Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design
Awarded for	Outstanding Set Design
Location	United States
Presented by	Drama Desk
Currently held by	Christopher Barreca for Rocky the Musical (2014)
Official website	DramaDesk.org

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. In the 1998 ceremony the category was separated, to honor both plays and musicals. The category was reinstated in the 2010 ceremony.

† - indicates the performance won the Tony Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Tony Award

Winners and nominees

1960s

Year	Designer	Production
1969
	Boris Aronson	Zorba †
	Ming Cho Lee	Billy ‡

1970s

Year	Designer	Production
1970
	Boris Aronson	Company †
	Jo Mielziner	Child's Play †
	Fred Voelpe	The Memory Bank
1971
	Boris Aronson	Follies †
	Sally Jacobs	A Midsummer Night's Dream ‡
	Robin Wagner	Lenny
1972
	Santo Loquasto	Sticks and Bones
	Santo Loquasto	That Championship Season ‡
	Kert Lundell	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death ‡
	Robert U. Taylor	The Beggar's Opera
1973
	Victor Garcia and Fabian Puigserver	Yerma
	David Jenkins	The Changing Room ‡
	Tony Walton	Pippin †
	Tony Walton	Shelter
1974
	Franne Lee and Eugene Lee	Candide †
	David Mitchell	Short Eyes
	Douglas W. Schmidt	Over Here!
	Douglas W. Schmidt	Veronica's Room
1975
	Carl Toms	Sherlock Holmes †
	John Conklin	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
	Tom H. John	The Wiz
	Scott Johnson	Dance with Me ‡
	John Napier	Equus
	Julia Trevelyan Oman	Brief Lives
	William Ritman	God's Favorite ‡
	Franco Zeffirelli	Saturday Sunday Monday
1976
	Boris Aronson	Pacific Overtures †
	John Lee Beatty	Knock Knock
	Santo Loquasto	Kennedy's Children
	Santo Loquasto	Legend
	Robert U. Taylor	Lamppost Reunion
	James Tilton	A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
	James Tilton	They Knew What They Wanted
1977
	Santo Loquasto	American Buffalo ‡
	Santo Loquasto	The Cherry Orchard ‡
	John Lee Beatty	The Innocents
	Clarke Dunham	Hagar's Children
	George C. Jenkins	Sly Fox
	Robert Randolph	Porgy and Bess ‡
	Douglas W. Schmidt	The Crazy Locomotive
	Douglas W. Schmidt	The Robber Bridegroom
1978
	Robin Wagner	On the Twentieth Century †
	Edward Gorey	Dracula ‡
	Judie Juracek	P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
	Santo Loquasto	The Play's the Thing
	David Mitchell	The Gin Game
	William Ritman	Deathtrap
1979
	John Wulp	The Crucifer of Blood ‡
	Wilford Leach	All's Well That Ends Well
	Eugene Lee	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street †
	Santo Loquasto	King of Hearts
	Steven Rubin	On Golden Pond

1980s

Year	Designer	Production
1980
	John Lee Beatty	Talley's Folly †
	David Jenkins	The Art of Dining
	David Jenkins	I Ought to Be in Pictures
	David Mitchell	Barnum †
	William Ritman	Morning's at Seven
	Douglas W. Schmidt	Sidewalkin'
1981
	John Lee Beatty	Fifth of July ‡
	John Bury	Amadeus †
	Wilford Leach and Bob Shaw	The Pirates of Penzance
	Douglas W. Schmidt	Frankenstein
1982
	Robin Wagner	Dreamgirls ‡
	David Chapman	The First
	Laurie Dennett	The Dresser
	Eugene Lee	The Hothouse
	Santo Loquasto	Crossing Niagara
	Santo Loquasto	Gardenia
	Stuart Wurtzel	Henry IV
1983
	Ming Cho Lee	K2 †
	John Gunter	All's Well That Ends Well ‡
	Andrew Jackness	Geniuses
	Andrew Jackness	Whodunnit
	Marjorie Bradley Kellogg	Extremities
		Present Laughter
		Steaming
	Kert Lundell	Johnny Got His Gun
	Douglas W. Schmidt	Death of Von Richthofen Witnessed from Earth
1984
	Tony Straiges	Sunday in the Park with George †
	Michael Annals	Noises Off
	Peter Larkin	The Rink ‡
	David Potts	Full Hookup
	Bill Stabile	Spookhouse
	Tony Walton	The Real Thing ‡
1985
	Heidi Ettinger	Big River †
	John Lee Beatty	The Octette Bridge Club
	Clarke Dunham	Grind ‡
	James Leonard Joy	Digby
	Marjorie Bradley Kellogg	Requiem for a Heavyweight
	Ralph Koltai	Much Ado About Nothing
	Kevin Rigdon	Balm in Gilead
1986
	Tony Walton	Social Security
	Tony Walton	The House of Blue Leaves †
	William Barclay	Goblin Market
	Ming Cho Lee	Execution of Justice
	Thomas Lynch	Little Footsteps
	Bob Shaw	Hamlet
	Bob Shaw	The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1987
	John Napier	Les Misérables †
	John Napier	Starlight Express
	Bob Crowley	Les Liaisons Dangereuses ‡
	Edward Gianfrancesco	North Shore Fish
	John Gunter	Wild Honey
	Martin Johns	Me and My Girl ‡
	Tony Walton	The Front Page ‡
1988
	Maria Björnson	The Phantom of the Opera †
	Scott Bradley	Joe Turner's Come and Gone
	Eiko Ishioka	M. Butterfly ‡
	Tony Straiges	Into the Woods ‡
	Tony Walton	Anything Goes ‡
1989
	Santo Loquasto	Italian American Reconciliation
	Santo Loquasto	Café Crown †
	Loy Arcenas	Reckless
	John Lee Beatty	Aristocrats
	Thomas Lynch	The Heidi Chronicles ‡
	James Morgan	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
	Tony Walton	Lend Me a Tenor ‡

1990s

Year	Designer	Production
1990
	Robin Wagner	City of Angels †
	Edward Gianfrancesco	The Widow's Blind Date
	Kevin Rigdon	The Grapes of Wrath ‡
	Tony Walton	Grand Hotel ‡
1991
	Heidi Ettinger	The Secret Garden †
	David Gallo	Machinal
	Richard Hudson	La Bête ‡
	Andrew Jackness	Road to Nirvana
1992
	Tony Walton	Guys and Dolls †
	John Conklin	'Tis Pity She's a Whore
	Joe Vanek	Dancing at Lughnasa ‡
	Robin Wagner	Crazy for You
	James Youmans	Bella, Belle of Byelorussia
1993
	John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington	The Who's Tommy †
	Mark Beard	Brother Truckers
	Heidi Ettinger	One Shoe Off
	Guy-Claude Francois	Les Atrides
	Jerome Sirlin	Kiss of the Spider Woman ‡
1994
	Ian MacNeil	An Inspector Calls ‡
	Bob Crowley	Carousel †
	Peter J. Davison	Medea ‡
	Marina Draghici	The Lights
	Adrianne Lobel	Passion
	George Tsypin	In the Summer House
1995
	Eugene Lee	Show Boat
	Bob Crowley	Hapgood
	Stephen Brimson Lewis	Indiscretions ‡
	Santo Loquasto	A Month in the Country
	Mark Thompson	Arcadia ‡
	James Youmans	The Petrified Prince

2010s

Year	Designer	Production
2010
	Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch and Basil Twist	The Addams Family
	Sandra Goldmark	The Boys in the Band
	Derek McLane	Ragtime ‡
	Christopher Oram	Red †
	Jay Rohloff	Underground
	Karen Tennent	Hansel and Gretel
2011
	Derek McLane	Anything Goes ‡
	Rachel Hauck	Orange, Hat & Grace
	David Korins and Zachary Borovay	Lombardi
	Derek McLane	Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
	Tony Straiges	Treasure Island
	Mark Wendland	The Merchant of Venice ‡
2012
	Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve	Ghost the Musical ‡
	David Gallo	The Mountaintop
	Roger Hanna	A Little Journey
	David Korins	Assistance
	David Korins	Chinglish
	Derek McLane	Follies
2013
	Rob Howell	Matilda the Musical †
	Mimi Lien	The Whale
	Santo Loquasto	The Assembled Parties ‡
	Anna Louizos	The Mystery of Edwin Drood ‡
	Michael Yeargan	Golden Boy ‡
	David Zinn	The Flick
2014
	Christopher Barreca	Rocky the Musical †
	Alexander Dodge	A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder ‡
	Richard Hoover	Small Engine Repair
	Santo Loquasto	Bullets Over Broadway ‡
	Ian MacNeil	A Doll's House
	Donyale Werle	The Explorers Club

References

"Drama Desk Award for Set Design". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

External links

Drama Desk official website

Drama Desk Awards

Play	Play Revival of a Play Actor in a Play Actress in a Play Featured Actor in a Play Featured Actress in a Play Director of a Play Music in a Play

Musical	Musical Revival of a Musical Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Featured Actor in a Musical Featured Actress in a Musical Director of a Musical Music Lyrics Book Orchestrations

Production	Choreography Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design in a Musical Sound Design in a Play

Special	Solo Performance Unique Theatrical Experience Revue Projection Design Special Award

Retired	Director Revival Scenic Design of a Musical Scenic Design of a Play Sound Design

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

1969–1975

Ming Cho Lee/Boris Aronson (1969)
Boris Aronson/Jo Mielziner/Fred Voelpe (1970)
Boris Aronson/Sally Jacobs/Robin Wagner (1971)
Santo Loquasto/ Robert U. Taylor/Kert Lundell (1972)
Victor Garcia/Fabian Puigserver/Tony Walton/David Jenkins (1973)
Franne Lee/Eugene Lee/David Mitchell (1974)
Carl Toms (1975)

1976–2000

Boris Aronson (1976)
Santo Loquasto (1977)
Robin Wagner (1978)
John Wulp (1979)
John Lee Beatty (1980)
John Lee Beatty (1981)
Robin Wagner (1982)
Ming Cho Lee (1983)
Tony Straiges (1984)
Heidi Ettinger (1985)
Tony Walton (1986)
John Napier (1987)
Maria Björnson (1988)
Santo Loquasto (1989)
Robin Wagner (1990)
Heidi Ettinger (1991)
Tony Walton (1992)
John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington (1993)
Ian MacNeil (1994)
Eugene Lee (1995)
Scott Bradley, play/Brian Thomson, musical (1996)
David Gallo and Jan Hartley, play/Christina Poddubiuk, James Noone, and Robin Phillips, musical (1997)
The Quay Brothers, play/Richard Hudson, musical (1998)
Richard Hoover, play/Lez Brotherston, musical (1999)
David Gallo, play/Robin Wagner, musical (2000)

2001–2025

Bob Crowley, play/Robin Wagner, musical (2001)
Tim Hatley, play/Douglas W. Schmidt, musical (2002)
John Lee Beatty, play/Catherine Martin, musical (2003)
John Lee Beatty, play/Eugene Lee, musical (2004)
Santo Loquasto, play/Michael Yeargan, musical (2005)
Michael Yeargan, play/David Gallo, musical (2006)
Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, play/Bob Crowley, musical (2007)
Scott Pask, play/Michael Yeargan, musical (2008)
David Korins, play/Tim Hatley, musical (2009)
Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, and Basil Twist (2010)
Derek McLane (2011)
Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve (2012)
Rob Howell (2013)
Christopher Barreca (2014)

Complete list
(1969–1975)
(1976–2000)
(2001–2025)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2010s

See also

References

External links