2022 Hewes Design Awards Announced

9/28/2022 2:45pm


The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has announced that it has chosen six artists to be honored in the areas of scenic design, costume design, lighting design, sound design, media design, and puppetry. The honorees will be acknowledged at the Henry Hewes Design Awards at the 58th annual event on Mon Oct 24 in a livestream awards ceremony. The 2021-22 honorees are Adam Rigg (The Skin of Our Teeth, Lincoln Center Theater), Scenic Design; Dede Ayite: (Merry Wives, New York Shakespeare Festival in the Park), Costume Design; Kathy A. Perkins: (Trouble in Mind, Roundabout Theatre Company), Lighting Design; Mikaal Sulaiman: (Sanctuary City, New York Theatre Workshop), Sound Design; David Bengali: (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theatre), Media Design; & James Ortiz: (The Skin of Our Teeth, Lincoln Center Theater), Notable Effects (Puppetry Design). These annual awards honor designers for work in venues on Broadway, off Broadway and off-off Broadway, recognizing the traditional categories of Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, and Notable Effects. For more information and a complete list of nominees, please visit http://hewesawards.org/2022-nominees. Press contact: Jeffrey Eric Jenkins (718-789-9025)...