Dede Ayite
Gender
Female
Designer
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CREDITSJaja's African Hair Braiding (Oct 03, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023)Play, Original
- Costume Design by Dede Ayite
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (Apr 13, 2014 - Oct 05, 2014)Play, Original- Assistant Costume Design by Dede Ayite
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AWARDS
Tony Award®
Best Costume Design of a Musical
2025 | Nominee | Buena Vista Social ClubCostume Design by Dede Ayite
Best Costume Design of a Play
2024 | Winner | Jaja's African Hair BraidingCostume Design by Dede Ayite
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
2024 | NomineeDede Ayite (for "Buena Vista Social Club," Atlantic Theater Company)
Special Award
2022 | RecipientDede Ayite (who seems to have costumed half the actors of this theater season with her designs for “Merry Wives,” “Seven Deadly Sins,” “The Last of the Love Letters,” “Chicken and Biscuits,” “Slave Play,” “Nollywood Dreams,” “American Buffalo,” and “How I Learned to Drive,” demonstrating a knack for conveying characters' means, values, and aspirations before the actors utter a word.)
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
2019 | NomineeDede Ayite (for "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark")
Dede Ayite (for "If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka")
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
2018 | NomineeDede Ayite (for "Bella: An American Tall Tale")
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
2018 | NomineeDede Ayite (for "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play")
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
(Oct 03, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023)
Play, Original
- Costume Design by Dede Ayite
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
(Apr 13, 2014 - Oct 05, 2014)
Play, Original
- Assistant Costume Design by Dede Ayite
Tony Award®
Best Costume Design of a Musical
2025 | Nominee
| Buena Vista Social Club
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
Best Costume Design of a Play
2024 | Winner
| Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical
2024 | Nominee
Dede Ayite (for "Buena Vista Social Club," Atlantic Theater Company)
Special Award
2022 | Recipient
Dede Ayite (who seems to have costumed half the actors of this theater season with her designs for “Merry Wives,” “Seven Deadly Sins,” “The Last of the Love Letters,” “Chicken and Biscuits,” “Slave Play,” “Nollywood Dreams,” “American Buffalo,” and “How I Learned to Drive,” demonstrating a knack for conveying characters' means, values, and aspirations before the actors utter a word.)
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
2019 | Nominee
Dede Ayite (for "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark")
Dede Ayite (for "If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka")
Dede Ayite (for "If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka")
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
2018 | Nominee
Dede Ayite (for "Bella: An American Tall Tale")
Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
2018 | Nominee
Dede Ayite (for "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play")