The 14th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors' (WATCH Awards) winners were announced on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

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. Nominees were announced at a ceremony on January 19, 2014.

And now for the awards...

Shipwrecked

• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Robert Tucker as “Player #2″
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Christina Enoch Kemmerer as “Player #1″

Trying

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Karen Grim as “Sarah Schorr”

1776

• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical – Beverly Hill van Joolen

Congratulations to all of our WATCH nominees this year!

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play – Kaelynn Miller (Shipwrecked)
• Outstanding Direction of a Play – Ron Giddings (Shipwrecked)
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Robert Tucker as “Player #2″ (Shipwrecked)
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Christina Enoch Kemmerer as “Player #1″ (Shipwrecked)
• Outstanding Play (Shipwrecked)
• Outstanding Properties in a Play – JoAnn Gidos (Shipwrecked)
• Outstanding Direction of a Play – Darice Clewell (Trying)
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play – Michael N. Dunlop as “Judge Francis Biddle” (Trying)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Karen Grim as “Sarah Schorr” (Trying)
• Outstanding Play (Trying)
• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical – Kaelynn Miller as “Martha Jefferson” (1776)
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical – Andrea L. Elward (1776)
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical – Beverly Hill van Joolen (1776)
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Ray Flynt as “Benjamin Franklin” (1776)
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Lois Banscher (1776)
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Lois Banscher (1776)
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Wes Bedsworth (1776)
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play – Julie Bays & Carol Youmans (In the Next Room)
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play – The Cast (In the Next Room)
• Outstanding Properties in a Play – Connie Robinson (In the Next Room)
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play – Edd Miller et al. (In the Next Room)
• Outstanding Direction of a Play – Michelle Bruno (Communicating Doors)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Lilian Oben as “Ruella” (Communicating Doors)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play – Pamela Woodward as “Poopay” (Communicating Doors)
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play – Dick Whaley (Communicating Doors)