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The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor a performer for excellence in a leading role in an Off-Broadway play production since 2022,[Acting Categories Split into Musicals and Plays] when the acting categories were made gender-neutral.
Only Frank Wood and Betsy Aidem have been nominated for multiple awards, with two nominations each.
Winners and nominees
;Key
2020s
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! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:30%;"| Actress
! style="width:30%;"| Play
! style="width:25%;"| Character
! style="width:5%;"| Ref.
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|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="5" align="center"| 2022
|
Francis Benhamou
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Prayer for the French Republic
|
Elodie Benhamnou
|rowspan=5|
|-
|Jacob Ming-Trent
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The Alchemist
|Mammon
|-
|Abena
|
Nollywood Dreams
|Adenikeh
|-
|Betsy Aidem
|
Prayer for the French Republic
|Marcelle Salomon Benhamou
|-
|Thom Sesma
|
Letters of Suresh
|Father Hashimoto
|-
|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="7" align="center"|
2023
|
Mia Barron
|
The Coast Starlight
|
Liz
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Susanna Guzmán
|
Downstate
|Ivy
|-
|Ryan J. Haddad
|
american (tele)visions
|Jeremy
|-
|Patrice Johnson Chevannes
|
Endgame
|Nell
|-
|Dickie Hearts
|
Dark Disabled Stories
|Performer
|-
|Maureen Sebastian
|
the best we could (a family tragedy)
|Maps
|-
|Edward Torres
|
Downstate
|Felix
|-
|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="7" align="center"|
2024
|
Eli Gelb
|
Stereophonic
|
Grover
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Julio Monge
|
Wet Brain
|Joe
|-
|Frank Wood
|
Toros
|Tica
|-
|Bubba Weiler
|
Swing State
|Ryan
|-
|Florencia Lozano
|
Wet Brain
|Mona
|-
|Carmen M. Herlihy
|
The Apiary
|Performer
|-
|Arnie Burton
|
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
|Actor 4 / Mina Westfeldt / Jean Van Helsing
|-
|- style="background:#DCEEFF
! rowspan="7" align="center"|
2025
|
Michael Rishawn
|
Table 17
|
River / Eric / Others
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Julia Lester
|
All Nighter
|Wilma
|-
|Frank Wood
|
Hold On to Me Darling
|Mitch
|-
|Olivia Washington
|
Wine in the Wilderness
|Tomorrow "Tommy" Marie
|-
|Ahmad Kamal
|
Sumo
|Ren
|-
|Stephanie Berry
|
Staff Meal
|Server
|-
|Betsy Aidem
|
Liberation
|Margie
|-
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2026
|- style="background:#DCEEFF
|
David Turner
|
Mother Russia
|
Mother Russia
|rowspan=7|
|-
|Jorge Bosch
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Kyoto
|Raúl Estrada-Oyuela
|-
|Felicia Curry
|
Bowl EP
|Lemon Pepper Wings
|-
|Crystal Finn
|rowspan=2|
Cold War Choir Practice
|Virgie
|-
|Lizan Mitchell
|Puddin
|-
|David Greenspan
|
Prince Faggot
|rowspan=2|Various
|-
|Deirdre O'Connell
|
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
|
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Multiple nominations
;2 nominations
* Frank Wood
* Betsy Aidem
See also
* Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play
* Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play
References
