1994 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1994 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 | Sallie Mae | |
| Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Reggie Kelly | Five Guys Named Moe |
| Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Steve Cramer | Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Michael L. Forrest | Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Floyd King | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical | Floyd King | Show Me Where The Good Times Are |
| Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Megan Lawrence | Company |
| Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Susan Bender | Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Lorraine Serabian | Show Me Where the Good Times Are |
| Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Robin Baxter | Show Me Where the Good Times Are |
| Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical | Donna Lillard Migliaccio | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Jim Corti | Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Charles Augins | Five Guys Named Moe |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | David Leong | Julius Caeser |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Mike Malone | Spunk |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marina Draghici | It's the Truth (If You Think It Is) |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Rosemary Pardee | Lend Me a Tenor |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Tom Broecker | Richard II |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Reggie Ray | Spunk |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Howard Vincent Kurtz | Strindberg in Hollywood |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Theresa Chevine | Vampires Lesbians of Sodom and Sleeping Beauty or Coma |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical | Joe Mantello | 3 Hotels |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical | Jerry Zaks | Guys and Dolls |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical | Jerry Zaks | Six Degrees of Separation |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical | Warner Shook | The Kentucky Cycle |
| Outstanding Director, Non-Resident Play or Musical | Scott Ellis | World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Kyle Donnelly | Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Michael Kahn | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Catherine Flye | Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Van Riley | Porcelain |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Ron Himes | Spunk |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Production | Eric Schaeffer, Dorothy Neumann | Unidentified Human Remains and the 1 Nature of Love |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ron Rifkin | 3 Hotels |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Lewis J. Stadlen | Guys and Dolls |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | William H. Macy | Oleanna |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Stacy Keach | The Kentucky Cycle |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joel Blum | World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Hugo Medrano | El Baso De la Mujer Arana |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Hugh Nees | La Bete |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Doug Brown | Mooi Street Moves |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Richard Thomas | Richard II |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ken Ruta | Shadowlands |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Wallace Acton | Unidentified Human Remains and the 1 Nature of Love |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Melissa Errico | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Marlo Thomas | Six Degrees of Separation |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Valerie Wright | The World Goes Round |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Debra Monk | 3 Hotels |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | Criminals In Love |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Kerry Waters | Free Will and Wanton Lust |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Pat Carroll | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Catherine Flye | Shirley Valentine |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Amy Waddell | Spunk |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Deirdre Kelly Lavrakas, Kim Peter Kovac | El Beso de la Mujer Arana |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Kim Peter Kovac | Our Country's God |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel Schrader | Two Rooms |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | 3 Hotels |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Guys and Dolls |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Kentucky Cycle |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Six Degrees of Separation |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | World Goes 'Round |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Five Guys Named Moe |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Interact Theatre Company | Pirates of Penzance |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Olney Theatre | Show Me Where the Good Times Are |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Free Will and Wanton Lust |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Consenting Adults Theatre Company | Porcelain |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Richard II |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Signature Theatre | Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Criminals in Love |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Linda Buchanan | Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Wolk | Lettice and Lovage |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | The Caretaker |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Russell Metheny | The Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | F. Hallinan Flood | Julius Caesar |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | George Fulginiti-Shakar | Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Rob Milburn | Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Robin M. Heath, David Maddox | Edward II |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Keith Thomas | Julius Ceasar |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Maddox | Porcelain |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Adam Wernick | Richard III |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Bob Amaral | Brothers Karamazov |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Jason Kravits | Free Will and Wanton Lust |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Philip Goodwin | Julius Caesar |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Kryztov Lindquist | La Bete |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Edward Gero | Richard II |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | John Neville-Andrews | Shadowlands |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Kate Buddeke | Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Free Will and Wanton Lust |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | It's the Truth (If You Think It Is) |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Mary Vreeland | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Mary Tucker | Red Scare on Sunset |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | Summer and Smoke |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Lillian Garrett-Groag | Kentucky Cycle |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Paxton Whitehead | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Jeanne Paulsen | The Kentucky Cycle |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Jacob (Tuck) Milligan | The Kentucky Cycle |
| The American Express Tribute | Jane Alexander | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Janusz Glowacki | Antigone in New York |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Nicky Silver | Free Will and Wanton Lust |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Harry Kondoleon | Half Off |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Aubrey Wertheim | Make Way for Dyklings |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Karen L.B. Evans | My Girlish Days |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Drury L. Pifer | Strindberg in Hollywood |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Edward M. Felegy | |
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