The 19th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors' (WATCH Awards) nominations have honored The Colonial Players with 18 nominations! Adjudicators reviewed 100 productions (35 musicals, 65 plays) in 27 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 17, 2019 at 7:00pm at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

And now for the Nominations...

Casa Valentina (9)

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play - Fran Marchand and Christina McAlpine
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play - Darice Clewell
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play - Doug Dawson
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - Laura Gayvert as "Rita"
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play - Kevin Wallace as "Albert/Bessie"
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play - Jim Gallagher as "George/Valentina"
• Leta Hall Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
• Outstanding Direction of a Play - Mickey Lund
• Outstanding Play - Produced by Mary Watko and Heather Quinn, Stage Managed by Andy McLendon

Lucky Stiff (8)

• Outstanding Properties in a Musical - Charlotte Robinson
• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical - Frank Florentine
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical - Kaelynn Bedsworth and Caitlin Weller
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical - Isabella Lopez as "Annabel Glick"
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical - Reed Sigmon as "Harry Witherspoon"
• Leta Hall Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Eric Hufford
• Outstanding Musical - Produced by Tim Brown, Stage Managed by Beth Terranova

Sex with Strangers (1)

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play - Elizabeth Hester as "Olivia"

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 the WATCH website.