Drama Desk Awards

WINNERS

June 1, 2025

Outstanding Play

Purpose, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Outstanding Musical

Maybe Happy Ending

Outstanding Revival of a Play

Eureka Day 

Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Gypsy

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

WINNER: Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California

WINNER: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical

WINNER: Audra McDonald, Gypsy

WINNER: Jasmine Amy Rogers, BOOP! The Musical

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play

WINNER: Amalia Yoo, John Proctor is the Villain

WINNER: Kara Young, Purpose

Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical

WINNER: Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash

WINNER: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat

WINNER: Michael Urie, Once Upon a Mattress

Outstanding Solo Performance

WINNER: Andrew Scott, Vanya

Outstanding Direction of a Play

WINNER: Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

WINNER: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending

Outstanding Choreography

WINNER: Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Musical

Outstanding Music

WINNER: Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

Outstanding Lyrics

WINNER: Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

Outstanding Book of a Musical

WINNER: Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending

Outstanding Orchestrations

WINNER: Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play

WINNER: Miriam Buether, and Jamie Harrison and Chris Fisher (illusions and visual effects), Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical

WINNER: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending (includes video design)

Outstanding Costume Design of a Play

WINNER: Dede Ayite, Our Town

Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical

WINNER: Gregg Barnes, BOOP! The Musical

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play

WINNER: Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical

WINNER: Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play

WINNER: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical

WINNER: Peter Hylenski, Just in Time

Outstanding Projection and Video Design

WINNER: David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Outstanding Wig and Hair

WINNER: Charles LaPointe, Death Becomes Her

Outstanding Puppetry

WINNER: Amanda Villalobos, Becoming Eve

Outstanding Fight Choreography

WINNER: Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet, Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Outstanding Adaptation

WINNER: Pirates! The Penzance Musical, by Rupert Holmes

Outstanding Revue

WINNER: Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song

Unique Theatrical Experience

WINNER: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Special Awards

Harold S. Prince Award for Lifetime Achievement

Gavin Creel (posthumously)

William Wolf Award

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Ensemble Award

The ensemble of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation: Betsy Aidem, Audrey Corsa, Kayla Davion, Susannah Flood, Kristolyn Lloyd, Irene Sofia Lucio, Charlie Thurston, and Adina Verson

Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award

Stephen Michael Spencer, Medea: Re-Versed and Music City

Additional special awards

Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

Lighting designer Stacey Derosier

Playwright Ken Urban; director Jack Serio; and ensemble Ryan Spahn, Julia Chan, and Juan Castano, Danger and Opportunity