Colonial Players Receives 25 WATCH Award Nominations

The 14th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors' (WATCH Awards) nominations have honored The Colonial Players with 25 nominations! Adjudicators reviewed 114 productions (42 musicals, 72 plays) in 33 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 9 at 7:00pm at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

And now for the Nominations...

Shipwrecked

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play – Kaelynn Miller
• Outstanding Direction of a Play – Ron Giddings
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Robert Tucker as “Player #2″
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Christina Enoch Kemmerer as “Player #1″
• Outstanding Play
• Outstanding Properties in a Play – JoAnn Gidos

Trying

• Outstanding Direction of a Play – Darice Clewell
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play – Michael N. Dunlop as “Judge Francis Biddle”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Karen Grim as “Sarah Schorr”
• Outstanding Play

1776

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical – Kaelynn Miller as “Martha Jefferson”
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical – Andrea L. Elward
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical – Beverly Hill van Joolen
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Ray Flynt as “Benjamin Franklin”
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Lois Banscher
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Lois Banscher
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Wes Bedsworth

In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play – Julie Bays & Carol Youmans
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play – The Cast
• Outstanding Properties in a Play – Connie Robinson
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play – Edd Miller et al.

Communicating Doors

• Outstanding Direction of a Play – Michelle Bruno
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Lilian Oben as “Ruella”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Pamela Woodward as “Poopay”
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play – Dick Whaley

Congratulations to all WATCH award nominees from The Colonial Players as well as all of the other WATCH member theaters! For a complete listing of all nominees from each theater, visit WATCH, DC Metro Theater Arts, or MD Theatre Guide.