
Gala host and Broadway Star Tyne Daly and Washington theater patron Jaylee Mead Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

The Helen Hayes Star Gala celebrated Washington’s vibrant theater scene. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

Studio Theatre Board Chair Susan Butler, right, and her mother, Frances Lewis. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

Honorees and Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company Patrons Pete Miller and Sara Cormeny Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

Kelli Pedas and Virginia Tech dance professor Billie Lepczyk Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

Robin Malloy, running one of the neighborhood-themed auction tables. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

Washington’s theater companies are the strongest of any American city’s but New York’s. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

Lea, Joanna, Paulina and George Pedas Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

New Studio Theatre artistic director David Muse, actress Rachael Holmes, and playwright Renee Calarco. Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild

As it has for almost 20 years, the Four Seasons served dinner to gala attendees Photograph by Caitlin Fairchild