Laurence Fishburne, Oklahoma!, Clybourne Park & More Win DC Helen Hayes Awards

Winners for the 27th annual Helen Hayes Awards, which honor the best in theater in the Washington DC area, have been announced. Among the actors and productions taking home awards are Laurence Fishburne for his performance in Thurgood (which he played on Broadway in 2008) as well as recent Pulitzer Prize recipient Clybourne Park (which first played off-Broadway in 2010) and the Arena Stages production of Oklahoma!

Here is a full list of the winners of the 2011 Helen Hayes Awards:

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production
Parker Esse, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Anastasia Ryurikov Simes, Othello, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
Mary Zimmerman, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical
Geoff Packard, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Nicholas Rodriguez, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
Caroline Sheen, Mary Poppins, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Lauren Molina, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Erika Rose, In Darfur, Theater J

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Colin K. Bills, The Master and Margarita, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production
George Fulginiti-Shakar, Oklahoma!, Arena Stage

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production
Daniel Ostling, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production
Tom Teasley, The Ramayana, Constellation Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical
Ed Dixon, Sunset Boulevard, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
Hollis Resnik, Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play
Naomi Jacobson, Richard II, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production
Josh Lamon, Hair, The Kennedy Center

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
The Liar, David Ives, Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead
Tommy Tune

The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play
Louis Butelli, Henry VIII, Folger Theatre

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play
Graham Hamilton, Hamlet, Folger Theatre
Johnny Ramey, Superior Donuts, The Studio Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
Sycamore Trees, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
Othello, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Thurgood, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences
If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Adventure Theatre

Outstanding Resident Musical
Candide, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Oklahoma!, Arena Stage

Outstanding Resident Play
Clybourne Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Hamlet, Folger Theatre

The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company
No Rules Theatre Company
Factory 449: a theatre collective

The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community
Ford’s Theatre, for their “History on Stage” and “History on Foot” programs