The nominees of the 22nd Annual Helen Hayes Awards were announced Feb. 7, celebrating excellence in professional theatre in the Washington, DC area.
Award recipients will be named at an April 17 ceremony at The Historic Warner Theatre, followed by the annual Ovation Gala at the JW Marriott.
Three special honors will also be conferred at the awards ceremony: The KPMG Award for Distinguished Service to the Washington Theatre Community; The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community; and The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Gilbert and Jaylee Mead, which will be presented to scenic designer Ming Cho Lee and costume designer Jane Greenwood.
For more information and a complete list of nominees, visit www.helenhayes.org.
2006 Helen Hayes Design & Direction Award Nominees:
Outstanding Set Design - Resident Play or Musical
Scott Bradley, Passion Play, A Cycle, Arena Stage
Tony Cisek, Hannah & Martin, Theater J
Simon Higlett, Lady Windermere's Fan, Shakespeare Theatre Company
James Kronzer, Camille, Round House Theatre
James Kronzer, Oliver!, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
James Kronzer, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Richard Montgomery, The Violet Hour, Rep Stage
Narelle Sissons, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Walt Spangler, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design - Resident Play or Musical
Colin K. Bills, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Dan Covey, Hannah & Martin, Theater J
Allen Lee Hughes, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Chris Lee, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Charlie Morrison, Oliver!, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
Charlie Morrison, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Charlie Morrison, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Daniel MacLean Wagner, Camille, Round House Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design - Resident Play or Musical
Zack Brown, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Jess Goldstein, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Murell Horton, Lorenzaccio, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Anne Kennedy, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Rosemary Pardee, Camille, Round House Theatre
Robert Perdziola, Lady Windermere's Fan, Shakespeare Theatre Company
James Schuette, Intimations for Saxophone, Arena Stage
Outstanding Sound Design - Resident Play or Musical
Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Martin Desjardins, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Martin Desjardins, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Dan Murphy, Moby Dick Rehearsed, The American Century Theater
Darron L. West, Intimations For Saxophone, Arena Stage
Outstanding Musical Direction - Resident Play or Musical
Jay Crowder, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Nick DeGregorio, Big River, Ford's Theatre
George Fulginiti-Shakar, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Jon Kalbfleisch, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Adam Wernick, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Outstanding Director - Resident Musical
Joe Calarco, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Jeff Calhoun, Big River, Ford's Theatre
Scot Reese, Once On This Island, Round House Theatre
Eric Schaeffer, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Molly Smith, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Outstanding Director - Resident Play
Jeremy B. Cohen, Hannah & Martin, Theater J
Lee Mikeska Gardner, After Ashley, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Kirk Jackson, Take Me Out, The Studio Theatre
Michael Kahn, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
David Muse, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Studio Theatre Secondstage
PJ Paparelli, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Rebecca Bayla Taichman, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Joy Zinoman, A Number, The Studio Theatre
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
Mickey Birnbaum, Big Death & Little Death, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Stephen Karam, Sean McNall, and PJ Paparelli, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Dianne McIntyre, Open the Door, Virginia!, Theater of the First Amendment
Charles Randolph-Wright, Cuttin' Up, Arena Stage
Sarah Ruhl, Passion Play, A Cycle, Arena Stage
S. M. Shephard-Massat, Starving, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
David Emerson, Toney Kingdom, The African Continuum Theatre Company
Outstanding Resident Musical
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ford's Theatre
Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Once On This Island, Round House Theatre
Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Outstanding Resident Play
A Number, The Studio Theatre
The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
columbinus, Round House Theatre
Hannah & Martin, Theater J
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Studio Theatre Secondstage
Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Take Me Out, The Studio Theatre
Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Hecuba, The Kenndy Center
I Am My Own Wife, The National Theatre
Red, White and Tuna, The Kennedy Center
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, The Studio Theatre
