The 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement off-Broadway were awarded on May 4 in a ceremony at NYU Skirball.
Our Class led with four awards, including Outstanding Revival and Outstanding Ensemble, with Here There Are Blueberries receiving two awards including Outstanding Play. Three Houses was named Outstanding Musical while Vanya was awarded Outstanding Solo Show. Tony winner and current Tony nominee Kara Young was also honored for her performance in Table 17.
As previously announced, special honorees this year include Playwrights’ Sidewalk inductee Alice Childress, Outstanding Body of Work recipient New Federal Theatre, and Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award recipient Carol Fishman.
Read the complete list of winners below.
Outstanding Play
Here There Are Blueberries
Written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
Outstanding Musical
Three Houses
Music, Lyrics and Book by Dave Malloy
Outstanding Revival
Our Class
Written by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, Adapted by Norman Allen
Outstanding Solo Show
Vanya
Co-Created by Andrew Scott, Simon Stephens, Sam Yates and Rosanna Vize, Adapted by Simon Stephens
Performed by Andrew Scott
Outstanding Director
Igor Golyak – Our Class
Outstanding Choreographer (*TIE*)
Connor Gallagher – The Big Gay Jamboree
Lynne Taylor-Corbett – Distant Thunder
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
Kara Young – Table 17
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play
Michael Rishawn – Table 17
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
Sarin Monae West – Medea: Re-Versed
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical
Paris Nix – The Big Gay Jamboree
Outstanding Ensemble
Our Class
Gus Birney, Andrey Burkovskiy, José Espinosa, Tess Goldwyn, Will Manning, Stephen Ochsner, Alexandra Silber, Richard Topol, Ilia Volok, Elan Zafir
Outstanding Scenic Design
Jan Pappelbaum – Our Class
Outstanding Costume Design
Oana Botez – Orlando
Outstanding Lighting Design
Tyler Micoleau – The Antiquities
Outstanding Sound Design
Fabian Obispo – Sumo
Outstanding Projection Design
David Bengali – Here There Are Blueberries
HONORARY AWARDS
Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
Alice Childress
Outstanding Body of Work
New Federal Theatre
Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway
Carol Fishman