THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS has announced that THE 19TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY will be presented on Monday, May 3rd at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane) at 7 PM. A celebration will follow at Eugene (27 West 24th Street).

The nominations will be announced April 6th. A cocktail reception to congratulate all of the nominees will be held on April 19th at Ruth’s Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street).

Bug
Written by Tracy Letts
Produced by Scott Morfee, Amy Danis, and Mark Johannes, in association with PlanetEarth Partners

Frozen
Written by Bryony Lavery
Produced by MCC Theater

The Long Christmas Ride Home
Written by Paula Vogel
Produced by Vineyard Theatre

Small Tragedy
Written by Craig Lucas
Produced by Playwrights Horizons

Valhalla
Written by Paul Rudnick
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop

Caroline, or Change
Book and lyrics by Tony Kushner
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Produced by The Public Theater

Johnny Guitar
Lyrics by Joel Higgins
Music by Martin Silvestri
Book by Nicholas van Hoogstraten
Produced by Definite Maybe Productions and Mark Kress, in association with Victoria Lang & Pier Paolo Piccoli and The Century Center for the Performing Arts

The Musical of Musicals–The Musical!
Music by Eric Rockwell
Lyrics by Joanne Bogart
Book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart
Produced by York Theatre Company

I Am My Own Wife
starring Jefferson Mays
Written by Doug Wright
Produced by Playwrights Horizons

Sarah Jones: bridge & tunnel
starring and written by Sarah Jones
Produced by Meryl Streep and The Culture Project, in association with Robert Dragotta, Jayson Jackson, Michael Alden, Eric Falkenstein, Marcia Roberts, Jean Kennedy Smith, and Tom Wirtshafter

Women On Fire
starring Judith Ivey
Written by Irene O’Garden
Produced by Cherry Lane Theatre

Christopher Ashley; Valhalla
Mark Brokaw; The Long Christmas Ride Home
Dexter Bullard; Bug
Doug Hughes; Frozen
Moisés Kaufman; I Am My Own Wife

Hope Clarke; Caroline, or Change
Daniel Pelzig; Valhalla
Martín Santangelo; Noche Flamenca

Peter Frechette; Valhalla
Brian F. O’Byrne; Frozen
Lee Pace; Small Tragedy
Michael Shannon; Bug
Richard Thomas; The Stendhal Syndrome

Lisa Emery; Iron
Jayne Houdyshell; Well
Swoosie Kurtz; Frozen
Zilah Mendoza; Living Out
Tonya Pinkins; Caroline, or Change

Rob Campbell; Small Tragedy
Daniel Eric Gold; Small Tragedy
Gordon MacDonald; Trumbo
Will McCormack; The Long Christmas Ride Home
Mark Rosenthal; The Moonlight Room

Liza Colón-Zayas; Living Out
Kathryn Layng; The Moonlight Room
Laila Robins; Frozen
Anika Noni Rose; Caroline, or Change
Margaret Welsh; Big Bill

Scott Bradley; The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
Tim Hatley; Humble Boy
Derek McLane; I Am My Own Wife
Ajene D. Washington; American Menu

Linda Cho; The Two Noble Kinsmen
William Ivey Long; Valhalla
Paul Tazewell; Caroline, or Change
Kaye Voyce; Johnny Guitar
Catherine Zuber; The Beard of Avon

Christopher Akerlind; Well
David Lander; I Am My Own Wife
Tyler Micoleau; Bug
Kenneth Posner; Valhalla
Clifton Taylor; Frozen

John Gromada; Small Tragedy
Robert Kaplowitz; The Story
Brian Ronan; Bug
David Van Tieghem; The Long Christmas Ride Home

Unique Theatrical Experience
Noche Flamenca

Outstanding Body of Work
Public Theatre

Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence
Kathleen Chalfant

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee(s)
Tony Kushner