Justin Weaks and Regina Aquino host tonight’s 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, the second of seven nights of streamed presentations, capped off with a video celebration on September 25, 2020. The public is invited to become part of the Zoom audience.
If you can’t be in the audience, check out the recipients on theatreWashington’s social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Tonight’s presenters:
Justin Weaks and Regina Aquino!
6:30pm
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play – Hayes
| Moriamo Temidayo Akibu | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
Round House Theatre |
| Shannon Dorsey | Fairview
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
| Jade Jones | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play
Round House Theatre |
| Sarah Marshall | Admissions
Studio Theatre |
| Nancy Robinette | The Heiress
Arena Stage |
| Kathryn Tkel | A Doll’s House, Part 2
Round House Theatre |
| Christopher Dinolfo | Nell Gwynn
Folger Theatre |
| Juri Henley-Cohn | Oslo
Round House Theatre |
| Vincent Randazzo | Vanity Fair
Shakespeare Theatre Company |
| Justin Weaks | BLKS
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
| Elan Zafir | Twelve Angry Men
Ford’s Theatre |
7:15pm
Outstanding Performer – Visiting Production
| Jayne Atkinson | Ann
Arena Stage |
| Anthony Chisholm | Jitney
Arena Stage |
| Sasson Gabay | The Band’s Visit
The Kennedy Center |
| Steven Anthony Jones | Jitney
Arena Stage |
| Russell Jordan | Vivian’s Music 1969
The Essential Theatre |
| Pat Kinevane | Silent
Solas Nua |
| Pomme Koch | The Band’s Visit
The Kennedy Center |
8:00pm
Outstanding Musical Direction – Hayes
| Laura Bergquist | Newsies
Arena Stage |
| Jon Kalbfleisch | A Chorus Line
Signature Theatre |
| Mark G. Meadows | Ain’t Misbehavin’
Signature Theatre |
| William Yanesh | Into the Woods
Ford’s Theatre |
| Christopher Youstra | Cabaret
Olney Theatre Center |
Outstanding Musical Direction – Helen
| Marika Countouris | We’re Gonna Die
Flying V |
| Walter “Bobby” McCoy | Legally Blonde
The Keegan Theatre |
| Walter “Bobby” McCoy
| Little Shop of Horrors
Constellation Theatre Company |
| Ross Scott Rawlings | A Christmas Story
Toby’s Dinner Theatre |
| Refiye Tappan | On Air
Creative Cauldron |
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