1985 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1985 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Hayes Humanitarian Award | Margaret Rockwell Pfanstiehl | |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Laura Crow | Cloud Nine |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Happy End |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anne Hould-Ward | King Lear |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Man and Superman |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | John Carver Sullivan | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jared Aswegan | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Gary Pearle | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Douglas C. Wager | Man and Superman |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Joy Zinoman | My Sister in This House |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Elinor Renfield | Passion Play |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Elizabeth Swados | The Beautiful Lady |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Dorothy Neumann | Top Girls |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Derek Jacobi | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Joe Sears | Greater Tuna |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Charles Adler | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | James Whitmore | Will Rogers, U.S.A |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Percy Mtwa | Woza, Albert! |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production | Mbongeni Ngema | Woza, Albert! |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Kevin Donovan | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | Enter a Free Man |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Stanley Anderson | Lydie Breeze |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Francois de la Giroday | Man and Superman |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production | Tom Toner | The Gin Game |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Diane Fratantoni | Cats |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Sinead Cusack | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Kaye Ballard | Hey, Ma ... Kaye Ballard |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Lenka Peterson | Quilters |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production | Sally Struthers | The Odd Couple |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Halo Wines | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Marcia Gay Harden | Crimes of the Heart |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Mikel Lambert | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Sarah Marshall | My Sister in This House |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Karen Trott | The Beautiful Lady |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production | Mary Ellen Nester | Top Girls |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Frances Aronson | Happy End |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Stuart Duke | King Lear |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Lydie Breeze |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | My Sister in This House |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | Passion Play |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Frances Aronson | The Tempest |
| Outstanding New Play | New Playwrights' Theatre | Burial Customs |
| Outstanding New Play | New Playwrights' Theatre | The Beautiful Lady |
| Outstanding New Play | Source Theatre | The Shady Side |
| Outstanding Resident Production | New Playwrights' Theatre | Beautiful Lady |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Resident Production | New Playwrights' Theatre | Lydie Breeze |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Arena Stage | Man and Superman |
| Outstanding Resident Production | Studio Theatre | My Sister in This House |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Arnone | Happy End |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | King Lear |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | William Barclay | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | My Sister in This House |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Loren Sherman | Passion Play |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Mark Hammer | Cloud 9 |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Scott Harlan | Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Floyd King | King Lear |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Steven Dawn | Lydie Breeze |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | Richard Bauer | Man and Superman |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production | John Leonard | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Peggy Cosgrave | Crimes of the Heart |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Brigid Cleary | Enter a Free Man |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Tami Tappan | Lydie Breeze |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Barbara Klein | Top Girls |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production | Elizabeth DuVall | Wake of Jamey Foster |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Sal Mistretta | Cats |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Pete Postlethwaite | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Clarence Fountain | Gospel at Colonus |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Frank Oliver | Sugar Babies |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production | Estelle Getty | Torch Song Trilogy |
| Outstanding Touring Production | National Theatre | Cats |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Kennedy Center | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Arena Stage | Foolsfire |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Arena Stage | Gospel at Colonus |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Kennedy Center | Quilters |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Warner Theatre | Torch Song Trilogy |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Lewis Folden | Lydie Breeze |
| The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre | Lady Marjorie Wright | |
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