| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||