2016 Helen Hayes Awards Judges

Brett Abelman – Professional Organizer, Able Organizing DC; Theatre Critic, dctheatrescene; Member, The Welders 2.0; Producer, Stage Manager, and Playwright

Sharon August – Research Associate, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Life-long learned theatregoer

Matthew Bassett – Associate Artistic Director, The Hub Theatre; Freelance Actor/Director/Teaching Artist

Deb Booth – Director of Design, Studio Theatre; Freelance Set Designer

Amanda Bradley – Communications Director, Adventure Theatre MTC; NM Productions Student; Life-long theatergoer

Rafael Bueno – Web Designer, Pentagon Federal Credit Union; Senior House Manager, Signature Theatre; BFA in Painting and Printmaking

Michael L. Burke – Manager E-Commerce Development & Support, Bloomberg BNA; Board President, Constellation Theatre Company; Life-long learned theatergoer

Raymond Caldwell – Theatre Arts Professor/Resident Director, Howard University; Freelance Actor/Director/Dramaturge/Teaching Artist; BFA (Acting) University of Florida, MFA (Acting/Developing New Work) The Ohio State University

Katy Beth Cassell – Development Manager, Imagination Stage

Jennifer Clements – Writer, Editor, and Communications Professional. Staff  Writer, DC Theatre Scene; Prose Editor, ink&coda; Volunteer Teaching Artist, Sitar Arts Center; MFA in Creative Writing, George Mason University

Myra Coffield – Web Developer and Accessibility Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs; Equity Stage Manager in Washington theatre for 25+ years; Life-long advocate and supporter for arts and disabilities

Sara Cohen – Marketing Manager, Ford's Theatre

Philip da Costa – Performer & Technician; Production Manager, Flying V

Robert Darling – Director and Designer, Founder - Alliance for New Music-Theater, Hidden Valley Opera Ensemble - California, former Artistic Director Central City Opera – Colorado; MFA Yale Drama; United Scenic Artists

Elena Day – Movement theater specialist, graduate of L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq, and veteran performer with Cirque du Soleil. Freelance director, teacher and performer. Faculty with Studio Theatre Conservatory

Kate Debelack – Freelance Actor/Director; Faculty, Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory; Company Member, Arts on the Horizon and The Klunch

Christina DiPasquale – Founder and CEO, Balestra Media; Life-long learned theatregoer

Gillian Drake – Freelance Director and Producer; Curator, Zeitgeist Festival; Former Associate Literary Manager, Arena Stage

Charles Fontana – Former Artistic Director of Zama Music & Theater Workshop (Tokyo, Japan) and Amelia Earhart Playhouse (Wiesbaden, Germany); Former Band Operations and Support Officer, U.S. Air Force Band (Washington, DC); Former Japan Professional Entertainment Coordinator, U.S. Department of Defense

Gregory Ford – Teacher of Drama, Speech, and Debate/Certified Psychodramatist, The Kingsbury Day; Founder, Positive Image Performance Project

Renana Fox – Freelance Director/Actor/Educator; Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre; Lean & Hungry Theater; BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Pittsburgh

David Kessler – Retired; Small Mammal Biologist, Smithsonian National Zoological Park; Life-long theatregoer

Jennifer Knight – Theater Artist, Writer, and company member, Rorschach Theatre

Brianna McCoy – Director of Education, Everyman Theatre (Baltimore); Actor

Laura Esti Miller – Literary Manager, 1st Stage; Ensemble Member, Forum Theatre; Advising Dramaturg/Reading Trainer, The Inkwell; Professor, Teaching Artist; Freelance Dramaturg; MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Brooklyn College

Mark Ohnmacht – Executive Director, Cleveland & Woodley Park Village; Development Consultant, Washington Master Chorale; Lifelong learned theatergoer

Amelia Powell – Artistic Associate & Casting Director, Arena Stage

Naomi Robin – Casting Director, Theater J; Voice-over Professional; Former Actress

Jessica Rodriguez-Snellings – Freelance actress and teacher

Robert Sacheli- Writer, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution; Dancer; Life-long learned theatregoer

Clare Shaffer – Casting Director & Co-Producer, Nu Sass Productions; Freelance Director

Erin Shannahan – Box Office Manager, Signature Theatre; MA in Arts Management, George Mason University

Brian J. Shaw – Executive Assistant for Production & Outreach, The In Series; Freelance Actor and Costume Designer

David Siegel – Retired; Arts & Entertainment Journalist; Member, American Theatre Critics Association; Life-long learned theatergoer

Taryn Staples – Financial Coordinator, World Resources Institute; Former Production Manager and Stage Manager

Peggy Sullivan – Retired Professor/Consultant; Life-long learned theatergoer

Natalie Tenner – Adjunct Faculty, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Mary Washington; Freelance Dramaturg

Natalie Tucker – Actor, Voiceover Artist, and Host

Nick Vargas- Casting Director & Artistic Associate, Imagination Stage

Chris Wilson – Freelance Actor/Teaching Artist; Production Coordinator, Only Make Believe

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