Drama League Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play
The Drama League Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play is a theater award presented annually since 2022 by The Drama League for the most outstanding director of a play of the theater season.
Jamie Lloyd has received the most nominations in the category, with three. No director has won the award twice since its addition in 2022.
Winners and nominees
- Key
2020s
Year |
Director |
Production |
Ref. |
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2022 |
Kate Whoriskey |
Clyde's |
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Les Waters |
Dana H. |
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Knud Adams |
English |
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Saheem Ali |
Merry Wives |
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Stori Ayers |
Confederates |
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Camille A. Brown |
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf |
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Matthew Dunster |
Hangmen |
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Jamie Lloyd |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
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Sam Mendes |
The Lehman Trilogy |
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Tyne Rafaeli |
Selling Kabul |
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Taylor Reynolds |
Tambo & Bones |
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2023 |
Anne Kauffman |
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window |
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Shayok Misha Chowdhury |
Public Obscenities |
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David Mendizábal |
the bandaged place |
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Awoye Timpo |
Elyria |
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Wedding Band |
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Kenny Leon |
Topdog/Underdog |
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Dustin Wills |
Wolf Play |
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Jamie Lloyd |
A Doll's House |
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Jo Bonney |
Cost of Living |
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2024 |
Daniel Aukin |
Stereophonic |
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Tara Ahmadinejad |
Grief Hotel |
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Whitney White |
Jaja's African Hair Braiding |
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Eric Ting |
The Comeuppance |
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Sam Pinkleton |
Oh, Mary! |
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Lila Neugebauer |
Uncle Vanya |
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Appropriate |
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Jamie Lloyd |
The Effect |
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Rupert Goold |
Patriots |
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The Hunt |
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Sam Gold |
An Enemy of the People |
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2025 |
Sam Pinkleton |
Oh, Mary! |
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Sam Yates |
Vanya |
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Kip Williams |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
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Whitney White |
Liberation |
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Danya Taymor |
John Proctor is the Villain |
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Anna D. Shapiro |
Eureka Day |
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Tyne Rafaeli |
Becoming Eve |
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David Cromer |
Good Night, and Good Luck |
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Saheem Ali |
Good Bones |
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Knud Adams |
English |
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2026 |
Joe Mantello |
Death of a Salesman and Little Bear Ridge Road |
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Knud Adams |
Cold War Choir Practice |
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Debbie Allen |
Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
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Tatyana-Marie Carlo |
Spread |
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Shayok Misha Chowdhury |
Prince Faggot |
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David Cromer |
Caroline |
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Trip Cullman |
Becky Shaw |
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Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin |
Kyoto |
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Marshall Pailet |
Marcel on the Train |
Multiple nominations
- 3 nominations
- Jamie Lloyd
- 2 nominations
- Knud Adams
- Saheem Ali
- Tyne Rafaeli
- Awoye Timpo
- Whitney White
- Lila Neugebauer
- Rupert Goold
- Sam Pinkleton