The Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway were created in 1985 by the Off-Broadway League. The awards recognize excellence in Off-Broadway theater by honoring the invaluable contribution of artists to the theater community. This year, Carol Fishman will receive the Edith Oliver Service to Off-Broadway Award, the New Federal Theatre will be recognized for Outstanding Body of work and Alice Childress will be inducted onto the Lucille Lortel Theatre's Playwrights’ Sidewalk.