This year’s Tony Award nominees include many talented artists whose work has graced Arena’s stages over the years:

Delaney Williams, Naomi Jacobson, and David Agranov in A View from the Bridge (2007/08 Season). Photo by Scott Suchman.

Daniel Aukin

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Direction of a Play for Stereophonic

Arena Credit:
A View from the Bridge (2007/08 Season)

Kristolyn Lloyd, Cornelius Smith Jr., and the cast of American Prophet (2022/23 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

Dede Ayite

2024 Tony Nominations:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for Hell’s Kitchen
Best Costume Design of a Play for Appropriate
Best Costume Design of a Play for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Select Arena Credits:
American Prophet (2022/23 Season), Toni Stone (2021/22 Season), Smart People (2016/17 Season)

The cast of Toni Stone (2021/22 Season). Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography.

Camille A. Brown

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Choreography for Hell’s Kitchen

Arena Credit:
Toni Stone (2021/22 Season)

Gabrielle Dominique, Nick Martinez, Katie Mariko Murray, Shinah Hey, Eli Mayer, and Matthew Boyd Snyder in Ride the Cyclone (2022/23 Season). Photo by Clare Lockhart.

Jiyoun Chang

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Lighting Design of a Play for Stereophonic

Arena Credit:
Ride the Cyclone (2022/23 Season)

Joe Ngo, Brooke Ishibashi, Abraham Kim, Jane Lui, and Tim Liu in Cambodian Rock Band (2023/24 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

Linda Cho

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for The Great Gatsby

Select Arena Credits:
Cambodian Rock Band (2023/24 Season), A Thousand Splendid Suns (2019/20 Season), Sovereignty (2017/18 Season)

Amari Cheatom, Harvy Blanks,  and Brian D. Coatsin Jitney (2019/20 Season). Photo by Joan Marcus.

Jane Cox

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Lighting Design of a Play for Appropriate

Arena Credits:
August Wilson’s Jitney (2019/20 Season), Roe (2016/17 Season), The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2004/05 Season)

Jayne Atkinson in Ann (2019/20 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

M.L. Dogg

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Sound Design of a Musical for Here Lies Love

Arena Credit:
Ann (2019/20 Season)

Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen (2015/16 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

Michael Greif

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Direction of a Musical for Hell’s Kitchen

Arena Credits:
Dear Evan Hansen (2015/16 Season), Next to Normal (2008/09 Season)

Bernardine Mitchell, Gail Grate, and Tina Fabrique in Crowns (2003/04 Season). Photo by Scott Suchman.

Riccardo Hernández

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Lempicka

Select Arena Credits:
Celia and Fidel (2021/22 Season), Let Me Down Easy (2010/2011 Season), Crowns (2003/04 Season)

Amber Iman and Billy Eugene in Stick Fly (2009/10 Season). Photo by Scott Suchman.

Amber Iman

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for Lempicka

Arena Credit:
Stick Fly (2009/10 Season)

Joe Ngo, Abraham Kim, Francis Jue, Brooke Ishibashi, Jane Lui, and Tim Liu in Cambodian Rock Band (2023/24 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

Takeshi Kata

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Water for Elephants

Arena Credit:
Cambodian Rock Band (2023/24 Season)

Aaron Tveit, J. Robert Spencer, Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat, and Louis Hobson in Next to Normal (2008/09 Season). Photo by Joan Marcus.

Tom Kitt

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Orchestrations for Hell’s Kitchen

Arena Credits:
Dave (2018/19 Season), Next to Normal (2008/09 Season)

The company of Dear Evan Hansen (2015/16 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

David Korins

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Here Lies Love

Arena Credit:
Dear Evan Hansen (2015/16 Season)

Leslie Kritzer and Autumn Hurlbert in every tongue confess (2010/11 Season). Photo by Joan Marcus.

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for Monty Python’s Spamalot

Arena Credit:
every tongue confess (2010/11 Season)

Roger Mitchell, Crystal Fox, and Eugene Lee in every tongue confess (2010/11 Season). Photo by Joan Marcus.

Kenny Leon

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Direction of a Play for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Arena Credits:
every tongue confess (2010/11 Season), Stick Fly (2009/10 Season), Blues in the Night (2001/02 Season)

Daniel Beaty as Paul Robeson in Tectonic Theater Project’s The Tallest Tree in the Forest, which came to Arena Stage in our 2013/14 Season. Photo by Don Ipock.

Derek McLane

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Scenic Design of a Play for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Arena Credits:
The Tallest Tree in the Forest (2013/14 Season), 33 Variations (2007/08 Season)

Drew Gehling and the cast of Dave (2018/19 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

Peter Nigrini

2024 Tony Nominations:
Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Hell’s Kitchen and Lempicka

Arena Credits:
Dave (2018/19 Season), Dear Evan Hansen (2015/16 Season)

Brad Oscar and J. Fred Shiffman in The Mystery of Irma Vep (2007/08 Season).  Photo by Scott Suchman.

Bray Poor

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Sound Design of a Play for Appropriate

Arena Credit:
The Mystery of Irma Vep (2007/08 Season)

Kim Fischer, Hernán Angulo, and María Victoria in Sanctuary City (2022/23 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

David Israel Reynoso

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for Water for Elephants

Arena Credits:
Sanctuary City (2022/23 Season), Healing Wars (2013/14 Season)

Edward Gero, Gregory Linington, Isabel Keating, and Marg Helgenberger in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes (2016/17 Season). Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

Ryan Rumery

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Sound Design of a Play for Stereophonic

Arena Credits:
The Little Foxes (2016/17 Season), King Hedley II (2014/15 Season), Let Me Down Easy (2010/11 Season)

Steven Skybell and Kate Suber in Camelot (2003/04 Season). Photo by Scott Suchman.

Steven Skybell

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Arena Credit:
Camelot (2003/04 Season)

The ensemble of Ruined (2010/11 Season). Photo by Joan Marcus.

Emilio Sosa

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Play for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

Select Arena Credits:
Ruined (2010/11 Season), Cuttin’ Up (2005/06 Season), Crowns (2005/06 Season)

Kyle Schliefer, Eric Greengold, Curtis Schroeger, and Kurt Boehm in Fiddler on the Roof (2014/15 Season). Photo by Margot Schulman.

Paul Tazewell

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Costume Design of a Musical for Suffs

Select Arena Credits:
Fiddler on the Roof (2014/15 Season), Camp David (2013/14 Season), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (2013/14 Season)

Richard Bauer, Marin Mazzie, Victor Garber, David Garrison, and Becky Ann Baker Merrily We Roll Along (1989/90 Season). Photo by Joan Marcus.

Jonathan Tunick

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Orchestrations for Merrily We Roll Along

Arena Credit:
Merrily We Roll Along (1989/90 Season)

The cast of Indecent in Indecent (2018/19 Season). Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

Paula Vogel

2024 Tony Nomination:
Best Play for Mother Play

Arena Credit:
Former Playwright-in-Residence

Brad Oscar and J. Fred Shiffman in The Mystery of Irma Vep (2007/08 Season). Photo by Scott Suchman.

David Zinn

2024 Tony Nominations:
Best Scenic Design of a Play for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding and Stereophonic
Best Costume Design of a Play for An Enemy of the People

Arena Credit:
The Mystery of Irma Vep (2007/08 Season)

Also a special shout out to Jaja’s African Hair Braiding which received five nominations and the Special Tony Award to Nikiya Mathis for Hair & Wig Design. Jaja’s will be making its way to the Kreeger in our 2024/25 Season!