Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in lighting design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 1995.

David Weiner, Tyler Micoleau and Isabella Byrd hold the record for most wins in the category, with three each, including three consecutive wins for Byrd. Ben Stanton has the record for most nominations in the category, with nine, followed closely by Christopher Akerlind and Micoleau with six each.

Winners and nominees

Key

1990s

Year	Designer	Production
1995
1995	Phil Monat	*Camping with Henry & Tom*
1996
1996	Michael Chybowski	*The Grey Zone*
1997
1997	Brian MacDevitt	*By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea*
1998
1998	Kenneth Posner	Pride’s Crossing'' /Side Man''
1999
	Kevin Adams	*The Mineola Twins*

Michael Chybowski	*Wit*

2000s

Year	Designer	Production
2000
2000	Kenneth Posner	**Give Me Your Answer, Do! / The Wild Party**
2001
	Paul Anderson	*Mnemonic*
	Pat Collins	*Proof*
	Hugh Vanstone	The Unexpected Man
	Betsy Adams and Martha Swetzoff	The Laramie Project
	Donald Holder	Jitney
2002
	TJ Gerckens	*Metamorphoses*
	Traci Klainer	Four
	Brian MacDevitt	Urinetown
	David Weiner	36 Views
2003
	Donald Holder	*Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme*
	Christopher Akerlind	Don Juan
	Howell Binkley	Radiant Baby
	James F. Ingalls	My Life With Albertine
	James Vermeulen	Fifth of July
2004
	Tyler Micoleau	*Bug*
	Christopher Akerlind	Well
	David Lander	I Am My Own Wife
	Kenneth Posner	Valhalla
	Clifton Taylor	Frozen
2005
	David Weiner	*Rodney's Wife*
	Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer	Dessa Rose
	Christopher Akerlind	Belle Epoque
	Jon Linstrum	Shockheaded Peter
	James Vermeulen	Mr. Fox: A Rumination
2006
	Aaron Black	*Funnyhouse of a Negro*
	Stephen Strawbridge	Bernarda Alba
	David Weiner	The Seven
	Jane Cox	Apparition
	John McKernon	The Trip to Bountiful
2007
	Kevin Adams	*Spring Awakening*
	Japhy Weideman	Jack Goes Boating
	Kevin Adams	Some Men
	Christopher Akerlind	KAOS
	Jeff Croiter	The Internationalist
2008
	Keith Parham	*The Adding Machine*
	Kevin Adams	Passing Strange
	Peter Mumford	Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?
	Russell H. Champa	Eurydice
	Kevin Adams	Next to Normal
2009
	Christopher Akerlind	*Garden of Earthly Delights*
	Lap Chi Chu	The Good Negro
	Mark Barton	Chair
	Jason Lyons	Mourning Becomes Electra
	Marcus Doshi	Othello

2010s

Year	Designer	Production
2010
	Tyler Micoleau	*When the Rain Stops Falling*
	Peter Kaczorowski	The Brothers Size / Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet / In the Red and Brown Water
	Paul Gallo	The Pride
	Mark Barton	Circle Mirror Transformation
	Rui Rita	The Orphans' Home Cycle
2011
	Ben Stanton	*The Whipping Man*
	Jesse Klug	The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
	Mark Barton	Gatz
	Betsy Adams	When I Come to Die
	Matt Frey	This Wide Night
2012 (Tie)
	Natasha Katz	*Once*

	David Weiner	*Through a Glass Darkly*
	Scott Zielinski	An Iliad
	Justin Townsend	Unnatural Acts
Keith Parham	Tribes
2013
	Scott Zielinski	*A Civil War Christmas*
	Ben Stanton	Belleville
	Ben Stanton	Murder Ballad
	Rui Rita	The Piano Lesson
	Jane Cox	The Flick
2014
	Justin Townsend	*Here Lies Love*
	Japhy Weideman	What's it All About? Bacharach Reimagined
	Bradley King	Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
	Daniel Ionazzi	The Jacksonian
	Ben Stanton	Fun Home
2015
	Howell Binkley	*Hamilton*
	David Lander	The Library
	Japhy Weideman	Punk Rock
	Tyler Micoleau	The Invisible Hand
	Ben Stanton	The Nether
2016
	David Weiner	*Guards at the Taj*
	Christopher Akerlind	Grounded
	Mark Barton	John
	Justin Townsend	The Humans
	Ben Stanton	The Legend of Georgia McBride
2017
	Mark Barton	*Signature Plays*
	Amy Mae Smith	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
	Jane Cox	Othello
	Ben Stanton	Yen
	Greg Hofmann	Ride the Cyclone
2018
	Alan C. Edwards	*Harry Clarke*
	Bradley King	The Treasurer
	Ben Stanton	The Low Road
	Japhy Weideman	Mary Jane
	Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew	KPOP
2019
	Lap Chi Chu	*Mlima's Tale*
	Bradley King	Apologia
	Yi Zhao	The House That Will Not Stand
	Barbara Samuels	Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
	Amith A. Chandrashaker	Boesman and Lena

2020s

Year	Designer	Production
2020
	Isabella Byrd	*Heroes of the Fourth Turning*
	Jen Schriever	Power Strip
	Alan C. Edwards	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
	Tyler Micoleau	Socrates
	Barbara Samuels	In the Green
2021	No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Isabella Byrd	*Sanctuary City*
	Lap Chi Chu	Morning Sun
	Jeff Croiter	Black No More
	Stacey Derosier	Sandblasted
	Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew	Oratorio for Living Things
2023
	Isabella Byrd	*Epiphany*
	Cha See	On That Day In Amsterdam
	JiYoun Chang	The Far Country
	Tyler Micoleau	A Case for the Existence of God
	Barbara Samuels	Wolf Play
2024
	Amith A. Chandrashaker	*The Comeuppance*
	Cha See	Wet Brain
	Jen Schriever	SPAIN
	JiYoun Chang	Stereophonic
	John Torres	Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
2025
	Tyler Micoleau	*The Antiquities*
	Stacey Derosier	Grangeville
	Ben Stanton	Table 17
	Michael Gottlieb	Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
	Japhy Weideman	Ghosts
2026
	Cha See	*The Unknown*
	Isabella Byrd	Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
	Isabella Byrd	Prince Faggot
	Mextly Couzin	Mexodus
	Studio Luna	Marcel on the Train

Multiple wins

3 wins

David Weiner
Tyler Micoleau
Isabella Byrd

2 wins

Michael Chybowski
Kenneth Posner
Kevin Adams

Multiple nominations

9 nominations

Ben Stanton

6 nominations

Christopher Akerlind
Tyler Micoleau

5 nominations

Kevin Adams
David Weiner
Japhy Weideman
Mark Barton
Isabella Byrd

3 nominations

Kenneth Posner
Jane Cox
Lap Chi Chu
Justin Townsend
Barbara Samuels
Cha See

2 nominations

Michael Chybowski
Brian MacDevitt
Betsy Adams
Donald Holder
Howell Binkley
James Vermeulen
David Lander
Jeff Croiter
Rui Rita
Scott Zielinski
Alan C. Edwards
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Amith A. Chandrashaker
Jen Schriever
Stacey Derosier
JiYoun Chang

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Label: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Description: annual Off-Broadway theatre award

Founded: 1995

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Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

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