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The winners of the 2008 WATCH Awards were announced at a ceremony held at The Birchmere on the snowy evening of Sunday, March 1, 2009.

Nominations for outstanding technical achievements

Outstanding Set Design

• John Merritt – Dracula: The Case of the Silver Scream – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction

• John Bilton & John Merritt – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Painting

• Sarah Ann Carlson & John Merritt – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing

• Kim Moore Bessler & Lynne O’Meara – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Properties (Tie)

• Kim Moore Bessler & Lynne O’Meara – Hotbed Hotel – Port Tobacco Players
• Karen Kleyle – Noises Off – Port Tobacco Players
• Donna Reynolds – The Dresser – Port City Playhouse

Outstanding Lighting Design

• Ken & Patti Crowley – Picnic – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design

• David Standish & Jeff Hitaffer – Dracula: The Case of the Silver Scream – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Costume Design

• Mary Ayala-Bush & Lori Levitt – Sweet Smell of Success – Arlington Players

Outstanding Makeup Design

• Eric Jones & Denise A. Levien – The Rocky Horror Show – Greenbelt Arts Center

Outstanding Hair Design

• Sue Pinkman, Mark Bartyczak & Anna Michelle Jackson – Forbidden Broadway – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Special Effects (Tie)

• John Decker – 110 in the Shade – Kensington Arts Theatre
• Tel Monks, Jerry Skene, Robb Hunter & Rick Schneider – An Experiment with an Air Pump – Reston Community Players

Nominations for outstanding performances by an actor or actress.

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Albert Coia as “Erronius” – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Arlington Players

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Lolita-Marie as “Mrs. Muller” – Doubt, a Parable – Elden Street Players

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Ryan Manning as “Jim” – 110 in the Shade – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• June Schreiner as “Little Sally” – Urinetown – Reston Community Players

Outstanding featured actor in a play

• Jim Reiter as “Dr. Condon, Alexander Woolcott, HL Mencken, Albert Osborne, Arthur Koehler, Guard & Policeman” – Hauptmann – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Rebecca Lenehan as “Rosemary Sydney” – Picnic – Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Andy Izquierdo as “Gordon Michael Schwinn” – A New Brain – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Katie McManus as “Lizzie” – 110 in the Shade – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Pat Reynolds as “Bruno Richard Hauptmann” – Hauptmann – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a play (Tie)

• Jane MacFarlane as “Sister Aloysius” – Doubt, a Parable – Elden Street Players
• Karen Jadlos Shotts as “Hedda Gabler” – Hedda Gabler – Elden Street Players

Nominations for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• David Timmermann & Randy Tusing – Noises Off – Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Choreography

• Matt Anderson & Catherine Oh – Urinetown – Reston Community Players

Outstanding Music Direction

• David Rohde – A New Brain – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Tie)

• Jeffrey R. Breslow – A New Brain – Kensington Arts Theatre
• John K. Monnett – Sweet Smell of Success – Arlington Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Beth Terranova – Hauptmann – Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding Musical

• A New Brain – Produced by Malca Giblin & Stage Managed by Patty Hackett – Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Play

• Hauptmann – Produced by Tom Stuckey & Stage Managed by Bridgette Marchand & Josh Riffle – Colonial Players of Annapolis

A New Brain – Outstanding Musical	Catherine Oh – Choreography	Randy Tusing – Combat Choreography
Sweet Smell of Success Performance – Steve Block	David Standish – Sound Design	Ryan Manning – Featured Actor in a Musical
Rebecca Lenehan – Featured Actress in a Play	Urinetown Performance – June Schreiner and Jay Tilley	Pat Reynolds – Lead Actor in a Play
Katie McManus – Lead Actress in a Musical	Zanna Don’t Performance – Ryan Manning, Malinda Ellerman, Aaron Reader	Andy Izquierdo – Lead Actor in a Musical
Jane Macfarlane – Lead Actress in a Play	Beth Terranova – Director of a Play	Tick Tick Boom Performance – Josh Doyle, John Loughney and Kristen Garaffo