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Drama Desk Award Winners Announced

Helen J. Shen. Darren Criss in Maybe Happy Ending. Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

The winners of the 2025 Drama Desk Awards were announced last night in a ceremony at New York University's Skirball Center.

The awards, which cover Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, are voted on by Drama Desk members, working journalists, critics, editors, and broadcasters. David Barbour, LSA editor-in-chief, is co-president (with Charles Wright) of the organization.

The design winners are:

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, and Jamie Harrison and Chris Fisher (illusions and visual effects), Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical
Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending (includes video design)

Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
Dede Ayite, Our Town

Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play
Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical
Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play
Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, Just in Time

Outstanding Projection and Video Design
David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Outstanding Wig and Hair
Charles G. LaPointe, Death Becomes Her

Outstanding Puppetry
Amanda Villalobos, Becoming Eve

The biggest winner of the evening was the musical Maybe Happy Ending with six awards, followed by Boop! The Musical, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and The Picture of Dorian Gray with three apiece.

To see the full list of winners, go to www.dramadeskaward.com/winners.


(2 June 2025)

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