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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1985 Helen Hayes Humanitarian Award

Margaret Rockwell Pfanstiehl

1985 Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Laura Crow
Cloud Nine  
Arena Stage
Anne Hould-Ward
King Lear
Folger Theatre
Marjorie Slaiman
Man and Superman  
Arena Stage
Marjorie Slaiman
Happy End
Arena Stage
John Carver Sullivan
Much Ado About Nothing
Folger Theatre
Jared Aswegan
The Tempest
Arena Stage

1985 Outstanding Director, Resident Production

Joy Zinoman
My Sister in This House
Studio Theatre
Dorothy Neumann
Top Girls
Horizons Theatre
Gary Pearle
Cloud 9   
Arena Stage
Elinor Renfield
Passion Play
Arena Stage
Elizabeth Swados
The Beautiful Lady  
New Playwrights' Theatre
Douglas C. Wager
Man and Superman  
Arena Stage

1985 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production

Derek Jacobi
Cyrano de Bergerac  
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Percy Mtwa
Woza, Albert!  
Arena Stage
Mbongeni Ngema
Woza, Albert!  
Arena Stage
Joe Sears
Greater Tuna
Ford's Theatre Society
James Whitmore
Will Rogers, U.S.A.
Ford's Theatre Society
Charles Adler
Torch Song Trilogy
Warner Theatre

1985 Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production

Tom Toner
The Gin Game
Olney Theatre Center
Stanley Anderson
Lydie Breeze
New Playwrights' Theatre
Richard Bauer
Enter a Free Man  
Olney Theatre Center
Kevin Donovan
Cloud 9   
Arena Stage
Francois de la Giroday
Man and Superman  
Arena Stage

1985 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production

Diane Fratantoni
Cats
The National Theatre
Lenka Peterson
Quilters  
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Sally Struthers
The Odd Couple
The National Theatre
Kaye Ballard
Hey, Ma ... Kaye Ballard
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Sinead Cusack
Cyrano de Bergerac  
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

1985 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production

Karen Trott
The Beautiful Lady  
New Playwrights' Theatre
Marcia Gay Harden
Crimes of the Heart
Olney Theatre Center
Halo Wines
Cloud 9   
Arena Stage
Mikel Lambert
Much Ado About Nothing
Folger Theatre
Sarah Marshall
My Sister in This House
Studio Theatre
Mary Ellen Nester
Top Girls
Horizons Theatre

1985 Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Frances Aronson
Happy End
Arena Stage
Frances Aronson
The Tempest
Arena Stage
Stuart Duke
King Lear
Folger Theatre
Allen Lee Hughes
Passion Play
Arena Stage
Nancy Schertler
Lydie Breeze
New Playwrights' Theatre
Daniel MacLean Wagner
My Sister in This House
Studio Theatre

1985 Outstanding New Play

The Shady Side
Source Theatre Company
The Beautiful Lady
New Playwrights' Theatre
Burial Customs
New Playwrights' Theatre

1985 Outstanding Resident Production

My Sister in This House
Studio Theatre
Cloud 9
Arena Stage
Man and Superman
Arena Stage
Beautiful Lady
New Playwrights' Theatre
Lydie Breeze
New Playwrights' Theatre

1985 Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

Lewis Folden
Lydie Breeze
New Playwrights' Theatre