Drama League Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play

Drama League Award
for Outstanding Direction of a Play
Awarded forOutstanding Direction of a Play
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama League
First award2022
Currently held bySam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! (2025)
Websitedramaleague.org

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.[1]

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
  and bold indicates the winner.

2020s

Year Director Production Ref.
2022 Kate Whoriskey Clyde's [2][3]
Les Waters Dana H.
Knud Adams English
Saheem Ali Merry Wives
Stori Ayers Confederates
Camille A. Brown for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
Matthew Dunster Hangmen
Jamie Lloyd Cyrano de Bergerac
Sam Mendes The Lehman Trilogy
Tyne Rafaeli Selling Kabul
Taylor Reynolds Tambo & Bones
2023 Anne Kauffman The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window [4][5]
Shayok Misha Chowdhury Public Obscenities
David Mendizábal the bandaged place
Awoye Timpo Elyria
Wedding Band
Kenny Leon Topdog/Underdog
Dustin Wills Wolf Play
Jamie Lloyd A Doll's House
Jo Bonney Cost of Living
2024 Daniel Aukin Stereophonic [6][7]
Tara Ahmadinejad Grief Hotel
Whitney White Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Eric Ting The Comeuppance
Sam Pinkleton Oh, Mary!
Lila Neugebauer Uncle Vanya
Appropriate
Jamie Lloyd The Effect
Rupert Goold Patriots
The Hunt
Sam Gold An Enemy of the People
2025 Sam Pinkleton Oh, Mary! [8][9]
[10]
Sam Yates Vanya
Kip Williams The Picture of Dorian Gray
Whitney White Liberation
Danya Taymor John Proctor is the Villain
Anna D. Shapiro Eureka Day
Tyne Rafaeli Becoming Eve
David Cromer Good Night, and Good Luck
Saheem Ali Good Bones
Knud Adams English

Multiple nominations

3 nominations
2 nominations

References

  1. ^ "Award History". Drama League of New York. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Drama League Awards — 2022". About the Artists. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  3. ^ "2022 Drama League Award Winners Announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  4. ^ "Drama League Awards — 2023". About the Artists. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  5. ^ "2023 Drama League Award Winners Announced". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  6. ^ "Drama League Awards — 2024". About the Artists. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  7. ^ "Sarah Paulson Wins Drama League Award; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  8. ^ "Drama League Awards — 2025". About the Artists. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  9. ^ "2025 Drama League Awards Nominations Are Out; Read the Full List". Playbill. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
  10. ^ "Photos: 2025 Drama League Awards (Winners, Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Pinkleton & More)". Playbill. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
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