Tonight Theatre Washington announced the nominees for the 30th annual Helen Hayes Awards. The DC Theatre community gathered on the stage of the National Theatre, a departure from the Helen Hayes Gallery where the nominees were announced in previous years. The new backdrop made for a great setting for both the people on-hand and the many who watched the nominations through Theatre Washington’s live webcast.

Arlington’s Signature Theatre led the board with a total 20 nominations while Woolly Mammoth Theatre led shows with a total eight nominations for their production of Stupid Fucking Bird.

Nominees for Outstanding Resident Play include Woolly Mammoth’s Stupid Fucking Bird and The Convert, Round House Theatre’s Glengarry Glen Ross, Arena Stage’s Good People and The Mountaintop, Ford Theatre’s The Laramie Project, and Folger Theatre’s Romeo & Juliet.

Nominees for Outstanding Musical include Olney Theatre’s A Chorus Line, Shakespeare Theatre Company’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Keegan Theatre’s Cabaret, Signature Theatre’s Gypsy, Ford & Signature Theatre’s Hello, Dolly!, Signature Theatre’s The Last Five Years, and The Rocky Horror Show from Studio Theatre 2nd Stage.

This will be the last year before the awards takes on a new format, however one notable change this year is the split of choreography awards into two categories: choreography in a musical and Outstanding movement in a play. Also the term “non-resident”, used for tours and other shows that are simply hosted in the city, has been changed to “visiting.”

The full list can be found below, the winners will be announced on Monday April 21st, 2014 at the National Building Museum, a change from the awards usual home at The Warner Theatre. With a new venue and a new show format allowing attendees to roam about the floor with drinks in hand; I can assure you that this year’s Drama Prom Diary will be one for the ages.

2014 Helen Hayes Nominees

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Musical

Karma Camp
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

Rachel Leigh Dolan
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre

Maurice Hines
Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life
Arena Stage

Josh Rhodes
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Tara Jeanne Vallee
The King and I
Olney Theatre Center

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

Mariah Hale
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre

Murell Horton
Wallenstein
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Helen Huang
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Sabrina Mandell
4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater

Kendra Rai
The Magic Finger
Imagination Stage

Katie Touart
Peter Pan and Wendy
Imagination Stage

Merrily Murray-Walsh
Mary T. & Lizzy K.
Arena Stage

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical

Joe Calarco
Gypsy
Signature Theatre

Thomas W. Jones II
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage

Alan Paul
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Aaron Posner
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre

Eric Schaeffer
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

Outstanding Director, Resident Play

Matthew Gardiner
The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre

Mitchell Hébert
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

Robert O’Hara
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage

Aaron Posner
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre

Howard Shalwitz
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical

A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Full Monty
The Keegan Theatre

Gee’s Bend
MetroStage

Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play

The Apple Family Plays
The Studio Theatre

Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre

Never the Sinner
1st Stage

Optimism! or Voltaire’s Candide
Spooky Action Theater

Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actor, Visiting Production

Mark Evans
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center

Josh Franklin
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center

Chester Gregory
Sister Act
The Kennedy Center

Bongile Mantsai
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Christopher John O’Neill
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical

Bruce Dow
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

James Gardiner
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre

David Gregory
In the Heights
Toby’s Dinner Theatre

Bryan Knowlton
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center

Paul Scanlan
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre

Thom Sesma
Miss Saigon
Signature Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actress, Visiting Production

Hilda Cronje
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Perri Gaffney
The Resurrection of Alice
The Essential Theatre

Andrus Nichols
Bedlam’s Saint Joan
Olney Theatre Center

Rachel York
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical

Sherri L. Edelen
Gypsy
Signature Theatre

Diana Huey
Miss Saigon
Signature Theatre

Nancy Opel
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

Maria Rizzo
Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre

Jessica Vaccaro
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center

Erin Weaver
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre

Roz White
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage

Lauren Williams
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”
The Kennedy Center

Lori Williams
Ladies Swing the Blues
MetroStage

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play

Johanna Day
Good People
Arena Stage

Tana Hicken
4000 Miles
The Studio Theatre

Joaquina Kalukango
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage

Susan Lynskey
Ghost-Writer
MetroStage

Nancy Moricette
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Holly Twyford
Contractions
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage

Erin Weaver
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Brian S. Allard
Never the Sinner
1st Stage

Andrew F. Griffin
Henry V
Folger Theatre

Andrew F. Griffin
The Tempest
Synetic Theater

A. J. Guban
36 Views
Constellation Theatre Company

Rui Rita
The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre

Outstanding Movement, Resident Play

Monalisa Arias
Optimism! or Voltaire’s Candide
Spooky Action Theater

Matthew Gardiner
Never the Sinner
1st Stage

Happenstance Theater
4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater

Robb Hunter
Red Speedo
The Studio Theatre

Irina Tsikurishvili
The Three Musketeers
Synetic Theater

Ben Cunis
The Three Musketeers
Synetic Theater

Outstanding Music Direction, Resident Production

Jon Kalbfleisch
Gypsy
Signature Theatre

William Hubbard
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage

William Knowles
Gee’s Bend
MetroStage

Dr. Sherrie Maricle
Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life
Arena Stage

James Moore
Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

William Yanesh
The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

A. J. Guban
36 Views
Constellation Theatre Company

James Kronzer
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden
The House of the Spirits/La casa de los espirtus
GALA Hispanic Theatre

Clint Ramos
Appropriate
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Clint Ramos
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production

Christopher Baine
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre

Carla Kihlstedt
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre

Mark Bennett
Coriolanus
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Broken Chord
Appropriate
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Lindsay Jones
The Mountaintop
Arena Stage

Matthew M. Nielson
Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave
The Hub Theatre

Eric Shimelonis
Never the Sinner
1st Stage

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical

Matthew Dewberry
The Full Monty
The Keegan Theatre

James Konicek
Peter Pan and Wendy
Imagination Stage

John Loughney
The Full Monty
The Keegan Theatre

Bobby Smith
Spin
Signature Theatre

Edward Watts
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Tobias Young
In the Heights
Toby’s Dinner Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical

Jennifer Cordiner
A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center

Lora Lee Gayer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Maria Rizzo
Gypsy
Signature Theatre

Erin Weaver
Company
Signature Theatre

Brittany N. Williams
Three Little Birds
Adventure Theatre MTC

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

Starla Benford
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Sherri L. Edelen
Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre

Kimberly Gilbert
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Kate Eastwood Norris
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Susan Rome
After the Revolution
Theater J

Dawn Ursula
The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Visiting Production

Grey Henson
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center

Kevin Mambo
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center

Thoko Ntshinga
Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Edward Staudenmayer
Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center

Samantha Marie Ware
The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre
Happenstance Theater
Matthew R. Wilson, freely adapted from Moliere
Don Juan
Faction of Fools Theatre Company

Lucas Hnath
Red Speedo
The Studio Theatre

Aaron Posner
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Michael J. Bobbitt, adaptation, based on the book by Cedella Marley, music & lyrics by Bob Marley, additional music & lyrics by Jon. L. Cornelius, II
Three Little Birds
Adventure Theatre MTC

The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

Louis Butelli
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre

Rick Foucheux
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Ted van Griethuysen
The Apple Family Plays
The Studio Theatre

Mitchell Hebert
How to Write a New Book for the Bible
Round House Theatre

KenYatta Rogers
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

Richard Sheridan Willis
Twelfth Night
Folger Theatre

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play

Rick Foucheux
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

Brad Koed
Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Julian Elijah Martinez
9 Circles
Forum Theatre

Patrick Page
Coriolanus
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Steve Pickering
Wallenstein
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Alexander Strain
Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

Brandon Uranowitz
Torch Song Trilogy
The Studio Theatre

Outstanding Visiting Production

Anything Goes
The Kennedy Center

Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey
The Studio Theatre

The Book of Mormon
The Kennedy Center

Mies Julie
Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Second City’s America All Better!!
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Outstanding Production, Theatre For Young Audiences

Anime Momotaro
Imagination Stage

Goodnight Moon
Adventure Theatre MTC

The Magic Finger
Imagination Stage

Peter Pan and Wendy
Imagination Stage

Three Little Birds
Adventure Theatre MTC

Winnie the Pooh
Adventure Theatre MTC

Outstanding Resident Musical

A Chorus Line
Olney Theatre Center

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Shakespeare Theatre Company

Cabaret
The Keegan Theatre

Gypsy
Signature Theatre

Hello, Dolly!
Ford’s Theatre and Signature Theatre

The Last Five Years
Signature Theatre

The Rocky Horror Show
The Studio Theatre 2ndStage

Outstanding Resident Play

The Convert
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Glengarry Glen Ross
Round House Theatre

Good People
Arena Stage

The Laramie Project
Ford’s Theatre

The Mountaintop
Arena Stage

Romeo & Juliet
Folger Theatre

Stupid Fucking Bird
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Helen Hayes By The Numbers

Breakdown By Production

Stupid Fucking Bird (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company): 9

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Shakespeare Theatre Company): 7

Glengarry Glen Ross (Round House Theatre): 7

The Book of Mormon (The Kennedy Center): 6

Hello, Dolly! (Ford’s Theatre & Signature Theatre): 6

A Chorus Line (Olney Theatre Center): 5

The Convert (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company): 5

Gypsy (Signature Theatre): 5

The Last Five Years (Signature Theatre): 5

The Mountaintop (Arena Stage): 5

Romeo & Juliet (Folger Theatre): 5

Anything Goes (The Kennedy Center): 4

Cabaret (The Keegan Theatre): 4

Gee’s Bend (MetroStage): 4

The Laramie Project (Ford’s Theatre): 4

Mies Julie (Shakespeare Theatre Company): 4

Never the Sinner (1st Stage): 4

4th Annual, ALL-NEW Cabaret Macabre (Happenstance Theater): 3

The Full Monty (The Keegan Theatre): 3

Peter Pan and Wendy (Imagination Stage): 3

Three Little Birds (Adventure Theatre MTC): 3

Twelfth Night (Folger Theatre): 3

36 Views (Constellation Theatre Company): 2

The Apple Family Plays (The Studio Theatre): 2

Appropriate (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company): 2

Coriolanus (Shakespeare Theatre Company): 2

Good People (Arena Stage): 2

In The Heights (Toby’s Dinner Theatre): 2

The Magic Finger (Imagination Stage): 2

Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life (Arena Stage): 2

Miss Saigon (Signature Theatre): 2

Optimism! or Voltare’s Candide (Spooky Action Theater): 2

Red Speedo (The Studio Theatre): 2

Wallenstein (Shakespeare Theatre Company): 2

4000 Miles (The Studio Theatre): 1

9 Circles (Forum Theatre): 1

After The Revolution (Theater J): 1

Anime Momotaro (Imagination Stage): 1

Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey (The Studio Theatre): 1

Bedlam’s Saint Joan (Olney Theatre Center): 1

Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave (The Hub Theatre): 1

Company (Signature Theatre): 1

Contractions (The Studio Theatre 2nd Stage): 1

Don Juan (Faction of Fools Theatre Company): 1

Elephants & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” (The Kennedy Center): 1

Ghost-Writer (MetroStage): 1

Goodnight Moon (Adventure Theatre MTC): 1

Henry V (Folger Theatre): 1

The House of Spirits (GALA Hispanic Theatre): 1

How to Write a New Book for the Bible (Round House Theatre): 1

The King and I (Olney Theatre Center): 1

Ladies Swing the Blues (MetroStage): 1

Mary T. & Lizzy K. (Arena Stage): 1

The Resurrection of Alice (The Essential Theatre): 1

The Rocky Horror Show (The Studio Theatre 2nd Stage): 1

The Second City’s America All Better!! (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company): 1

Sister Act (The Kennedy Center): 1

Spin (Signature Theatre): 1

The Tempest (Synetic Theatre): 1

The Three Musketeers (Synetic Theatre): 1

Torch Song Trilogy (The Studio Theatre): 1

Winnie The Pooh (Adventure Theatre MTC): 1

Breakdown by Theatre

Signature Theatre: 20

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: 16

Shakespeare Theatre Company: 15

The Kennedy Center: 12

Arena Stage: 10

Ford’s Theatre: 10

Folger Theatre: 9

Round House Theatre: 8

The Keegan Theatre: 7

Olney Theatre Center: 7

The Studio Theatre: 7

Imagination Stage: 6

MetroStage: 6

Adventure Theatre MTC: 5

1st Stage: 4

Happenstance Theater: 3

Constellation Theatre Company: 2

Spooky Action Theatre: 2

The Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: 2

Synetic Theater: 2

Toby’s Dinner Theatre: 2

The Essential Theatre: 1

Faction of Fools Theatre Company: 1

Forum Theatre: 1

GALA Hispanic Theatre: 1

The Hub Theatre: 1

Theater J: 1