Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play

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.

Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
Awarded for	Best Costume Design of a Play
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Marg Howell for The Picture of Dorian Gray (2025)
Website	TonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1960s

Year	Production	Nominees
1961 (15th) [1]
	Becket	Motley Theatre Design Group
	All the Way Home	Raymond Sovey
	The Devil's Advocate	Theoni V. Aldredge

2000s

Year	Production	Nominees
2005 (59th) [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 (60th) [3]
	Awake and Sing!	Catherine Zuber
	The Constant Wife	Michael Krass
	Seascape	Catherine Zuber
	A Touch of the Poet	Santo Loquasto
2007 (61st) [4]
	The Coast of Utopia	Catherine Zuber
	Coram Boy	Ti Green and Melly Still
	Heartbreak House	Jane Greenwood
	Inherit the Wind	Santo Loquasto
2008 (62nd) [5]
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Katrina Lindsay
	Boeing-Boeing	Rob Howell
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Gregory Gale
	The 39 Steps	Peter McKintosh
2009 (63rd) [6]
	Mary Stuart	Anthony Ward
	Blithe Spirit	Martin Pakledinaz
	Exit the King	Dale Ferguson
	Waiting for Godot	Jane Greenwood

2010s

Year	Production	Nominees
2010 (64th) [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 (65th) [8]
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Desmond Heeley
	La Bête	Mark Thompson
	Born Yesterday	Catherine Zuber
	The Merchant of Venice	Jess Goldstein
2012 (66th) [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 (67th) [10]
	The Nance	Ann Roth
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Soutra Gilmour
	Golden Boy	Catherine Zuber
	The Heiress	Albert Wolsky
2014 (68th) [11]
	Twelfth Night	Jenny Tiramani
	Act One	Jane Greenwood
	Casa Valentina	Rita Ryack
	Machinal	Michael Krass
2015 (69th) [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 (70th) [13]
	Eclipsed	Clint Ramos
	King Charles III	Tom Scutt
	Long Day's Journey into Night	Jane Greenwood
	Noises Off	Michael Krass
2017 (71st) [14]
	The Little Foxes	Jane Greenwood
	A Doll's House, Part 2	David Zinn
	Jitney	Toni-Leslie James
	Present Laughter	Susan Hilferty
2018 (72nd) [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
2019 (73rd) [16]
	The Ferryman	Rob Howell
	Bernhardt/Hamlet	Toni-Leslie James
	Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus	Ann Roth
	To Kill a Mockingbird
	Torch Song	Clint Ramos

2020s

Year	Production	Nominees
2020 (74th)
	A Christmas Carol	Rob Howell
	The Inheritance	Bob Crowley
	The Rose Tattoo	Clint Ramos
	Slave Play	Dede Ayite
	A Soldier's Play
2022 (75th) [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 (76th) [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 (77th) [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	Emilio Sosa
	Stereophonic	Enver Chakartash
2025 (78th)
	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Marg Horwell
	Good Night, and Good Luck	Brenda Abbandandolo
	The Hills of California	Rob Howell
	Oh, Mary!	Holly Pierson
	Stranger Things: The First Shadow	Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Award records

This also includes wins and nominations in the former Best Costume Design category

Multiple wins

3 Wins Catherine Zuber

2 Wins Desmond Heeley Rob Howell Katrina Lindsay Motley Theatre Design Group

Multiple nominations

8 Nominations Jane Greenwood 6 Nominations Catherine Zuber 5 Nominations Ann Roth 4 Nominations Dede Ayite Rob Howell Emilio Sosa David Zinn 3 Nominations Michael Krass Clint Ramos

2 Nominations Bob Crowley Jess Goldstein Toni-Leslie James Katrina Lindsay William Ivey Long Santo Loquasto Martin Pakledinaz Constanza Romero Brigitte Reiffenstuel Mark Thompson

See also

• Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Play
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design
• List of Tony Award-nominated productions