| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | The Off-Broadway League [1] [2] |
| Currently held by | Kara Young, Table 17(2025) |
| Website | lortelaward |
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]
| Year | Actress | Play | Character | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Shannon Tyo | The Chinese Lady | Afong Moy | [5] |
| Stephanie Berry | On Sugarland | Evelyn | ||
| W. Tré Davis | Tambo & Bones | Tambo | ||
| Elizabeth Marvel | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Mary Tyrone | ||
| Mary Wiseman | At the Wedding | Carlo | ||
| 2023 | K. Todd Freeman | Downstate | Dee | [6] |
| Tonya Pinkins | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | ||
| John Douglas Thompson | Endgame | Hamm | ||
| Kyle Beltran | A Case for the Existence of God | Keith | ||
| Ryan J. Haddad | Dark Disabled Stories | Performer | ||
| Bill Irwin | Endgame | Clov | ||
| Marylouise Burke | Epiphany | Morkan | ||
| 2024 | Gabby Beans | Jonah | Ana | [7] |
| A. J. Shively | Philadelphia, Here I Come! | Gar-Private | ||
| Josh Radnor | The Ally | Asaf | ||
| Nicole Ari Parker | The Refuge Plays | Early | ||
| William Jackson Harper | Primary Trust | Kenneth | ||
| Christopher Abbott | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea | Danny | ||
| Paco Tolson | The Knight of the Burning Pestle | Performer | ||
| 2025 | Kara Young | Table 17 | Jada | [8] |
| Marisa Tomei | Babe | Abigail | ||
| Paul Sparks | Grangeville | Jerry | ||
| Lily Rabe | Ghosts | Helena Alving | ||
| Susannah Flood | Liberation | Lizzie | ||
| Madison Ferris | All of Me | Lucy | ||
| Adam Driver | Hold On to Me Darling | Strings McCrane |