2006 HELEN HAYES AWARDS NOMINEES

THE CHARLES MacARTHUR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY OR MUSICAL

Mickey Birnbaum, Big Death & Little Death, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Stephen Karam, Sean McNall, and PJ Paparelli, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Dianne McIntyre, Open the Door, Virginia! Theater of the First Amendment
Charles Randolph-Wright, Cuttin' Up, Arena Stage
Sarah Ruhl, Passion Play, A Cycle, Arena Stage
S. M. Shephard-Massat, Starving, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
David Emerson, Toney Kingdom, The African Continuum Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING RESIDENT MUSICAL

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ford's Theatre
Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Once On This Island, Round House Theatre
Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Urinetown, Signature Theatre

OUTSTANDING RESIDENT PLAY

A Number, The Studio Theatre
The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
columbinus, Round House Theatre
Hannah & Martin, Theater J
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow The Studio Theatre Secondstage
Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Take Me Out, The Studio Theatre

OUTSTANDING NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION

Hecuba, The Kenndy Center
I Am My Own Wife, The National Theatre
Red, White and Tuna, The Kennedy Center
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, The Studio Theatre
Wicked, The Kennedy Center

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY - RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL

Kathleen Akerley and the Ensemble, shkspr prjct, Catalyst Theater Company
Karma Camp, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Ilona Kessell, Beauty and the Beast, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Irina Tsikurishvili, Dracula, Synetic Theater
Irina Tsikurishvili, Jason and the Argonauts, Synetic Theater
Beth Wilmurt, The Death of Meyerhold, The Studio Theatre Secondstage

PUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION - RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL

Jay Crowder, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Nick DeGregorio, Big River, Ford's Theatre
George Fulginiti-Shakar, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Jon Kalbfleisch, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Adam Wernick, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR - RESIDENT MUSICAL

Joe Calarco, Urinetown, Signature Theatre Jeff Calhoun, Big River, Ford's Theatre
Scot Reese, Once On This Island, Round House Theatre
Eric Schaeffer, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Molly Smith, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR - RESIDENT PLAY

Jeremy B. Cohen, Hannah & Martin, Theater J
Lee Mikeska Gardner, After Ashley, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Kirk Jackson, Take Me Out, The Studio Theatre
Michael Kahn, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
David Muse, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Studio Theatre Secondstage
PJ Paparelli, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Rebecca Bayla Taichman, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Joy Zinoman, A Number, The Studio Theatre

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN - RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL

Scott Bradley, Passion Play, A Cycle, Arena Stage
Tony Cisek, Hannah and Martin, Theater J
Simon Higlett, Lady Windermere's Fan, Shakespeare Theatre Company
James Kronzer, Camille, Round House Theatre
James Kronzer, Oliver!, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
James Kronzer, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Richard Montgomery, The Violet Hour, Rep Stage
Narelle Sissons, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Walt Spangler, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN - RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL

Colin K. Bills, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Dan Covey, Hannah & Martin, Theater J
Allen Lee Hughes, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Chris Lee, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Charlie Morrison, Oliver!, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
Charlie Morrison, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Charlie Morrison, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Daniel MacLean Wagner, Camille, Round House Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN - RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL

Zack Brown, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Jess Goldstein, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Murell Horton, Lorenzaccio, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Anne Kennedy, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Rosemary Pardee, Camille, Round House Theatre
Robert Perdziola, Lady Windermere's Fan, Shakespeare Theatre Company
James Schuette, Intimations for Saxophone, Arena Stage

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN - RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL

Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Martin Desjardins, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Martin Desjardins, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Dan Murphy, Moby Dick Rehearsed, The American Century Theater
Darron L. West, Intimations For Saxophone, Arena Stage

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR - RESIDENT MUSICAL

Christopher Bloch, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Lawrence Redmond, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Stephen F. Schmidt, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Bobby Smith, A Year with Frog and Toad, Round House Theatre
Harry A. Winter, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS - RESIDENT MUSICAL

Jennifer Andersen, Seussical, Imagination Stage
Eleasha Gamble, Once On This Island, Round House Theatre
Rebecca Herron, The Spitfire Grill, Theater Alliance
Joanne Schmoll, The Spitfire Grill, Theater Alliance
Jenna Sokolowski, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Kay Walbye, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR - RESIDENT PLAY

Steve Brady, String Fever, Theater J
Daniel Breaker, The Tempest, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Cameron McNary, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Studio Theatre Secondstage
Bruce R. Nelson, The Violet Hour, Rep Stage
Jake Suffian, Take Me Out, The Studio Theatre
Michael Willis, After Ashley, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS - RESIDENT PLAY

Lindsay Allen, An Experiment with an Air Pump, Journeymen Theater Ensemble
Franca Barchiesi, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Colleen Delany, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Sarah Marshall, The Clean House, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Polly Noonan, Passion Play, A Cycle, Arena Stage
Marni Penning, After Ashley, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR - NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION

Ricky Jay, Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, The Studio Theatre
Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife, The National Theatre
Joe Sears, Red, White and Tuna, The Kennedy Center
Jaston Williams, Red, White and Tuna, The Kennedy Center

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS - NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION

Stephanie J. Block, Wicked, The Kennedy Center
Kendra Kassebaum, Wicked, The Kennedy Center
Vanessa Redgrave, Hecuba, The Kennedy Center
Keala Settle, Hairspray, The Kennedy Center
Amy Ziff, Betty Rules, The Exception to the Musical, Theater J

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR - RESIDENT MUSICAL

Christopher B. Corrigan, Big River, Ford's Theatre
Will Gartshore, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Will Gartshore, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Michael McElroy, Big River, Ford's Theatre
Bill O'Brien, Big River, Ford's Theatre
Brad Oscar, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS - RESIDENT MUSICAL

Felicia Curry, Aida, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Erin Driscoll, Urinetown, Signature Theatre
Meg Gillentine, Damn Yankees, Arena Stage
Montego Glover, Once On This Island, Round House Theatre
Donna Migliaccio, Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR - RESIDENT PLAY

Daniel Breaker, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Robert Cuccioli, Lorenzaccio, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Scott Fortier, Metamorphosis, Catalyst Theater Company
Rick Foucheux, Take Me Out, The Studio Theatre
Ted van Griethuysen, The Clandestine Marriage, Folger Theatre
Karl Miller, columbinus, Round House Theatre
Patrick Page, Othello, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Felix Solis, Passion Play, A Cycle, Arena Stage
Tom Story, A Number, The Studio Theatre
Mark Sullivan, After Ashley, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS - RESIDENT PLAY

Suli Holum, Born Yesterday, Arena Stage
Jennifer Mendenhall, You Are Here, Theater Alliance
Jennifer Mendenhall, Sophocles' Electram MetroStage
Carolyn Pasquantonio, The Miracle Worker, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
Elizabeth Rich, Hannah & Martin, Theater J
Erika Rose, Pretty Fire, The African Continuum Theatre Company
Vivienne Shub, The American Dream, Potomac Theatre Project, as part of the Potomac Theatre Festival
Deidra Starnes, I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda, The African Continuum Theatre Company
MaryBeth Wise, The Miracle Worker, Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
Eunice Wong, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Studio Theatre Secondstage