2013 Helen Hayes Awards Nominees

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical

Matthew A. Anderson
Seussical
Imagination Stage
Brooks Ashmanskas
1776
Ford's Theatre
James Gardiner
Little Shop of Horrors
Olney Theatre Center
Doug Kreeger
Brother Russia
Signature Theatre
Paul Scanlan
Spring Awakening
The Keegan Theatre
Recipient
Bobby Smith
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
MetroStage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical

Mary Bridget Davies
One Night with Janis Joplin
Arena Stage
Recipient
Natascia Diaz
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
MetroStage
Nova Y. Payton
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Dayna Quincy
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Erin Weaver
Xanadu
Signature Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical

Christopher Bloch
1776
Ford's Theatre
Michael John Casey
Rapunzel
Imagination Stage
Robert Cuccioli
1776
Ford's Theatre
David Little
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Recipient
Cedric Neal
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Nicholas Rodriguez
My Fair Lady
Arena Stage
Nominee
Bobby Smith
Little Shop of Horrors
Olney Theatre Center

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical

Recipient
Priscilla Cuellar
Legally Blonde the Musical
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Recipient
Theresa Cunningham
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Sherri L. Edelen
Xanadu
Signature Theatre
Crystal Joy
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Donna Migliaccio
The Music Man
Arena Stage

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
MetroStage
Josephine Tonight
MetroStage
Recipient
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Imagination Stage
Puerto Rico...¡fuá!
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Rapunzel
Imagination Stage
Spring Awakening
The Keegan Theatre

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play

Teagle F. Bougere
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
Recipient
Steven Epp
The Servant of Two Masters
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Larry Marshall
Pullman Porter Blues
Arena Stage
Cody Nickell
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
Jose Joaquin Perez
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play

Rena Cherry Brown
August: Osage County
The Keegan Theatre
Helen Carey
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Arena Stage
Recipient
Francesca Faridany
Strange Interlude
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Lee Mikeska Gardner
Side Man
1st Stage
Kathryn Kelley
The Belle of Amherst
The Bay Theatre Company
Kate Eastwood Norris
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
Kathleen Turner
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
Arena Stage
Holly Twyford
Dirt
The Studio Theatre

The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

Adam Green
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Adi Hanash
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Recipient
Matthew McGee
Taking Steps
Constellation Theatre Company
Danny Scheie
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
Bradley Foster Smith
Suite Surrender
1st Stage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

Emily Behny
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
The National Theatre
Recipient
Felicia Boswell
Memphis
The Kennedy Center
Mara Davi
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
The Kennedy Center
Ashley Blair Fitzgerald
Come Fly Away
The Kennedy Center
Helen J. Russell
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie
Theater J

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

Robert Jack
Black Watch
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Julie Johnson
Memphis
The Kennedy Center
Tom Lawrence
Hamlet
Folger Theatre
Adam McNamara
Black Watch
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Recipient
Christopher Saul
Hamlet
Folger Theatre
Chris Starkie
Black Watch
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Colin K. Bills
Brother Russia
Signature Theatre
Colin K. Bills
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Chuan-Chi Chan
The Servant of Two Masters
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Recipient
Mary Louise Geiger
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
Keith Parham
Red
Arena Stage
Justin Townsend
One Night with Janis Joplin
Arena Stage
Thom Weaver
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Director, Resident Play

Christopher Bayes
The Servant of Two Masters
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Robert Falls
Red
Arena Stage
Kirsten Kelly
Big Love
The Hub Theatre
Recipient
Christopher McElroen
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
Ethan McSweeny
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Aaron Posner
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
John Vreeke
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Michael Kahn
The Government Inspector
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical

Kathryn Chase Bryer
Rapunzel
Imagination Stage
Matthew Gardiner
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Toby Orenstein
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Lawrence B. Munsey
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Mark A. Rhea
Spring Awakening
The Keegan Theatre
Susan Marie Rhea
Spring Awakening
The Keegan Theatre
Recipient
Serge Seiden
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
MetroStage
Janet Stanford
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Imagination Stage

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production

Christopher Baine
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Cliff Eberhardt, Original Music; and Christopher Baine, Sound Design
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
Recipient
Matthew M. Nielson
The Illusion
Forum Theatre
David Remedios
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
Brendon Vierra
Hum
Theater Alliance

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

Matthew R. Wilson, adaptor; based on the novel by Charles Dickens
A Commedia Christmas Carol
Faction of Fools Theatre Company
Jason Gray Platt
Crown of Shadows: the wake of odysseus
Round House Theatre
Bryony Lavery
Dirt
The Studio Theatre
Kathryn Chase Bryer, David Palmer, Janet Stanford, Septime Webre, concept by; libretto & lyrics by Janet Stanford with additional lyrics by Bari Biern; music by Matthew Pierce
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Imagination Stage
Cheryl L. West
Pullman Porter Blues
Arena Stage
Recipient
Paul Downs Colaizzo
Really Really
Signature Theatre
Renee Calarco
The Religion Thing
Theater J

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production

Parker Esse
The Music Man
Arena Stage
Recipient
Joe Isenberg
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Erika Chong Shuch
The Conference of the Birds
Folger Theatre
Rick Sordelet
Sucker Punch
The Studio Theatre
Anwar Thomas
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Septime Webre
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Imagination Stage
David Palmer
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Imagination Stage

Outstanding Production, Theatre For Young Audiences

A Little House Christmas
Adventure Theatre MTC
Recipient
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Imagination Stage
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
The Kennedy Center
Rapunzel
Imagination Stage
The Snowy Day
Adventure Theatre MTC

Outstanding Non-Resident Production

The Animals and Children Took to the Streets
Studio Theatre
Recipient
Black Watch
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Hamlet
Folger Theatre
Memphis
The Kennedy Center
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie
Theater J

Outstanding Resident Play

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
Our Class
Theater J
Recipient
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre

Outstanding Resident Musical

1776
Ford's Theatre
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Recipient
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
MetroStage
Spring Awakening
The Keegan Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

Recipient
E. Faye Butler
Pullman Porter Blues
Arena Stage
Sarah Marshall
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
Natalia Payne
Dirt
The Studio Theatre
Nancy Robinette
The Government Inspector
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Holly Twyford
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

Michael Benz
Hamlet
Folger Theatre
Ryan Fletcher
Black Watch
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Martin Kaye
Million Dollar Quartet
The Kennedy Center
Recipient
David M. Lutken
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie
Theater J
Christopher Sieber
La Cage Aux Folles
The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play

August: Osage County
The Keegan Theatre
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Government Inspector
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Recipient
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew
Folger Theatre
Pullman Porter Blues
Arena Stage

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

Riccardo Hernandez
Pullman Porter Blues
Arena Stage
Troy Hourie
Invisible Man
The Studio Theatre
Recipient
Misha Kachman
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Recipient
Todd Rosenthal
Red
Arena Stage
Lee Savage
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Judith Bowden
My Fair Lady
Arena Stage
Murell Horton
The Government Inspector
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Recipient
Frank Labovitz
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Jennifer Moeller
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Lawrence B. Munsey
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production

Jenny Cartney
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
MetroStage
Recipient
Jonathan Tuzman
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Lawrence Goldberg
The Music Man
Arena Stage
Jon Kalbfleisch
Dreamgirls
Signature Theatre
Jake Null
Spring Awakening
The Keegan Theatre
Christopher Youstra
The Color Purple
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Jmichael
Pullman Porter Blues
Arena Stage

John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company

Recipient
Dizzy Miss Lizzie's Roadside Revue

 

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