TDPS in the 2024 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artists are among this year’s nominees.

Congratulations to the alumni, faculty and guest artists from the University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) who were nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards! Nominees are recognized for their phenomenal work in the theater scene of D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

The nominations took place at a ceremony on January 22, 2024, hosted by TDPS alum Felicia Curry ’00. (Curry was also among this year’s nominees).

The Helen Hayes Award celebration will take place on May 20, 2024 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C.

TDPS nominees include:

Outstanding Choreography in a Play, Helen

• Casey Kaleba Ph.D. ’23 – Kill the Ripper (We Happy Few)

Outstanding Musical Direction, Helen

• Paige Austin Rammelkamp, Adjunct Faculty – Urinetown (Workhouse Arts Center)

Outstanding Costume Design, Hayes

• Debra Kim Sivigny M.F.A. ’04 – A Year with Frog and Toad (Imagination Stage)
• Helen Q. Huang, Professor of Costume Design – Pacific Overtures (Signature Theatre)

Outstanding Costume Design, Helen

• Frank Labovitz M.F.A. ’10 – The School for Lies (Constellation Theatre Company)
• Heather Lockard ’06 – The Honey Trap (Solas Nua)

Outstanding Lighting Design, Helen

• Alberto Segarra M.F.A. ’15 – The Honey Trap (Solas Nua)
• Alberto Segarra M.F.A. ’15 – Look Both Ways (The Kennedy Center & Theater Alliance)

Outstanding Set Design, Hayes

• Misha Kachman, Professor, Head of M.F.A. in Design – My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)

Outstanding Set Design, Helen

• Daniel Pinha M.F.A. ’10 – The Tell-Tale Heart (Synetic Theater)

Outstanding Sound Design, Hayes

• Matthew M. Nielson, Guest Artist – Unseen (Mosaic Theater Company)
• Michael Kiley, Guest Artist – My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)

Outstanding Media/Projection Design, Hayes

• Kelly Colburn M.F.A. ’18 – My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
• Kelly Colburn M.F.A. ’18 – Passing Strange (Signature Theatre)

Outstanding Media/Projection Design, Helen

• Kelly Colburn M.F.A. ’18 & Dylan Uremovich M.F.A. ’16 – Look Both Ways (The Kennedy Center & Theater Alliance) 
• Taylor Verrett M.F.A. ’22 – 46 Plays for America's First Ladies (NextStop Theatre Company)
• Zavier Augustus Lee Taylor M.F.A. ’22 – The Wilting Point (The Keegan Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play, Helen

• Rebecca Ballinger ’14 – The Honey Trap (Solas Nua)

Outstanding Director of a Musical, Helen

• Elena Velasco, Guest Artist – In The Heights (NextStop Theatre Company)

Outstanding Director of a Play, Hayes

• János Szász, Adjunct Faculty – Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches (Arena Stage)
• Yury Urnov, Guest Artist – My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)

Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical Adaptation

• Elena Velasco, Guest Artist – Arco Iris (Arts on the Horizon)

Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

• Kelsey Mesa, Guest Artist – La Salpêtrière (Taffety Punk Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical, Hayes

• Swept Away (Arena Stage), starring Wayne Duvall ’81

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Hayes

• POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Arena Stage), starring Felicia Curry ’00

Outstanding Production - Musical, Hayes

• Swept Away (Arena Stage), starring Wayne Duvall ’81

 

Image of “My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion,” courtesy of Misha Kachman.