“Company,” “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Clyde’s” are among the 2022 Drama Desk Award winners.
The Broadway-bound “Kimberly Akimbo” won Outstanding Musical. The show is expected to open at the Booth Theatre on Oct. 12.
“Company” won Outstanding Revival, with Matt Doyle and Patti LuPone taking home awards in their respective Featured Actor and Actress categories. Director Marianne Elliott also won for her work on the show.
“Clyde’s” also won a handful of awards, including Outstanding Actor in a Play for Ron Cephas Jones.
Jaquel Spivey won Outstanding Actor for his leading role in “A Strange Loop,” while Joaquina Kalukango took home the Outstanding Actress award for “Paradise Square.”
The 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which honor Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, will be handed out on June 14 at Sardi’s.
Full list of winners:
Outstanding Play
Prayer for the French Republic, by Joshua Harmon, Manhattan Theatre Club
Cullud Wattah, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, The Public Theater
English, by Sanaz Toossi, Atlantic Theater Company
Sanctuary City, by Martyna Majok, New York Theatre Workshop
Selling Kabul, by Sylvia Khoury, Playwrights Horizons
The Chinese Lady, by Lloyd Suh, The Public Theater
Outstanding Musical
Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Harmony, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Six
The Hang, HERE Arts Center
Outstanding Revival of a Play
How I Learned to Drive, Manhattan Theatre Club
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Lackawanna Blues, Manhattan Theatre Club
Skeleton Crew, Manhattan Theatre Club
Trouble in Mind, Roundabout Theatre Company
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theatre
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Company
Assassins, Classic Stage Company
Baby, Out of the Box Theatrics
Caroline, or Change, Roundabout Theatre Company
Outstanding Actor in a Play
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues, Manhattan Theatre Club
Brandon J. Dirden, Skeleton Crew, Manhattan Theatre Club
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out, Second Stage Theater
Jacob Ming-Trent, Merry Wives, The Public Theater (Free Shakespeare in the Park)
John Douglas Thompson, The Merchant of Venice, Theatre for a New Audience
Outstanding Actress in a Play
Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew, Manhattan Theatre Club
Tala Ashe, English, Atlantic Theater Company
Ruth Negga, Macbeth
Andrea Patterson, Cullud Wattah, The Public Theater
Shannon Tyo, The Chinese Lady, The Public Theater
Michelle Wilson, Confederates, Signature Theatre
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Jaquel Spivey, A Strange Loop
Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night
Myles Frost, MJ
Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire
Chip Zien, Harmony, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Kearstin Piper Brown, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Sharon D. Clarke, Caroline, or Change, Roundabout Theatre Company
Jeanna de Waal, Diana
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’s, Second Stage Theater
Joshua Boone, Skeleton Crew, Manhattan Theatre Club
Chuck Cooper, Trouble in Mind, Roundabout Theatre Company
Daniel K. Isaac, The Chinese Lady, The Public Theater
Billy Eugene Jones, On Sugarland, New York Theatre Workshop
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Francis Benhamou, Prayer for the French Republic, Manhattan Theatre Club
Stephanie Berry, On Sugarland, New York Theatre Workshop
Sonnie Brown, what you are now, Ensemble Studio Theatre
Page Leong, Out of Time, NAATCO and The Public Theater
Kenita R. Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Kara Young, Clyde’s, Second Stage Theater
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Matt Doyle, Company
Justin Austin, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl
Tavon Olds-Sample, MJ
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Patti LuPone, Company
Judy Kuhn, Assassins, Classic Stage Company
Tamika Lawrence, Black No More, The New Group
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Jennifer Simard, Company
Outstanding Director of a Play
Rebecca Frecknall, Sanctuary City, New York Theatre Workshop
Knud Adams, English, Atlantic Theater Company
Saheem Ali, Merry Wives, The Public Theater (Free Shakespeare in the Park)
Taibi Magar, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theatre
Whitney White, On Sugarland, New York Theatre Workshop
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Marianne Elliott, Company
John Doyle, Assassins, Classic Stage Company
Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, Six
Bartlett Sher, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Outstanding Choreography
Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman, and Jason Oremus (Irish + Hammerstep), Gelan Lambert and Chloe Davis (associates), Paradise Square
Ayodele Casel (tap choreography), Funny Girl
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, Six
Liam Steel, Company
Christopher Wheeldon, Michael Balderrama (associate), Rich + Tone Taleuega (Michael Jackson movement), MJ
Outstanding Music
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six
Jason Howland, Paradise Square
Matt Ray, The Hang, HERE Arts Center
Carrie Rodriguez, ¡Americano!
Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Outstanding Lyrics
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six
Amanda Green, Mr. Saturday Night
Taylor Mac, The Hang, HERE Arts Center
David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Shaina Taub, Suffs, The Public Theater
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Bruce Sussman, Harmony, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel, Mr. Saturday Night
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six
Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Outstanding Orchestrations
Jason Michael Webb and David Holcenberg, MJ
Tom Curran, Six
Greg Jarrett, Assassins, Classic Stage Company
Mark Hartman and Yasuhiko Fukuoka, The Streets of New York, Irish Repertory Theatre
Outstanding Music in a Play
Bill Sims Jr., Lackawanna Blues, Manhattan Theatre Club
Te’La and Kamauu, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Michael Thurber and Farai Malianga (drum compositions), Merry Wives, The Public Theater (Free Shakespeare in the Park)
Outstanding Scenic Design for a Play
Takeshi Kata, Clyde’s, Second Stage Theater
Beowulf Boritt, Merry Wives, The Public Theater (Free Shakespeare in the Park)
Wilson Chin, Pass Over
Marsha Ginsberg, English, Atlantic Theater Company
Junghyun Georgia Lee, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, New York Theatre Workshop
Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, Flying Over Sunset, Lincoln Center Theater
Emma Bailey, Six
Bunny Christie, Company
David Zinn, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Jennifer Moeller, Clyde’s, Second Stage Theater
Linda Cho, The Chinese Lady, The Public Theater
Gregory Gale, Fairycakes
Tilly Grimes, The Alchemist, Red Bull Theater
Qween Jean, On Sugarland, New York Theatre Workshop
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Gabriella Slade, Six
Machine Dazzle, The Hang, HERE Arts Center
Susan Hilferty, Funny Girl
Santo Loquasto, The Music Man
Catherine Zuber, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play
Christopher Akerlind, Clyde’s, Second Stage Theater
Amith Chandrashaker, Prayer for the French Republic, Manhattan Theatre Club
Reza Behjat, English, Atlantic Theater Company
Isabella Byrd, Sanctuary City, New York Theatre Workshop
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Cullud Wattah, The Public Theater
Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
Natasha Katz, MJ
Bradley King, Flying Over Sunset, Lincoln Center Theater
Natasha Katz, Diana
Jennifer Tipton, Intimate Apparel, Lincoln Center Theater
Outstanding Projection Design
59 Productions, Flying Over Sunset, Lincoln Center Theater
David Bengali, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theatre
Stephania Bulbarella and Alex Basco Koch, Space Dogs, MCC Theater
Shawn Duan, The Chinese Lady, The Public Theater
Sven Ortel, Thoughts of a Colored Man
Outstanding Sound Design for a Play
Ben and Max Ringham, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Jamie Lloyd Company at Brooklyn Academy of Music
Tyler Kieffer, Seven Deadly Sins, Tectonic Theater Project and Madison Wells Live
Hidenori Nakajo and Ryan Rumery, Autumn Royal, Irish Repertory Theatre
Mikaal Sulaiman, Sanctuary City, New York Theatre Workshop
Lee Kinney, Selling Kabul, Playwrights Horizons
Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical
Gareth Owen, MJ
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Company
Paul Gatehouse, Six
Kai Harada, Kimberly Akimbo, Atlantic Theater Company
Outstanding Wig and Hair
David Brian Brown, Mrs. Doubtfire
Matthew B. Armentrout, Paradise Square
Paul Huntley, Diana
Charles G. LaPointe, MJ
Outstanding Solo Performance
Kristina Wong, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, New York Theatre Workshop
Alex Edelman, Just for Us, Cherry Lane Theatre
Arturo Luís Soria, Ni Mi Madre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Unique Theatrical Experience
Seven Deadly Sins, Tectonic Theater Project & Madison Wells Live
Outstanding Adaptation
Merry Wives, by Jocelyn Bioh, The Public Theater (Free Shakespeare in the Park)
The Alchemist, by Jeffrey Hatcher, Red Bull Theater
Outstanding Puppet Design
James Ortiz, The Skin of Our Teeth, Lincoln Center Theater
Amanda Villalobos, Wolf Play, Soho Rep.
Rockefeller Productions, Winnie the Pooh, The Hundred Acre Theatre
Harold S. Prince Lifetime Achievement Award
Alice Childress
Ensemble Award
Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Brittney Mack, Abby Mueller, Samantha Pauly, and Anna Uzele, Six
The Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award
Marjan Neshat
Additional Special Awards
Dede Ayite
Adam Rigg
