Helen Hayes Award Winners Include Danieley, Duquesnay, and Reams

The 21st Annual Helen Hayes Awards, which honor the best of professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area, were bestowed yesterday at the Warner Theatre. The complete list of nominees is listed below, with winners noted in bold.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMER, NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION:
Fred Applegate, The Producers (Kennedy Center)

Kristine Bendul, Movin’ Out (The National Theatre)

Craig Bockhorn, On Golden Pond (Kennedy Center)

Harry Bouvy, The Producers (Kennedy Center)

John Ganun, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kennedy Center)
Charley Izabella King, The Producers (Kennedy Center)

Lee Roy Reams, The Producers (Kennedy Center)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS, NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION:

Holly Cruikshank, Movin’ Out (The National Theatre)
Deb Filler, Filler Up! (MetroStage)
Julieta Gros, Movin’ Out (The National Theatre)

Darcie Roberts, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kennedy Center)

Leslie Uggams, On Golden Pond (Kennedy Center)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR, NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION:

James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond (Kennedy Center)

Will Power, Flow (The Studio Theatre)

Alan Ruck, The Producers (Kennedy Center)

Lewis J. Stadlen, The Producers (Kennedy Center)

Ron Todorowski, Movin’ Out(The National Theatre)

OUTSTANDING NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION:
A Tale of a Tiger, (Rorschach Theatre)

Flow, (The Studio Theatre)
Movin’ Out, (The National Theatre)

On Golden Pond, (Kennedy Center)
The Producers, (Kennedy Center)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL:

Rick Foucheux ,Jesus Christ Superstar (Open Circle Theatre)

William Hubbard, Mahalia, a Gospel Musical (MetroStage)

David James, Godspell (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)
Jeffery Peterson, The Who’s Tommy (The Studio Theatre Secondstage)

Harry A. Winter, Allegro (Signature Theatre)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS, RESIDENT MUSICAL:

Felicia Curry, Godspell (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)
Ann Duquesnay, Hallelujah, Baby! (Arena Stage and George Street Playhouse)
Margo Moorer, Tambourines to Glory (True Colors Theatre Company)
Tracy Lynn Olivera, Carousel (Olney Theatre Center for the Arts)

Tracy Lynn Olivera, Allegro (Signature Theatre)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR, RESIDENT PLAY:

John Dow, Boy Gets Girll (Theater Alliance)
David Marks, The Cripple of Inishmaan (The Studio Theatre)

Richard Pelzman, Pericles (The Shakespeare Theatre)

David Sabin, Ivanov (The Studio Theatre)
David Toney, Two Trains Running (The African Continuum Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS, RESIDENT PLAY:
Dana Ivey, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kennedy Center)
Valerie Leonard, The Elephant Man (Catalyst Theater Company)

Jennifer Mendenhall, Lenny & Lou (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)

Holly Twyford, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre)
Sarah Zimmerman, The Matchmaker(Ford’s Theatre)

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL: (tie)

Tony Cisek, Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)

Daniel Conway, Fences (Round House Theatre)

James Kronzer, The Diary of Anne Frank (Round House Theatre)
James Noone, Cyrano (The Shakespeare Theatre)
Milagros Ponce de León, Boy Gets Girl (Theater Alliance)

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL:

Howell Binkley, Cyrano (The Shakespeare Theatre)

Dan Covey, Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)

Dan Covey, Merlin and the Cave of Dreams (Imagination Stage)
T.J. Gerckens, Pericles (The Shakespeare Theatre)

Tim Mitchell, Henry IV, Part 1 (The Shakespeare Theatre)

Tim Mitchell, Henry IV, Part 2 (The Shakespeare Theatre)

Daniel MacLean Wagner, The Diary of Anne Frank (Round House Theatre)

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL:

Gregg Barnes, Allegro (Signature Theatre)
Zack Brown, The Importance of Being Earnest (Arena Stage)

Mara Blumenfeld, Pericles (The Shakespeare Theatre)

Robert Perdziola, Cyrano (The Shakespeare Theatre)

Emilio Sosa, Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage)

Kate Turner-Walker, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre)

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL:

Mark Anduss, Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)

Martin Desjardins, The Diary of Anne Frank (Round House Theatre)
Martin Desjardins Macbeth The Shakespeare Theatre

Irakli Kavsadze and Paata Tsikurishvili, The Master and Margarita (Synetic-Classika Theatre)
Ron Oshima, Porcelain (Tsunami Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL:
David H. Bell, Children of Eden (Ford’s Theatre)

Ilona Kessell, Cats (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)

Kelly Parsley, Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)

Doriana Sanchez, Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage)

Irina Tsikurishvili, The Crackpots (Synetic Theater)
Irina Tsikurishvili, The Master and Margarita (Synetic-Classika Theatre)

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL:

Jon Kalbfleisch, Elegies, a Song Cycle (Signature Theatre)

Jon Kalbfleisch, Allegro (Signature Theatre)

Jon Kalbfleisch, The Highest Yellow (Signature Theatre)
William Knowles, Tambourines to Glory (True Colors Theatre Company)

Christopher Youstra, Godspell (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL:

Ron Curameng, Miss Saigon (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)
Jason Danieley, The Highest Yellow (Signature Theatre)
Will Gartshore, Allegro (Signature Theatre)

Marc Kudisch, The Highest Yellow (Signature Theatre)

Rob McQuay, Jesus Christ Superstar (Open Circle Theatre)

Kevyn Morrow, Tambourines to Glory (True Colors Theatre Company)
Stephen F. Schmidt, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka (Kennedy Center)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS, RESIDENT MUSICAL:

Suzzanne Douglas, Hallelujah, Baby! (Arena Stage and George Street Playhouse)

Sherri L. Edelen, Elegies, a Song Cycle (Signature Theatre)

Ebony Jo-Ann, Tambourines to Glory (True Colors Theatre Company)
Bernardine Mitchell, Mahalia, a Gospel Musical (MetroStage)
Elena Shaddow, Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR, RESIDENT PLAY:
Doug Brown, Our Lady of 121st Street (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Scott Fortier, The Elephant Man (Catalyst Theater Company)
George Grizzard, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kennedy Center)
Stephen Lang,Beyond Glory (Tribute Productions)
Geraint Wyn Davies, Cyrano (The Shakespeare Theatre)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS, RESIDENT PLAY:
Megan Anderson, The Seagull (Rep Stage)

Patricia Clarkson, A Streetcar Named Desire (Kennedy Center)

Brigid Cleary, Homebody/Kabul (Theater J and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Kathleen Coons, Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)

Gin Hammond, The Syringa Tree (The Studio Theatre)
Jennifer Mendenhall, Grace (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Laiona Michelle, Yellowman (Arena Stage)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL:

Kenny Leon ,Tambourines to Glory (True Colors Theatre Company)

Toby Orenstein and Rob McQuay, Godspell (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)

Charles Randolph-Wright, Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage)

Suzanne Richard, Jesus Christ Superstar (Open Circle Theatre)
Eric Schaeffer, Allegro (Signature Theatre)
Eric Schaeffer, One Red Flower (Signature Theatre)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR, RESIDENT PLAY: (tie)

Mike Chamberlin, Porcelain (Tsunami Theatre Company)
Michael Kahn, Cyrano (The Shakespeare Theatre)
Kirsten Kelly, Boy Gets Girl (Theater Alliance)
Aaron Posner, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre)
Jeremy Skidmore, Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)
Mary Zimmerman, Pericles (The Shakespeare Theatre)

THE CHARLES MACARTHUR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY OR MUSICAL:
Craig Wright, Grace (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Ian Cohen, Lenny & Lou (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Craig Wright, Melissa Arctic (Folger Theatre)
Charles Way, Merlin and the Cave of Dreams (Imagination Stage)

Frank Loesser (music and lyrics), Frank Loesser and Culture Clash (book), Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage)

OUTSTANDING RESIDENT MUSICAL:

Allegro (Signature Theatre)
Elegies: A Song Cycle (Signature Theatre)
Godspell (Toby’s Dinner Theatre)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Open Circle Theatre)

One Red Flower (Signature Theatre)
Señor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage)
Tambourines to Glory (True Colors Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING RESIDENT PLAY:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kennedy Center)
Cyrano (The Shakespeare Theatre)
Lenny & Lou (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)

Mary’s Wedding (Theater Alliance)

Pericles (The Shakespeare Theatre)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre)