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. 2024 nominees will be added to this database soon, please see the complete lists here.

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2008 The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community

Arena Stage, Crystal City BID, Vornado/Charles E. Smith, Marriott, Arlington County Economic Development

2008 The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company

Taffety Punk Theatre Company

2008 The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead  

Derek Jacobi

2008 The Governor's Award

Robert Davis
Henry Schalizki

2008 The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

Moises Kaufman
33 Variations  
Arena Stage
Motti Lerner
Pangs of the Messiah   
Theater J
Sarah Ruhl
Dead Man's Cell Phone  
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Eddie Sugarman
Meet John Doe  
Ford's Theatre Society
Dana Yeaton
Redshirts
Round House Theatre
Matt August
Meet John Doe  
Ford's Theatre Society
Steve Connell
The Word Begins   
Signature Theatre
Andrew Gerle
Meet John Doe  
Ford's Theatre Society

2008 The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production

She Stoops to Comedy
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Word Begins
Signature Theatre
Vigils
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Alone It Stands
The Keegan Theatre
Hamlet the rest is silence
Synetic Theater
Insurrection:  Holding History
Theater Alliance
Scenes from the Big Picture
Solas Nua

2008 Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

Justin Bohon
My Fair Lady
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Caroline Stefanie Clay
Doubt, A Parable  
The National Theatre
Tim Jerome
My Fair Lady
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Lisa Joyce
Doubt, A Parable  
The National Theatre
Timothy West
Coriolanus  
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

2008 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

Salma Qarnain
Macbeth   
Synetic Theater
Regina Marie Williams
Redshirts
Round House Theatre
Naomi Jacobson
The Unmentionables  
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Susan Kellermann
33 Variations  
Arena Stage
Sarah Marshall
As You Like It
Folger Theatre
Kate Eastwood Norris
She Stoops to Comedy
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

2008 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical

E. Faye Butler
Saving Aimee
Signature Theatre
Karlah Hamilton
The Witches of Eastwick  
Signature Theatre
Monique Midgette
The Women of Brewster Place
Arena Stage
Tracy Lynn Olivera
Merrily We Roll Along  
Signature Theatre
Lauren Williams
Into the Woods
Signature Theatre

2008 Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

J. Fred Shiffman
Vigils
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Alexander Strain
Pangs of the Messiah   
Theater J
Daniel Escobar
She Stoops to Comedy
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Philip Fletcher
Macbeth   
Synetic Theater
Rick Foucheux
Dead Man's Cell Phone  
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Peter Macon
Titus Andronicus  
Shakespeare Theatre Company

2008 Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical

Michael Arnold
Carnival!
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Christopher Bloch
Christmas Carol 1941   
Arena Stage
Joel Blum
Meet John Doe  
Ford's Theatre Society
Ed Dixon
Saving Aimee
Signature Theatre
Erik Liberman
Merrily We Roll Along  
Signature Theatre
Guy Paul
Meet John Doe  
Ford's Theatre Society

2008 Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production

Paata Tsikurishvili
Macbeth   
Synetic Theater
Irakli Kavsadze
Macbeth   
Synetic Theater