The 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out this evening to recipients in 18 categories and 2 special honors were bestowed. The Lortel Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball Center hosted by acclaimed husband and wife actors and comedians, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. This year’s event was once again a benefit for The Actors Fund.

Award presenters this year included some of the biggest and brightest stars from stage and screen, including: Uzo Aduba, Joe Carroll, Nick Cordero, Kathryn Erbe, America Ferrera, Shuler Hensley, Adam Jacobs, Nikki M. James, Carly Rae Jepsen, Andy Karl, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Linda Lavin, Tracy Letts, Hamish Linklater, Josh Lucas, Billy Magnussen, Kelli O’Hara, Sophie Okonedo, Laura Osnes, Steven Pasquale, Sarah Paulson, Amanda Peet, Vincent Piazza, Margaret Qualley, Anthony Rapp, Lily Rabe, Courtney Reed, Anika Noni Rose, Morgan Saylor, Brian J. Smith and Corey Stoll.

The Off-Broadway League’s Lortel Awards Producing & Administration Committee (Terry Byrne, Dean Carpenter, Denise Cooper, Margaret Cotter, George Forbes, Michael Page, Catherine Russell and Steven Showalter) produces the Lortel Awards ceremony. Acclaimed writer/director Michael Heitzman returned to direct the Lortel Awards for the fifth consecutive year. The Lucille Lortel Awards is produced by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Additional support provided by Theatre Development Fund. Representatives of the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, in addition to theatre journalists and academics and other Off-Broadway professionals, serve on the Voting Committee

Bad Jews
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company
Written by Joshua Harmon

Domesticated
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater
Written by Bruce Norris

The Night Alive
Produced by Atlantic Theater Company
Originally Produced by the Donmar Warehouse
Written by Conor McPherson

The Open House
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by Will Eno

Fun Home
Produced by The Public Theater
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the Alison Bechdel book

Here Lies Love
Produced by The Public Theater Concept and Lyrics by David Byrne
Music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Additional Music by Tom Gandy and J Pardo

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Produced by Howard & Janet Kagan, Paula Marie Black, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Daveed Frazier, Tom Smedes, Vertical Ent./Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer
Written by Dave Malloy

What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Produced by New York Theatre Workshop
Music by Burt Bacharach
Lyrics by Hal David and Others Conceived by Kyle Riabko and David Lane Seltzer

Good Person of Szechwan
Produced by The Foundry Theatre
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translation by John Willett

Hand to God
Produced by MCC Theater
Written by Robert Askins
London Wall, Produced by Mint Theater Company, Written by John van Druten The Model Apartment, Produced by Primary Stages, Written by Donald Margulies

The Weir
Produced by The Irish Repertory Theatre
Written by Conor McPherson

Buyer & Cellar
Produced by Darren Bagert, Dan Shaheen, Ted Snowdon, Daryl Roth, Martin Massman, Pat Flicker Addiss, Doug Nevin, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Andrew Tobias, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Written by Jonathan Tolins Performed by Michael Urie

How I Learned What I Learned
Produced by Signature Theatre
Written by August Wilson
Co-conceived with Todd Kreidler, in collaboration with Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Satchmo at the Waldorf
Produced by Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare and Company, Scott and Roxanne Bok, Roz and Jerry Meyer, Ronald Guttman, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, John LaMattina, Joey Parnes, S.D. Wagner, John Johnson
Written by Terry Teachout Performed by John Douglas Thompson

Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Lear deBessonet, Good Person of Szechwan
Sam Gold, Fun Home
Alex Timbers, Here Lies Love
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, Hand to God

Martha Clarke, Chéri
Marguerite Derricks, Heathers: The Musical
Danny Mefford, Fun Home
Annie-B Parson, Here Lies Love
Sonya Tayeh, Kung Fu 

Steven Boyer, Hand to God
Jon DeVries, Regular Singing
Peter Friedman, The Open House
Taylor Mac, Good Person of Szechwan
Armando Riesco, The Happiest Song Plays Last

Tracee Chimo, Bad Jews
Diane Davis, The Model Apartment
Carolyn McCormick, The Open House
Laurie Metcalf, Domesticated
Andrus Nichols, Bedlam’s Hamlet and Saint Joan

Jeff Blumenkrantz, Murder For Two
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Jose Llana, Here Lies Love
Kyle Riabko, What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Conrad Ricamora, Here Lies Love

Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
Ruthie Ann Miles, Here Lies Love
Alexandra Socha, Fun Home
Phillipa Soo, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Barrett Wilbert Weed, Heathers: The Musical

Carson Elrod, The Explorers Club
Philip Ettinger, Bad Jews
Russell G. Jones, The Call
Jeremy Shamos, Dinner With Friends
Fred Weller, Reasons to Be Happy

Hannah Bos, The Open House
Lynn Cohen, I Remember Mama
Lisa Kron, Good Person of Szechwan
Molly Ranson, Bad Jews
Sarah Stiles, Hand to God

Heath Calvert, Nobody Loves You
Nick Choksi, Bunty Berman Presents…
Blake DeLong, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Noah Hinsdale, Fun Home
Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Uzo Aduba, Venice
Brittain Ashford, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Melody Butiu, Here Lies Love
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
Shaina Taub, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Miriam Buether, Love and Information
David Korins, Here Lies Love
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Clint Ramos, Appropriate
Matt Saunders, Good Person of Szechwan

Gabriel Berry and Andrea Hood, Love and Information
Clint Ramos, Here Lies Love
Anita Yavich, The Explorers Club
Paloma Young, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Catherine Zuber, Far From Heaven

Daniel Ionazzi, The Jacksonian
Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Ben Stanton, Fun Home
Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love
Japhy Weideman, What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined

M.L. Dogg and Cody Spencer, Here Lies Love
Clive Goodwin, What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Matt Hubbs, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Ryan Rumery, The Hatmaker’s Wife
Christopher Shutt, Love and Information

Lifetime Achievement
Award Robyn Goodman

Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee
Richard Nelson