40th Lucille Lortel Awards

The 40th Lucille Lortel Awards were held on May 4, 2025, recognizing excellence in Off-Broadway productions during the 2024-25 season. Nominations were announced on April 2, 2025, with Drag: The Musical, Our Class and Three Houses receiving the most nominations with six each. The Lortel Awards are jointly produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with support from Theatre Development Fund.

Winners and nominees

The 2024-2025 Lucille Lortel Awards nominations were announced on April 1, 2025 by Francis Jue and Krysta Rodriguez. Drag: The Musical, Our Class, and Three Houses were the most nominated productions, receiving six nominations.

The ceremony was held at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts on May 4, 2025.

width:50%" |Outstanding Play

width:50%" |Outstanding Musical
  • Here There Are Blueberries
    • Liberation
    • Sumo
    • The Antiquities
    • We Had a World
  • Three Houses
    • Drag: The Musical
    • Medea: Re-Versed
    • The Big Gay Jamboree
    • We Live in Cairo

width:50%" |Outstanding Solo Show

width:50%" |Outstanding Revival
  • Vanya
    • 300 Paintings
    • A Knock on the Roof
  • Our Class
    • Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
    • Ghosts
    • Hold On to Me Darling
    • Wine in the Wilderness

width:50%" |Outstanding Director

width:50%" |Outstanding Choreographer (tie)
  • Igor Golyak, Our Class
    • Moisés Kaufman, Here There Are Blueberries
    • Zhailon Levingston, Table 17
    • Whitney White, Liberation
    • Sam Yates, Vanya
  • Connor Gallagher, The Big Gay Jamboree
  • Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Distant Thunder
    • Spencer Liff, Drag: The Musical
    • Or Schraiber, Our Class
    • Annie Tippe, Three Houses

width:50%" |Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play

width:50%" |Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
  • Kara Young, Table 17
    • Adam Driver, Hold On to Me Darling
    • Madison Ferris, All of Me
    • Susannah Flood, Liberation
    • Lily Rabe, Ghosts
    • Paul Sparks, Grangeville
    • Marisa Tomei, Babe
  • Michael Rishawn, Table 17
    • Betsy Aidem, Liberation
    • Stephanie Berry, Staff Meal
    • Ahmad Kamal, Sumo
    • Julia Lester, All Nighter
    • Olivia Washington, Wine in the Wilderness
    • Frank Wood, Hold On to Me Darling

width:50%" |Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical

width:50%" |Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
  • Sarin Monae West, Medea: Re-Versed
    • 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
  • Paris Nix, The Big Gay Jamboree
    • Jujubee, Drag: The Musical
    • Eddie Korbich, Drag: The Musical
    • Jacob Ming-Trent, Medea: Re-Versed
    • Helen J Shen, The Lonely Few
    • Natalie Walker, The Big Gay Jamboree

width:100%" colspan=2|Outstanding Ensemble
  • Our Class - Gus Birney, Andrey Burkovsky, José Espinosa, Tess Goldwyn, Will Manning, Stephen Thomas Ochsner, Alexandra Silber, Richard Topol, Ilia Volok, Elan Zafir
    • Here There Are Blueberries - Scott Barrow, Nemuna Ceesay, Kathleen Chalfant, Jonathan Raviv, Erika Rose, Elizabeth Stahlmann, Charlie Thurston, Grant James Varjas
    • We Live in Cairo - Ali Louis Bourzgui, Drew Elhamalawy, John El-Jor, Nadina Hassan, Michael Khalid Karadsheh, Rotana Tarabzouni

width:50%" |Outstanding Scenic Design

width:50%" |Outstanding Costume Design
  • Jan Pappelbaum, Our Class
    • dots, Three Houses
    • Christopher Ford and Dakota Rose, The Beastiary
    • Derek McLane, Here There Are Blueberries
    • Matt Saunders, Jordans
  • Oana Botez, Orlando
    • Qween Jean, Liberation
    • Marco Marco, Drag: The Musical
    • Rodrigo Muñoz, Sally & Tom
    • Mariko Ohigashi, Sumo

width:50%" |Outstanding Lighting Design

width:50%" |Outstanding Sound Design
  • Tyler Micoleau, The Antiquities
    • Stacey Derosier, Grangeville
    • Michael Gottlieb, Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
    • Ben Stanton, Table 17
    • Japhy Weideman, Ghosts
  • Fabian Obispo, Sumo
    • Nick Kourtides, Travels
    • Matt Otto, All of Me
    • Matt Otto, Medea: Re-Versed
    • Ryan Rumery and M. Florian Staab, Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave

width:100%" colspan=2|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

Non-competitive awards

Names

Accolade

Carol Fishman

Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway

Alice Childress

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee

New Federal Theatre

Outstanding Body of Work

Wins/nominations per production

Production

Wins

Nominations

Our Class

4

6

The Big Gay Jamboree

2

5

Here There Are Blueberries

Table 17

4

Three Houses

1

6

Sumo

5

Medea: Re-Versed

4

The Antiquities

2

Vanya

Distant Thunder

1

Orlando

References

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