Winners Announced For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards

Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards! 

The 2025 Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. This year the BroadwayWorld Awards were bigger and better than ever, including over 100 cities across America, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia!

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2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Award Winners

Best Costume Design (Off-Broadway)
Euroco Costumes - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Costume Design (Off-Off Broadway)
Zen Tunsaringkran - VELVET RAGE: A QUEER-ASS PLAY - HB Playwrights Theater

Best Direction Of A Musical (Off-Broadway)
Andy Fickman - HEATHERS - New World Stages

Best Direction Of A Musical (Off-Off Broadway)
Brandon Zelman - BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best Direction Of A Play (Off-Broadway)
Sam Helfrich - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Direction Of A Play (Off-Off Broadway)
Bradly Valenzuela - RIP JABARI, YOU WOULD'VE LOVED THE APPLE DANCE - Factory Series at the Chain Theatre

Best Lighting Design (Off-Broadway)
Robert Wierzel - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Lighting Design (Off-Off Broadway)
Sasha Lysenko - BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best New Book Of A Musical (Off-Broadway)
Lisa Monde - L.O.V.E EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXTRAVAGANZA - Producers Club/The Crown Theat

Best New Book Of A Musical (Off-Off Broadway)
Brandon Zelman & Harrison Bryan - BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best New Musical (Off-Broadway)
BEAU - St. Luke's theatre

Best New Musical (Off-Off Broadway)
BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best New Play (Off-Broadway)
HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - 2025

Best New Play (Off-Off Broadway)
RIP JABARI, YOU WOULD'VE LOVED THE APPLE DANCE - Factory Series at the Chain Theatre

Best New Score Of A Musical (Off-Broadway)
Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson - MEXODUS - Audible Theatre at Minetta Lane

Best New Score Of A Musical (Off-Off Broadway)
Lena Gabrielle, Pippa Cleary, Joriah Kwamé, Aaron Kenny, Grace Yurchuk, and Brandon Zelman & Harrison Bryan - BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best Original Choreography (Off-Broadway)
Ashlyn DeGeorge - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Original Choreography (Off-Off Broadway)
Ian Coulter-Buford - GOLEM OWNED A TROPICAL SMOOTHIE - The Tank NYC

Best Performance In A Musical (Off-Broadway)
Abby Docherty - LABEL•LESS - Theatre Row

Best Performance In A Musical (Off-Off Broadway)
Gavin Kenny - COMPANY - Theater 2020

Best Performance In A Play (Off-Broadway)
Luke Newton - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Performance In A Play (Off-Off Broadway)
Arianna Wellmoney - RIP JABARI, YOU WOULD'VE LOVED THE APPLE DANCE - Factory Series at the Chain Theatre

Best Production Of A Musical (Off-Broadway)
HEATHERS - New World Stages

Best Production Of A Musical (Off-Off Broadway)
BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best Production Of A Play (Off-Broadway)
HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Production Of A Play (Off-Off Broadway)
RIP JABARI, YOU WOULD'VE LOVED THE APPLE DANCE - Factory Series at the Chain Theatre

Best Scenic Design (Off-Broadway)
Sean Sanford - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - Mansion at Hudson yards

Best Scenic Design (Off-Off Broadway)
Brandon Zelman - BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best Solo Performance (Non-Cabaret) (Off-Broadway)
Luke Newton - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Solo Performance (Non-Cabaret) (Off-Off Broadway)
Abigail Espinal - ONCE UPON A TIME IN NYC - Reverie Room

Best Sound Design (Off-Broadway)
G Clausen - HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Sound Design (Off-Off Broadway)
Brandon Zelman - BALLS: THE MONSTER-CATCHIN' MUSICAL COMÉDY - CAVEAT NYC

Best Theatrical/Immersive Experience (Off-Broadway)
THE HOUSE OF MCQUEEN - The Mansion @ Hudson Yards

Best Theatrical/Immersive Experience (Off-Off Broadway)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (ENSEMBLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY) - 2025

Winners can download graphics here.