Nominations for The 28th Annual Helen Hayes Awards
Outstanding Director, Resident Play
David Muse
The Habit of Art
David Muse
Venus in Fur
Aaron Posner
Cyrano
Charles Randolph-Wright
Ruined
Serge Seiden
Charlotte’s Web
Paata Tsikurishvili
King Lear
John Vreeke
A Bright New Boise
Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
Matt August
Liberty Smith
Keith Alan Baker,
Pop!
Hunter Styles, and Jennifer Harris
Michael Baron
A Year With Frog and Toad
Toby Orenstein
Chicago
and Lawrence B. Munsey
Eric Schaeffer
Hairspray
Janet Stanford
Dr. Dolittle
Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production
Michael J. Bobbitt
Mirandy and Brother Wind
and Fabian Barnes
Karma Camp
Hairspray
and Brianne Camp
Dale Anthony Girard
Cyrano
Robb Hunter
The Walworth Farce
Susan Shields
STAY
Irina Tsikurishvili
King Lear
and Ben Cunis
Kate Arnold Wernick
A Year With Frog and Toad
Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production
Jay Crowder
Liberty Smith
Jon Kalbfleisch
Hairspray
James Moore
Follies
Christopher Youstra
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
Christopher Youstra
Pop!
The Studio Theatre
The Studio Theatre
Folger Theatre
Arena Stage
Adventure Theatre
Synetic Theater
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Ford's Theatre
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Adventure Theatre
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Signature Theatre
Imagination Stage
Adventure Theatre
Signature Theatre
Folger Theatre
The Studio Theatre
Theater of the First Amendment
Synetic Theater
Adventure Theatre
Ford's Theatre
Signature Theatre
The Kennedy Center
Olney Theatre Center
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
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Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production
Phil Charlwood
King Lear
Daniel Conway
Cyrano
David Ghatan
Voices Underwater
Misha Kachman
A Bright New Boise
James Noone
The Habit of Art
Collin Ranney
A Year With Frog and Toad
Lee Savage
Much Ado About Nothing
Synetic Theater
Folger Theatre
Rorschach Theatre
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Studio Theatre
Adventure Theatre
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Colin K. Bills
A Bright New Boise
Michael Gilliam
Ruined
Andrew F. Griffin
King Lear
Andrew F. Griffin
Othello
Chris Lee
The Hollow
Tyler Micoleau
Much Ado About Nothing
Thom Weaver
Cyrano
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Arena Stage
Synetic Theater
Folger Theatre
Signature Theatre
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Folger Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili
King Lear
Gregg Barnes
Follies
ESosa
Ruined
Kendra Rai
The Green Bird
Chelsey Schuller
A Year With Frog and Toad
Synetic Theater
The Kennedy Center
Arena Stage
Constellation Theatre Company
Adventure Theatre
Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production
Chris Baine
A Bright New Boise
Steven Cahill
Much Ado About Nothing
Irakli Kavsadze and
King Lear
Konstantine Lortkipanidze
Nicole Martin
Voices Underwater
Neil McFadden
An Almost Holy Picture
Matt Rowe
Hairspray
Tom Teasley
The Green Bird
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play
Miřenka Čechová
King Lear
Margaret Daly
The Habit of Art
Gabriela Fernández-Coffey
After the Fall
Catherine Flye
Pride and Prejudice
Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Ruined
Jennifer Mendenhall
Imagining Madoff
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Synetic Theater
Rorschach Theatre
Rep Stage
Signature Theatre
Constellation Theatre Company
Synetic Theater
The Studio Theatre
Theater J
Round House Theatre
Arena Stage
Theater J
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The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play
Ben Cunis
King Lear
Synetic Theater
Aubrey Deeker
The Walworth Farce
The Studio Theatre
Chris Dinolfo
King Lear
Synetic Theater
Philip Fletcher
King Lear
Synetic Theater
Ted van Griethuysen
Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
Tracy Lynn Olivera
The Sound of Music
Nova Y. Payton
Hairspray
Kirstin Riegler
A Year With Frog and Toad
Lauren Williams
Hairspray
Rachel Zampelli
Pop!
Olney Theatre Center
Signature Theatre
Adventure Theatre
Signature Theatre
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical
Matthew Delorenzo
Pop!
Ricardo Frederick Evans
Dr. Dolittle
Kevin McAllister
Parade
Jobari Parker-Namdar
A Year With Frog and Toad
Bobby Smith
The Sound of Music
Vishal Vaidya
A Year With Frog and Toad
Dan Van Why
National Pastime
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Imagination Stage
Ford's Theatre and Theater J
Adventure Theatre
Olney Theatre Center
Adventure Theatre
The Keegan Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production
Maximilien A. Baud
Billy Elliot the Musical
Ben Cook
Billy Elliot the Musical
Hayley McElhinney
Uncle Vanya
Hugo Weaving
Uncle Vanya
Patrick Wetzel
Billy Elliot the Musical
The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Rena Cherry Brown
Wit
Jenny Jules
Ruined
Ira Koval
King Lear
Mona Martínez
¡Ay, Carmela!
Lizan Mitchell
The Trip To Bountiful
Erica Sullivan
Venus in Fur
Irina Tsikurishvili
King Lear
The Bay Theatre Company, Inc.
Arena Stage
Synetic Theater
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Round House Theatre
The Studio Theatre
Synetic Theater
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The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play
Mitchell Hébert
After the Fall
Theater J
Irakli Kavsadze
King Lear
Synetic Theater
James McMenamin
Edward Albee's
Arena Stage
At Home at the Zoo
Michael Russotto
A Bright New Boise
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Ted van Griethuysen
The Habit of Art
The Studio Theatre
Paxton Whitehead
The Habit of Art
The Studio Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Nancy Anderson
Side By Side By Sondheim
Jessica Lauren Ball
The Sound of Music
Carolyn Cole
Hairspray
Kelly Karbacz
Liberty Smith
Jan Maxwell
Follies
Bernardine Mitchell
His Eye is On the Sparrow
Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical
Rob McQuay
Dr. Dolittle
Euan Morton
Parade
Geoff Packard
Liberty Smith
Tom Story
Pop!
Alan Wiggins
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
Signature Theatre
Olney Theatre Center
Signature Theatre
Ford's Theatre
The Kennedy Center
MetroStage
Imagination Stage
Ford's Theatre and Theater J
Ford's Theatre
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
Cate Blanchett
Uncle Vanya
The Kennedy Center
Leah Hocking
Billy Elliot the Musical
The Kennedy Center
Rozina Kambos
Return to Haifa
Theater J
Melanie Marshall
FELA!
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Amy Morton
Edward Albee's
Arena Stage
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production
Lex Ishimoto
Billy Elliot the Musical
The Kennedy Center
Tracy Letts
Edward Albee's
Arena Stage
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
J. Mark McVey
Les Misérables
The Kennedy Center
Sahr Ngaujah
FELA!
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Richard Roxburgh
Uncle Vanya
The Kennedy Center
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Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
¡Ay, Carmela!
Birds of a Feather
Cyrano
The Habit of Art
King Lear
Oedipus El Rey
The Walworth Farce
GALA Hispanic Theatre
The Hub Theatre
Folger Theatre
The Studio Theatre
Synetic Theater
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Studio Theatre
Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
A Year With Frog and Toad
Hairspray
Liberty Smith
Pop!
The Sound of Music
Adventure Theatre
Signature Theatre
Ford's Theatre
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Non-Resident Production
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
of Steve Jobs
Billy Elliot the Musical
The Kennedy Center
Edward Albee's
Arena Stage
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Equivocation
Arena Stage
Uncle Vanya
The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences
A Year With Frog and Toad
Aladdin’s Luck
Charlotte’s Web
Dr. Dolittle
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Adventure Theatre
Imagination Stage
Adventure Theatre
Imagination Stage
Adventure Theatre
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
Beertown
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dog & pony dc
Birds of a Feather
by Marc Acito
The Hub Theatre
Cyrano
by Edmond Rostand,
Folger Theatre
translated by Michael Hollinger
adapted by Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner
The Heir Apparent
adapted by David Ives
Shakespeare Theatre Company
from the comedy by Jean-François Regnard
Imagining Madoff
by Deb Margolin
Theater J
Lungs
by Duncan Macmillan
The Studio Theatre
Wonderful Life
adapted by Helen Pafumi
The Hub Theatre
and Jason Lott
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Outstanding Resident Musical
Follies
Hairspray
Liberty Smith
Pop!
Side By Side By Sondheim
The Sound of Music
The Kennedy Center
Signature Theatre
Ford's Theatre
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Signature Theatre
Olney Theatre Center
A Bright New Boise
Cyrano
King Lear
Ruined
Venus in Fur
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Folger Theatre
Synetic Theater
Arena Stage
The Studio Theatre
Outstanding Resident Play