20th Annual WATCH Awards (Calendar Year 2019)
Adjudicators reviewed 101 productions (40 musicals, 61 plays) in 28 community theater companies. In each of the 38 categories, five nominees were selected based on the average scores of eight judges. Nominations were announced on January 19, 2020 at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA. The award ceremony was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Awards (1)
Silent Sky
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play - Emilie Zelle Holmstock as "Henrietta Leavitt"
Nominations (11)
A New Brain
- Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Rebecca Downs as "Mimi"
- Outstanding Light Design in a Musical - John Purnell
- Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical - Richard Atha-Nicholls and Kaelynn Bedsworth
- Outstanding Special Effects - Wes Bedsworth, Nick Beschen, Bill Reinhardt
Arsenic and Old Lace
- Outstanding Hair Design in a Play - Pam Peach
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play - Dann Alagna as "Mortimer Brewster"
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play - Bernadette Arvidson as "Abby Brewster"
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play - Pam Peach
- Outstanding Play - Produced by Judi Wobensmith, Stage Managed by Shirley Panek
Silent Sky
- Outstanding Hair Design in a Play - Beth Starnes
Towards Zero
- Outstanding Set Painting in a Play - Amy Atha-Nicholls, Richard Atha-Nicholls, Edd Miller
