Orphans' Home Cycle Keeps Winning Awards

Horton Foote's the Orphans' Home Cycle, directed by Michael Wilson, artistic director at Hartford Stage where the epic saga premiered prior to its run at Signature Theatre in New York, has been named Outstanding Play by the New York Drama Critics Circle and won this year's Lucille Lortel Award for best play of 2010 as well.

In addition, a special Drama Desk Award will be presented to the cast, creative team and producers of the play to salute the breadth of vision which inspired the exceptional direction, performances, sets, lighting, costumes, music and sound that made it the theatrical event of this season.

In addition, Bill Heck (at left Photo by T. Charles Erickson)has received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Play along with Jude Law, Hamlet; Alfred Molina, Red; Eddie Redmayne, Red; Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge; John Douglas Thompson, The Emperor Jones; Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane.