Henry Hewes Award Winners Announced The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has announced the 2026 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees who will be recognized at the 62nd annual ceremony on October 19 in New York. "We are delighted to announce the 2026 Henry Hewes Design Awards honorees," says Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, chairman of the committee. "We continue to recognize the outstanding contribution designers make to the creative process in all New York theater productions, and we congratulate the 2026 honorees for their excellent work." Honors for the 2025-26 season were earned by 15 artists for their work on and Off Broadway. Scenic designer Dane Laffrey (The Lost Boys), costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo (Cold War Choir Practice), lighting designer Masha Tsimring (Practice, Cold War Choir Practice, and Animal Wisdom), sound designer Mikhail Fiksel (Mexodus), media designer Kameron Neal (Rheology), and the production design team of Christopher Darbassie, Emmanuel Delgado, Sam Levy, Monkey Boys Productions, Tommaso Ortino, Muriel Parra, Lia Ouyang Rusli, Andre Azevedo Sweet and Julio Torres (Color Theories). The HHDA Committee named honorees in six standard categories: scenic design, costume design, lighting design, sound design, media design, and notable effects. As of the 2026 awards, the Committee has bestowed 363 honors on 255 artists representing 310 productions. (These numbers do not include the Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Design.) The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee includes theatre critics Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, chair; David Barbour; David Cote; Sara Holdren; Naveen Kumar; Martha Wade Steketee; and Diep Tran. The awards are sponsored by the Henry Hewes Foundation for the Theater Arts. 2026 HENRY HEWES DESIGN AWARDS NOMINEES Scenic Design Afsoon Pajoufar Cold War Choir Practice
Afsoon Pajoufar Practice
Ashley Basile Ivanov
Chloe Lamford Death of a Salesman
Christine Jones and Brett J. Banakis Anna Christie
Dane Laffrey The Lost Boys
Daniel Allen Beau
David Korins Dog Day Afternoon
David Rockwell Fallen Angels
Derek McLane The Adding Machine
dots Mother Russia
dots The Rocky Horror Show
Emmie Finckel Animal Wisdom
Emona Stoykova Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life
Forest Entsminger Time Passes (for Ellen Brody)
Jason Sherwood The Baker's Wife
Marsha Ginsberg Queens
Marsha Ginsberg Data
Riw Rakkulchon Mexodus
Scott Pask Schmigadoon!
Scott Pask Little Bear Ridge Road
Scott Pask and James Fluhr Masquerade Costume Design Alejo Vietti The Emporium
Brenda Abbandandolo Cold War Choir Practice
Brenda Abbandandolo Dog Day Afternoon
Christian Cowan Queen of Versailles
David I. Reynoso The Rocky Horror Show
Emilio Sosa Masquerade
Emilio Sosa The Balusters
Enver Chakartash Meet the Cartozians
Enver Chakartash No Singing in the Navy
Jeff Mahshie Fallen Angels
Jen Caprio Reunions
Jian Jung Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood
Karen Boyer Practice
Kaye Voyce The Seat of Our Pants
Linda Cho Ragtime
Linda Cho Schmigadoon!
Lux Haac Watch Me Walk
Oana Botez Twelfth Night
Paul Tazewell Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Qween Jean Saturday Church
Qween Jean Oh Happy Day!
Ricky Reynoso Bigfoot!
Alejo Vietti The Emporium Lighting Design Adam Honore and Donald Holder Ragtime
Ben Stanton Masquerade
Ben Stanton Queens
Cha See The Unknown
Emmanuel Delgado Color Theories
Heather Gilbert Bug
Heather Gilbert Little Bear Ridge Road
Isabella Byrd Prince Faggot
Jack Knowles Death of a Salesman
Jane Cox The Rocky Horror Show
Jeff Croiter The Adding Machine
Jen Schriever and Michael Arden The Lost Boyswithout mirrors
Masha Tsimring Practice
Masha Tsimring Cold War Choir Practice
Masha Tsimring Animal Wisdom
Mextly Couzin Mexodus
Natasha Katz Anna Christie
Sarah Woods Ivanov
Stacey Derosier Well, I'll Let You Go
Stacey Derosier Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Studio Luna Marcel on the Train Notable Effects Alberto "Albee" Alvarado (wigs and hair design) The Rocky Horror Show
Christopher Darbassie, Emmanuel Delgado, Monkey Boys Productions, Tommaso Ortino, Muriel Parra, Lia Ouyang Rusli, André Azevedo Sweet, Julio Torres, Sam Levy, (production design) Color Theories
David Brian Brown (wigs and hair design) The Lost Boys
David Brian Brown, Victoria Tinsman (wigs and hair design) Fallen Angels
Emily Batsford, Yuliya Tsukerman (puppetry design) Cumulo
Gwyneth Larsen, Billy Mulholland (aerial design) The Lost Boys
J. Jared Janas (makeup design) Bug
Jim Findlay, Josh Higgason, Amy Rubin (bubble effects design) Kramer/Fauci
Julian Crouch (puppetry design) Goddess
Marcus Maurette (special effects design) The Lost Boys
Monkey Boys Productions (puppetry design) The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire
Normandy Sherwood (production design) The Mushroom
Tom Watson (wigs and hair design) Schmigadoon!
Tom Watson (wigs and hair design) Ragtime Sound Design Adam Fisher The Lost Boys
Arthur Solari Bughouse Ben Williams Ulysses
Brett Jarvis Masquerade
Bruce Odland What We Did Before Our Moth Days
Caroline Eng The Unknown
Cody Spencer Dog Day Afternoon
Darron L. West The Emporium
Garth McAleavey What to Wear
Jill BC DuBoff Marcel on the Train
Josh Schmidt Bug
Justin Ellington Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Kai Harada Ragtime
Kathy Ruvuna Cold War Choir Practice
Mikaal Sulaiman The Monsters
Mikhail Fiksel Mexodus
Mikhail Fiksel Mother Russia
Mitchell Polonsky Time Passes (for Ellen Brody) Nick Kourtides Oratorio for Living Things
Ryan Gamblin The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire Media Design 59 Productions Ragtime
Alex Basco Koch Ava: The Secret Conversations
Brad Peterson House of McQueen
David Bengali My Joy Is Heavy
Johnny Moreno Mexodus
Kameron Neal Rheology
Lucy Mackinnon Public Charge
Matthew Deinhart Ulysses
Mitchell Polonsky Time Passes (for Ellen Brody) John Narun Bughouse
Peter Nigrini Chess
Stefania Bulbarella Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God
Stefania Bulbarella Take a Banana for the Ride
Tei Blow Watch Me Walk 
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