2006 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2006 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community | American Airlines | |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Ilona Kessell | Beauty and the Beast |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Dracula (World Premiere) |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Jason and the Argonauts |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Kathleen Akerley, Jonathon Church, Adrienne Nelson | shkspr prjct |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Michael John Casey | shkspr prjct |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Kip Pierson | Shkspr Prjct |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Christopher Gallu | shkspr prjct |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Melissa-Leigh Douglass | shkspr prjct |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Beth Wilmurt | The Death of Meyerhold |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Karma Camp | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Scott Kerns | shkspr prjct |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Rosemary Pardee | Camille |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Zack Brown | Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robert Perdziola | Lady Windermere's Fan |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Murell Horton | Lorenzaccio |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jess Goldstein | Othello |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anne Kennedy | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | James Schuette | Intimations for Saxophone |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Jeff Calhoun | Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Scot Reese | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Molly Smith | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Joe Calarco | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Joy Zinoman | A Number |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Lee Mikeska Gardner | After Ashley |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Jeremy B | Cohen Hannah and Martin |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | PJ Paparelli | columbinus (World Premiere) |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Michael Kahn | Othello |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kirk Jackson | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Rebecca Bayla Taichman | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | David Muse | The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jaston Williams, Joe Sears | Red, White and Tuna |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Ricky Jay | Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jefferson Mays | I Am My Own Wife |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Michael McElroy | Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Bill O'Brien | Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Brad Oscar | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Will Gartshore | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Will Gartshore | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Christopher B. | Corrigan Big River: The Advetures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Tom Story | A Number |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Mark Sullivan | After Ashley |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Karl Miller | columbinus |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Daniel Breaker | Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Robert Cuccioli | Lorenzaccio |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Scott Fortier | Metamorphosis |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Patrick Page | Othello |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Felix Solis | Passion Play, A Cycle |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Rick Foucheux | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ted van Griethuysen | The Clandestine Marriage |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Amy Ziff | Betty Rules, The Exception to the Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Keala Settle | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Vanessa Redgrave | Hecuba |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Kendra Kassebaum | Wicked |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Stephanie J. Block | Wicked |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Montego Glover | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Donna Migliaccio | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Erin Driscoll | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Felicia Curry | Aida |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Meg Gillentine | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Suli Holum | Born Yesterday |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Deidra LaWan Starnes | I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Erika Rose | Pretty Fire |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Sophocles' Electra |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Vivienne Shub | The American Dream |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Eunice Wong | The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | MaryBeth Wise | The Miracle Worker |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | You Are Here |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Elizabeth Rich | Hannah & Martin |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Carolyn Pasquantonio | The Miracle Worker |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Allen Lee Hughes | Comedy of Errors |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Dan Covey | Hannah & Martin |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Charlie Morrison | Oliver! |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Charlie Morrison | Othello |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Charlie Morrison | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Chris Lee | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean | Wagner Camille |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Nick DeGregorio | Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | George Fulginiti-Shakar | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Adam Wernick | Othello |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jay Crowder | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Hecuba |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | I Am My Own Wife |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Red, White and Tuna |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Studio Theatre | Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Wicked |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Big River:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Round House Theatre | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | A Number |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Round House Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, and United States Theatre Project | columbinus |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Theater J | Hannah & Martin |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre Company | Othello |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre Secondstage | The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Camille |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Tony Cisek | Hannah & Martin |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Simon Higlett | Lady Windermere's Fan |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Oliver! |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Narelle Sissons | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Richard Montgomery | The Violet Hour |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Scott Bradley | Passion Play, A Cycle |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Walt Spangler | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Martin Desjardins | columbinus (World Premiere) |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Darron L. West | Imitations For Saxaphone |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Dan Murphy | Moby Dick Rehearsed |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Martin Desjardins | Othello |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Michael Bodeen, Rob Milburn | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Bobby Smith | A Year With Frog & Toad |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Lawrence Redmond | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Harry A. Winter | Pacific Overtures |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Stephen F. Schmidt | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Christopher Bloch | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Michael Willis | After Ashley |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Steve Brady | String Fever |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Jake Suffian | Take Me Out |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Cameron McNary | The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Daniel Breaker | The Tempest |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Bruce Nelson | The Violet Hour |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Eleasha Gamble | Once on This Island |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Jennifer Andersen | Seussical |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Joanne Schmoll | The Spitfire Grill |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Rebecca A. Herron | The Sptifire Grill |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Kay Walbye | Damn Yankees |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Jenna Sokolowski | Urinetown |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Marni Penning | After Ashley |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Lindsay Allen | An Experiment with an Air Pump |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Polly Noonan | Passion Play, A Cycle |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Franca Barchiesi | The Clean House |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Colleen Delany | Othello |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | The Clean House |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Mickey Birnbaum | Big Death & Little Death |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Dianne McIntyre | Open the Door, Virginia! |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | S.M. Shephard-Massat | Starving |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Charles Randolph-Wright | Cuttin' Up |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Sarah Ruhl | Passion Play, A Cycle |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute | Jane Greenwood | |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute | Ming Cho Lee | |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | Arlene R. Kogod | |
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