Dede M. Ayite

Personal Information
Credits

Designer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Buena Vista Social Club Linda Gross Theater 12/13/2023 Costume Designer
2 Days of Wine and Roses Linda Gross Theater 06/05/2023 Costume Designer
3 My Broken Language Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 11/06/2022 Costume Designer
4 Richard III Delacorte Theater 06/30/2022 Costume Designer
5 Nollywood Dreams The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/ The Newman Mills Theater 11/11/2021 Costume Designer
6 The Last of the Love Letters Linda Gross Theater 09/13/2021 Costume Designer
7 Merry Wives Delacorte Theater 08/09/2021 Costume Designer
8 Seven Deadly Sins 94 Gansevoort St 06/22/2021 Costume Designer
9 The Underlying Chris Second Stage Theatre 11/21/2019 Costume Designer
10 Fires in the Mirror Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 11/11/2019 Costume Designer
11 Power Strip Claire Tow Theater 10/21/2019 Costume Designer
12 The New Englanders New York City Center/ Stage II 10/02/2019 Costume Designer
13 American Moor Cherry Lane Theatre 09/08/2019 Costume Designer
14 The Rolling Stone Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 07/15/2019 Costume Designer
15 Toni Stone Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 06/20/2019 Costume Designer
16 The Secret Life of Bees Linda Gross Theater 06/13/2019 Costume Designer
17 BLKS The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/ The Newman Mills Theater 05/09/2019 Costume Designer
18 If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Playwrights Horizons 03/10/2019 Costume Designer
19 By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 02/19/2019 Costume Designer
20 Slave Play New York Theatre Workshop 12/09/2018 Costume Designer
21 Fireflies Linda Gross Theater 10/15/2018 Costume Designer
22 Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; In Essence, A Queer and Occasionally Hazardous Exploration; Do You Remember When You Were In Middle School And You Read About Shackleton And How He Explored the Antarctic? Imagine the Antarctic As a Pussy and It’s Sort of Like That1 Lucille Lortel Theatre 09/12/2018 Costume Designer
23 Sugar in Our Wounds1 New York City Center/ Stage II 06/19/2018 Costume Designer
24 Mankind Playwrights Horizons 01/08/2018 Costume Designer
25 School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play1 Lucille Lortel Theatre 11/16/2017 Costume Designer
26 Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 10/23/2017 Costume Designer
27 Bella: An American Tall Tale Playwrights Horizons 06/12/2017 Costume Designer
28 Marie and Rosetta Linda Gross Theater 09/12/2016 Costume Designer
29 The Royale Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 03/07/2016 Costume Designer
30 ToasT Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater 05/05/2015 Costume Designer
31 Josephine and I Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Joe's Pub 03/10/2015 Associate Set Designer
32 Josephine and I Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Joe's Pub 03/10/2015 Associate Costume Designer
33 brownsville song (b-side for tray) Claire Tow Theater 10/20/2014 Costume Designer
34 Bootycandy Playwrights Horizons 09/10/2014 Associate Costume Designer
35 Wild With Happy Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 10/23/2012 Assistant Costume Designer
36 The Common Pursuit Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 05/24/2012 Assistant Costume Designer
37 Hurt Village Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 02/27/2012 Assistant Costume Designer
38 Here There Are Blueberries New York Theatre Workshop Costume Designer

1Credited as Dede Ayite.

Technical
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Tina Packer's Women of Will The Gym at Judson 02/03/2013 Prop Master
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2024 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design Buena Vista Social Club Costume Designer
2 NOMINATED 2024 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design Buena Vista Social Club Costume Designer
3 WON 2022 Drama Desk Award, Special Award    
4 NOMINATED 2022 Antonyo Award, Best Costumes Nollywood Dreams Costume Designer
5 NOMINATED 2022 Antonyo Award, Best Costumes Merry Wives Costume Designer
6 NOMINATED 2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design BLKS Costume Designer
7 NOMINATED 2020 Antonyo Award, Best Costumes BLKS Costume Designer
8 NOMINATED 2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Costume Designer
9 NOMINATED 2019 AUDELCO Award, Costume Design By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Costume Designer
10 NOMINATED 2019 AUDELCO Award, Costume Design The Secret Life of Bees Costume Designer
11 NOMINATED 2019 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Costume Designer
12 NOMINATED 2019 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Costume Designer
13 NOMINATED 2019 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design Slave Play Costume Designer
      By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Costume Designer
      If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka Costume Designer
14 WON 2019 Obie Award, Sustained Excellence in Costume Design    
15 NOMINATED 2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design Bella: An American Tall Tale Costume Designer
16 WON 2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Costume Designer
17 NOMINATED 2018 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Costume Designer
18 NOMINATED 2018 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Bella: An American Tall Tale Costume Designer
19 NOMINATED 2018 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design Bella: An American Tall Tale Costume Designer
      School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Costume Designer
20 NOMINATED 2017 AUDELCO Award, Costume Design Bella: An American Tall Tale Costume Designer
21 NOMINATED 2016 AUDELCO Award, Costume Design The Royale Costume Designer