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In a presentation last night at National Theatre, TheatreWashington announced the 2014 Helen Hayes Awards nominees. Who cleaned up? Woolly’s Stupid Fucking Bird caught the biggest worm, with eight nominations. Shakespeare Theatre Company’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Round House Theatre’s Glengarry Glen Ross netted seven. Close behind them are several productions with six nominations, including the visiting Book of Mormon, Ford’s and Signature’s Hello, Dolly!, and Folger’s Romeo & Juliet.
The 30th Annual Helen Hayes Awards take place April 21 at the National Building Museum.
Straight to the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Choreography, Resident Musical
Karma Camp
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
Rachel Leigh Dolan
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre
Maurice Hines
Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life
Arena Stage
Josh Rhodes
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Tara Jeanne Vallee
The King and I
Olney Theatre Center
Outstanding Music Direction, Resident Production
Jon Kalbfleisch
Gypsy
Signature Theatre
William Hubbard
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage
William Knowles
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage
Dr. Sherrie Maricle
Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life
Arena Stage
James Moore
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
William Yanesh
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Mariah Hale
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre
Murell Horton
Wallenstein
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Helen Huang
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Sabrina Mandell
4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater
Kendra Rai
The Magic Finger
Imagination Stage
Katie Touart
Peter Pan and Wendy
Imagination Stage
Merrily Murray-Walsh
Mary T. & Lizzy K.
Arena Stage
Outstanding Visiting Production
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center
Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey
The Studio Theatre
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Second City’s America All Better!!
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
Joe Calarco
Gypsy
Signature Theatre
Thomas W. Jones II
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage
Alan Paul
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Aaron Posner
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre
Eric Schaeffer
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
Outstanding Production, Theatre For Young Audiences
Anime Momotaro
Imagination Stage
Goodnight Moon
Adventure Theatre MTC
The Magic Finger
Imagination Stage
Peter Pan and Wendy
Imagination Stage
Three Little Birds
Adventure Theatre MTC
Winnie the Pooh
Adventure Theatre MTC
Outstanding Director, Resident Play
Matthew Gardiner
The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre
Mitchell Hébert
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
Robert O’Hara
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage
Aaron Posner
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre
Howard Shalwitz
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Outstanding Resident Musical
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre
Gypsy
Signature Theatre
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre
The Rocky Horror Show
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Full Monty
The Keegan Theatre
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
Outstanding Resident Play
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
Good People
Arena Stage
The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
The Apple Family Plays
The Studio Theatre
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre
Never the Sinner
1st Stage
Optimism! or Voltaire’s Candide
Spooky Action Theater
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production
A. J. Guban
36 Views
Constellation Theatre Company
James Kronzer
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden
The House of the Spirits/La casa de los espirtus
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Clint Ramos
Appropriate
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Clint Ramos
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage
Outstanding Lead Actor, Visiting Production
Mark Evans
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center
Josh Franklin
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center
Chester Gregory
Sister Act
The Kennedy Center
Bongile Mantsai
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Christopher John O’Neill
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production
Christopher Baine
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre
Carla Kihlstedt
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre
Mark Bennett
Coriolanus
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Broken Chord
Appropriate
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Lindsay Jones
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage
Matthew M. Nielson
Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave
The Hub Theatre
Eric Shimelonis
Never the Sinner
1st Stage
Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical
Bruce Dow
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
James Gardiner
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre
David Gregory
In the Heights
Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Bryan Knowlton
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center
Paul Scanlan
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre
Thom Sesma
Miss Saigon
Signature Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical
Matthew Dewberry
The Full Monty
The Keegan Theatre
James Konicek
Peter Pan and Wendy
Imagination Stage
John Loughney
The Full Monty
The Keegan Theatre
Bobby Smith
Spin
Signature Theatre
Edward Watts
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Tobias Young
In the Heights
Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actress, Visiting Production
Hilda Cronje
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Perri Gaffney
The Resurrection of Alice
The Essential Theatre
Andrus Nichols
Bedlam’s Saint Joan
Olney Theatre Center
Rachel York
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
Jennifer Cordiner
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center
Lora Lee Gayer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Maria Rizzo
Gypsy
Signature Theatre
Erin Weaver
Company
Signature Theatre
Brittany N. Williams
Three Little Birds
Adventure Theatre MTC
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Sherri L. Edelen
Gypsy
Signature Theatre
Diana Huey
Miss Saigon
Signature Theatre
Nancy Opel
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
Maria Rizzo
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre
Jessica Vaccaro
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center
Erin Weaver
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre
Roz White
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage
Lauren Williams
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”
The Kennedy Center
Lori Williams
Ladies Swing the Blues
MetroStage
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play
Starla Benford
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Sherri L. Edelen
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre
Kimberly Gilbert
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Kate Eastwood Norris
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Susan Rome
After the Revolution
Theater J
Dawn Ursula
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Johanna Day
Good People
Arena Stage
Tana Hicken
4000 Miles
The Studio Theatre
Joaquina Kalukango
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage
Susan Lynskey
Ghost-Writer
MetroStage
Nancy Moricette
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Holly Twyford
Contractions
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Erin Weaver
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Performer, Visiting Production
Grey Henson
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center
Kevin Mambo
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center
Thoko Ntshinga
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Edward Staudenmayer
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center
Samantha Marie Ware
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Brian S. Allard
Never the Sinner
1st Stage
Andrew F. Griffin
Henry V
Folger Theatre
Andrew F. Griffin
The Tempest
Synetic Theater
A. J. Guban
36 Views
Constellation Theatre Company
Rui Rita
The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
Happenstance Theater
4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater
Matthew R. Wilson, freely adapted from Moliere
Don Juan
Faction of Fools Theatre Company
Lucas Hnath
Red Speedo
The Studio Theatre
Aaron Posner
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Michael J. Bobbitt, adaptation, based on the book by Cedella Marley, music & lyrics by Bob Marley, additional music & lyrics by Jon. L. Cornelius, II
Three Little Birds
Adventure Theatre MTC
Outstanding Movement, Resident Play
Monalisa Arias
Optimism! or Voltaire’s Candide
Spooky Action Theater
Matthew Gardiner
Never the Sinner
1st Stage
Happenstance Theater
4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater
Robb Hunter
Red Speedo
The Studio Theatre
Irina Tsikurishvili
The Three Musketeers
Synetic Theater
Ben Cunis
The Three Musketeers
Synetic Theater
The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play
Louis Butelli
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre
Rick Foucheux
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Ted van Griethuysen
The Apple Family Plays
The Studio Theatre
Mitchell Hebert
How to Write a New Book for the Bible
Round House Theatre
KenYatta Rogers
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
Richard Sheridan Willis
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre
The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play
Rick Foucheux
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
Brad Koed
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Julian Elijah Martinez
9 Circles
Forum Theatre
Patrick Page
Coriolanus
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Steve Pickering
Wallenstein
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Alexander Strain
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre
Brandon Uranowitz
Torch Song Trilogy
The Studio Theatre