Outstanding Play

BLKS Produced by MCC Theater Written by Aziza Barnes

Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Produced by Atlantic Theater Company and LAByrinth Theater Company Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis

Heroes of the Fourth Turning Produced by Playwrights Horizons Written by Will Arbery

Is This A Room Produced by Vineyard Theatre Conceived by Tina Satter

Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie Produced by Ars Nova Created by The Mad Ones and Phillip James Brannon, Brad Heberlee, Carmen M. Herlihy, January LaVoy

Outstanding Musical

A Strange Loop Produced by Playwrights Horizons in association with Page 73 Productions Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson

In The Green Produced by Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 Book, Music, and Lyrics by Grace McLean

Octet Produced by Signature Theatre Book, Music, and Lyrics by Dave Malloy

Soft Power Produced by The Public Theater and Center Theatre Group Play and Lyrics by David Henry Hwang, Music and Additional Lyrics by Jeanine Tesori

The Secret Life of Bees Produced by Atlantic Theater Company Book by Lynn Nottage, Music by Duncan Sheik, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd

Outstanding Revival

A Bright Room Called Day Produced by The Public Theater Written by Tony Kushner

Fires in the Mirror Produced by Signature Theatre Written by Anna Deavere Smith Performed by Michael Benjamin Washington

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Produced by The Public Theater Written by Ntozake Shange

Little Shop of Horrors Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Mickey Liddell, Caiola Productions, Curt Cronin, John Joseph, DDM Productions, DeSantis-Baugh Productions, Elizabeth Dewberry & Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Wendy Federman, Roy Furman, Deborah Green, Kayla Greenspan, Marguerite Hoffman, Sally Cade Holmes, Latitude Link, Seriff Productions, Silva Theatrical Group, Eric Gelb/Oliver Roth Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken

MAC BETH Produced by Red Bull Theater Written by William Shakespeare, Adapted by Erica Schmidt

Outstanding Solo Show

Bella Bella Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Written and Performed by Harvey Fierstein

Dana H. Produced by Vineyard Theatre, Goodman Theatre, and Center Theatre Group Written by Lucas Hnath Performed by Deirdre O’Connell

the way she spoke Produced by Audible Written by Isaac Gómez Performed by Kate del Castillo

We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time Produced by The Public Theater and Goodman Theatre Written and Performed by David Cale, Lyrics by David Cale, Music by David Cale and Matthew Dean Marsh

Where We Stand Produced by WP Theater in association with Baltimore Center Stage Written and Performed by Donnetta Lavinia Grays

Outstanding Director

Stephen Brackett, A Strange Loop

Tina Satter, Is This A Room

Danya Taymor, Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Annie Tippe, Octet

Les Waters, Dana H.

Outstanding Choreographer

Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Camille A. Brown, Toni Stone

Raja Feather Kelly, A Strange Loop

Sam Pinkleton, Soft Power

Travis Wall, The Wrong Man

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play

Charles Busch, The Confession of Lily Dare

Edmund Donovan, Greater Clements

Raúl Esparza, Seared

Hamish Linklater, The Pain of My Belligerence

Aaron Yoo, The Headlands

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Liza Colón-Zayas, Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven

Emily Davis, Is This A Room

April Matthis, Toni Stone

Zoë Winters, Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Kara Young, All the Natalie Portmans

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Christopher Borg, The Confession of Lily Dare

Marc Bovino, Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie

Garcia, Continuity

Francis Jue, Cambodian Rock Band

Ken Narasaki, Greater Clements

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Okwui Okpokwasili, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Estelle Parsons, A Bright Room Called Day

Michele Pawk, Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Stephanie Wright Thompson, Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie

Alexandria Wailes, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical

Jonathan Groff, Little Shop of Horrors

Joshua Henry, The Wrong Man

Francis Jue, Soft Power

Larry Owens, A Strange Loop

Conrad Ricamora, Soft Power

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical

Eisa Davis, The Secret Life of Bees

LaChanze, The Secret Life of Bees

Beth Malone, The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Janelle McDermoth, We’re Gonna Die

Grace McLean, In The Green

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

TIE – Christian Borle, Little Shop of Horrors

Alex Gibson, Octet

Gus Halper, Sing Street

Jay Armstrong Johnson, Scotland, PA

TIE-John-Andrew Morrison, A Strange Loop

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Ashley Pérez Flanagan, In The Green

Ari Groover, Little Shop of Horrors

L Morgan Lee, A Strange Loop

Ciara Renée, The Wrong Man

Kuhoo Verma, Octet

Outstanding Scenic Design

You-Shin Chen and Laura Jellinek, Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie

Yu-Hsuan Chen, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

Tim Mackabee, Seared

James Noone, London Assurance

Clint Ramos, Soft Power

Outstanding Costume Design

Dede Ayite, BLKS

Montana Levi Blanco, A Strange Loop

Oana Botez, In The Green

TIE – Toni-Leslie James, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

TIE – Rachel Townsend and Jessica Jahn, The Confession of Lily Dare

Outstanding Lighting Design

Isabella Byrd, Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Alan C. Edwards, Fires in the Mirror

Tyler Micoleau, Socrates

Barbara Samuels, In The Green

Jen Schriever, Power Strip

Outstanding Sound Design

Justin Ellington, Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Mikhail Fiksel, Dana H.

Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada, Is This A Room

Hidenori Nakajo, Octet

Nicholas Pope, In The Green

Outstanding Projection Design

Stephan Mazurek, Mojada

Lisa Renkel and POSSIBLE, Emojiland the Musical

Ruey Horng Sun, The Headlands

Hannah Wasileski, Anatomy of a Suicide

Hannah Wasileski, Fires in the Mirror

HONORARY AWARDS Lifetime Achievement Award

Tim Sanford

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee

Anna Deavere Smith

Lucille Lortel Awards 2020

The Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were created in 1985 by the OffBroadway 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 Foundation, 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 Actor and Actress in a Play and
Musical, Featured Actor and Actress in a Play and Musical, 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.