1993 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1993 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG Peat Marwick Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | William A. Beltz | |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Robert Biederman | 2-2-Tango |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Roy Anthony Arauz | Female Hitchikers |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Linda Garner Miller | H.M.S. Pinafore |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Of Thee I Sing |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Dianne McIntyre | In Living Colors |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Lynnie Raybuck | Frankenstein-Playing With Fire |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Martin Pakledinaz | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marjorie Slaiman | Of Thee I Sing |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | The African Company Presents "Richard III" |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | The Way of the World |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Catherine Zuber | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Assasins |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Ron O'Leary | Closer Than Ever |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Joy Zinoman | Falesttoland |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Douglas C. Wager | Of Thee I Sing |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Mary Hall Surface | Tintypes |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Michael Kahn | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Howard Shalwitz | Kvetch |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Lee Mikeska Gardner | Life During Wartime |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kyle Donnelly | School for Wives |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | John Going | Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Bill Alexander | Troilus and Cressida |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Chip Esten | Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ian McKellen | Richard III |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Stacy Keach | Solitary Confinement |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Thomas W. Jones, II | The Wizard of Hip (or When in Doubt Slam Dunk) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jonathan Earl Peck | Blood Knot |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | J. Fred Shiffman | 0ttoland |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Steve Cramer | Closer Than Ever |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Patrick Cassidy | Conrack |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Gary Beach | Of Thee I Sing |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Michael L. Forrest | Tintypes |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Steve Cramer | H.M.S. Pinafore |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Tom Hulce | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jerry Whiddon | Joe Egg |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Philip Goodwin | Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Richard Bauer | School for Wives |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Henry Strozier | The Father |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Floyd King | Troilus and Cressida |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Linda Balgord | Aspects of Love |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Julie Harris | Lettice & Lovage |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Roberta Maxwell | Lettice and Lovage |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Vanita Harbour | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Charlotte Cornwell | Richard III |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Melody Kay | The Secret Garden |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Catherine Flye | "Joyce" The Music and Magic of Joyce Grenfell |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Catherine Flye | "Joyce" The Music and Magic of Joyce Grenfell |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Jane Pesci-Townsend, Pam Bierly-Stewart | Closer Than Ever |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Holly Twyford | Her Aching Heart |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Rebecca Rice | In Living Colors |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jewell Robinson | A Song at Twilight |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Cathy Simpson | Boesman and Lena |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | Elektra |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Kvetch |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Halo Wines | Mrs. Klein |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | Visit |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | In Living Colors |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | Prelude to a Kiss |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | David R. Zemmels | The Einstein Project |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | Troilus and Cressida |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | City of Angels |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Lettice & Lovage |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Center | Richard III |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Secret Garden |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Assassins |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Rose Organization | Closer Than Ever |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Source Theatre Company | Executive Leverage |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Studio Theatre | Falsettoland |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Of Thee I Sing |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Round House Theatre | Elektra |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Kvetch |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Life During Wartime |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | School for Wives |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Lou Stancari | Assasins |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Lou Stancari | Billy Nobody |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Derek McLane | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Prelude to a Kiss |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Ron Ursano | African Tourist |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Joseph B. Musumeci, Jr | Elektra |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Robin M. Heath | Father with The Stronger |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Adam Wernick | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Jens McVoy | The Einstein Project |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Susan R. White | The Visit |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Romain Fruge | 0ttoland |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Buzz Mauro | Assasins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Sean Baldwin | Assassins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Michael L. Forrest | Cabaret |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Richard Bauer | Of Thee I Sing |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Nick Olcott | Faith Healer |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Ted van Griethuysen | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Rob Leo Roy | Kvetch |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Floyd King | The Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Teagle F. Bougere | Trinidad Sisters |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Donna Migliaccio | Assasins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Donna Lillard | Assassins |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Ella Mitchell | Conrack |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | La Shayla Logan | Conrack |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Ann Johnson | Falesttoland |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Francesca Buller | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | June Hansen | Joe Egg |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Carol Monda | Morticians In Love |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Roz Fox | Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Gillian Holt | Table Settings |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Carolyn Pasquantonio | The Miracle Worker |
| The American Express Tribute | Stephen Sondheim | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Consenting Adults Theatre Company, Source Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Drury L. Pifer | African Tourist |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Stanley Rutherford | Billy Nobody |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Christi Stewart-Brown | Morticians In Love |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Lucy Tom Lehrer | Those Sweet Caresses |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Christi Stewart-Brown | Three More Sisters Consenting Adults Theatre Company |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Source Theatre Company, in recognition of The Washington Theatre Festival, Source Theatre Company, in recognition of The Washington Theatre Festival | |
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