Nominees & Recipients Database
Use this database to search Helen Hayes Award-nominated theatres, theatre-makers, and productions and recipients. **Please note that some categories may be split to two pages at the bottom of this list. Scroll to the next page to see additional nominees in that category.
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2026 Outstanding MUSICAL DIRECTION Helen
Ross Scott Rawlings
ELF, The Musical
Toby's Dinner Theatre
2026 Outstanding MUSICAL DIRECTION Hayes
James Lowe
Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Paul Englishby
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two
Round House Theatre
Jermaine Hill
Play On!
Signature Theatre
Jon Kalbfleisch
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Signature Theatre
Adam Rothenberg
Damn Yankees
Arena Stage
2026 Outstanding MEDIA/PROJECTION Design Helen
Luis Garcia
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
Spooky Action Theater
Julian Kelley
Woman on Fire
Creative Cauldron
Hailey LaRoe
American Fast
Theater Alliance
Luis Garcia
Furlough's Paradise
Theater Alliance
Mark Costello
Fair Play
1st Stage
2026 Outstanding MEDIA/PROJECTION Design Hayes
Mona Kasra
Andy Warhol in Iran
Mosaic Theater Company
Zavier Augustus Lee Taylor
Sleepova
Olney Theatre Center
Peter Nigrini
Damn Yankees
Arena Stage
Mona Kasra
The American Five
Ford's Theatre
Patrick W. Lord
Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with live & active cultures!)
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
2026 Outstanding LIGHTING Design Helen
Lynn Joslin
The Turn of the Screw
Creative Cauldron
Minjoo Kim
American Fast
Theater Alliance
Venus Gulbranson
hang
1st Stage
Alberto Segarra
Furlough's Paradise
Theater Alliance
Dean Leong
SO LATE INTO THE NIGHT
Rorschach Theatre
2026 Outstanding LIGHTING Design Hayes
Amanda Zieve
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical
Signature Theatre
Hailey LaRoe
cullud wattah
Mosaic Theater Company
Jason Lynch
Play On!
Signature Theatre
Philip S. Rosenberg
Damn Yankees
Arena Stage
Colin K. Bills
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two
Round House Theatre
2026 Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Play Helen
Maryam Najafzada
The Immigrant
Synetic Theater
Hillary Jones
Furlough's Paradise
Theater Alliance
Renea S. Brown
Furlough's Paradise
Theater Alliance
Lolita Marie
hang
1st Stage
Eli EL
The Piano Lesson
1st Stage
Vato Tsikurishvili
The Immigrant
Synetic Theater
James Finley
Doctor Moloch
Flying V
Drew Sharpe
Hand to God
The Keegan Theatre
Lucy Eden
CIRCUS OF THE SELF: A Show About Queer Joy, Juggling & Identity
Spooky Action Theater
Deidra LaWan Starnes
The Piano Lesson
1st Stage
2026 Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Play Hayes
Kate Eastwood Norris
Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions
Studio Theatre
David Gow
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two
Round House Theatre
Jordi Bertrán Ramírez
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two
Round House Theatre
Kate Eastwood Norris
Bad Books
Round House Theatre
Sara Koviak
Your Name Means Dream
Theater J & Theaterworks Hartford
Ro Boddie
The American Five
Ford's Theatre
Sarin Monae West
The Scenarios
Studio Theatre
Jaysen Wright
A Case for the Existence of God
Mosaic Theater Company
Edward Gero
Kunene and the King
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Kimberly Gilbert
What the Constitution Means to Me
Round House Theatre
Bradley Gibson
Fremont Ave.
Arena Stage
2026 Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Musical Helen
Anna Malavé
Botiquin de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights Bolero Bar)
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Jordyn Taylor
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
Spooky Action Theater
Fran Tapia
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
Spooky Action Theater