Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Play explained

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Sound Design
Awarded For:Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
Presenter:Drama Desk
Location:New York City
Country:United States
Year:2010
Holder:Ryan Rumery for Stereophonic (2024)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for a Play 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 established in 1980, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2010, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearDesignerProduction
2010
Fitz PattonWhen the Rain Stops Falling
Dan Bianchi and Wes ShippeeFrankenstein
Dale BigallUnderground
Adam CorkENRON
Lindsay JonesTop Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
Elizabeth RhodesJohn Ball's In the Heat of the Night
2011
Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. MyersBengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Acme Sound PartnersThe Merchant of Venice
Ian DickinsonJohn Gabriel Borkman
Brett JarvisBaby Universe
Bray PoorWings
Eric ShimelonisThe Hallway Trilogy
2012
John GromadaThe Best Man
Quentin ChiappettaThe Navigator
Gregory ClarkeMisterman
Gareth FryRichard III
Stowe NelsonSamuel and Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War
Shane RettigShe Kills Monsters
2013
Mel MercierThe Testament of Mary
Ien DeNioThe Pilo Family Circus
Steve FontaineLast Man Club
Christian FredericksonThrough the Yellow Hour
Lindsay JonesWild With Happy
Fergus O'HareMacbeth
2014
Matt TierneyMachinal
M.L. DoggThe Open House
Katie DownThe Golden Dragon
Paul James PrendergastAll the Way
Dan Moses SchreierAct One
Christopher ShuttLove and Information
2015
Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Nathan DavisThe Other Mozart
Ien DenioDeliverance
Gareth FryLet the Right One In
John GromadaLives of the Saints (an anthology of short plays by David Ives)
Matt TierneyOur Lady of Kibeho
2016
Fitz PattonThe Humans
Fitz PattonAn Act of God
Miles PolaskiFulfillment
Bray PoorJohn
Ryan RumeryEmpanada Loca
2017
Gareth Fry and Pete MalkinThe Encounter
Mikhail FikselA Life
Brian QuijadaWhere Did We Sit on the Bus?
Leon RothenbergNotes from the Field
Jane ShawMen on Boats
2018
Gareth FryHarry Potter and the Cursed Child
Brendan AanesBalls
Tom Gibbons1984
People, Places and Things
Stefan GregoryYerma
Palmer HefferanToday is My Birthday
2019
Nick PowellThe Ferryman
Tyler KiefferPlano
Fitz PattonChoir Boy
Jane ShawI Was Most Alive with You
Mikaal SulaimanFairview

2020s

YearDesignerProduction
2020
Paul Arditti and Christopher ReidThe Inheritance
Justin EllingtonHeroes of the Fourth Turning
Mikhail FikselDana H.
Palmer HefferanFefu and Her Friends
Lee Kinney and Sanae YamadaIs This A Room
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2022
Ben and Max RinghamCyrano de Bergerac
Tyler KiefferSeven Deadly Sins
Hidenori Nakajo and Ryan RumeryAutumn Royal
Mikaal SulaimanSanctuary City
Lee KinneySelling Kabul
2023
Ben & Max RinghamA Doll's House
Justin EllingtonOhio State Murders
Tom GibbonsHamlet
Josh Anio GriggLove
Lee Kinney & Daniel KlugerYou Will Get Sick
Mikaal SulaimanFat Ham
2024
Ryan RumeryStereophonic
Adam CorkThe Hunt
Tom GibbonsGrey House
Palmer HefferanThe Comeuppance
Bray Poor and Will PickensAppropriate

See also