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