FAVORITE ACTRESS IN A PLAY (19 Nominations)
The Nominees
- Veronica del Cerro . My Children! My Africa! (Studio Theater)
- Melissa Flaim . Bad Dates (Olney Theater)
- Lee Mikeska Gardner . A Shayna Maidel (Rep Stage)
- Kimberly Gilbert . The K of D (Woolly Mammoth)
- Judy Gold, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (Theater J)
- Naomi Jacobson as Beatrice . A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- Virginia Kull . A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- Mary Beth Piel . 33 Variations (Arena Stage)
- Nancy Robinette . The Imaginary Invalid (Shakespeare Theatre)
- Nancy Robinette . Well (Arena Stage)
- Fiona Shaw . Happy Days (Kennedy Center)
- Deidre LaWan Starnes . Stuff Happens (Olney Theatre)
- Deidre LaWan Starnes . Doubt (Olney Theatre)
- Nilaja Sun . No Child (Woolly Mammoth)
- Irina Tsikurishvili . Carmen (Synetic Theater)
- Halsey Verady . Fool for Love (Spooky Action Theater)
- Roxie Tripp Dukes Victorian . Breath, Boom (Studio Theatre)
- Nucky Walder . She Returned One Night (Teatro de la Luna)
- Karen Eleanor Wight . The Screwtape Letters (Fellowship for the Performing Arts)
How They Voted:
- Janice Cane (1) Nancy Robinette as Ann Kron . Well (Arena Stage)
- (2) Judy Gold in 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother (Theater J)
- Debbie Minter Jackson (1) Lee Mikeska Gardner as Lusia, A Shayna Maidel, (Rep Stage)
- (2) Roxie Trapp Dukes Victorian as Prix Breath..Boom (Studio Theatre)
- Rosalind Lacy (1) Fiona Shaw as Winnie . Happy Days (Kennedy Center)
- (2) Virginia Kull as Catherine. A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- (3) Nucky Walder as Fanny . Volvio una Noche (She Returned One Night) Teatro de la Luna
- (4) Nancy Robinette as Linda . Death of a Salesman (Arena Stage)
- (5) Irina Tsikurishvili as Carmen . Carmen (Synetic Theater)
- Joel Markowitz (1) Mary Beth Piel as Dr. Katherine Brandt . 33 Variations at (Arena Stage)
- (2) Virginia Kull as Catherine. A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- (3) Naomi Jacobson as Beatrice . A View From The Bridge (Arena Stage)
- (4) Jennifer Menderhall as Lady Vanity . Measure for Pleasure (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
- (5) Irina Tsikurishvili as Carmen . Carmen (Synetic Theater)
- Lorraine Treanor (1) Nancy Robinette as Toinette . The Imaginary Invalid (Shakespeare Theatre)
- (2) Kimberly Gilbert, all roles, The K of D (Woolly Mammoth)
- (3) Halsey Verady as May . Fool for Love (Spooky Action Theater)
- (4) Regina Marie Williams, Prof. Bigelow . redshirts (Round House)
- (5) Charlayne Woodard as Katherina. The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre)
- Tim Treanor (1) Kimberly Gilbert, All Roles, The K of D (Woolly Mammoth)
- (2) Karen Eleanor Wight, Toadpipe, The Screwtape Letters (Fellowship for the Performing Arts)
- (3). Nancy Robinette, Toinette, The Imaginary Invalid (Shakespeare Theatre)
- (4) Regina Marie Williams, Prof. Bigelow, redshirts (Round House_
- (5) Irina Tsikurishvili as Carmen . Carmen (Synetic Theater)
- Steven McKnight (1) Veronica del Cerro as Isabel . My Children! My Africa! (Studio Theatre)
- (2) Mary Beth Peil as Dr. Katherine Brandt . 33 Variations (Arena Stage)
- (3) Virginia Kull as Catherine. A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- (4) Deidre LaWan Starnes as Esther . Intimate Apparel (African Continuum Theatre Company)
- (5) Kate Eastwood Norris as Lady Teazle . The School for Scandal (Folger Theatre)
- Gary McMillan (1) Mary Beth Peil as Dr. Katherine Brandt . 33 Variations (Arena Stage)
- (2) Irina Tsikurishvili as Carmen . Carmen (Synetic Theater)
- (3) Karen Eleanor Wight, Toadpipe, The Screwtape Letters (Fellowship for the Performing Arts)
- (4) Naomi Jacobson as Beatrice, A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- (5) Virginia Kull as Catherine . A View from the Bridge (Arena Stage)
- Leslie Weisman (1) Nilaja Sun . No Child (Woolly Mammoth)
- (2) Nancy Robinette as Ann Kron . Well (Arena Stage)
- Ted Ying (1) Deidre LaWan Starnes as Condoleezza Rice . Stuff Happens (Olney Theatre)
- (2) Deidre LaWan Starnes as Mrs. Muller . Doubt (Olney Theatre)
- (3) Melissa Flaim, as Haley Walker . Bad Dates (Olney Theater)
I’ve known Virginia since she was a little girl and am always amazed at how quickly I stop seing Virginia and start seeing the character she’s playing. I saw both A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman and was impressed with her acting in each.
I’m sorry, is it really relevant to list an infamous world-travelling actress as an option for best performance on DC Theatre Scene? If I have a pet peeve, it’s touring shows being up for local awards. The out-of-town awards are the biggest waste of time at the Helen Hayes each year, the actors are rarely there to receive them and it’s silly of us to give them. Of course these performers are great. That’s why they’re touring nationally.