68th Drama Desk Award Winners

Outstanding Play

Stereophonic, by David Adjmi, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Musical

Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Revival of a Play

Appropriate, Second Stage Theater

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Classic Stage Company

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

(TIE) Jessica Lange, Mother Play, Second Stage Theater AND Sarah Paulson, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical

(TIE) Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses, Atlantic Theater Company AND Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen AND Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses, Atlantic Theater Company

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play

(TIE)Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play, Second Stage Theater AND Kara Young, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical

(TIE) Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen AND Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants

Outstanding Choreography

Justin Peck, Illinoise, Park Avenue Armory

Outstanding Music

Shaina Taub, Suffs

Outstanding Lyrics

David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Book of a Musical

Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw

Outstanding Orchestrations

Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic Theater Company

Outstanding Music in a Play

Will Butler, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Revue

Amid Falling Walls, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play

David Zinn, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical

Paul Tate DePoo III, The Great Gatsby (includes projections)

Outstanding Costume Design of a Play

Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical

Paul Tazewell, Suffs

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play

Jane Cox, Appropriate, Second Stage Theater

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical

Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim (projections), The Outsiders

Outstanding Projection and Video Design

Peter Nigrini, Hell’s Kitchen

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play

Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical

(TIE) Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club AND Cody Spencer, The Outsiders AND

Walter Trarbach, Water for Elephants

Outstanding Wig and Hair

Nikiya Mathis, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Manhattan Theatre Club

Outstanding Solo Performance

Patrick Page, All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain

Unique Theatrical Experience

Grenfell: in the words of survivors, St. Ann’s Warehouse, National Theatre, and KPPL Productions

Outstanding Fight Choreography

Cha Ramos, Water for Elephants

Outstanding Adaptation

An Enemy of the People, by Amy Herzog

Outstanding Puppetry

Ray Wetmore, JR Goodman, and Camille Labarre, Water for Elephants