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TDPS in 2016 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

February 05, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to everyone in the TDPS family—faculty, students, and alumni—who was nominated for the 2016 Hele

Congratulations to everyone in the TDPS family—faculty, students, and alumni—who was nominated for the 2016 Helen Hayes Awards, for their extraordinary work in the DC theatre scene!
 
 

TDPS Nominees

Award

Production

Theatre

Casey Kaleba and Matthew Wilson

Outstanding choreography in a play--HELEN production

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Constellation Theatre Company

Michael Winch

Outstanding musical direction--HELEN production

Doctor Caligari

Pointless Theatre

Collin Ranney

Outstanding costume design--HAYES production

Flowers Stink

The Kennedy Center

Robert Croghan

Outstanding costume design--HELEN production

The Cribble of Inishmaan

Scena Theatre

Kara Waala

Outstanding costume design--HELEN production

Avenue Q

Constellation Theatre Company

A.J. Guban

Outstanding lighting design--HELEN production

Avenue Q

Constellation Theatre Company

Andrew Cohen and Brian MacDevitt

Outstanding set design--HAYES production

Murder Ballad

Studio Theatre

Patti Kalil

Outstanding set design--HELEN production

Doctor Caligari

Pointless Theatre

Eleanor Holdridge

Outstanding director of a play--HAYES production

Queens Girl in the World

Theatre J

Aaron Posner

Outstanding director of a play--HAYES production

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Folger Theatre

Vaughn Ryan Midder

Outstanding supporting actor in a musical--HELEN production

Avenue Q

Constellation Theatre Company

Felicia Curry

Outstanding lead actress in a play--HELEN production

Oliver!

Adventure Theatre MTC

Mitchell Hébert

The Robert Prosky Award for outstanding lead actor in a play--HAYES production

Uncle Vanya

Round House Theatre

Caroline Clay

Outstanding lead actress in a play--HAYES production

The Blood Quilt

Arena Stage

Gwen Grastorf

Outstanding lead actress in a play--HELEN production

Impossible! A Happenstance Circus

Happenstance Theater

Anu Yadav

Outstanding lead actress in a play--HELEN production

In Love and Warcraft

No Rules Theatre Company

 

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!