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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Puppet Design
Awarded forOutstanding Puppet Design
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded1998
Currently held byJames Ortiz for The Skin of Our Teeth (2022)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppetry 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 first presented at the 1998 ceremony, as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design,[1] then suspended from use until the 2017 ceremony. The current name was introduced as of the 2023 ceremony.

Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, the award for Outstanding Puppetry combines plays and musicals into a single category.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Designer Production
1998[1] Julie Taymor and Michael Curry The Lion King
The Big Nazo Studio Jackie: An American Life
Bruce Schwartz Ballad of Yachiyo
Basil Twist Tell-Tale

2010s

Year Designer Production
2017[2] Basil Twist Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lyndie Wright and Sarah Wright 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
2018[3]
Michael Curry Frozen
Finn Caldwell and Nick Barnes Angels in America
Charlie Kanev, Sarah Nolan, and Jonathan Levin A Hunger Artist
Vandy Wood The Artificial Jungle
2019[4]
Sonny Tilders King Kong
Michael Curry Beetlejuice
Tschabalala Self Daddy

2020s

Year Designer Production
2020[5] Raphael Mishler Tumacho
Rockefeller Productions Paddington Gets in a Jam
Amanda Villalobos Is This a Room
2021 No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[6]
2022[7][8]
James Ortiz The Skin of Our Teeth
Amanda Villalobos Wolf Play
Rockefeller Productions Winnie the Pooh

References

  1. ^ a b Gans, Andrew; Lefkowitz, David; Viagas, Robert (May 18, 1998). "Ragtime, Beauty Queen Win Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Rosky, Nicole (June 4, 2017). "62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, Full List of 2017 Winners!". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Lefkowitz, Andy (June 3, 2018). "SpongeBob SquarePants & More Win 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Fierberg, Ruthie (June 2, 2019). "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Meyer, Dan (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew (May 16, 2022). "Six, Kimberly Akimbo Lead 2022 Drama Desk Award Nominations; See the Full List". Playbill. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  8. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (June 8, 2022). "Clyde's, Company, SIX: The Musical Lead 2022 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
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