Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design is an annual award presented by the Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway productions. After the award was first given, in 1998,[1] it was not presented again until 2017.

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Puppet Design
Awarded forOutstanding Puppet Design
LocationUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
Currently held byJames Ortiz for The Skin of Our Teeth (2022)
Websitedramadeskawards.com

Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, the award for Outstanding Puppet Design combines musicals and plays 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
2022[6][7]
James Ortiz The Skin of Our Teeth
Amanda Villalobos Wolf Play
Rockefeller Productions Winnie the Pooh

References
  1. 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. Gans, Andrew (May 16, 2022). "Six, Kimberly Akimbo Lead 2022 Drama Desk Award Nominations; See the Full List". Playbill. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  7. 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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