Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play

Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play is an award for outstanding costume design of a play. The award was first presented in 1961 after the category of Best Costume Design was divided into Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

Tony Award for
Best Costume Design of a Play
Awarded forBest Costume Design of a Play
LocationUnited States New York City
Presented byAmerican Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held byDede Ayite for Jaja's African Hair Braiding (2024)
WebsiteTonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1960s

YearProductionNominees
1961
(15th)
[1]
BecketMotley Theatre Design Group
All the Way HomeRaymond Sovey
The Devil's AdvocateTheoni V. Aldredge

2000s

YearProductionNominees
2005
(59th)
[2]
The RivalsJess Goldstein
Gem of the OceanConstanza Romero
A Streetcar Named DesireWilliam Ivey Long
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Jane Greenwood
2006
(60th)
[3]
Awake and Sing!Catherine Zuber
The Constant WifeMichael Krass
SeascapeCatherine Zuber
A Touch of the PoetSanto Loquasto
2007
(61st)
[4]
The Coast of UtopiaCatherine Zuber
Coram BoyTi Green and Melly Still
Heartbreak HouseJane Greenwood
Inherit the WindSanto Loquasto
2008
(62nd)
[5]
Les Liaisons DangereusesKatrina Lindsay
Boeing-BoeingRob Howell
Cyrano de BergeracGregory Gale
The 39 StepsPeter McKintosh
2009
(63rd)
[6]
Mary StuartAnthony Ward
Blithe SpiritMartin Pakledinaz
Exit the KingDale Ferguson
Waiting for GodotJane Greenwood

2010s

YearProductionNominees
2010
(64th)
[7]
The Royal FamilyCatherine Zuber
FencesConstanza Romero
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)David Zinn
Lend Me a TenorMartin Pakledinaz
2011
(65th)
[8]
The Importance of Being EarnestDesmond Heeley
La BêteMark Thompson
Born YesterdayCatherine Zuber
The Merchant of VeniceJess Goldstein
2012
(66th)
[9]
Peter and the StarcatcherPaloma Young
Don't Dress for DinnerWilliam Ivey Long
One Man, Two GuvnorsMark Thompson
A Streetcar Named DesirePaul Tazewell
2013
(67th)
[10]
The NanceAnn Roth
Cyrano de BergeracSoutra Gilmour
Golden BoyCatherine Zuber
The HeiressAlbert Wolsky
2014
(68th)
[11]
Twelfth NightJenny Tiramani
Act OneJane Greenwood
Casa ValentinaRita Ryack
MachinalMichael Krass
2015
(69th)
[12]
Wolf Hall Parts One & TwoChristopher Oram
Airline HighwayDavid Zinn
The AudienceBob Crowley
You Can't Take It with YouJane Greenwood
2016
(70th)
[13]
EclipsedClint Ramos
King Charles IIITom Scutt
Long Day's Journey into NightJane Greenwood
Noises OffMichael Krass
2017
(71st)
[14]
The Little FoxesJane Greenwood
A Doll's House, Part 2David Zinn
JitneyToni-Leslie James
Present LaughterSusan Hilferty
2018
(72nd)
[15]
Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildKatrina Lindsay
Angels in AmericaNicky Gillibrand
Farinelli and the KingJonathan Fensom
The Iceman ComethAnn Roth
Three Tall Women
2019
(73rd)
[16]
The FerrymanRob Howell
Bernhardt/HamletToni-Leslie James
Gary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusAnn Roth
To Kill a Mockingbird
Torch SongClint Ramos

2020s

YearProductionNominees
2020
(74th)
A Christmas CarolRob Howell
The InheritanceBob Crowley
The Rose TattooClint Ramos
Slave PlayDede Ayite
A Soldier's Play
2022
(75th)
[17]
The Skin of Our TeethMontana Levi Blanco
Clyde'sJennifer Moeller
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enufSarafina Bush
Plaza SuiteJane Greenwood
Trouble in MindEmilio Sosa
2023
(76th)
[18]
LeopoldstadtBrigitte Reiffenstuel
Ain't No Mo'Emilio Sosa
Fat HamDominique Fawn Hill
Good Night, OscarEmilio Sosa
Life of PiTim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell
2024
(77th)
[19]
Jaja's African Hair BraidingDede Ayite
AppropriateDede Ayite
An Enemy of the PeopleDavid Zinn
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton PatchEmilio Sosa
StereophonicEnver Chakartash

Award records

This also includes wins and nominations in the former Best Costume Design category

Multiple wins

3 Wins
2 Wins

Multiple nominations

8 Nominations
6 Nominations
5 Nominations
4 Nominations
3 Nominations
2 Nominations

See also

References