Justin Weaks and Regina Aquino host tonight’s 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, the second of seven nights of streamed presentations, capped off with a video celebration on September 25, 2020. The public is invited to become part of the Zoom audience.
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Tonight’s presenters:
Justin Weaks and Regina Aquino!
6:30pm
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play – Hayes
| Moriamo Temidayo Akibu | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Round House Theatre |
| Shannon Dorsey | Fairview Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
| Jade Jones | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Round House Theatre |
| Sarah Marshall | Admissions Studio Theatre |
| Nancy Robinette | The Heiress Arena Stage |
| Kathryn Tkel | A Doll’s House, Part 2 Round House Theatre |
| Christopher Dinolfo | Nell Gwynn Folger Theatre |
| Juri Henley-Cohn | Oslo Round House Theatre |
| Vincent Randazzo | Vanity Fair Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Justin Weaks | BLKS Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
| Elan Zafir | Twelve Angry Men Ford’s Theatre |
7:15pm
Outstanding Performer – Visiting Production
| Jayne Atkinson | Ann Arena Stage |
| Anthony Chisholm | Jitney Arena Stage |
| Sasson Gabay | The Band’s Visit The Kennedy Center |
| Steven Anthony Jones | Jitney Arena Stage |
| Russell Jordan | Vivian’s Music 1969 The Essential Theatre |
| Pat Kinevane | Silent Solas Nua |
| Pomme Koch | The Band’s Visit The Kennedy Center |
8:00pm
Outstanding Musical Direction – Hayes
| Laura Bergquist | Newsies Arena Stage |
| Jon Kalbfleisch | A Chorus Line Signature Theatre |
| Mark G. Meadows | Ain’t Misbehavin’ Signature Theatre |
| William Yanesh | Into the Woods Ford’s Theatre |
| Christopher Youstra | Cabaret Olney Theatre Center |
Outstanding Musical Direction – Helen
| Marika Countouris | We’re Gonna Die Flying V |
| Walter “Bobby” McCoy | Legally Blonde The Keegan Theatre |
| Walter “Bobby” McCoy | Little Shop of Horrors Constellation Theatre Company |
| Ross Scott Rawlings | A Christmas Story Toby’s Dinner Theatre |
| Refiye Tappan | On Air Creative Cauldron |
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