Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance - wikipedia Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance Awarded for Outstanding Solo Performance Location United States Presented by Drama Desk Currently held by Ed Dixon for Georgie : My Adventures with George Rose ( 2017 ) Website DramaDeskAwards.com The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off - Off Broadway productions. The category was first presented at the 1984 ceremony, when it was known as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One - Person Show. The award has been known by its current name since 1999. Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 1980s 1.2 1990s 1.3 2000s 1.4 2010s 2 References 3 External links Winners and nominees 1980s Year Performer Production 1984 Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare Phillip Baker Hall Secret Honor Kaye Ballard Hey, Ma... Kaye Ballard Edward Duke Jeeves Takes Charge Estelle Parsons Orgasmo Adulto Escapes from the Zoo Billie Whitelaw Rockaby 1985 Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Avner Eisenberg Avner the Eccentric Spalding Gray Swimming to Cambodia Alec McCowen Kipling Ekkehard Schall An Evening with Ekkehard Schall Lori Wilner Hannah Senesh 1986 Eric Bogosian Drinking in America Elisabeth Welch Time to Start Living Barbara Cook A Concert for the Theatre 1988 -- 89 N / A 1990s Year Performer Production Robert Morse Tru Eric Bogosian Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll Kathryn Grody A Mom 's Life Mandy Patinkin Mandy Patinkin in Concert : `` Dress Casual '' 1991 Eileen Atkins A Room of One 's Own Jeffrey Essmann Artificial Reality Spalding Gray Monster in a Box Tracey Ullman The Big Love Patrick Stewart A Christmas Carol Stan Freeman At Wit 's End Kevin Kling Home and Away Josh Kornbluth Red Diaper Baby Anna Deavere Smith Fires in the Mirror John Leguizamo Spic - O-Rama Lynn Redgrave Shakespeare for My Father Ron Vawler Roy Cohn / Jack Smith Anna Deavere Smith Twilight : Los Angeles, 1992 Eric Bogosian Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead Sherry Glaser Family Secrets Spalding Gray Gray 's Anatomy Claudia Shear Blown Sideways Through Life 1995 James Lecesne Word of Mouth Dan Butler The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me Danny Hoch Some People Avi Hoffman Too Jewish ? Lisa Kron 101 Humiliating Stories Mary Louise Wilson Full Gallop Andrea Martin Nude Nude Totally Nude Karen Trott Springhill Singing Disaster Fiona Shaw The Waste Land Eve Ensler The Vagina Monologues Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard Roger Guenveur Smith A Huey P. Newton Story Julia Sweeney Julia Sweeney 's God Said `` Ha ! '' 1998 John Leguizamo Freak Lewis Black Black Humor Danny Hoch Jails, Hospitals & Hip - Hop 1999 David Hare Via Dolorosa Will Bond Bob Aviva Jane Carlin Jodie 's Body Alexander H. Cohen Star Billing Lisa Kron 2.5 Minute Ride Laurence Luckinbill Clarence Darrow Tonight ! 2000s Year Performer Production 2000 Dame Edna Everage Dame Edna : The Royal Tour Olympia Dukakis Rose Spalding Gray Morning, Noon and Night Mark Linn - Baker Chesapeake Mark Setlock Fully Committed Marc Wolf Another American : Asking and Telling Pamela Gien The Syringa Tree Eric Bogosian Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Bette Bourne Resident Alien Brian d'Arcy James The Good Thief Sarah Jones Surface Transit Ruben Santiago - Hudson Lackawanna Blues 2002 Elaine Stritch Elaine Stritch at Liberty Dave Gorman Are You Dave Gorman ? Charles Nelson Reilly Save It for the Stage : The Life of Reilly Reno Rebel Without a Pause T. Ryder Smith Underneath the Lintel 2003 Tovah Feldshuh Golda 's Balcony Barbara Cook Mostly Sondheim Frank Gorshin Say Goodnight, Gracie Ricky Jay Ricky Jay : On the Stem Priscilla Lopez Class Mother ' 68 Charlayne Woodard In Real Life Jefferson Mays I Am My Own Wife Barbara Cook Barbara Cook 's Broadway ! Ben Gazzara Nobody Do n't Like Yogi Sarah Jones Bridge and Tunnel Martin Moran The Tricky Part Will Power Flow 2005 Billy Crystal 700 Sundays Dame Edna Everage Dame Edna : Back with a Vengeance Dave Gorman Dave Gorman 's Googlewhack Adventure Jackie Mason Jackie Mason : Freshly Squeezed Tim Miller Us James Urbaniak Thom Pain ( based on nothing ) 2006 Antony Sher Primo Judy Gold 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother Marga Gomez Los Big Names Jon Peterson George M. Cohan Tonight ! Janis Stevens Vivien Michael Winther Songs from an Unmade Bed 2007 Vanessa Redgrave The Year of Magical Thinking Iris Bahr Dai ( enough ) Ed Harris Wrecks Capathia Jenkins ( mis ) Understanding Mammy : The Hattie McDaniel Story Anna Manahan Sisters Nilaja Sun No Child... 2008 Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Kris Anderson Dixie 's Tupperware Party Stephen Lang Beyond Glory April Yvette Thompson Liberty City 2009 Lorenzo Pisoni Humor Abuse Mike Birbiglia Sleepwalk with Me Frank Blocker Southern Gothic Novel Michael Laurence Krapp, 39 Matt Sax Clay Campbell Scott The Atheist 2010s Year Performer Production Jim Brochu Zero Hour Theodore Bikel Sholom Aleichem : Laughter Through Tears Colman Domingo A Boy and His Soul Carrie Fisher Wishful Drinking Judith Ivey The Lady with All the Answers Anna Deavere Smith Let Me Down Easy 2011 John Leguizamo Ghetto Klown Daniel Beaty Through the Night Mike Birbiglia Mike Birbiglia 's My Girlfriend 's Boyfriend Juliette Jeffers Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down Colin Quinn Colin Quinn : Long Story Short Joanna Tope The Promise 2012 Cillian Murphy Misterman Baba Brinkman The Rap Guide to Evolution Suli Holum Chimera Jeff Key The Eyes of Babylon Denis O'Hare An Iliad Stephen Spinella An Iliad 2013 Michael Urie Buyer & Cellar Joel de la Fuente Hold These Truths Kathryn Hunter Kafka 's Monkey Bette Midler I 'll Eat You Last : A Chat with Sue Mengers Julian Sands A Celebration of Harold Pinter Holland Taylor Ann 2014 John Douglas Thompson Satchmo at the Waldorf David Barlow This is My Office Jim Brochu Character Man Hannah Cabell Grounded Debra Jo Rupp Becoming Dr. Ruth Ruben Santiago - Hudson August Wilson 's How I Learned What I Learned 2015 Benjamin Scheuer The Lion Christina Bianco Application Pending Jonny Donahoe Every Brilliant Thing Tom Dugan Wiesenthal Mona Golabek The Pianist of Willesden Lane Joely Richardson The Belle of Amherst 2016 Jesse Tyler Ferguson Fully Committed Simon Callow Tuesdays at Tesco 's Kathleen Chalfant Rose James Lecesne The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Daphne Rubin - Vega Empanada Loca 2017 Ed Dixon Georgie : My Adventures with George Rose Nancy Anderson The Pen ( Inner Voices ) Marin Ireland On the Exhale Sarah Jones Sell / Buy / Date Brian Quijada Where Did We Sit on the Bus ? Anna Deavere Smith Notes from the Field References `` Drama Desk Award for Solo Performance ''. Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 08 - 21. External links Drama Desk official website Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance Ian McKellen ( 1984 ) Whoopi Goldberg ( 1985 ) Eric Bogosian ( 1986 ) Barbara Cook ( 1987 ) -- ( 1988 ) -- ( 1989 ) Robert Morse ( 1990 ) Eileen Atkins ( 1991 ) Patrick Stewart ( 1992 ) Anna Deavere Smith ( 1993 ) Anna Deavere Smith ( 1994 ) James Lecesne ( 1995 ) Mary Louise Wilson ( 1996 ) Fiona Shaw ( 1997 ) John Leguizamo ( 1998 ) David Hare ( 1999 ) Dame Edna Everage ( 2000 ) Pamela Gien ( 2001 ) Elaine Stritch ( 2002 ) Tovah Feldshuh ( 2003 ) Jefferson Mays ( 2004 ) Billy Crystal ( 2005 ) Antony Sher ( 2006 ) Vanessa Redgrave ( 2007 ) Laurence Fishburne ( 2008 ) Lorenzo Pisoni ( 2009 ) Jim Brochu ( 2010 ) John Leguizamo ( 2011 ) Cillian Murphy ( 2012 ) Michael Urie ( 2013 ) John Douglas Thompson ( 2014 ) Benjamin Scheuer ( 2015 ) Jesse Tyler Ferguson ( 2016 ) Ed Dixon ( 2017 ) Drama Desk Awards Play Play Revival of a Play Actor in a Play Actress in a Play Featured Actor in a Play Featured Actress in a Play Director of a Play Music in a Play Musical Musical Revival of a Musical Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Featured Actor in a Musical Featured Actress in a Musical Director of a Musical Music Lyrics Book Orchestrations Production Choreography Scenic Design of a Musical Scenic Design of a Play Costume Design Lighting Design for a Musical Lighting Design for a Play Sound Design in a Musical Sound Design in a Play Other ( competitive ) Solo Performance Unique Theatrical Experience Revue Projection Design Special ( non-competitive ) Special Award Ensemble Retired Director Revival Set Design Lighting Design Sound Design Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Solo_Performance&oldid=808238965 '' Categories : Drama Desk Awards Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 1 November 2017, at 18 : 21. 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Question: who won the 1992 drama desk award for outstanding solo performance
Answer: Anna Deavere Smith