2004 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2004 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | Capital One Financial | |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Mark Minnick | Crazy For You |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Dianne McIntyre | Crowns |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Salome |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | John Gurski | Scaramouché |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Karma Camp | Shakespeare in Hollywood |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Liz Lerman | The Mad Dancers |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Michelle Mills | Crazy For You |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Ilona Kessell | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Nick Olcott | The Mad Dancers |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | Camelot |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robert Perdziola | Follies |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jess Goldstein | Shakespeare in Hollywood |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robert Perdziola | The Rivals |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Constance Hoffman | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Molly Smith | Camelot |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Regina Taylor | Crowns |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | 110 in the Shade |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Gary Griffin | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Follies |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Toby Orenstein | Ragtime: The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kasi Campbell | Dazzle |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | John Vreeke | Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Gale Edwards | Richard III |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kyle Donnelly | Shakespeare in Hollywood |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Daniel De Raey | The Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Steven Carpenter | Thief River |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Aaron Posner | Twelfth Night of What You Will |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Richard Kind | Bounce |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Howard McGillin | Bounce |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jasper Britton | Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Steven Berkoff | Shakespeare's Villains: A Masterclass in Evil |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Lewis Cleale | 1776, A Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Bobby Smith | A Class Act |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Doug Eskew | Ain't Misbehavin', The Fats Waller Musical Show |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | John Steven | Crowley Crowns |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Joseph Dellger | Follies |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Rob McQuay | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Steven Skybell | Camelot |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Tom McKenzie | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Philip Goodwin | Play About the Baby |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Rick Foucheux | Talley's Folly |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Bruce Nelson | The Dazzle |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Marty Lodge | The Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ted van Griethuysen | The Life of Galileo |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | David Sabin | The Rivals |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Mitchell Hébert | Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Wallace Acton | Richard III |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Catherine Wreford | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Michele Pawk | Bounce |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Brenda Braxton | Chicago |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Bianca Marroquin | Chicago |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Alexandra Gilbreath | Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Jacquelyn Piro | 110 in the Shade |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Kate Suber | Camelot |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Judy McLane | Follies |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Nancy Parrish Asendorf, Eleasha Gamble | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Bernardine Mitchell | Crowns |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | E. Faye Butler Ain't Misbehavin', | The Fats Waller Musical Show |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Cooking With Elvis |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Michael Learned | Elizabeth the Queen |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Helen Hedman | Piaf |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | The Play About the Baby |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | The Rivals |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Michelle Shupe | Lady Chatterly's Lover |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Keira Naughton | Proof |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Robert Wierzel | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Chris Lee | Follies |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Dan Covey | Return to Morality |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Mark McCullough | Richard III |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Dan Covey | Slaughter City |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | 110 In the Shade |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | William Foster McDaniel | Ain't Misbehavin', The Fats Waller Musical Show |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | George Fulginiti-Shakar | Camelot |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | William F. Hubbard | Crowns |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Follies |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Christopher Youstra | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Douglas Lawler | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | 42nd Street |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Chicago |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Studio Theatre | Lackawanna Blues |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | 110 in the Shade |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | 1776, A Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Camelot |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Crowns |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Follies |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | Ragtime, The Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Theater J | alley's Folley |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Proof |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Richard III |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Rep Stage | The Dazzle |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Round House Theatre | The Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Heartbreak House |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Tony Cisek | Slaughter City |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Daniel Conway | Talley's Folly |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Richard Montgomery | The Dazzle |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Milagros Ponce de León | The Return to Morality |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Scott Burgess | Elizabeth the Queen |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Martin Desjardins | Richard III |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Chas Marsh | The Dazzle |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Neil McFadden | The Drawer Boy |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Ryan Rumery | Thief River |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Martin Desjardins | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Stephen Gregory Smith | 110 In The Shade |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Thomas Adrian Simpson | 110 In The Shade |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Harry A. Winter | 110 In the Shade |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Michael L. Forrest | 1776, A Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Matt Bogart | Camelot |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | James Moye | 110 In the Shade |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Michael Willis | Patience |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Steven Carpenter, Conrad Feininger | Philanderer |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Carlos Bustamante | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Everett Quinton | Shakespeare in Hollywood |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Lauren Williams | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Tina Fabrique | Crowns |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Toni Rae Brotons | Junie B. Jones & a Little Monkey Business |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Chanenz McQuay | Ragtime, the Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Lynda Gravátt | Crowns |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Kate Nowlin | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken | Richard III |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Emily Donahoe | Shakespeare in Hollywood |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Irina Koval | The Seagull |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Alice Ripley | Shakespeare In Hollywood |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Uzo Aduba | Translations of Xhosa |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | John Killoran | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Ray Bokhour | Chicago |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Rory Kinnear, Simon Trinder | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Patti Mariano | 42nd Street |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Neena Beber | Jump/Cut |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Kira Lallas | Translations of Xhosa |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Keith Bridges | Watching Left |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Chris Stezin | what dogs do |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Rachel Havrelock | From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beatbox Journey |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Ken Ludwig | Shakespeare in Hollywood |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Matthew Burnett | Theophilus North |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee and Gilbert Mead | Terrence McNally | |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | Betti Brown | |
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