Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in adapted works of theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.

Amy Herzog has won the award twice in a row, for her adaptations of A Doll's House and An Enemy of the People, while she is tied with Jeffrey Hatcher and Robert Icke for most nominations, with two each.

Winners and nominees

Key

2020s

Year

Work

Author

Ref.

2020

A Christmas Carol

Jack Thorne

Judgment Day

Christopher Shinn

Mojada

Luis Alfaro

Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow

Halley Feiffer

2021

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2022

Merry Wives

Jocelyn Bioh



The Alchemist

Jeffrey Hatcher

2023

A Doll’s House

Amy Herzog

Arden of Faversham

Jeffrey Hatcher and Kathryn Walat

black odyssey

Marcus Gardley

Oresteia

Robert Icke

Wuthering Heights

Emma Rice

2024

An Enemy of the People

Amy Herzog

The Comedy of Errors

Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri

The Doctor

Robert Icke

The Hunt

David Farr

The Whole of Time

Romina Paul

2025

Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Rupert Holmes

Becoming Eve

Emil Weinstein

Cymbeline

Andrea Thome

Medea: Re-Versed

Luis Quintero

The Devil’s Disciple

David Staller

2026

Oedipus

Robert Icke

and her Children

Rosie Glen-Lambert and Hailey McAfee

Are the Bennett Girls OK?

Emily Breeze

Pride and Prejudice

Abigail Pickard Price, with Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches

Room 204

Zusammen Theatre Project (Dennis Flanagan and Anjelica Fellini)

The Imaginary Invalid

Lucie Tiberghien

Multiple wins

2 wins
  • Amy Herzog (consecutive)

Multiple nominations

3 nominations
  • Robert Icke
2 nominations
  • Amy Herzog
  • Jeffrey Hatcher

References

Adaptation