Akerlind And Barreca Among 2014 Drama Desk Winners

The 59th Annual Drama Desk Awards winners were announced yesterday, Sunday, June 1, at The Town Hall.

The 2014 Drama Desk Awards recognized achievement in Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway shows during the 2013-2014 New York theatre season.

2014 Broadway Master Classes speakers, Christopher Akerlind and Christopher Barreca won for lighting design and set design, respectively, for their work on the Broadway musical Rocky.

The winners for the design categories are in bold below.

Outstanding Set Design               
Christopher Barreca, Rocky
Alexander Dodge, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Richard Hoover, Small Engine Repair
Santo Loquasto, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Ian MacNeil, A Doll's House
Donyale Werle, The Explorers Club
 
Outstanding Costume Design                
Constance Hoffman, A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Ivey Long, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Zane Pihlstrom, Nutcracker Rouge
Loren Shaw, The Mysteries
Jenny Tiramani, Twelfth Night
David C. Woolard, The Heir Apparent
                       
Outstanding Lighting Design                  
Christopher Akerlind, Rocky

Jane Cox, Machinal
David Lander, The Civil War
Peter Mumford, King Lear
Brian Tovar, Tamar of the River
Japhy Weideman, Macbeth
 
Outstanding Projection Design  
Robert Massicotte and Alexis Laurence, Cirkopolis
Sven Ortel, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Aaron Rhyne, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Shawn Sagady, All the Way
Austin Switser, Sontag: Reborn
Ben Rubin, Arguendo
 
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical          
Kai Harada, Fun Home
Peter Hylenski, Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical
Peter Hylenski, Rocky
Brian Ronan, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Dan Moses Schreier, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Jon Weston, The Bridges of Madison County
 

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play    
M.L. Dogg, The Open House
Katie Down, The Golden Dragon
Paul James Prendergast, All the Way
Dan Moses Schreier, Act One
Christopher Shutt, Love and Information
Matt Tierney, Machinal