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 - 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 - 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 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