TDPS Alumni & Faculty Members Receive Helen Hayes Awards Nominations

The 2015 Helen Hayes Awards nominations are a great demonstration of how the faculty and alumni of the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies contribute to the cultural community of the Washington, DC area.

This year, TDPS faculty and alumni earned 18 nominations and one award. Congratulations to our Terps!

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical — Hayes Production

• Lawrence Redmond, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Olney Theatre Center (TDPS Alumnus)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play — Helen Production

• Caroline Stefanie Clay, “Gidion’s Knot,” Forum Theatre & NextStop Theatre Company (MFA in Performance Alumnus and TDPS Adjunct Instructor)

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical — Hayes Production

• “Sunday in the Park With George,” Signature Theatre (Ensemble included TDPS Faculty Member Mitchell Hébert)

Outstanding Lighting Design – Helen Production

• Cory Ryan Frank, “La Senorita de Tacna/The Young Lady from Tacna,” GALA Hispanic Theatre (MFA Design Alumnus)

Outstanding Lighting Design — Hayes Production

• Colin K. Bills (lighting designer) and Jared Mezzocchi (video designer), “The Totalitarians,” Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Jared Mezzocchi is a TDPS Faculty Member)
• Jason Arnold (lighting designer) and Eric J. Van Wyk (projection designer), “The BFG,” Imagination Stage (Eric J. Van Wyk is a MFA Design Alumnus)
• Andrew Cissna, “Sex With Strangers,” Signature Theatre (MFA Design Alumnus)

Outstanding Costume Design — Helen Production

• Collin Ranney, “Black Nativity,” Theater Alliance (MFA Design Alumnus)
• Collin Ranney, “Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol,” Adventure Theatre MTC (MFA Design Alumnus)
• Collin Ranney, “The Wonderful World of Dissocia,” Theater Alliance (MFA Design Alumnus)

Outstanding Costume Design — Hayes Production

• Helen Huang, “Marie Antoinette,” Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (TDPS Design Faculty Member)
• Frank Labovitz, “The Threepenny Opera,” Signature Theatre (MFA Design Alumnus)
• Frank Labovitz, “The Totalitarians,” Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (MFA Design Alumnus)

Outstanding Set Design — Helen Production

• Dan Conway, “Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol,” Adventure Theatre MTC (TDPS Design Faculty Member)
• Collin Ranney, “The Wonderful World of Dissocia,” Theater Alliance (MFA Design Alumnus)

Outstanding Set Design — Hayes Production

• Misha Kachman, “Marie Antoinette,” Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (TDPS Design Faculty Member)
• JD Madsen, “Sex With Strangers," Signature Theatre (MFA Design Alumnus)
• Eric J. Van Wyk, “The BFG,” Imagination Stage (MFA Design Alumnus)

John Aniello Award for Emerging Theater Company

Flying V Theatre (TDPS alumnus Jason Schlafstein is Producing Artistic Director and many company members are TDPS alumni)

The 2015 Helen Hayes Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, April 6, 2015.