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Helen Hayes Award

January 01, 1970

The Helen Hayes Awards are theater awards recognizing excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 1983. The awards are named in tribute of Helen Hayes, who is also known as the "First Lady of American Theatre." They are presented by Theatre Washington (formerly known as the Helen Hayes Awards organization),[1] sponsored by TodayTix, a ticketing company, and supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Share Fund, Prince Charitable Trust, and Craig Pascal and Victor Shargai.[2]

Helen Hayes Award
Awarded forExcellence in professional theatre in the Washington, D.C. area
CountryUnited States
Presented bytheatreWashington
First awarded ()1983
Websitewww.theatrewashington.org

History edit

In 1983, together with producing partner Arthur Cantor and Washington Post critic emeritus Richard L. Coe, Broadway producer Bonnie Nelson Schwartz presented a plan for strengthening and cultivating theatre in her home city, Washington, D.C., to the first lady of the American theatre and native Washingtonian, Helen Hayes, who embraced the idea. The Washington Theatre Awards Society was founded to recognize and encourage excellence in professional theatre in the Washington region through the presentation of the Helen Hayes Awards.

The organization launched education and communication programs. The early success of the Helen Hayes Awards suggested that the organization do business under the name of its most visible program. Eventually, at the input of the theatre community and a wide range of stakeholders, the organization aimed to become more robust, and adopted the name "theatreWashington" to better reflect the breadth and geographic scope of its realigned activities.[1] In 2021 it changed its name to Theatre Washington.

Due to criticism of the "one size fits all" philosophy of the awards, in September 2013 theatreWashington announced that, effective with the 2015 awards, the awards would be split into

  1. The Helen Group of Awards for non-Equity productions defined to be those that have no more than three equity actors or the equity actors make up less than 51% of the cast.
  2. The Hayes Group of Awards for productions employing too many Equity actors to qualify for the Helen Group.

These awards would be at the production level, not at the company level.[3][4][5]

Awards categories edit

With 183 theaters in the larger Washington metropolitan area,[6] the city is second only to New York for the number of productions each year.[citation needed] The awards for acting, directing, design, choreography, productions, and more include:[7]

  • Helen Categories
    • Outstanding Play
    • Outstanding Director of a Play
    • Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
    • Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play
    • Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
    • Outstanding Choreography in a Play
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Director of a Musical
    • Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
    • Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical
    • Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
    • Outstanding Choreography in a Musical
    • Outstanding Musical Direction
    • Outstanding Costume Design
    • Outstanding Lighting Design
    • Outstanding Set Design
    • Outstanding Sound Design
  • Hayes Categories
    • Outstanding Play
    • Outstanding Director of a Play
    • Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play
    • Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play
    • Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
    • Outstanding Choreography in a Play
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Director of a Musical
    • Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical
    • Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical
    • Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
    • Outstanding Choreography in a Musical
    • Outstanding Musical Direction
    • Outstanding Costume Design
    • Outstanding Lighting Design
    • Outstanding Set Design
    • Outstanding Sound Design
    • Outstanding Media/Projection Design
  • Additional Categories
    • Outstanding Visiting Production
    • Outstanding Performer, Visiting Production
    • Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences
    • The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical
    • Outstanding Original Play or Musical Adaptation
    • The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre
    • The Helen Hayes Tribute

Nominee and recipient selection edit

  • 40 judges across five panels, specifically endorsed for the purpose by a panel of Washington-area artistic directors, are dispatched to see each eligible production.
  • Each judge evaluates each artist's work in the production on a 0-10 graded point scale in each of applicable categories. Ballots must be submitted within 24 hours of the judge's attendance.
  • Judges have no idea as to the Awards status of any work they have seen and scored until the public does, i.e., when the nominees (and then the recipients) are announced.
  • At the conclusion of the 12-month judging cycle (January–December), the scores from the eight judges who saw each production are tabulated by an independent analysis firm.
  • In all, about 22,000 scores are analyzed annually, using standardized and widely accepted statistical models.
  • The productions, designs, and performances receiving the top-five final scores in each category become the nominees. In the case of tie votes, a tie-breaking system is used, and if the tie still cannot be broken, the number of nominees is simply increased.
  • Following the public announcement of the nominees, the process continues to determine the award recipient in each category. Again, in the case of tie votes, a tie-breaking system is used, and if the tie still cannot be broken, the number of recipients is increased.[8]

Winners and nominees edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Our Story". TheatreWashington. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "About". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Pressley, Nelson (September 17, 2013). "Helen Hayes Awards will split nominees into two groups based on Equity involvement". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  4. ^ Pressley, Nelson (April 20, 2012). "Helen Hayes Awards could use a two-tiered approach to Washington theater". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  5. ^ Pressley, Nelson (January 22, 2012). "New Helen Hayes Awards could spur diverse theater". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  6. ^ "Washington DC theaters | Cause IQ".
  7. ^ "Award Categories".
  8. ^ . TheatreWashington. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  9. ^ "1985 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "1986 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  11. ^ "1987 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  12. ^ "1988 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  13. ^ "1989 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  14. ^ "1990 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  15. ^ "1991 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  16. ^ "1992 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  17. ^ "1993 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  18. ^ "1994 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  19. ^ "1995 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  20. ^ "1996 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  21. ^ "1997 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  22. ^ "1998 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  23. ^ "1999 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  24. ^ "2000 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  25. ^ "2001 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  26. ^ "2002 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  27. ^ "2003 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  28. ^ "2004 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  29. ^ "2005 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  30. ^ "2006 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  31. ^ "2007 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  32. ^ "2008 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  33. ^ "2009 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  34. ^ "2010 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  35. ^ "2011 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  36. ^ "2012 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  37. ^ "2013 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  38. ^ "2014 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  39. ^ "2015 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  40. ^ "2016 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  41. ^ "2017 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  42. ^ "2018 Winners and Nominees". Helen Hayes Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

External links edit

  • theatreWashington website

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The Helen Hayes Awards are theater awards recognizing excellence in professional theater in the Washington D C area since 1983 The awards are named in tribute of Helen Hayes who is also known as the First Lady of American Theatre They are presented by Theatre Washington formerly known as the Helen Hayes Awards organization 1 sponsored by TodayTix a ticketing company and supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation The Share Fund Prince Charitable Trust and Craig Pascal and Victor Shargai 2 Helen Hayes AwardAwarded forExcellence in professional theatre in the Washington D C areaCountryUnited StatesPresented bytheatreWashingtonFirst awarded 1983Websitewww theatrewashington org Contents 1 History 2 Awards categories 3 Nominee and recipient selection 4 Winners and nominees 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editIn 1983 together with producing partner Arthur Cantor and Washington Post critic emeritus Richard L Coe Broadway producer Bonnie Nelson Schwartz presented a plan for strengthening and cultivating theatre in her home city Washington D C to the first lady of the American theatre and native Washingtonian Helen Hayes who embraced the idea The Washington Theatre Awards Society was founded to recognize and encourage excellence in professional theatre in the Washington region through the presentation of the Helen Hayes Awards The organization launched education and communication programs The early success of the Helen Hayes Awards suggested that the organization do business under the name of its most visible program Eventually at the input of the theatre community and a wide range of stakeholders the organization aimed to become more robust and adopted the name theatreWashington to better reflect the breadth and geographic scope of its realigned activities 1 In 2021 it changed its name to Theatre Washington Due to criticism of the one size fits all philosophy of the awards in September 2013 theatreWashington announced that effective with the 2015 awards the awards would be split into The Helen Group of Awards for non Equity productions defined to be those that have no more than three equity actors or the equity actors make up less than 51 of the cast The Hayes Group of Awards for productions employing too many Equity actors to qualify for the Helen Group These awards would be at the production level not at the company level 3 4 5 Awards categories editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message With 183 theaters in the larger Washington metropolitan area 6 the city is second only to New York for the number of productions each year citation needed The awards for acting directing design choreography productions and more include 7 Helen Categories Outstanding Play Outstanding Director of a Play Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play Outstanding Ensemble in a Play Outstanding Choreography in a Play Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director of a Musical Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical Outstanding Choreography in a Musical Outstanding Musical Direction Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Set Design Outstanding Sound Design Hayes Categories Outstanding Play Outstanding Director of a Play Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play Outstanding Ensemble in a Play Outstanding Choreography in a Play Outstanding Musical Outstanding Director of a Musical Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical Outstanding Choreography in a Musical Outstanding Musical Direction Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Set Design Outstanding Sound Design Outstanding Media Projection Design Additional Categories Outstanding Visiting Production Outstanding Performer Visiting Production Outstanding Production Theatre for Young Audiences The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical Outstanding Original Play or Musical Adaptation The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre The Helen Hayes TributeNominee and recipient selection edit40 judges across five panels specifically endorsed for the purpose by a panel of Washington area artistic directors are dispatched to see each eligible production Each judge evaluates each artist s work in the production on a 0 10 graded point scale in each of applicable categories Ballots must be submitted within 24 hours of the judge s attendance Judges have no idea as to the Awards status of any work they have seen and scored until the public does i e when the nominees and then the recipients are announced At the conclusion of the 12 month judging cycle January December the scores from the eight judges who saw each production are tabulated by an independent analysis firm In all about 22 000 scores are analyzed annually using standardized and widely accepted statistical models The productions designs and performances receiving the top five final scores in each category become the nominees In the case of tie votes a tie breaking system is used and if the tie still cannot be broken the number of nominees is simply increased Following the public announcement of the nominees the process continues to determine the award recipient in each category Again in the case of tie votes a tie breaking system is used and if the tie still cannot be broken the number of recipients is increased 8 Winners and nominees edit1985 9 1986 10 1987 11 1988 12 1989 13 1990 14 1991 15 1992 16 1993 17 1994 18 1995 19 1996 20 1997 21 1998 22 1999 23 2000 24 2001 25 2002 26 2003 27 2004 28 2005 29 2006 30 2007 31 2008 32 2009 33 2010 34 2011 35 2012 36 2013 37 2014 38 2015 39 2016 40 2017 41 2018 42 Helen Hayes Awards Non Resident Acting Helen Hayes Awards Non Resident Production Helen Hayes Awards Resident Acting Helen Hayes Awards Resident Design Helen Hayes Awards Resident ProductionSee also edit nbsp Theatre portal Theater in Washington DC John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre CompanyReferences edit a b Our Story TheatreWashington Retrieved July 9 2012 About Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 Pressley Nelson September 17 2013 Helen Hayes Awards will split nominees into two groups based on Equity involvement The Washington Post Retrieved September 18 2013 Pressley Nelson April 20 2012 Helen Hayes Awards could use a two tiered approach to Washington theater The Washington Post Retrieved December 8 2012 Pressley Nelson January 22 2012 New Helen Hayes Awards could spur diverse theater The Washington Post Retrieved December 8 2012 Washington DC theaters Cause IQ Award Categories FAQ 7 TheatreWashington Archived from the original on August 6 2012 Retrieved July 9 2012 1985 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1986 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1987 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1988 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1989 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1990 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1991 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1992 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1993 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1994 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1995 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1996 Winners and Nominees Helen Hayes Awards Retrieved October 14 2018 1997 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