Lucille Lortel Awards

The voting committee is composed of representatives from the Off-Broadway League, Actors' Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, as well as theatre journalists, academics, and other Off-Broadway professionals. ==Ceremonies==

At the beginning, the Lead Actor/Actress and Featured Actor/Actress awards encompassed both plays and musicals. Starting in 2014, the acting awards were split into separate play and musical categories. Starting with the 2022 awards, the acting categories were made gender-neutral. Current categories Awards are given in the following categories: • Outstanding Play • Outstanding Musical • Outstanding Revival • Outstanding Solo Show • Outstanding Director • Outstanding Choreographer • Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play • Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play • Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical • Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical • Outstanding Ensemble • Outstanding Scenic Design • Outstanding Costume Design • Outstanding Lighting Design • Outstanding Sound Design • Outstanding Projection Design Special categories • Outstanding Alternative Theater Experience • Outstanding Lifetime Achievement • Outstanding Body of Work • Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee • Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence/Service to Off-Broadway Retired Categories • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical == Award winners in key categories ==

Source: Production Awards Outstanding Play • 1987: The Common Pursuit • 1989: The Cocktail Hour • 1991: Aristocrats • 1992: Lips Together, Teeth Apart • 1993: The Destiny of Me • 1994: Three Tall Women • 1995: Camping with Henry & Tom • 1996: Molly Sweeney • 1997: How I Learned to Drive • 1998: Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde • 1999: Wit • 2000: Dinner With Friends • 2001: Proof • 2002: Metamorphoses • 2003: Take Me Out • 2004: Bug • 2005: Doubt • 2006: The Lieutenant of Inishmore • 2007: Stuff Happens • 2008: Betrayed • 2009: Ruined • 2010: ''The Orphans' Home Cycle'' • 2011: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity • 2012: Sons of the Prophet • 2013: The Whale • 2014: Bad Jews • 2015: Between Riverside and Crazy • 2016: Guards at the Taj • 2017: Oslo • 2018: Cost of Living and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play • 2019: Pass Over • 2020: Heroes of the Fourth Turning • 2022: English • 2023: Wolf Play • 2024: The Comeuppance • 2025: Here There Are Blueberries • 2026: Prince Faggot Outstanding Musical • 1991: Falsettoland • 1992: And the World Goes Round… • 1993: Forbidden Broadway • 1994: Wings • 1995: Jelly Roll! • 1996: Floyd Collins • 1997: Violet • 2000: James Joyce’s The Dead • 2001: Bat Boy: The musical • 2002: Urinetown • 2003: Avenue Q • 2004: Caroline, or Change • 2005: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee • 2006: The Seven • 2007: In the Heights and Spring Awakening • 2008: Adding Machine • 2009: Fela! A New Musical • 2010: The Scottsboro Boys • 2011: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson • 2012: Once • 2013: Dogfight • 2014: Fun Home • 2015: Hamilton • 2016: FUTURITY • 2017: ''The Band's Visit'' • 2018: KPOP • 2019: Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future • 2020: Octet • 2022: Kimberly Akimbo • 2023: Titanique • 2024: (pray) • 2025: Three Houses • 2026: Mexodus Outstanding Revival • 1991: Measure For Measure • 1992: Boesman and Lena • 1993: Henry V • 1994: Owners, Traps • 1995: Merrily We Roll Along • 1996: Entertaining Mr. Sloan • 1997: June Moon • 1998: All My Sons • 1999: The Mystery of Irma Vep • 2000: The Torch-Bearers • 2001: Tiny Alice • 2002: Cymbeline • 2003: Fifth of July • 2005: Counsellor-At-Law • 2006: The Trip to Bountiful • 2007: Two Trains Running • 2008: Ohio State Murders • 2009: Our Town • 2010: The Glass Menagerie • 2011: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes/Part 1: MillenniumApproaches, Part 2: Perestroika • 2012: The Cherry Orchard • 2013: The Piano Lesson • 2014: Good Person of Szechwan • 2015: Into the Woods • 2016: The Robber Bridegroom • 2017: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street • 2018: ''Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train'' • 2019: Carmen Jones • 2020: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf • 2022: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 • 2023: A Raisin in the Sun • 2024: Translations • 2025: Our Class • 2026: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Honorary Awards Outstanding Lifetime Achievement • 1988: Paul Libin • 1991: Rosetta LeNoire • 1992: Ellen Stewart • 1993: Wynn Handman • 1995: Uta Hagen • 1996: Gene Feist • 1997: Jane Alexander • 1998: Arthur Miller • 1999: Harold Pinter • 2000: Jason Robards • 2001: Kitty Carlisle Hart • 2002: Edward Albee • 2003: Stephen Sondheim • 2006: Wendy Wasserstein • 2007: Kevin Kline • 2010: Daryl Roth • 2011: Lynne Meadow • 2012: Richard Frankel • 2013: Todd Haimes • 2015: Terrence McNally • 2016: Robyn Goodman • 2017: William Ivey Long • 2018: Eve Ensler • 2020: Tim Sanford • 2022: Deirdre O’Connell • 2023: Stephen McKinley Henderson • 2024: Ruben Santiago-Hudson • 2025: No award given. • 2026: Mia Katigbak Playwright Sidewalk Inductee(s) • 1999: Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt • 2000: Charles Busch & Israel Horowitz • 2002: Romulus Linney • 2004: Tony Kushner • 2005: Charles Ludlam • 2006: John Patrick Shanley • 2007: Christopher Durang • 2012: Richard Foreman • 2013: Neil LaBute • 2014: Richard Nelson • 2015: Jeanine Tesori • 2016: Suzan-Lori Parks • 2017: Lynn Nottage • 2018: Michael Friedman • 2019: María Irene Fornés • 2020: Anna Deavere Smith • 2022: David Henry Hwang • 2023: Ntozake Shange • 2024: Dominique Morisseau • 2025: Alice Childress • 2026: William Finn Outstanding Body of Work • 2018: WP Theater • 2019: Telsey + Company • 2020: Not awarded • 2021: Not awarded • 2022: Not awarded • 2023: The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York • 2024: Ars Nova • 2025: New Federal Theatre ==See also==