Overview
- The organization announced Tuesday that the awards will relocate to the Shed starting in 2027, placing the event at a venue central to New York City’s theater scene.
- A new production company, Drama Desk Awards Productions, will run the ceremony, formed by Scene Partners’ Matt Britten with the Season’s Mike Karns and Steven Tartick.
- Britten said the move is a chance to try new formats, grow the audience, and spotlight the full theatrical ecosystem.
- The Shed, an arts center in Hudson Yards that opened in 2019, has hosted Off-Broadway work including The Brothers Size, King Lear, and Tom Hanks’ This World of Tomorrow.
- The 2026 ceremony took place at Town Hall on May 17, and organizers said specific 2027 programming and logistics will be announced later.