Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Awarded for	Outstanding Lighting Design
Location	United States
Presented by	The Off-Broadway League[1][2]
Currently held by	Tyler Micoleau, The Antiquities (2025)
Website	lortelaward.com

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lighting Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in lighting design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 1995.^[3]

David Weiner, Tyler Micoleau and Isabella Byrd hold the record for most wins in the category, with three each, including three consecutive wins for Byrd. Ben Stanton has the record for most nominations in the category, with nine, followed closely by Christopher Akerlind and Micoleau with six each.

Winners and nominees

Key

  and bold indicates the winner.

1990s

Year	Designer	Production	Ref.
1995
	Phil Monat	Camping with Henry & Tom	[4]
1996
	Michael Chybowski	The Grey Zone
1997
	Brian MacDevitt	By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea
1998
	Kenneth Posner	Pride’s Crossing / Side Man	[5][6]
1999
	Kevin Adams	The Mineola Twins	[7]
	Michael Chybowski	Wit

2000s

Year	Designer	Production	Ref.
2000
	Kenneth Posner	Give Me Your Answer, Do! / The Wild Party	[8][9]
2001
	Paul Anderson	Mnemonic	[10][11]
	Pat Collins	Proof
	Hugh Vanstone	The Unexpected Man
	Betsy Adams and Martha Swetzoff	The Laramie Project
	Donald Holder	Jitney
2002
	TJ Gerckens	Metamorphoses	[12][13]
	Traci Klainer	Four
	Brian MacDevitt	Urinetown
	David Weiner	36 Views
2003
	Donald Holder	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme	[14][15]
	Christopher Akerlind	Don Juan
	Howell Binkley	Radiant Baby
	James F. Ingalls	My Life With Albertine
	James Vermeulen	Fifth of July
2004
	Tyler Micoleau	Bug	[16][17]
	Christopher Akerlind	Well
	David Lander	I Am My Own Wife
	Kenneth Posner	Valhalla
	Clifton Taylor	Frozen
2005
	David Weiner	Rodney's Wife	[18][19]
	Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer	Dessa Rose
	Christopher Akerlind	Belle Epoque
	Jon Linstrum	Shockheaded Peter
	James Vermeulen	Mr. Fox: A Rumination
2006
	Aaron Black	Funnyhouse of a Negro	[20][21]
	Stephen Strawbridge	Bernarda Alba
	David Weiner	The Seven
	Jane Cox	Apparition
	John McKernon	The Trip to Bountiful
2007
	Kevin Adams	Spring Awakening	[22][23]
	Japhy Weideman	Jack Goes Boating
	Kevin Adams	Some Men
	Christopher Akerlind	KAOS
	Jeff Croiter	The Internationalist
2008
	Keith Parham	The Adding Machine	[24][25]
	Kevin Adams	Passing Strange
	Peter Mumford	Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?
	Russell H. Champa	Eurydice
	Kevin Adams	Next to Normal
2009
	Christopher Akerlind	Garden of Earthly Delights	[26][27]
	Lap Chi Chu	The Good Negro
	Mark Barton	Chair
	Jason Lyons	Mourning Becomes Electra
	Marcus Doshi	Othello

2010s

Year	Designer	Production	Ref.
2010
	Tyler Micoleau	When the Rain Stops Falling	[28][29]
	Peter Kaczorowski	The Brothers Size / Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet / In the Red and Brown Water
	Paul Gallo	The Pride
	Mark Barton	Circle Mirror Transformation
	Rui Rita	The Orphans' Home Cycle
2011
	Ben Stanton	The Whipping Man	[30][31]
	Jesse Klug	The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
	Mark Barton	Gatz
	Betsy Adams	When I Come to Die
	Matt Frey	This Wide Night
2012 (Tie)
	Natasha Katz	Once	[32][33]
	David Weiner	Through a Glass Darkly
	Scott Zielinski	An Iliad
	Justin Townsend	Unnatural Acts
	Keith Parham	Tribes
2013
	Scott Zielinski	A Civil War Christmas	[34][35]
	Ben Stanton	Belleville
		Murder Ballad
	Rui Rita	The Piano Lesson
	Jane Cox	The Flick
2014
	Justin Townsend	Here Lies Love	[36][37]
	Japhy Weideman	What's it All About? Bacharach Reimagined
	Bradley King	Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
	Daniel Ionazzi	The Jacksonian
	Ben Stanton	Fun Home
2015
	Howell Binkley	Hamilton	[38][39]
	David Lander	The Library
	Japhy Weideman	Punk Rock
	Tyler Micoleau	The Invisible Hand
	Ben Stanton	The Nether
2016
	David Weiner	Guards at the Taj	[40][41]
	Christopher Akerlind	Grounded
	Mark Barton	John
	Justin Townsend	The Humans
	Ben Stanton	The Legend of Georgia McBride
2017
	Mark Barton	Signature Plays	[42][43]
	Amy Mae Smith	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
	Jane Cox	Othello
	Ben Stanton	Yen
	Greg Hofmann	Ride the Cyclone
2018
	Alan C. Edwards	Harry Clarke	[44][45]
	Bradley King	The Treasurer
	Ben Stanton	The Low Road
	Japhy Weideman	Mary Jane
	Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew	KPOP
2019
	Lap Chi Chu	Mlima's Tale	[46][47]
	Bradley King	Apologia
	Yi Zhao	The House That Will Not Stand
	Barbara Samuels	Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
	Amith A. Chandrashaker	Boesman and Lena

2020s

Year	Designer	Production	Ref.
2020
	Isabella Byrd	Heroes of the Fourth Turning	[48][49]
	Jen Schriever	Power Strip
	Alan C. Edwards	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
	Tyler Micoleau	Socrates
	Barbara Samuels	In the Green
2021	No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Isabella Byrd	Sanctuary City	[50][51]
	Lap Chi Chu	Morning Sun
	Jeff Croiter	Black No More
	Stacey Derosier	Sandblasted
	Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew	Oratorio for Living Things
2023
	Isabella Byrd	Epiphany	[52][53]
	Cha See	On That Day In Amsterdam
	JiYoun Chang	The Far Country
	Tyler Micoleau	A Case for the Existence of God
	Barbara Samuels	Wolf Play
2024
	Amith A. Chandrashaker	The Comeuppance	[54][55]
	Cha See	Wet Brain
	Jen Schriever	SPAIN
	JiYoun Chang	Stereophonic
	John Torres	Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
2025
	Tyler Micoleau	The Antiquities	[56][57]
	Stacey Derosier	Grangeville
	Ben Stanton	Table 17
	Michael Gottlieb	Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
	Japhy Weideman	Ghosts

Multiple wins

3 wins

• David Weiner
• Tyler Micoleau
• Isabella Byrd

2 wins

• Michael Chybowski
• Kenneth Posner
• Kevin Adams

Multiple nominations

9 nominations

• Ben Stanton

6 nominations

• Christopher Akerlind
• Tyler Micoleau

5 nominations

• Kevin Adams
• David Weiner
• Japhy Weideman
• Mark Barton

3 nominations

• Kenneth Posner
• Jane Cox
• Lap Chi Chu
• Justin Townsend
• Barbara Samuels
• Isabella Byrd

2 nominations

• Michael Chybowski
• Brian MacDevitt
• Betsy Adams
• Donald Holder
• Howell Binkley
• James Vermeulen
• David Lander
• Jeff Croiter
• Rui Rita
• Scott Zielinski
• Alan C. Edwards
• Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
• Amith A. Chandrashaker
• Jen Schriever
• Stacey Derosier
• JiYoun Chang
• Cha See

See also

• Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

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