The St. Clair Bayfield Award was established in 1973 by the Actors' Equity Association in honor of St. Clair Bayfield to recognize the best supporting performance by Shakespearean actors and actresses of the New York metropolitan area. The award has not been given out since 2023.
Recipients 1970s Year Recipient Role Play Production 1973 Barnard Hughes Dogberry Much Ado About Nothing New York Shakespeare Festival 1974 Randy Kim Trinculo The Tempest New York Shakespeare Festival 1975 John Glover Clown The Winter's Tale New York Shakespeare Festival 1976 Carolyne McWilliams Mariana Measure for Measure New York Shakespeare Festival 1977 No Award – – – 1978 Carmen DeLavalape Emelia Othello New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 Robert Christian Aufidius Coriolanus New York Shakespeare Festival 1980s Year Recipient Role Play Production 1980 No award – – – 1981 Ralph Drischell Earl of Worcester Henry IV New York Shakespeare Festival 1982 Tom Spackman Edmund King Lear New York Shakespeare Festival 1983 Concetta Tomei Queen Elizabeth Richard III New York Shakespeare Festival 1984 Anthony Heald Fluellen Henry V New York Shakespeare Festival 1985 No award – – – 1986 Nathan Lane Pompey Measure for Measure New York Shakespeare Festival 1987 No Award – – – 1988 Bradley Whitford Paris Romeo and Juliet New York Shakespeare Festival 1989 Keith David Aufidius Coriolanus New York Shakespeare Festival 1990s Year Recipient Role Play Production 1990 Dana Ivey Gertrude Hamlet New York Shakespeare Festival 1991 Byron Jennings Pericles Pericles, Prince of Tyre New York Shakespeare Festival 1992 Elizabeth McGovern Rosalind As You Like It New York Shakespeare Festival 1993 Michael Cumpsty Alcibiades Timon of Athens National Theatre 1994 Malcolm Gets Proteus The Two Gentlemen of Verona New York Shakespeare Festival 1995 Stephen Spinella Pandarus Troilus and Cressida New York Shakespeare Festival 1996 Nicholas Kepros Escalus Measure for Measure Theatre for a New Audience 1997 Jayne Atkinson Katherine Henry VIII New York Shakespeare Festival 1998 Brian Murray Toby Belch Twelfth Night Lincoln Center 1999 Max Wright Christopher Sly The Taming of the Shrew New York Shakespeare Festival 2000s Year Recipient Role Play Production 2000 Rachel Botchan Lady Ann Richard III Pearl Theatre Company 2001 Andrew Weems Thersites Troilus and Cressida Theatre for a New Audience 2002 Ray Virta Benedick Much Ado About Nothing Pearl Theatre 2003 Dakin Matthews Glendower / Warwick Henry IV, Parts 1, 2 Vivian Beaumont Theater 2004 Carman Lacivita multiple characters Rose Rage: Henry VI, 1, 2, 3 Chicago Shakespeare Theater 2005 Colm Feore Cassius Julius Caesar Belasco Theatre 2006 George Morfogen Duke of York Richard II Classic Stage Company 2007 Jay O. Sanders Bottom A Midsummer Night's Dream The Public Theater 2008 Stark Sands Ferdinand The Tempest Classic Stage Company 2009 David Pittu Feste Twelfth Night The Public Theater 2010s Year Recipient Role Play Production 2010 Charles Kimbrough Prince of Arragon The Merchant of Venice The Public Theater 2011 Nick Westrate Berowne Love's Labour's Lost The Public Theater 2012 David Furr Orlando As You Like It The Public Theater 2013 Tina Benko Titania A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre for a New Audience 2014 Amanda Quaid Dionyza/Bawd Pericles, Prince of Tyre The Public Theater 2015 Andy Grotelueschen Launce/Duke The Two Gentlemen of Verona Fiasco Theater 2016 Louis Cancelmi Achilles Troilus and Cressida Shakespeare in the Park 2017 Peter Friedman Polonius Hamlet The Public Theater 2018 Mia Katigbak Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester Henry VI National Asian American Theater Company 2019 Jonathan Hadary Sicinius Velutus Coriolanus The Public Theater 2020s Year Recipient Role Play Production 2020No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 2022 Amber Gray Banquo Macbeth Longacre Theatre 2023 Darius de Haas Duke Senior As You Like It The Public Theater
See also Joe A. Callaway Award Clarence Derwent Awards Paul Robeson Award
References
External links St Clair Bayfield Awards