Le nomination per i Premi Helen Hayes 2026 sono state annunciate, riconoscendo l'eccezionale realizzazione nel teatro professionale nella regione di Washington, D.C. I nominati di quest'anno includono diversi artisti familiari al pubblico di Broadway, oltre a produzioni in tournée nazionali presentate a Broadway al National.
Il nominato al Tony Award Rob McClure è candidato per l'Eccellente Interprete Protagonista in un Musical (Hayes) per Damn Yankees all'Arena Stage. Douglas Sills, noto per la sua performance a Broadway in The Scarlet Pimpernel, è riconosciuto per Fiddler on the Roof al Signature Theatre, mentre Ana Villafañe, che ha originato il ruolo di Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet! a Broadway, è anche nominata per Damn Yankees. Hayley Podschun e Kyle Taylor Parker sono nominati per Guys and Dolls allo Shakespeare Theatre Company, e Sawyer Smith è riconosciuto per Hedwig and the Angry Inch al Signature Theatre.
La categoria Eccellente Produzione Non-Residente include i tour nazionali di Kimberly Akimbo e Some Like It Hot, entrambi presentati a Broadway al National. Artisti di queste produzioni sono anche nominati nella categoria Eccellente Interprete, Produzione Non-Residente, inclusi Carolee Carmello e DeQuina Moore, insieme ad altri membri delle compagnie in tournée.
Nella categoria Eccellente Produzione – Musical (Hayes), i nominati includono Damn Yankees (Arena Stage), Fiddler on the Roof (Signature Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Signature Theatre), Play On! (Signature Theatre), e The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical (Signature Theatre). Nella divisione Helen, le produzioni nominate includono A Strange Loop (Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre), Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (GALA Hispanic Theatre), Evil Dead the Musical (Workhouse Arts Center), Head Over Heels (Constellation Theatre Company), e Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show (Spooky Action Theater).
Le produzioni nominate come Eccellente Produzione – Play (Hayes) includono Bad Books (Round House Theatre), Kunene and the King (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Merry Wives (Shakespeare Theatre Company), The American Five (Ford’s Theatre), e The Inheritance: Parts One and Two (Round House Theatre). I nominati Helen nella categoria includono American Fast (Theater Alliance), Birthday Candles (1st Stage), Furlough’s Paradise (Theater Alliance), hang (1st Stage), e The Immigrant (Synetic Theater).
Il nuovo lavoro è rappresentato nel Premio Charles MacArthur per Eccellente Nuova Opera o Musical, con i nominati tra cui Sharyn Rothstein (Bad Books), Larissa FastHorse (Fake It Until You Make It), Lucy Eden (CIRCUS OF THE SELF: A Show About Queer Joy), Danny Paller e Myra Noveck (November 4 – a musical), Chess Jakobs (The American Five), e Matthew Capodicasa (The Scenarios).
I Premi Helen Hayes riconoscono l'eccellenza nel teatro professionale nell'area metropolitana di Washington attraverso categorie di performance, regia, design e produzione nelle divisioni Hayes e Helen.
La cerimonia dei premi onorerà le produzioni della stagione 2025–2026.
Coreografia Eccezionale in un Musical, Hayes
Sergio Trujillo — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Sarah Parker — Fiddler on the Roof — Signature Theatre
Joshua Bergasse — Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Shani Talmor — In the Heights — Signature Theatre
Karla Puno Garcia — Senior Class — Olney Theatre Center
Coreografia Eccezionale in un Musical, Helen
Valeria Cossu — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Maurice Johnson — Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Christen Svingos — Saturday Night Fever — Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Ashleigh King & Ryan Sellers — The Lightning Thief — Adventure Theatre MTC
Mark Minnick — The Music Man — Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Coreografia Eccezionale in una Opera, Hayes
Sierra Young — Dodi & Diana — Mosaic Theater Company
Ashleigh King — Merry Wives — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Siani Nicole — Red Pitch — Olney Theatre Center
Casey Kaleba — Rules for Living — Round House Theatre
Britta Joy Peterson — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Coreografia Eccezionale in una Opera, Helen
Siani Nicole — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Irina Tsikurishvili — Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus — Synetic Theater
Happenstance Theater Ensemble — JUXTAPOSE | A Theatrical Shadow Box — Happenstance Theater
Irina Tsikurishvili — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
James Finley — The Margriad — Avant Bard Theatre
Direzione Musicale Eccezionale, Hayes
Adam Rothenberg — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Jon Kalbfleisch — Fiddler on the Roof — Signature Theatre
James Lowe — Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Jermaine Hill — Play On! — Signature Theatre
Paul Englishby — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Direzione Musicale Eccezionale, Helen
Walter “Bobby” McCoy — A Strange Loop — Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Ross Scott Rawlings — ELF, The Musical — Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Walter “Bobby” McCoy — Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Marika Countouris — Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Paata & Irina Tsikurishvili — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Progetto di Costumi Eccezionale, Hayes
Ivania Stack — Fiddler on the Roof — Signature Theatre
Paris Francesca & Julie Cray-Leong — Hello, Dolly! — Olney Theatre Center
Ivania Stack — Merry Wives — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Fabio Toblini — The Age of Innocence — Arena Stage
Olivera Gajic — Twelfth Night — Folger Theatre
Progetto di Costumi Eccezionale, Helen
Paris Francesca — Frosty The Snow Man — Adventure Theatre MTC
Frank Labovitz — Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Paris Francesca — Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
Erik Teague — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Janine Sunday & Sarah King — The Music Man — Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Progetto di Illuminazione Eccezionale, Hayes
Hailey LaRoe — cullud wattah — Mosaic Theater Company
Philip S. Rosenberg — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Jason Lynch — Play On! — Signature Theatre
Colin K. Bills — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Amanda Zieve — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Progetto di Illuminazione Eccezionale, Helen
Minjoo Kim — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Alberto Segarra — Furlough’s Paradise — Theater Alliance
Venus Gulbranson — hang — 1st Stage
Dean Leong — So Late into the Night — Rorschach Theatre
Lynn Joslin — The Turn of the Screw: The Musical — Creative Cauldron
Progetto di Scenografia Eccezionale, Hayes
Meghan Raham — Bad Books — Round House Theatre
Nadir Bey — cullud wattah — Mosaic Theater Company
Lawrence E. Moten III — Merry Wives — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Dan Conway — Play On! — Signature Theatre
Lee Savage — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Wilson Chin — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Progetto di Scenografia Eccezionale, Helen
Nadir Bey — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Ali Rocha — Evil Dead the Musical — Workhouse Arts Center
Giorgos Tsappas — hang — 1st Stage
Megan Holden — Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
August Henney — So Late into the Night — Rorschach Theatre
Progetto di Suono Eccezionale, Hayes
Walter Trarbach — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
André Pluess — Fremont Ave. — Arena Stage
Andrew Harper — Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Eric Norris — Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Signature Theatre
Daniela Hart & Uptown Works — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Progetto di Suono Eccezionale, Helen
Brandon Cook & Sayf Turkomani — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Brandon Cook — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Justin Schmitz — hang — 1st Stage
Kenny Neal — Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
Koki Lortkipanidze & Irakli Kavsadze — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Progetto di Media/Proiezioni Eccezionale, Hayes
Patrick W. Lord — Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (with Live & Active Cultures!) — Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Mona Kasra — Andy Warhol in Iran — Mosaic Theater Company
Peter Nigrini — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Zavier Augustus Lee Taylor — Sleepova — Olney Theatre Center
Mona Kasra — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
Progetto di Media/Proiezioni Eccezionale, Helen
Hailey LaRoe — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Mark Costello — Fair Play — 1st Stage
Luis Garcia — Furlough’s Paradise — Theater Alliance
Luis Garcia — Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Julian Kelley — Woman on Fire — Creative Cauldron
Eccellente Performante, Produzione Non-Residente
Tavis Kordell — Some Like It Hot — Broadway at the National
Miguel Gil — Kimberly Akimbo — Broadway at the National
DeQuina Moore — Some Like It Hot — Broadway at the National
Edward Juvier — Some Like It Hot — Broadway at the National
Carolee Carmello — Kimberly Akimbo — Broadway at the National
Emily Koch — Kimberly Akimbo — Broadway at the National
Eccellente Performante di Supporto in un Musical, Hayes
Jordan Donica — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Bryonha Marie — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Michael Perrie, Jr. — Hello, Dolly! — Olney Theatre Center
Rayanne Gonzales — In the Heights — Signature Theatre
Awa Sal Secka — Play On! — Signature Theatre
Kanysha Williams — Play On! — Signature Theatre
Kanysha Williams — Sister Act — Ford’s Theatre
George Salazar — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
George Abud — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Allison Blackwell — Waitress — Olney Theatre Center
Eccellente Performante di Supporto in un Musical, Helen
Damien DeShaun Smith — A Strange Loop — Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Rachael Small — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Facundo Agustín — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Luis Obed — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Ryan Burke — Falsettos — The Keegan Theatre
Nico Ochoa — Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Sentell Harper — Jesus Christ Superstar — Workhouse Arts Center
Chris Anderson — Jesus Christ Superstar — Workhouse Arts Center
Jeremy Allen Crawford — Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Kadejah One — Saturday Night Fever — Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Eccellente Performante di Supporto in un'Opera, Hayes
Anji White — Paradise Blue — Studio Theatre
Aaron Bliden — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
Yao Dogbe — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
Stephen Conrad Moore — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
Adam Poss — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Robert Sella — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Robert Gant — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Nancy Robinette — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Maaike Laanstra-Corn — The Wild Duck — Shakespeare Theatre Company & Theatre for a New Audience
Jade Jones — We Are Gathered — Arena Stage
Eccellente Performante di Supporto in un'Opera, Helen
Raghad Makhlouf — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Renee Elizabeth Wilson — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Jacob Yeh — Birthday Candles — 1st Stage
Irene Hamilton — Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
Walker Vlahos — Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
Ryan Sellers — Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
Stephen Kime — The Margriad — Avant Bard Theatre
James J. Johnson — The Piano Lesson — 1st Stage
Shawn Naar — The Piano Lesson — 1st Stage
Nadia Palacios — Woman on Fire — Creative Cauldron
Eccellente Performante Principale in un Musical, Hayes
Rob McClure — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Ana Villafañe — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Victoria Gómez — Dory Fantasmagory — Imagination Stage
Douglas Sills — Fiddler on the Roof — Signature Theatre
Hayley Podschun — Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Kyle Taylor Parker — Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Sawyer Smith — Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Signature Theatre
Nova Y. Payton — Hello, Dolly! — Olney Theatre Center
Aria Kane — Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter – A New Musical — Arena Stage
Eric William Morris — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Eccellente Performante Principale in un Musical, Helen
Gabriel Silva — A Strange Loop — Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Fran Tapia — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Anna Malavé — Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Megan Kempton — Evil Dead the Musical — Workhouse Arts Center
Katie McManus — Falsettos — The Keegan Theatre
Garrett Walsh — Jesus Christ Superstar — Workhouse Arts Center
Caroline Graham — Lizzie The Musical — The Keegan Theatre
Jordyn Taylor — Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Fran Tapia — Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Susan Derry — The Turn of the Screw: The Musical — Creative Cauldron
Eccellente Performante Principale in un'Opera, Hayes
Jaysen Wright — A Case for the Existence of God — Mosaic Theater Company
Kate Eastwood Norris — Bad Books — Round House Theatre
Bradley Gibson — Fremont Ave. — Arena Stage
Edward Gero — Kunene and the King — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Kate Eastwood Norris — Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions — Studio Theatre
Ro Boddie — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
David Gow — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Jordi Bertrán Ramírez — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Sarin Monae West — The Scenarios — Studio Theatre
Kimberly Gilbert — What the Constitution Means to Me — Round House Theatre
Sara Koviak — Your Name Means Dream — Theater J & TheaterWorks Hartford
Eccellente Performante Principale in un'Opera, Helen
Lucy Eden — CIRCUS OF THE SELF: A Show About Queer Joy, — Spooky Action Theater
James Finley — Doctor Moloch — Flying V
Hillary Jones — Furlough’s Paradise — Theater Alliance
Renea S. Brown — Furlough’s Paradise — Theater Alliance
Drew Sharpe — Hand To God — The Keegan Theatre
Lolita Marie — hang — 1st Stage
Vato Tsikurishvili — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Maryam Najafzada — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Eli EL — The Piano Lesson — 1st Stage
Deidra LaWan Starnes — The Piano Lesson — 1st Stage
Eccellente Regista di un Musical, Hayes
Sergio Trujillo — Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Joe Calarco — Fiddler on the Roof — Signature Theatre
Francesca Zambello — Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Ethan Heard — Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Signature Theatre
Lili-Anne Brown — Play On! — Signature Theatre
Christopher Ashley — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Eccellente Regista di un Musical, Helen
Alexandria Wailes — A Strange Loop — Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Danilo Stapula — Evil Dead the Musical — Workhouse Arts Center
Allison Arkell Stockman — Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Elizabeth Dinkova — Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Matt Conner — The Turn of the Screw: The Musical — Creative Cauldron
Eccellente Regista di un'Opera, Hayes
Ryan Rilette — Bad Books — Round House Theatre
Rex Daugherty — Lie Low — Solas Nua
Taylor Reynolds — Merry Wives — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Aaron Posner — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
Tom Story — The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Eccellente Regista di un'Opera, Helen
Reginald L. Douglas — American Fast — Theater Alliance
Autumn Angelettie — Furlough’s Paradise — Theater Alliance
Deidra LaWan Starnes — hang — 1st Stage
Paata & Irina Tsikurishvili — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Danielle A. Drakes — The Piano Lesson — 1st Stage
Marcus Kyd — Beowulf, A Retelling — Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Premio Charles MacArthur per Eccellente Nuova Opera o Musical
Will Power, Doug Wright, & Lynn Ahrens — The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Arena Stage
Evgeny Shvarts, Jesse Rasmussen, & Paata Tsikurishvili — The Dragon — Spooky Action Theater
Paata Tsikurishvili & Nathan Weinberg — The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
Janet Stanford & Tim Guillot — The Snowman and the Snowdog — Imagination StageSharyn Rothstein — Bad Books — Round House Theatre
Lucy Eden — CIRCUS OF THE SELF: A Show About Queer Joy, — Spooky Action Theater
Larissa FastHorse — Fake It Until You Make It — Arena Stage
Danny Paller & Myra Noveck — November 4 – a musical — Voices Festival Productions
Chess Jakobs — The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
Matthew Capodicasa — The Scenarios — Studio Theatre
Eccellente Ensemble in un Musical, Hayes
Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
In the Heights — Signature Theatre
Sister Act — Ford’s Theatre
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Eccellente Ensemble in un Musical, Helen
A Strange Loop — Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
The Music Man — Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Eccellente Ensemble in un'Opera, Hayes
Merry Wives — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Paradise Blue — Studio Theatre
The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Twelfth Night — Folger Theatre
Eccellente Ensemble in un'Opera, Helen
Birthday Candles — 1st Stage
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus — Synetic Theater
Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
The Immigrant — Synetic Theater
The Piano Lesson — 1st Stage
Eccellente Produzione, Teatro per Giovani Spettatori
Jennie the Cat: A Halloween Adventure — The Puppet Co.
Not Your Mother’s Goose! — Adventure Theatre MTC
Paper Dreams — Imagination Stage
The Lightning Thief — Adventure Theatre MTC
The Snowman and the Snowdog — Imagination Stage
Eccellente Produzione Non-Residente
GUAC — Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in association with The Public Theater & Change the Ref
Kimberly Akimbo — Broadway at the National
Some Like It Hot — Broadway at the National
Eccellente Produzione – Musical, Hayes
Damn Yankees — Arena Stage
Fiddler on the Roof — Signature Theatre
Guys and Dolls — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Hedwig and the Angry Inch — Signature Theatre
Play On! — Signature Theatre
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical — Signature Theatre
Eccellente Produzione – Musical, Helen
A Strange Loop — Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Botiquín de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia H…) — GALA Hispanic Theatre
Evil Dead the Musical — Workhouse Arts Center
Head Over Heels — Constellation Theatre Company
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show — Spooky Action Theater
Eccellente Produzione – Opera, Hayes
Bad Books — Round House Theatre
Kunene and the King — Shakespeare Theatre Company
Merry Wives — Shakespeare Theatre Company
The American Five — Ford’s Theatre
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
Eccellente Produzione – Opera, Helen
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two — Round House Theatre
American Fast — Theater Alliance
Birthday Candles — 1st Stage
Furlough’s Paradise — Theater Alliance
hang — 1st Stage
The Immigrant — Synetic Theater