2005 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2005 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | Sidney Harman | |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | David H. Bell | Children of Eden |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Kelly Parsley | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Doriana Sanchez | Señor Discretion Himself |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | The Master and Margarita |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | The Crackpots |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Ilona Kessell | Cats |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Gregg Barnes | Allegro |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Gregg Barnes | Allegro |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robert Perdziola | Cyrano |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Emilio Sosa | Señor Discretion Himself |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Mara Blumenfeld | Pericles |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Kate Turner-Walker | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Zack Brown | Importance of Being Earnest |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Allegro |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Toby Orenstein | Godspell |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Suzanne Richard | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | One Red Flower |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Charles Randolph-Wright | Señor Discretion Himself |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Kenny Leon | Tambourines to Glory |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Rob McQuay | Godspell |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kirsten Kelly | Boy Gets Girl |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Jeremy Skidmore | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Mike Chamberlin | Porcelain |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Aaron Posner | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Mary Zimmerman | Pericles |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Will Power | Flow |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ron Todorowski | Movin' Out |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | James Earl Jones | On Golden Pond |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Alan Ruck, Lewis J. Stadlen | The Producers |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Will Gartshore | Allegro |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Jason Danieley | Highest Yellow |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Rob McQuay | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Ron Curameng | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Stephen F. Schmidt | Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Kevyn Morrow | Tambourines to Glory |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Marc Kudisch | The Highest Yellow |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Stephen Lang | Beyond Glory |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | George Grizzard | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Geraint Wyn Davies | Cyrano |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Scott Fortier | Elephant Man |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Doug Brown | Our Lady of 121st Street |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Deb Filler | Filler Up! |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Holly Cruikshank | Movin' Out |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Julieta Gros | Movin' Out |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Leslie Uggams | On Golden Pond |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Darcie Roberts | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Sherri L. Edelen | Elegies, a Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Suzzanne Douglas | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Bernardine Mitchell | Mahalia, a Gospel Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Elena Shaddow | Señor Discretion Himself |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Ebony Jo-Ann | Tambourines to Glory |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Patricia Clarkson | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Grace |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Brigid Cleary | Homebody/Kabul |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Kathleen Coons | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Megan Anderson | Seagull |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Gin Hammond | Syringa Tree |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Laiona Michelle | Yellowman |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Howell Binkley | Cyrano |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Tim Mitchell | Henry IV, Part 1 |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Tim Mitchell | Henry IV, Part 2 |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Dan Covey | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Dan Covey | Merlin and the Cave of Dreams |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | T.J. Gerckens | Pericles |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Allegro |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Elegies, A Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Christopher Youstra | Godspell |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | William Knowles | Tambourines to Glory |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | The Highest Yellow |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Rorschach Theatre | A Tale of a Tiger |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Studio Theatre | Flow |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Movin' Out |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | On Golden Pond |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Producers |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Allegro |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Elegies, a Song Cycle |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | Godspell |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Open Circle Theatre | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | One Red Flower |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Señor Discretion Himself |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | True Colors Theatre Company | Tambourines to Glory |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Kennedy Center | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Cyrano |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Lenny & Lou |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Theater Alliance | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre | Pericles |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Milagros Ponce de León | Boy Gets Girl |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Noone | Cyrano |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Daniel Conway | Fences |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Tony Cisek | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Martin Desjardins | Diary of Anne Frank |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Martin Desjardins | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Mark K. Anduss | Mary's Wedding |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Ron Oshima | Porcelain |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Irakli Kavsadze, Paata Tsikurishvili | The Master and Margarita |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Harry A. Winter | Allegro |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | David James | Godspell |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Rick Foucheux | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Jeffery Peterson | The Who's Tommy |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | William Hubbard | Mahalia, a Gospel Musical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | John Dow | Boy Gets Girl |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Richard Pelzman | Pericles |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | David Marks | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | David Emerson Toney | Two Trains Running |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | David Sabin | Ivanov |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Tracy Lynn Olivera | Allegro |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Tracy Lynn Olivera | Carousel |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Felicia Curry | Godspell |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Ann Duquesnay | Hallelujah, Baby! |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Margo Moorer | Tambourines to Glory |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Dana Ivey | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Lenny & Lou |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Valerie Leonard | The Elephant Man |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Zimmerman | The Matchmaker |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Craig Bockhorn | On Golden Pond |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Fred Applegate, Harry Bouvy | Producers |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Charley Izabella King | The Producers |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Lee Roy Reams | The Producers |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | John Ganun | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Kristine Bendul | Movin' Out |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Craig Wright | Grace |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Ian Cohen | Lenny & Lou |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Craig Wright | Melissa Arctic |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Charles Way | Merlin and the Cave of Dreams |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Frank Loesser | Señor Discretion Himself |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Culture Clash | Señor Discretion Himself |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee and Gilbert Mead | Jerry Herman | |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | Joy Zinoman | |
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