Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play

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Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
Awarded forOutstanding Featured Performer in a Play
LocationUnited States
Presented byThe Off-Broadway League [1] [2]
Currently held byMichael Rishawn, Table 17(2025)
Website lortelaward.com

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]

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Only Frank Wood and Betsy Aidem have been nominated for multiple awards, with two nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Key
  and bold indicates the winner.

2020s

YearActressPlayCharacterRef.
2022 Francis Benhamou Prayer for the French Republic Elodie Benhamnou [5]
Jacob Ming-Trent The Alchemist Mammon
AbenaNollywood DreamsAdenikeh
Betsy Aidem Prayer for the French Republic Marcelle Salomon Benhamou
Thom SesmaLetters of SureshFather Hashimoto
2023 Mia Barron The Coast StarlightLiz [6]
Susanna Guzmán Downstate Ivy
Ryan J. Haddadamerican (tele)visionsJeremy
Patrice Johnson Chevannes Endgame Nell
Dickie HeartsDark Disabled StoriesPerformer
Maureen Sebastianthe best we could (a family tragedy)Maps
Edward Torres Downstate Felix
2024Eli Gelb Stereophonic Grover [7]
Julio MongeWet BrainJoe
Frank Wood TorosTica
Bubba Weiler Swing State Ryan
Florencia Lozano Wet BrainMona
Carmen M. HerlihyThe ApiaryPerformer
Arnie BurtonDracula: A Comedy of TerrorsActor 4 / Mina Westfeldt / Jean Van Helsing
2025Michael RishawnTable 17River / Eric / Others [8]
Julia Lester All NighterWilma
Frank Wood Hold On to Me Darling Mitch
Olivia WashingtonWine in the WildernessTomorrow "Tommy" Marie
Ahmad KamalSumoRen
Stephanie BerryStaff MealServer
Betsy Aidem Liberation Margie

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

See also

References

  1. ↑ The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers
  2. ↑ The Off-Broadway League
  3. ↑ Acting Categories Split into Musicals and Plays
  4. ↑ "Lucille Lortel Awards Will Switch to Gender-Neutral Categories for Performers". Playbill.
  5. ↑ "2023 Nominees: Lucille Lortel Awards". Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "2023 Nominees: Lucille Lortel Awards". Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "2024 Nominees: Lucille Lortel Awards". Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "2025 Drama League Awards". Drama League. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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