This year’s Lucille Lortel Awards nominees have been announced and it’s great news for women writers. 3 of the 5 plays nominated for Outstanding Play are written by women.
The Lucille Lortel Awards honor productions that are produced off-Broadway. The awards ceremony will be held on May 5 at New York’s Skirball Center.
Below are all the women nominees. You can find a full list of nominees at the link.
Outstanding Play
Bethany – Produced by Women’s Project Theater; Written by Laura Marks
Detroit – Produced by Playwrights Horizons; Written by Lisa D’Amour
The Flick – Produced by Playwrights Horizons; Written by Annie Baker
Outstanding Musical
Giant – Produced by The Public Theater in association with The Dallas Theater Center; Book by Sybille Pearson, Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, Based on the novel by Edna Ferber
Outstanding Solo Show
Jackie – Produced by Women’s Project Theater; Written by Elfriede Jelinek, Translated by Gitta Honegger, Performed by Tina Benko
Outstanding Director
Anne Kauffman, Belleville
Tina Landau, A Civil War Christmas
Outstanding Lead Actress
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Neva
America Ferrera, Bethany
Vanessa Redgrave, The Revisionist
Roslyn Ruff, The Piano Lesson
Sharon Washington, Wild With Happy
Outstanding Featured Actress
Eisa Davis, Luck of the Irish
Annie Funke, If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Murder Ballad
Amanda Quaid, Luck of the Irish
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, What Rhymes with America
Outstanding Scenic Design
Miriam Buether, Cock
Louisa Thompson, Detroit
Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, A Civil War Christmas
Jessica Pabst, The Whale
Emily Rebholz, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Anita Yavich, Golden Child
Outstanding Lighting Design
Jane Cox, The Flick
Outstanding Sound Design
Leah Gelpe, Slowgirl
Jane Shaw, Jackie
2013 Nominees (The Lucille Lortel
Awards)
Jake Gyllenhaal, America Ferrera, Vanessa Redgrave among
Lucille Lortel Award nominees (Entertainment Weekly)
