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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Nominations for the 24th annual Helen Hayes Awards:

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Choreography, resident production: Karma Camp, "The Witches of Eastwick," Signature; Christopher d'Amboise, "The Studio," Signature; Matthew Gardiner, "Reefer Madness: The Musical," Studio 2ndStage; Eric Lucas, Kerry Lucas, "Alone It Stands," Keegan; Irina Tsikurishvili, "The Fall of the House of Usher," Synetic; Irina Tsikurishvili, "Hamlet . . . the rest is silence," Synetic; Irina Tsikurishvili, "Macbeth," Synetic.

Musical direction, resident: Jon Kalbfleisch, "Merrily We Roll Along," Signature; Jon Kalbfleisch, "The Witches of Eastwick," Signature; Dan Kazemi, "The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)," MetroStage; William Foster McDaniel, "The Women of Brewster Place," Arena; Christopher Youstra, "Titanic: The Musical," Toby's Dinner Theatre.

Director, resident musical: Keith Alan Baker, "Reefer Madness: The Musical," Studio 2ndStage; Toby Orenstein and Lawrence B. Munsey, "Titanic: The Musical," Toby's Dinner Theatre; Eric Schaeffer, "Meet John Doe," Ford's; Eric Schaeffer, "The Witches of Eastwick," Signature; Molly Smith, "The Women of Brewster Place," Arena.

Director, resident play: Timothy Douglas, "Insurrection: Holding History," Theater Alliance; Pam MacKinnon, "The Unmentionables," Woolly Mammoth; Serge Seiden, "Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins," Studio; Shirley Serotsky, "References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot," Rorschach; Howard Shalwitz, "She Stoops to Comedy," Woolly Mammoth; Rebecca Bayla Taichman, "Dead Man's Cell Phone," Woolly Mammoth; Rebecca Bayla Taichman, "The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare; Paata Tsikurishvili, "Hamlet . . . the rest is silence," Synetic; Paata Tsikurishvili, "Macbeth," Synetic.

Set design, resident: Marie Anne Chiment, "I Am My Own Wife," Olney; James Kronzer, "The Unmentionables," Woolly Mammoth; Derek McLane, "33 Variations," Arena; Neil Patel, "Dead Man's Cell Phone," Woolly Mammoth; Lee Savage, "Richard III," Shakespeare Theatre; Anastasia Ryurikov Simes, "Macbeth," Synetic; Narelle Sissons, "The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare; Robin Stapley, "Crime and Punishment," Round House.

Lighting design, resident: Colin K. Bills, "Dead Man's Cell Phone," Woolly Mammoth; Colin K. Bills, "Macbeth," Synetic; Colin K. Bills, "The Unmentionables," Woolly Mammoth; David Lander, "33 Variations," Arena; Charlie Morrison, "Richard III," Shakespeare; Rui Rita, "Meet John Doe," Ford's.

Costume design, resident: Murell Horton, "Edward II," Shakespeare; Jennifer Moeller, "Tamburlaine," Shakespeare; Reggie Ray, "Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins," Studio; Anastasia Ryurikov Simes, "Macbeth," Synetic; Paul Tazewell, "Carnival!," Kennedy Center.

Sound design, resident: Irakli Kavsadze and Paata Tsikurishvili, "Macbeth," Synetic; Jeremy Lee, "The Studio," Signature; Matthew M. Nielson, "Nest," Signature; Matthew M. Nielson, "The Unmentionables," Woolly Mammoth; Ryan Rumery, "Vigils," Woolly Mammoth; Gil Thompson, "Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins," Studio.

Supporting performer, non-resident: Justin Bohon, "My Fair Lady," Kennedy Center; Caroline Stefanie Clay, "Doubt: A Parable," National; Tim Jerome, "My Fair Lady," Kennedy Center; Lisa Joyce, "Doubt: A Parable," National; Timothy West, "Coriolanus," Kennedy Center.

Supporting actress, resident musical: E. Faye Butler, "Saving Aimee," Signature; Karlah Hamilton, "The Witches of Eastwick," Signature; Monique L. Midgette, "The Women of Brewster Place," Arena; Tracy Lynn Olivera, "Merrily We Roll Along," Signature; Lauren Williams, "Into the Woods," Signature.

Supporting actor, resident musical: Michael Arnold, "Carnival!," Kennedy Center; Christopher Bloch, "Christmas Carol 1941," Arena; Joel Blum, "Meet John Doe," Ford's; Ed Dixon, "Saving Aimee," Signature; Erik Liberman, "Merrily We Roll Along," Signature; Guy Paul, "Meet John Doe," Ford's.


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