A Helen Hayes Award is a theater award named for the famed actress Helen Hayes to recognize excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C./Potomac (USA) area since 1983. The awards are presented by the Washington Theatre Awards Society.

Awards

The Helen Hayes Awards are given for resident and non-resident productions. There are awards for acting, directing, design, and production. The following are categories of awards. Each links to a (partial) list of the winners.

• Resident Productions
  • Resident Productions -- Production, Direction, Writing
  • Acting in Resident Productions -- Lead and Supporting Acting
  • Design in Resident Productions -- Set, Lighting, Costume, and Sound Design and Choreography
• Non-Resident Productions
  • Non-Resident Productions -- Production, Direction, Writing
  • Acting in Non-Resident Productions -- Lead and Supporting Acting

External links

• The Helen Hayes Awards
• potomac stages article