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Dede Ayite

Dede Ayite, (Co-Costume Designer) is a Tony award nominated designer. Broadway: A Soldier’s Play, Slave Play, American Son, and Children of a Lesser God.


Dede Ayite, (Co-Costume Designer) is a Tony award nominated designer. Broadway: A Soldier’s Play, Slave Play, American Son, and Children of a Lesser God. Select Off Broadway: Merry Wives (The Public Theater); Secret Life of Bees, Marie and Rosetta, (Atlantic); By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, (Signature); BLKS, School Girls… (MCC); Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons); The Royale (Lincoln Center); Toni Stone (Roundabout). Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, Arena Stage and more. TV work includes Netflix, Comedy Central, and FOX Shortcoms. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. Awards: Obie, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area, and Jeff Awards, along with four Drama Desk Nominations.