Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
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Awarded forOutstanding Featured Performer in a Play
LocationUnited States
Currently held byMichael Rishawn, Table 17 (2025)
| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | The Off-Broadway League[1][2] |
| Currently held by | Michael Rishawn, Table 17 (2025) |
| Website | lortelaward |
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,[3] when the acting categories were made gender-neutral.[4]
Only Frank Wood and Betsy Aidem have been nominated for multiple awards, with two nominations each.
2020s
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
| Year | Actress | Play | Character | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Francis Benhamou | Prayer for the French Republic | Elodie Benhamnou | [5] |
| Jacob Ming-Trent | The Alchemist | Mammon | ||
| Abena | Nollywood Dreams | Adenikeh | ||
| Betsy Aidem | Prayer for the French Republic | Marcelle Salomon Benhamou | ||
| Thom Sesma | Letters of Suresh | Father Hashimoto | ||
| 2023 | Mia Barron | The Coast Starlight | Liz | [6] |
| 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 | ||
| 2024 | Eli Gelb | Stereophonic | Grover | [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 | ||
| 2025 | Michael Rishawn | Table 17 | River / Eric / Others | [8] |
| 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 | ||
| 2026 | Jorge Bosch | Kyoto | Raúl Estrada-Oyuela | [9] |
| Felicia Curry | Bowl EP | Lemon Pepper Wings | ||
| Crystal Finn | Cold War Choir Practice | Virgie | ||
| Lizan Mitchell | Puddin | |||
| David Greenspan | Prince Faggot | Various | ||
| Deirdre O'Connell | Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. | |||
| David Turner | Mother Russia | Mother Russia |