The 2025 nominations for the 40th annual Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievements in Off-Broadway theater, created in 1985 by the Off Broadway League, were announced on April 2, by actors Francis Jue and Krysta Rodriguez. The 2024-25 season featured 70 eligible Off-Broadway productions, 32 of which were recognized with a nomination in at least one category. Leading the nominations were Drag: The Musical, Three Houses, and Our Class, with a total of six each. As was previously announced, special honorees Alice Childress will be inducted onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk, New Federal Theatre will receive the Body of Work Award, and Carol Fishman will be presented with the Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award. Representatives of the Off Broadway League, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists, in addition to theater journalists, academics, and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee.
And the nominations are:
Outstanding Play: Here There Are Blueberries, written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich; Liberation, written by Lisa Sanaye Dring; The Antiquities, written by Jordan Harrison; We Had a World, written by Joshua Harmon
Outstanding Musical: Drag: The Musical, book, music, and lyrics by Tomas Costanza, Justin Andrew Honard, and Ashley Gordon; Medea: Re-Versed, written by Luis Quintero, adapted from Euripides; The Big Gay Jamboree, book by Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, music and lyrics by Marla Mindelle and Philip Drennen; Three Houses, music, lyrics, and book by Dave Malloy; We Live in Cairo, book, music, and lyrics by The Lazours
Outstanding Revival: Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave, written by Samuel Beckett; Ghosts, written by Henrik Ibsen, with a new version by Mark O’Rowe; Hold on to Me Darling, written by Kenneth Lonergan; Our Class, written by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, adapted by Norman Allen; Wine in the Wilderness, written by Alice Childress
Outstanding Solo Show: 300 Paintings, written and performed by Sam Kissajukian; A Knock on the Roof, written and performed by Khawla Ibraheem; Vanya, co-created by Andrew Scott, Simon Stephens, Sam Yates, and Rosanna Vize, adapted by Simon Stephens, performed by Andrew Scott
Outstanding Director: Igor Golyak, Our Class; Moisés Kaufman, Here There Are Blueberries; Zhailon Levingston, Table 17; Whitney White, Liberation; Sam Yates, Vanya
Outstanding Choreographer: Connor Gallagher, The Big Gay Jamboree; Spencer Liff, Drag: The Musical; Or Schraiber, Our Class; Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Distant Thunder; Annie Tippe, Three Houses
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play: Adam Driver, Hold on to Me Darling; Madison Ferris, All of Me; Susannah Flood, Liberation; Lily Rabe, Ghosts; Paul Sparks, Grangeville; Marisa Tomei, Babe; Kara Young, Table 17
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play: Betsy Aidem, Liberation; Stephanie Berry, Staff Meal; Ahmad Kamal, Sumo; Julia Lester, All Nighter; Michael Rishawn, Table 17; Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness; Frank Wood, Hold on to Me Darling
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical: Marla Mindelle, The Big Gay Jamboree; J.D. Mollison, Three Houses; Mia Pak, Three Houses; Lauren Patten, The Lonely Few; Margo Seibert, Three Houses; Alaska Thunderfuck, Drag: The Musical; Sarin Monae West, Medea: Re-Versed
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical: Jujubee, Drag: The Musical; Eddie Korbich, Drag: The Musical; Jacob Ming-Trent, Medea: Re-Versed; Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree; Helen J Shen, The Lonely Few; Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree
Outstanding Ensemble: Here There Are Blueberries – Scott Barrow, Nemuna Ceesay, Kathleen Chalfant, Jonathan Raviv, Erika Rose, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Charlie Thurston, and Grant James Varjas; Our Class – Gus Birney, Andrey Burkovskiy, José Espinosa, Tess Goldwyn, Will Manning, Stephen Ochsner, Alexandra Silber, Richard Topol, Ilia Volok, and Elan Zafir; We Live in Cairo – Ali Louis Bourzgui, Drew Elhamalawy, John El-Jor, Nadina Hassan, Michael Khalid Karadsheh, and Rotana Tarabzouni
Outstanding Scenic Design: Dots, Three Houses; Christopher Ford and Dakota Rose, The Beastiary; Derek McLane, Here There Are Blueberries; Jan Pappelbaum, Our Class; Matt Saunders, Jordans
Outstanding Costume Design: Oana Botez, Orlando; Qween Jean, Liberation; Marco Marco, Drag: The Musical; Rodrigo Muñoz, Sally & Tom; Mariko Ohigashi, Sumo
Outstanding Lighting Design: Stacey Derosier, Grangeville; Michael Gottlieb, Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave; Tyler Micoleau, The Antiquities; Ben Stanton, Table 17; Japhy Weideman, Ghosts
Outstanding Sound Design: Nick Kourtides, Travels; Fabian Obispo, Sumo; Matt Otto, All of Me; Matt Otto, Medea: Re-Versed; Ryan Rumery and M. Florian Staab, Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
Outstanding Projection Design: David Bengali, Here There Are Blueberries; David Bengali, We Live in Cairo; Eric Dunlap, Igor Golyak, and Andreea Mincic, Our Class; Hana S. Kim, Sumo; Brian Pacelli, Scarlett Dreams.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
The 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards will be presented on Sunday, May 4, 2025, beginning at 7 pm, at the NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place, NYC. For balcony tickets (priced at $66, including fees), go online.
