1997 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
1997 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 | Donald E. Graham, The Washington Post | |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Andrew V. Yelusich | All's Well That Ends Well |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Zack Brown | Candide |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robin Stapley | Quills |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Rosemary Pardee | The Mikado |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Martin Pakledinaz | Volpone |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Catherine Flye | Mikado |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | The Rink |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Douglas C. Wager | Candide |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Marsha A. Jackson-Randolph | Hip 2: Birth of the Boom |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Passion |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Douglas C. Wager | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Joe Banno | Cymbeline |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | JoAnne Akalaitis | Dance of Death |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Michael Kahn | Henry VI |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Thomas W. Jones | II Two Trains Running |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Howard Shalwitz | Quills |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Roger Guenveur Smith | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Alex Jennings | A Midsummer Nights Dream |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jerry Lewis | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Frederick C. Inkley | Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Bruce McIntosh | Fixin' to Die: A Visit to the Mind of Lee Atwater |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ntare Mwine | Nomathemba |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Paul Binotto | Candide |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Thomas W. Jones, II | Hip 2: Birth of the Boom |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Steve Cramer | Mikado |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Lewis Cleale | Passion |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Michael Sharp | Side by Side by Sondheim |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jerry Whiddon | An Almost Holy Picture |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Edward Gero | Broken Glass |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Henry Strozier | Dance of Death |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Floyd King | Quills |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jon Tindle | Talking Heads |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | David Fendig | Travesties |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Valerie Wright | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Lizan Mitchell | Having Our Say |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Micki Grant | Having Our Say |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Uta Hagen | Mrs. Klein |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Cee-Cee Harshaw | Nomathemba |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Irene Malloy | Whistle Down the WInd |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Rebecca Baxter | Candide |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Anne Kanengeiser | Passion |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Anita Hollander | The Fifth Season |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Patricia Pearce | The Rink |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Sherri L. Edelen | Rink |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Eileen Ward | The Mikado |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | Better Living |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Pamela Nyberg | Blithe Spirit |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Phylicia Rashad | Blues for an Alabama Sky |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Michelle Shupe | Cymbeline |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Helen Carey | Henry VI |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jane Beard | One Shoe Off |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | The Obituary Bowl |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | James F. Ingalls | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | Broken Glass |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Ayun Fedorcha | La Chunga |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | Passion |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Marianne Meadows | Quills |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Jennifer Tipton | Dance of Death |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Nomathemba |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Warner Theatre | Stomp |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Candide |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Studio Theatre | Hip 2: Birth of the Boom |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Interact Theatre Company | Mikado |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Passion |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Rink |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | African Continuum Theatre Company and Everyday Theatre | Torn From the Headlines |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Henry VI |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Quills |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | Two Trains Running |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Volpone |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Michael Yeargan | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Broken Glass |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | John Conklin | Dance of Death |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Daniel Conway | subUrbia |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Bruce Odland | Dance of Death |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Scott Burgess | Quills |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Rob Milburn | The Miser |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David Maddox | The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Daniel Schrader | Cymbeline |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Wallace Acton | Henry VI |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Wallace Acton, Ted van Griethuysen | Volpone |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | J. Fred Shiffman | The Miser |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Donald Griffin Two | Trains Running |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Philip Goodwin | Volpone |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Lisa Newman-Williams | A Cheever Evening |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Mary Teresa Fortuna, Mary Teresa Fortuna | Quills |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Deidrie N. Henry | Blues for an Alabama Sky |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Megan Morgan | Four Dogs and A Bone |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Helen Carey | Volpone |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Desmond Barrit | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Laila Robins | Mrs. Klein |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Joseph Shabalala | Nomathemba |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Scott Wise | State Fair |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Andrea McArdle | State Fair |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Dana Krueger | Candide |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Michael Howell, Patdro Harris | Hip 2: Birth of the Boom |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Kate Kiley | The Mikado |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Resident Musical | Lawrence Redmond | The Rink |
| The American Express Tribute | Lynn Redgrave | |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Allyson Currin | Amstel in Tel Aviv |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Susan Haedicke, Monica Neagoy, Didier Rousselet | Man Who Laughs |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Barbara McConagha | The Obituary Bowl |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Ron O'Leary | They Never Said a Word |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Jennifer L. Nelson | Torn From the Headlines |
| The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service | Lawrence J. Wilker | |
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