41st Lucille Lortel Awards

41st Lucille Lortel Awards
41st Lucille Lortel Awards
Date	May 3, 2026
Venue	Skirball Center for Performing Arts
Most nominations	Mexodus (9)
Website	lortelaward.com
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DateMay 3, 2026

VenueSkirball Center for Performing Arts

Most nominationsMexodus (9)

Websitelortelaward.com

The 41st Lucille Lortel Awards will be held on May 3, 2026, recognizing excellence in Off-Broadway productions during the 2025-26 season. Nominations were announced on April 1, 2026, with Mexodus receiving the most nominations with nine, followed by Prince Faggot with six.^[1] The Lortel Awards are jointly produced by the Off-Broadway League and the Lucille Lortel Theatre, with support from Theatre Development Fund.

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Outstanding Play	Outstanding Musical
Cold War Choir Practice Kyoto THE MONSTERS Mother Russia Prince Faggot	Bigfoot! The Musical Mexodus My Joy is Heavy Night Side Songs Saturday Church
Outstanding Revival	Outstanding Solo Show
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Bus Stop Gruesome Playground Injuries Titus Andronicus The Weir	Hold Me in the Water I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan Nothing Can Take You From The Hand Of God Other The Unknown
Outstanding Director	Outstanding Choreographer
Knud Adams, Cold War Choir Practice Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Prince Faggot Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, Kyoto David Mendizábal, Mexodus Keenan Tyler Oliphant, Practice	Edgar Godineaux and Jared Grimes, Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole Darrell Grand Moultrie, Goddess Darrell Grand Moultrie, Saturday Church Tony Thomas, Mexodus Rickey Tripp, THE MONSTERS
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play	Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
Noah Galvin, The Reservoir Marin Ireland, Queens John Krasinski, Angry Alan Aigner Mizzelle, THE MONSTERS Okieriete Onaodowan, THE MONSTERS Susannah Perkins, Antigone (This Play I Read In High School); Kara Young, Gruesome Playground Injuries	Jorge Bosch, Kyoto Felicia Curry, Bowl EP Crystal Finn, Cold War Choir Practice David Greenspan, Prince Faggot Lizan Mitchell, Cold War Choir Practice Deirdre O'Connell, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. David Turner, Mother Russia
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical	Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Abigail Bengson, My Joy Is Heavy J. Harrison Ghee, Saturday Church Dulé Hill, Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole Ruthie Ann Miles, The Seat of Our Pants Brian Quijada, Mexodus Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus Daniel J. Watts, Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole	Nick Rashad Burroughs, Goddess Judy Kuhn, The Baker's Wife Erin Morton, Heathers Stephanie Jae Park, Monte Cristo Star Quezon, Saturday Church Natalie Walker, The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse Lynne Wintersteller, About Time
Outstanding Ensemble
Initiative - Olivia Rose Barresi, Brandon Burk, Greg Cuellar, Harrison Densmore, Carson Higgins, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Jamie Sanders, Christopher Dylan White Night Side Songs - Robin de Jesús, Brooke Ishibashi, Jonathan Raviv, Kris Saint-Louis, Mary Testa The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Philippe Arroyo, Autumn Best, Leana Rae Concepcion, Justin Cooley, Lilli Cooper, Jason Kravits, Matt Manuel, Kevin McHale, Jasmine Amy Rogers
Outstanding Scenic Design	Outstanding Costume Design
Miriam Buether, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. Afsoon Pajoufar, Cold War Choir Practice Riw Rakkulchon, Mexodus Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek, Bowl EP David Zinn, Prince Faggot	Montana Levi Blanco, Prince Faggot Enver Chakartash, Tartuffe Qween Jean, Saturday Church Celeste Jennings, minor.ity Kaye Voyce, The Seat of Our Pants
Outstanding Lighting Design	Outstanding Sound Design
Isabella Byrd, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. Isabella Byrd, Prince Faggot Mextly Couzin, Mexodus Cha See, The Unknown Studio Luna, Marcel on the Train	Caroline Eng, The Unknown Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus Ryan Gamblin, Bowl EP Drew Levy, The Weir Bray Poor, Eurydice
Outstanding Projection Design
David Bengali, My Joy Is Heavy Stefania Bulbarella, Nothing Can Take You From The Hand Of God Akhila Krishnan, Kyoto Johnny Moreno, Mexodus John Narun, Bughouse

Names	Accolade
Mia Katigbak	Lifetime Achievement Award
William Finn	Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee

Production	Nominations
Mexodus	9
Prince Faggot	6
Cold War Choir Practice	5
Saturday Church	5
Kyoto	4
THE MONSTERS
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp
Bowl EP	3
Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole
My Joy Is Heavy
The Unknown
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	2
Goddess
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Mother Russia
Night Side Songs
Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God
The Seat of Our Pants
The Weir

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