Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Appearance
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Play |
Location | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
Currently held by | Prayer for the French Republic (2022) |
Website | DramaDeskAwards.com |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The award was initially introduced in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre, before being removed from the ceremony between 1960 and 1974. The award later returned in the 1975 ceremony, with its current title.
Winners and nominees
1950s
1960s
Year | Play | Writer |
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1960–69 | — |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Play | Writer |
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2020 | ||
The Inheritance | Matthew Lopez | |
Cambodian Rock Band | Lauren Yee | |
Greater Clements | Samuel D. Hunter | |
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven | Stephen Adly Guirgis | |
Heroes of the Fourth Turning | Will Arbery | |
2021 | — | |
2022 | ||
Prayer for the French Republic | Joshua Harmon | |
The Chinese Lady | Lloyd Suh | |
Cullud Wattah | Erika Dickerson-Despenza | |
English | Sanaz Toossi | |
Sanctuary City | Martyna Majok | |
Selling Kabul | Sylvia Khoury |
See also
References
- "Drama Desk Award for Play". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.