Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play explained

Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
Awarded For:	Best Costume Design of a Play
Presenter:	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Location:	United States New York City
Holder:	Dede Ayite for Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Website:	TonyAwards.com

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.

Winners and nominees

1960s

Year	Production	Nominees
1961 ^[1]
	Becket	Motley Theatre Design Group
	All the Way Home	Raymond Sovey
	The Devil's Advocate	Theoni V. Aldredge

2000s

Year	Production	Nominees
2005 ^[2]
	The Rivals	Jess Goldstein
	Gem of the Ocean	Constanza Romero
	A Streetcar Named Desire	William Ivey Long
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Jane Greenwood
2006 ^[3]
	Awake and Sing!	Catherine Zuber
	The Constant Wife	Michael Krass
	Seascape	Catherine Zuber
	A Touch of the Poet	Santo Loquasto
2007 ^[4]
	The Coast of Utopia	Catherine Zuber
	Coram Boy	Ti Green and Melly Still
	Heartbreak House	Jane Greenwood
	Inherit the Wind	Santo Loquasto
2008 ^[5]
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Katrina Lindsay
	Boeing-Boeing	Rob Howell
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Gregory Gale
	The 39 Steps	Peter McKintosh
2009 ^[6]
	Mary Stuart	Anthony Ward
	Blithe Spirit	Martin Pakledinaz
	Exit the King	Dale Ferguson
	Waiting for Godot	Jane Greenwood

2010s

Year	Production	Nominees
2010 ^[7]
	The Royal Family	Catherine Zuber
	Fences	Constanza Romero
	In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)	David Zinn
	Lend Me a Tenor	Martin Pakledinaz
2011 ^[8]
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Desmond Heeley
	La Bête	Mark Thompson
	Born Yesterday	Catherine Zuber
	The Merchant of Venice	Jess Goldstein
2012 ^[9]
	Peter and the Starcatcher	Paloma Young
	Don't Dress for Dinner	William Ivey Long
	One Man, Two Guvnors	Mark Thompson
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Paul Tazewell
2013 ^[10]
	The Nance	Ann Roth
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Soutra Gilmour
	Golden Boy	Catherine Zuber
	The Heiress	Albert Wolsky
2014 ^[11]
	Twelfth Night	Jenny Tiramani
	Act One	Jane Greenwood
	Casa Valentina	Rita Ryack
	Machinal	Michael Krass
2015 ^[12]
	Wolf Hall Parts One & Two	Christopher Oram
	Airline Highway	David Zinn
	The Audience	Bob Crowley
	You Can't Take It with You	Jane Greenwood
2016 ^[13]
	Eclipsed	Clint Ramos
	King Charles III	Tom Scutt
	Long Day's Journey into Night	Jane Greenwood
	Noises Off	Michael Krass
2017 ^[14]
	The Little Foxes	Jane Greenwood
	A Doll's House, Part 2	David Zinn
	Jitney	Toni-Leslie James
	Present Laughter	Susan Hilferty
2018 ^[15]
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Katrina Lindsay
	Angels in America	Nicky Gillibrand
	Farinelli and the King	Jonathan Fensom
	The Iceman Cometh	Ann Roth
	Three Tall Women	Ann Roth
2019 ^[16]
	The Ferryman	Rob Howell
	Bernhardt/Hamlet	Toni-Leslie James
		Ann Roth
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Ann Roth
	Torch Song	Clint Ramos

2020s

Year	Production	Nominees
2020
	A Christmas Carol	Rob Howell
	The Inheritance	Bob Crowley
	The Rose Tattoo	Clint Ramos
	Slave Play	Dede Ayite
	A Soldier's Play	Dede Ayite
2022 ^[17]
	The Skin of Our Teeth	Montana Levi Blanco
	Clyde's	Jennifer Moeller
	for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf	Sarafina Bush
	Plaza Suite	Jane Greenwood
	Trouble in Mind	Emilio Sosa
2023 ^[18]
	Leopoldstadt	Brigitte Reiffenstuel
	Ain't No Mo'	Emilio Sosa
	Fat Ham	Dominique Fawn Hill
	Good Night, Oscar	Emilio Sosa
	Life of Pi	Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell
2024 ^[19]
	Jaja's African Hair Braiding	Dede Ayite
	Appropriate	Dede Ayite
	An Enemy of the People	David Zinn
	Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch
	Stereophonic	Enver Chakartash