THE 18th Annual WATCH AWARDS

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Sunday, March 11, 2018 – 7:00 pm

at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA

HERE ARE THE WINNERS (IN BOLD)

Outstanding Set Design in a Musical (5)

• Skip Gresko – She Loves Me – Arlington Players
• Andrew JM Regiec and Dan Widerski – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Dan Widerski – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Jane B. Wingard – Annie Get Your Gun – 2nd Star Productions
• Jane B. Wingard – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Design in a Play (5)

• Patrick David – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Andrew Greenleaf – Silent Sky – Silver Spring Stage
• John Merritt and Jeff Merritt – Don’t Dress for Dinner – Port Tobacco Players
• Maggie Modig – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Daniel Widerski – The Diary of Anne Frank – Prince William Little Theatre

Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical (5) – TIE!!! 

• Jim Hutzler and Jeff Nesmeyer – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Dan Widerski – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Dan Widerski – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Todd Wingard – Annie Get Your Gun – 2nd Star Productions
• Todd Wingard, Gene Valendo, Michael Mathes – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Construction in a Play (5)

• Steve Leshin – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Patrick David – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• John Merritt and Jeff Merritt – Don’t Dress for Dinner – Port Tobacco Players
• Tom O’Reilly – Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Doug Ralston and Scott Birkhead – Private Lives – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical (5)

• Maria Littlefield – The Little Mermaid – Damascus Theatre Company
• Cathy Rieder, Maggie Cotter, Cindy Jacobs, Sydney Schlabach – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Cathy Rieder – She Loves Me – Arlington Players
• Jane B. Wingard – Annie Get Your Gun – 2nd Star Productions
• Jane B. Wingard – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Painting in a Play (5)

• Susan Click, David Jones, Mark Shullenbarger, Joy Wyne – The Canterville Ghost – Montgomery Playhouse
• Nancy Daugherty – The Diary of Anne Frank – Prince William Little Theatre
• John Merritt and Jeff Merritt – Don’t Dress for Dinner – Port Tobacco Players
• Maggie Modig, Joy Wyne, Steve Leshin – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Maggie Modig, Barbara Swart, Elizabeth Aurelia – Private Lives – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical (5)

• Sandy Dotson – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Jennifer Lambert – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Irene Molnar – She Loves Me – Arlington Players
• David M. Moretti – Evil Dead, the Musical – Dominion Stage
• Jocelyn Steiner – The Fabulous Lipitones – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play (5)

• Ingrid David – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Malca Giblin – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Beth Gilles-Whitehead and David Whitehead – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Bea and Jerry Morse, Julia Cherundolo – Private Lives – Reston Community Players
• Andra Whitt – Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike – Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Properties in a Musical (5) TIE!!!

• Mary Jo Ford – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Mary Jo Ford – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Austin Kuhn – The Christmas Schooner – Port Tobacco Players
• Irene Molnar – She Loves Me – Arlington Players
• Joanne D. Wilson – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Properties in a Play (6)

• Mary Jo Ford – Private Lives – Reston Community Players
• Malca Giblin – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Julie Janson – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Kate Small – Silent Sky – Silver Spring Stage
• Robbie Snow – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Aaron Ware and Diana Knollman – The Diary of Anne Frank – Prince William Little Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical (5)

• Ian Claar – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Ken & Patti Crowley – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Andrew Dodge – White Christmas – Rockville Musical Theatre
• Garrett R. Hyde – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Tommy Scott – The Christmas Schooner – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play (5)

• Alex Brady – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Marzanne Claiborne – Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Ted DeMarco-Logue – The Tempest – Port Tobacco Players
• Chip Gertzog – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Joy Wyne – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical (5)

• Richard Atha-Nicholls – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Rich Bird – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Garrett R. Hyde – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Matthew Mills – Dogfight – Rockville Musical Theatre
• Seth Sacher – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (5)

• Richard Atha-Nicholls – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• William Chrapcynski – Private Lives – Reston Community Players
• Kyle Rappe – The Tempest – Port Tobacco Players
• Michelle Matthews – The Diary of Anne Frank – Prince William Little Theatre
• Roger B. Stone – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical (5)

• Charlotte Marson – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Quentin Nash Sagers – Sister Act – Port Tobacco Players
• Jean Schlichting and Kit Sibley – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Linda Swann – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Beth Terranova – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding Costume Design in a Play (5)

• Carrie Brady – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Christian D. Faulkner – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Julie Janson and Amanda Ranowsky – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Lisa Magee – The Tempest – Port Tobacco Players
• Charlotte Marson and Judy Whelihan – Private Lives – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical (5)

• Kat Brais and Molly Hicks Larson – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Tiffany Fowler – Evil Dead, the Musical – Dominion Stage
• Patie Grieb and Beth Starnes – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Sascha Nelson – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Maurissa Weiner – Aida – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play (6)

• Susan Boyd – Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Chris Dore – Private Lives – Reston Community Players
• Beth Harrison and Robbie Snow – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Sheila Hyman – The Tempest – Port Tobacco Players
• Mary Macfarlane – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – McLean Community Players
• Beth Whitehead, Beth Harrison, Amanda Ranowsky – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical (5)

• Kat Brais and Molly Hicks Larson – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Patie Grieb and Beth Starnes – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Sascha Nelson – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Kit Sibley – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• NO LISTING – Evita – St. Mark’s Players

Outstanding Hair Design in a Play (5)

• Susan Boyd – Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Doug Dawson – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Rebecca Harris – Gilligan’s Fire Island – Dominion Stage
• Beth Harrison and Robbie Snow – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Beth Whitehead, Beth Harrison, Amanda Ranowsky – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Special Effects (6)

• Jared Davis and David M. Moretti – Evil Dead, the Musical – Dominion Stage
• Chris Dore and Richard Farella – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Brian Douglas and Fred Nelson – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Eric Hufford – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• William Kolodrubetz – The Miracle Worker – Rockville Little Theatre
• Keith Linville – The Tempest – Port Tobacco Players

Nominations for outstanding performances by an actor or actress

Outstanding cameo in a musical (5)

• Zoe Alexandratos as “Dennis’ Mother” – Monty Python’s Spamalot – Rockville Musical Theatre
• Sean Garcia as “Kyle” – Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Alexa Haines as “Miss Andrew” – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Chad Rabago/Kevin Belanger as “Not Dead Fred” – Monty Python’s Spamalot – Rockville Musical Theatre
• Keith Tittermary as “Chef Louis” – The Little Mermaid – Damascus Theatre Company

Outstanding cameo in a play (6)

• Dino Coppa as “Oscar Wilde” – The Canterville Ghost – Montgomery Playhouse
• Sebastian Leighton as “Tom Robinson” – To Kill a Mockingbird – Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Lenora Spahn as “Alfie” – One Man, Two Guvnors – Silver Spring Stage
• Gary Sullivan as “Porter Milgrim” – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Jason Vellon as “Lawrence” – Calendar Girls – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Jason Vellon as “Liam” – Calendar Girls – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding featured actress in a musical (5)

• Claire O’Brien Jeffrey as “Amneris” – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Kate Keifer as “Amy” – Company – McLean Community Players
• Katherine Lipovsky as “Paulette Bonafonte” – Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Erica Miller as “Claudia Nardi” – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Patty Rupinen as “Catherine” – Pippin – Arlington Players

Outstanding featured actor in a musical (6)

• John Carter as “Leaf Coneybear” – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Greenbelt Arts Center
• Richard Farella as “Chip Tolentino” – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – McLean Community Players
• Chris Gallegos as “Mitch Mahoney” – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – McLean Community Players
• Ken Kemp as “Moonface Martin” – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Kaylen Morgan as “Emmett Forrest” – Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Danny Waldman as “Dickon Sowerby” – The Secret Garden – Fauquier Community Theatre

Outstanding featured actress in a play (5)

• Declan Cashman as “Helga ten Dorp” – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Susan Fischer as “Suzette” – Don’t Dress for Dinner – Port Tobacco Players
• Terri Laurino as “Mrs. Paddy” – The Curious Savage – Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Jenny Madorsky as “Rosalind” – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Robey Manno as “Ethel” – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding featured actor in a play (5) TIE!!!

• Anthony Dieguez as “Caliban” – The Tempest – Port Tobacco Players
• Gary Bernard DiNardo as “Puck” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – McLean Community Players
• Chuck Dluhy as “Mick” – Any Given Monday – Dominion Stage
• Paul Donahoe as “Wilhelm Furtwangler” – Taking Sides – Port City Playhouse
• Chuck O’Toole as “Paul” – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding lead actress in a musical (7)

• Morgan Arrivillaga as “Elle Woods” – Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Alexa Haines as “Annie Oakley” – Annie Get Your Gun – 2nd Star Productions
• Emily Mudd as “Mary Poppins” – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Nina-Sophia Pacheco/Lexi Hadad as “Eva Peron” – Evita – St. Mark’s Players
• Mara Stewart as “Reno Sweeney” – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Alicia Sweeney as “Luisa Contini” – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Tara Lynn Yates-Reeves as “Aida” – Aida – Reston Community Players

Outstanding lead actor in a musical (6)

• Nathan Bowen as “Bert” – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Erich DiCenzo as “Leading Player” – Pippin – Arlington Players
• Jonathan Gruich as “Pippin” – Pippin – Arlington Players
• Brett Harwood as “Lonny Barnett” – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Russell Silber as “Drew Boley” – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Jason Vellon as “Guido Contini” – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a play (7)

• Rebecca Downs as “Dr. Katherine Brandt” – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Patricia Kratzer as “Daisy Werthan” – Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Jeanne Louise as “Didi et al” – A Tuna Christmas – Bowie Community Theatre
• Sophia Manicone as “Jean Louise Finch” – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Kathleen Clarke Ruttum as “Hester Ferris” – City of Conversations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Maria Watson as “Charlotte Hay” – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Lena Winter as “Annie Sullivan” – The Miracle Worker – Rockville Little Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a play (5)

• McAndrew Breen as “Sidney Bruhl” – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Michael Donahue as “George Hay” – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Robert Heinly as “Atticus Finch” – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Kevin Sockwell as “Hoke Coleburn” – Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Nicholas Temple as “Clifford Anderson” – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage

Nominations for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography (5)

• Mike Donahue – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• William T. Fleming – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• William T. Fleming – The Miracle Worker – Rockville Little Theatre
• Michael Page – Evil Dead, the Musical – Dominion Stage
• Stefan Sittig – Hamlet – Port City Playhouse

Outstanding Choreography (5)

• Chris Dore – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Andrew Gordon – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• John K. Monnett – Pippin – Arlington Players
• Stefan Sittig – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Stefan Sittig – Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Music Direction (5)

• Kevin Diana – Evita – St. Mark’s Players
• Andrew Gordon – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Matt Jeffrey – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Sandy Melson Geiese – Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions
• Elisa Rosman – Aida – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Direction of a Musical (5)

• Hans Bachman – Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Ron Giddings – Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Joshua Redford – Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players
• Andrew JM Regiec – Aida – Reston Community Players
• Stefan Sittig – Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Direction of a Play (5)

• Terry Averill – 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Beth Gilles-Whitehead – To Kill a Mockingbird – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Roxanne Fournier Stone – Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage
• Jayne Victor – Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax
• Mary Wakefield – Peter and the Starcatcher – 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Musical (6)

• Nine – Colonial Players of Annapolis, Producer Judi Wobensmith, Stage Manager Shirley Panek
• Anything Goes – Little Theatre of Alexandria, Producer Maria Ciarroci and Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Stage Manager Joan AS Lada and Christina McConnell
• Legally Blonde – Little Theatre of Alexandria, Producer Rae A. Edmonson III and Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Stage Manager Michael J. O’Connor and Marg Soroos
• Aida – Reston Community Players, Producer Richard E. Schneider, Stage Manager Kaiti Parish
• Rock of Ages – Reston Community Players, Producer Jocelyn Steiner, Stage Manager Colleen Stock
• Mary Poppins – 2nd Star Productions, Producer Gene Valendo, Stage Manager Joanne D. Wilson

Outstanding Play (5)

• 33 Variations – Colonial Players of Annapolis, Producer Shirley Panek and Judi Wobensmith, Stage Manager Herb Elkin and Ernie Morton
• Driving Miss Daisy – Little Theatre of Alexandria, Producer Carol Strachan, Stage Manager Melissa Dunlap and Margaret Evans-Joyce
• Moon Over Buffalo – Providence Players of Fairfax, Producer Tina Thronson, Stage Manager Danine Welsh
• Private Lives – Reston Community Players, Producer Laura Baughman, Stage Manager Mary Ann Hall
• Deathtrap – Silver Spring Stage, Producer Alika Codispoti, Stage Manager Frank DeSando