Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play for outstanding Lighting design of a play. The award was first presented in 2005 after the category of Best Lighting Design was divided into Lighting Design in a Play and Lighting Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.

Winners and nominees

2000s Year Production Nominees 2005 The Pillowman Brian MacDevitt Doubt Pat Collins Gem of the Ocean Donald Holder A Streetcar Named Desire 2006 The History Boys Mark Henderson Awake and Sing! Christopher Akerlind Faith Healer Mark Henderson Three Days of Rain Paul Gallo 2007 The Coast of Utopia Natasha Katz, Brian MacDevitt and Kenneth Posner Coram Boy Paule Constable Inherit the Wind Brian MacDevitt Journey's End Jason Taylor 2008 The 39 Steps Kevin Adams August: Osage County Ann G. Wrightson Les Liaisons Dangereuses Donald Holder Macbeth Howard Harrison 2009 Joe Turner's Come and Gone Brian MacDevitt Equus David Hersey Mary Stuart Hugh Vanstone 33 Variations David Lander

2010s Year Production Nominees 2010 Red Neil Austin ENRON Mark Henderson Fences Brian MacDevitt Hamlet Neil Austin 2011 War Horse Paule Constable Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo David Lander Jerusalem Mimi Jordan Sherin The Merchant of Venice Kenneth Posner 2012 Peter and the Starcatcher Jeff Croiter Death of a Salesman Brian MacDevitt Other Desert Cities Kenneth Posner The Road to Mecca Peter Kaczorowski 2013 Lucky Guy Peggy Eisenhauer and Jules Fisher Golden Boy Donald Holder The Nance Japhy Weideman The Testament of Mary Jennifer Tipton 2014 The Glass Menagerie Natasha Katz The Cripple of Inishmaan Paule Constable Machinal Jane Cox Of Mice and Men Japhy Weideman 2015 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Paule Constable Airline Highway Japhy Weideman Skylight Natasha Katz Wolf Hall Parts One & Two Paule Constable and David Plater 2016 Long Day's Journey into Night Natasha Katz The Crucible Jan Versweyveld The Humans Justin Townsend A View from the Bridge Jan Versweyveld 2017IndecentChristopher AkerlindA Doll's House, Part 2Jennifer TiptonJitneyJane CoxOsloDonald Holder 2018Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildNeil AustinAngels in AmericaPaule ConstableFarinelli and the KingPaul RussellThe Iceman ComethPeggy Eisenhauer and Jules FisherJunkBen Stanton 2019 Ink Neil Austin The Ferryman Peter Mumford Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer Network Jan Versweyveld and Tal Yarden To Kill a Mockingbird Jennifer Tipton

2020s Year Production Nominees 2020 A Christmas Carol Hugh Vanstone The Inheritance Jon Clark Slave Play Jiyoun Chang A Soldier's Play Allen Lee Hughes The Sound Inside Heather Gilbert 2022 The Lehman Trilogy Jon Clark for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Jiyoun ChangHangmen Joshua Carr Macbeth Jane Cox The Skin of Our Teeth Yi Zhao 2023 Life of Pi Tim Lutkin A Christmas Carol Ben Stanton Death of a Salesman Jen Schriever A Doll's House Jon Clark Fat Ham Bradley King Leopoldstadt Neil Austin Prima Facie Natasha Chivers 2024Appropriate Jane Cox An Enemy of the People Isabella Byrd Grey House Natasha KatzPrayer for the French Republic Amith Chandrashaker Stereophonic Jiyoun Chang 2025Stranger Things: The First ShadowJon ClarkGood Night, and Good LuckHeather Gilbert and David BengaliThe Hills of CaliforniaNatasha ChiversJohn Proctor Is the VillainNatasha Katz and Hannah WasileskiThe Picture of Dorian GrayNick Schlieper 2026 Death of a Salesman Jack Knowles Bug Heather Gilbert Dog Day Afternoon Isabella Byrd The Fear of 13 Heather GilbertJoe Turner's Come and Gone Stacey Derosier Oedipus Natasha Chivers

Multiple wins

3 Wins Neil Austin Brian MacDevitt Natasha Katz

2 Wins Jon Clark Paule Constable

Multiple nominations

6 nominations Brian MacDevitt Paule Constable Natasha Katz

5 nominations Neil Austin Donald Holder

4 nominations Jon Clark Jane Cox Heather Gilbert

3 nominations Jiyoun Chang Natasha Chivers Peggy Eisenhauer Jules Fisher Mark Henderson Kenneth Posner Ben Stanton Jennifer Tipton Japhy Weideman Jan Versweyveld

2 nominations Christopher Akerlind Isabella Byrd David Lander Hugh Vanstone

See also Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design List of Tony Award-nominated productions

References

External links Tony Awards Official site Tony Awards at Internet Broadway database Listing Tony Awards at broadwayworld.com