Gender
Female
Designer
Also Known As
Dede M. Ayite
  • CREDITS
    Othello (Mar 23, 2025 - Jun 08, 2025)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayDramaTragedyRevival
    Buena Vista Social Club (Mar 19, 2025 - )
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    MusicalOriginal
    Purpose (Mar 17, 2025 - Jul 06, 2025)
    • Costume Design by Dede M. Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    Our Town (Oct 10, 2024 - Jan 19, 2025)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayDramaRevival
    Home (Jun 05, 2024 - Jul 21, 2024)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayRevival
    Hell's Kitchen (Apr 20, 2024 - Present)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    MusicalOriginal
    Days of Wine and Roses (Jan 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    MusicalOriginal
    Appropriate (Dec 18, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Oct 03, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    Ohio State Murders (Dec 08, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    Topdog / Underdog (Oct 20, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayComedyDramaRevival
    How I Learned to Drive (Apr 19, 2022 - Jun 12, 2022)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    American Buffalo (Apr 14, 2022 - Jul 10, 2022)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayRevival
    Slave Play (Dec 02, 2021 - Jan 23, 2022)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    Chicken & Biscuits (Oct 10, 2021 - Nov 28, 2021)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayComedyOriginal
    A Soldier's Play (Jan 21, 2020 - Mar 11, 2020)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayDramaOriginal
    Slave Play (Oct 06, 2019 - Jan 19, 2020)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    American Son (Nov 04, 2018 - Jan 27, 2019)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayOriginal
    Children of a Lesser God (Apr 11, 2018 - May 27, 2018)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayDramaSign LanguageRevival
    In Transit (Dec 11, 2016 - Apr 16, 2017)
    • Associate Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    MusicalOriginal
    The Gin Game (Oct 14, 2015 - Jan 10, 2016)
    • Associate Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayRevival
    Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (Apr 13, 2014 - Oct 05, 2014)
    • Assistant Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayPlay with musicOriginal
    A Soldier's Play (Dec 08, 2022 - Jun 25, 2023)
    • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
    PlayDramaOriginal
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

     

    Best Costume Design of a Musical

    2024 | Nominee  | Hell's Kitchen
    Costume Design by Dede Ayite
     

    Best Costume Design of a Play

    2024 | Nominee  | Appropriate
    Costume Design by Dede Ayite

    Best Costume Design of a Play

    2024 | Winner  | Jaja's African Hair Braiding
    Costume Design by Dede Ayite
     

    Best Costume Design of a Play

    2020 | Nominee  | Slave Play
    Costume Design by Dede Ayite
     

    Best Costume Design of a Play

    2020 | Nominee  | A Soldier's Play
    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")
     

    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")
Othello (Mar 23, 2025 - Jun 08, 2025)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayDramaTragedyRevival
Buena Vista Social Club (Mar 19, 2025 - )
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
MusicalOriginal
Purpose (Mar 17, 2025 - Jul 06, 2025)
  • Costume Design by Dede M. Ayite
PlayOriginal
Our Town (Oct 10, 2024 - Jan 19, 2025)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayDramaRevival
Home (Jun 05, 2024 - Jul 21, 2024)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayRevival
Hell's Kitchen (Apr 20, 2024 - Present)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
MusicalOriginal
Days of Wine and Roses (Jan 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
MusicalOriginal
Appropriate (Dec 18, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Oct 03, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
Ohio State Murders (Dec 08, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
Topdog / Underdog (Oct 20, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayComedyDramaRevival
How I Learned to Drive (Apr 19, 2022 - Jun 12, 2022)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
American Buffalo (Apr 14, 2022 - Jul 10, 2022)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayRevival
Slave Play (Dec 02, 2021 - Jan 23, 2022)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
Chicken & Biscuits (Oct 10, 2021 - Nov 28, 2021)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayComedyOriginal
A Soldier's Play (Jan 21, 2020 - Mar 11, 2020)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayDramaOriginal
Slave Play (Oct 06, 2019 - Jan 19, 2020)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
American Son (Nov 04, 2018 - Jan 27, 2019)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayOriginal
Children of a Lesser God (Apr 11, 2018 - May 27, 2018)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayDramaSign LanguageRevival
In Transit (Dec 11, 2016 - Apr 16, 2017)
  • Associate Costume Design by Dede Ayite
MusicalOriginal
The Gin Game (Oct 14, 2015 - Jan 10, 2016)
  • Associate Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayRevival
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (Apr 13, 2014 - Oct 05, 2014)
  • Assistant Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayPlay with musicOriginal
A Soldier's Play (Dec 08, 2022 - Jun 25, 2023)
  • Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PlayDramaOriginal

Tony Award®

 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

2024 | Nominee  | Hell's Kitchen
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
 

Best Costume Design of a Play

2024 | Nominee  | Appropriate
Costume Design by Dede Ayite

Best Costume Design of a Play

2024 | Winner  | Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
 

Best Costume Design of a Play

2020 | Nominee  | Slave Play
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
 

Best Costume Design of a Play

2020 | Nominee  | A Soldier's Play
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")
 

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")

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