Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play

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Awarded forOutstanding Play
LocationUnited States
Presented byThe Off-Broadway League[1][2]
Currently held byHere There Are Blueberries by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich (2025)
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play
Awarded forOutstanding Play
LocationUnited States
Presented byThe Off-Broadway League[1][2]
Currently held byHere There Are Blueberries by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich (2025)
Websitelortelaward.com

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in playwriting for an Off-Broadway play production since 1987.[3]

Four playwrights have won the award twice--Brian Friel, Moisés Kaufman,Martin McDonagh and Horton Foote. Leading the nomination tally are Paula Vogel, Jon Robin Baitz, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Lynn Nottage, Bruce Norris and Joshua Harmon, with three nominations each.

1980s

Key
  and bold indicates the winner.
Year Production Author Producers Ref.
1987 The Common Pursuit Simon Gray John A. McQuiggan and the Hart Entertainment Group [3]
1988 No award given.
1989 The Cocktail Hour A. R. Gurney Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel, Roger L. Stevens and Thomas Viertel [3]

1990s

Year Production Author Producers Ref.
1990 No award ceremony held.
1991 Aristocrats Brian Friel Manhattan Theatre Club [3]
1992 Lips Together, Teeth Apart Terrence McNally
1993 The Destiny of Me Larry Kramer Circle Repertory Company and Lucille Lortel Theatre
1994 Three Tall Women Edward Albee Elizabeth I. McCann, Jeffrey Ash, Daryl Roth and Vineyard Theatre
1995 Camping with Henry & Tom Mark St. Germain Lucille Lortel Theatre, Daryl Roth, Wind Dancer Theater Inc. and Randall L. Wreghitt
1996 Molly Sweeney Brian Friel Roundabout Theatre Company, Gate Theatre Dublin and Emanuel Azenberg
1997 How I Learned to Drive Paula Vogel Daryl Roth, Roy Gabay, Vineyard Theatre and Playwrights Horizons
1998 Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde Moisés Kaufman Leonard Soloway, Chase Mishkin and Signature Theatre Company
The Beauty Queen of Leenane Martin McDonagh Atlantic Theater Company, Randall L. Wreghitt, Chase Mishkin, Steven M. Levy and Leonard Soloway
1999 Wit Margaret Edson MCC Theater, Long Wharf Theater, Daryl Roth, Stanley Shopkorn, Robert G. Bartner and Stanley Kaufelt

2000s

Year Production Author Producers Ref.
2000 Dinner with Friends Donald Margulies Roundabout Theatre Company, Mitchell Maxwell, Mark Balsam, Ted Tulchin, Victoria Maxwell, Mari Nakachi and Steven Tulchin [3]
2001
Jitney August Wilson Second Stage Theatre [4]
The Play About the Baby Edward Albee Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Daryl Roth, Terry Allen Kramer, Fifty Second Street Productions, Robert Bartner, Stanley Kaufel
Proof David Auburn Manhattan Theatre Club
Ten Unknowns Jon Robin Baitz Lincoln Center Theatre
The Unexpected Man Yasmina Reza Julian Schlossberg, Ben Sprecher, Ted Tulchin and William P. Miller
2002
The Carpetbagger's Children Horton Foote Lincoln Center Theater [5]
The Dazzle Richard Greenberg Roundabout Theatre Company
Homebody/Kabul Tony Kushner New York Theatre Workshop
Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman Second Stage Theatre
The Shape of Things Neil LaBute Susan Quint Gallin, Sandy Gallin, Stuart Thompson, Ben Sprecher and USA/OSTAR Theatricals
2003
Dublin Carol Conor McPherson Atlantic Theater Company [6]
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme Frank McGuinness Lincoln Center Theater
Our Lady of 121st Street Stephen Adly Guirgis John Gould Rubin, Ira Pittelman, Robyn Goodman, Ruth Hendel, Daryl Roth, LAByrinth Theater Company
Take Me Out Richard Greenberg The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival and Donmar Warehouse
2004
Bug Tracy Letts Scott Morfee, Amy Danis, Mark Johannes, in association with PlanetEarth Partners [7]
Frozen Bryony Lavery MCC Theater
The Long Christmas Ride Home Paula Vogel Vineyard Theatre
Small Tragedy Craig Lucas Playwrights Horizons
Valhalla Paul Rudnick New York Theatre Workshop
2005
Doubt John Patrick Shanley Manhattan Theatre Club [8]
After Ashley Gina Gionfriddo Vineyard Theatre
Going to St. Ives Lee Blessing Primary Stages
Intimate Apparel Lynn Nottage Roundabout Theatre Company
Orson's Shadow Austin Pendleton PlanetEarth Partners and Scott Morfee
2006
The Lieutenant of Inishmore Martin McDonagh Atlantic Theater Company [9]
The Paris Letter Jon Robin Baitz Roundabout Theatre Company
Red Light Winter Adam Rapp Scott Rudin, Paramount Pictures, Robyn Goodman, Roger Berlind, and Stuart Thompson
The Ruby Sunrise Rinne Groff The Public Theater
2007
Stuff Happens David Hare The Public Theater [10]
The Busy World Is Hushed Keith Bunin Playwrights Horizons
Dying City Christopher Shinn Lincoln Center Theater
Indian Blood A.R. Gurney Primary Stages
2008
Betrayed George Packer Culture Project [11]
Blackbird David Harrower Manhattan Theatre Club
The Brothers Size Tarell Alvin McCraney The Public Theater, in association with The Foundry Theatre
New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 David Ives Classic Stage Company, by special arrangement with Bob Boyett
Opus Michael Hollinger Primary Stages
2009
Ruined Lynn Nottage Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre [12]
Animals Out of Paper Rajiv Joseph Second Stage Theatre
Becky Shaw Gina Gionfriddo Second Stage Theatre
The Good Negro Tracey Scott Wilson The Public Theater in association with Dallas Theater Center
The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) Text by William Faulkner Created by Elevator Repair Service, produced by New York Theatre Workshop and Elevator Repair Service

2010s

Year Production Author Producers Ref.
2010
The Orphans' Home Cycle Horton Foote Signature Theatre Company and Hartford Stage [13]
Clybourne Park Bruce Norris Playwrights Horizons
The Brother/Sister Plays Tarell Alvin McCraney The Public Theater in association with McCarter Theatre
The Temperamentals Jon Marans Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment
When the Rain Stops Falling Andrew Bovell Lincoln Center Theater
2011
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Kristoffer Diaz Second Stage Theatre [14]
In the Wake Lisa Kron The Public Theater
Other Desert Cities Jon Robin Baitz Lincoln Center Theater
Peter and the Starcatcher Rick Elice New York Theatre Workshop
The Coward Nick Jones Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
2012
Sons of the Prophet Stephen Karam Roundabout Theatre Company [15]
Blood and Gifts J. T. Rogers Lincoln Center Theater
Milk Like Sugar Kirsten Greenidge Playwrights Horizons and Women's Project Theater
The Big Meal Dan LeFranc Playwrights Horizons
The School for Lies David Ives Classic Stage Company
2013
The Whale Samuel D. Hunter Playwrights Horizons [16]
Bethany Laura Marks Women's Project Theater
Cock Mike Bartlett Stuart Thompson, Jean Doumanian, Royal Court Theatre, William Berlind, Scott Delman, Dena Hammerstein, Jon B. Platt, Scott Rudin, Ted Snowdon and True Love Productions
Detroit Lisa D’Amour Playwrights Horizons
The Flick Annie Baker
2014
The Open House Will Eno Signature Theatre [17]
Bad Jews Joshua Harmon Roundabout Theatre Company
Domesticated Bruce Norris Lincoln Center Theater
The Night Alive Conor McPherson Atlantic Theater Company, originally produced by Donmar Warehouse
2015
Between Riverside and Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis Atlantic Theater Company [18]
Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) Suzan-Lori Parks The Public Theater in association with American Repertory Theater
The Invisible Hand Ayad Akhtar New York Theatre Workshop
My Mañana Comes Elizabeth Irwin The Playwrights Realm
The Nether Jennifer Haley MCC Theater
2016
Guards at the Taj Rajiv Joseph Atlantic Theater Company [19]
The Christians Lucas Hnath Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group
Eclipsed Danai Gurira The Public Theater
Gloria Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Vineyard Theatre
John Annie Baker Signature Theatre
2017
Oslo J.T. Rogers Lincoln Center Theater [20]
Indecent Paula Vogel Vineyard Theatre in association with La Jolla Playhouse and Yale Repertory Theatre
Underground Railroad Game Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard Ars Nova
Vietgone Qui Nguyen Manhattan Theatre Club in association with South Coast Repertory
The Wolves Sarah DeLappe The Playwrights Realm in association with New York Stage and Film and Vassar’s Powerhouse Theatre Season
2018 (tie)
Cost of Living Martyna Majok Manhattan Theatre Club in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival [21]
School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Jocelyn Bioh MCC Theater
Miles for Mary Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Lila Neugebauer and Stephanie Wright Thompson Playwrights Horizons
Pipeline Dominique Morisseau Lincoln Center Theater
The Treasurer Max Posner Playwrights Horizons
2019
Pass Over Antoinette Nwandu Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 [22]
Mlima's Tale Lynn Nottage The Public Theater
Slave Play Jeremy O. Harris New York Theatre Workshop
Sugar in Our Wounds Donja R. Love Manhattan Theatre Club
What the Constitution Means to Me Heidi Schreck New York Theatre Workshop

2020s

Year Production Author Producers Ref.
2020
Heroes of the Fourth Turning Will Arbery Playwrights Horizons [23]
BLKS Aziza Barnes MCC Theater
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven Stephen Adly Guirgis Atlantic Theater Company and LAByrinth Theater Company
Is This a Room Tina Satter Vineyard Theatre
Mrs. Murray's Menagerie The Mad Ones, Phillip James Brannon, Brad Heberlee, Carmen M. Herlihy and January LaVoy Ars Nova
2021 No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
English Sanaz Toossi Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company [24]
Coal Country Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen Audible and The Public Theater
Letters of Suresh Rajiv Joseph Second Stage Theater
On Sugarland Aleshea Harris New York Theatre Workshop
Prayer for the French Republic Joshua Harmon Manhattan Theatre Club
2023
Wolf Play Hansol Jung MCC Theater, a Soho Rep production, in collaboration with Ma-Yi Theater Company [25]
A Case for the Existence of God Samuel D. Hunter Signature Theatre
Dark Disabled Stories Ryan J. Haddad The Bushwick Starr, presented by The Public Theater
Downstate Bruce Norris Playwrights Horizons
Epiphany Brian Watkins Lincoln Center Theater
2024
The Comeuppance Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Signature Theatre [26]
Plays for the Plague Year Suzan-Lori Parks The Public Theater
Primary Trust Eboni Booth Roundabout Theatre Company
Stereophonic David Adjmi and Will Butler Playwrights Horizons
Wet Brain John J. Caswell Jr. Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater
2025
Here There Are Blueberries Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich New York Theatre Workshop and Tectonic Theater Project [27]
Liberation Bess Wohl Roundabout Theatre Company
Sumo Lisa Sanaye Dring Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Public Theater and La Jolla Playhouse
The Antiquities Jordan Harrison Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theatre, Goodman Theatre
We Had a World Joshua Harmon Manhattan Theatre Club
2026 Cold War Choir Practice Ro Reddick MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 [28]
Kyoto Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson Lincoln Center Theater, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance, Rachel Styne and Jessica Foung
The Monsters Ngozi Anyanwu Manhattan Theatre Club
Mother Russia Lauren Yee Signature Theatre Company
Prince Faggot Jordan Tannahill Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep

Playwrights with multiple wins

2 wins

Playwrights with multiple nominations

See also

References

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