Lucille Lortel Nominations Announced

The nominations are in for the Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor achievement in the Off-Broadway theatre scene. The design nominees are:

Outstanding Scenic Design
Miriam Buether, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp., Public Theater
Afsoon Pajoufar, Cold War Choir Practice, MCC Theatre
Riw Rakkulchon, Mexodus, Audible
Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek, Bowl EP, Vineyard Theatre
David Zinn, Prince Faggot, Playwrights Horizons

Outstanding Costume Design
Montana Levi Blanco, Prince Faggot
Enver Chakartash, Tartuffe, New York Theatre Workshop
Qween Jean, Saturday Church, New York Theatre Workshop
Celeste Jennings, minor.ity, Colt Coeur/Women's Project
Kaye Voyce, The Seat of Our Pants, Public Theater

Outstanding Lighting Design
Isabella Byrd, Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
Isabella Byrd, Prince Faggot
Mextly Couzin, Mexodus
Cha See, The Unknown, Studio Seaview
Studio Luna, Marcel on the Train, Classic Stage Company

Outstanding Sound Design
Caroline Eng, The Unknown
Mikhail Fiksel, Mexodus
Ryan Gamblin, Bowl EP
Drew Levy, The Weir, Irish Repertory Theatre
Bray Poor, Eurydice, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Projection Design
David Bengali, My Joy Is Heavy, New York Theatre Workshop
Stefania Bulbarella, Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God, Playwrights Horizons
Akhila Krishnan, Kyoto, Lincoln Center Theater
Johnny Moreno, Mexodus
John Narun, Bughouse, Vineyard Theatre

Leading the nominations overall are Mexodus with nine, Prince Faggot with six, and Cold War Choir Practice and Saturday Church, each with five. The awards will be given out on May 3. For the full list of nominees, co to lortelaward.com/2026-nominees/.