Helen Hayes Awards Non-Resident Acting
These Helen Hayes Awards are given for outstanding acting in non-resident or touring productions that are staged in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Lead Acting
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production 1985 Derek Jacobi - Cyrano de Bergerac - The Kennedy Center * Charles Adler - Torch Song Trilogy - The Warner Theatre * James Whitmore - Will Rogers, U.S.A. - Ford's Theatre * Joe Sears - Greater Tuna - Ford's Theatre * Mbongeni Ngema - Woza, Albert! - Arena Stage * Percy Mtwa - Woza, Albert! - Arena Stage
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Touring Production or Prior to New York 1986 Jason Robards - The Iceman Cometh - American National Theatre * Bill Irwin - The Regard of Flight - Arena Stage * Keene Curtis - La Cage aux Folles - The National Theatre * Patrick Dempsey - Brighton Beach Memoirs - The National Theatre * Tommy Tune - My One and Only - The Kennedy Center * William L. Petersen - In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison - American National Theatre
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Non-Resident Production 1987 Colm Wilkinson - Les Mis rables - The Kennedy Center * Ben Cross - The Caine Mutiny Court Martial - The Kennedy Center * Delroy Lindo - A Raisin in the Sun - The Kennedy Center * Edward Duke - Jeeves Takes Charge - Ford's Theatre * Joe Sears - Greater Tuna - Ford's Theatre * Jonathan Silverman - Broadway Bound - The National Theatre 1988 Derek Jacobi - Breaking the Code - The Kennedy Center * Ian McKellen - Acting Shakespeare - The National Theatre * Joel Grey - Cabaret - The Kennedy Center * Judd Hirsch - I'm Not Rappaport - The National Theatre * Richard Kiley - All My Sons - Ford's Theatre * Shay Duffin - Confessions of an Irish Rebel - New Playwrights' Theatre 1989 Victor Garber - Wenceslas Square - The Kennedy Center * B.D. Wong - M. Butterfly - The National Theatre * Brock Peters - Driving Miss Daisy - The Kennedy Center * John Lithgow - M. Butterfly - The National Theatre * Sammy Cahn - Words and Music - Ford's Theatre * Tim Curry - Me and My Girl - The National Theatre 1990 Charles S. Dutton - The Piano Lesson - The Kennedy Center * Avery Brooks - Paul Robeson - The Kennedy Center * David Hurst - Incommunicado - The Kennedy Center * Jaston Williams - A Tuna Christmas - The Kennedy Center * Joe Sears - A Tuna Christmas - The Kennedy Center * Tom Hulce - A Few Good Men - The Kennedy Center 1991 J. Mark McVey - Les Mis rables - The National Theatre * Christopher Moore - The Video Store Owner's Significant Other - American Playwrights Theatre * E.G. Marshall - Love Letters - The National Theatre * Frank McCusker - The Playboy of the Western World - The Kennedy Center * Michael Waldron - Lend Me a Tenor - The Kennedy Center 1992 Robert Morse - Tru - The Kennedy Center * Harry Groener - Crazy for You - The National Theatre * Jr.,John Cothran - Two Trains Running - The Kennedy Center * Niall Buggy - The Shadow of a Gunman - The Kennedy Center 1993 Ian McKellen - Richard III - The Kennedy Center * Chip Esten - Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story - The Kennedy Center * Jonathan Earl Peck - Blood Knot - Arena Stage * Stacy Keach - Solitary Confinement - The Kennedy Center * Thomas W. Jones II - The Wizard of Hip (or When in Doubt Slam Dunk) - The Studio Theatre 1994 Stacy Keach - The Kentucky Cycle - The Kennedy Center * Joel Blum - The World Goes 'Round - The Kennedy Center * Lewis J. Stadlen - Guys and Dolls - The Kennedy Center * Ron Rifkin - 3 Hotels - The Kennedy Center * William H. Macy - Oleanna - The Kennedy Center 1995 Raul Aranas - Miss Saigon - The Kennedy Center * Charles Cioffi - The Sisters Rosensweig - The Kennedy Center * Jaston Williams - The Foreigner - Ford's Theatre * Joe Sears - The Foreigner - Ford's Theatre * Steve Isaacs - The Who's Tommy - The Kennedy Center 1996 Jonathan Hadary - Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches - The Kennedy Center * Colm Wilkinson - "Andrew Lloyd Webber Music of the Night" - The National Theatre * Jonathan Hadary - Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika - The Kennedy Center * Juan Chioran - Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Musical - The National Theatre * Kirby Ward - Crazy for You - The Kennedy Center * Matthew Broderick - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! - The Kennedy Center 1997 Roger Guenveur Smith - A Huey P. Newton Story - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company * Alex Jennings - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Kennedy Center * Bruce McIntosh - Fixin' to Die: A Visit to the Mind of Lee Atwater - Church Street Theater * Frederick C. Inkley - Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Kennedy Center * Jerry Lewis - Damn Yankees - The Kennedy Center * Ntare Mwine - Nomathemba - The Kennedy Center 1998 Derick K. Grant - Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk - The National Theatre * Ezra Knight - The Darker Face of the Earth - The Kennedy Center and Crossroads Theatre Company * Gregory Henderson - Whirlwind! - Turnip Theatre Company and Jay Harris at Church Street Theater * Jaston Williams - A Tuna Christmas - The Warner Theatre * Joe Sears - A Tuna Christmas - The Warner Theatre * John Scherer - By Jeeves - The Kennedy Center and the Goodspeed Opera House 1999 Alex Jennings - Hamlet - The Kennedy Center * Alton Fitzgerald White - Ragtime - The National Theatre * Dan Hiatt - Picasso at the Lapin Agile - Ford's Theatre * Jeremy Kushnier - Footloose - The Kennedy Center * Michael Rupert - Ragtime - The National Theatre 2000 Norbert Leo Butz - Cabaret - The Warner Theatre * Bill Irwin - Fool Moon - The Kennedy Center * Charles Durning - The Gin Game - The Kennedy Center * David Shiner - Fool Moon - The Kennedy Center * Jaston Williams - Red, White and Tuna - The Kennedy Center * Joe Sears - Red, White and Tuna - The Kennedy Center 2001 Marc Wolf - Another American: Asking and Telling - The Studio Theatre * Jack Willis - Art - The Kennedy Center * Little John Nee - The Derry Boat - The Keegan Theatre * Stephen Bogardus - James Joyce's The Dead - The Kennedy Center * Terace Jones - Fosse - The National Theatre * Tyler Perry - I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Warner Theatre 2002 Jason Watkins - A Servant of Two Masters - John F. Kennedy Center * Brian Stokes Mitchell - King Hedley II - John F. Kennedy Center * Ethan Sandler - Fully Committed - Ford's Theatre * Matt Rippy - The Compleat Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged) - John F. Kennedy Center * Ron Campbell - The Thousandth Night - MetroStage 2003 Brian Stokes Mitchell - Man of La Mancha - The National Theatre * John Epperson - Lypsinka! The Boxed Set - The Studio Theatre * Judd Hirsch - I'm not Rappaport - Ford's Theatre * Justin Bond - Kiki & Herb in Pardon Our Appearance - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company * Len Cariou - Copenhagen - The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production 1985 Diane Fratantoni - Cats - The National Theatre * Kaye Ballard - Hey, Ma ... Kaye Ballard - The Kennedy Center * Lenka Peterson - Quilters - The Kennedy Center * Sally Struthers - The Odd Couple - The National Theatre * Sinead Cusack - Cyrano de Bergerac - The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Touring Production or Prior to New York 1986 Barbara E. Robertson - Kabuki Medea - American National Theatre * Barbara Cook - Barbara Cook -- A Broadway Evening - Ford's Theatre * Laurie Metcalf - Coyote Ugly - American National Theatre * Sandy Duncan - My One and Only - The Kennedy Center * Zoe Caldwell - Lillian - The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production 1987 Linda Lavin - Broadway Bound - The National Theatre * Esther Rolle - A Raisin in the Sun - The Kennedy Center * Rosemary Harris - Hay Fever - The Kennedy Center * Sharon Brown - Dreamgirls - The National Theatre * Teresa Burrell - Queenie Pie - The Kennedy Center 1988 Ann Guilbert - The Immigrant: A Hamilton County Album - Arena Stage * Alyson Reed - Cabaret - The Kennedy Center * Colleen Dewhurst - My Gene - The Kennedy Center * Donna McKechnie - Sweet Charity - The National Theatre * Sandra Reaves-Phillips - The Great Ladies of Blues & Jazz - Arena Stage 1989 Lily Tomlin - The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe - The Kennedy Center * Dana Ivey - Wenceslas Square - The Kennedy Center * Julie Harris - Driving Miss Daisy - The Kennedy Center * Madeline Kahn - Born Yesterday - The National Theatre * Tina Fabrique - Abyssinia - Arena Stage 1990 Nan Martin - The Road to Mecca - The Kennedy Center * Margo Martindale - Steel Magnolias - The Kennedy Center * Nancy Marchand - The Cocktail Hour - The Kennedy Center * S. Epatha Merkerson - The Piano Lesson - The Kennedy Center * Tyne Daly - Gypsy - The Kennedy Center 1991 Cheryl Lynn Bruce - From the Mississippi Delta - Arena Stage * Colleen Dewhurst - Love Letters - The National Theatre * Jacqueline Williams - From the Mississippi Delta - Arena Stage * Roma Downey - The Playboy of the Western World - The Kennedy Center * Sally Mayes - Closer Than Ever - Arena Stage * Sybil Walker - From the Mississippi Delta - Arena Stage 1992 Mercedes Ruehl - Lost in Yonkers - The National Theatre * Cynthia Martells - Two Trains Running - The Kennedy Center * Jodi Benson - Crazy for You - The National Theatre * Julie Harris - Lucifer's Child - The Kennedy Center * Teri Bibb - The Phantom of the Opera - The Kennedy Center 1993 Julie Harris - Lettice & Lovage - The National Theatre * Charlotte Cornwell - Richard III - The Kennedy Center * Linda Balgord - Aspects of Love - The Kennedy Center * Melody Kay - The Secret Garden - The Kennedy Center * Roberta Maxwell - Lettice & Lovage - The National Theatre * Vanita Harbour - Once on This Island - The Kennedy Center 1994 Debra Monk - 3 Hotels - The Kennedy Center * Lorna Luft - Guys and Dolls - The Kennedy Center * Marlo Thomas - Six Degrees of Separation - The National Theatre * Melissa Errico - My Fair Lady - The National Theatre * Valerie Wright - The World Goes 'Round - The Kennedy Center 1995 Eileen Atkins - A Room of One's Own - Arena Stage * Caroline Aaron - The Sisters Rosensweig - The Kennedy Center * Jennifer C. Paz - Miss Saigon - The Kennedy Center * Lynn Redgrave - Shakespeare for My Father - Ford's Theatre * Suzanne Burden - The Winter's Tale - The Kennedy Center 1996 Zoe Caldwell - Master Class - The Kennedy Center * Beverly Ward - Crazy for You - The Kennedy Center * Carol Channing - Hello, Dolly! - The Kennedy Center * Chita Rivera - Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Musical - The National Theatre * Marian Seldes - Three Tall Women - The Kennedy Center 1997 Lizan Mitchell - Having Our Say - The Kennedy Center Micki Grant - Having Our Say - The Kennedy Center * Cee-Cee Harshaw - Nomathemba - The Kennedy Center * Irene Molloy - Whistle Down the Wind - The National Theatre * Uta Hagen - Mrs. Klein - The Kennedy Center * Valerie Wright - Damn Yankees - The Kennedy Center 1998 Anna Deavere Smith - Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 - Ford's Theatre * Simone - Rent - The National Theatre * Belle Calaway - Chicago - The National Theatre * Jasmine Guy - Chicago - The National Theatre * LisaGay Hamilton - Valley Song - The Kennedy Center and the Mark Taper Forum 1999 Jane Lapotaire - All is True, or, the Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII - The Kennedy Center * B.J. Crosby - Dreamgirls - The Kennedy Center * Darlesia Cearcy - Ragtime - The National Theatre * Joanne Pearce - Cymbeline - The Kennedy Center * Rebecca Eichenberger - Ragtime - The National Theatre 2000 Angelica Torn - Side Man - The Kennedy Center * Bernadette Peters - Annie Get Your Gun - The Kennedy Center * Erin Dilly - Martin Guerre - The Kennedy Center * Julie Harris - The Gin Game - The Kennedy Center * Teri Hatcher - Cabaret - The Warner Theatre 2001 Judith Light - Wit - The Kennedy Center * Eloise Laws - It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues - The Kennedy Center * Faith Prince - James Joyce's The Dead - The Kennedy Center * Gretha Boston - It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues - The Kennedy Center * Reva Rice - Fosse - The National Theatre 2002 Jodi Capeless - Late Nite Catechism - Phoenix Productions * Anna Friel - Lulu - John F. Kennedy Center * Claudia Shear - dirty BLONDE - John F. Kennedy Center * Pauline Turner - Mill on the Floss - John F. Kennedy Center * Rachel York - Kiss Me, Kate - John F. Kennedy Center 2003 Sarah Jones - Surface Transit - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company * Alice Ripley - Tell Me on a Sunday - The Kennedy Center * Barbara Cook - Mostly Sondheim - The Kennedy Center * Mariette Hartley - Copenhagen - The Kennedy Center * Paulette Ivory - Aida - The Kennedy Center Supporting Acting
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production 1985 Estelle Getty - Torch Song Trilogy - The Warner Theatre * Clarence Fountain - The Gospel at Colonus - Arena Stage * Frank Olivier - Sugar Babies - The Warner Theatre * Pete Postlethwaite - Cyrano de Bergerac - The Kennedy Center * Sal Mistretta - Cats - The National Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production or Prior to New York 1986 Barnard Hughes - The Iceman Cometh - American National Theatre * Charles "Honi" Coles - My One and Only - The Kennedy Center * Donald Moffat - The Iceman Cometh - American National Theatre * Larry Larson - Tent Meeting - The Kennedy Center * Lisa Waltz - Brighton Beach Memoirs - The National Theatre
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Non-Resident Production 1990 Stephen Lang - A Few Good Men - The Kennedy Center * Carole Cook - Steel Magnolias - The Kennedy Center * Holland Taylor - The Cocktail Hour - The Kennedy Center * Kandis Chappell - Rumors - The National Theatre * Rocky Carroll - The Piano Lesson - The Kennedy Center * Tracy Katz - Into the Woods - The Kennedy Center
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Non-Resident Production 1987 Frances Ruffelle - Les Mis rables - The Kennedy Center * Andrew Polk - Biloxi Blues - The National Theatre * Jason Alexander - Broadway Bound - The National Theatre * Martine Allard - The Tap Dance Kid - The Warner Theatre * Randy Graff - Les Mis rables - The Kennedy Center 1988 Jamey Sheridan - All My Sons - Ford's Theatre * Ed Hall - Joe Turner's Come and Gone - Arena Stage * Michael Gough - Breaking the Code - The Kennedy Center * Regina Resnik - Cabaret - The Kennedy Center * Richard McMillan - The Mikado - The Kennedy Center 1989 Bruce Norris - Wenceslas Square - The Kennedy Center * Erick Devine - Me and My Girl - The National Theatre * Fannie Green - Abyssinia - Arena Stage * Queen Esther Marrow - Harlem Suite - The Warner Theatre * Stephen Root - Driving Miss Daisy - The Kennedy Center 1991 Mark Baker - Grand Hotel: The Musical - The Kennedy Center * David Kelly - The Playboy of the Western World - The Kennedy Center * Drew Eshelman - Les Mis rables - The National Theatre * Letta Mbulu - Sheila's Day - Ford's Theatre * Ron Holgate - Lend Me a Tenor - The Kennedy Center * Susan Tilson - Les Mis rables - The National Theatre 1992 Roscoe Lee Browne - Two Trains Running - The Kennedy Center * Irene Worth - Lost in Yonkers - The National Theatre * Mark Harelick - The Heidi Chronicles - The Kennedy Center * Pauline Flanagan - The Shadow of a Gunman - The Kennedy Center * Rainn Wilson - Two Gentlemen of Verona - Arena Stage * Robert Curtis Brown - The Heidi Chronicles - The Kennedy Center 1994 Jacob (Tuck) Milligan - The Kentucky Cycle - The Kennedy Center * Jeanne Paulsen - The Kentucky Cycle - The Kennedy Center * Lillian Garrett-Groag - The Kentucky Cycle - The Kennedy Center * Paxton Whitehead - My Fair Lady - The National Theatre 1997 Desmond Barrit - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Kennedy Center * Andrea McArdle - State Fair - The Kennedy Center * Joseph Shabalala - Nomathemba - The Kennedy Center * Laila Robins - Mrs. Klein - The Kennedy Center * Scott Wise - State Fair - The Kennedy Center 1998 L. Scott Caldwell - Proposals - The Kennedy Center * Obba Babatund - Chicago - The National Theatre * Stephan Alexander - Rent - The National Theatre * Trazana Beverley - The Darker Face of the Earth - The Kennedy Center and Crossroads Theatre Company * Tsai Chin - Golden Child - The Kennedy Center 1999 Guy Henry - Cymbeline - The Kennedy Center * David Ryall - Hamlet - The Kennedy Center * Derbhle Crotty - Hamlet - The Kennedy Center * Tom Plotkin - Footloose - The Kennedy Center * Tony Todd - The Captain's Tiger - The Kennedy Center 2000 Dick Latessa - Cabaret - The Warner Theatre * Anthony Evans - Inspiration - Ford's Theatre * Marcus Chait - Titanic: A New Musical - The Kennedy Center * Michael Arnold - Martin Guerre - The Kennedy Center * Michael Mastro - Side Man - The Kennedy Center 2001 Alice Cannon - James Joyce's The Dead - The Kennedy Center * "Mississippi" Charles Bevel - It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues - The Kennedy Center * Len Cariou - The Dinner Party - The Kennedy Center * Penny Fuller - The Dinner Party - The Kennedy Center * Sean McCourt - It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues - The Kennedy Center 2002 Tom Riis Farrell - dirty BLONDE - John F. Kennedy Center * Charles Brown - King Hedley II - John F. Kennedy Center * Michael Matus - Mill on the Floss - John F. Kennedy Center * Nancy Anderson - Kiss Me, Kate - John F. Kennedy Center * Stephen McKinley Henderson - King Hedley II - John F. Kennedy Center 2003 Kelli Fournier - Aida - The Kennedy Center * Carol Woods - The Full Monty - The National Theatre * Cleavant Derricks - The Full Monty - The National Theatre * Kenny Mellman - Kiki & Herb in Pardon Our Appearance - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company * Mary Ellen Mahoney - Mamma Mia! - The National Theatre Sources
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