Curriculum Vitae
Allen Lee Hughes
Education
Master of Fine Arts (Design)
New York University
(School of the Arts)
New York, NY
1976 -1979
Bachelor of Arts (Speech and drama)
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
1968 -1972
Awards and Nominations
Year Award
2026 Longer Service Award
NYU 25 year Longer
Service Award
New York University
College of Fellows
Induction into College of
Fellows of the American Theatre
Alfred Drake Award
Brooklyn College Award
Brooklyn College
2024 LIT Lighting Design Awards
Lifetime Achievement
.
2023 Henry Hewes Design Nomination
Ohio State Murders
James Earl Jones Theatre
(Broadway).
Audelco Award Nomination
. Hamlet
Delacorte Theatre (NYC)
2022. Drama Desk Nomination For
Outstanding Lighting Design
Ohio State Murders
James Earl Jones Theatre
(Broadway).
2020 Nomination 2020 Tony Award
A Soldier’s Play
Roundabout (American Airlines)
(Broadway).
Henry Hewes Ming Cho Lee Award
Lifetime Achievement
New York
Antonyo Award Recipient
A Soldier’s Play
Roundabout (American Airlines)
(Broadway).
Antonyo Award Nomination
Toni Stone
Roundabout (Laura Pels Theatre)
2019. Audelco Award Nomination
. Toni Stone
Roundabout (Laura Pels Theatre)
2017 Project 1 Voice Award
Lifetime Achievement
New York
2016 David Payne Carter Award for
Teaching Excellence
New York University
NYC
2015 National Black Theatre Festival
Outstanding Achievement in
Lighting Design
Lifetime Achievement
Winston Salem, NC
2014 Nomination Beverly Hills/
Hollywood NAACP
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles
2013 Nomination LA Ovation Award
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles
Broadway Salutes (25 years on
Broadway)
Coalition of Broadway Unions and
Guilds (Cobug) and the Broadway
League
2010-2011 Nomination Indpendent Reviews
of New England
Stickfly
Huntington Theatre
Boston
2005-2006 Nomination 2006 Helen Hayes
Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
2004-2005 Nomination LA Ovation Award
Intimate Apparel
Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles
2003-2004 Audelco Award Nomination
. intimate Apparel
Roundabout (Laura Pels Theatre)
New York City
2002-2003 USITT Distinguished Achievement
Award in Lighting Design 2003
Lifetime Achievement
2000-2001 Nomination 2001 Helen Hayes
K2
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1997-1998 Nomination 1998 Helen Hayes
Sunday in the Park with George
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1996-1997 Merritt Award For Excellence in
Design
and Collaboration
Lifetime Achievement
1994-1995 Nomination 1994 Helen Hayes
The Odyssey
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1991-1992 Nomination NAACP Best Lighting
Once on this Island
U.S. Tour
1990-1991 Nomination 1991 Antoinette Perry
(Tony) Award
Once on this Island
Booth Theatre (Broadway)
1989-1990 Helen Hayes 1990 Award
(Recipient)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
Nomination 1991 Helen Hayes
Juno & the Paycock
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1988-1989 Helen Hayes 1989 Award
(Recipient)
Six Characters in Search of
An Author
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
Nomination 1989 Helen Hayes
On the Town
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1987-1988 Nomination 1988 Helen Hayes
All the King’s Men
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1985-1986 Boston Theatre Critics Circle
(Recipient)
A Soldier’s Play
Colonial Theatre
Boston
Nomination 1986 Helen Hayes
Women and Water
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
Nomination Joseph Maharam
Award
So Long on Lonelly Street
Jack Lawrence Theatre
(Broadway)
1984-1985 Nomination 1985 Antoinette Perry
(Tony) Award
Strange Interlude
Nederlander Theatre (Broadway)
Nomination Joseph Maharam
Award
Quilters
Jack Lawrence Theatre
(Broadway)
Nomination 1985 Helen Hayes
Passion Play
Arena Stage
Washington, DC
1983-1984 Hollywood Drama-Logue Critics
(Recipient)
Quilters
Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles
Nomination Los Angeles Drama
Critics Circle Award
Quilters
. Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles
Nomination Bay Area Theater
Critics Award
A Soldier’s Play
Marines Memorial
San Francisco
1982-1983 Outer Circle Critics Award
(Recipient)
K2
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Broadway)
Joseph Maharam Award
(Recipient)
K2
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Broadway)
Nomination Antoinette Perry
Tony Award
K2
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Broadway)
Nomination Drama Desk Award
Tony Award
K2
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Broadway)