Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show
Andrew Scott, 2025 winner for Vanya
Awarded for	Outstanding Solo Show
Location	United States
Presented by	The Off-Broadway League [1] [2]
Currently held by	Andrew Scott and Simon Stephens, Vanya (2025)
Website	lortelaward.com

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in performance and writing for an Off-Broadway solo theatrical production since 2004. ^[3]

Mike Birbiglia is the performer/author with the most nominations, with four, including one win. Sarah Jones, Anna Deavere Smith and David Cale follow with two nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Key

  and bold indicates the winner.

2000s

Year	Production	Author/Performer	Producers	Ref.
2004
	I Am My Own Wife	Doug Wright	Playwrights Horizons	[4] [5]
	Sarah Jones: bridge & tunnel	Sarah Jones	Meryl Streep, The Culture Project, Robert Dragotta, Jayson Jackson, Michael Alden, Eric Falkenstein, Marcia Roberts, Jean Kennedy Smith, and Tom Wirtshafter
	Women On Fire	Irene O’Garden	Cherry Lane Theatre
2005
	Nine Parts of Desire	Heather Raffo	Manhattan Ensemble Theater	[6] [7]
	The Two and Only	Jay Johnson	Atlantic Theater Company, Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Conley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, and wetrock Entertainment
2006	No award given.
2007
	No Child...	Nilaja Sun	Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Epic Theatre Center	[8] [9]
	¡El Conquistador!	Thaddeus Phillips, Tatiana Mallarino, and Victor Mallarino	New York Theatre Workshop
	Wrecks	Neil LaBute	The Public Theater
2008
	Dai (enough)	Iris Bahr	Bernie Kukoff, Jonathan Pollard, Jon Cutler in association with Highbrow Entertainment	[10] [11]
	Beyond Glory	Stephen Lang	Roundabout Theatre Company
	Liberty City	Jessica Blank and April Yvette Thompson	New York Theatre Workshop
	Tings Dey Happen	Dan Hoyle and Charlie Varon	Culture Project
2009
	Humor Abuse	Lorenzo Pisoni and Erica Schmidt	Manhattan Theatre Club	[12] [13]
	Sleepwalk With Me	Mike Birbiglia	Eli Gonda, Ryan Scott Warren, Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, and Nathan Lane

2010s

Year	Production	Author/Performer	Producers	Ref.
2010
	A Boy and His Soul	Colman Domingo	Vineyard Theatre	[14]
	Let Me Down Easy	Anna Deavere Smith	Second Stage Theatre
	Nightingale	Lynn Redgrave	Manhattan Theatre Club
	The Lady With All the Answers	David Rambo and Judith Ivey	Cherry Lane Theatre
	Zero Hour	Jim Brochu	Kurt Peterson and Edmund Gaynes, and Peccadillo Theater Company
2011
	Mike Birbiglia's My Girlfriend's Boyfriend	Mike Birbiglia	Ron Delsener, Mike Lavoie, Mike Berkowitz and Joe Birbiglia	[15] [16]
	Through the Night	Daniel Beaty	Daryl Roth and Jana Robbins
2012
	An Iliad	Denis O’Hare, Stephen Spinella and Lisa Peterson	New York Theatre Workshop	[17] [18]
	The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith	Angelo Parra	Penguin Rep Theatre, Edmund Gaynes, Lizanne and Don Mitchell
2013
	All the Rage	Martin Moran	piece by piece productions, Rising Phoenix Repertory, and The Barrow Group	[19] [20]
	Jackie	Elfriede Jelinek and Gitta Honegger	Women's Project Theater
	Title and Deed	Will Eno	Signature Theatre and Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland
2014
	Buyer & Cellar	Jonathan Tolins and Michael Urie	Darren Bagert, Dan Shaheen, Ted Snowdon, Daryl Roth, Martin Massman, Pat Flicker Addiss, Doug Nevin, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Andrew Tobias, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater	[21] [22]
	How I Learned What I Learned	August Wilson, Todd Kreidler, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Signature Theatre
	Satchmo at the Waldorf	Terry Teachout and John Douglas Thompson	Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare and Company, Scott and Roxanne Bok, Roz and Jerry Meyer, Ronald Guttman, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, John LaMattina, Joey Parnes, S.D. Wagner, John Johnson
2015
	Josephine and I	Cush Jumbo	The Public Theater	[23] [24]
	Every Brilliant Thing	Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe	Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, Patrick Daly, Kelpie Arts LLC, Scott Rudin, Marc & Lisa Biales, Terry Allen Kramer, Michael Ostin
	Just Jim Dale	Jim Dale	Roundabout Theatre Company
	The Lion	Benjamin Scheuer	Manhattan Theatre Club
2016
	Grounded	George Brant	The Public Theater	[25] [26]
	The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey	James Lecesne	Darren Bagert, Daryl Roth, Jane Dubin, Curtis Forsythe, Michael Mayer, Diane Procter, Seaview Productions and Minerva Productions/Joshua Goodman
	Forever	Dael Orlandersmith	New York Theatre Workshop
	Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes	Mike Birbiglia	Mike Berkowitz, Joseph Birbiglia, Ron Delsener and Mike Lavoie
2017
	Notes from the Field	Anna Deavere Smith	Second Stage Theatre and American Repertory Theater	[27] [28]
	Chris Gethard: Career Suicide	Chris Gethard	Judd Apatow, Mike Berkowitz, Brian Stern, Mike Lavoie, and Carlee Briglia
	Latin History for Morons	John Leguizamo	The Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theatre
	The Outer Space	Ethan Lipton	Ethan Lipton, Vito Dieterle, Eben Levy, and Ian M. Riggs
	Sell/Buy/Date	Sarah Jones	Manhattan Theatre Club
2018
	Harry Clarke	David Cale and Billy Crudup	Vineyard Theatre and Audible	[29] [30]
	Who's Holiday!	Matthew Lombardo and Lesli Margherita	Whoville Theatrical, Scott and Jenny Beck, Jason Shaw, Ken Fakler, Drew Desky/Dane Levens, Darren Bagert
2019
	FLEABAG	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Annapurna Theatre, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, Skye Optican, Kevin Emrick, David Luff & Patrick Myles, Barbara Broccoli, Patrick Catullo, Diana DiMenna, Daryl Roth, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, DryWrite, Soho Theatre	[31] [32]
	Feeding the Dragon	Sharon Washington	Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy and Hartford Stage
	Girls & Boys	Dennis Kelly and Carey Mulligan	Audible and The Royal Court Theatre
	Mike Birbiglia's The New One	Mike Birbiglia and Jennifer Hope Stein	Joseph Birbiglia, Mike Lavoie, and Rebecca Crigler
	My Life On a Diet	Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna	Julian Schlossberg, Morris S. Levy, Rodger Hess, Harold Newman, Jim Fantaci, Andrew Tobias, Ronald Glazer and Sabrina Hutt

2020s

Year	Production	Author/Performer	Producers	Ref.
2020
	Dana H.	Lucas Hnath and Deirdre O’Connell	Vineyard Theatre, Goodman Theatre, and Center Theatre Group	[33] [34]
	Bella Bella	Harvey Fierstein	Manhattan Theatre Club
	the way she spoke	Isaac Gómez and Kate del Castillo	Audible
	We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time	David Cale	The Public Theatre and Goodman Theatre
	Where We Stand	Donnetta Lavinia Grays	WP Theater and Baltimore Center Stage
2021	No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord	Kristina Wong	New York Theatre Workshop	[35] [36]
	LITTLE GIRL BLUE	Laiona Michelle	Rashad V. Chambers, Willette & Manny Klausner, E. Clayton Cornelious/Joshua Morgan, Victoria Bondoc, McCabe Productions LLC, Live & In Color, Kate Lear, Laban King, Marc Blakeman
2023	No award given.
2024
	All The Devils Are Here – How Shakespeare Invented the Villain	Patrick Page	Mara Isaacs, Thomas M. Neff, Willette and Manny Klausner, 42nd Club, and Daryl Roth	[37] [38]
	I Love You So Much I Could Die	Mona Pirnot	New York Theatre Workshop
	Make Me Gorgeous!	Donnie and Wade McCollum	triangle productions!
	Sorry For Your Loss	Michael Cruz Kayne	Audible
	Triple Threat	James T. Lane	Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, James T. Lane, and T32 Theatrical
2025
	Vanya	Andrew Scott and Simon Stephens	Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions, Kater Gordon, Roast Productions, Aleri Entertainment, Eilene Davidson Productions, Nicole Eisenberg, Grace Street Creative, Jim Kierstead, Lucille Lortel Theatre, Tilted, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Winkler & Smalberg, Executive Producers Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Jillian Robbins	[39] [40]
	300 Paintings	Sam Kissajukian	Vineyard Theatre
	A Knock on the Roof	Khawla Ibraheem	New York Theatre Workshop, piece by piece productions, and Under the Radar

Performers/authors with multiple nominations

4 nominations

• Mike Birbiglia

2 nominations

• Sarah Jones
• Anna Deavere Smith
• David Cale

Producers with multiple wins

3 wins

• Vineyard Theatre
• Daryl Roth

2 wins

• Playwrights Horizons
• New York Theatre Workshop
• The Public Theater

Producers with multiple nominations

7 nominations

• New York Theatre Workshop

5 nominations

• The Public Theater
• Manhattan Theatre Club
• Daryl Roth

4 nominations

• Vineyard Theatre
• Mike Lavoie
• Audible

3 nominations

• Tom Wirtshafter
• Mike Berkowitz
• Darren Bagert

2 nominations

• Playwrights Horizons
• The Culture Project
• Cherry Lane Theatre
• Roundabout Theatre Company
• Second Stage Theatre
• Signature Theatre Company
• Goodman Theatre
• piece by piece productions
• Edmund Gaynes
• Scott Morfee
• Ron Delsener
• Andrew Tobias
• John Johnson
• Willette and Manny Klausner

See also

• Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance

References

1. The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers
2. The Off-Broadway League
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