| Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Sound Design |
| Location | United States |
| Presented by | The Off-Broadway League [1] [2] |
| Currently held by | Fabian Obispo, Sumo(2025) |
| Website | lortelaward |
The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in sound design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 2001. [3]
Mikhail Fiksel holds the record for the most wins in the category, with three wins, along with the most nominations, netting seven. Close behind in nominations is Matt Tierney with five.
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | |||
| Christopher Shutt | Mnemonic | [4] [5] | |
| Mark Bennett and Michael Creason | Dogeaters | ||
| David Bullard and Mic Pool | The Unexpected Man | ||
| T. Richard Fitzgerald | 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria! | ||
| Robert Milburn | Jitney | ||
| 2002 | |||
| Scott Lehrer | Franny's Way | [6] [7] | |
| Brett Jarvis and David A. Gilman | Brutal Imagination | ||
| Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman | Metamorphoses | ||
| Dan Moses Schreier | Homebody/Kabul | ||
| 2003 | |||
| Brett Jarvis | Avenue Q | [8] [9] | |
| Paul Arditti | Far Away | ||
| Mark Bennett | Golda's Balcony | ||
| Jerry Yager | Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme | ||
| 2004 | |||
| Brian Ronan | Bug | [10] [11] | |
| David Van Tieghem | The Long Christmas Ride Home | ||
| Robert Kaplowitz | The Story | ||
| John Gromada | Small Tragedy | ||
| 2005 | |||
| Obadiah Eaves | Nine Parts of Desire | [12] [13] | |
| Scott Lehrer | Dessa Rose | ||
| Simon Matthews | Altar Boyz | ||
| Darron L West | The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Hot 'n' Throbbing | ||
| 2006 | |||
| Darron L West | The Seven and Apparition | [14] [15] | |
| Ken Travis | Abigail's Party | ||
| Scott Killian | A Picasso | ||
| Brian Ronan | Grey Gardens | ||
| 2007 | |||
| Martin Desjardins | columbinus | [16] [17] | |
| Robert Kaplowitz | The Internationalist | ||
| John Collins and David Herskovits | Faust, Parts 1 & 2 | ||
| Eric Shimelonis | Essential Self-Defense | ||
| Brian Ronan | Spring Awakening | ||
| 2008 | |||
| Jorge Cousineau | Opus | [18] [19] | |
| Geoff Abbas, Joby Emmons, Matt Schloss, Matt Tierney, Casey Spooner and Warren Fischer | Hamlet | ||
| Frank Gaeta | Dai (enough) | ||
| Darron L West | Dead Man's Cell Phone | ||
| Daniel Baker | The Four of Us | ||
| 2009 | |||
| John Gromada | Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) | [20] [21] | |
| Matt Tierney | The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) | ||
| Quentin Chiappetta | Irena's Vow | ||
| Robert Kaplowitz | Wig Out! | ||
| Jane Shaw | The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd |
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||
| Fitz Patton | When the Rain Stops Falling | [22] [23] | |
| Kurt Fischer | The Toxic Avenger | ||
| John Gromada | The Orphans' Home Cycle | ||
| Shane Rettig | A Lie of the Mind | ||
| Ryan Rumery and Christian Frederickson | The Emperor Jones | ||
| 2011 | |||
| Mikhail Fiksel | The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity | [24] [25] | |
| Jon Weston | In Transit | ||
| Fitz Patton | The Other Place | ||
| Mic Pool | Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps | ||
| Ben Jalosa Williams | Gatz | ||
| 2012 | |||
| Matt Tierney & Ben Jalosa Williams | The Select (The Sun Also Rises) | [26] [27] | |
| David Van Tieghem | Through a Glass Darkly | ||
| Mark Bennett | An Iliad | ||
| Clive Goodwin | Once | ||
| Daniel Kluger | Tribes | ||
| 2013 | |||
| Leah Gelpe | Slowgirl | [28] [29] | |
| Bray Poor | The Flick | ||
| Matt Tierney | Detroit | ||
| Jane Shaw | Jackie | ||
| Shane Rettig | Detroit '67 | ||
| 2014 | |||
| M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer | Here Lies Love | [30] [31] | |
| Ryan Rumery | The Hatmaker's Wife | ||
| Matt Hubbs | Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| Christopher Shutt | Love and Information | ||
| Clive Goodwin | What's it All About? Bacharach Reimagined | ||
| 2015 | |||
| Nevin Steinberg | Hamilton | [32] [33] | |
| Mikhail Fiksel | My Mañana Comes | ||
| Matt Tierney | Pocatello | ||
| Leah Gelpe | The Invisible Hand | ||
| Daniel Kluger and Brandon Wolcott | The Nether | ||
| 2016 | Rob Milbur and Michael Bodeen | Guards at the Taj | [34] [35] |
| Bray Poor | Buzzer | ||
| Matt Hubbs | The Royale | ||
| Fitz Patton | The Humans | ||
| Will Pickens | Grounded | ||
| 2017 | Mikhail Fiksel | A Life | [36] [37] |
| Matt Stine | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | ||
| Nevin Steinberg | Wakey, Wakey | ||
| Stowe Nelson | Small Mouth Sounds | ||
| Robert Kaplowitz | Hadestown | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Leah Gelpe | Mary Jane | [38] [39] | |
| Mikhail Fiksel | The Treasurer | ||
| Brandon Wolcott | After the Blast | ||
| Bray Poor | Office Hour | ||
| The Last Match | |||
| 2019 | |||
| Dan Moses Schreier | Carmen Jones | [40] [41] | |
| Jane Shaw | I Was Most Alive With You | ||
| Isobel Waller-Bridge | Fleabag | ||
| Matt Hubbs | Boesman and Lena | ||
| Mikaal Sulaiman | Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future |
| Year | Designer | Production | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Mikhail Fiksel | Dana H. | [42] [43] | |
| Nicholas Pope | In the Green | ||
| Lee Kinney and Sanae Yamada | Is This a Room | ||
| Justin Ellington | Heroes of the Fourth Turning | ||
| Hidenori Nakajo | Octet | ||
| 2021 | No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Nick Kourtides | Oratorio for Living Things | [44] [45] | |
| Mikhail Fiksel | Tambo & Bones | ||
| Darron L West | Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 | ||
| Fabian Obispo | The Chinese Lady | ||
| Mikaal Sulaiman | Sanctuary City | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Kate Marvin | Wolf Play | [46] [47] | |
| Mikhail Fiksel | How to Defend Yourself | ||
| Daniel Kluger | Epiphany | ||
| Kelly Colburn, Alex Hawthorn, and Justin Nestor | american (tele)visions | ||
| Sinan Refik Zafar | Letters from Max, a Ritual | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Ryan Rumery | Stereophonic | [48] [49] | |
| Palmer Hefferan | The Comeuppance | ||
| Mikaal Sulaiman | (pray) | ||
| Jonathan Deans | Buena Vista Social Club | ||
| Tei Blow and John Gasper | Wet Brain | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Fabian Obispo | Sumo | [50] [51] | |
| Matt Otto | All of Me | ||
| Medea: Re-Versed | |||
| Ryan Rumery and M. Florian Staab | Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave | ||
| Nick Kourtides | Travels | ||