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The 2012 Helen Hayes Awards were announced on Monday evening, April 23rd, 2012 at the Warner Theatre in Washington DC.

Outstanding Resident Musical

• Hairspray, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Resident Play

• Ruined, Arena Stage

Outstanding Choreography, Resident Production

• Irina Tsikurishvili, Ben Cunis, King Lear, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production

• Kendra Rai, Green Bird, Constellation Theatre Company

Outstanding Director, Resident Musical

• Michael Baron, A Year With Frog and Toad, Adventure Theatre

Outstanding Director, Resident Play

• Aron Posner, Cyrano, Folger Theatre

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical

• Hairspray, Signature Theater

Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play

• King Lear, Theater Synetic

Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production

• Sahr Ngaujah, FELA!, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Musical

• Euan Morton, Parade, Ford’s Theatre and Theater J

Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production

• Cate Blanchett, Uncle Vanya, Kennedy Center

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Musical

• Carolyn Cole, Hairspray, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play TIE

• Rena Cherry Brown, Wit, Bay Theatre Company, Inc.
• Erica Sullivan, Venus in Fur, Studio Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

• Andrew F. Griffin, King Lear, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Musical Direction, Resident Production

• Jon Kalbfleisch, Hairspray, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Non-Resident Production

• Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Arena Stage

Outstanding Production, Theatre for Young Audiences

• Charlotte’s Web, Adventure Theatre

Outstanding Set Design, Resident Production

• Lee Savage, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Sound Design, Resident Production TIE

• Chris Baine, A Bright New Boise, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• Irakli Kavsadze, Konstantine Lortkipanidze, King Lear, Synetic Theater

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical

• Matthew Delorenzo, Pop!, Studio Theatre 2ndStage

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play

• Ted van Griethuysen, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical

• Nova Y. Payton, Hairspray, Signature Theatre

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play

• Gabriela Fernández-Coffey, After the Fall, Theater J

Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

• Hugo Weaving, Uncle Vanya, Kennedy Center

The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical

• Marc Acito, Birds of a Feather, Hub Theatre

The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play

• Mitchell Hèbert, After the Fall, Theater J