A Helen Hayes Award is a theater award named for the famed actress Helen Hayes to recognize excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 1983. The awards are presented by theatreWashington formerly known as the Helen Hayes Awards organization, which is the unified voice of Washington theatre since the 1980s. The organization – led by Linda Levy Grossman – works full-time to promote, represent and support all segments of Washington’s professional theatre community as well as strengthen Washington theatre’s powerful economic engine and world class brand .
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