | Da † | |
| Peter Bennett | Dracula | |
| Joseph Chaikin | The Dybbuk | |
| Mike Nichols | The Gin Game ‡ | |
| Steven Robman | Uncommon Women | |
| Garland Wright | K | |
| 1979 | ||
| Jack Hofsiss | The Elephant Man † | |
| Alan Ayckbourn | Bedroom Farce ‡ | |
| John Madden | Wings | |
| Stephen Porter | Man and Superman | |
| Horacena J. Taylor | Nevis Mt. Dew | |
| Ted Weiant | The Miracle Worker |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Director | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Stephen Daldry | The Inheritance | |
| Jessica Blank | Coal Country | |
| John Ortiz | Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven | |
| Tina Satter | Is This A Room | |
| Erica Schmidt | Mac Beth |
References
- "Drama Desk Award for Director of a Play". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
External links
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