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1997 Helen Hayes Award Winners

RESIDENT PLAY:"Two Trains Running," Studio Theatre.
RESIDENT MUSICAL: "Passion," Signature Theatre.
NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Kennedy Center.
LEAD ACTOR, RESIDENT PLAY: Floyd King, "Quills," Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
LEAD ACTRESS, RESIDENT PLAY: Nancy Robinette, "Better Living," Round House Theatre.
LEAD ACTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL: Lewis Cleale, "Passion."
LEAD ACTRESS, RESIDENT MUSICAL: Anne Kanengeiser, "Passion."
LEAD ACTOR, NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION: Roger Guenveur Smith, "A Huey P. Newton Story," Woolly Mammoth.
LEAD ACTRESS, NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION: Micki Grant and Lizan Mitchell (tie), both for "Having Our Say," Kennedy Center.
SUPPORTING ACTOR, RESIDENT PLAY: Wallace Acton, "Henry VI," Shakespeare Theatre.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, RESIDENT PLAY: Helen Carey, "Volpone," Shakespeare Theatre.
SUPPORTING PERFORMER, RESIDENT MUSICAL: Lawrence Redmond, "The Rink," Signature Theatre.
SUPPORTING PERFORMER, NON-RESIDENT PRODUCTION: Desmond Barrit, "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
DIRECTOR, RESIDENT PLAY: Michael Kahn, "Henry VI."
DIRECTOR, RESIDENT MUSICAL: Eric D. Schaeffer, "Passion."
COSTUME DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL: Martin Pakledinaz, "Volpone."
SOUND DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL: Bruce Odland, "Dance of Death," Arena Stage.
LIGHTING DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL: Daniel MacLean Wagner, "Passion."
SET DESIGN, RESIDENT PLAY OR MUSICAL: John Conklin, "Dance of Death."
CHARLES MACARTHUR AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY: Jennifer L. Nelson, "Torn From the Headlines," African Continuum Theatre Company and Everyday Theatre.

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