Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Projection Design
| Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Projection Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Projection Design |
| Location | New York City |
| Presented by | Outer Critics Circle |
| Currently held by | Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom, Sunset Boulevard (2025) |
| Website | OuterCriticsCircle.org |
The Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Projection Design is an honor presented at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, a ceremony established in 1950 for excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, to projection designers of any production. The category was added to the ceremony in 2016.[1]
Award winners and nominees
2010s
| Year | Name | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | |||
| Finn Ross | American Psycho | [2] | |
| Tal Yarden | Lazarus | ||
| Lucy Mackinnon | Spring Awakening | ||
| Peter Nigrini | Grounded | ||
| Dear Evan Hansen | |||
| 2017 | |||
| Aaron Rhyne | Anastasia | [3] | |
| Jared Mezzocchi | Vietgone | ||
| Benjamin Pearcy | Oslo | ||
| Duncan McLean | Privacy | ||
| Tal Yarden | Indecent | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Finn Ross and Ash J Woodward | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | [4] | |
| Finn Ross | Frozen the Musical | ||
| In the Body of the World | |||
| Tim Reid | 1984 | ||
| Finn Ross and Adam Young | Mean Girls | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Peter England | King Kong | [5] | |
| Tal Yarden | Network | ||
| Jeff Sugg | All My Sons | ||
| Peter Nigrini | Beetlejuice | ||
| Alex Basco Koch | Be More Chill |
2020s
| Year | Name | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (Honorees) | Luke Halls | West Side Story | [6] |
| Luke Halls | West Side Story | ||
| Brad Peterson | Broadway Bounty Hunter | ||
| Lisa Renkel and Possible Productions | Emojiland | ||
| Aaron Rhyne | The Sound Inside | ||
| Hannah Wasileski | Fires in the Mirror | ||
| 2021 | No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Luke Halls | The Lehman Trilogy | [7] | |
| Stefania Bulbarella and Alex Basco Koch | Space Dogs | ||
| Benjamin Pearcy and 59 Productions | Flying Over Sunset | ||
| Shawn Duan | Letters of Suresh | ||
| Jeff Sugg | Mr. Saturday Night | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Andrzej Goulding | Life of Pi | [8] | |
| Christopher Ash and Beowulf Boritt | New York, New York | ||
| Lucy Mackinnon | A Christmas Carol | ||
| Isaac Madge | Leopoldstadt | ||
| Sven Ortel | Parade | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Peter Nigrini | The Who's Tommy | [9] | |
| Finn Ross | Back to the Future | ||
| Paul Tate dePoo III | The Great Gatsby | ||
| David Bengali | Water for Elephants | ||
| Ash J Woodward | Patriots | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom | Sunset Boulevard | [10] | |
| Finn Ross | Boop! The Musical | ||
| David Bergman | The Picture of Dorian Gray | ||
| Hana Sooyeon Kim | Redwood | ||
Statistics
Multiple wins
- 2 wins
Multiple nominations
- 7 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Tal Yarden
- 2 nominations
- Lucy Mackinnon
- Aaron Rhyne
- Benjamin Pearcy
- Ash J Woodward
- Jeff Sugg
- Alex Basco Koch
- Luke Halls
References
- ^ Robert Viagas (May 9, 2016). "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2015–2016". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2016–2017". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2017–2018". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2018–2019". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2015–2016". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2021–2022". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2022–2023". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2023–2024". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
- ^ "Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2024–2025". AboutTheArtists. Retrieved August 17, 2025.