Night four of seven streamed presentation of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the Zoom audience.
Tune in tonight to meet 35 nominees and learn which six will clear room on a shelf for a 2020 Helen Hayes Award. If you can’t be in the audience, find real time announcements on theatreWashington’s social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, check back here (we’ll update the list). Missed it? Watch all seven shows on YouTube.
Tonight’s presenters:
Frank Britton and Naomi Jacobson!
Debra Booth | Richard the Third Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Wilson Chin | Cabaret Olney Theatre Center |
| Paul Tate DePoo III | Grand Hotel Signature Theatre |
| Milagros Ponce de Leon | Into the Woods Ford’s Theatre |
| Milagros Ponce de Leon (Set Designer), Clint Allen (Projections/Media Designer) | Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical Olney Theatre Center |
| Giorgos Tsappas | The Brothers Size 1st Stage |
Outstanding Set Design – Helen
| Nephelie Andonyadis | Topdog/Underdog Avant Bard Theatre |
| Jessica Cancino | Daddy Long Legs Monumental Theatre Company |
| A.J. Guban | Little Shop of Horrors Constellation Theatre Company |
| David A. Hopkins | A Christmas Story Toby’s Dinner Theatre |
| Joseph Musumeci Jr. | Crystal Creek Motel Flying V |
| Jonathan Dahm Roberston | Blood at the Root Theater Alliance |
7:15pm
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play – Hayes
| Kelley Curran | The Oresteia Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Shannon Dorsey | BLKS Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
| Catherine Eaton | Oil Olney Theatre Center |
| Kashayna Johnson | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Round House Theatre |
| Laura C. Harris | The Heiress Arena Stage |
| Alison Luff | Nell Gwynn Folger Theatre |
| Sarah Marshall | Doubt, A Parable Studio Theatre |
| Harrison Bryan | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Round House Theatre |
| Christian Conn | Doubt, A Parable Studio Theatre |
| John Treacy Egan | Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors Olney Theatre Center |
| Zachary Fine | Love’s Labor’s Lost Folger Theatre |
| Gary-Kayi Fletcher | The Brothers Size 1st Stage |
8:00pm
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical – Hayes
| Felicia Curry | Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical The Kennedy Center |
| Nova Y Payton | Ain’t Misbehavin’ Signature Theatre |
| Malinda Kathleen Reese | Once Olney Theatre Center |
| Awa Sal Secka | Into the Woods Ford’s Theatre |
| Erin Weaver | Newsies Arena Stage |
| Rhett Guter | Singin’ in the Rain Olney Theatre Center |
| Gregory Maheu | Once Olney Theatre Center |
| Daniel J Maldonado | Newsies Arena Stage |
| Kevin McAllister | Ain’t Misbehavin’ Signature Theatre |
| Mason Alexander Park | Cabaret Olney Theatre Center |
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