Two musicals received five awards, Camelot by 2nd Star Productions and Ragtime by Kensington Arts Theatre. Two plays received four awards, The Pillowman by Silver Spring Stage and Red by the Elden Street Players. Kensington Arts Theatre received the most awards, a total of seven for their productions of Ragtime and Next to Normal. Colonial Players was the only theater company to receive awards for three separate productions, 1776, Shipwrecked and Trying.

• 2nd Star Productions
• Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
• The Alliance Theatre
• The Arlington Players
• Capital City Players of DC
• Bowie Community Theatre
• Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Chevy Chase Players
• Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Damascus Theatre Company
• Dominion Stage
• Elden Street Players
• Fauquier Community Theatre
• Greenbelt Arts Center
• Hard Bargain Players
• Kensington Arts Theatre
• Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Little Theatre of Alexandria
• McLean Community Players
• Montgomery Playhouse
• Port City Playhouse
• Port Tobacco Players
• Prince George’s Little Theatre
• Prince William Little Theatre
• Providence Players of Fairfax
• Reston Community Players
• Rockville Little Theatre
• Rockville Musical Theatre
• St. Mark’s Players
• Silver Spring Stage
• Tantallon Community Players
• Vienna Theatre Company

Winners for outstanding technical achievements.

Outstanding Set Design in a Musical (TIE)

• Jared Davis, Avenue Q, Dominion Stage
• Jane B. Wingard, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Design in a Play

• John Downing and Bill Glikbarg, Twentieth Century, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical

• Hector Lorenzini, Avenue Q, Dominion Stage

Outstanding Set Construction in a Play

• Richard Gilpin and Zachary Ball, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical

• Jane B. Wingard, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Painting in a Play

• Mary Speed and Brian Garrison, Red, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical

• Jane B. Wingard and Gail Bagaria, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play

• Paul Hennesy and Mike Mattheisen, Is He Dead?, Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Properties in a Musical

• Joanne D. Wilson, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Properties in a Play

• Susan d. Garvey, Red, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical

• Tommy Scott, Fiddler on the Roof, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play

• Ken and Patti Crowley, 33 Variations, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

• Kevin DeMine, Avenue Q, Dominion Stage

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

• Sean Doyle, Shiloh Rules, Port City Playhouse

Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical

• Linda Swann, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Costume Design in a Play

• Mary Wakefield, The Tempest, Rockville Little Theatre

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical

• Shemika Berry, The Wiz, Tantallon Community Players

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play

• Sally Cusenza, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical

• Beverly Hill van Joolen, 1776, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding Hair Design in a Play

• Rachel Royall, Life with Father, Aldersgate Churtch Community Theatre

Outstanding Special Effects

• Joshua McKerrow, Kat McKerrow, Maya Wilcox, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Laurel Mill Playhouse

Winners for outstanding performances by an actor or actress.

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Lydia Kivrak as ‘Grandma Tzeitel’, Fiddler on the Roof, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Jeffrey Gangwisch as ‘James’, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Laurel Mill Playhouse

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• Eben K. Logan as ‘Sarah’, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Ryan Burke as ‘Dan’, Next to Normal, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Christina Enoch Kemmerer as ‘Player #1’, Shipwrecked, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding featured actor in a play (TIE)

• Chris Daileader as ‘Michal’, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage
• Robert Tucker as ‘Player #2’, Shipwrecked, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Emily Zickler as ‘Diana’, Next to Normal, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Sayne-Kharyi Lewis as ‘Colehouse Walker’, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actress in a play (TIE)

• Karen Grim as ‘Sarah Schorr’, Trying, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Mary-Anne Sullivan as ‘Dr. Katherine Brandt’, 33 Variations, Reston Community Players

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Chad W. Fornwalt as ‘Katurian’, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage

Winners for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• William T. Fleming, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Choreography

• Darnell Morris and Eben K. Logan, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Music Direction

• Mayumi B. Griffie, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Evan Hoffmann, Caroline or Change, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Gloria DuGan, Red, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Musical

• Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Play

• Red, Elden Street Players

Wins sorted by theatre and show.

2nd Star Productions

• Camelot
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Linda Swann
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Joanne D. Wilson
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Jane B. Wingard and Gail Bagaria
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Jane B. Wingard
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Jane B. Wingard

Aldersgate Church Community Theatre

• Life with Father
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Rachel Royall

Colonial Players

• 1776
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Beverly Hill van Joolen
• Shipwrecked
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Robert Tucker as “Player #2”
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Christina Enoch Kremmerer as “Player #1”
• Trying
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Karen Grim as “Sarah Schorr”

Dominion Stage

• Avenue Q
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Hector Lorenzini
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Jared Davis
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin DeMine

Elden Street Players

• Caroline or Change
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Evan Hoffmann
• Red
  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Gloria DuGan
  • Outstanding Play
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Susan d. Garvey
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Mary Speed

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Next to Normal
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Ryan Burke as “Dan”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Emily Zickler as “Diana”
• Ragtime
  • Outstanding Choreography, Darnell Morris & Eben K. Logan
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Eben K. Logan as “Sarah”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Sayne-Kharyi Lewis as “Colehouse Walker”
  • Outstanding Music Direction, Mayumi B. Griffie
  • Outstanding Musical

Laurel Mill Playhouse

• The Lieutenant of Inishmore
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Jeffrey Gangwisch as “James”
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Joshua McKerrow et al

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• 33 Variations
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley
• Twentieth Century
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, John Downing & Bill Glikbarg

Port City Playhouse

• Shiloh Rules
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Sean Doyle

Port Tobacco Players

• Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Richard Gilpin & Zachary Ball
• Fiddler on the Roof
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Lydia Kivrak as “Grandma Tzeitel”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Tommy Scott

Providence Players

• Is He Dead?
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Paul Hennesy & Mike Mattheisen

Reston Community Players

• 33 Variations
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Mary-Anne Sullivan as “Dr. Katherine Brandt”

Rockville Little Theatre

• The Tempest
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Mary Wakefield

Silver Spring Stage

• The Pillowman
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Chris Daileader as “Michal”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Chad W. Fornwalt as “Katurian”
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Sally Cusenza
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, William T. Fleming

Tantallon Community Theatre

• The Wiz
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Shemika Berry

Fifteen companies received awards this year. The Arlington Players‘ production of A Little Night Music received the most awards of the musicals, with five, including Outstanding Musical. Fauquier Community Theatre received four awards for Into the Woods, as did Kensington Arts Theatre for Sunday in the Park with George. Providence Players received the most awards, with two plays (Side Man and You Can’t Take it With You) each receiving four awards. The Colonial Players production Going to St. Ives received three awards, including Outstanding Play. Fifteen companies received awards this year.

ShowBizRadio followed the ceremony live, the archive is available.

Winners for outstanding technical achievement

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Eleanor Dicks, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Robbie Snow, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Bette Williams, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Beth Harrison, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical: Kevin Boyce, Night of the Living Dead, The Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play: Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Beth Harrison, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Richard Perryman & Peter Fakoury, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Susan Kaplan, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Ryan Mudd, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: John Downing, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical: Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play: Lisa Church & Chip Gertzog, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: John Merritt, Ryan Mudd, Ben Simpson, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: Raedun Knutsen & Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Nancy Daugherty, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Jane B. Wingard, Bloody Murder, 2nd Star Productions
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Kevin Garrett, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Jimmy Gertzog & Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Special Effects: Jordan Rose & Doe B. Kim, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre

Winners for outstanding performance by an actor or actress

• Outstanding cameo in a musical (TIE): Chrissy Barnett Miller as “Jolene Oakes”, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Damascus Theatre Company AND Brenda Parker as “Church Soloist”, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Outstanding cameo in a play: Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston”, August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Outstanding featured actress in a musical: Annie Coffman as “Anne Egerman”, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding featured actor in a musical: Stephen Deininger as “Tateh”, Ragtime, Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Outstanding featured actress in a play: Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Vernadette Simms”, The Dixie Swim Club, Port City Playhouse
• Outstanding featured actor in a play: John Shackelford as “Max Levene”, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding lead actress in a musical: Jennifer Lyons Pagnard as “Mrs. Lovett”, Sweeney Todd, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding lead actor in a musical: Fred Nelson as “Tevye”, Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions
• Outstanding lead actress in a play: Lolita-Marie as “May N’Kame”, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Outstanding lead actor in a play: Matt Baughman as “Charlie Gordon”, Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players

Winners for outstanding achievement in overall production

• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Carl Brandt Long, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players
• Outstanding Choreography: Taurean Maray Barber, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Outstanding Music Direction: John-Michael d’Haviland, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical (TIE): Christopher Dykton, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players AND Craig Petinatti, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Edd Miller, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Outstanding Musical: A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Play: Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Winners sorted by theatre and show

2nd Star Productions

• Bloody Murder
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Jane B. Wingard
• Fiddler on the Roof
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Fred Nelson as “Tevye”

Arlington Players

• A Little Night Music
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Christopher Dykton
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Annie Coffman as “Anne Egerman”
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Bette Williams
  • Outstanding Music Direction, John-Michael d’Haviland
  • Outstanding Musical

Colonial Players

• Going to St. Ives
  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Edd Miller
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lolita-Marie as “May N’Kame”
  • Outstanding Play

Damascus Theatre Company

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Chrissy Barnett Miller as “Jolene Oakes”

Elden Street Players

• Flowers for Algernon
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Matt Baughman as “Charlie Gordon”

Fauquier Community Theatre

• Into the Woods
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Tim Kirk
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Richard Perryman & Peter Fakoury
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Tim Kirk
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Nancy Daugherty

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Night of the Living Dead, The Musical
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Kevin Boyce
• Sunday in the Park with George
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Eleanor Dicks
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Craig Pettinati
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin Garrett
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Jordan Rose & Doe B. Kim

Laurel Mill Playhouse

• Ragtime
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Stephen Deininger as “Tateh”

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• Heaven Can Wait
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, John Shackelford as “Max Levene”
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, John Downing
• Sweeney Todd
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Jennifer Lyons Pagnard as “Mrs. Lovett”

McLean Community Players

• Deathtrap
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Carl Brandt Long

Port City Playhouse

• The Dixie Swim Club
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Vernadette Simms”

Port Tobacco Players

• The Sound of Music
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Ryan Mudd
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, John Merritt, Ryan Mudd, Ben Simpson

Providence Players

• Side Man
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Chip Gertzog
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Susan Kaplan
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Raedun Knutsen & Chip Gertzog
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Jimmy Gertzog & Chip Gertzog
• You Can’t Take it With You
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Robbie Snow
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Beth Harrison
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Beth Harrison
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Lisa Church & Chip Gertzog

Reston Community Players

• August Osage County
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston”

Tantallon Community Theatre

• The Color Purple
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Brenda Parker as “Church Soloist”
  • Outstanding Choreography, Taurean Maray Barber

WATCH (Washington Area Theatre Community Honors) held their Award Ceremony for the 12th annual WATCH Awards on Sunday evening, March 11, 2012 at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

The Little Theatre of Alexandria production of Hairspray received the most awards, with fifteen including Outstanding Musical. The Arlington Players’ The Seagull and Montgomery Playhouse’s Stones in His Pockets both received four awards (including Outstanding Play for Stones), and the Elden Street Players’ Ain’t Misbehavin’ received three awards.

The Little Theatre of Alexandria received a total of 17 awards, The Arlington Players received five, and both the Elden Street Players and Montgomery Playhouse received four awards.

There was one three-way tie, for Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, which was shared by Kevin O’Dowd (Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria), Cathy Rieder & James Villarrubia (Ain’t Misbehavin’, Elden Street Players), and April Dawn Weimer et al, (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Port Tobacco Players). There were three two-way ties: Outstanding featured actor in a musical (Chaz Coffin as “Seaweed Stubbs” in Hairspray at The Alliance Theatre, and Christopher Prince as “Ken Page” in Ain’t Misbehavin’ with the Elden Street Players); Outstanding lead actor in a play (J. McAndrew Breen as “Charlie Conlon etc.” in Stones in His Pockets at the Montgomery Playhouse; and Kevin S. Dykstra as “Jake Quinn etc.” in Stones in His Pockets at the Montgomery Playhouse); and Outstanding Choreography (Iván Dávila for Hairspray at the Little Theatre of Alexandria and John K. Monnett for 42nd Street with The Arlington Players).

127 productions (40 musicals, 87 plays) were adjudicated in 2011. Thirty-two community theater companies participated in WATCH adjudication.

• Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
• The Alliance Theatre
• The Arlington Players
• Capital City Players of DC
• Bowie Community Theatre
• Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Chevy Chase Players
• Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Damascus Theatre Company
• Dominion Stage
• Elden Street Players
• Fauquier Community Theatre
• Greenbelt Arts Center
• Hard Bargain Players
• Kensington Arts Theatre
• Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Little Theatre of Alexandria
• McLean Community Players
• Montgomery Playhouse
• Port City Playhouse
• Port Tobacco Players
• Prince George’s Little Theatre
• Prince William Little Theatre
• Providence Players of Fairfax
• Reston Community Players
• Rockville Little Theatre
• Rockville Musical Theatre
• St. Mark’s Players
• Silver Spring Stage
• Tantallon Community Players
• Vienna Theatre Company

In 2012, 132 shows are scheduled for adjudication across the thirty-three participating WATCH member companies, with 2nd Star Productions joining WATCH in 2012.

In each of the thirty-eight categories, five nominees were selected based on the average scores of eight judges. In some categories, due to score ties, more than five nominees are announced. Awards are provided in alphabetical order by nominee. The awards are listed by category and then by theater.

Awards for Outstanding Technical Achievements

Outstanding Set Design in a Musical

• Myke Taister, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Design in a Play

• Amanda Acker, The Seagull, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical

• John Merritt, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction in a Play

• Dan Remmers, Noises Off, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical

• Kevin O’Dowd, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Cathy Rieder & James Villarrubia, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Elden Street Players
• April Dawn Weimer et al, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Play

• Kate Roehr, The Seagull, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical

• Maria Littlefield, Little Shop of Horrors, Damascus Theatre Company

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play

• Lindsey Hays, The Seagull, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Properties in a Musical

• Judy Kee & Margaret Snow, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Properties in a Play

• Avery Burns, The Seagull, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical

• Franklin C. Coleman, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play

• Ken & Patti Crowley , Widdershins, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

• David Correia & David Hale, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

• Ben Allen, A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical

• Jean Schlichting & Kit Sibley, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Costume Design in a Play

• Susan Schulman et al, Romeo and Juliet, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical

• Robin Parker, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play

• Scott Beadle, Sordid Lives, Bowie Community Theatre

Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical

• Anna Michelle Jackson & Irene Kasotakis, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Hair Design in a Play

• Beth Harrison, Auntie Mame, Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Special Effects

• Denise Gilmore et al, Annie, Rockville Musical Theatre

Awards for Outstanding Performances by an Actor or Actress

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Gina C. Tomkus as “Matron/Gym Teacher”, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Robin Zerbe as “Crystal Allen”, The Women, Prince William Little Theatre

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• Jade Jones as “Nell Carter”, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Elden Street Players

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Chaz Coffin as “Seaweed Stubbs”, Hairspray, The Alliance Theatre
• Christopher Prince as “Ken Page”, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Elden Street Players

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Bernadette Arvidson as “Juanita”, Sordid Lives, Bowie Community Theatre

Outstanding featured actor in a play

• Brendan Murray as “Butch Honeywell et al”, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Shannon Kingett as “Tracy Turnblad”, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Christopher Harris as “Edna Turnblad”, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding lead actress in a play

• Sandra Cox True as “Grace”, Grace and Glorie, Bowie Community Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• J. McAndrew Breen as “Charlie Conlon etc.”, Stones in His Pockets, Montgomery Playhouse
• Kevin S. Dykstra as “Jake Quinn etc.”, Stones in His Pockets, Montgomery Playhouse

Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Overall Production

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• William T. Fleming, Romeo and Juliet, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Choreography

• Iván Dávila, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• John K. Monnett, 42nd Street, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Music Direction

• Christopher A. Tomasino, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Sue Pinkman, Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Roxanne Fournier Stone, Stones in His Pockets, Montgomery Playhouse

Outstanding Musical

• Hairspray, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Play

• Stones in His Pockets, Montgomery Playhouse

Awards Sorted by Theatre and Show

Alliance Theatre

1 production received 1 award

• Hairspray
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Chaz Coffin as “Seaweed Stubbs”

Arlington Players

2 productions received a total of 5 awards

• 42nd Street
  1 award
  • Outstanding Choreography, John K. Monnett
• The Seagull
  4 awards
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Avery Burns
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Lindsey Hays
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Amanda Acker
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Kate Roehr

Bowie Community Theatre

2 productions received a total of 3 awards

• Grace and Glorie
  1 award
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Sandra Cox True as “Grace”
• Sordid Lives
  2 awards
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Bernadette Arvidson as “Juanita”
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Scott Beadle

Damascus Theatre Company

1 production received 1 award

• Little Shop of Horrors
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Maria Littlefield

Elden Street Players

2 productions received a total of 4 awards

• A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream
  1 award
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Ben Allen
• Ain’t Misbehavin’
  3 awards
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Christopher Prince as “Ken Page”
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Jade Jones as “Nell Carter”
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Cathy Rieder & James Villarrubia

Little Theatre of Alexandria

3 productions received a total of 17 awards

• Hairspray
  15 awards
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Gina C. Tomkus as “Matron/Gym Teacher”
  • Outstanding Choreography, Ivan Davila
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Jean Schlichting & Kit Sibley
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Sue Pinkman
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Anna Michelle Jackson & Irene Kasotakis
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Christopher Harris as “Edna Turnblad”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Shannon Kingett as “Tracy Turnblad”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Franklin C. Coleman
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Robin Parker
  • Outstanding Music Direction, Christopher A. Tomasino
  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Judy Kee & Margaret Snow
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Myke Taister
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Kevin O’Dowd
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, David Correia & David Hale
• Noises Off
  1 award
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Dan Remmers
• Widdershins
  1 award
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley

Montgomery Playhouse

1 production received 4 awards

• Stones in His Pockets
  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Roxanne Fournier Stone
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, J. McAndrew Breen as “Charlie Conlon etc.”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Kevin S. Dykstra as “Jake Quinn etc.”
  • Outstanding Play

Port Tobacco Players

1 production received a total of 2 awards

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, John Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, April Dawn Weimer et al

Prince William Little Theatre

1 production received 1 award

• The Women
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Robin Zerbe as “Crystal Allen”

Providence Players

1 production received 1 award

• Auntie Mame
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Beth Harrison

Rockville Musical Theatre

1 production received 1 award

• Annie
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Denise Gilmore et al

Silver Spring Stage

2 productions received a total of 3 awards

• Romeo and Juliet
  2 awards
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Susan Schulman et al
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, William T. Fleming
• The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
  1 award
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Brendan Murray as “Butch Honeywell et al”

Ceremony Performers without tickets are asked to coordinate single ticket needs through their director and theatre company. Award Presenters without tickets will be asked to present another year. Nominees without tickets should work with their theatre company to arrange for someone to accept their award for them if their name is read.

In late February, we were concerned that ceremony tickets may sell out completely. So we asked a WATCH Board member if we could broadcast the award ceremony live, like we did for the reading of the nominees in January. The WATCH Board of Directors expressed concerns with the performance broadcast rights issues, privacy concerns of people speaking on stage, and addressing financial aspects of their relationship with the Birchmere. Making a public archive of the event video is also not an option because of privacy expectations of speakers.

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The ceremony featured performances of a song from the five nominees for Outstanding Musical (She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company; Rent, Elden Street Players; Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria; The Producers, Port Tobacco Players; and The Producers, The Arlington Players). One group (The Alliance Theatre) joined WATCH in 2011 and introduced themselves during the ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by actor Fred Nelson and lasted three hours.

There were 121 productions (35 musicals, 86 plays) adjudicated in 2010. Thirty community theater companies participated in WATCH adjudication.

View all nominations and awards broken down by company

Awards for Outstanding Technical Achievements

• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: Kevin King, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: John W. Kirby & John Merritt, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Marty Sullivan & Bill Behan, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: Jeff Merritt, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Mary Rose Vasko & John Vasko, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: John Merritt, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical: (TIE) Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe, Rent, Elden Street Players; Nancy Eynon Lark, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play: Mary Thiedeman, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Andrew Greenleaf, Bridget Muehlberger Sonya Okin, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical: AnnMarie Castrigno, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play: Terry Averill, Earth and Sky, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: (TIE) Richard Bird, Wonderful Town, Reston Community Players; Stan Harris, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Wes Bedsworth, Earth and Sky, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Barbara Esquibel, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Heather Bauer, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: (TIE) Laura Fontaine, Rent, Elden Street Players; Christine Spata, Evil Dead: The Musical, Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Julie Cameron, Frankenstein, Prince William Little Theatre
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: (TIE) Laura Fontaine, Rent, Elden Street Players; Ronna Johnson, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Paul Morton, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding Special Effects: John Bordeaux & Todd C. Huse, Rent, Elden Street Players

Awards for Outstanding Performances by an Actor or Actress

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical: Laura Gepford as “Mistress”, Evita, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Richard Bird as “Sheriff/Ticket Agent”, The Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: TiaJuana Rountree as “Mrs. Mae Peterson”, Bye Bye, Birdie, Prince George’s Little Theatre
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Mickey Daniel DaGuiso as “Angel Dumott Schunard”, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Audrey Cafaly as “Izzy”, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Dino P. Coppa as “David O. Selznick”, Moonlight and Magnolias, Montgomery Playhouse
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Autumn Seavey as “Violet”, Violet, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Jimmy Payne as “Max”, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Lorraine Magee as “Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.”, W;t, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Thurston Cobb as “Ralph”, Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Overall Production

• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Kevin C. Robertson, Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Choreography: Amy Carson, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding Music Direction: (TIE) John-Michael d’Haviland, Rent, Elden Street Players; Paul Nasto, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: (TIE) Todd C. Huse, Rent, Elden Street Players; Susan Devine, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Evan Hoffmann, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Musical: Rent, Elden Street Players
• Outstanding Play: Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players

All Nominations and Awards Broken Down by Company

Arlington Players

• Awards (1)
  • The Producers
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Barbara Esquibel
• Nominations (15)
  • Amadeus
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Michael Kharfen as “Antonio Salieri”
  • Cabaret
    • Outstanding Choreography, Jeremy A. McShan
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, J. Arthur Rodger
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Andy Izquierdo as “Emcee”
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Amanda Acker
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Dave Means
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Keith Bell
  • The Producers
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Mark Hidalgo as “Lead Stormtrooper”
    • Outstanding Choreography, John Monnett
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Barbara Esquibel
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Anne Marie Pinto as “Ulla”
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Xandra Weaver
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Peter Finkel & Bill Wisniewski
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Jared Davis

Bowie Community Theatre

• Nominations (1)
  • The Glass Menagerie
    • Outstanding Play

Capital City Players Of DC

• Nominations (1)
  • Julius Caesar
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Nello DeBlasio as “Mark Antony”

Castaways Repertory Theatre

• Nominations (1)
  • The Miracle Worker
    • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Kevin C. Robertson

Colonial Players

• Awards (3)
  • Earth and Sky
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Terry Averill
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Wes Bedsworth
  • Frozen
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Thurston Cobb as “Ralph”
• Nominations (16)
  • Dog Logic
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Ben Carr as “Hertel”
  • Earth and Sky
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Pat Reynolds as “David Ames”
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Erin Leigh Casey as “Sara McKeon”
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Terry Averill
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Wes Bedsworth
  • Frozen
    • Outstanding Direction of a Play, James Gallagher
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Laura E. Gayvert as “Agnetha”
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Thurston Cobb as “Ralph”
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Mary MacLeod as “Nancy”
    • Outstanding Play
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Ben Cornwell
  • I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Danny Brooks as “Trentell/Arthur”
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Jamie Erin Miller as “Jennifer and other characters”
  • Mrs. California
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Doug Dawson
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play – Doug Dawson
    • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Grace Bumgardner & Lois Banscher

Damascus Theatre Company

• Awards (1)
  • She Loves Me
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Nancy Eynon Lark
• Nominations (10)
  • She Loves Me
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Jason Damaso as “Waiter”
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Phil Hosford
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair as “Amalia Balash”
    • Outstanding Music Direction, Phil Hosford
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Margie Henry
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical – Bill Lebair
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Nancy Eynon Lark
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Bill Brown
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Judy Jandora

Dominion Stage

• Nominations (7)
  • Altar Boyz
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Jeffrey S. Auerbach
  • Reefer Madness
    • Outstanding Choreography, Catherine Oh
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Jacquin Pierce Allen
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Tom Flatt as “The Lecturer”
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Jeffrey S. Auerbach
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Jared Davis
    • Outstanding Special Effects, Jeffrey S. Auerbach & David Moretti

Elden Street Players

• Awards (17)
  • Metamorphoses
    • Outstanding Direction of a Play – Evan Hoffmann
    • Outstanding Play
  • Rent
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Todd C. Huse
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Mickey Daniel DaGuiso as “Angel Dumott Schunard”
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Laura Fontaine
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, AnnMarie Castrigno
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Laura Fontaine
    • Outstanding Music Direction, John-Michael d’Haviland
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Marty Sullivan & Bill Behan
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Kevin King
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Mary Rose Vasko & John Vasko
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Stan Harris
    • Outstanding Special Effects, John Bordeaux & Todd C. Huse
  • W;t
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lorraine Magee as “Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.”
• Nominations (32)
  • Metamorphoses
    • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Evan Hoffmann
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Laura Fontaine & Jaclyn Young
    • Outstanding Play
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Marty Sullivan & Theresa Bender
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Evan Hoffmann
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Karl Meier & Kate Meier
    • Outstanding Special Effects, Theresa Bender et al
    • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Katherine Frattini
  • Murder in Green Meadows
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Alan Reichert
    • Outstanding Special Effects, Brian Farrell et al
  • Rent
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Judy Whelihan & Susan Devine
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Todd Huse
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Mickey Daniel DaGuiso as “Angel Dumott Schunard”
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Christopher Prince as “Tom Collins”
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Richelle “Rikki” Howie as “Joanne Jefferson”
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Chelsa Reba as “Mimi Marquez”
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Laura Fontaine
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, AnnMarie Castrigno
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Laura Fontaine
    • Outstanding Music Direction, John-Michael d’Haviland
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Marty Sullivan & Bill Behan
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Kevin King
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Mary Rose Vasko & John Vasko
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Stan Harris
    • Outstanding Special Effects, John Bordeaux & Todd C. Huse
  • W;t
    • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Gloria DuGan
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lorraine Magee as “Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.”
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Franklin Coleman
    • Outstanding Play

Fauquier Community Theatre

• Awards (1)
  • Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
    • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography – Kevin C. Robertson
• Nominations (3)
  • Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
    • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Kevin C. Robertson
  • The Miracle Worker
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Sarah LaFantasie as “Annie Sullivan”
    • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

Greenbelt Arts Center

• Nominations (1)
  • Man of LaMancha
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Eric Street

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Awards (1)
  • Violet
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Autumn Seavey as “Violet”
• Nominations (12)
  • Chicago
    • Outstanding Choreography, Diego Prieto
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Andrea Spitz & Diego Prieto
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Dani Stoller as “Roxie Hart”
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin P. Garrett
  • Rent
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Eric Jones as “The Man”
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Jase Parker as “Angel D. Schunard”
    • Outstanding Music Direction, Brian Victor
  • Violet
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Caroline Jane Angell
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Autumn Seavey as “Violet”
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Christopher Kelly
    • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Jenna Ballard
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin P. Garrett

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• Awards (4)
  • Chicago
    • Outstanding Choreography, Amy Carson
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Susan Devine
    • Outstanding Music Direction, Paul Nasto
  • Lady Windermere’s Fan
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Paul Morton
• Nominations (16)
  • Chicago
    • Outstanding Choreography, Amy Carson
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Susan Devine
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Jon Keeling as “Amos Hart”
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Andy Izquierdo as “Billy Flynn”
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Bethany Blakey as “Velma Kelly”
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Jordan Hougham as “Roxie Hart”
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Ken & Patti Crowley
    • Outstanding Music Direction, Paul Nasto
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Betty Dolan & Leslie Reed
  • Lady Windermere’s Fan
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Kathy Dodson & Chris Macey
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Paul Morton
  • Nude With Violin
    • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Phillip Campbell & Patty Greksouk
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Russell Wyland
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Buffy Mechling
  • Play It Again, Sam
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley

Mclean Community Players

• Nominations (1)
  • Frost/Nixon
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Bob Sams as “Richard M. Nixon”

Montgomery Playhouse

• Awards (1)
  • Moonlight and Magnolias
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Dino P. Coppa as “David O. Selznick”
• Nominations (5)
  • An Ideal Husband
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Jessica C. Henry
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Jessica C. Henry
  • Antigone
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, William T. Fleming
  • Moonlight and Magnolias
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Dino P. Coppa as “David O. Selznick”
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, David Jones as “Ben Hecht”

Port Tobacco Players

• Awards (7)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Heather Bauer
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Jeff Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Mary Thiedeman
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, John W. Kirby & John Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, John Merritt
  • The Producers
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Ronna Johnson
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Jimmy Payne as “Max”
• Nominations (29)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Heather Bauer
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Theodore DeMarco-Logue
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Sarah Sandy
    • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Mary Thiedeman & Heather Bauer
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Jeff Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Mary Thiedeman
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, John W. Kirby & John Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, John Merritt
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, John Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Sarah A. Carlson & Jason Carlson
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Sarah A. Carlson
  • The Miracle Worker
    • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Brian Donohue
  • The Producers
    • Outstanding Choreography, Brooke L. Howells
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Kira Sanders
    • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Brooke L. Howells
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Patrick Pruitt as “Franz”
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Ronna Johnson
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Jimmy Payne as “Max”
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Jessica Ramos
    • Outstanding Music Direction, James D. Watson
    • Outstanding Musical
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, John Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Sarah A. Carlson & John Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, John Merritt
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical – Sarah Carlson & John Merritt
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, James D. Watson
  • The Secret Garden
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Patricia M. Brennan & Cathy Compton
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Tessa N. Silvestro & Mary Thiedeman
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Kim Bessler & Heather Bauer

Prince George’s Little Theatre

• Awards (1)
  • Bye Bye, Birdie
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, TiaJuana Rountree as “Mrs. Mae Peterson”
• Nominations (2)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Roy Hammond & Gayle Negri
  • Bye Bye, Birdie
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, TiaJuana Rountree as “Mrs. Mae Peterson”

Prince William Little Theatre

• Awards (1)
  • Frankenstein
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Julie Cameron
• Nominations (4)
  • Frankenstein
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Julie Cameron
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Stan Harris
    • Outstanding Special Effects, Dave Warner, Bob Shon, Sarah Barlow, Ken & Patti Crowley

Providence Players

• Nominations (6)
  • Big Tree Falls
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Erin Finucane as “Amber”
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Addie Storvick as “Sherri”
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Beth Hughes-Brown as “Olive”
  • The Laramie Project
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, John Coscia as ” Sgt. Hing, Doc O’Connor, Dr. Cantway, Rev. Fred Phelps, Dennis Shepard “
  • Waiting in the Wings
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Robbie Snow
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Cheryl Sinsabaugh as “Deirdre”

Reston Community Players

• Awards (2)
  • The Trip to Bountiful
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Christopher Guy Thorn as “Roy/Ticket Agent”
  • Wonderful Town
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Richard Bird
• Nominations (13)
  • As You Like It
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Melissa Bailey as “Celia”
    • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Cathy Rieder
  • The Trip to Bountiful
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Christopher Guy Thorn as “Roy/Ticket Agent”
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Richard Bird as “Sheriff/Ticket Agent”
    • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Irene Molnar
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Robin Zerbe as “Thelma”
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Adriana Hardy as “Carrie Watts”
    • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Adam Konowe
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Kat Brais
    • Outstanding Play
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Kevin P. Garrett
  • Wonderful Town
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Jaclyn Young
    • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Richard Bird

Rockville Musical Theatre

• Awards (1)
  • Evita
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Laura Gepford as “Mistress”
• Nominations (6)
  • Evita
    • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Laura Gepford as “Mistress”
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Malca Giblin
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Malca Giblin
  • Forever Plaid
    • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Sonya Tavitian
  • The Pajama Game
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, John Loughney as “Sid Sorokin”
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Sonya Okin & Joel Richon

Silver Spring Stage

• Awards (2)
  • Rabbit Hole
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Audrey Cefaly as “Izzy”
    • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf, Sonya Okin & Bridget Muehlberger
• Nominations (13)
  • Private Lives
    • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Mary Dalto
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Ken Lee
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf
  • Pygmalion
    • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Pauline Griller-Mitchell
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Maggie Skekel-Sledge
  • Rabbit Hole
    • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Chris Curtis
    • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Audrey Cefaly as “Izzy”
    • Outstanding Play
    • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf, Sonya Okin & Bridget Muehlberger
    • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf, Sonya Okin & Bridget Muehlberger
    • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf

St. Mark’s Players

• Nominations (1)
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona
    • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Rafael Cuesta as “Speed”

Taking Flight Theatre Company

• Awards (1)
  • Evil Dead: The Musical
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Christine Spata
• Nominations (3)
  • Evil Dead: The Musical
    • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Christine Spata
    • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Shannon Khatcheressian
    • Outstanding Special Effects, Jeff Bender

Tantallon Community Players

• Nominations (3)
  • A Raisin in the Sun
    • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, The Cast
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lolita-Marie Clayton as “Ruth Younger”
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Robin Dorsey as “Lena “Mama” Younger”

• Aldersgate Church Community Theatre, Alexandria, VA
• The Arlington Players, Arlington, VA
• Bowie Community Theatre, Bowie, MD
• Capital City Players, Washington DC (formerly The Foundry Players)
• Castaways Repertory Theatre, Woodbridge, VA
• Chevy Chase Players, Washington DC
• Colonial Players of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD
• Damascus Theatre Company, Damascus, MD
• Dominion Stage, Alexandria, VA
• Elden Street Players,Herndon, VA
• Fauquier Community Theatre, Warrenton, VA
• Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt, MD
• Hard Bargain Players, Accokeek, MD
• Kensington Arts Theatre, Kensington, MD
• Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel, MD
• Little Theatre of Alexandria, Alexandria, VA
• McLean Community Players, McLean, VA
• Montgomery Playhouse , Gaithersburg, MD
• Port City Playhouse, Alexandria, VA
• Port Tobacco Players, La Plata, MD
• Prince George’s Little Theatre, Bowie, MD
• Prince William Little Theatre, Manassas, VA
• Providence Players of Fairfax, Falls Church, VA
• Reston Community Players, Reston, VA
• Rockville Little Theatre, Rockville, MD
• Rockville Musical Theatre, Rockville, MD
• St. Mark’s Players, Washington DC
• Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, MD
• Taking Flight Theatre Company, Sterling, VA (formerly CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company)
• Tantallon Community Players, Ft. Washington, MD
• Vienna Theatre Company, Vienna, VA

In 2011, two additional companies will be participating:

• The Alliance Theatre, Chantilly, VA
• Rooftop Productions, Manassas, VA

In each of the thirty-eight categories, five nominees were selected based on the average scores of eight judges. In some categories, due to score ties, more than five nominees are announced. Nominations are provided in alphabetical order by nominee. The nominations are provided by category and then by theater.

Listen to a recording of the announcement. [MP3 23:59 22MB] Nominations were presented by Jenna Ballard, Leta Hall, Kira Simon, Linda Stone, and Sue Pinkman.

Nominations for outstanding technical achievements.

Outstanding Set Design in a Musical

• Bill Brown, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Kevin King, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Dave Means, Cabaret, The Arlington Players
• John Merritt, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Eric Street, Man of LaMancha, Greenbelt Arts Center

Outstanding Set Design in a Play

• Sarah A. Carlson & Jason Carlson, The Diary of Anne Frank, Port Tobacco Players
• Andrew Greenleaf, Private Lives, Silver Spring Stage
• Andrew Greenleaf, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Evan Hoffmann, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• John W. Kirby & John Merritt, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical

• Amanda Acker, Cabaret, The Arlington Players
• Peter Finkel & Bill Wisniewski, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Bill Lebair, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• John Merritt, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Marty Sullivan & Bill Behan, Rent, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Set Construction in a Play

• Andrew Greenleaf, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Ken Lee, Private Lives, Silver Spring Stage
• Jeff Merritt, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• John Merritt, The Diary of Anne Frank, Port Tobacco Players
• Marty Sullivan & Theresa Bender, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical

• Jared Davis, Reefer Madness, Dominion Stage
• Jared Davis, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Judy Jandora, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Tessa N. Silvestro & Mary Thiedeman, The Secret Garden, Port Tobacco Players
• Mary Rose Vasko & John Vasko, Rent, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Play

• Sarah A. Carlson, The Diary of Anne Frank, Port Tobacco Players
• Buffy Mechling, Nude With Violin, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Karl Meier & Kate Meier, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• John Merritt, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Cathy Rieder, As You Like It, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical

• Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Kim Bessler & Heather Bauer, The Secret Garden, Port Tobacco Players
• Sarah A. Carlson & John Merritt, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Shannon Khatcheressian, Evil Dead: The Musical, Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Nancy Eynon Lark, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Sonya Okin & Joel Richon, The Pajama Game, Rockville Musical Theatre

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play

• Andrew Greenleaf, Private Lives, Silver Spring Stage
• Andrew Greenleaf et al, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Roy Hammond & Gayle Negri, Arsenic and Old Lace, Prince George’s Little Theatre
• Mary Thiedeman, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Russell Wyland, Nude With Violin, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Properties in a Musical

• Jenna Ballard, Violet, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Betty Dolan & Leslie Reed, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Margie Henry, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Sonya Tavitian, Forever Plaid, Rockville Musical Theatre

Outstanding Properties in a Play

• Grace Bumgardner & Lois Banscher, Mrs. California, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Phillip Campbell & Patty Greksouk, Nude With Violin, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Mary Dalto, Private Lives, Silver Spring Stage
• Andrew Greenleaf et al, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Mary Thiedeman & Heather Bauer, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical

• Jeffrey S. Auerbach, Altar Boyz, Dominion Stage
• Jeffrey S. Auerbach, Reefer Madness, Dominion Stage
• AnnMarie Castrigno, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Ken & Patti Crowley, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Christopher Kelly, Violet, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play

• Terry Averill, Earth and Sky, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Franklin Coleman, W;t, Elden Street Players
• Ken & Patti Crowley, Play It Again, Sam, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Ken & Patti Crowley, Frankenstein, Prince William Little Theatre
• Theodore DeMarco-Logue, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Adam Konowe, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

• Keith Bell, Cabaret, The Arlington Players
• Richard Bird, Wonderful Town, Reston Community Players
• Kevin P. Garrett, Violet, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Kevin P. Garrett, Chicago, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Stan Harris, Rent, Elden Street Players
• James D. Watson, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

• Wes Bedsworth, Earth and Sky, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Ben Cornwell, Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Kevin P. Garrett, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players
• Stan Harris, Frankenstein, Prince William Little Theatre
• Alan Reichert, Murder in Green Meadows, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical

• Jacquin Pierce Allen, Reefer Madness, Dominion Stage
• Patricia M. Brennan & Cathy Compton, The Secret Garden, Port Tobacco Players
• Barbara Esquibel, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Kira Sanders, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Judy Whelihan & Susan Devine, Rent, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Costume Design in a Play

• Heather Bauer, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players
• Kathy Dodson & Chris Macey, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Jessica C. Henry, An Ideal Husband, Montgomery Playhouse
• Irene Molnar, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players
• Robbie Snow, Waiting in the Wings, Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical

• Laura Fontaine, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Malca Giblin, Evita, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Jessica Ramos, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Christine Spata, Evil Dead: The Musical, Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Xandra Weaver, The Producers, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play

• Kat Brais, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players
• Julie Cameron, Frankenstein, Prince William Little Theatre
• Mrs. California, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• William T. Fleming, Antigone, Montgomery Playhouse
• Laura Fontaine & Jaclyn Young, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• Sarah Sandy, Arsenic and Old Lace, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical

• Laura Fontaine, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Malca Giblin, Evita, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Ronna Johnson, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• J. Arthur Rodger, Cabaret, The Arlington Players
• Jaclyn Young, Wonderful Town, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Hair Design in a Play

• The Cast, A Raisin in the Sun, Tantallon Community Players
• Doug Dawson, Mrs. California, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Jessica C. Henry, An Ideal Husband, Montgomery Playhouse
• Paul Morton, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Maggie Skekel-Sledge, Pygmalion, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Special Effects

• Jeffrey S. Auerbach & David Moretti, Reefer Madness, Dominion Stage
• Theresa Bender et al, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• Jeff Bender, Evil Dead: The Musical, Taking Flight Theatre Company
• John Bordeaux & Todd Huse, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Brian Farrell et al, Murder in Green Meadows, Elden Street Players
• Dave Warner et al, Frankenstein, Prince William Little Theatre

Nominations for outstanding performances by an actor or actress.

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Danny Brooks as “Trentell et al”, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Jason Damaso as “Waiter”, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Laura Gepford as “Mistress”, Evita, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Mark Hidalgo as “Lead Stormtrooper”, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Eric Jones as “The Man”, Rent, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Richard Bird as “Sheriff/Ticket Agent”, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players
• Erin Finucane as “Amber”, Big Tree Falls, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Beth Hughes-Brown as “Olive”, Big Tree Falls, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Addie Storvick as “Sherri”, Big Tree Falls, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Christopher Guy Thorn as “Roy/Ticket Agent”, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• Richelle “Rikki” Howie as “Joanne Johnson”, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Jamie Erin Miller as “Jennifer et al”, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Anne Marie Pinto as “Ulla”, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Chelsa Reba as “Mimi Marquez”, Rent, Elden Street Players
• TiaJuana Rountree as “Mrs. Mae Peterson”, Bye Bye, Birdie, Prince George’s Little Theatre

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Mickey Daniel DaGuiso as “Angel Dumott Schunard”, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Jon Keeling as “Amos Hart”, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Jase Parker as “Angel D. Schunard”, Rent, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Christopher Prince as “Tom Collins”, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Patrick Pruitt as “Franz”, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Melissa Bailey as “Celia”, As You Like It, Reston Community Players
• Audrey Cafaly as “Izzy”, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Laura E. Gayvert as “Agnetha”, Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Cheryl Sinsabaugh as “Deirdre”, Waiting in the Wings, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Robin Zerbe as “Thelma”, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players

Outstanding featured actor in a play

• Dino P. Coppa as “David O. Selznick”, Moonlight and Magnolias, Montgomery Playhouse
• John Coscia as “Sgt. Hing, Doc O’Connor, et al”, The Laramie Project, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Rafael Cuesta as “Speed”, Two Gentlemen of Verona, St. Mark’s Players
• David Jones as “Ben Hecht”, Moonlight and Magnolias, Montgomery Playhouse
• Pat Reynolds as “David Ames”, Earth and Sky, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Bethany Blakey as “Velma Kelly”, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Stephanie Bonte-Labair as “Amalia Balach”, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Jordan Hougham as “Roxie Hart”, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Autumn Seavy as “Violet”, Violet, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Dani Stoller as “Roxie Hart”, Chicago, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Tom Flatt as “The Lecturer”, Reefer Madness, Dominion Stage
• Andy Izquierdo as “Billy Flynn”, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Andy Izquierdo as “Emcee”, Cabaret, The Arlington Players
• John Loughney as “Sid Sorokin”, The Pajama Game, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Jimmy Payne as “Max”, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding lead actress in a play

• Erin Leigh Casey as “Sara McKeon”, Earth and Sky, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Lolita-Marie Clayton as “Ruth Younger”, A Raisin in the Sun, Tantallon Community Players
• Robin Dorsey as “Lena “Mama” Younger”, A Raisin in the Sun, Tantallon Community Players
• Adriana Hardy as “Carrie Watts”, Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players
• Sarah LaFantasie as “Annie Sullivan”, The Miracle Worker, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Mary MacLeod as “Nancy”, Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Lorraine Magee as “Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.”, W;t, Elden Street Players

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Ben Carr as “Hertel”, Dog Logic, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Thurston Cobb as “Ralph”, Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Nello DeBlasio as “Mark Antony”, Julius Caesar, Foundry Players
• Michael Kharfen as “Antonio Salieri”, Amadeus, The Arlington Players
• Bob Sams as “Richard M. Nixon”, Frost/Nixon, McLean Community Players

Nominations for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• Brian Donohue, The Miracle Worker, Port Tobacco Players
• The Miracle Worker, Fauquier Community Players
• Katherine Frattini, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• Kevin C. Robertson, The Miracle Worker, Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Kevin C. Robertson, Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Fauquier Community Theatre

Outstanding Choreography

• Amy Carson, Chicago, The Arlington Players
• Brooke L. Howells, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Jeremy A. McShan, Cabaret, The Arlington Players
• John Monnett, The Producers, The Arlington Players
• Catherine Oh, Reefer Madness, Dominion Stage
• Diego Prieto, Chicago, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Music Direction

• John-Michael d’Haviland, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Phil Hosford, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Paul Nasto, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Brian Victor, Rent, Kensington Arts Theatre
• James D. Watson, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Caroline Jane Angell, Violet, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Susan Devine, Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Phil Hosford, She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Brooke L. Howells, The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• Todd Huse, Rent, Elden Street Players
• Andrea Spitz & Diego Prieto, Chicago, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Chris Curtis, Rabbit Hole, Silver Spring Stage
• Gloria DuGan, W;t, Elden Street Players
• James Gallagher, Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Pauline Griller-Mitchell, Pygmalion, Silver Spring Stage
• Evan Hoffmann, Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Musical

• She Loves Me, Damascus Theatre Company
• Rent, Elden Street Players
• Chicago, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• The Producers, Port Tobacco Players
• The Producers, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Play

• The Glass Menagerie, Bowie Community Players
• Frozen, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Metamorphoses, Elden Street Players
• W;t, Elden Street Players
• Trip to Bountiful, Reston Community Players

Nominations sorted by theatre and show

Arlington Players

• Amadeus

  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Michael Kharfen as “Antonio Salieri”

• Cabaret

  • Outstanding Choreography, Jeremy A. McShan
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, J. Arthur Rodger
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Andy Izquierdo as “Emcee”
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Amanda Acker
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Dave Means
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Keith Bell

• The Producers

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Mark Hidalgo as “Lead Stormtrooper”
  • Outstanding Choreography, John Monnett
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Barbara Esquibel
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Anne Marie Pinto as “Ulla”
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Xandra Weaver
  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Peter Finkel & Bill Wisniewski
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Jared Davis

Bowie Community Theatre

• The Glass Menagerie

  • Outstanding Play

Castaways Repertory Theatre

• The Miracle Worker

  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Kevin Robertson

Colonial Players

• Dog Logic

  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Ben Carr as “Hertel”

• Earth and Sky

  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Pat Reynolds as “David Ames”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Erin Leigh Casey as “Sara McKeon”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Terry Averill
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Wes Bedsworth

• Frozen

  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, James Gallagher
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Laura E. Gayvert as “Agnetha”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Thurston Cobb as “Ralph”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Mary MacLeod as “Nancy”
  • Outstanding Play
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Ben Cornwell

• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Danny Brooks as “Trentell et al”
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Jamie Erin Miller as “Jennifer et al”

• Mrs. California

  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Doug Dawson
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Grace Bumgardner & Lois Banscher

Damascus Theatre Company

• She Loves Me

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Jason Damaso as “Waiter”
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Phil Hosford
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Stephanie Bonte-Labair as “Amalia Balach”
  • Outstanding Music Direction, Phil Hosford
  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Margie Henry
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Bill Lebair
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Nancy Eynon Lark
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Bill Brown
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Judy Jandora

Dominion Stage

• Altar Boyz

  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Jeffrey S. Auerbach

• Reefer Madness

  • Outstanding Choreography, Catherine Oh
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Jacquin Pierce Allen
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Tom Flatt as “The Lecturer”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Jeffrey S. Auerbach
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Jared Davis
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Jeffrey S. Auerbach & David Moretti

Elden Street Players

• Metamorphoses

  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Evan Hoffmann
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Laura Fontaine & Jaclyn Young
  • Outstanding Play
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Marty Sullivan & Theresa Bender
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Evan Hoffmann
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Karl Meier & Kate Meier
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Theresa Bender et al
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Katherine Frattini

• Murder in Green Meadows

  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Alan Reichert
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Brian Farrell et al

• Rent

  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Judy Whelihan & Susan Devine
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Todd Huse
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Mickey Daniel DaGuiso as “Angel Dumott Schunard”
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Christopher Prince as “Tom Collins”
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Richelle “Rikki” Howie as “Joanne Jefferson”
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Chelsa Reba as “Mimi Marquez”
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Laura Fontaine
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, AnnMarie Castrigno
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Laura Fontaine
  • Outstanding Music Direction, John-Michael d’Haviland
  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Marty Sullivan & Bill Behan
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Theresa Bender & Eliza Wolfe
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Kevin King
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Mary Rose Vasko & John Vasko
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Stan Harris
  • Outstanding Special Effects, John Bordeaux & Todd Huse

• W;t

  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Gloria DuGan
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lorraine Magee as “Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Franklin Coleman
  • Outstanding Play

Fauquier Community Theatre

• Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Kevin C. Robertson

• The Miracle Worker

  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Sarah LaFantasie as “Annie Sullivan”
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

Foundry Players

• Julius Caesar

  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Nello DeBlasio as “Mark Antony”

Greenbelt Arts Center

• Man of LaMancha

  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Eric Street

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Chicago

  • Outstanding Choreography, Diego Prieto
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Andrea Spitz & Diego Prieto
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Dani Stoller as “Roxie Hart”
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin P. Garrett

• Rent

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Eric Jones as “The Man”
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Jase Parker as “Angel D. Schunard”
  • Outstanding Music Direction, Brian Victor

• Violet

  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Caroline Jane Angell
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Autumn Seavy as “Violet”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Christopher Kelly
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Jenna Ballard
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin P. Garrett

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• Chicago

  • Outstanding Choreography, Amy Carson
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Susan Devine
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Jon Keeling as “Amos Hart”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Andy Izquierdo as “Billy Flynn”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Bethany Blakey as “Velma Kelly”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Jordan Hougham as “Roxie Hart”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Ken & Patti Crowley
  • Outstanding Music Direction, Paul Nasto
  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Betty Dolan & Leslie Reed

• Lady Windermere’s Fan

  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Kathy Dodson & Chris Macey
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Paul Morton

• Nude With Violin

  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Phillip Campbell & Patty Greksouk
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Russell Wyland
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Buffy Mechling

• Play It Again, Sam

  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley

McLean Community Players

• Frost/Nixon

  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Bob Sams as “Richard M. Nixon”

Montgomery Playhouse

• An Ideal Husband

  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Jessica C. Henry
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Jessica C. Henry

• Antigone

  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, William T. Fleming

• Moonlight and Magnolias

  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Dino P. Coppa as “David O. Selznick”
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, David Jones as “Ben Hecht”

Port Tobacco Players

• Arsenic and Old Lace

  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Heather Bauer
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Theodore DeMarco-Logue
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Sarah Sandy
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Mary Theideman & Heather Bauer
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Jeff Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Mary Thiedeman
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, John W. Kirby & John Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, John Merritt

• The Diary of Anne Frank

  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, John Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Sarah A. Carlson & Jason Carlson
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Sarah A. Carlson

• The Miracle Worker

  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Brian Donohue

• The Producers

  • Outstanding Choreography, Brooke L. Howells
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Kira Sanders
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Brooke L. Howells
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Patrick Pruitt as “Franz”
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Ronna Johnson
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Jimmy Payne as “Max”
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Jessica Ramos
  • Outstanding Music Direction, James D. Watson
  • Outstanding Musical
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, John Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Sarah A. Carlson & John Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, John Merritt
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, James D. Watson

• The Secret Garden

  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Patricia M. Brennan & Cathy Compton
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Tessa N. Silvestro & Mary Thiedeman
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Kim Bessler & Heather Bauer

Prince George’s Little Theatre

• Arsenic and Old Lace

  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Roy Hammond & Gayle Negri

• Bye Bye, Birdie

  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, TiaJuana Rountree as “Mrs. Mae Peterson”

Prince William Little Theatre

• Frankenstein

  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Julie Cameron
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Stan Harris
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Dave Warner et al

Providence Players

• Big Tree Falls

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Erin Finucane as “Amber”
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Addie Storvick as “Sherri”
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Beth Hughes-Brown as “Olive”

• The Laramie Project

  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, John Coscia as “Sgt. Hing, Doc. O’Connor, et al”

• Waiting in the Wings

  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Robbie Snow
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Cheryl Sinsabaugh as “Deirdre”

Reston Community Players

• As You Like It

  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Melissa Bailey as “Celia”
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Cathy Rieder

• Trip to Bountiful

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Christopher Guy Thorn as “Roy/Ticket Agent”
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Richard Bird as “Sheriff/Ticket Agent”
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Irene Molnar
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Robin Zerbe as “Thelma”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Adriana Hardy as “Carrie Watts”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Adam Konowe
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Kat Brais
  • Outstanding Play
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Kevin P. Garrett

• Wonderful Town

  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Jaclyn Young
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Richard Bird

Rockville Musical Theatre

• Evita

  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Laura Gepford as “Mistress”
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Malca Giblin
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Malca Giblin

• Forever Plaid

  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Sonya Tavitian

• The Pajama Game

  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, John Loughney as “Sid Sorokin”
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Sonya Okin & Joel Richon

Silver Spring Stage

• Private Lives

  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Mary Dalto
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Ken Lee
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf

• Pygmalion

  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Pauline Griller-Mitchell
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Maggie Skekel-Sledge

• Rabbit Hole

  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Chris Curtis
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Audrey Cefaly as “Izzy”
  • Outstanding Play
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf et al
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf et al
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Andrew Greenleaf

St. Mark’s Players

• Two Gentlemen of Verona

  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Rafael Cuesta as “Speed”

Taking Flight Theatre Company

• Evil Dead: The Musical

  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Christine Spata
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Shannon Khatcheressian
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Jeff Bender

Tantallon Community Players

• A Raisin in the Sun

  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, The Cast
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lolita-Marie Clayton as “Ruth Younger”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Robin Dorsey as “Lena “Mama” Younger”

The ceremony was hosted by actor Fred Nelson. The ceremony, which ran 3 hours and 15 minutes, featured performances of a song from the five nominees for Outstanding Musical (Curtains, Reston Community Players; Falsettos, Elden Street Players; Follies, Arlington Players; The Full Monty, Reston Community Players; The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players). Two groups (Prince George’s Little Theatre and Damascus Theatre Company) joined WATCH in 2010 and introduced themselves during the ceremony.

There were 114 productions (32 musicals, 82 plays) adjudicated in 2009. Thirty community theater companies participated in WATCH adjudication.

Winners for outstanding technical achievements

Outstanding Lighting Design – Musical

• Ken and Patti Crowley, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Lighting Design – Play

• Chris Curtis, Columbinus, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Sound Design – Musical

• Rich Bird, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Sound Design – Play

• Kevin Garrett, Columbinus, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Costume Design – Musical

• Grant Kevin Lane, Follies, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Costume Design – Play

• Melody Sciarratta, A Man for All Seasons, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Design – Musical

• Skip Larson, Rick Schneider, and Andrew JM Regiec, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Design – Play

• John Reckeweg, Angel Street, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction – Musical

• Sarah Birkhead, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Construction – Play

• Andew Greenleaf and Eric Henry, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Set Painting – Musical

• Cathy Rieder, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Painting – Play

• MYKE, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing – Musical (Tie)

• Jenna Ballard, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Evan Hoffman and Malca Giblin, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing – Play

• C. Evan Kirk, The Art of Murder, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Properties – Musical

• Jenna Ballard & Brian Dettling, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Properties – Play

• Sonya Okin, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Makeup Design – Musical

• Avery Burns, Follies, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Makeup Design – Play

• Paul Morton, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Hair Design – Musical

• Bette Williams, Follies, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Hair Design – Play

• E. Lynda Bruce-Lewis, Amadeus, Greenbelt Arts Center

Outstanding Special Effects

• Andrew Greeenleaf, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage

Winners for outstanding performances by an actor or actress

Outstanding cameo – Musical (Tie)

• Roy Barbacow as “Waiter/Caroler” She Loves Me, Colonial Players
• Josh Doyle as “Charles Lindbergh” Flight of the Lawnchair Man, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company

Outstanding Cameo – Play (Tie)

• Joe Helein as “The Hustler” Six Degrees of Separation, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company
• Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Ann Marwood Bartle” Jeffrey, Dominion Stage

Outstanding Featured Actress – Musical

• Katie McManus as “Georgia Hendricks” Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Featured Actor – Musical

• Mike Hoskinson as “Dave Bukatinsky” The Full Monty, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Featured Actress – Play

• Mollie Wise as “Betty Meeks” The Foreigner, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Featured Actor – Play

• Randy Tusing as “Thomas Cromwell” A Man for All Seasons, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Lead Actress – Musical

• Susanna Todd as “Gracie” Flight of the Lawnchair Man, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Actor – Musical

• Blakeman Brophy as “Lt. Frank Cioffi” Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Lead Actress – Play

• Laura Russell as “Stevie” The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Lead Actor – Play

• James Raby as “Antonio Salieri” Amadeus, St. Mark’s Players

Winners for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• Brian Farrell & Karen Schlumpf , Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Choreography

• Andrea Heininge , Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Music Direction

• Mark Deal, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Andrew JM Regiec , Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Bridget Muehlberger & Andrea Spitz , columbinus, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Musical

• Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Play

• The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage

The WATCH Awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Play were presented by longtime Potomac Stages theatre reviewer Brad Hathaway.

Nominations for outstanding technical achievements

Outstanding Lighting Design – Musical

• Kevin Boyce, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Frank Coleman, The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Ken and Patti Crowley, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Brian Desmond, Bye Bye Birdie, The Arlington Players
• Richard Koster, She Loves Me, Colonial Players

Outstanding Lighting Design – Play

• Steven L. Barker, Six Degrees of Separation, CCT With Second Flight Theater Company
• Anne Marie Castrigno, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Arlington Players
• Ken and Patti Crowley, The History Boys, Elden Street Players
• Chris Curtis, Columbinus, Silver Spring Stage
• Liz Owens and Nancy Owens, Art of Murder, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design – Musical

• Rich Bird, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Kevin P. Garrett, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Kevin Harney, The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Kevin Harney, The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players
• Stan Harris, Falsettos, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Sound Design – Play

• Kevin Garrett, Columbinus, Silver Spring Stage
• Kevin Garrett, The History Boys, Elden Street Players
• David Hale, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Nick Sampson, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage
• Michael Tyner, The Laramie Project, Rockville Little Theater

Outstanding Costume Design – Musical

• Grant Kevin Lane, Follies, The Arlington Players
• Lory Levitt & Irene Molnar, Bye Bye Birdie, The Arlington Players
• Charlotte Marson & Judy Whelihan, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Malinda Smith, Children of Eden, Montgomery Playhouse
• Judy Whelihan, The Full Monty, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Costume Design – Play

• Beverley Benda & Annie Vroom, Leading Ladies, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Patsy DiBella Kreger & Eric S. Scerbo, Glorious!, Dominion Stage
• Alison Rollins, Amadeus, Greenbelt Arts Center
• Jean Schlicting & Kit Sibley, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Melody Sciarratta, A Man for All Seasons, Port Tobacco Players
• Linda Swann, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Colonial Players

Outstanding Set Design – Musical

• Bob Asman, Sweeney Todd, Port Tobacco Players
• Kevin Boyce, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Jared Davis, Follies, The Arlington Players
• Skip Larson, Rick Schneider, and Andrew JM Regiec, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Skip Larson, The Full Monty, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Design – Play

• John Coscia, Harvey, Providence Players
• Ken Crowley, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Patrick David, All My Sons, Providence Players
• Andrew Greenleaf, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage
• C. Evans Kirk, The Art of Murder, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Dawn Parker, Six Degrees of Separation, CCT with 2nd Flight
• John Reckeweg, Angel Street, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction – Musical

• Bob Asman, Sweeney Todd, Port Tobacco Players
• Sarah Burkhead, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• John Decker, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• John Merritt, Robert Wenzinger and Therese Theideman, Oliver!, Port Tobacco Players
• Pete Silvia, Bye Bye, Birdie, The Arlington Players
• Bill Wisniewski, Follies, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Set Construction – Play

• John Coscia, Harvey, Providence Players
• Patrick David, All My Sons, Providence Players
• Chris Feldman, The Foreigner, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Andew Greenleaf and Eric Henry, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage
• Andrew S. Greenleaf, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Set Painting – Musical

• Juliana Bogdan, Janet Zavistovich, and Sarah Ann Carlson, Sweeney Todd, Port Tobacco Players
• Nancy Daugherty, Katherine Blondin, Michael Clark, and Adrienne Showker, Pippin, Prince William Little Theatre
• Jared Davis, Follies, The Arlington Players
• David Flinn, Children of Eden, Montgomery Playhouse
• Cathy Reider, Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Painting – Play

• Anna Britton, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage
• Erin Cumbo, The Foreigner, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Mary Hutzler, It Runs in the Family, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Craig Allen Mummey and Mary Seng, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Silver Spring Stage
• MYKE, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing – Musical

• Jenna Ballard, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Evan Hoffman and Malca Giblin, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Bea & Jerry Morse, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Kate Roehr, Follies, The Arlington Players
• Janet Zavistovich, Sweeney Todd, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing – Play

• LeeAnne Buckley, The Art of Murder, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Ingrid Helvig David, All My Sons, Providence Players
• Chrish Kresge & Norma Robertson, Sleuth, Vienna Theater Company
• Sonya Okin, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Silver Spring Stage
• Joan Rosebloom and Andrew Greenleaf, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Properties – Musical

• Jenna Ballard & Brian Dettling, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Mary Jo Ford, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Malca Giblin & Brian Dettling, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• JoAnn Gidos & Grace Bumgardner, She Loves Me, Colonial Players
• Janet Zavistovich, Sweeney Todd, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Properties – Play

• Margie Henry, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage
• Sonya Okin, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Silver Spring Stage
• Art Snow, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Margaret Snow, Art Snow, & Bobby Herbst, It Runs in the Family, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Mary Thiedeman, Angel Street, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Makeup Design – Musical

• Avery Burns, Follies, The Arlington Players
• Robin Covington, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Sheila Hyman, Sweeney Todd, Port Tobacco Players
• Sue Pinkman, The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Jaclyn Young, The Rocky Horrow Show, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Makeup Design – Play

• Sheila Hyman, Angel Street, Port Tobacco Players
• Paul Morton, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• J. Arthur Rodger, Curious Savage, Port City Playhouse
• Gilda Sadighi, Leading Ladies, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Sarah Sandy & Brandie Painter, A Man for All Seasons, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Hair Design – Musical

• Kat Brais, Bye Bye Birdie, The Arlington Players
• Sue Pinkman, Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Betty Williams, Follies, The Arlington Players
• Betty Williams, Gypsy, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Jaclyn Young, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Hair Design – Play

• E. Lynda Bruce-Lewis, Amadeus, Greenbelt Arts Center
• Paul Morton, Greater Tuna, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Paul Morton, Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Gilda Sadighi, Leading Ladies, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Renee Silverstone, Glorious!, Dominion Stage
• Betty Williams, Veronica’s Room, Port City Playhouse
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Colonial Players

Outstanding Special Effects

• Kevin Boyce, One Red Flower, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Andrew Greeenleaf, The Mousetrap, Silver Spring Stage
• Andrew Greeenleaf, Columbinus, Silver Spring Stage
• Frank Pettelli & Dick Whaley, Over My Dead Body, Colonial Players
• Dick Whaley, Wonder of the World, Colonial Players
• Out of Order, Bowie Community Theatre

Nominations for outstanding performances by an actor or actress

Outstanding cameo – Musical

• Roy Barbacow as “Waiter/Caroler” She Loves Me, Colonial Players
• Josh Doyle as “Charles Lindbergh” Flight of the Lawnchair Man, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company
• Kate Keifer as “Jessica Cranshaw” Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Kathleen McCormick as “Buddy’s Blues Margie” Follies, Arlington Players
• Susy Moorstein as “Berthe” Pippin, Prince William Little Theatre

Outstanding Cameo – Play

• Ian Brown as “Laurence” Shining City, Elden Street Players
• James Day as “Meeker” Inherit the Wind, Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
• Joe Helein as “The Hustler” Six Degrees of Separation, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company
• Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Ann Marwood Bartle” Jeffrey, Dominion Stage
• Amy Thompson as “Grand Duchess Olga Katrina” You Can’t Take It With You, Fauquier Community Theatre

Outstanding Featured Actress – Musical

• Allison Block as “Anita” West Side Story, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Katie McManus as “Georgia Hendricks” Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Katie McManus as “Lin” The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Sue Pinkman as “Carmen Bernstein” Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Mimi Preda as “June” The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Featured Actor – Musical

• Adrian Cubbage as “Noah “Horse” T. Simmons” The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Tom Flatt as “Christopher Belling” Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Mike Hoskinson as “Dave Bukatinsky” The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Ryan Khatcheressian as “Big Jack Preston” Flight of the Lawnchair Man, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company
• Brent Stone as “Jitter” The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Jane Squier Bruns as “Sophie Greengrass” Social Security, Montgomery Playhouse
• Melissa Gilpin , Bash, Latter Day Plays, Hard Bargain Players
• Jane MacFarlane as “Mrs. Lintott” The History Boys, Elden Street Players
• Beth Terranova as “Ellen Van Oss” Two Rooms, Colonial Players
• Mollie Wise as “Betty Meeks” The Foreigner, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding featured actor in a play

• Jeffrey Clarke as “Dr. Hubert Bonney” It Runs in the Family, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Michael J. Galizia as “Doc O’Connor, Rulon Stacey & Father Schmit” The Laramie Project, Rockville Little Theatre
• Joshua Greenwald as “Billy” The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage
• Michael J. Margelos as “The Common Man” A Man for All Seasons, Port Tobacco Players
• Randy Tusing as “Thomas Cromwell” A Man for All Seasons, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Rachel Brook as “Maria” West Side Story, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Amy K. Cropper as “Trina” Falsettos, Elden Street Players
• Janice Rivera as “Lucille Frank” Parade, St. Mark’s Players
• Susanna Todd as “Gracie” Flight of the Lawnchair Man, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company
• Evelyn Trester as “Fosca” Passion, Elden Street Players

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Blakeman Brophy as “Lt. Frank Cioffi” Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Evan Hoffmann as “Jerry Lukowski” The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Harv Lester as “Marvin” Falsettos, Elden Street Players
• John Loughney as “Whizzer” Falsettos, Elden Street Players
• Michael Reid as “Leo Frank” Parade, St. Mark’s Players

Outstanding lead actress in a play

• Leah Mazade as “Amanda Wingfield” The Glass Menagerie, Silver Spring Stage
• Heather Quinn as “Lanie Wells” Two Rooms, Colonial Players
• Jessie Roberts as “Amanda Wingfield” The Glass Menagerie, McLean Community Players
• Laura Russell as “Stevie” The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage
• Jayne L. Victor as “Kate Keller” All My Sons, Providence Players

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Mark Lee Adams as “Dr. David Mortimore” It Runs in the Family, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Jivon Lee Jackson as “Lucius Jenkins” Jesus Hopped the “A” Train, Hard Bargain Players
• Michael Kharfen as “John” Shining City, Elden Street Players
• Guy Palace as “Martin” The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage
• James Raby as “Antonio Salieri” Amadeus, St. Mark’s Players

Nominations for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• Brian Dettling & Ben Davis, columbinus, Silver Spring Stage
• Mike Donahue, David Whitehead & Beth Whitehead , All My Sons, Providence Players
• Brian Farrell & Karen Schlumpf , Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Steve Lada , West Side Story, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Karen Schlumpf & Brian Farrell , The Full Monty, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Choreography

• Lisa Anne Bailey & Lauren Sinsheimer , Bye Bye Birdie, Arlington Players
• Amanda M. Cane , The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players
• Ivan Davila , The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Christopher Dykton , Follies, Arlington Players
• Andrea Heininge , Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Music Direction

• Mark Deal , Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Mark Deal , The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• John-Michael d’Haviland , Follies, Arlington Players
• Elisa Rosman , Falsettos, Elden Street Players
• Elisa Rosman , Passion, Elden Street Players
• Christopher A. Tomasino , Gypsy, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Wade Corder , The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players
• Christopher Dykton , Follies, Arlington Players
• Evan Hoffmann , The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Sue Pinkman , The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• Andrew JM Regiec , Curtains, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Roland Branford Gomez , It Runs in the Family, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Bridget Muehlberger & Andrea Spitz , columbinus, Silver Spring Stage
• Craig Allen Mummey , The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage
• Haley Murphy , Six Degrees of Separation, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company
• Frank D. Shutts II , Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Musical

• Curtains, Reston Community Players
• Falsettos, Elden Street Players
• Follies, Arlington Players
• The Full Monty, Reston Community Players
• The Musical of Musicals, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Play

• columbinus, Silver Spring Stage
• The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Silver Spring Stage
• Gross Indecency, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• It Runs in the Family, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Six Degrees of Separation, CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company

Nominations for outstanding technical achievements

Outstanding Set Design

• John Merritt – Dracula: The Case of the Silver Scream – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction

• John Bilton & John Merritt – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Painting

• Sarah Ann Carlson & John Merritt – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing

• Kim Moore Bessler & Lynne O’Meara – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Properties (Tie)

• Kim Moore Bessler & Lynne O’Meara – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players
• Karen Kleyle – Noises Off – Port Tobacco Players
• Donna Reynolds – The Dresser – Port City Playhouse

Outstanding Lighting Design

• Ken & Patti Crowley – Picnic – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design

• David Standish & Jeff Hitaffer – Dracula: The Case of the Silver Scream – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Costume Design

• Mary Ayala-Bush & Lori Levitt – Sweet Smell of Success – Arlington Players

Outstanding Makeup Design

• Eric Jones & Denise A. Levien – The Rocky Horror Show – Greenbelt Arts Center

Outstanding Hair Design

• Sue Pinkman, Mark Bartyczak & Anna Michelle Jackson – Forbidden Broadway – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Special Effects (Tie)

• John Decker – 110 in the Shade – Kensington Arts Theatre
• Tel Monks, Jerry Skene, Robb Hunter & Rick Schneider – An Experiment with an Air Pump – Reston Community Players

Nominations for outstanding performances by an actor or actress.

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Albert Coia as “Erronius” – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Arlington Players

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Lolita-Marie as “Mrs. Muller” – Doubt, a Parable – Elden Street Players

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Ryan Manning as “Jim” – 110 in the Shade – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• June Schreiner as “Little Sally” – Urinetown – Reston Community Players

Outstanding featured actor in a play

• Jim Reiter as “Dr. Condon, Alexander Woolcott, HL Mencken, Albert Osborne, Arthur Koehler, Guard & Policeman” – Hauptmann – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Rebecca Lenehan as “Rosemary Sydney” – Picnic – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Andy Izquierdo as “Gordon Michael Schwinn” – A New Brain – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Katie McManus as “Lizzie” – 110 in the Shade – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Pat Reynolds as “Bruno Richard Hauptmann” – Hauptmann – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a play (Tie)

• Jane MacFarlane as “Sister Aloysius” – Doubt, a Parable – Elden Street Players
• Karen Jadlos Shotts as “Hedda Gabler” – Hedda Gabler – Elden Street Players

Nominations for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• David Timmermann & Randy Tusing – Noises Off – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Choreography

• Matt Anderson & Catherine Oh – Urinetown – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Music Direction

• David Rohde – A New Brain – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Tie)

• Jeffrey R. Breslow – A New Brain – Kensington Arts Theatre
• John K. Monnett – Sweet Smell of Success – Arlington Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Beth Terranova – Hauptmann – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding Musical

• A New Brain – Produced by Malca Giblin & Stage Managed by Patty Hackett – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Play

• Hauptmann – Produced by Tom Stuckey & Stage Managed by Bridgette Marchand & Josh Riffle – Colonial Players of Annapolis

A New Brain – Outstanding Musical	Catherine Oh – Choreography	Randy Tusing – Combat Choreography
Sweet Smell of Success Performance – Steve Block	David Standish – Sound Design	Ryan Manning – Featured Actor in a Musical
Rebecca Lenehan – Featured Actress in a Play	Urinetown Performance – June Schreiner and Jay Tilley	Pat Reynolds – Lead Actor in a Play
Katie McManus – Lead Actress in a Musical	Zanna Don’t Performance – Ryan Manning, Malinda Ellerman, Aaron Reader	Andy Izquierdo – Lead Actor in a Musical
Jane Macfarlane – Lead Actress in a Play	Beth Terranova – Director of a Play	Tick Tick Boom Performance – Josh Doyle, John Loughney and Kristen Garaffo