The Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play is an award presented annually at the Lucille Lortel Awards to honor excellence in playwriting for an Off-Broadway play production since 1987.
Four playwrights have won the award twice--Brian Friel, Moisés Kaufman,Martin McDonagh and Horton Foote. Leading the nomination tally are Paula Vogel, Jon Robin Baitz, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Lynn Nottage, Bruce Norris and Joshua Harmon, with three nominations each.