The 15th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors' (WATCH Awards) nominations have honored The Colonial Players with 16 nominations! Adjudicators reviewed 111 productions (34 musicals, 77 plays) in 31 community theater companies. In each of the 38 categories, five nominees were selected based on the average scores of eight judges. In some categories, due to score ties, more than five nominees were announced.
The WATCH Award ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 7:00pm at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.
And now for the Nominations...
Coyote on a Fence
- Outstanding Direction of a Play – Edd Miller
- Outstanding Light Design in a Play – Frank Florentine
- Outstanding Sound Design in a Play – Theresa Riffle & Carl Andreasen
Superior Donuts
- Outstanding Cameo in a Play – Mary MacLeod as “Lady Boyle”
- Outstanding Cameo in a Play – Ben Carr as “Kiril Ivakina”
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play – Terry Averill as “Arthur Przybyszewki”
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play – Darius McCall as “Franco Wicks”
- Outstanding Sound Design in a Play – Ben Cornwell
Bat Boy
- Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Beverly Hill van Joolen
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Ron Giddings as “Bat Boy”
- Outstanding Light Design in a Musical – Frank Florentine
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical – Eddie Hall
- Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Wes Bedsworth
- Outstanding Special Effects – Terry Averill, Wes Bedsworth, Frank Florentine, Eddie Hall, Keith Norris
- Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography – Andrew Pecoraro
A Few Good Men
- Outstanding Play
The Colonial Players would like to congratulate all WATCH award nominees as well as all of the other WATCH member theaters! For a complete listing of all nominees from each theater, visit WATCH or DC Metro Theater Arts.
