Awards & Winners

1986 Helen Hayes Award

Check winners and nominations of 1986 Helen Hayes Award. Check awards winners of The 2nd Annual Helen Hayes Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

The 2nd Annual Helen Hayes Awards

Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Holly Cole

Honored for : The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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Nominee Nominated Work
Holly Cole The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Marjorie Slaiman Women and Water
Kurt Wilhelm The Count of Monte Cristo
Miruna Boruzescu Tartuffe
Kate Corbley The Miss Firecracker Contest
Elizabeth Covey A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Actor, Resident Musical

Romain Fruge

Honored for : Baby

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Nominee Nominated Work
J. Fred Shiffman March of the Falsettos
James W. Sudik Little Me
Stephen L. Wade Banjo Dancing
Romain Fruge Baby
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, Resident Production

Douglas C. Wager

Honored for : Execution of Justice

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lucian Pintilie Tartuffe
Peter Sellars The Count of Monte Cristo
Garland Wright The Good Person of Setzuan
Susann Brinkley Fool For Love
Douglas C. Wager Execution of Justice
Leslie Jacobson Miss Lulu Bett
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Production

Patrick Richwood

Honored for : The Foreigner

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Nominee Nominated Work
Patrick Richwood The Foreigner
Edward Gero The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Floyd King The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Edward Gero Othello
Brian Hemmingsen Last Days at the Dixie Girl Cafe
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Play

Arena Stage

Honored for : Execution of Justice

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arena Stage Execution of Justice
Arena Stage The Good Person of Setzuan
Arena Stage Tartuffe
Round House Theatre Fool For Love
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts The Foreigner
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production

Thomas Schall

Honored for : Fool For Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
Grover Gardner Looking Glass
Grover Gardner Metamorphosis
Thomas Schall Fool For Love
Mark Jaster The Man Who Killed The Buddha
Richard Bauer Tartuffe
Steven Dawn Extremities
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Production

Erika Bogren

Honored for : A Walk Out of the Water

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Nominee Nominated Work
Erika Bogren A Walk Out of the Water
Brigid Cleary The Miss Firecracker Contest
Isabell O'Connor Tartuffe
Katherine Leask Tartuffe
Tana Hicken Execution of Justice
Ramona Rhoades The Knight From Olmedo
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

James F. Ingalls

Honored for : The Count of Monte Cristo

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stuart Duke Othello
Stuart Duke A Walk Out of the Water
Beverly Emmons Tartuffe
Richard Winkler A Midsummer Night's Dream
James F. Ingalls The Count of Monte Cristo
Allen Lee Hughes Women and Water
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

Jason Robards Jr.

Honored for : The Iceman Cometh
(for Outstanding Lead Actor, Touring Production or Prior to New York; for the production at the Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Irwin The Regard of Flight
for the production at the Kreeger Theater
William Petersen In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Jason Robards Jr. The Iceman Cometh
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Tommy Tune My One and Only
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Keene Curtis La Cage aux Folles
for the production at the National Theatre
Patrick Dempsey Brighton Beach Memoirs
for the production at the National Theatre
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical

Studio Theatre

Honored for : March of the Falsettos

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ford’s Theatre Society Little Me
Harlequin Dinner Theatre A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts Baby
Studio Theatre March of the Falsettos
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

Barbara Robertson

Honored for : Kabuki Medea
(for the production at The Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Robertson Kabuki Medea
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Laurie Metcalf Coyote Ugly
for the production at The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Zoe Caldwell Lillian
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Barbara Cook Barbara Cook: A Broadway Evening
for the production at The Ford's Theatre
Sandy Duncan My One and Only
for the production at The Kennedy Center
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

Russell Metheny

Honored for : A Walk Out of the Water

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Nominee Nominated Work
Russell Metheny A Walk Out of the Water
George Tsypin The Count of Monte Cristo
Patricia Woodbridge Isn't It Romantic
John Arnone The Good Person of Setzuan
Radu Boruzescu Tartuffe
Russell Metheny March of the Falsettos
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Production Prior to New York

The American National Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Honored for : The Iceman Cometh
(for the production at John F. Kennedy Center)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The American National Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Iceman Cometh
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Lillian
Warner Theatre Uptown...It's Hot!
The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre
The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service
Davis-Schalizki Student Actor Award
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Honored for : Metamorphosis

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Nominee Nominated Work
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Metamorphosis
Source Theatre Company Ladies' Side
New Playwrights Theatre After My Own Heart
New Playwrights Theatre Thin Wall
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production

Randy Danson

Honored for : The Good Person of Setzuan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Randy Danson The Good Person of Setzuan
Mercedes McCambridge 'night, Mother
Carole Myers Miss Lulu Bett
Katherine Squire A Walk Out of the Water
Halo Wines 'night, Mother
Janet Bryant Fool For Love
Marcia Gay Harden The Miss Firecracker Contest
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

Barnard Hughes

Honored for : The Iceman Cometh
(for the production at Eisenhower Theatre)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Larson Tent Meeting
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Lisa Waltz Brighton Beach Memoirs
Charles Coles My One and Only
for the production at the Kennedy Center
Donald Moffat The Iceman Cometh
for the production at the Eisenhower Theatre
Barnard Hughes The Iceman Cometh
for the production at Eisenhower Theatre
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Actress, Resident Musical

Janet Aldrich

Honored for : Forbidden Broadway

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carol Dilley Little Me
Ann Johnson March of the Falsettos
Liz Larsen Baby
Janet Aldrich Forbidden Broadway