2003 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2003 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | Michael Kaiser | |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Host and Guest |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Mark Minnick | Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Baayork Lee | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Kelly Parsley | Tales from Ovid |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Sam Elmore | Tales from Ovid |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Ilona Kessell | The Jazz Singer |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Alessandra D'Ovidio | La Verdad Sospechosa |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Mariana Fernandez | La Verdad Sospechosa |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Marie Schneggenburger, Jelena Vukmirovic | Mississippi Pinocchio |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Catherine Zuber | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robert Perdziola | The Duchess of Malfi |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Deborah M. Dryden | The Misanthrope |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Catherine Zuber | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | he Gospel According to Fishman |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Sunday in the Park with George |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Toby Orenstein | Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Kyle Donnelly | Polk County |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Molly Smith | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Christopher Ashley | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | John Vreeke | Born Guilty |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Paata Tsikurishvili | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Paata Tsikurishvili | Host and Guest |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Joy Zinoman | Prometheus |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Doug Hughes | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Nick Olcott | The Weir |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Len Cariou | Copenhagen |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Judd Hirsch | I'm Not Rappaport |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Justin Bond | Kiki & Herb in Pardon Our Appearance |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | John Epperson | Lypsinka! The Boxed Set |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Man of La Mancha |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | John Barrowman | Company |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Rick Hammerly | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Russell Sunday | Jekyll and Hyde The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Raul Esparza | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Patrick O'Neill | Bat Boy: The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ted Koch | 1 West |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Doug Brown | Hambone |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Rick Foucheux | Oleanna |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Gerry Bamman | Shakespeare, Moses, and Joe Papp |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Christopher Lane | The Swan |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Jon Cohn | Taste of Fire |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Paulette Ivory | Aida |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Mariette Hartley | Copenhagen |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Barbara Cook | Mostly Sondheim |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Sarah Jones | Surface Transit |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Alice Ripley | Tell Me on a Sunday |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Janine Gulisano | Jekyll & Hyde The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Harriett D. Foy | Polk County |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Kate Baldwin | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Melissa Errico | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Christine Baranski | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | E. Faye Butler | The Gospel According to Fishman |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford | Oleanna |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Lee Mikeska Gardner | Taste of Fire |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | The Belle of Amherst |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Kelly McGillis | The Duchess of Malfi |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford | The Shape of Things |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Kamilah Forbes | Chain |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nance Williamson | The Misanthrope |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Amy Appleyard | Duchess of Malfi |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Chris Lee | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Jonathan Blandin | Weir |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Gospel According to Fishman |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Dan Sticco | Bat Boy: The Musical |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jonathan Tunick | Company |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Stephen Wade | Polk County |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | George Fulginiti-Shakar | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Rob Berman | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Larry Blank | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Paul Raiman | The Gospel According to Fishman |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Copenhagen |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Full Monty |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Studio Theatre | Lypsinka! The Boxed Set |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Mamma Mia! |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Man of La Mancha |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Gospel According to Fishman |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | Jekyll & Hyde The Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Polk County |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Kennedy Center | Sunday in the Park With George |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Kennedy Center | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Theater J | Born Guilty |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Host and Guest |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Theatre | She Stoops to Conquer |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Round House Theatre | Weir |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Loy Arcenas | 1 West |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Debra Booth | Hambone |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Shakespeare, Moses, and Joe Papp |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Walt Spangler | The Duchess of Malfi |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Hugh Landwehr | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Paata Tsikurishvili | Host and Guest |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | David McKeever | The After-Dinner Joke and Scotland Road |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Adam Wernick | The Diaries |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Scott Burgess | Knoyugogh |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Scott Burgess | Othello |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Ted L. Levy | Hot Mikado |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Clinton Derricks-Carroll | Polk County |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Lawrence Redmond, Brad Anderson | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Mark Price | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | J. Fred Shiffman | Privates on Parade! |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Robert Hogan | A Moon for the Misbegotten |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Donald Carrier | Duchess of Malfi |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Bruce Nelson | Faith Healer |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Michael Ray Escamilla | Recent Tragic Events |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Andrew Long | The Duchess of Malfi |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | David Sabin | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Lauri Kraft | Bat Boy: The Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Mariani Ebert | Brasil: as coisas do samba |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Alice Ripley | Company |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Ta'Rea Campbell | Gospel According to Fishman |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Perri Gaffney | Polk County |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Lori Tan Chinn | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Menchu Esteban, Menchu Esteban | La Verdad Sospechosa |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Catherine Flye | She Stoops to Conquer |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | The Little Foxes |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Dori Legg | Recent Tragic Events |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Susan Lynskey | The Laramie Project |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Cleavant Derricks | Full Monty, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Kenny Mellman | Kiki & Herb in Pardon Our Appearance |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Mary Ellen Mahoney | Mamma Mia! |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Carol Woods | The Full Monty, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Kelli Fournier | Aida |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Norman Allen | Christmas Carol Rag |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Thomas W. Jones | Harlem Rose, A Love Song to Langston Hughes |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | David Maddox | Mississippi Pinnochio |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Mary Hall Surface | Mississippi Pinnochio |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Dorothy Waring | Polk Country |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Stephen Wade | Polk Country |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Zora Neale Hurston | Polk County |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Thomas W. Jones, II | Three Sistahs |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical | Richard Oberacker | The Gospel According to Fishman |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Allyson Currin | Church of the Open Mind |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Joshua Ford | Miklat |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Craig Wright | Recent Tragic Events |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Ernie Joselovitz | Shakespeare, Moses, and Joe Papp |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | Paul Donnelly | Taste of Fire |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play | John Strand | The Diaries |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | Lockheed Martin Corporation | |
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