Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in scenic design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 1995.

David Gallo and Derek McLane both hold the record for the most wins, with three each. The only other designers with multiple wins are Laura Jellinek and You-Shin Chen, with two wins each. Derek McLane has also received the most nominations with eight, followed by David Zinn with six.

Winners and nominees

Key

1990s

Year	Designer	Production
1995	James Leonard Joy	*Camping with Henry & Tom*

1996	Tony Walton	*A Fair Country*

1997	David Gallo	*Bunny Bunny*

1998	Adrianne Lobel	*On the Town*
1999	Robert Brill and Scott Pask	*The Mineola Twins*

2000s

Year	Designer	Production
2000	David Gallo	*The Wild Party*
2001	David Gallo	*Jitney*
	Ralph Funicello	Ten Unknowns
	John Arnone	Tiny Alice
	John Lee Beatty	Proof
	Mark Thompson	The Unexpected Man
2002	Douglas Stein	*36 Views*
	Daniel Ostling	Metamorphoses
	Allen Moyer	The Dazzle
	Scott Pask	Urinetown
	David Gallo	Wonder of the World
2003	Alexander Dodge	*Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme*
	Anna Louizos	Avenue Q
	Christopher Akerlind	Don Juan
	John Lee Beatty	My Old Lady
	Mark Wendland	The World Over
2004	Derek McLane	*I Am My Own Wife*
	Tim Hatley	Humble Boy
	Scott Bradley	The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
2005	Derek McLane	*Intimate Apparel*
	Julian Crouch	Shockheaded Peter
	Graeme Gilmour	Shockheaded Peter
	Antje Ellermann	Nine Parts of Desire
	Jan Versweyveld	Hedda Gabler
	Neil Patel	Between Us
2006	Eugene Lee	*The Ruby Sunrise*
	David Korins	Swimming in the Shallows
	Allen Moyer	Grey Gardens
	Beowulf Boritt	The Other Side
	Derek McLane	Abigail's Party
2007	Derek McLane	*The Voysey Inheritance*
	Allen Moyer	The Busy World is Hushed
	David Korins	Jack Goes Boating
	Eugene Lee\|	The Hairy Ape
	Anna Louizos	In the Heights
2008	Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg	*The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower)*
	David Zinn	The Four of Us
	Scott Pask	Blackbird
	Derek McLane	10 Million Miles
	Scott Bradley	Eurydice
2009	Roger Hanna	*The Glass Cage*
	David Zinn	Chair
	Beowulf Boritt	Animals Out of Paper
	Marina Draghici	Fela!
	James Schuette	Wig Out!

2010s

Year	Designer	Production
2010	David Korins	*When the Rain Stops Falling*
	David Zinn	The Pride
	David Korins	Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
	Michael Yeargan	The Glass Menagerie
	Derek McLane	A Lie of the Mind
2011	Donyale Werle	*Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson*
	Donyale Werle	Peter and the Starcatcher
	Rachel Hauck	This Wide Night
	Anna Louizos	In Transit
	Jan Versweyveld	The Little Foxes
2012	Lauren Helpern	*4,000 Miles*
	David Zinn	The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
	Bob Crowley	Once
	Andrew Lieberman	Look Back in Anger
	Adrianne Lobel	Galileo
2013	Clint Ramos	*Wild With Happy*
	Mark Wendland	Murder Ballad
	Louisa Thompson	Detroit
	Beowulf Boritt	If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet
	Miriam Buether	Cock
2014	Mimi Lien	*Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812*
	Clint Ramos	Appropriate
	Matt Saunders	The Good Person of Szechwan
	David Korins	Here Lies Love
	Miriam Buether	Love and Information
2015	Jan Versweyveld	*Scenes from a Marriage*
	Walt Spangler	Between Riverside and Crazy
	Derek McLane	Into the Woods
	Laura Jellinek	The Nether
	Brett J. Banakis	Big Love
2016	Timothy R. Mackabee	*Guards at the Taj*
	David Zinn	The Humans
	Mimi Lien	John
	G.W. Mercier	Head of Passes
	Emily Orling and Matt Saunders	Futurity
2017	Laura Jellinek	*A Life*
	Jason Sherwood	The View UpStairs
	Scott Davis	Ride the Cyclone
	Mimi Lien	Signature Plays
	Rachel Hauck	Hadestown
2018	Louisa Thompson	*The Red Letter Plays: In the Blood*
	Gabriel Hainer Evansohn	KPOP
	Laura Jellinek	Mary Jane
	Amy Rubin	Miles For Mary
	Anna Fleischle	Hangmen
2019	Arnulfo Maldonado	*Sugar in Our Wounds*
	Charlie Corcoran	The Shadow of a Gunman
	Laura Jellinek	Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
	Wilson Chin	Pass Over
	Nigel Hook	The Play That Goes Wrong

2020s

Year	Designer	Production
2020	You-Shin Chen and Laura Jellinek	*Mrs. Murray's Menagerie*
	Yu-Hsuan Chen	Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
	Clint Ramos	Soft Power
	James Noone	London Assurance
	Timothy R. Mackabee	Seared
2021	No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	Adam Rigg	*On Sugarland*
	Wilson Chin	Space Dogs
	Marsha Ginsberg	English
	David Rockwell, Christopher Swader and Justin Swader	Seven Deadly Sins
	Adam Rigg	Cullud Wattah
2023	You-Shin Chen	*Wolf Play*
	Arnulfo Maldonado	A Case for the Existence of God
	John Lee Beatty	Epiphany
	Kimie Nishikawa, Andrew Moerdyk and Santiago Orjuela-Laverde	You Will Get Sick
	Clint Ramos	The Far Country
2024	Kate Noll	*Wet Brain*
	Jason Ardizzone-West	shadow/land
	David Zinn	Stereophonic
	Arnulfo Maldonado	Dead Outlaw
	Arnulfo Maldonado	Buena Vista Social Club
2025	Jan Pappelbaum	*Our Class*
	Christopher Ford and Dakota Rose	The Beastiary
	Matt Saunders	Jordans
	Andrew Moerdyk, Kimie Nishikawa and Santiago Orjuela-Laverde	Three Houses
	Derek McLane	Here There Are Blueberries
2026	Miriam Buether	*Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.*
	Afsoon Pajoufar	Cold War Choir Practice
	Riw Rakkulchon	Mexodus
	Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek	Bowl EP
	David Zinn	Prince Faggot

Multiple wins

3 wins

David Gallo
Derek McLane

2 wins

Laura Jellinek
You-Shin Chen

Multiple nominations

8 nominations

Derek McLane

6 nominations

David Zinn

5 nominations

David Korins
Laura Jellinek

4 nominations

David Gallo
Clint Ramos

3 nominations

Scott Pask
John Lee Beatty
Allen Moyer
Anna Louizos
Jan Versweyveld
Beowulf Boritt
Mimi Lien
Matt Saunders
Miriam Buether
Adam Rigg

2 nominations

Adrianne Lobel
Eugene Lee
Scott Bradley
Donyale Werle
Rachel Hauck

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Label: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design

Description: annual Off-Broadway theatre award

Founded: 1995

Official website: https://lortelaward.com/scenic-design

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Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

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