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 Misérables - 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
  • Sinéad 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

• "Helen Hayes Awards". The Helen Hayes Awards: Communicating, Educating, Participating and Celebrating Washington Professional Theatre. Retrieved February 27, 2005.