| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Wig and Hair Design |
| Presenter: | Drama Desk |
| Location: | New York City |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Holder: | Nikiya Mathis for Jaja's African Hair Braiding (2023) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, the award for Outstanding Wig and Hair Design combines plays and musicals into a single category.
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2016[1] | ||
| Mia M. Neal | Shuffle Along | |
| David Brian Brown | She Loves Me | |
| Jason Hayes | The Legend of Georgia McBride | |
| Robert-Charles Vallance | Women Without Men | |
| Charles G. LaPointe | The School for Scandal | |
| 2017[2] | ||
| David Brian Brown | War Paint | |
| Campbell Young Associates | Hello, Dolly! | |
| John Jared Janas | Yours Unfaithfully | |
| Jason Hayes | The View UpStairs | |
| Josh Marquette | Present Laughter | |
| Tom Watson | The Little Foxes | |
| 2018[3] | ||
| Charles G. LaPointe | SpongeBob SquarePants | |
| Carole Hancock | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | |
| Campbell Young Associates | Farinelli and the King | |
| Cookie Jordan | School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play | |
| Josh Marquette | Mean Girls | |
| 2019[4] | ||
| Charles G. LaPointe | The Cher Show | |
| Campbell Young Associates | ||
| Cookie Jordan | Eddie and Dave | |
| Paul Huntley | Tootsie | |
| Charles G. LaPointe | Beetlejuice |
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020[5] | ||
| Campbell Young Associates | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical | |
| Cookie Jordan | Fefu and Her Friends | |
| Nikiya Mathis | STEW | |
| Tom Watson | The Great Society | |
| Bobbie Zlotnik | Emojiland | |
| 2021 | colspan="2" | |
| 2022[6] [7] | ||
| David Brian Brown | Mrs. Doubtfire | |
| Matthew B. Armentrout | Paradise Square | |
| Paul Huntley | Diana | |
| Charles G. LaPointe | MJ the Musical | |
| 2023 | ||
| Mia M. Neal | Ain't No Mo' | |
| Campbell Young Associates | Almost Famous | |
| Cookie Jordan | August Wilson's The Piano Lesson | |
| Earon Nealey | Twelfth Night | |
| Mitsuteru Okuyama | Chushingura 47 Ronin | |
| Luc Verschueren | A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical | |
| 2024 | ||
| Nikiya Mathis | Jaja's African Hair Braiding | |
| J. Jared Janas & Cassie Williams | Sally & Tom | |
| Charles G. LaPointe | Suffs | |
| Nikiya Mathis | The Harriet Holland Social Club presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel | |
| Robert Pickens & Katie Gell | Stereophonic |