Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play is an award for outstanding set design of a play. The award was first presented in 1960 after the category of Best Scenic Design was divided into Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award. Between 1962 and 2004, the award was re-combined to Best Scenic Design before being split again in 2005.

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
Awarded for	Best Scenic Design of a Play
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing The Broadway League
Currently held by	Miriam Buether and 59 Productions for Stranger Things: The First Shadow (2025)
Website	TonyAwards.com

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

1960s

Year	Production	Nominees
1960 (14th) [1]
	Toys in the Attic	Howard Bay
	The Best Man	Jo Mielziner
	Caligula	Will Steven Armstrong
	The Miracle Worker	George C. Jenkins
	The Tenth Man	David Hays
1961 (15th) [2]
	Becket	Oliver Smith
	Advise and Consent	Rouben Ter-Arutunian
	All the Way Home	David Hays
	The Devil's Advocate	Jo Mielziner
	Duel of Angels	Roger Furse

2000s

Year	Production	Nominees
2005 (59th) [3]
	The Pillowman	Scott Pask
	Doubt	John Lee Beatty
	Gem of the Ocean	David Gallo
	Glengarry Glen Ross	Santo Loquasto
2006 (60th) [4]
	The History Boys	Bob Crowley
	Awake and Sing!	Michael Yeargan
	Rabbit Hole	John Lee Beatty
	Three Days of Rain	Santo Loquasto
2007 (61st) [5]
	The Coast of Utopia	Bob Crowley and Scott Pask
	Coram Boy	Ti Green and Melly Still
	Journey's End	Jonathan Fensom
	Radio Golf	David Gallo
2008 (62nd) [6]
	August: Osage County	Todd Rosenthal
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Scott Pask
	Macbeth	Anthony Ward
	The 39 Steps	Peter McKintosh
2009 (63rd) [7]
	33 Variations	Derek McLane
	Exit the King	Dale Ferguson
	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	Michael Yeargan
	The Norman Conquests	Rob Howell

2010s

Year	Production	Nominees
2010 (64th) [8]
	Red	Christopher Oram
	Fences	Santo Loquasto
	Present Laughter	Alexander Dodge
	The Royal Family	John Lee Beatty
2011 (65th) [9]
	War Horse	Rae Smith
	Jerusalem	Ultz
	The Merchant of Venice	Mark Wendland
	The Motherfucker With the Hat	Todd Rosenthal
2012 (66th) [10]
	Peter and the Starcatcher	Donyale Werle
	Clybourne Park	Daniel Ostling
	One Man, Two Guvnors	Mark Thompson
	Other Desert Cities	John Lee Beatty
2013 (67th) [11]
	The Nance	John Lee Beatty
	The Assembled Parties	Santo Loquasto
	Golden Boy	Michael Yeargan
	Lucky Guy	David Rockwell
2014 (68th) [12]
	Act One	Beowulf Boritt
	The Cripple of Inishmaan	Christopher Oram
	The Glass Menagerie	Bob Crowley
	Machinal	Es Devlin
2015 (69th) [13]
	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Bunny Christie and Finn Ross
	Skylight	Bob Crowley
	Wolf Hall Parts One & Two	Christopher Oram
	You Can't Take It with You	David Rockwell
2016 (70th) [14]
	The Humans	David Zinn
	Hughie	Christopher Oram
	Thérèse Raquin	Beowulf Boritt
	A View from the Bridge	Jan Versweyveld
2017 (71st) [15]
	The Play That Goes Wrong	Nigel Hook
	The Front Page	Douglas W. Schmidt
	Jitney	David Gallo
	Oslo	Michael Yeargan
2018 (72nd) [16]
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Christine Jones
	Angels in America	Ian MacNeil and Edward Pierce
	Farinelli and the King	Jonathan Fensom
	The Iceman Cometh	Santo Loquasto
	Three Tall Women	Miriam Buether
2019 (73rd) [17]
	The Ferryman	Rob Howell
	Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus	Santo Loquasto
	Ink	Bunny Christie
	Network	Jan Versweyveld
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Miriam Buether

2020s

Year	Production	Nominees
2020 (74th) [18]
	A Christmas Carol	Rob Howell
	Betrayal	Soutra Gilmour
	The Inheritance	Bob Crowley
	Slave Play	Clint Ramos
	A Soldier's Play	Derek McLane
2022 (75th) [19]
	The Lehman Trilogy	Es Devlin
	American Buffalo	Scott Pask
	Hangmen	Anna Fleischle
	POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive	Beowulf Boritt
	Skeleton Crew	Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong
	The Skin of Our Teeth	Adam Rigg
2023 (76th) [20]
	Life of Pi	Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding
	A Christmas Carol	Dane Laffrey and Lucy Mackinnon
	Good Night, Oscar	Rachel Hauck
	Leopoldstadt	Richard Hudson
	Prima Facie	Miriam Buether
2024 (77th) [21]
	Stereophonic	David Zinn
	Appropriate	dots
	An Enemy of the People	dots
	Jaja's African Hair Braiding	David Zinn
	Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch	Derek McLane
2025 (78th)
	Stranger Things: The First Shadow	Miriam Buether and 59 Productions
	English	Marsha Ginsberg
	Good Night, and Good Luck	Scott Pask
	The Hills of California	Rob Howell
	The Picture of Dorian Gray	David Bergman and Marg Horwell

Multiple wins

2 Wins

• Bob Crowley
• Rob Howell
• Scott Pask
• David Zinn

Multiple nominations

6 Nominations Santo Loquasto 5 Nominations John Lee Beatty Bob Crowley Scott Pask

4 Nominations Miriam Buether Rob Howell Christopher Oram Michael Yeargan 3 Nominations Beowulf Boritt David Gallo Derek McLane David Zinn

2 Nominations Bunny Christie dots Es Devlin Jonathan Fensom David Hays Jo Mielziner David Rockwell Todd Rosenthal Jan Versweyveld

See also

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