Helen Hayes Awards

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Winning productions

James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

• Louis Butelli, as Will Sommers playing the roles of Surveyor, Cromwell, Old Lady, & others, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)

Outstanding Director, Residential Production

• Joe Banno, Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 1997)

Outstanding Lead Actress, Residential Play

• Holly Twyford, as Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 1997)

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Play or Musical

• Dan Covey, The Tempest (Folger Theatre, 2000)

Outstanding Resident Play

• The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Hamlet (Folger Theatre, 2010)

Outstanding Set Design

• Tony Cisek, Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Theatre, 1998)

Outstanding Sound Design, Residential Production

• Scott Burgess, The Tempest (Folger Theatre, 2000)
• Scott Burgess, Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 1997)

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

• Christopher Saul, as Polonius, Francisco, Player, First Grave Digger, Priest, Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe, 2012)

Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Leading Actor, Resident Play

• Graham Mihael Hamilton, as Hamlet, Hamlet (Folger Theatre, 2010)''Hamlet'' (Folger Theatre, 2010)

Nominated productions

Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play

• Caleen Sinnette, playwright, Casting Juliet/Playing Othello (Folger Theatre, 1998)

James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

• Louis Butelli, as Feste, Twelfth Night (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Richard Sheridan, as Malvolio, Twelfth Night (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Danny Scheie, as Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)

Outstanding Choreography, Residential Production

• Erika Chong Shuch, The Conference of the Birds (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Brad Waller, Fight Choreographer, Richard III (with the Travelling Shakespeare Company, 1995)

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

• Mariah Hale, Twelfth Night (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• William Ivey Long, [Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)

Outstanding Director, Resident Play

• Aaron Posner, Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Aaron Posner, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Robert Richmond, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)
• Aaron Posner, Twelfth Night (Folger Theatre, 2003)
• Joe Calargco, Shakespeare's R & J (Folger Theatre, 2000)

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play

• The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

• Michael Benz, as Hamlet, Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe, 2012)

Outstanding Lead Actor, Residential Musical

• Floyd King, Mad About the Bard (Folger Theatre, 1998)
• Jeff Hairston, male vocalist, Standup Shakespeare (Folger Theatre, 1995)

Outstanding Lead Actor, Residential Play

• Ian Price, as Elyot Chase, Private Lives (with the Interact Theatre Company, 1995)

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play

• Erin Weaver, as Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Kate Eastwood Norris, as Katherine Minola, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Naomi Jacobson, as Queen Katherine, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)
• Michael Learned, as Elizabeth, Elizabeth the Queen (Folger Theatre, 2003)
• Lucy Newman-Williams, as Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Folger Theatre, 2001)
• Holly Twyford, as Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Theatre, 1998)

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

• Andrew F. Griffin, Henry V (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Andrew F. Griffin, [Othello (Folger Theatre, 2011)
• Klyph Standford, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)
• Dan Covey, Macbeth (Folger Theatre, 2001)

Outstanding Musical Direction, Residential Play or Musical

• Jack Bashkow, Standup Shakespeare (Folger Theatre, 1995)
• George Fulginiti-Shakar, Mad About the Bard (Folger Theatre, 1998)

Outstanding Non-Resident Production

• Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe, 2012)

Outstanding Resident Play

• Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)
• She Stoops to Conquer (Folger Theatre, 2002)
• Shakespeare's R & J (Folger Theatre, 2000)
• Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Theatre, 1998)
• Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 1997)

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

• Tony Cisek, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production

• Christopher Baine and Carla Kihlstedt, [Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Cliff Eberhardt, Original Music and Christopher Baine, Sound Design, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Anthony Cochrane and Michael Rasbury, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)
• Scott Burgess, Elizabeth the Queen (Folger Theatre, 2003)
• Scott Burgess, Othello (Folger Theatre, 2002)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

• Sherri L. Edelen, as Nurse, [Romeo and Juliet (Folger Theatre, 2013)
• Sarah Marshall, as Baptista Minola, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Holly Twyford, as Tranio, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Catherine Flye, as Mrs. Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer (Folger Theatre, 2002)

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

• Tom Lawrence, as Horatio, Reynaldo, Captain, Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe, 2012)

Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Leading Actor, Resident Play

• Cody Nickell, as Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre, 2012)
• Ian Merrill Peakes, as King Henry, Henry VIII (Folger Theatre, 2010)