2008 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2008 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Karma Camp | The Witches of Eastwick |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Hamlet ... the rest is silence |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | The Fall of the House of Usher |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Matthew Gardiner | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Eric Lucas | Alone It Stands |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Christopher D'Amboise | The Studio |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anastasia Ryurikov Simes | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Reggie Ray | Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Paul Tazewell | Carnival! |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Jennifer Moeller | Tamburlaine |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Murell Horton | Edward II |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Molly Smith | The Women of Brewster Place |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Lawrence B. Munsey | Titanic The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Ryan Christie | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Toby Orenstein | Titanic The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Keith Alan Baker | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Matthew Gardiner | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | The Witches of Eastwick |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Meet John Doe |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Pam MacKinnon | The Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Timothy Douglas | Insurrection: Holding History |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Howard Shalwitz | She Stoops to Comedy |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Rebecca Bayla Taichman | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Serge Seiden Souvenir, | A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Rebecca Bayla Taichman | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Howard Shalwitz | She Stoops to Comedy |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Paata Tsikurishvili | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Shirley Serotsky | References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Chris McGarry | Doubt, A Parable |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Robert McClure | Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Christopher Cazenove | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Bill Irwin | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Daniel Beaty | Emergence-See! |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Will Gartshore | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Bobby Smith | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Lawrence Redmond | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Bobby Smith | The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Andrew Sonntag | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Marc Kudisch | The Witches of Eastwick |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Michael Russotto | She Stoops to Comedy |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Christopher Innvar | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Arnie Burton | I Am My Own Wife |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Irakli Kavsadze | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | James Brown-Orleans | My Children! My Africa! |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Charles H. Hyman | The Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Edward Gero | Shining City |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | J. Fred Shiffman | Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Cherry Jones | Doubt, A Parable |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Janet Suzman | Coriolanus |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Karen Kandel | Mabou Mines' Peter and Wendy |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Lisa O'Hare | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Kelli Sawyer | Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Heidi Blickenstaff | Meet John Doe |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Carolee Carmello | Saving Aimee |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Harriett D. Foy | The Women of Brewster Place |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Marva Hicks | The Women of Brewster Place |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Tina Fabrique | Ella |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Jessica Francis Dukes | Spunk |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Donna Migliaccio | The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Vigils |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Mary Beth Peil | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Irina Tsikurishvili | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Gabriela Fernandez Coffey | References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Nancy Robinette | Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Polly Noonan | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | David Lander | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Charlie Morrison | Richard III |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | The Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Rui Rita | Meet John Doe |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Christopher Youstra | Titanic The Musical |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Dan Kazemi | The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | The Witches of Eastwick |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | William Foster McDaniel | The Women of Brewster Place |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Doubt, A Parable |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Arena Stage | Emergence-See! |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Meet John Doe |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | The Studio Theatre 2ndStage | Reefer Madness: The Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | The Witches of Eastwick |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | The Women of Brewster Place |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | Titanic, The Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Hamlet the rest is silence |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | She Stoops to Comedy |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre Company | Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Signature Theatre | Word Begins |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Robin Stapley | Crime and Punishment |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Marie Anne Chiment | I Am My Own Wife |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Joseph B. Musumeci | Jr. The Weir |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Anastasia Ryurikov Simes | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Narelle Sissons | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Neil Patel | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Derek McLane | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Lee Savage | Richard III |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Irakli Kavsadze | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Mark K. Anduss | Tiny Alice |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Ryan Rumery | Vigils |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Paata Tsikurishvili | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Matthew M. Nielson | Nest |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Gil Thompson | Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Jeremy Lee | The Studio |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Matthew M. Nielson | The Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Christopher Bloch | Christmas Carol 1941 |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Guy Paul | Meet John Doe |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Ed Dixon | Saving Aimee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Michael Arnold | Carnival! |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Erik Liberman | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Joel Blum | Meet John Doe |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Philip Fletcher | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Alexander Strain | Pangs of the Messiah |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Peter Macon | Titus Andronicus |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | J. Fred Shiffman | Vigils |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Rick Foucheux | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Daniel Escobar | She Stoops to Comedy |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Lauren Williams | Into the Woods |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Karlah Hamilton | The Witches of Eastwick |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | E. Faye Butler | Saving Aimee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Tracy Lynn Olivera | Merrily We Roll Along |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Monique L. Midgette | The Women of Brewster Place |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | As You Like It |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Salma Qarnain | Macbeth |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Susan Kellermann | 33 Variations |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Kate Eastwood Norris | She Stoops to Comedy |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Regina Marie | Williams Redshirts |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | The Unmentionables |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Lisa Joyce | Doubt, A Parable |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Justin Bohon | My Fair Lady |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Timothy West | Coriolanus |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Caroline Stefanie Clay | Doubt, A Parable |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Tim Jerome | My Fair Lady |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production | Keegan Theatre | Alone It Stands |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production | Synetic Theater | Hamlet the rest is silence |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production | Theater Alliance | Insurrection: Holding History |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production | Solas Nua | Scenes from the Big Picture |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Vigils |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Production | Signature Theatre | Word Begins |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Andrew Gerle | Meet John Doe |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Sarah Ruhl | Dead Man's Cell Phone |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Matt August | Meet John Doe |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Dana Yeaton | Redshirts |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Steve Connell | The Word Begins |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Motti Lerner | Pangs of the Messiah |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Eddie Sugarman | Meet John Doe |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Moises Kaufman | 33 Variations |
| The Governor's Award | Robert Davis | Macbeth |
| The Governor's Award | Henry Schalizki | |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute | Derek Jacobi | |
| The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company | Taffety Punk Theatre Company | |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | The alliance of Arena Stage, the Crystal City BID, Vornado/ Charles E. Smith, Marriott, and Arlington County Economic Development | |
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