Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in sound design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 2001.

Mikhail Fiksel holds the record for the most wins in the category, with four wins, along with the most nominations, netting eight. Close behind in nominations is Matt Tierney with five.

Winners and nominees

Key

2000s

Year	Designer	Production
2001
	Christopher Shutt	*Mnemonic*
	Mark Bennett and Michael Creason	Dogeaters
	David Bullard and Mic Pool	The Unexpected Man
	T. Richard Fitzgerald	4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!
	Robert Milburn	Jitney
2002
	Scott Lehrer	*Franny's Way*
	Brett Jarvis and David A. Gilman	Brutal Imagination
	Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman	Metamorphoses
	Dan Moses Schreier	Homebody/Kabul
2003
	Brett Jarvis	*Avenue Q*
	Paul Arditti	Far Away
	Mark Bennett	Golda's Balcony
	Jerry Yager	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
2004
	Brian Ronan	*Bug*
	David Van Tieghem	The Long Christmas Ride Home
	Robert Kaplowitz	The Story
	John Gromada	Small Tragedy
2005
	Obadiah Eaves	*Nine Parts of Desire*
	Scott Lehrer	Dessa Rose
	Simon Matthews	Altar Boyz
	Darron L West	The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Hot 'n' Throbbing
2006
	Darron L West	**The Seven and Apparition**
	Ken Travis	Abigail's Party
	Scott Killian	A Picasso
	Brian Ronan	Grey Gardens
2007
	Martin Desjardins	*columbinus*
	Robert Kaplowitz	The Internationalist
	John Collins and David Herskovits	Faust, Parts 1 & 2
	Eric Shimelonis	Essential Self-Defense
	Brian Ronan	Spring Awakening
2008
	Jorge Cousineau	*Opus*
	Geoff Abbas, Joby Emmons, Matt Schloss, Matt Tierney, Casey Spooner and Warren Fischer	Hamlet
	Frank Gaeta	Dai (enough)
	Darron L West	Dead Man's Cell Phone
	Daniel Baker	The Four of Us
2009
	John Gromada	*Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)*
	Matt Tierney	The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928)
	Quentin Chiappetta	Irena's Vow
	Robert Kaplowitz	Wig Out!
	Jane Shaw	The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

2010s

Year	Designer	Production
2010
	Fitz Patton	*When the Rain Stops Falling*
	Kurt Fischer	The Toxic Avenger
	John Gromada	The Orphans' Home Cycle
	Shane Rettig	A Lie of the Mind
	Ryan Rumery and Christian Frederickson	The Emperor Jones
2011
	Mikhail Fiksel	*The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity*
	Jon Weston	In Transit
	Fitz Patton	The Other Place
	Mic Pool	Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
	Ben Jalosa Williams	Gatz
2012
	Matt Tierney & Ben Jalosa Williams	*The Select (The Sun Also Rises)*
	David Van Tieghem	Through a Glass Darkly
	Mark Bennett	An Iliad
	Clive Goodwin	Once
	Daniel Kluger	Tribes
2013
	Leah Gelpe	*Slowgirl*
	Bray Poor	The Flick
	Matt Tierney	Detroit
	Jane Shaw	Jackie
	Shane Rettig	Detroit '67
2014
	M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer	*Here Lies Love*
	Ryan Rumery	The Hatmaker's Wife
	Matt Hubbs	Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
	Christopher Shutt	Love and Information
	Clive Goodwin	What's it All About? Bacharach Reimagined
2015
	Nevin Steinberg	*Hamilton*
	Mikhail Fiksel	My Mañana Comes
	Matt Tierney	Pocatello
	Leah Gelpe	The Invisible Hand
	Daniel Kluger and Brandon Wolcott	The Nether
2016	Rob Milbur and Michael Bodeen	*Guards at the Taj*
	Bray Poor	Buzzer
	Matt Hubbs	The Royale
	Fitz Patton	The Humans
	Will Pickens	Grounded
2017	Mikhail Fiksel	*A Life*
	Matt Stine	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
	Nevin Steinberg	Wakey, Wakey
	Stowe Nelson	Small Mouth Sounds
	Robert Kaplowitz	Hadestown
2018
	Leah Gelpe	*Mary Jane*
	Mikhail Fiksel	The Treasurer
	Brandon Wolcott	After the Blast
	Bray Poor	Office Hour
	Bray Poor	The Last Match
2019
	Dan Moses Schreier	*Carmen Jones*
	Jane Shaw	I Was Most Alive With You
	Isobel Waller-Bridge	Fleabag
	Matt Hubbs	Boesman and Lena
	Mikaal Sulaiman	Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future

2020s

Year	Designer	Production
2020
	Mikhail Fiksel	*Dana H.*
	Nicholas Pope	In the Green
	Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada	Is This a Room
	Justin Ellington	Heroes of the Fourth Turning
	Hidenori Nakajo	Octet
2021	No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Nick Kourtides	*Oratorio for Living Things*
	Mikhail Fiksel	Tambo & Bones
	Darron L West	Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
	Fabian Obispo	The Chinese Lady
	Mikaal Sulaiman	Sanctuary City
2023
	Kate Marvin	*Wolf Play*
	Mikhail Fiksel	How to Defend Yourself
	Daniel Kluger	Epiphany
	Kelly Colburn, Alex Hawthorn, and Justin Nestor	american (tele)visions
	Sinan Refik Zafar	Letters from Max, a Ritual
2024
	Ryan Rumery	*Stereophonic*
	Palmer Hefferan	The Comeuppance
	Mikaal Sulaiman	(pray)
	Jonathan Deans	Buena Vista Social Club
	Tei Blow and John Gasper	Wet Brain
2025
	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
	Nick Kourtides	Travels
2026
	Mikhail Fiksel	*Mexodus*
	Caroline Eng	The Unknown
	Ryan Gamblin	Bowl EP
	Drew Levy	The Weir
	Bray Poor	Eurydice

Multiple wins

4 wins

Mikhail Fiksel

Multiple nominations

8 nominations

Mikhail Fiksel

5 nominations

Matt Tierney
Bray Poor

4 nominations

Robert Kaplowitz
Darron L West
Ryan Rumery

3 nominations

Mark Bennett
Brian Ronan
John Gromada
Jane Shaw
Matt Hubbs
Mikaal Sulaiman
Daniel Kluger

2 nominations

Christopher Shutt
Scott Lehrer
Brett Jarvis
Dan Moses Schreier
David Van Tieghem
Shane Rettig
Fitz Patton
Fabian Obispo
Matt Otto
Nick Kourtides
Nevin Steinberg
Brandon Wolcott

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Label: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Description: annual Off-Broadway theatre award

Founded: 2001

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Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

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