Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Projection Design
Annual Off-Broadway theatre award
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The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Projection Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in projection design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 2017.[3]
Awarded forOutstanding Projection Design
LocationUnited States
Currently held byJohn Narun, Bughouse (2026)
| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Projection Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Projection Design |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | The Off-Broadway League[1][2] |
| Currently held by | John Narun, Bughouse (2026) |
| Website | lortelaward |
Jared Mezzocchi won the inaugural award in 2017 for his work on Vietgone. No designer has won the award mopre than once. Jared Mezzocchi, Hannah Wasileski, Alex Basco Koch and David Bengali have received the most nominations, with three each.
Winners and nominees
- Key
and bold indicates the winner.
2010s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | |||
| Jared Mezzocchi | Vietgone | [4][5] | |
| Peter Nigrini | Dear Evan Hansen | ||
| Wakey, Wakey | |||
| Duncan McLean | Privacy | ||
| Elaine J. McCarthy | Notes from the Field | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Hannah Wasileski | Pipeline | [6][7] | |
| Alexander V. Nichols | Ernest Shackleton Loves Me | ||
| Lucy Mackinnon | After the Blast | ||
| Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | Relevance | ||
| Brad Peterson | The Stone Witch | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Tal Yarden | Superhero | [8][9] | |
| Alex Basco Koch | Fireflies | ||
| Be More Chill | |||
| Luke Halls | Girls & Boys | ||
| Katherine Freer | By the Way, Meet Vera Stark |
2020s
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Ray Sun | The Headlands | [10][11] | |
| Hannah Wasileski | Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities | ||
| Anatomy of a Suicide | |||
| Lisa Renkel | Emojiland | ||
| Stephan Mazurek | Mojada | ||
| 2021 | No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Shawn Duan | Letters of Suresh | [12][13] | |
| David Bengali and Hana Sooyeon Kim | The Visitor | ||
| Caite Hevner | Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord | ||
| Yee Eun Nam | Long Day's Journey into Night | ||
| Shawn Duan | The Chinese Lady | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Kameron Neal | Dark Disabled Stories | [14][15] | |
| Justin Nestor, Alex Hawthorn and Kelly Colburn | american (tele)visions | ||
| S. Katy Tucker | Letters from Max, a Ritual | ||
| Yee Eun Nam | Once Upon A (korean) Time | ||
| Alex Basco Koch | The Orchard | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Nicholas Hussong | Wet Brain | [16][17] | |
| Jared Mezzocchi | Poor Yella Rednecks | ||
| Russian Troll Farm | |||
| Benjamin Pearcy and Brad Peterson | Corruption | ||
| Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew | The Connector | ||
| 2025 | |||
| David Bengali | Here There Are Blueberries | [18][19] | |
| Eric Dunlap, Igor Golyak and Andreea Mincic | Our Class | ||
| David Bengali | We Live in Cairo | ||
| Brian Pacelli | Scarlett Dreams | ||
| Hana Sooyeon Kim | Sumo | ||
| 2026 | |||
| John Narun | Bughouse | [20] | |
| David Bengali | My Joy Is Heavy | ||
| Stefania Bulbarella | Nothing Can Take You From The Hand Of God | ||
| Akhila Krishnan | Kyoto | ||
| Johnny Moreno | Mexodus | ||
Multiple nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Jared Mezzocchi
- Hannah Wasileski
- Alex Basco Koch
- 2 nominations
- Peter Nigrini
- Brad Peterson
- Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
- Yee Eun Nam
- Hana Sooyeon Kim