Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Sound Design
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Sound Design is an honor presented at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, a ceremony established in 1950 for excellence in sound design on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, to sound designers of any production. The category was added to the ceremony in 2017.
Peter Hylenski has received the most nominations, with four, followed closely by Gareth Owen with three. No sound designer has won the award more than once.
Award winners and nominees
- Key
and bold indicates winner
2010s
Year |
Name |
Work |
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2017 |
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Gareth Owen |
Come From Away |
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Nevin Steinberg |
Bandstand |
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Matt Stine |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
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Nicholas Pope |
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 |
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Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin |
The Encounter |
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2018 |
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Gareth Fry |
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
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Fitz Patton |
Napoli, Brooklyn |
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Darron L West |
Mlima's Tale |
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Marc Salzberg |
My Fair Lady |
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Kate Marvin |
[Porto] |
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2019 |
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Peter Hylenski |
King Kong |
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Eric Sleichim |
Network |
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Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz |
Hadestown |
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Drew Levy |
Oklahoma! |
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John Gromada |
All My Sons |
2020s
Year |
Name |
Work |
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2020 (Hon.) |
Simon Baker |
A Christmas Carol |
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Mikhail Fiksel |
Dana H. |
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Sanae Yamada |
Is This a Room |
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Peter Hylenski |
Moulin Rouge! |
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Daniel Kluger |
The Sound Inside |
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2021 |
No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
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2022 |
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Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey |
The Lehman Trilogy |
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Ben Ringham and Max Ringham |
Blindness |
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André J. Pluess |
The Minutes |
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Matt Stine and Sam Kusnetz |
Assassins |
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Dan Moses Schreier |
Harmony |
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2023 |
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Joshua D. Reid |
A Christmas Carol |
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Kai Harada |
New York, New York |
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Daniel Kluger |
Epiphany |
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John Gromada |
Jasper |
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André J. Pluess |
Good Night, Oscar |
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2024 |
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Ryan Rumery |
Stereophonic |
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Gareth Owen |
Back to the Future |
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The Who's Tommy |
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M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer |
Here Lies Love |
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Tom Gibbons |
Grey House |
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2025 |
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Paul Arditti |
Stranger Things: The First Shadow |
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Peter Hylenski |
Maybe Happy Ending |
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Death Becomes Her |
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Adam Fisher |
Sunset Boulevard |
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John Shivers |
Swept Away |
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2026 |
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Mikhail Fiksel |
Mexodus |
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Caroline Eng |
The Unknown |
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Adam Fisher |
The Lost Boys |
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Brett Jarvis |
Masquerade |
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Nick Kourtides |
Oratorio for Living Things |
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Multiple nominations
- 4 nominations
- Peter Hylenski
- 3 nominations
- Gareth Owen
- 2 nominations
- Nevin Steinberg
- Matt Stine
- Gareth Fry
- John Gromada
- Daniel Kluger
- André J. Pluess
- Mikhail Fiksel
- Adam Fisher
See also
- Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
- Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design
- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design
References
Outstanding Sound Design