Contenders for Director of a Play

Updated: 4/22/26    

1. Joe Mantello, Death of a Salesman
2. Whitney White, Liberation
3. Robert Icke, Oedipus
4. Kenny Leon, The Balusters
5. Nicholas Hytner, Giant

6. Debbie Allen, Joe Turner’s Come and Gon
7. Trip Cullman, Becky Shaw
8. Anne Kauffman, Marjorie Prime
9. Scott Ellis, Fallen Angels
10. David Cromer, Bug

11. Joe Mantello, Little Bear Ridge Road
12. Jeremy Herrin and Duncan Macmillan, Every Brilliant Thing
13. Jamie Lloyd, Waiting for Godot
14. Adam Penford, Punch
15. Scott Ellis, Art
16. Thomas Kail, Proof
17. David Cromer, The Fear of 13
18. Sarna Lapine, Call Me Izzy
19. Rupert Goold, Dog Day Afternoon