2011 Helen Hayes Awards
Winners and nominees from the Helen Hayes Awards.
2011 Helen Hayes Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Maurice Hines | Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Diane Coburn Bruning | Improbable Frequency |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Ben Cunis | King Arthur |
| Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | King Arthur |
| Outstanding Choreography,Resident Production | Parker Esse | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Choreography,Resident Production | Irina Tsikurishvili | Othello |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Mara Blumenfeld | Candide |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Reggie Ray | Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | William Ivey Long | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Anastasia Ryurikov Simes | Othello |
| Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production | Murell Horton | The Liar |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Mary Zimmerman | Candide |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Eric Schaeffer | Chess |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Toby Orenstein | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Molly Smith | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Musical | Molly Smith | The Light in the Piazza |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Howard Shalwitz | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Joseph Haj | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Robert Richmond | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Paata Tsikurishvili | Othello |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Paata Tsikurishvili | The Master and Margarita |
| Outstanding Director, Resident Play | Kasi Campbell | Travels With My Aunt |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Shakespeare Theatre | Company Candide |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Adventure Theatre | If You Give a Pig a Pancake |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Oklahoma! |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Kennedy Center Family Theater | Snow White |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Sycamore Trees |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Studio Theatre | American Buffalo |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Orestes |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Othello |
| Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play | Rep Stage | Travels With My Aunt |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Brent Michael DiRoma | Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Steel Burkhardt | Hair |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Gavin Lee | Mary Poppins |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | David Pittsinger | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production | Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Bobby Smith | Annie |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Geoff Packard | Candide |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Maurice Hines | Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Nicholas Rodriguez | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Cody Williams | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical | Marc Kudisch | Sycamore Trees |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Jaqueline Grabois | Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Kacie Sheik, Caren Lyn Tackett | Hair |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Caroline Sheen | Mary Poppins |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | Carmen Cusack | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Carrie A. Johnson | Annie |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Lauren Molina | Candide |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | E. Faye Butler, Eleasha Gamble | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Hollis Resnik | The Light in the Piazza |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical | Jill Paice | Chess |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Jennifer Mendenhall | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Erika Rose | In Darfur |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Lise Bruneau | Mikveh |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Holly Twyford Orestes | A Tragic Romp |
| Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play | Sarah Marshall | Mikveh |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | T.J. Gerckens | Candide |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Justin Townsend | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Klyph Stanford | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Colin K. Bills | The Master and Margarita |
| Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production | Dan Covey | the Verge or The Geography of Yearning |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Daniel Kluger Orestes | A Tragic Romp |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | George Fulginiti-Shakar | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Konstantine Lortkipandze | Othello |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Jon Kalbfleisch | Sunset Boulevard |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Fred Lassen | Sycamore Trees |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Paul Sportelli | The Light in the Piazza |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | James Sugg Orestes | A Tragic Romp |
| Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production | Doug Peck | Candide |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Shakespeare Theatre Company | Avenue Q |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Last Cargo Cult |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Mary Poppins |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Non-Resident Production | Kennedy Center | Thurgood |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Adventure Theatre | If You Give a Pig a Pancake |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Kennedy Center Family Theater | Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Puppet Co | Nutcracker |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Imagination Stage | Pirates! A Boy at Sea |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Kennedy Center Family Theater | Snow White |
| Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences | Adventure Theatre | The Red Balloon |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Olney Theatre Center | Annie |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Shakespeare Theatre Company | Candide |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Toby's Dinner Theatre | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Light in the Piazza |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Ford's Theatre | Little Shop of Horrors |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Arena Stage | Oklahoma! |
| Outstanding Resident Musical | Signature Theatre | Sweeney Todd |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Theater J New | Jerusalem |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Master and Margarita |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Folger Theatre | Orestes |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Synetic Theater | Othello |
| Outstanding Resident Play | Studio Theatre | Superior Donuts |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Tony Cisek | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Simon Higlett | Mrs. Warren's Profession |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Eugene Lee | Oklahoma |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Derek McLane | The Lisbon Traviata |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | Daniel Ostling | Candide |
| Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production | James Kronzer | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Matthew M. Nielson, Jack Herrick | Hamlet |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Michael Rasbury | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Anthony Cochrane | Henry VIII |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Matt Otto | Johnny Meister and the Stitch |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Irakli Kavsadze | Othello |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Konstantine Lortkipandze | Othello |
| Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production | Tom Teasley | The Ramayana |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | James Konicek | Annie |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Larry Yando, Jesse J. Perez | Candide |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Jeremy Kushnier | Chess |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | Ed Dixon | Sunset Boulevard |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical | John Manzari, Leo Manzari | Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Hollis Resnik | Candide |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Marva Hicks | Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Lauren 'Coco' Cohn | Glimpses of the Moon |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Jesaira Glover | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | Jenna Sokolowski | Annie |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical | MaryLee Adams | Hairspray |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | MacKenzie Meehan | Circle Mirror Transformation |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Dawn Ursula | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Naomi Jacobson | Richard II |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Phylicia Rashad | every tongue confess |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play | Colleen Delany | Pirates! A Boy at Sea |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Marc Kudisch, Hoon Lee | Golden Age |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Josh Lamon | Hair |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Ellen Harvey | Mary Poppins |
| Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production | Jodi Kimura | South Pacific |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Deborah Wicks La Puma, Mo Willems, Michael Silversher | Knuffle Bunny |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Charles Way | Pirates! A Boy at Sea |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Marcy Heisler | Snow White |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Zina Goldrich | Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred) |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Ricky Ian Gordon, Nina Mankin | Sycamore Trees |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | David Ives | The Liar |
| The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical | Marcus Gardley | every tongue confess |
| The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead | Tommy Tune | |
| The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Paxton Whitehead | Alls Well That Ends Well |
| The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Louis Butelli | Henry VIII |
| The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Adam Green | The Liar |
| The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Ted van Griethuysen | Alls Well That Ends Well |
| The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play | Michael Tolaydo | New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza |
| The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company | No Rules Theatre Company | |
| The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company | Factory 449 | a theatre collective |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Mitchell Hébert, Cody Nickell | Clybourne Park |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Graham Hamilton | Hamlet |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Ian Merrill Peakes | Henry VIII |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Alexander Strain | New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Philip Fletcher, Alex Mills | Othello |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Johnny Ramey | Superior Donuts |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | Bill Largess | The Foreigner |
| The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play | John Glover | The Lisbon Traviata |
| The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community | Fords Theatre | History on Stage and History on Foot programs |
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