2010 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2010 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Ben Cunis | Dracula |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Meisha Bosma | Fever/Dream |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Carina Losano | Momia en el closet: The Return of Eva Perón |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Maurice Hines | Cool Papa's Party |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Dante |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Dracula |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Alejo Vietti | A Christmas Carol |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anastasia Ryurikov Simes | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anastasia Ryurikov Simes | Dante |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Robert Perdziola | Design for Living |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Santo Loquasto, Jimm Halliday | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Linda Cho | The Dog in the Manger |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Norah Worthington | Wittenberg |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Thomas W. Jones, II | Cool Papa's Party |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Marcia Milgrom Dodge | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Mark A. Rhea, Susan Marie Rhea | Rent |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Jeff Calhoun | The Civil War |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Amanda Dehnert | The Fantasticks |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Paata Tsikurishvili | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Jeremy Skidmore | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Aaron Posner | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Robert Falls | King Lear |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Jonathan Munby | The Dog in the Manger |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Lisa Peterson | The Quality of Life |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Tony Tsendeas | Wittenberg |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Joel Edgerton | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Paul Vincent O'Connor | August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Steve Cuiffo, Dito van Reigersberg | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Jim Brochu | Zero Hour |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | David Benoit | Adding Machine: A Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Jahi Kearse | Cool Papa's Party |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Ashley Robinson | Giant |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Quentin Earl Darrington | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Parker Drown | Rent |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Will Gartshore | Show Boat |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Cate Blanchett | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Libby George, Angelica Torn, Shannon Cochran | August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Estelle Parsons | August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | E. Faye Butler | Crowns |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Tara Giordano | Heidi |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Laura Conforte | Momia en el closet: The Return of Eva Perón |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Jessica Lauren Ball | Oklahoma! |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Christiane Noll | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Sandy Bainum | The Music Man |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Tonya Pinkins | Black Pearl Sings! |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford | Little Dog Laughed |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Valerie Harper | Looped |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Tana Hicken, Holly Twyford | Lost in Yonkers |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Lisa Harrow | Rock n Roll |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Andrew F. Griffin | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Thom Weaver | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | Fever/Dream |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Michael Philippi | King Lear |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Daniel MacLean Wagner | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Christopher Youstra | Adding Machine: A Musical |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | William Knowles | Cool Papa's Party |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | James Moore | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Aaron Broderick | Rent |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jay Crowder | The Civil War |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | August: Osage County |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | National Theatre | Jersey Boys |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Spring Awakening |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Theater J | Zero Hour |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Kennedy Center | Barrio Grrrl! |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Imagination Stage | Heidi |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | magination Stage | Lyle the Crocodile |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Synetic Family Theater | Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Imagination Stage | Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip-Hop Creation Myth |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Studio Theatre, Studio Theatre | Adding Machine: A Musical |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Civil War |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Crowns |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Fantasticks |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | GALA Hispanic Theatre | Momia en el closet: The Return of Eva Perón |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Kennedy Center | Ragtime |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Keegan Theatre | Rent |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Outstanding Resident Play | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre Company | Dog in the Manger |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Shakespeare Theatre Company | King Lear |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Arena Stage | Quality of Life |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Rep Stage | Wittenberg |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Tony Cisek | Black Pearl Sings! |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Noone | Design for Living |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Misha Kachman | Fever/Dream |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Klyph Stanford | Hysteria |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Walt Spangler | King Lear |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Konstantine Lortkipandze | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Veronika Vorel | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Veronika Vorel | Black Pearl Sings! |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Tom Teasley | Crazyface |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Veronika Vorel | Fever/Dream |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Richard Woodbury | King Lear |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Ryan Rumery | The Heavens are Hung in Black |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Anthony Manough | Cool Papa's Party |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | John Dossett | Giant |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Harry A. Winter | Show Boat |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Laurence O'Dwyer | The Fantasticks |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Nate Dendy | The Fantasticks |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Alex Mills, Irakli Kavsadze | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Eric Hissom | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Edward Gero | King Lear |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Frederick Strother | Radio Golf |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | David Turner, David Turner | The Dog in the Manger |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Elizabeth Rayca | Oklahoma! |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Delores King Williams, Kimberly Schraf | Show Boat |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Eleasha Gamble | The Civil War |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Kellee Knighten | The Civil War |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Angels in America: Perestroika |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Erin Weaver | Arcadia |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | Full Circle |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Marni Penning | Hysteria |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Miriam Silverman | The Dog in the Manger |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | The Winter's Tale |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Robin McLeavy | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Mandy McElhinney, Morgan David Jones, Tim Richards | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | James Sugg | Hell Meets Henry Halfway |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Fords Theatre | Civil War |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | MetroStage | Cool Papa's Party |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Crowns |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Keegan Theatre | Rent |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Show Boat |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Forum Theatre | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Forum Theatre | Angels in America: Perestroika |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Company Antebellum |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Solas Nua | Disco Pigs |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | MetroStage | Heroes |
| The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Arena Stage | Quality of Life |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Robert O'Hara | Antebellum |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Victor Lodato | Bread of Winter |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Danai Gurira | Eclipsed |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Gustavo Ott, Mariano Vales | Momia en el closet: The Return of Eva Perón |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Sam Forman | Rise and Fall of Annie Hall |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead | Edward Albee | |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Karl Miller | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Karl Miller | Angels in America: Perestroika |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Cody Nickell | Arcadia |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Stacy Keach | King Lear |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Seth Reichgott | Wittenberg |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | Andy Shallal | |
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