Here are the 2014 Helen Hayes Awards Recipients

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical
Joe Calarco, Gypsy, Signature Theatre
Thomas W. Jones II, Gee’s Bend, MetroStage
Alan Paul, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Aaron Posner, The Last Five Years, Signature Theatre
Eric Schaeffer, Hello, Dolly!, Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

Outstanding Director, Resident Play
Matthew Gardiner, The Laramie Project, Ford’s Theatre
Mitchell Hébert, Glengarry Glen Ross, Round House Theatre
Robert O’Hara, The Mountaintop, Arena Stage
Aaron Posner, Romeo & Juliet, Folger Theatre
Howard Shalwitz, Stupid Fucking Bird, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

 Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical
A Chorus Line, Olney Theatre Center
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Full Monty, The Keegan Theatre
Gee’s Bend, MetroStage
Hello, Dolly!, Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play
The Apple Family Plays, The Studio Theatre
Glengarry Glen Ross, Round House Theatre
The Laramie Project, Ford’s Theatre
Never the Sinner, 1st Stage
Optimism! or Voltaire’s Candide, Spooky Action Theater
Stupid Fucking Bird, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actor, Visiting Production
Mark Evans, The Book of Mormon, The Kennedy Center
Josh Franklin, Anything Goes, The Kennedy Center
Chester Gregory, Sister Act, The Kennedy Center
Bongile Mantsai, Mies Julie, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Christopher John O’Neill, The Book of Mormon, The Kennedy Center

 Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical
Bruce Dow, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company
James Gardiner, The Last Five Years, Signature Theatre
David Gregory, In the Heights, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Bryan Knowlton, A Chorus Line, Olney Theatre Center
Paul Scanlan, Cabaret, The Keegan Theatre
Thom Sesma, Miss Saigon, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actress, Visiting Production
Hilda Cronje, Mies Julie, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Perri Gaffney, The Resurrection of Alice, The Essential Theatre
Andrus Nichols, Bedlam’s Saint Joan, Olney Theatre Center
Rachel York, Anything Goes, The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical
Sherri L. Edelen, Gypsy, Signature Theatre
Diana Huey, Miss Saigon, Signature Theatre – tie
Nancy Opel, Hello, Dolly!, Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
Maria Rizzo, Cabaret, The Keegan Theatre
Jessica Vaccaro, A Chorus Line, Olney Theatre Center – tie
Erin Weaver, The Last Five Years, Signature Theatre
Roz White, Gee’s Bend, MetroStage
Lauren Williams, Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”
The Kennedy Center
Lori Williams, Ladies Swing the Blues, MetroStage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play
Johanna Day, Good People, Arena Stage
Tana Hicken, 4000 Miles, The Studio Theatre
Joaquina Kalukango, The Mountaintop, Arena Stage
Susan Lynskey, Ghost-Writer, MetroStage
Nancy Moricette, The Convert, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Holly Twyford, Contractions, The Studio Theatre 2ndStage
Erin Weaver, Romeo & Juliet, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Brian S. Allard, Never the Sinner, 1st Stage
Andrew F. Griffin, Henry V, Folger Theatre
Andrew F. Griffin, The Tempest, Synetic Theater
A. J. Guban, 36 Views, Constellation Theatre Company
Rui Rita, The Laramie Project, Ford’s Theatre

Outstanding Movement, Resident Play
Monalisa Arias, Optimism! or Voltaire’s Candide, Spooky Action Theater
Matthew Gardiner, Never the Sinner, 1st Stage
Happenstance Theater 4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater
Robb Hunter, Red Speedo, The Studio Theatre
Irina Tsikurishvili, The Three Musketeers, Synetic Theater
Ben Cunis, The Three Musketeers, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Music Direction, Resident Production
Jon Kalbfleisch, Gypsy, Signature Theatre
William Hubbard, Gee’s Bend, MetroStage
William Knowles, Gee’s Bend, MetroStage
Dr. Sherrie Maricle, Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life, Arena Stage
James Moore, Hello, Dolly!, Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre
William Yanesh, The Last Five Years, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Visiting Production
Anything Goes, The Kennedy Center
Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey, The Studio Theatre
The Book of Mormon, The Kennedy Center
Mies Julie, Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Second City’s America All Better!!, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Production, Theatre For Young Audiences
Anime Momotaro, Imagination Stage
Goodnight Moon, Adventure Theatre MTC
The Magic Finger, Imagination Stage
Peter Pan and Wendy, Imagination Stage
Three Little Birds, Adventure Theatre MTC
Winnie the Pooh, Adventure Theatre MTC

Outstanding Resident Musical
A Chorus Line, Olney Theatre Center – tie
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Cabaret, The Keegan Theatre
Gypsy, Signature Theatre
Hello, Dolly!, Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre – tie
The Last Five Years, Signature Theatre
The Rocky Horror Show, The Studio Theatre 2ndStage