The Helen Hayes Awards are given to resident theatre productions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. They include awards for the production itself, the direction, the acting, design and the stage plays themselves. The awards were named after Helen Hayes, known as the First Lady of the American Theatre, who was born in Washington, DC. The Helen Hayes Awards are traditionally given every spring. The 2023 edition will take place on May 22, 2023 at The Anthem. Production Best Resident Production 1985 Cloud 9 – Arena Stage The Beautiful Lady – New Playwrights' Theatre Lydie Breeze – New Playwrights' Theatre Man and Superman – Arena Stage My Sister in This House – The Studio Theatre Outstanding Production of a Resident Play 1987 The Miser – The Shakespeare Theatre Christmas on Mars – Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Romeo and Juliet – The Shakespeare Theatre Slab Boys – The Studio Theatre The Birthday Party – The Studio Theatre The Wild Duck – Arena Stage Torch Song Trilogy – Castle Arts Center Outstanding Resident Production 1988 The Crucible – Arena Stage All the King's Men – Arena Stage As Is – The Studio Theatre Filthy Rich – Round House Theatre Noises Off – Olney Theatre Savage in Limbo – Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 1989 Six Characters in Search of an Author – Arena Stage Baby with the Bathwater – Round House Theatre Eleemosynary – Horizons Theatre Macbeth – The Shakespeare Theatre The Cherry Orchard – Arena Stage The Colored Museum – The Studio Theatre 1990 Heathen Valley – Round House Theatre Bluesman – Source Theatre Company The Day Room – Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company The Dead Monkey – Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company The Man Who Came to Dinner – Arena Stage Twelfth Night – The Shakespeare Theatre 1991 Stand-Up Tragedy – Arena Stage Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – The Studio Theatre Juno and the Paycock – Arena Stage Richard III – The Shakespeare Theatre The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Arena Stage The Merry Wives of Windsor – The Shakespeare Theatre 1992 My Children! My Africa! – Arena Stage Fat Men in Skirts – Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Jar the Floor – Arena Stage Psycho Beach Party – Source Theatre Company She Stoops to Conquer – Arena Stage When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout – The Studio Theatre Outstanding Resident Play 1986 Execution of Justice