2005 Helen Hayes Award Nominations Announced

by BWW News Desk Mar. 1, 2005

The Helen Hayes Awards honor achievement, celebrate, and promote the Washington D.C. professional theatre.

The annual presentation of The Helen Hayes Awards, is presented at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and this event brings together some of the most notable fixtures in American Theatre with Washington's social and corporate giants. The awards will be announced on May 9.

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

Fred Applegate, The Producers, The Kennedy Center
Kristine Bendul, Movin' Out, The National Theatre
Craig Bockhorn, On Golden Pond, The Kennedy Center
Harry Bouvy, The Producers, The Kennedy Center
John Ganun, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Kennedy Center
Charley Izabella King, The Producers, The Kennedy Center
Lee Roy Reams, The Producers, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond, The Kennedy Center
Will Power, Flow, The Studio Theatre
Alan Ruck, The Producers, The Kennedy Center
Lewis J. Stadlen, The Producers, The Kennedy Center
Ron Todorowski, Movin' Out, The National Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

Holly Cruikshank, Movin' Out, The Kennedy Center
Deb Filler, Filler Up!, MetroStage
Julieta Gros, Movin' Out, The Kennedy Center
Darcie Roberts, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Kennedy Center
Leslie Uggams, On Golden Pond,The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Non-Resident Production

A Tale of a Tiger, Rorschach Theatre
Flow, The Studio Theatre
Movin' Out, The National Theatre
On Golden Pond, The Kennedy Center
The Producers, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical

Rick Foucheux, Jesus Christ Superstar, Open Circle Theatre
William Hubbard, Mahalia, a Gospel Musical, MetroStage
David James, Godspell, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Jeffery Peterson, The Who's Tommy, The Studio Theatre Secondstage
Harry A. Winter, Allegro, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical

Felicia Curry, Godspell, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Ann Duquesnay, Hallelujah, Baby!, Arena Stage and George Street Playhouse
Margo Moorer, Tambourines to Glory, True Colors Theatre Company
Tracy Lynn Olivera, Carousel, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
Tracy Lynn Olivera, Allegro, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

John Dow, Boy Gets Girl, Theater Alliance
David Marks, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Studio Theatre
Richard Pelzman, Pericles, TThe Shakespeare Theatre
David Sabin, Ivanov, The Studio Theatre
David Toney, Two Trains Running, The African Continuum Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

Dana Ivey, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Kennedy Center
Valerie Leonard, The Elephant Man, Catalyst Theater Company
Jennifer Mendenhall, Lenny & Lou, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Holly Twyford, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Folger Theatre
Sarah Zimmerman, The Matchmaker, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Play or Musical

Mark Anduss, Mary's Wedding, Theater Alliance
Martin Desjardins, The Diary of Anne Frank, Round House Theatre
Martin Desjardins, Macbeth, The Shakespeare Theatre
Irakli Kavsadze and Paata Tsikurishvili , The Master and Margarita, Synetic-Classika Theatre
Ron Oshima, Porcelain, Tsunami Theatre Company

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Play or Musical

Gregg Barnes, Allegro, Signature Theatre
Zack Brown, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arena Stage
Mara Blumenfeld, Pericles, The Shakespeare Theatre
Robert Perdziola, Cyrano, The Shakespeare Theatre
Emilio Sosa, Señor Discretion Himself, Arena Stage
Kate Turner-Walker, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Play Or Musical

Howell Binkley, Cyrano, The Shakespeare Theatre
Dan Covey, Mary's Wedding, Theater Alliance
Dan Covey, Merlin and the Cave of Dreams, Imagination Stage
T.J. Gerckens, Pericles, The Shakespeare Theatre
Tim Mitchell, Henry IV, Part 1, The Shakespeare Theatre
Tim Mitchell, Henry IV, Part 2, The Shakespeare Theatre
Daniel MacLean Wagner, The Diary of Anne Frank,Round House Theatre

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Play Or Musical

Tony Cisek, Mary's Wedding, Theater Alliance
Daniel Conway, Fences, Round House Theatre
James Kronzer, The Diary of Anne Frank, Round House Theatre
James Noone, Cyrano, The Shakespeare Theatre
Richard Montgomery, The Dazzle, Rep Stage
Milagros Ponce de León, Boy Gets Girl, Theater Alliance

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Play or Musical

David H. Bell, Children of Eden, Ford's Theatre
Ilona Kessell, Cats, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Kelly Parsley, Mary's Wedding, Theater Alliance
Doriana Sanchez, Señor Discretion Himself, Arena Stage
Irina Tsikurishvili, The Crackpots, Synetic Theater
Irina Tsikurishvili, The Master and Margarita, Synetic-Classika Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Play or Musical

Jon Kalbfleisch, Elegies, a Song Cycle, Signature Theatre
Jon Kalbfleisch, Allegro, Signature Theatre
Jon Kalbfleisch, The Highest Yellow, Signature Theatre
William Knowles, Tambourines to Glory, True Colors Theatre Company
Christopher Youstra, Godspell, Toby's Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical

Ron Curameng, Miss Saigon, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Jason Danieley, The Highest Yellow, Signature Theatre
Will Gartshore, Allegro, Signature Theatre
Marc Kudisch, The Highest Yellow, Signature Theatre
Rob McQuay, Jesus Christ Superstar, Open Circle Theatre
Kevyn Morrow, Tambourines to Glory, True Colors Theatre Company
Stephen F. Schmidt, Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical

Suzz Anne Douglas, Hallelujah, Baby!, Arena Stage and George Street Playhouse
Sherri L. Edelen, Elegies, a Song Cycle, Signature Theatre
Ebony Jo-Ann, Tambourines to Glory, True Colors Theatre Company
Bernardine Mitchell, Mahalia, a Gospel Musical, MetroStage
Elena Shaddow, Señor Discretion Himself, Arena Stage

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical

Kenny Leon, Tambourines to Glory, True Colors Theatre Company
Toby Orenstein and Rob McQuay, Godspell, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Charles Randolph-Wright, Señor Discretion Himself, Arena Stage
Suzanne Richard, Jesus Christ Superstar, Open Circle Theatre
Eric Schaeffer, Allegro, Signature Theatre
Eric Schaeffer, One Red Flower, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Resident Musical

Allegro, Signature Theatre
Elegies: A Song Cycle, Signature Theatre
Godspell, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar, Open Circle Theatre
One Red Flower, Signature Theatre
Señor Discretion Himself, Arena Stage
Tambourines to Glory, True Colors Theatre Company

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

Craig Wright, Grace, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Ian Cohen, Lenny & Lou, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Craig Wright, Melissa Arctic, Folger Theatre
Charles Way, Merlin and the Cave of Dreams, Imagination Stage
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser Book by Frank Loesser and Culture Clash, Señor Discretion Himself, Arena Stage