Awards & Winners

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play

Helen Hayes Award

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play is one of the awards presented at the annual Helen Hayes Award ceremony.

Check all the winners of The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play presented under Helen Hayes Award since 1993 .


Rick Foucheux

Honored for : Glengarry Glen Ross

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rick Foucheux Glengarry Glen Ross
Brad Koed Stupid Fucking Bird
Julian Elijah Martinez 9 Circles
Patrick Page Coriolanus
Steve Pickering Wallenstein
Alexander Strain Glengarry Glen Ross
Brandon Uranowitz Torch Song Trilogy

Steven Epp

Honored for : The Servant of Two Masters

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Epp The Servant of Two Masters
Teagle F. Bougere Invisible Man
Larry Marshall Pullman Porter Blues
Cody Nickell The Taming of the Shrew
Jose Joaquin Perez The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

Mitchell Hébert

Honored for : After the Fall

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mitchell Hébert After the Fall
Irakli Kavsadze King Lear
James McMenamin Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo
Michael Russotto A Bright New Boise
Ted van Griethuysen The Habit of Art
Paxton Whitehead The Habit of Art

Graham Hamilton

Honored for : Hamlet

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Philip Fletcher Othello
John Glover The Lisbon Traviata
Graham Hamilton Hamlet
Mitchell Hébert Clybourne Park
Bill Largess The Foreigner
Alex Mills Othello
Cody Nickell Clybourne Park
Ian Merrill Peakes Henry VIII
Johnny Ramey Superior Donuts
Alexander Strain New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza

Johnny Ramey

Honored for : Superior Donuts

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Philip Fletcher Othello
John Glover The Lisbon Traviata
Graham Hamilton Hamlet
Mitchell Hébert Clybourne Park
Bill Largess The Foreigner
Alex Mills Othello
Cody Nickell Clybourne Park
Ian Merrill Peakes Henry VIII
Johnny Ramey Superior Donuts
Alexander Strain New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza

Stacy Keach

Honored for : King Lear

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stacy Keach King Lear
Cody Nickell Arcadia
Karl Miller Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Karl Miller Angels in America: Perestroika
Seth Reichgott Wittenberg

Karl Miller

Honored for : Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stacy Keach King Lear
Cody Nickell Arcadia
Karl Miller Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Karl Miller Angels in America: Perestroika
Seth Reichgott Wittenberg

Ted van Griethuysen

Honored for : Major Barbara

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rene Auberjonois The Imaginary Invalid
Aubrey Deeker Boom
Edward Gero Nixons Nixon
Karl Kenzler Major Barbara
Floyd King The History Boys
Ian Merrill Peakes Macbeth
Ted van Griethuysen Major Barbara
Jerry Whiddon Blackbird

J. Fred Shiffman

Honored for : Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Brown Orleans My Children!My Africa!
Arnie Burton I Am My Own Wife
Edward Gero Shining City
Charles H. Hyman The Unmentionables
Christopher Innvar The Taming of the Shrew
Irakli Kavsadze Macbeth
Michael Russotto She Stoops to Comedy
J. Fred Shiffman Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins

Andrew Long

Honored for : Frozen

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Detmer A Prayer for Owen Meany
Karl Miller Hamlet
Ian Merrill Peakes The Game of Love and Chance
Joe Urla An Enemy of the People
Mark Zeisler Measure for Measure
Andrew Long Frozen

Rich Foucheux

Honored for : Take Me Out

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Breaker Comedy of Errors
Robert Cuccioli Lorenzaccio
Scott Fortier Metamorphosis
Rich Foucheux Take Me Out
Karl Miller columbinus
Patrick Page Othello
Felix Solis Passion Play, A Cycle
Tom Story A Number
Mark Sullivan After Ashley
Ted van Griethuysen The Clandestine Marriage

Patrick Page

Honored for : Othello

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel Breaker Comedy of Errors
Robert Cuccioli Lorenzaccio
Scott Fortier Metamorphosis
Rich Foucheux Take Me Out
Karl Miller columbinus
Patrick Page Othello
Felix Solis Passion Play, A Cycle
Tom Story A Number
Mark Sullivan After Ashley
Ted van Griethuysen The Clandestine Marriage

Geraint Wyn Davies

Honored for : Cyrano

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Geraint Wyn Davies Cyrano
Stephen Lang Beyond Glory
Doug Brown Our Lady of 121st Street
Scott Fortier The Elephant Man
George Grizzard Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Bruce Nelson

Honored for : The Dazzle

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Nelson The Dazzle
Ted van Griethuysen Life of Galileo
Marty Lodge The Drawer Boy
Mitchell Hébert The Drawer Boy
David Sabin The Rivals
Wallace Acton Richard III
Rich Foucheux Talley's Folly
Philip Goodwin The Play About the Baby

Ted van Griethuysen

Honored for : Life of Galileo

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Nelson The Dazzle
Ted van Griethuysen Life of Galileo
Marty Lodge The Drawer Boy
Mitchell Hébert The Drawer Boy
David Sabin The Rivals
Wallace Acton Richard III
Rich Foucheux Talley's Folly
Philip Goodwin The Play About the Baby

Jon Cohn

Honored for : Taste of Fire

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ted Koch True West
Christopher Lane The Swan
Gerry Bamman Shakespeare, Moses, and Joe Papp
Doug Brown Hambone
Jon Cohn Taste of Fire
Rich Foucheux Oleanna

Nigel Reed

Honored for : The Judas Kiss

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bruce Alan Rauscher The Andersonville Trial
Nigel Reed The Judas Kiss
Tom Story The Invention of Love
Ted van Griethuysen The Invention of Love
Jack Willis Of Mice and Men
Wallace Acton Hamlet
Conrad Feininger A Skull in Connemara

Philip Goodwin

Honored for : Timon of Athens

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Floyd King Vigil
Christopher Lane Thérèse Raquin
Bruce Nelson The Mystery of Irma Vep
James Brown Orleans Master Harold...and the Boys
John Emmert Strange interlude
Rich Foucheux Hughie
Philip Goodwin Timon of Athens

Rich Foucheux

Honored for : Edmond

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
L. Peter Callender Oak and Ivy
Hal Holbrook The Merchant of Venice
Faran Tahir Indian Ink
Rich Foucheux Edmond
Edward Gero Nixon's Nixon
Rick Hammerly Angels In America Part 1: Millenium Approaches

Ted van Griethuysen

Honored for : The Steward of Christendom

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas W. Jones II Waiting for Godot
Bill Largess Man and Superman
Max Robinson Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Ted van Griethuysen The Steward of Christendom
Wallace Acton Peer Gynt
Jeremy Davidson Nijinsky's Last Dance

Edward Gero

Honored for : Skylight

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Goldfarb Old Wicked Songs
Edward Gero Skylight
Jason Bowcutt Never The Sinner
Ted van Griethuysen The Tempest
Richard Thompson Look Back in Anger
Patrick Stewart Othello
Bill Largess An Ideal Husband

Floyd King

Honored for : Quills

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Floyd King Quills
Henry Strozier Dance of Death
Jonathan Tindle Talking Heads
Jerry Whiddon An Almost Holy Picture
David Fendig Travesties
Edward Gero Broken Glass

Wallace Acton

Honored for : Pitchfork Disney

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Wallace Acton Pitchfork Disney
Conrad Feininger A Tale of the Wolf
Harry Hamlin Henry V
Rick Hammerly Me and Jezebel
Wendell Wright I Am a Man
Ian Price Private Lives
Stacy Keach Macbeth

Robert Prosky

Honored for : The Price

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ramon Moses Otabenga
Robert Prosky The Price
Rob Leo Roy The Food Chain
Derek Smith Henry IV
Jonathan Tindle The Swan
Jerry Whiddon Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wallace Acton Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

Hugo Medrano

Honored for : El Beso de la Mujer Arana

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hugo Medrano El Beso de la Mujer Arana
Hugh Nees La Bete
Ken Ruta Shadowlands
Richard Thomas Richard II
Wallace Acton Unidentified Human Remains and the 1 Nature of Love
Doug Brown Mooi Street Moves

Richard Bauer

Honored for : School for Wives

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Bauer School for Wives
Tom Hulce Hamlet
Floyd King Troilus and Cressida
Henry Strozier The Father
Jerry Whiddon Joe Egg
Philip Goodwin Lisbon Traviata