TDPS in 2016 Helen Hayes Award Nominations
February 05, 2016
Congratulations to everyone in the TDPS family—faculty, students, and alumni—who was nominated for the 2016 Hele
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TDPS Nominees
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Award
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Production
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Theatre
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Casey Kaleba and Matthew Wilson
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Outstanding choreography in a play--HELEN production
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The Lieutenant of Inishmore
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Constellation Theatre Company
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Michael Winch
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Outstanding musical direction--HELEN production
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Doctor Caligari
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Pointless Theatre
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Collin Ranney
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Outstanding costume design--HAYES production
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Flowers Stink
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The Kennedy Center
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Robert Croghan
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Outstanding costume design--HELEN production
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The Cribble of Inishmaan
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Scena Theatre
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Kara Waala
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Outstanding costume design--HELEN production
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Avenue Q
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Constellation Theatre Company
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A.J. Guban
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Outstanding lighting design--HELEN production
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Avenue Q
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Constellation Theatre Company
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Andrew Cohen and Brian MacDevitt
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Outstanding set design--HAYES production
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Murder Ballad
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Studio Theatre
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Patti Kalil
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Outstanding set design--HELEN production
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Doctor Caligari
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Pointless Theatre
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Eleanor Holdridge
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Outstanding director of a play--HAYES production
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Queens Girl in the World
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Theatre J
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Aaron Posner
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Outstanding director of a play--HAYES production
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
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Folger Theatre
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Vaughn Ryan Midder
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Outstanding supporting actor in a musical--HELEN production
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Avenue Q
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Constellation Theatre Company
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Felicia Curry
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Outstanding lead actress in a play--HELEN production
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Oliver!
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Adventure Theatre MTC
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Mitchell Hébert
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The Robert Prosky Award for outstanding lead actor in a play--HAYES production
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Uncle Vanya
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Round House Theatre
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Caroline Clay
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Outstanding lead actress in a play--HAYES production
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The Blood Quilt
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Arena Stage
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Gwen Grastorf
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Outstanding lead actress in a play--HELEN production
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Impossible! A Happenstance Circus
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Happenstance Theater
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Anu Yadav
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Outstanding lead actress in a play--HELEN production
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In Love and Warcraft
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No Rules Theatre Company
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In addition, TDPS alum Max Doolittle was associate lighting designer for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at the Folger Theatre, which was nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design—HAYES Production; alum Paige Hathaway was also involved as a scenic designer for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and West Side Story involved TDPS alumni and were nominated for various awards.
The following nominations are for productions that involved TDPS in various creative capacities:
- Outstanding ensemble in a musical--HAYES production Cabaret Signature Theatre
- Outstanding ensemble in a play--HAYES production The Blood Quilt Arena Stage
- Outstanding ensemble in a play--HELEN production Flying V Fights: Heroes & Monsters Flying V
- Outstanding ensemble in a play--HELEN production Impossible! A Happenstance Circus Happenstance Theater
- Outstanding musical--HAYES production Cabaret Signature Theatre
- Outstanding play--HAYES production Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Folger Theatre
Finally, congratulations to Pallas Theatre Collective—which was founded by TDPS alum Tracey Elaine Chessum and includes other TDPS alumni and affiliates (including Performing Arts librarian Felicity Brown)—on their nomination for the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company.
Congratulations to all!