Nominees and winners of the 24th Annual Helen Hayes Awards follow: Recipients are indicated by boldface type and an asterisk. Voting in some categories resulted in a tie.

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production
Karma Camp, The Witches of Eastwick, Signature Theatre
Christopher D'Amboise, The Studio, Signature Theatre
Matthew Gardiner, Reefer Madness: The Musical, Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Eric Lucas and Kerry Lucas, Alone It Stands, The Keegan Theatre
Irina Tsikurishvili, Hamlet ... the rest is silence, Synetic Theater
*Irina Tsikurishvili, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Irina Tsikurishvili, The Fall of the House of Usher, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Murell Horton, Edward II, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Jennifer Moeller, Tamburlaine, Shakespeare Theatre Company
*Reggie Ray, Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, Studio Theatre
Anastasia Ryurikov Simes, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Paul Tazewell, Carnival!, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
*(TIE) Keith Alan Baker, with Matt Gardiner and Ryan Christie, Reefer Madness: The Musical, Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Lawrence B. Munsey, Titanic The Musical, Toby's Dinner Theatre
Toby Orenstein, Titanic The Musical, Toby's Dinner Theatre
*(TIE) Eric Schaeffer, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
Eric Schaeffer, The Witches of Eastwick, Signature Theatre
Molly Smith, The Women of Brewster Place, Arena Stage

Outstanding Director, Resident Play
Timothy Douglas, Insurrection: Holding History, Theater Alliance
Pam MacKinnon, The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Serge Seiden, Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, Studio Theatre
Shirley Serotsky, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Rorschach Theatre
Howard Shalwitz, She Stoops to Comedy, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Rebecca Bayla Taichman, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Rebecca Bayla Taichman, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Paata Tsikurishvili, Hamlet ... the rest is silence, Synetic Theater
*Paata Tsikurishvili, Macbeth, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production
Daniel Beaty, Emergence-See!, Arena Stage
Christopher Cazenove, My Fair Lady, Kennedy Center
*Bill Irwin, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Kennedy Center
Robert McClure, Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical, National Theatre
Chris McGarry, Doubt, A Parable, National Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical
Will Gartshore, Merrily We Roll Along, Signature Theatre
*Marc Kudisch, The Witches of Eastwick, Signature Theatre
Lawrence Redmond, Reefer Madness: The Musical, Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Bobby Smith, Reefer Madness: The Musical, Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Bobby Smith, The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), MetroStage
Andrew Sonntag, Reefer Madness: The Musical, Studio Theatre 2ndStage

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play
James Brown-Orleans, My Children! My Africa!, Studio Theatre
Arnie Burton, I Am My Own Wife, Olney Theatre Center
Edward Gero, Shining City, Studio Theatre
Charles H. Hyman, The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Christopher Innvar, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Irakli Kavsadze, Macbeth, Synetic Theater Michael Russotto, She Stoops to Comedy, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
*J. Fred Shiffman, Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, Studio Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production
*Cherry Jones, Doubt, A Parable, National Theatre
Karen Kandel, Mabou Mines' Peter and Wendy, Arena Stage
Lisa O'Hare, My Fair Lady, Kennedy Center
Kelli Sawyer, Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical, National Theatre
Janet Suzman, Coriolanus, Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
*Heidi Blickenstaff, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
Carolee Carmello, Saving Aimee, Signature Theatre
Jessica Dukes, Spunk, Tribute Productions and African Continuum Theatre Company
Tina Fabrique, Ella, Arena Stage
Harriett D. Foy, The Women of Brewster Place, Arena Stage
Marva Hicks, The Women of Brewster Place, Arena Stage
Donna Migliaccio, The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), MetroStage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Gabriela Fernandez Coffey, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Rorschach Theatre
Naomi Jacobson, Vigils, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Polly Noonan, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Mary Beth Peil, 33 Variations, Arena Stage
*Nancy Robinette, Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, Studio Theatre
Irina Tsikurishvili, Macbeth, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
*Colin K. Bills, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Colin K. Bills, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Colin K. Bills, The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
David Lander, 33 Variations, Arena Stage
Charlie Morrison, Richard III, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Rui Rita, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production
*(TIE) Jon Kalbfleisch, Merrily We Roll Along, Signature Theatre
Jon Kalbfleisch, The Witches of Eastwick, Signature Theatre
Dan Kazemi, The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), MetroStage
William Foster McDaniel, The Women of Brewster Place, Arena Stage
*(TIE) Christopher Youstra, Titanic The Musical, Toby's Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production
Marie Anne Chiment, I Am My Own Wife, Olney Theatre Center
James Kronzer, The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Derek McLane, 33 Variations, Arena Stage
*Neil Patel, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Lee Savage, Richard III, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Anastasia Ryurikov Simes, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Narelle Sissons, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Robin Stapley, Crime and Punishment, Round House Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production
*Irakli Kavsadze and Paata Tsikurishvili, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Jeremy Lee, The Studio, Signature Theatre
Matthew M. Nielson, Nest, Signature Theatre
Matthew M. Nielson, The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Ryan Rumery, Vigils, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Gil Thompson, Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, Studio Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical
Michael Arnold, Carnival!, Kennedy Center
Christopher Bloch, Christmas Carol 1941, Arena Stage
Joel Blum, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
Ed Dixon, Saving Aimee, Signature Theatre
*Erik Liberman, Merrily We Roll Along, Signature Theatre
Guy Paul, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play
*(TIE) Daniel Escobar, She Stoops to Comedy, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
*(TIE) Philip Fletcher, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Rick Foucheux, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Peter Macon, Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare Theatre Company
J. Fred Shiffman, Vigils, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Alexander Strain, Pangs of the Messiah, Theater J

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical
*(TIE) E. Faye Butler, Saving Aimee, Signature Theatre
*(TIE) Karlah Hamilton, The Witches of Eastwick, Signature Theatre
Monique L. Midgette, The Women of Brewster Place, Arena Stage
Tracy Lynn Olivera, Merrily We Roll Along, Signature Theatre
Lauren Williams, Into the Woods, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play
Naomi Jacobson, The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Susan Kellermann, 33 Variations, Arena Stage
Sarah Marshall, As You Like It, Folger Theatre
*Kate Eastwood Norris, She Stoops to Comedy, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Salma Qarnain, Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Regina Marie Williams, Redshirts, Round House Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production
Justin Bohon, My Fair Lady, Kennedy Center
*Caroline Stefanie Clay, Doubt, A Parable, National Theatre
Tim Jerome, My Fair Lady, Kennedy Center
Lisa Joyce, Doubt, A Parable, National Theatre
Timothy West, Coriolanus, Kennedy Center

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
Matt August, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
Steve Connell, The Word Begins, Signature Theatre
Andrew Gerle, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
Moises Kaufman, 33 Variations, Arena Stage
Motti Lerner, Pangs of the Messiah, Theater J
*Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Sekou (tha Misfit), The Word Begins, Signature Theatre
Eddie Sugarman, Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
Dana Yeaton, Redshirts, Round House Theatre

Outstanding Non-Resident Production
*Avenue Q, The Broadway Musical, The National Theatre
Doubt, A Parable, The National Theatre Emergence-See!, Arena Stage
My Fair Lady, The Kennedy Center
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Resident Musical
Into the Woods, Signature Theatre
Meet John Doe, Ford's Theatre
*Reefer Madness: The Musical, The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
The Witches of Eastwick, Signature Theatre
The Women of Brewster Place, Arena Stage
Titanic, The Musical, Toby's Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Resident Play
Dead Man's Cell Phone, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Hamlet … the rest is silence, Synetic Theater
*Macbeth, Synetic Theater
Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, The Studio Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Unmentionables, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Word Begins, Signature Theatre

The Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play or Musical
Alone It Stands, The Keegan Theatre
*Hamlet … the rest is silence, Synetic Theater
Insurrection: Holding History, Theater Alliance
Scenes from the Big Picture, Solas Nua
She Stoops to Comedy, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Vigils, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Word Begins, Signature Theatre

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Asterisks before the items in this list of nominations indicates winners:

Best Actress
Anne-Marie Duff for Saint Joan at the Olivier
Kelly Reilly for Othello at the Donmar Warehouse
*Kristin Scott Thomas for The Seagull at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Fiona Shaw for Happy Days at the Lyttelton
Penelope Wilton for John Gabriel Borkman at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor
*Chiwetel Ejiofor for Othello at the Donmar Warehouse
Ian McKellen for King Lear at the New London
Mark Rylance for Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy
John Simm For Elling at the Trafalgar Studios 1
Patrick Stewart for Macbeth at the Gielgud

Best Performance in a Supporting Role
Michelle Fairley for Othello at the Donmar Warehouse
Pam Ferris for The Entertainer at the Old Vic
Conleth Hill for Philistines at the Lyttelton
*Rory Kinnear for The Man of Mode at the Oliver

Best Newcomer in a Play
David Dawson for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby at the Gielgud
Tom Hiddleston for Cymbeline at The Barbican
*Tom Hiddleston for Othello at the Donmar Warehouse
Stephen Wight for Dealer's Choice at the Trafalgar Studios 1

Best New Play
*A Disappearing Number by Simon McBurney at The Barbican
The Reporter by Nicholas Wright at the Cottesloe
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, adapted by Tanya Ronder at the Young Vic
War Horse based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford at the

Best New Comedy
Absurdia: The Crimson Hotel by Michael Frayn at the Donmar Warehouse
Elling based on a novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, stage adaptation by Axel Hellstenius in collaboration with Peter Næss, translated by Nicholas Norris
*Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan-Din based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton at the Lyttelton
Whipping it Up by Steve Thompson at the New Ambassadors

Best Revival
Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross at the Comedy Theatre
Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber at Trafalgar Studios 1
Macbeth by William Shakespeare at the Gielgud
*Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw at the
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, a version by Christopher Hampton at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court.

Best New Musical
The Drowsy Chaperone. Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob Martin and Don Mckellar.
*Hairspray. Book by Mark O'donnell and Thomas Meehan; music by Marc Shaiman; lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman.
The Lord Of The Rings. Book and lyrics by Shaun Mckenna and Matthew Warchus; music by A.R. Rahman, Värttinä with Christopher Nightingale at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Parade. Book by Alfred Uhry, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Musical Revival
Fiddler On The Roof. Book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, at the Savoy
Little Shop of Horrors. Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken at The Duke of York's and Ambassadors
* The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo. Adapted from Mozart by Mark Dornford-May. Words and music by Mandisi Dyantyis, Mbali Kgosidintsi, Pauline Malefane and Nolufefe Mtshabe at the Young Vic

Best Actress in a Musical
*Leanne Jones for Hairsrpay at the Shaftesbury
Lara Pulver for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
Sheridan Smith for Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York's and Ambassadors
Summer Strallen for The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello

Best Actor in a Musical
*Michael Ball for Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
Bertie Carvel for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
Henry Goodman for Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy
Bob Martin for The Drowsy Chaperone at The Novello

Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
*Tracie Bennett for Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
Elinor Collett for Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
Shaun Escoffery for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
Alistair McGowan for Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke Of York's and Ambassadors

Best Director
Rob Ashford for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris for War Horse at the Olivier>
*Rupert Goold for Macbeth at the Gielgud
Jack O'Brien for Hairspray at the Shaftesbury

Best Theatre Choreographer
Rob Ashford for Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
Jerry Mitchell for Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
Casey Nicholaw for The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello
*Toby Sedgwick for War Horse at the Olivier

Best Lighting Design
Hairspray designed by Kenneth Posner at the Shaftesbury
The Lord of the Rings designed by Paul Pyant at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
*Macbeth designed by Howard Harrison at the Gielgud
War Horse designed by Paule Constable at the Olivier

Best Set Design
Hairspray designed by David Rockwell at the Shaftesbury
The Lord of the Rings designed by Rob Howell at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Macbeth designed by Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey at the Gielgud
*War Horse designed by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company at the Olivier

Best Costume Design
The Drowsy Chaperone designed by Gregg Barnes at the Novello
Hairspray designed by William Ivey Long at the Shaftesbury
The Lord of the Rings designed by Rob Howell at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
*The Man of Mode designed by Vicki Mortimer at the Olivier

Best Sound Design
Hairspray designed by Steve C. Kennedy at the Shaftesbury
The Lord of the Rings designed by Simon Baker at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Parade designed by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster for Autograph at the Donmar Warehouse
*Saint Joan designed by Paul Arditti and Jocelyn Pook at the Olivier
*War Horse designed by Adrian Sutton and John Tams at the Olivier

Outstanding Achievment in an Affiliate Theatre
The Brothers Size at The Maria, Young Vic
Cinderella at Theatre Royal, Stratford East
*Gone Too Far at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court
The cast of That Face at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court

Best New Opera Production
English National Opera's Agrippina at The Coliseum
The Royal Opera's La Fille Du Régiment at The Royal Opera House
*The Royal Opera's Pelléas Et Mélisande at The Royal Opera House
English National Opera's Turn Of The Screw at The Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Opera
*Natalie Dessay for her performance in La Fille du Régiment at The Royal Opera House
Gerald Finley for his performance in Pelléas et Mélisande at The Royal Opera House
Angelika Kirchschlager for her performance in Pelléas et Mélisande at The Royal Opera House
David Mcvicar for directing English National Opera's Turn of the Screw and Agrippina at The Coliseum

Best New Dance Production
Fabulous Beast Dance's The Bull at The Barbican
T*he Royal Ballet's Jewels at The Royal Opera House
Mark Morris Dance Group's Mozart Dances at The Barbican
Northern Ballet Theatre's The Three Musketeers at Sadler's Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Savion Glover for his performance in Live for London at Sadler's Wells
Jonathan Goddard for his performances with the Richard Alston Dance Company at Sadler's Wells
*The Royal Ballet Company for their performances in Jewels
Wendy Whelan for her performance in the Christopher Wheeldon Company's Fool's Paradise at Sadler's Wells.

The Society's Special Award: Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Deanna Dunnagan Outstanding Actress in a play

Tracy Letts arrives at Sardi's to pick up yet another award

Outstanding New Broadway Play
* August: Osage County
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
The 39 Steps

Outstanding New Broadway Musical

Mel Brooks whose Young Frankenstein was tied for OCC Outstanding New Broadway Musical with Xanadu

A Catered Affair
Cry-Baby The Musical
*Xanadu
*Young Frankenstein

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
*Dividing the Estate
The Drunken City
From Up Here
The Receptionist

Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
*Adding Machine
The Glorious Ones
Make Me a Song—The Music of William Finn
Next to Normal

Outstanding New Score
*Adding Machine
Next to Normal
Passing Strange
Young Frankenstein

Ian Mc Shane of The Homecoming

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Cyrano de Bergerac
*The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Gypsy
*South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George
Take Me Along

Outstanding Director of a Play
Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
Rupert Goold, Macbeth
Rufus Norris, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
*Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

Outstanding Director of a Musical
David Cromer, Adding Machine
Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
*Bartlett Sher, South Pacific
Susan Stroman, Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Choreographer
*Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby The Musical
Graciela Daniele, The Glorious Ones
Christopher Gattelli, South Pacific
Susan Stroman, Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
*David Farley, Timothy Bird, Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Robin Wagner, Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan, South Pacific

Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
*Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
William Ivey Long, Young Frankenstein
Jessica Jahn, Michael Bottari and Ronald Case, Die Mommie Die!
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific

Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
*Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter Kaczorowski, Young Frankenstein

Outstanding Actor in a Play
Kevin Anderson, Come Back Little Sheba
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
*Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Outstanding Actress in a Play
Eve Best, The Homecoming
*Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Laura Linney, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba

The season's new matinee idol, Paulo Szot accepting his Outstanding Actor Award at Sardi's celebration

Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy
*Paulo Szot, South Pacific

Laura Benanti brought her proud mom and dad to the Sardi's party-- you can tell where she got her good looks.

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Amy Warren Adding Machine
Harriet Harris Cry-Baby The Musical
*Laura Benanti Gypsy
Sherie Rene Scott The Little Mermaid


Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Jayne Houdyshell The New Century
Jessica Collins Les Liaisons Dangereuses
*Laurie Metcalf November
Sin Phillips Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Outstanding Solo Performance
*Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Stephen Lang, Beyond Glory
Chazz Palminteri, A Bronx Tale
April Yvette Thompson, Liberty City

John Gassner Award
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Bob Clyman, Secret Order
*Liz Flahive, From Up Here
Michael Hollinger, Opus
George Packer, Betrayed

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PLAYWRITING
Horton Foote, Dividing the Estate
David Henry Hwang, Yellow Face

DIRECTION
Krzysztof Warlikowski, Krum
David Cromer, Adding Machine

PERFORMANCE
LisaGay Hamilton, The Ohio State Murders
Kate Mulgrew, Iphigenia 2.0
Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Rebecca Wisocky, Amazons and Their Men
Joel Hatch, Adding Machine
Heidi Schreck, Drum of the Waves of Horikawa
Veanne Cox, Sustained Excellence of Performance
Sean McNall, Sustained Excellence of Performance
Ensemble: Passing Strange: de'Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis, Colman Domingo, Chad Goodridge, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Stew

DESIGN
Takeshi Kata, Set and Keith Parham, Lighting Design, Adding Machine
Peter Ksander, Scenic Design, Untitled Mars (This Title May Change)
Ben Katchor, Drawings; John Findlay and Jeff Sugg, Set and Projection; Russell H. Champa, Lighting Design, The Slug Bearers Of Kayrol Island
Jane Greenwood, Sustained Excellence of Costume Design
David Zinn, Sustained Excellence of Costume and Set Design

SPECIAL CITATIONS
Nature Theater of Oklahoma, No Dice
David Greenspan, The Argument

BEST NEW THEATRE PIECE ($1,000 prize)
Stew, Heidi Rodewald, Annie Dorsen, Passing Strange

THE ROSS WETZSTEON AWARD ($2,000 given annually to a theatre that nurtures innovative new plays)
Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Adrienne Kennedy

OBIE GRANTS (Totaling $10,000)
Keen Company, $5,000
Theater of a Two-Headed Calf, $5,000

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Production - Play – Large
The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre
Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre
The Crucible, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
As You Like It, Writers' Theatre
Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company

Production Play – Midsize
Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists
Defiance, Next Theatre Company
Juno and the Paycock, The Artistic Home
The Philadelphia Story, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists
W;t, The Gift Theatre

Production-Musical-Large
Carousel, Court Theatre
La Cage aux Folles, Theatre at the Center
Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Producers, Marriott Theatre
Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook

Production-Musical-Midsize
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago

Production – Revue
Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre
Campaign Supernova! Or How Many Democrats..., The Second City e.t.c.
Ella, Northlight Theatre
The Mistress Cycle, Apple Tree Theatre

Solo Performance
Bradley Armacost, C.S. Lewis on Stage, Provision Theater Company
Judith Ivey, The Lady With All The Answers, Northlight Theatre
Michael Joseph Mitchell, Underneath the Lintel, City Lit Theatre iaw Boarshead Theatre & CRM Prod.
Nilaja Sun, No Child, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Thomas J. Cox, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, Lookingglass Theatre Co. iaw Museum of Cont. Art

Director – Play
Barbara Gaines, The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Edward Sobel, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists
Lou Contey, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
Mark E. Lococo, The Miser, Northlight Theatre
PJ Paparelli, Speech and Debate, American Theater Company
Russ Tutterow, A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists
William Brown, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre

Director – Musical
Charles Newell, Carousel, Court Theatre
Dominic Missimi, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Gary Griffin, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jim Corti, Meet Me in St. Louis, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook
Jim Corti, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Marc Robin, The Producers, Marriott Theatre

Director – Revue
Chuck Smith, Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre
Jim Carlson, No Country for Old White Men, The Second City
Kurt Johns, The Mistress Cycle, Apple Tree Theatre
Rob Ruggiero, Ella, Northlight Theatre
Stafford Arima, Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC

New Work
Bill Jepsen, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists
Eric Rosen, Wedding Play, About Face Theatre
GQ and JQ, Funk It Up About Nothin', Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Joel Drake Johnson, Four Places, Victory Gardens Theater
Keith Huff, A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists
Tracy Letts, Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Yussef El Guindi, Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, Silk Road Theatre Project

New Adaptation
Laura Eason, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Ron West, The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Ensemble
Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC
Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Because They Have No Words, Piven Theatre
Campaign Supernova! Or How Many Democrats..., The Second City e.t.c.
Funk It Up About Nothin', Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Sounds So Good Makes You Wanna Holler, Black Ensemble Theater

Actress in a Principal Role – Play
Alexandra Main, W;t, The Gift Theatre
Karen Aldridge, The Cook, The Goodman Theatre
Lois Smith, The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre
Mary Ann Thebus, Four Places, Victory Gardens Theater
Mary Beth Fisher, The Little Dog Laughed, About Face Theatre
Shannon Cochran, The Lion in Winter, Writers' Theatre

Actor in a Principal Role – Play
D.J. Howard, Driving Miss Daisy, First Folio Shakespeare Festival
John Judd, Shining City, The Goodman Theatre
Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Nick Sandys, Much Ado About Nothing, First Folio Shakespeare Festival
Randy Steinmeyer, A Steady Rain, Chicago Dramatists
Sean Sullivan, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre

Actress in a Supporting Role – Play
Hallie Foote, The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre
Jacqueline Williams, The Miser, Northlight Theatre
Lesley Bevan, Othello, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Ora Jones, Carter's Way, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Polly Noonan, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre

Actor in a Supporting Role – Play
Brian Sills, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Joe Dempsey, Wedding Play, About Face Theatre
Kevin Douglas, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Kevin McKillip, Jeeves Intervenes, First Folio Shakespeare Festival
Larry Yando, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre
Mark Ulrich, Juno and the Paycock, The Artistic Home
Rob Riley, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists

Actress in a Principal Role – Musical
Ana Gasteyer, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Heidi Kettenring, Little Women, Marriott Theatre
Johanna McKenzie Miller, Phantom, Theatre at the Center
Kathy Voytko, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Summer Naomi Smart, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook

Actor in a Principal Role – Musical
Guy Adkins, The Producers, Marriott Theatre
Jeff Parker, Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
John Cudia, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Larry Adams, Phantom, Theatre at the Center
Ross Lehman, The Producers, Marriott Theatre

Actress in a Supporting Role – Musical
Alene Robertson, The Full Monty, Marriott Theatre
Cory Goodrich, Hello, Dolly!, Theatre at the Center
Jessie Mueller, Carousel, Court Theatre
Kathy Voytko, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Marilynn Bogetich, Phantom, Theatre at the Center

Actor in a Supporting Role – Musical
Brandon Dahlquist, Knute Rockne All-American, Theatre at the Center
Michael Aaron Lindner, The Producers, Marriott Theatre
Richard Todd Adams, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Rob Lindley, Carousel, Court Theatre
Stephen Schellhardt, Little Women, Marriott Theatre

Actress in a Revue
Amber Ruffin, No Country for Old White Men, The Second City
Angela Ingersoll, The Mistress Cycle, Apple Tree Theatre
E. Faye Butler, Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre
E. Faye Butler, Ella, Northlight Theatre
Laura Grey, Campaign Supernova! Or How Many Democrats..., The Second City e.t.c.

Actor in a Revue
Brian Crum, Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC
James Rank, The American Dream Songbook, Next Theatre Company
John Steven Crowley, Ain't Misbehavin', Goodman Theatre

Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, Altar Boyz, Drury Lane Water Tower/Altar Boyz Chicago, LLC
David H. Bell, Knute Rockne All-American, Theatre at the Center
Marc Robin, The Producers ,Marriott Theatre
Mitzi Hamilton, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Rudy Hogenmiller, La Cage aux Folles, Theatre at the Center

Original Incidental Music
Alaric Jans & Lindsay Jones, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Andrew Hansen, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre
Darrell Leonard, Carter's Way, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
David Pavkovic, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, Lookingglass Theatre Co. iaw Museum of Cont. Art
Kevin O'Donnell, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company

Musical Direction
Brad Haak, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Doug Peck, Carousel, Court Theatre
Eugene Dizon, Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
George Caldwell, Ella, Northlight Theatre
Jimmy Tillman, Sounds So Good Makes You Wanna Holler, Black Ensemble Theater
Rob Berman, Passion, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Costume Design – Large
Ana Kuzmanic, The Comedy of Errors, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Nancy Missimi, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
Nancy Missimi, The Producers, Marriott Theatre
Nikki Delhomme, La Cage aux Folles, Theatre at the Center
Tatjana Radisic, Meet Me in St. Louis, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook

Costume Design – Midsize
Angela Miller, Driving Miss Daisy, First Folio Shakespeare Festival
Bill Morey, Nine: The Musical, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago
Cybele Moon, Suddenly Last Summer, Shattered Globe Theatre
Karen Kawa, Fatboy, A Red Orchid Theatre
Rachel Laritz, The Philadelphia Story, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Fight Choreography
Kevin Asselin, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre
Nick Sandys, The Defiant Muse, Victory Gardens Theater
Nick Sandys, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
Robin McFarquhar, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Lighting Design – Large
Diane Ferry Williams, Les Miserables, Marriott Theatre
J.R. Lederle, Turn of the Screw, Writers Theatre
Jesse Klug, Sweet Charity, Drury Lane Oakbrook
Lee Keenan, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Philip S. Rosenberg, Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Lighting Design – Midsize
Christopher Ash, Wedding Play, About Face Theatre
J.R. Lederle, Fiction, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
John Horan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre
John Horan, W;t, The Gift Theatre
Mike Durst, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre

Projections Design
Marty Higginbotham & Bobby Richards, Speech and Debate, American Theater Company
Mike Tutaj, I Do! I Do!, American Theater Company
Mike Tutaj, Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat, Silk Road Theatre Project
Rupert Bohle, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre

Scenic Design – Large
Allan Moyer, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre
Brian Sidney Bembridge, Meet Me in St. Louis, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook
Brian Sidney Bembridge, The Goodbye Girl, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook
E. David Cosier, The Trip to Bountiful, The Goodman Theatre
Keith Pitts, The Defiant Muse, Victory Gardens Theater

Scenic Design – Midsize
Chelsea Myers, Juno and the Paycock, The Artistic Home
Jacqueline & Richard Penrod, The Philadelphia Story, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Kevin Depinet, Cadillac, Chicago Dramatists
Kevin Hagan, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
Kevin Hagan, Suddenly Last Summer, Shattered Globe Theatre

Sound Design – Large
Andre Pluess, Turn of the Screw, Writers Theatre
Andrew Hansen, As You Like It, Writers' Theatre
Barry G. Funderburg, Carter's Way, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Cecil Averett, Passion Play: a cycle in three parts, The Goodman Theatre
Joshua Horvath, Around the World in Eighty Days, Lookingglass Theatre Company

Sound Design – Midsize
Andre Pluess, Much Ado About Nothing, First Folio Shakespeare Festival
Jack Arky, Because They Have No Words, Piven Theatre
Mike Tutaj, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Shattered Globe Theatre
Mike Tutaj, Suddenly Last Summer, Shattered Globe Theatre
Miles Polaski, White People, The Gift Theatre Company

Videography
John Musial, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, Lookingglass Theatre Co. iaw Museum of Cont. Art