Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Fight Choreography |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 2017 |
| Currently held by | Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet for Pirates! The Penzance Musical (2025) |
| Website | dramadesk |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Fight Choreography is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in fight choreography in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Unlike some Drama Desk Awards, this award combines plays and musicals into a single category.
Winners and nominees
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
2010s
| Year | Choreographer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | |||
| U. Jonathan Toppo | Sweat | [1][2] | |
| Donal O'Farrell | Quietly | ||
| J. David Brimmer | Yen | ||
| Michael Rossmy and Rick Sordelet | Troilus and Cressida | ||
| Thomas Schall | Othello | ||
| The Hairy Ape | |||
| 2018 | |||
| Steve Rankin | Carousel | [3][4] | |
| UnkleDave's Fight-House (Gerardo Rodriguez and David Anzuelo) | Oedipus El Rey | ||
| J. David Brimmer | Is God Is | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Claire Warden | Slave Play | [5][6] | |
| Claire Warden | Daddy | ||
| U. Jonathan Toppo | Julius Caesar |
2020s
| Year | Choreographer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Thomas Schall | A Soldier's Play | [7][8] | |
| UnkleDave's Fight-House (David Anzuelo) | Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven | ||
| Vicki Manderson | Square Go | ||
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | [9] | |
| 2022 | No award given | ||
| 2023 | |||
| B. H. Barry | Camelot | [10][11] | |
| UnkleDave's Fight-House (David Anzuelo) | Soft | ||
| Rocío Mendez | Dia Y Noche | ||
| How to Defend Yourself | |||
| 2024 | |||
| Cristina "Cha" Ramos | Water for Elephants | [12][13] | |
| Steve Rankin | The Who's Tommy | ||
| Michael G. Chin | Warrior Sisters of Wu | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet | Pirates! The Penzance Musical | [14][15] | |
| Drew Leary | Romeo + Juliet | ||
| Chelsea Pace and James Yaegashi | SUMO | ||
| Bret Yount | King Lear | ||
Multiple nominations
- 3 nominations
- David Anzuelo (with UnkleDave's Fight-House)
- Thomas Schall
- 2 nominations
- U. Jonathan Toppo
- Rick Sordelet
- J. David Brimmer
- Claire Warden
- Rocío Mendez
References
- ^ "2016 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Gordon Cox (June 5, 2016). "2016 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST): 'Shuffle Along,' 'The Humans'". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2018 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Playbill Staff (June 3, 2018). "SpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2018 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Playbill Staff (June 3, 2018). "SpongeBob SquarePants Leads 2018 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2020 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Dan Meyer (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "2023 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Logan Culwell-Block (May 31, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2024 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Logan Culwell-Block (June 10, 2024). "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards With 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
- ^ Logan Culwell-Block (June 1, 2025). "Drama Desk Award Winners 2025: The Full List". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.