1995 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1995 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 | Fannie Mae and James A. Johnson | |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Howard Vincent Kurtz | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Reggie Ray | God's Trombones |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jess Goldstein | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | The Odyssey |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | The Revenger's Comedies |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Mike Malone | God's Trombones |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | David H. Bell | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Catherine Flye | Iolanthe |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Wings |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Nick Olcott | All in the Timing |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Heather McDonald | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Lee Mikeska Gardner, Howard Shalwitz | Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Michael Kahn | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Douglas C. Wager | The Revengers Comedies |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Raul Aranas | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Charles Cioffi | Sisters Rosensweig |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joe Sears, Jaston Williams | The Foreigner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Steve Isaacs | The Who's Tommy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Brion Dinges | Capote at Yaddo (A Very Gay Little Musical) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Ross Lehman | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Pedro Porro, Michael L. Forrest | Iolanthe |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Pedro Porro | The Sweet Revenge of Luisa May |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Derek Smith | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Wallace Acton | Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ramon Melindez Moses | Otabenga |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Rob Leo Roy | The Food Chain |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Robert Prosky | The Price |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jon Tindle | The Swan |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jerry Whiddon | Who's Afraid of Viginia Woolf? |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Eileen Atkins | A Room of One's Own |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Lynn Redgrave | Shakespeare for My Father |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Caroline Aaron | Sisters Rosensweig |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Suzanne Burden | Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Jennifer Paz | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | April Harr, Donna Lillard Migliaccio | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Barbara McCullough | The Sweet Revenge of Louisa May |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Dana Krueger | Wings |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Karen Culliver | Sweet Revenge of Louisa May |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jane Beard | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Ruby Dee | Flyin' West |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Lee Mikeska Gardner | Patient A |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Ellen Karas | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nobu McCarthy | The Wash |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | Who's Afarid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Nancy Schertler | A Small World |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Martha Mountain | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | Someone Who'll Watch Over Me |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | The Odyssey |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Arena Stage | A Room of One's Own |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Ford's Theatre | Shakespeare for My Father |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Who's Tommy |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Interact Theatre | Company Iolanthe |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | DC ART/WORKS | God's Trombones |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Wings |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Theater of the First Amendment | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Price |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Revengers' Comedies |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Lou Stancari | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Loy Arcenas | Misalliance |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Some Who'll Watch Over Me |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Derek McLane | The Doctor's Dilemma |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Night of the Iguana |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Mark K. Anduss | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David E. Smith | The Revengers Comedies |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Neil McFadden | The Swan |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Richard Woodbury | Wings |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Anthony Bryan | God's Trombones |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Lawrence Hamilton | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Christopher Flint | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Wallace Acton | Wings |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Steve Cramer | Iolanthe |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Jason Kravits | All In The Timing |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Edward Gero | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | David Sabin | Henry IV |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | T J Edwards | Misalliance |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Rainn Wilson | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Loretta Devine, Robin Baxter | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Megan Lawrence | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Beth Clark | Iolanthe |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Suzanne Genz | Wings |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Dream of a Common Language |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Mary Tucker | Jeffery |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | June Hansen | Revengers' Comedies |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | The Revengers' Comedies |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Roz Fox | Wedding Band |
| The American Express Tribute | Julie Harris | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Mustapha Matura | A Small World |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Diane Ney | Great Hunger |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | John Strand | Otabenga |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Chris White | Rhythms |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Nicky Silver | The Food Chain |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Howard Shalwitz, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | |
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