The New York Theatre Report: 39TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
“(pray),” produced by Ars Nova and National Black Theatre, leads the pack with 3 awards, including Outstanding Musical
Signature Theatre’s “The Comeuppance” was awarded Outstanding Play
New York, NY (May 5, 2024) – The 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out on the evening of May 5th, 2024 to recipients in 16 categories, with three honorary awards also bestowed. The Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball hosted by stars of stage and screen: Rosalind Chao (Atlantic Theater Company’s “What Became of Us”), Jenn Colella(“SUFFS”), Michael Esper (Drama Desk Award nominee, “Appropriate”), Eden Espinosa (Tony Award nominee, “Lempicka”), Nikki M. James (Tony & Lortel Award nominee, “SUFFS”), and BD Wong(Atlantic Theater Company’s “What Became of Us”). The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.
Special honorees this year included Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Ruben Santiago-Hudson, presented by Phylicia Rashad; Playwrights’ Sidewalk inductee Dominique Morisseau, presented by Kamilah Forbes; and Ars Nova, honored for their Outstanding Body of Work with a presentation by award-winning director Anne Kauffman.
NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS OF THE 2024 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
*Please note: all nominees are listed with the award recipient in 🏆& BOLD.
Outstanding Play
🏆 The Comeuppance
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Plays For The Plague Year
Produced by The Public Theater
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Primary Trust
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company
Written by Eboni Booth
Produced by Playwrights Horizons
Written by David Adjmi and Will Butler
Wet Brain
Produced by Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater
Written by John J. Caswell, Jr.
Outstanding Musical
🏆 (pray)
Produced by Ars Nova and National Black Theatre
Created by nicHi douglas, with music by S T A R R Busby and JJJJJerome Ellis
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Book by Marco Ramirez, Music by Buena Vista Social Club
Produced by Audible Theater
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek & Erik Della Penna, Book by Itamar Moses, Conceived by David Yazbek
Produced by The Public Theater
Music and Lyrics by Alicia Keys, Book by Kristoffer Diaz
Produced by Playwrights Horizons
Book and Music by Anna K. Jacobs, Book and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
Outstanding Revival
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Produced by Play Hooky Productions, Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jayne Baron Sherman, Stella La Rue, Roth-Manella Productions, Sony Music Masterworks, Jillian Robbins, David Binder, Folk Productions, Antonio Marion, Daniel Schwartz, Wessex Grove, Stephanie Choate, Hillary Wyatt
Written by John Patrick Shanley
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Produced by Classic Stage Company
Book by Jerome Weidman (based on his novel), Music and Lyrics by Harold Rome, Book revisions by John Weidman
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre
Written by Brian Friel
Sunset Baby
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Dominique Morisseau
🏆 Translations
Produced by Irish Repertory Theatre
Written by Brian Friel
Outstanding Solo Show
🏆 All The Devils Are Here – How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
Produced by Mara Isaacs, Thomas M. Neff, Willette and Manny Klausner, 42nd.Club, Daryl Roth
Written and Performed by Patrick Page
I Love You So Much I Could Die
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Written and Performed by Mona Pirnot
Produced by triangle productions!
Written by Donnie, Additional Material by Wade McCollum
Performed by Wade McCollum
Sorry For Your Loss
Produced by Audible
Written and Performed by Michael Cruz Kayne
Triple Threat
Produced by Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, James T. Lane, and T32 Theatrical
Written and Performed by James T. Lane
Outstanding Director
Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic
David Cromer – Dead Outlaw
🏆 nicHi douglas – (pray)
Eric Ting – The Comeuppance
Dustin Wills – Wet Brain
Outstanding Choreographer
Camille A. Brown – Hell’s Kitchen
Graciela Daniele and Alex Sanchez – The Gardens of Anuncia
🏆 Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck – Buena Vista Social Club
nicHi douglas – (pray)
Raja Feather Kelly – Teeth
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
Christopher Abbott – Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
🏆 Gabby Beans – Jonah
William Jackson Harper – Primary Trust
Nicole Ari Parker – The Refuge Plays
Josh Radnor – The Ally
A.J. Shively – Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Paco Tolson – The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
Arnie Burton – Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
🏆 Eli Gelb – Stereophonic
Carmen M. Herlihy – The Apiary
Florencia Lozano – Wet Brain
Julio Monge – Wet Brain
Bubba Weiler – Swing State
Frank Wood – Toros
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
🏆 Natalie Venetia Belcon – Buena Vista Social Club
Jeb Brown – Dead Outlaw
Andrew Durand – Dead Outlaw
Santino Fontana – I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Priscilla Lopez – The Gardens of Anuncia
Alyse Alan Louis – Teeth
Maleah Joi Moon – Hell’s Kitchen
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Shoshana Bean – Hell’s Kitchen
Rodrick Covington – Rock & Roll Man
🏆 Kecia Lewis – Hell’s Kitchen
Jessica Molaskey – The Connector
Steven Pasquale – Teeth
Mel Semé – Buena Vista Social Club
Thom Sesma – Dead Outlaw
Outstanding Ensemble
🏆 (pray)
Ariel Kayla Blackwood, S T A R R Busby, Ashley De La Rosa, Tina Fabrique, Satori Folkes-Stone, Amara Granderson, Taylor Symone Jackson, Ziiomi Louise Law, Aigner Mizzelle, Gayle Turner, Darnell White, D. Woods
The Comeuppance
Brittany Bradford, Caleb Eberhardt, Susannah Flood, Bobby Moreno, Shannon Tyo
Flex
Brittany Bellizeare, Christiana Clark, Eboni Edwards, Renita Lewis, Erica Matthews, Ciara Monique, Tamera Tomakili
Outstanding Scenic Design
Jason Ardizzone-West – shadow/land
Arnulfo Maldonado – Buena Vista Social Club
Arnulfo Maldonado – Dead Outlaw
🏆 Kate Noll – Wet Brain
David Zinn – Stereophonic
Outstanding Costume Design
Dede Ayite – Buena Vista Social Club
Enver Chakartash – Stereophonic
Linda Cho – The Half-God of Rainfall
DeShon Elem – (pray)
🏆 Lux Haac – Manahatta
Outstanding Lighting Design
🏆 Amith Chandrashaker – The Comeuppance
Jiyoun Chang – Stereophonic
Jen Schriever – Spain
Cha See – Wet Brain
John Torres – Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Outstanding Sound Design
Tei Blow & John Gasper – Wet Brain
Jonathan Deans – Buena Vista Social Club
Palmer Hefferan – The Comeuppance
🏆 Ryan Rumery – Stereophonic
Mikaal Sulaiman – (pray)
Outstanding Projection Design
59 Productions – Corruption
🏆 Nick Hussong – Wet Brain
Jared Mezzocchi – Poor Yella Rednecks
Jared Mezzocchi – Russian Troll Farm
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew – The Connector
HONORARY AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award
🏆 Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
🏆 Dominique Morisseau
Outstanding Body of Work
🏆 Ars Nova
🏆 AWARD RECIPIENTS BY SHOW
(pray) – 3
The Comeuppance – 2
Stereophonic – 2
Wet Brain – 2
All The Devils Are Here – How Shakespeare Invented the Villain – 1
Hell’s Kitchen – 1
Jonah – 1
Manahatta – 1
Translations – 1
ABOUT THE LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
The Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were created in 1985 by the Off-Broadway League. The Lortel Awards recognize excellence in Off-Broadway by honoring the invaluable contribution of artists to the theatre community. Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, United Scenic Artists, the Lucille Lortel Theatre, in addition to theatre journalists, academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee. Awards may be given in the following categories: Play, Musical, Solo Show, Revival, Alternative Theatrical Experience, Director, Choreographer, Lead Performer in a Play and Musical, Featured Performer in a Play and Musical, Ensemble, Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Sound, and Projection Design. The following honorary awards may also be given: Lifetime Achievement Award, Body of Work (awarded to an institution), Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award, and induction onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk in front of the historic Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. For more information, please seewww.LortelAwards.org.
ABOUT THE OFF-BROADWAY LEAGUE
The Off-Broadway League was founded in 1959 to foster theatrical productions produced in Off-Broadway theatres (productions in Manhattan in venues with 76-499 seats), to assist in the voluntary exchange of information among its members, and to serve as a collective voice of its membership in pursuit of these goals. In recent years the League has grown to represent an average of 150 individual members and theatres and 100 non-for-profit and commercial shows per season.
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