All of the videos of the individual 2020 Award announcements by category are available on the Theatre Washington YouTube channel.
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The 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards were celebrated over four weeks in August and September 2020 as a series of virtual events – both individual award announcements and a culmination video premiere. We recognized outstanding work on Washington, DC-area stages in 2019, reflected on this unprecedented time in our industry, and gathered more than 2,300 people in celebration.
2020 Virtual Helen Hayes Awards Event
Originally premiering on Friday, September 25, the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards virtual event was the culmination of weeks of celebration. The program was co-hosted by Washington, DC-area stage luminaries Felicia Curry & Naomi Jacobson and included a Land Acknowledgement by Angel Rose Arts, remembrances, special guest celebrations, and a Zoom dance party.
Our Helen Hayes Nominee & Recipient database is fully searchable by name, production, category, and theatre and filterable by year to make it easy to find the information you’re looking for.
2020 Nominations Event
February 3, 2020 at the Helen Hayes Gallery at the National Theatre
2020 Host Committee
John and Meg Hauge, Co-Chairs
Craig Pascal
Eric and Heidi Murkoff
Freda, Evan, and Sara Xing Eisenberg
Tim and Sandee and Rachel, Ethan, and Elizabeth Hathaway
Andrew R. Ammerman
Debbie Shrager and Scott Ableman
Myrna Fawcett
Alan Savada and Will Stevenson
Carl Smith and Michael Burke
Betti Brown and Bob Ramsey
Susan and Dixon Butler
Jan Du Plain
Holly Hassett
Lauren and Glen Howard
Jason Loewith
Abel Lopez
Carl and Undine Nash
Bonnie Nelson Schwartz and Arlie Schardt
Michael Singer
William Tompkins
Gerry Widdicombe
Margo Zimmerman