Nominees & Recipients Database

Use this database to search Helen Hayes Award-nominated theatres, theatre-makers, and productions and recipients. **Please note that some categories may be split to two pages at the bottom of this list. Scroll to the next page to see additional nominees in that category. 2024 nominees will be added to this database soon, please see the complete lists here.

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1987 Outstanding New Play

T J Edwards
New York Mets  
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

1987 Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

James F. Ingalls
Ajax
American National Theater
Nancy Schertler
Old Times
Arena Stage
Nancy Schertler
Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Daniel MacLean Wagner
The Birthday Party  
Studio Theatre
Frances Aronson
Measure for Measure
Arena Stage
Beverly Emmons
Wild Duck
Arena Stage

1987 Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Production

Kathy Yarman
Sally and Marsh   
Round House Theatre
June Hansen
The Birthday Party  
Studio Theatre
Annette Helde
Landscape of the Body  
Studio Theatre
Tana Hicken
Old Times
Arena Stage
Tana Hicken
The Wild Duck  
Arena Stage
Mary Ellen Nester
Dorothy   
New Arts Theatre
Nancy Robinette
Christman on Mars
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

1987 Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

Linda Lavin
Broadway Bound
The National Theatre
Sharon Brown
Dreamgirls  
The National Theatre
Esther Rolle
A Raisin In The Sun
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Teresa Burrell
Queenie Pie
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Rosemary Harris
Hay Fever
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

1987 Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Production

Howard Shalwitz
Christmas on Mars
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Michael Willis
New York Mets  
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
John Wylie
The Miser
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Casey Biggs
The Taming of the Shrew  
Arena Stage
Simon Brooking
Still Life  
Studio Theatre
Doug Brown
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Studio Theatre
Howie Seago
Ajax
American National Theater

1987 Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

Ben Cross
Caine Mutiny Court Martial  
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Delroy Lindo
A Raisin in the Sun
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Edward Duke
Jeeves Takes Charge
Ford's Theatre Society
Joe Sears
Greater Tuna
Ford's Theatre Society
Jonathan Silverman
Broadway Bound
The National Theatre
Colm Wilkinson
Les Miserables
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

1987 Outstanding Director, Resident Production

Douglas C. Wager
The Taming of the Shrew  
Arena Stage
Joy Zinoman
Slab Boys
Studio Theatre
Gillian Drake
The Water Engine  
Round House Theatre
John Going
The Miser
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Michael Kahn
Romeo and Juliet  
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Dorothy Neumann
Johnny Bull
Horizons Theatre
Lucian Pintilie
The Wild Duck  
Arena Stage

1987 Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Martin Pakledinaz
The Piggy Bank
Arena Stage
Martin Pakledinaz
The Taming of the Shrew  
Arena Stage
Rosemary Pardee
The Water Engine  
Round House Theatre
Mark Pirolo
The Cherry Orchard  
Shakespeare Theatre Company
William Schroder
The Miser
Shakespeare Theatre Company

1986 The Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service

Patrick Hayes

1986 The Thomas J. Lipton Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Washington Professional Theatre

Father Gilbert V. Hartke

1986 The Davis-Schalizki Student Actor Award

Byron Stewart
Byron Stewart, Howard University

1986 Outstanding Touring Production

Kabuki Medea
American National Theater
Streamers
American National Theater
My One and Only
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts