Awards & Winners

Arena Stage

Arena Stage is a not-for-profit regional theater based in Southwest Washington, D.C. It was a pioneer in 1950 of the Regional Theater Movement. It is located at a theatre complex called the Mead Center for American Theater since its opening in 2010 after extensive renovation; this included construction of a third small theater in a complex with two stages: one a theatre in the round and the other a proscenium style. The Artistic Director is Molly Smith and the Executive Producer is Edgar Dobie. It is the largest company in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights." It commissions and develops new plays through the American Voices New Play Institute. The regional theater was established in 1950; it serves an annual audience of more than 300,000. Its productions have received numerous local and national awards, including the Tony Award for best regional theater.

Awards by Arena Stage

Check all the awards nominated and won by Arena Stage.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Good People
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play The Mountaintop

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play Pullman Porter Blues

2012


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play
Honored for : Ruined
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Honored for : Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(for the production at the Kreeger Theater)

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Ruined
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production Equivocation
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
for the production at the Kreeger Theater

2011


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : Oklahoma!

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Oklahoma!
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical The Light in the Piazza
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical Oklahoma!

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play The Quality of Life
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Crowns
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical The Fantasticks
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play The Quality of Life
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical Crowns

2009


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Honored for : Next to Normal

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production Next to Normal
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play Resurrection

2008


The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production Emergence-See!
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical The Women of Brewster Place

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical 3 Mo' Divas!
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Cabaret
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical She Loves Me

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Damn Yankees

2005


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : Señor Discretion Himself

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Señor Discretion Himself

2004


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : Crowns

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Camelot
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Crowns
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Proof

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Polk County
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical South Pacific

2002


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : Blues in the Night

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Blues in the Night

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Play On!
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Dinah Was

2000


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : Animal Crackers

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Animal Crackers
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Guys and Dolls
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play How I Learned to Drive

1999


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : Thunder Knocking on the Door

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Thunder Knocking on the Door
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play You Can't Take It With You

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Sunday in the Park with George

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Candide
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Arcadia

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play I Am a Man
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Long Day's Journey Into Night

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production A Room of One's Own
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play The Price
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play The Revengers Comedies

1994


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play
Honored for : Dancing at Lughnasa

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Dancing at Lughnasa

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play School for Wives
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Of Thee I Sing

1992


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production
Honored for : My Children! My Africa!

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production Jar the Floor
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production My Children! My Africa!
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production She Stoops to Conquer
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical A Wonderful Life

1991


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Honored for : From the Mississippi Delta
(for the production at The Kreeger Theater)
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production
Honored for : Stand-Up Tragedy

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production Stand-Up Tragedy
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production Juno and the Paycock
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Merrily We Roll Along
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production From the Mississippi Delta
for the production at The Kreeger Theater

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical On the Town
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production The Man Who Came To Dinner

1989


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical
Honored for : The Cocoanuts
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production
Honored for : Six Characters in Search of an Author

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production Six Characters in Search of an Author
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production The Cherry Orchard
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical The Cocoanuts

1988


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Honored for : Joe Turner's Come and Gone
(for the production at the The Kreeger Theater of the Arena Stage)
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production
Honored for : The Crucible

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production All The King's Men
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production The Crucible
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-Resident Production Joe Turner's Come and Gone
for the production at the The Kreeger Theater of the Arena Stage

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play The Wild Duck
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical Beehive

1986


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play
Honored for : Execution of Justice

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Execution of Justice
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play The Good Person of Setzuan
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play Tartuffe

1985


Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production
Honored for : Cloud 9

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production Cloud 9
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Production Man and Superman