Gia Mora

COOL PAPA Wins Two Helen Hayes Awards!

Gia with Outstanding Lead Actor nominee Jahi Kearse

Gia is thrilled to accept her third Helen Hayes nomination, this time for Outstanding Ensemble along with the incredible cast of Cool Papa's Party!

All in all, MetroStage garnered seven Helen Hayes Awards nominations, six of them for Cool Papa's Party: Director, Music Director (Recipient: William Knowles), Choreographer (Recipient: Maurice Hines), Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, and Ensemble. Read the Washington Post article on all the nominees.

Congratulations to all of this year's nominees and especially to recipients Will & Maurice!! Thank you for another wonderful year of DC theatre!

By Kevin Dewitt Jones for the summer line of Green & Blue