Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Projection Design

The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Projection Design is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in projection design for an Off-Broadway musical or play production since 2017.^[3]

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Projection Design
Awarded for	Outstanding Projection Design
Location	United States
Presented by	The Off-Broadway League[1][2]
Currently held by	David Bengali, Here There Are Blueberries (2025)
Website	lortelaward.com

Jared Mezzocchi won the inaugural award in 2017 for his work on Vietgone. No designer has won the award mopre than once. Jared Mezzocchi, Hannah Wasileski, Alex Basco Koch and David Bengali have received the most nominations, with three each.

Winners and nominees

Key

  and bold indicates the winner.

2010s

Year	Designer	Production	Ref.
2017
	Jared Mezzocchi	Vietgone	[4][5]
	Peter Nigrini	Dear Evan Hansen
		Wakey, Wakey
	Duncan McLean	Privacy
	Elaine J. McCarthy	Notes from the Field
2018
	Hannah Wasileski	Pipeline	[6][7]
	Alexander V. Nichols	Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
	Lucy Mackinnon	After the Blast
	Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew	Relevance
	Brad Peterson	The Stone Witch
2019
	Tal Yarden	Superhero	[8][9]
	Alex Basco Koch	Fireflies
		Be More Chill
	Luke Halls	Girls & Boys
	Katherine Freer	By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

2020s

Year	Designer	Production	Ref.
2020
	Ray Sun	The Headlands	[10][11]
	Hannah Wasileski	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
		Anatomy of a Suicide
	Lisa Renkel	Emojiland
	Stephan Mazurek	Mojada
2021	No ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Shawn Duan	Letters of Suresh	[12][13]
	David Bengali and Hana Sooyeon Kim	The Visitor
	Caite Hevner	Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
	Yee Eun Nam	Long Day's Journey into Night
	Shawn Duan	The Chinese Lady
2023
	Kameron Neal	Dark Disabled Stories	[14][15]
	Justin Nestor, Alex Hawthorn and Kelly Colburn	american (tele)visions
	S. Katy Tucker	Letters from Max, a Ritual
	Yee Eun Nam	Once Upon A (korean) Time
	Alex Basco Koch	The Orchard
2024
	Nicholas Hussong	Wet Brain	[16][17]
	Jared Mezzocchi	Poor Yella Rednecks
		Russian Troll Farm
	Benjamin Pearcy and Brad Peterson	Corruption
	Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew	The Connector
2025
	David Bengali	Here There Are Blueberries	[18][19]
	Eric Dunlap, Igor Golyak and Andreea Mincic	Our Class
	David Bengali	We Live in Cairo
	Brian Pacelli	Scarlett Dreams
	Hana Sooyeon Kim	Sumo

Multiple nominations

3 nominations

• Jared Mezzocchi
• Hannah Wasileski
• Alex Basco Koch
• David Bengali

2 nominations

• Peter Nigrini
• Brad Peterson
• Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
• Yee Eun Nam
• Hana Sooyeon Kim

See also

• Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Projection Design
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Projection Design