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.
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2026 Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Musical Helen
Megan Kempton
Evil Dead the Musical
Workhouse Arts Center
Garrett Walsh
Jesus Christ Superstar
Workhouse Arts Center
Susan Derry
The Turn of the Screw
Creative Cauldron
Katie McManus
Falsettos
The Keegan Theatre
Caroline Graham
Lizzie The Musical
The Keegan Theatre
Anna Malavé
Botiquin de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights Bolero Bar)
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Jordyn Taylor
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
Spooky Action Theater
2026 Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Musical Hayes
Rob McClure
Damn Yankees
Arena Stage
Douglas Sills
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Signature Theatre
Ana Villafañe
Damn Yankees
Arena Stage
Eric William Morris
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical
Signature Theatre
Sawyer Smith
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Signature Theatre
Victoria Gómez
Dory Fantasmagory
Imagination Stage
Kyle Taylor Parker
Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Nova Y. Payton
Hello, Dolly!
Olney Theatre Center
Aria Kane
Sarah Silverman's The Bedwetter - A New Musical
Arena Stage
Hayley Podschun
Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company
2026 Outstanding ENSEMBLE in a Play Helen
The Piano Lesson
1st Stage
The Immigrant
Synetic Theater
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
Synetic Theater
Not Your Mother's Goose!
Adventure Theatre MTC
Birthday Candles
1st Stage
2026 Outstanding ENSEMBLE in a Play Hayes
Merry Wives
Shakespeare Theatre Company
The American Five
Ford's Theatre
Paradise Blue
Studio Theatre
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two
Round House Theatre
2026 Outstanding ENSEMBLE in a Musical Helen
A Strange Loop
Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
Spooky Action Theater
The Music Man
Toby's Dinner Theatre
Botiquin de boleros Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights Bolero Bar)
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Head Over Heels
Constellation Theatre Company
2026 Outstanding ENSEMBLE in a Musical Hayes
Damn Yankees
Arena Stage
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical
Signature Theatre
IN THE HEIGHTS
Signature Theatre
Sister Act
Ford's Theatre
Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company
2026 Outstanding DIRECTOR of a Play Helen
Deidra LaWan Starnes
hang
1st Stage
Paata & Irina Tsikurishvili
The Immigrant
Synetic Theater
Autumn Angelettie
Furlough's Paradise
Theater Alliance
Danielle A. Drakes
The Piano Lesson
1st Stage
Reginald L. Douglas
American Fast
Theater Alliance
2026 Outstanding DIRECTOR of a Play Hayes
Aaron Posner
The American Five
Ford's Theatre
Ryan Rilette
Bad Books
Round House Theatre
Rex Daugherty
Lie Low
Solas Nua
Taylor Reynolds
Merry Wives
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Tom Story
The Inheritance: Parts One and Two
Round House Theatre
2026 Outstanding DIRECTOR of a Musical Helen
Danilo Stapula
Evil Dead the Musical
Workhouse Arts Center
Alexandria Wailes
A Strange Loop
Visionaries of the Creative Arts & Deaf Austin Theatre
Matt Conner
The Turn of the Screw
Creative Cauldron