Two musicals received five awards, Camelot by 2nd Star Productions and Ragtime by Kensington Arts Theatre. Two plays received four awards, The Pillowman by Silver Spring Stage and Red by the Elden Street Players. Kensington Arts Theatre received the most awards, a total of seven for their productions of Ragtime and Next to Normal. Colonial Players was the only theater company to receive awards for three separate productions, 1776, Shipwrecked and Trying.

• 2nd Star Productions
• Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
• The Alliance Theatre
• The Arlington Players
• Capital City Players of DC
• Bowie Community Theatre
• Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Chevy Chase Players
• Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Damascus Theatre Company
• Dominion Stage
• Elden Street Players
• Fauquier Community Theatre
• Greenbelt Arts Center
• Hard Bargain Players
• Kensington Arts Theatre
• Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Little Theatre of Alexandria
• McLean Community Players
• Montgomery Playhouse
• Port City Playhouse
• Port Tobacco Players
• Prince George’s Little Theatre
• Prince William Little Theatre
• Providence Players of Fairfax
• Reston Community Players
• Rockville Little Theatre
• Rockville Musical Theatre
• St. Mark’s Players
• Silver Spring Stage
• Tantallon Community Players
• Vienna Theatre Company

Winners for outstanding technical achievements.

Outstanding Set Design in a Musical (TIE)

• Jared Davis, Avenue Q, Dominion Stage
• Jane B. Wingard, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Design in a Play

• John Downing and Bill Glikbarg, Twentieth Century, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical

• Hector Lorenzini, Avenue Q, Dominion Stage

Outstanding Set Construction in a Play

• Richard Gilpin and Zachary Ball, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical

• Jane B. Wingard, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Painting in a Play

• Mary Speed and Brian Garrison, Red, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical

• Jane B. Wingard and Gail Bagaria, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play

• Paul Hennesy and Mike Mattheisen, Is He Dead?, Providence Players of Fairfax

Outstanding Properties in a Musical

• Joanne D. Wilson, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Properties in a Play

• Susan d. Garvey, Red, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical

• Tommy Scott, Fiddler on the Roof, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play

• Ken and Patti Crowley, 33 Variations, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

• Kevin DeMine, Avenue Q, Dominion Stage

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

• Sean Doyle, Shiloh Rules, Port City Playhouse

Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical

• Linda Swann, Camelot, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Costume Design in a Play

• Mary Wakefield, The Tempest, Rockville Little Theatre

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical

• Shemika Berry, The Wiz, Tantallon Community Players

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play

• Sally Cusenza, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical

• Beverly Hill van Joolen, 1776, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding Hair Design in a Play

• Rachel Royall, Life with Father, Aldersgate Churtch Community Theatre

Outstanding Special Effects

• Joshua McKerrow, Kat McKerrow, Maya Wilcox, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Laurel Mill Playhouse

Winners for outstanding performances by an actor or actress.

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Lydia Kivrak as ‘Grandma Tzeitel’, Fiddler on the Roof, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Jeffrey Gangwisch as ‘James’, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Laurel Mill Playhouse

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• Eben K. Logan as ‘Sarah’, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Ryan Burke as ‘Dan’, Next to Normal, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Christina Enoch Kemmerer as ‘Player #1’, Shipwrecked, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding featured actor in a play (TIE)

• Chris Daileader as ‘Michal’, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage
• Robert Tucker as ‘Player #2’, Shipwrecked, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Emily Zickler as ‘Diana’, Next to Normal, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Sayne-Kharyi Lewis as ‘Colehouse Walker’, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actress in a play (TIE)

• Karen Grim as ‘Sarah Schorr’, Trying, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Mary-Anne Sullivan as ‘Dr. Katherine Brandt’, 33 Variations, Reston Community Players

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Chad W. Fornwalt as ‘Katurian’, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage

Winners for outstanding achievement in overall production.

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• William T. Fleming, The Pillowman, Silver Spring Stage

Outstanding Choreography

• Darnell Morris and Eben K. Logan, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Music Direction

• Mayumi B. Griffie, Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Evan Hoffmann, Caroline or Change, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Gloria DuGan, Red, Elden Street Players

Outstanding Musical

• Ragtime, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Play

• Red, Elden Street Players

Wins sorted by theatre and show.

2nd Star Productions

• Camelot
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Linda Swann
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Joanne D. Wilson
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Jane B. Wingard and Gail Bagaria
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Jane B. Wingard
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Jane B. Wingard

Aldersgate Church Community Theatre

• Life with Father
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Rachel Royall

Colonial Players

• 1776
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Beverly Hill van Joolen
• Shipwrecked
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Robert Tucker as “Player #2”
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Christina Enoch Kremmerer as “Player #1”
• Trying
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Karen Grim as “Sarah Schorr”

Dominion Stage

• Avenue Q
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Hector Lorenzini
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, Jared Davis
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin DeMine

Elden Street Players

• Caroline or Change
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Evan Hoffmann
• Red
  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Gloria DuGan
  • Outstanding Play
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Susan d. Garvey
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Mary Speed

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Next to Normal
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Ryan Burke as “Dan”
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Emily Zickler as “Diana”
• Ragtime
  • Outstanding Choreography, Darnell Morris & Eben K. Logan
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Eben K. Logan as “Sarah”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Sayne-Kharyi Lewis as “Colehouse Walker”
  • Outstanding Music Direction, Mayumi B. Griffie
  • Outstanding Musical

Laurel Mill Playhouse

• The Lieutenant of Inishmore
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Jeffrey Gangwisch as “James”
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Joshua McKerrow et al

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• 33 Variations
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Ken & Patti Crowley
• Twentieth Century
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, John Downing & Bill Glikbarg

Port City Playhouse

• Shiloh Rules
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Sean Doyle

Port Tobacco Players

• Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, Richard Gilpin & Zachary Ball
• Fiddler on the Roof
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Lydia Kivrak as “Grandma Tzeitel”
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Tommy Scott

Providence Players

• Is He Dead?
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Paul Hennesy & Mike Mattheisen

Reston Community Players

• 33 Variations
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Mary-Anne Sullivan as “Dr. Katherine Brandt”

Rockville Little Theatre

• The Tempest
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Mary Wakefield

Silver Spring Stage

• The Pillowman
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Chris Daileader as “Michal”
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Chad W. Fornwalt as “Katurian”
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Sally Cusenza
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, William T. Fleming

Tantallon Community Theatre

• The Wiz
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Shemika Berry

Fifteen companies received awards this year. The Arlington Players‘ production of A Little Night Music received the most awards of the musicals, with five, including Outstanding Musical. Fauquier Community Theatre received four awards for Into the Woods, as did Kensington Arts Theatre for Sunday in the Park with George. Providence Players received the most awards, with two plays (Side Man and You Can’t Take it With You) each receiving four awards. The Colonial Players production Going to St. Ives received three awards, including Outstanding Play. Fifteen companies received awards this year.

ShowBizRadio followed the ceremony live, the archive is available.

Winners for outstanding technical achievement

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Eleanor Dicks, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Robbie Snow, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Bette Williams, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Beth Harrison, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical: Kevin Boyce, Night of the Living Dead, The Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play: Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Beth Harrison, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Richard Perryman & Peter Fakoury, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Susan Kaplan, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Ryan Mudd, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: John Downing, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical: Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play: Lisa Church & Chip Gertzog, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: John Merritt, Ryan Mudd, Ben Simpson, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: Raedun Knutsen & Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Nancy Daugherty, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Jane B. Wingard, Bloody Murder, 2nd Star Productions
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Kevin Garrett, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Jimmy Gertzog & Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Outstanding Special Effects: Jordan Rose & Doe B. Kim, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre

Winners for outstanding performance by an actor or actress

• Outstanding cameo in a musical (TIE): Chrissy Barnett Miller as “Jolene Oakes”, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Damascus Theatre Company AND Brenda Parker as “Church Soloist”, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Outstanding cameo in a play: Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston”, August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Outstanding featured actress in a musical: Annie Coffman as “Anne Egerman”, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding featured actor in a musical: Stephen Deininger as “Tateh”, Ragtime, Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Outstanding featured actress in a play: Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Vernadette Simms”, The Dixie Swim Club, Port City Playhouse
• Outstanding featured actor in a play: John Shackelford as “Max Levene”, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding lead actress in a musical: Jennifer Lyons Pagnard as “Mrs. Lovett”, Sweeney Todd, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Outstanding lead actor in a musical: Fred Nelson as “Tevye”, Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions
• Outstanding lead actress in a play: Lolita-Marie as “May N’Kame”, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Outstanding lead actor in a play: Matt Baughman as “Charlie Gordon”, Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players

Winners for outstanding achievement in overall production

• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Carl Brandt Long, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players
• Outstanding Choreography: Taurean Maray Barber, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Outstanding Music Direction: John-Michael d’Haviland, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical (TIE): Christopher Dykton, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players AND Craig Petinatti, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Edd Miller, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Outstanding Musical: A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Outstanding Play: Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Winners sorted by theatre and show

2nd Star Productions

• Bloody Murder
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Play, Jane B. Wingard
• Fiddler on the Roof
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical, Fred Nelson as “Tevye”

Arlington Players

• A Little Night Music
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Christopher Dykton
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Annie Coffman as “Anne Egerman”
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical, Bette Williams
  • Outstanding Music Direction, John-Michael d’Haviland
  • Outstanding Musical

Colonial Players

• Going to St. Ives
  • Outstanding Direction of a Play, Edd Miller
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, Lolita-Marie as “May N’Kame”
  • Outstanding Play

Damascus Theatre Company

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Chrissy Barnett Miller as “Jolene Oakes”

Elden Street Players

• Flowers for Algernon
  • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play, Matt Baughman as “Charlie Gordon”

Fauquier Community Theatre

• Into the Woods
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical, Tim Kirk
  • Outstanding Properties in a Musical, Richard Perryman & Peter Fakoury
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical, Tim Kirk
  • Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical, Nancy Daugherty

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Night of the Living Dead, The Musical
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Musical, Kevin Boyce
• Sunday in the Park with George
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical, Eleanor Dicks
  • Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Craig Pettinati
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, Kevin Garrett
  • Outstanding Special Effects, Jordan Rose & Doe B. Kim

Laurel Mill Playhouse

• Ragtime
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Stephen Deininger as “Tateh”

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• Heaven Can Wait
  • Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, John Shackelford as “Max Levene”
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Play, John Downing
• Sweeney Todd
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical, Jennifer Lyons Pagnard as “Mrs. Lovett”

McLean Community Players

• Deathtrap
  • Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography, Carl Brandt Long

Port City Playhouse

• The Dixie Swim Club
  • Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Vernadette Simms”

Port Tobacco Players

• The Sound of Music
  • Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical, Ryan Mudd
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Musical, John Merritt, Ryan Mudd, Ben Simpson

Providence Players

• Side Man
  • Outstanding Light Design in a Play, Chip Gertzog
  • Outstanding Properties in a Play, Susan Kaplan
  • Outstanding Set Design in a Play, Raedun Knutsen & Chip Gertzog
  • Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, Jimmy Gertzog & Chip Gertzog
• You Can’t Take it With You
  • Outstanding Costume Design in a Play, Robbie Snow
  • Outstanding Hair Design in a Play, Beth Harrison
  • Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play, Beth Harrison
  • Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play, Lisa Church & Chip Gertzog

Reston Community Players

• August Osage County
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Play, Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston”

Tantallon Community Theatre

• The Color Purple
  • Outstanding Cameo in a Musical, Brenda Parker as “Church Soloist”
  • Outstanding Choreography, Taurean Maray Barber

• 2nd Star Productions
• Aldersgate Church Community Theatre
• The Alliance Theatre
• The Arlington Players
• Capital City Players of DC
• Bowie Community Theatre
• Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Chevy Chase Players
• Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Damascus Theatre Company
• Dominion Stage
• Elden Street Players
• Fauquier Community Theatre
• Greenbelt Arts Center
• Hard Bargain Players
• Kensington Arts Theatre
• Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Little Theatre of Alexandria
• McLean Community Players
• Montgomery Playhouse
• Port City Playhouse
• Port Tobacco Players
• Prince George’s Little Theatre
• Prince William Little Theatre
• Providence Players of Fairfax
• Reston Community Players
• Rockville Little Theatre
• Rockville Musical Theatre
• St. Mark’s Players
• Silver Spring Stage
• Tantallon Community Players
• Vienna Theatre Company

The nominations are provided by category and then by theater.

The Award Presentation will be held on March 17th at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. Tickets can be purchased for $15.50 at the Birchmere Box Office or through Ticketmaster (additional fees will apply). Last year the ceremony sold out, so order your tickets early!

In each of the thirty-eight categories, five nominees were selected based on the average scores of eight judges. In some categories, due to score ties, more than five nominees are announced. Nominations are provided in alphabetical order by nominee.

Nominations for outstanding technical achievements

Outstanding Set Design in a Musical

• Bill Brown & Chad Wheeler, Meet Me in St. Louis, Damascus Theatre Company
• Matt Karner, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Tim Kirk & Martha Lynch, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Russell Kopp, A Little Night Music, Arlington Players
• John Merritt, Ryan Mudd, Ben Simpson, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Design in a Play

• John Coscia, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• John Downing, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• John Downing, Witness for the Prosecution, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Raedun Knutsen & Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Jane B. Wingard, The Lion in Winter, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical

• Matt Karner & Joel Richon, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Tim Kirk & Kirk Noé, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Jim Korte & Bill Rippey, Meet Me in St. Louis, Damascus Theatre Company
• Ryan Mudd, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Joe Stine & John Merritt, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Construction in a Play

• John Coscia, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• John Downing, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• John Downing, Witness for the Prosecution, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Chip Gertzog et al, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Bernie Gmiter, Bob Schroth, Bill Glikbarg, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players
• Timothy Hinton & David Johnson, August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• John Merritt, To Kill A Mockingbird, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical

• Nancy Daugherty et al, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Jill Hanger, Rhonna Johnson, Betsy Stevens, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Ronna Johnson, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players
• Jane B. Wingard, Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions
• Jane B. Wingard, Oklahoma, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Painting in a Play

• Erin Cumbo et al, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Port City Playhouse
• Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Mary Hutzler, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Jane B. Wingard, Bloody Murder, 2nd Star Productions
• Jane B. Wingard et al, The Lion in Winter, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Musical

• Sheila Draper, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Lindsey Hays, A Little Night Music, Arlington Players
• Ronna Johnson, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players
• Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Maria Littlefield, Meet Me in St. Louis, Damascus Theatre Company

Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play

• Lisa Church & Chip Gertzog, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Edd Miller, Chapter Two, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Kathy White, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Dinnie Whitson, Cathy Farnsworth, Christine Whitson, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players
• Jane B. Wingard et al, The Lion in Winter, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Properties in a Musical

• Avery Burns, A Little Night Music, Arlington Players
• Terri Fortney-Beinert, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Maria Littlefield, Meet Me in St. Louis, Damascus Theatre Company
• Richard Perryman et al, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Joanne D. Wilson, Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Properties in a Play

• Emily Besuden, Jerry Gideon, Dick La Porte, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players
• Mary Jo Ford & Alexandra Lee, August Osage County, Reston Community Theatre
• Chip Gertzog, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Susan Kaplan, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Robbie Snow et al, Sleuth, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Joanne D. Wilson, The Lion in Winter, 2nd Star Productions

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical

• Kevin Boyce, Night of the Living Dead, The Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Garret R. Hyde, Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions
• Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Ben Levine, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• B. Keith Ryder, A Little Night Music, Arlington Players
• Tommy Scott, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play

• Ken & Patti Crowley, August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Ken & Patti Crowley, Cantorial, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Frank Florentine & Shirley Panek, Chapter Two, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Bob Zeigler, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players

Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical

• Keith Bell, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Kevin Garrett, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Matt Rowe, Night of the Living Dead, The Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Gerhard Straub, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

• Chris Alpiar, Equus, Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Jamie Coupar, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Silver Spring Stage
• Jimmy Gertzog & Chip Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Stan Harris, Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players
• Janice Rivera, Cantorial, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical

• Pat Brennan, The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Pat Brennan, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players
• Eleanor Dicks, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Grant Kevin Lane, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Susan Noé & Martha Lynch, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design in a Play

• Patricia Kratzer et al, Enchanted April, Silver Spring Stage
• Jean Schlichting & Kit Sibley, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Robbie Snow, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Linda Swann, The Lion in Winter, 2nd Star Productions
• Beth Terranova, Cinderella Waltz, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Beth Terranova, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical

• Heather Bauer & Kaitelyn Bauer, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players
• Kristina Friedgen, Sweeney Todd, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Eric Jones, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Tim Kirk & Rebecca Carver, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Larissa Norris, Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage

Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play

• Laurie T. Freed & Cast, Enchanted April, Silver Spring Stage
• Beth Harrison, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Beth Harrison, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Sheila Hyman & Shemika Berry, The Taming of the Shrew, Castaways Repertory Theatre
• Sue Pinkman, Lend Me A Tenor, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical

• Shemika Berry, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Kristina Friedgen, Sweeney Todd, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Malca Giblin, Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage
• Malca Giblin, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Bette Williams, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players

Outstanding Hair Design in a Play

• Beth Harrison, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Chanukan Jane Lilburne, Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Robin Parker & Hannah Wolf, All the King’s Women, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Gina Quaye, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Arthur Rodger, Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players
• Bette Williams, Witness for the Prosecution, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Outstanding Special Effects

• John Decker & Kevin Boyce, Night of the Living Dead, The Musical, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Chip Gertzog, You Can’t Take It With You, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Tim Kirk, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Keith Linville, Joe Stine, John Merritt, The Wizard of Oz, Port Tobacco Players
• Jordan Rose & Doe B. Kim, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre

Nominations for outstanding performances by an actor or actress

Outstanding cameo in a musical

• Joseph Aquilina as “Kyle,” Legally Blonde, Reston Community Players
• Chrissy Barnett Miller as “Jolene Oakes,” Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Damascus Theatre Company
• Karen Batra as “Marge MacDougall,” Promises, Promises, The Arlington Players
• Erica Drezek as “Berthe,” Pippin, Greenbelt Arts Center
• Brenda Parker as “Church Soloist,” The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players

Outstanding cameo in a play

• Katherine Bisulca as “Sales Girl,” Red Scare on Sunset, Prince William Little Theatre
• Bob Burnett as “Beverly Carlton,” The Man Who Came to Dinner, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Carleigh Jones as “Doris,” The Hollow, Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Stuart Orloff as “Teen Charlie,” Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players
• Yvonne Paretzky as “Addie,” The Little Foxes, Rockville Little Theatre
• Shelley Rochester as “Mrs. Winsley,” Stop Kiss, Silver Spring Stage
• Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston,” August Osage County, Reston Community Players

Outstanding featured actress in a musical

• Annie Coffman as “Anne Egerman,” A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Amy Dolan as “The Mother Abbess,” The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players
• Annie Ermlick as “Sister Mary Amnesia,” Nunsense, The Alliance Theatre
• Shanice Jones as “Sofia,” The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Molly Hicks Larson as “Paulette Buonofuonte,” Legally Blonde, Reston Community Players
• Anne Marie Pinto as “Petra,” A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players

Outstanding featured actor in a musical

• Stephen Deininger as “Tateh,” Ragtime, Laurel Mill Playhouse
• Michael J. Galizia as “Jud Fry,” Oklahoma, 2nd Star Productions
• Malcolm Lee as “Jimmy Early,” Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage
• Gary Saddon as “Ali Hakim,” Oklahoma, 2nd Star Productions
• Stephen Yednock as “Nicely-Nicely Johnson,” Guys and Dolls, Tantallon Community Players

Outstanding featured actress in a play

• Monica Garcia as “Mother McGee,” Cinderella Waltz, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Lorraine Magee as “Virginia,” Clean House, Elden Street Players
• Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Mattie Fae Aiken,” August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Vernadette Simms,” The Dixie Swim Club, Port City Playhouse
• Shelley Rochester as “Costanza,” Enchanted April, Silver Spring Stage
• Lois A. Stanziani as “Helga ten Dorp,” Deathtrap, McLean Community Players

Outstanding featured actor in a play

• Chuck Dluhy as “Roma,” Glengary Glen Ross, Elden Street Players
• Michael Kharfen as “Levene,” Glengary Glen Ross, Elden Street Players
• Stuart Rick as “Benjamin Hubbard,” The Little Foxes, Rockville Little Theatre
• John Shackelford as “Max Levene,” Heaven Can Wait, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Kevin Wallace as “Victor Fleming,” Moonlight and Magnolias, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actress in a musical

• Madeline Botteri as “Monica,” Rooms, A Rock Romance, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Shawnee Louise Coleman-Lining as “Effie Melody White,” Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage
• Andrea Gerald as “Cellie,” The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Jennifer Lyons Pagnard as “Mrs. Lovett,” Sweeney Todd, Little Theatre of Alexandria
• Farrell Parker as “Dot/Marie,” Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding lead actor in a musical

• Ryan Burke as “Georges/George,” Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Eric Jones as “Ian,” Rooms, A Rock Romance, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Fred Nelson as “Tevye,” Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions
• Gabriel T. Potter as “Freddy Benson,” Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Damascus Theatre Company
• Brent Stone as “Fredrik Egerman,” A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players

Outstanding lead actress in a play

• Lolita-Marie as “May N’Kame,” Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Heather Quinn as “Dr. Cora Gage,” Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Lee Slivka as “Barbara Fordham,” August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Mary Suib as “Violet Weston,” August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Jo Sullivan as “Jennie Malone,” Chapter Two, Colonial Players of Annapolis

Outstanding lead actor in a play

• Dann Alagna as “Zed,” Cinderella Waltz, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Matt Baughman as “Charlie Gordon,” Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players
• Phil Hosford as “Ralph Wantage,” Frozen, Rockville Little Theatre
• Sandy Irving as “Richard Nixon,” Frost/Nixon, Greenbelt Arts Center
• Ryan Manning as “Max Levene,” Lend Me A Tenor, Reston Community Players

Nominations for outstanding achievement in overall production

Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography

• Steve Lada, August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Steve Lada, Equus, Taking Flight Theatre Company
• Carl Brandt Long, Deathtrap, McLean Community Players
• Carl Brandt Long, Man of La Mancha, McLean Community Players
• Kevin Robertson, The Taming of the Shrew, Castaways Repertory Theatre

Outstanding Choreography

• Richelle “Rikki” Howie, Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage
• Martha Lynch, Into the Woods, Fauquier Community Theatre
• Taurean Maray Barber, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• Vincent Musgrave, A Chorus Line, Rockville Musical Theatre
• Corinne Shumaker, The Music Man, Fauquier Community Theatre

Outstanding Music Direction

• LaVar Betts, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• John-Michael d’Haviland, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• John-Michael d’Haviland, Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage
• John-Michael d’Haviland, Spring Awakening, Dominion Stage
• David Rohde, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

• Brian Douglas, Fiddler on the Roof, 2nd Star Productions
• Christopher Dykton, A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Craig Petinatti, Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• Joshua Redford, Legally Blonde, Reston Community Players
• Charla Rowe, The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players

Outstanding Direction of a Play

• Gloria DuGan, Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players
• Jimmy Gertzog, Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax
• Ron Giddings, Moonlight and Magnolias, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Edd Miller, Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Andrew JM Regiec, August Osage County, Reston Community Players

Outstanding Musical

• A Little Night Music, The Arlington Players
• Dreamgirls, Dominion Stage
• Sunday in the Park with George, Kensington Arts Theatre
• The Color Purple, Tantallon Community Players
• The Sound of Music, Port Tobacco Players

Outstanding Play

• August Osage County, Reston Community Players
• Flowers for Algernon, Elden Street Players
• Going to St. Ives, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Moonlight and Magnolias, Colonial Players of Annapolis
• Side Man, Providence Players of Fairfax

Nominations sorted by theatre and show

2nd Star Productions

4 productions received 14 nominations total

Bloody Murder

• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Jane B. Wingard

Fiddler on the Roof

• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Brian Douglas
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Fred Nelson as “Tevye”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical: Garret R. Hyde
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Joanne D. Wilson
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Jane B. Wingard

Oklahoma

• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Michael J. Galizia as “Jud Fry”
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Gary Saddon as “Ali Hakim”
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Jane B. Wingard

The Lion in Winter

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Linda Swann
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Joanne D. Wilson
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play: Jane B. Wingard et al
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: Jane B. Wingard
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Jane B. Wingard et al

Alliance Theatre

1 production received 1 nomination

Nunsense

• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Annie Ermlick as “Sister Mary Amnesia”

Arlington Players

2 productions received 14 nominations total

A Little Night Music

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Grant Kevin Lane
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Christopher Dykton
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Annie Coffman as “Anne Egerman”
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Anne Marie Pinto as “Petra”
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Bette Williams
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Brent Stone as “Fredrik Egerman”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical: B. Keith Ryder
• Outstanding Music Direction: John-Michael d’Haviland
• Outstanding Musical
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Avery Burns
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical: Lindsey Hays
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: Russell Kopp
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Keith Bell

Promises, Promises

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical: Karen Batra as “Marge MacDougall”

Castaways Repertory Theatre

1 production received 2 nominations

The Taming of the Shrew

• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Sheila Hyman & Shemika Berry
• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Kevin Robertson

Colonial Players

4 productions received 15 nominations total

Chapter Two

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Jo Sullivan as “Jennie Malone”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Play: Frank Florentine & Shirley Panek
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play: Edd Miller

Cinderella Waltz

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Beth Terranova
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Monica Garcia as “Mother McGee”
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Dann Alagna as “Zed”

Going to St. Ives

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Beth Terranova
• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Edd Miller
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Gina Quaye
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Lolita-Marie as “May N’Kame”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Heather Quinn as “Dr. Cora Gage”
• Outstanding Play

Moonlight and Magnolias

• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Ron Giddings
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Kevin Wallace as “Victor Fleming”
• Outstanding Play

Damascus Theatre Company

2 productions received 6 nominations total

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical: Chrissy Barnett Miller as “Jolene Oakes”
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Gabriel T. Potter as “Freddy Benson”

Meet Me in St. Louis

• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Maria Littlefield
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Jim Korte & Bill Rippey
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical: Maria Littlefield
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: Bill Brown & Chad Wheeler

Dominion Stage

2 productions received 8 nominations total

Dreamgirls

• Outstanding Choreography: Richelle “Rikki” Howie
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Malcolm Lee as “Jimmy Early”
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Malca Giblin
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Shawnee Louise Coleman-Lining as “Effie Melody White”
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Larissa Norris
• Outstanding Music Direction: John-Michael d’Haviland
• Outstanding Musical

Spring Awakening

• Outstanding Music Direction: John-Michael d’Haviland

Elden Street Players

4 productions received 10 nominations total

Clean House

• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Lorraine Magee as “Virginia”

Flowers for Algernon

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Stuart Orloff as “Teen Charlie”
• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Gloria DuGan
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Arthur Rodger
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Matt Baughman as “Charlie Gordon”
• Outstanding Play
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Stan Harris

Glengary Glen Ross

• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Chuck Dluhy as “Roma”
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Michael Kharfen as “Levene”

Rooms, A Rock Romance

• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: James Villarubia

Fauquier Community Theatre

3 productions received 13 nominations total

Into the Woods

• Outstanding Choreography: Martha Lynch
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Susan Noe & Martha Lynch
• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical: Tim Kirk
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Tim Kirk & Rebecca Carver
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Richard Perryman et al
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Tim Kirk & Kirk Noe
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical: Tim Kirk
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: Tim Kirk & Martha Lynch
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Nancy Daugherty et al
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Tim Kirk
• Outstanding Special Effects: Tim Kirk

The Man Who Came to Dinner

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Bob Burnett as “Beverly Carlton”

The Music Man

• Outstanding Choreography: Corinne Shumaker

Greenbelt Arts Center

2 productions received 2 nominations total

Frost/Nixon

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Sandy Irving as “Richard Nixon”

Pippin

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical: Erica Drezek as “Berthe”

Kensington Arts Theatre

3 productions received 18 nominations total

Night of the Living Dead, The Musical

• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical: Kevin Boyce
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Matt Rowe
• Outstanding Special Effects: John Decker & Kevin Boyce

Rooms, A Rock Romance

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Eric Jones as “Ian”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Madeline Botteri as “Monica”

Sunday in the Park with George

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Eleanor Dicks
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Craig Pettinati
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Malca Giblin
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Ryan Burke as “Georges/George”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Farrell Parker as “Dot/Marie”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical: Ben Levine
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Eric Jones
• Outstanding Music Direction: David Rohde
• Outstanding Musical
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Matt Karner & Joel Richon
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: Matt Karner
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Kevin Garrett
• Outstanding Special Effects: Jordan Rose & Doe B. Kim

Laurel Mill Playhouse

2 productions received 2 nominations total

Ragtime

• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Stephen Deininger as “Tateh”

The Hollow

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Carleigh Jones as “Doris”

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

5 productions received 15 nominations total

All the King’s Women

• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Robin Parker & Hannah Wolf

Cantorial

• Outstanding Light Design in a Play: Ken & Patti Crowley
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Janice Rivera

Heaven Can Wait

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Jean Schlichting & Kit Sibley
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: John Shackelford as “Max Levene”
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Chanukan Jane Lilburne
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: John Downing
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: John Downing
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Mary Hutzler

Sweeney Todd

• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Kristina Friedgen
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Jennifer Lyons Pagnard as “Mrs. Lovett”
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Kristina Friedgen

Witness for the Prosecution

• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Bette Williams
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: John Downing
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: John Downing

Mclean Community Players

2 productions received 7 nominations total

Deathtrap

• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Lois A. Stanziani as “Helga ten Dorp”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Play: Bob Zeigler
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Emily Besuden, Jerry Gideon, Dick La Porte
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: Bernie Gmiter, Bob Schroth, Bill Glikbarg
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play: Dinnie Whitson, Cathy Farnsworth, Christine Whitson
• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Carl Brandt Long

Man of La Mancha

• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Carl Brandt Long

Port City Playhouse

2 productions received 2 nominations total

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Erin Cumbo, et al

The Dixie Swim Club

• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Vernadette Simms”

Port Tobacco Players

3 productions received 17 nominations total

The Sound of Music

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Pat Brennan
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Amy Dolan as “The Mother Abbess”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Musical: Tommy Scott
• Outstanding Musical
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical: Terri Fortney-Beinert
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Ryan Mudd
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical: Sheila Draper
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical: John Merritt, Ryan Mudd, Ben Simpson
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Jill Hanger, Rhonna Johnson, Betsy Stevens

The Wizard of Oz

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical: Pat Brennan
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical: Heather Bauer & Kaitelyn Bauer
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical: Joe Stine & John Merritt
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical: Ronna Johnson
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical: Ronna Johnson
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Gerhard Straub
• Outstanding Special Effects: Keith Linville, Joe Stine, John Merritt

To Kill A Mockingbird

• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: John Merritt

Prince William Little Theatre

1 production received 1 nomination

Red Scare on Sunset

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Katherine Bisulca as “Sales Girl”

Providence Players

3 productions received 19 nominations total

Side Man

• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Jimmy Gertzog
• Outstanding Light Design in a Play: Chip Gertzog
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Beth Harrison
• Outstanding Play
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Susan Kaplan
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: Chip Gertzog et al
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play: Kathy White
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: Raedun Knutsen & Chip Gertzog
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play: Chip Gertzog
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Jimmy Gertzog & Chip Gertzog

Sleuth

• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Robbie Snow et al

You Can’t Take it With You

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Robbie Snow
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play: Beth Harrison
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Beth Harrison
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Chip Gertzog
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: John Coscia
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play: Lisa Church & Chip Gertzog
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play: John Coscia
• Outstanding Special Effects: Chip Gertzog

Reston Community Players

3 productions received 15 nominations total

August Osage County

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston”
• Outstanding Direction of a Play: Andrew JM Regiec
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Gayle Nichols-Grimes as “Mattie Fae Aiken”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Lee Slivka as “Barbara Fordham”
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Mary Suib as “Violet Weston”
• Outstanding Light Design in a Play: Ken & Patti Crowley
• Outstanding Play
• Outstanding Properties in a Play: Mary Jo Ford & Alexandra lee
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play: Timothy Hinton & David Johnson
• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Steve Lada

Legally Blonde

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical: Joseph Aquilina as “Kyle”
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Joshua Redford
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Molly Hicks Larson as “Paulette Buonofuonte”

Lend Me A Tenor

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Ryan Manning as “Max Levene”
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Sue Pinkman

Rockville Little Theatre

2 productions received 3 nominations total

Frozen

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play: Phil Hosford as “Ralph Wantage”

The Little Foxes

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Yvonne Paretzky as “Addie”
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Stuart Rick as “Benjamin Hubbard”

Rockville Musical Theatre

1 production received 1 nomination

A Chorus Line

• Outstanding Choreography: Vincent Musgrave

Silver Spring Stage

3 productions received 5 nominations total

Beauty Queen of Leenane

• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Jamie Coupar

Enchanted April

• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play: Patricia Kratzer et al
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play: Shelley Rochester as “Costanza”
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play: Laurie T. Freed & Cast

Stop Kiss

• Outstanding Cameo in a Play: Shelley Rochester as “Mrs. Winsley”

Taking Flight Theatre Company

1 production received 2 nominations

Equus

• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play: Chris Alpiar
• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography: Steve Lada

Tantallon Community Theatre

2 productions received 9 nominations total

Guys and Dolls

• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Stephen Yednock as “Nicely-Nicely Johnson”

The Color Purple

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical: Brenda Parker as “Church Soloist”
• Outstanding Choreography: Taurean Maray Barber
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Charla Rowe
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Shanice Jones as “Sofia”
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical: Shemika Berry
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Andrea Gerald as “Cellie”
• Outstanding Music Direction: LaVar Betts
• Outstanding Musical

• Bloody Murder, September 2012 Schedule
• Oklahoma!, November – December 2012 Schedule
• It Runs in the Family, March 2013
• Camelot, June 2013

Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues. Specific dates of performances and auditions for all productions have not been announced yet.

MAZEL TOV!!! 2nd Star Productions has done the job. Finally, a community theatre production of Fiddler that does not take on the mien of a minstrel show with amateurs in Yidface hyperactively running ring around the rosey and trying to mask its ignorance of its subjects with loud and annoying stereotypes. The manifest research and dramaturgy on the part of Director Brian Douglas and his cast and crew brought this reviewer and her Very Smart Prince back in time to our own fathers, our own families having arrived here far later than 1905.

Your reviewer can aver right here and now that this is the first Fiddler in a long time that did not bring thoughts of Fidel Castro to mind; though Castro is, amusingly and ironically enough, a member of the tribe. The minor issues, which I’ll get to, mean nothing when Douglas has cast a group of characters that realistically fits together physically and vocally and who have taken very seriously the task of recreating a lost folkway whose abundant remnants are alive and well at the best all you can eat Chinese buffet in town.

The story action begins in 1905 in the fictional village of Anatevka in the multinational Pale of Settlement. In 1905 Anatevka is Russian. It wasn’t always Russian and the borders will change again after WWI. This is also the year Joel Russ emigrates from Russia to the Lower East Side in New York City. Why does this matter? Because it is Joel Russ who opens the iconic delicatessen on Houston Street that he leaves to his three daughters because he has no sons. The principals involved in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof were steady customers of Russ and Daughters and decided to create a show based on Joel’s life. They wrapped Joel and his three daughters into the Sholem Aleichem stories about Tevye and his five daughters and a Broadway legend was born. In fact, your reviewer was at Russ and Daughters two weeks ago and brought home a dozen knishes.

Sholem Aleichem, born Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, was known in Europe as the Jewish Mark Twain. His significance among Yiddish writers is somewhat grounded in his origins as a Galicianer Jew. The Galicianers were considered to be less literate and scholarly than the disdainful Northern Litvaks and Rabinovich’s elevation to the literary Mount Olympus exposed the uncomfortable internecine quarrels among the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe and jacked up the Southerners in their own self-regard. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, ever the universalist, returned the compliment by declaring himself the American Sholem Aleichem and the Galicianers were no longer taken to be the class clowns.

In 1905, another member of the tribe, Albert Einstein, with the assistance of his equally brilliant Gentile wife, Mileva Maric, published the Special Theory of Relativity. This is relevant to our story because Einstein created fire without flame; enabling still religious (Shomer Shabbos) Jews to have light, elevators and radio without kindling a flame and thus permitting those Jews to remove themselves from squalid tenements and build up into high rise buildings and a better standard of living; and affording us the legacies of the Anatevkaners which ultimately include full assimilation, feminism, desegregation, Ralph Lauren and Bob Dylan, whose grandparents also left Russia in 1905, among many others. So many, including Sholem Aleichem, emigrated from Eastern Europe and Russia because that was the year of the first Russian Revolution. Nicholas II was forced to abdicate absolute power for a constitutional monarchy and accept Russia’s first House of Representatives, the Duma. Nick retaliated in the easiest way possible, expulsion of his Jews who were seen to be the Marxists nipping at his heels. These are the new soon to be Soviet men that Perchik personifies when he appears in Anatevka. It is, in fact, 13 years later that a Jew named Yakov Urofsky will oversee Nicholas’execution and the murder of his children. Oy… this is not making us look so good. I hope Perchik wasn’t there.

Director Douglas, in his notes, explains his attachment to the show and expounds upon the aspect of faith; but he expounds on humanist faith making clear that he does understand the thesis of the book as most productions do not. This abstraction becomes clear at the end when some Anatevkaners want to stand and fight the Tsarist authorities instead of accepting expulsion as ordered by the local constable. It turns out that the Anatevkaners are observant, but they are not religious. What they see as tradition is really constraint. Even the Rebbe can’t justify either in liturgy or Halacha the traditions they are supposed to be upholding. When these people are cut loose from their bindings, both imposed and self-inflicted, the result is a flowering of culture, science and industry which ultimately says more about the United States than about these people themselves and that legacy is evinced by the secular principals who constructed this immortal musical. Douglas extends that legacy with his multi-racial casting, not only reflecting the multi-racial makeup of the Jewish people but confirming theatre’s universality.

Fred Nelson as Tevye capers onto the stage cutting loose like the Baal Shem Tov, acknowledging his friend on the roof. Yes!!!! This show does actually have a roof. Nelson’s Tevye is professorial in demeanor…more Simon Baron Cohen, less David Mamet. Nelson is not a booming baritone shouting out “TRADITION” like it’s some new, soft toilet paper or something; he is laid back and dulcet in his approach to song and invites audience affection for a vintage character. This Tevye makes no illusion of his authority. He has none. He’s talking and he knows God is not listening and he keeps breaking the traditions he claims to rely on and believe in because, in reality, Tevye’s faith is in himself. But he’s hedging his bets anyway. Nelson has impeccable comic timing, an incredibly flexible face and the ability to demonstrate real love at a distance. Nelson brings an original nuance to his characterization of Tevye with a subtext less Ricky Ricardo and more “Full House.” It works because Nelson is good and knows who his Tevye is. His Tevyeness is inside of him. Let’s give him a full five matzo balls for his Tevye.

Andrea Bush as Golde, Tevye’s wife, rushes into the action as a fearsome termagant and concludes the show like a piece of kugel, warm and soft and delicious. Bush has a marvelous voice and her Jewish mother persona never descended into type. Golde is uneducated, but not unlearned. Her superstitious dream interpretations are no less exacting than Sigmund Freud’s, a bacon-eating, Shabbos violating Yekher with a cigar. Bush is the real master of the house, but her charm lies in her affection for her lot and her ability to accept change. Five matzo balls for Bush.

Yente (Ruta Kidolis) is problematic because the intent of her character is to descend into stereotype. The character was written as such and Kidolis is charming as the town yenta striking fear into the hearts of all of the girls who don’t want to marry the hoary old goats looking for love a second or third time around. Kidolis does not have enough stage time but makes every second she’s on appealing because she is never patronizing in her portrayal of this stock Yiddische character. Five matzo balls for Kidolis. She is very funny.

Douglas’ production is superior from the curtain opening to its closing. His characters don’t stagnate, they grow. Even Lazar Wolf gets a new young bride and begins a new family. In fact, the whole set grows as the trees and the costumes change with the seasons. Bravo!! Director Douglas’ set design is clever and realistic; however, the small stage and large show made for difficult scene transitions which affected the flow of the narrative and added length to the total performance time. Only because the show itself is so good is this problem diminished. The important rituals of the door mezuzot and the manner in which the adults entered and left memorialized habits still observed by the assimilated descendants of our Anatevkaners. Douglas and his crew did their due diligence. The only unmitigated error is in the mens’ fancy coats. On Shabbos when Tevye cleaned up and changed clothes for the appearance of the bride (it’s a Shabbos thing) he should have been wearing a white kittle. The same with Motl for his wedding. Motl would have made the kittles….lol. The groom and the fathers would have and should have been in white kittles over the black coats. This error is so visible only in its relation to the dedicated study otherwise of the show. Jane B. Wingard’s costumes were proper and correct, except for the kittles…but ultimately that’s minor compared to everything else she did accomplish. I know costumers have to acquire stunt tsit tsit because it doesn’t look good to desecrate the real ones, but these were just too stunty looking.

Tzeitel (Erin Lorenz) begins the show as a dutiful and serious daughter, subordinate to her parents, and concludes the show as a woman with her own household going off in another direction from her parents and younger siblings. She is a mother now with her own child to nurture and raise and Lorenz effects the transition well. Her denial of her father’s deal with the butcher Lazar Wolf (Tim Sayles) for marriage is the first indication that 1905 will auger in the new 20th century for real. Stevie Mangum as Motl Kamzoil, the poor tailor, for whom Tzeitel renounces the original marriage contract is a bit too nebbishy…even for Motl. Nelson’s Tevye is not bombastic enough for such trepidation; but Mangum grows into his Motl as he becomes a real mensch. Mangum does okay with his big Motl song (“Miracle of Miracles”) but he is not passionate and Motl and Tzeitel are not moving enough while he’s singing. The same with Perchik (Alex Meyer-Stokes) and Hodel (Malarie Novotny); while the stage at Bowie Playhouse is too small for the large production, it becomes too big because the romantic boys and girls are not dancing during their songs. Alex Meyer-Stokes looks ready to hoof it and gambol about the stage, wearing dance sneakers, as he sings his big Perchik song (“Now I Have Everything”) and he meanders around like a puppy looking for spot to make a sissy. But both couples are sweet and sympathetic and were cast well. The boys had some tsuris hitting their high notes, but a little coaching will solve that nisht geferlach. Novotny has a clear and strong voice and makes the most of the opportunities playing this role affords her. She even gets her own Hodel song (“Far From the Home I Love”) and acquits herself well.

Poor Chava (Samantha Yangilmau) and Fyedka (Zac Fadler) don’t get their own song. Maybe it’s because Fyedka is not Jewish. Chava runs off with Fyedka and marries him in a church. Golde herself goes to the church and confirms the dreadful news with the Russian priest. Oy vey ist mir. That’s some knish in Tevye’s tuches and he is not sitting down for this. At least not until the end when he sort of takes Chava back because Tevye…and Golde…cannot conform to a so-called tradition that would demand the disavowal of a child. Nelson’s descent from broad comedy into heartbreak is moving and Golde’s only concession to Tevye’s bluster is his disavowal of Chava. Bush is woeful and her heartbreak is palpable. Yangilmau offers us the benefit of nontraditional casting which gives further richness to the show and Fadler looks adorable enough to not be a thug like his former friends. They make a cute couple.

Nu, what about the dancing? The music? The big production numbers? Well, this show gives ’em to us! Tevye’s fake nightmare resurrecting the long dead Grandma Tzeitel (Cheramie Julianne Jackson) and the equally dead Fruma Sarah (Samantha Feikema), the butcher’s first wife, is the most original and clever rendition short of a professional stage and accomplished without a flying machine. The Very Smart Prince is still qvelling over this number. The masterful lighting and the crackerjack special effects costuming deserve an award…any award…it doesn’t matter… this is a gantzeh megillah! The wedding…not so much. The wedding was very nice and we are very happy for the couple, but the men and women are dancing together…the whole ring around the rosey dance…and then Perchik puts up the mehitzah and the boys and the girls are separated after they just did the ring around the rosey. By the time Perchik asks Hodel to dance with him the whole anticipation of Sodom and Gemorrah and holy retribution is passed. What an antoyshung….here we are waiting for the sky to open and for the wedding to descend into a debauched orgy of men in beards and funny hats lusting after girls in schmattes while the women scream for cake and Nicholas Kirkwood shoes…and the big wedding dance before the mehitza shows up just cooks that tsimmes. Oh…on further reflection, maybe the feather flying pogrom is the chastisement for the coed dancing. Maybe the choreographer (Christine Asero) got so carried away with happy Jewish dancing and all of the commotion she forgot about the boy girl separation business. Otherwise, she got the dancing right with all of the Russian and Jewish combinations; although truth be told they are mostly the same. Everyone does a bottle dance now. That seems to be the style, but the bottles are very obviously pasted onto the hats. The glue should be black like the hats to keep us guessing. The music was very good under Joe Biddle’s direction and this orchestra seemed to understand the giddiness of Klezmerim; although the Very Smart Prince noticed some ragged edges on some of the uptakes. Again nisht geferlach.

The bar scene where Tevye sells Tzeitel to Lazar Wolf had great chemistry among the players. There could have been more cast in the number but the initial constraint between the Jews and the Russians and the Slivovitz inspired conviviality of all of the men made for a great production number (“L’chaim”). All that dancing, all that drinking…such nachas. You should go see this.

None of this comes together without flawless technical direction and the show’s success is grounded in a superior production crew. Lighting (Garrett R. Hyde) advanced the comedy and set the tone of the proceedings. Mazel tov, Garrett!

Altogether 2nd Star Productions’ Fiddler on the Roof is a fine rendition of a tough musical that avoids descent into minstrelsy and makes good on its offer of gorgeous entertainment. Stop by Wegman’s for some of their Chinese buffet, have a little snack before the house opens, have a little more nosh at intermission and then go for some coffee and cake after the show. Talk and argue a little bit while you’re at it. That is the legacy of Sholem Aleichem and his characters and we’re still all having a great time.

Rivke Gittel bat Izio vay Manya, wife of Shemai Zalman ben Chaim Manis vay Chaya

Director’s Notes

Fiddler on the Roof will always hold special meaning for me. As a teenager in Philadelphia, I earned my first paycheck as an actor in a production of this show that ran eight performances a week for six months. After a three-month break, that production was moved to a different theatre and ran for yet another six months. As such, I felt uniquely qualified to direct this show, but one should never underestimate the collaborative effort that is The Theatre. The cast, choreographer, designers, technicians and musicians all brought their own distinctive styles to the production, resulting in a living, breathing version of Anatevka that will never appear anywhere but on the 2nd Star stage. It is a daunting task to bring such a well-known and well-loved musical to life. It was out goal to not only meet the audience’s expectation, but to also bring you something that you’ve never seen before. The show is about faith, yes, but Fiddler is timeless because there are other themes that can be found, too. We discovered that some of the strongest characters are the women, that love can be a powerful and motivating force, and that people can overcome their differences when nations and religions apparently cannot. As we rehearsed the show, we worked together as a team toward a single purpose, while each of us had faith in ourselves as individuals. Perhaps the lesson we learned is the same one Tevye does, that we can accept, live and work with others without losing our own beliefs in the process.

Brian Douglas

Photo Gallery

Fred Nelson, Andrea Bush	Cast
Mia Lulli, Samantha Garner, Samantha Yangilmau, Malarie Novotny, Erin Lorenz, Stevie Mangum, Alex Meyer-Stokes, Fred Nelson, Andrea Bush	Fred Nelson, Andrea Bush, Erin Lorenz, Malarie Novotny, Samantha Yangilmau, Samantha Garner, Mia Lulli, Alex Meyer-Stokes, Stevie Mangum
Samantha Feikema, Fred Nelson, Andrea Bush	Ruta Kidolis, Briana Bradley, Tonya Mayo, Cheramie Jackson, Vivian Wingard, Creedance Jackson, Emily Freeman, Nora Biddle, Frank Roskind

Photos by Nathan Jackson

Cast

• Tevye: Fred Nelson
• Lazar Wolf: Tim Sayles
• Yente: Ruta Kidolis
• Perchik: Alex Meyer-Stokes
• Motl: Stevie Mangum
• Chava: Samantha Yangilmau
• Golde: Andrea Bush
• Tzeitel: Erin Lorenz
• Hodel: Malarie Novotny
• Constable: Dave O’Brien
• Fyedka: Zac Fadler
• Fruma Sarah/Mama: Samantha Feikema
• Grandma Tzeitel/Mama: Cheramie Julianne Jackson
• Mendel: Eric Crouse
• Rabbi: Fred Hahn
• Shprintze: Samantha Garner
• Bielke: Mia Lulli
• Mordcha: Gene Valendo
• Nachum: J.D. Wilson
• Shaindel: Mary K. Retort-George
• Fiddler: Michael Mathes
• Sasha: Josua “dax” Hampton
• Avram: Fred Roskind
• Boris: Jeffrey Thompson
• Russian Dancer: Vivian Wingard
• Rifka: Pat Browning
• Miraleh: Nora Biddle
• Svetlana: Emily Freeman
• Natasha: Genevieve Ethridge
• Ensemble: Brianna Bradley, Laurie Brown. Rebecca Feibel, Amy Homewood, Creedance Hubert Jackson, Tonya Mayo, Trent Murphy, Pam Shilling, CeCe Shilling, Noah Wingard

Production Staff

• Director: Brian Douglas
• Assistant Director: Christine Asero
• Producer/Scenic Design/Costumes: Jane B. Wingard
• Overall Production: Jane B. Wingard, Joanne D. Wilson
• Music Direction: Joe Biddle
• Assistant Music Director: Steve Hudgins
• Choreography: Christine Asero
• Combat Choreography: Ruta Kidolis
• Dance Captain: Vivian Wingard
• Stage Manager/Properties: Joanne D. Wilson
• Set Design: Brian Douglas
• Lighting/Sound Design: Garrett R. Hyde

Disclaimer: 2nd Star Productions provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.

Pippin is a musical with book by Roger O. Hirson, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. It is the story of the Emperor Charlemagne’s son, Pippin, and Pippin’s quest to experience the most out of life. He tries this in many ways, such as the battlefield, physical pleasures, and politics, until he finally has to make the greatest decision.

Overall, this was an enjoyable production, although the choreography was weak and at times executed sloppily. Some of the singers were hard to hear. No mics were used to help amplify their voices.

Pippin (Nick Lehan) was able to carry his voice above the orchestra and managed to hit the last note in “Corner of The Sky” well. He seemed to bring the character to life through his words and emotions. Lehan made it clear that Pippin’s choices in life were important, even with the struggle that went along with them.

The Leading Player (Vincent Musgrave) was not as slick as maybe he needed to be as the villain to Pippin. In his final scene he finally got that used car salesman attitude that sold his character. Musgrave also had a strong voice and his dance moves were engaging. He and Pippin performed an upbeat rendition of “On The Right Track” that was engaging to watch. The Leading Player’s troupe of players were dressed in a wide range of colorful, outlandish outfits without a real design linking them all together.

Pippin’s step-mother Fastrada (Hannah Thornhill) was quite the sultry vixen who totally had her heart set on her son, Lewis (Carl Williams) to assume the throne upon Charles’s death (untimely or otherwise). Poor Lewis was a good warrior, but not an intellectual by any means. Another fun performance was given by TiaJuana Rountree as Pippin’s Grandmother Berthe. Rountree presented Berthe as relaxed, but still maintained a lot of spunk. There may have been a technical glitch as the chorus to Berthe’s song “No Time at All” did not come down on the first chorus and thus no one in the audience joined in as they were asked to by Berthe.

Pippin’s love interest Catherine was played by Rebekka Meyer. Meyer was sometimes difficult to hear, especially while singing, but her presence on stage was sincere and she and Lehan seemed to compliment each other well. Catherine’s son Theo was played by Jacob Hastings at the performance we attended (Matt Beagan also plays the role).

Lighting and Sound Designer Garrett Hyde made good use of creating various moods through the use of colors on the rear cyc throughout the performance. Although the strobe light effect for the war scene was distracting. By focusing on the warriors, Pippin and the Leading Player were silhouetted, and focusing on Pippin and The Leading Player made the fighting in the background hard to watch. The orchestra played under the direction of Joe Biddle.

Even though the dance numbers were disappointing, the singing and acting were entertaining.

A Few Thoughts From the Director

When first produced over 35 years ago this award winning musical was quite bold and risqué. This evening’s performance is intended to suggest the style of the show in its original form with consideration to content.

Though abstract in form the story of Pippin is a familiar one, and the message remains relevant. Through many different experiences Pippin begins to define the measure of his fulfillment: the purpose of the journey. As it is in our daily life experience, much of how things seem to be depends on the choices we make how we look at things. And can change day to day and year to year. My own thought is that it all comes back to a central place. From the Troup of Players to Pippin’s own choice. Family and the power of Love.

My heartfelt thanks go to these incredible performers in this evening’s show. You each bring a unique gift to our show that shines with unequaled brilliance. The spirit you so freely share is a gift I treasure. I thank you for making this experience so special.

Many thanks go to Joe Biddle, Karen Hastings, Garrett Hyde, Jane Wingard, Joanne Wilson and Steve Hudgins for your tireless efforts in this production. Each of you have brought your own creative magic to this show. It has been a great pleasure to collaborate with each of you on this project.

Finally to each of you in the audience tonight…. thank you for being a part of our show and thank you for supporting the arts!

—– Larry

Cast

• Pippin: Nick Lehan
• Leading Player: Vincent Musgrave
• Charles: Wendell Holland
• Fastrada: Hannah Thornhill
• Lewis: Carl Williams
• Berthe: TiaJuana Rountree
• Berthe Understudy: Pat Browning
• Catherine: Rebekka Meyer
• Theo: Matt Beagan
• Theo: Jacob Hastings
• The Players: Hana Cai, ZacFadler, Emily Freeman, Genevieve Ethridge, Chuck Hastings, Amy Homewood, Chermaine Julianne Jackson, Erin Lorenz, Malarie Novotny, Vivian Wingard

Production Staff

• Director: Larry Friedman
• Producer: Jane B. Wingard
• Music Director: Joe Biddle
• Assistant Musical Director: Steve Hudgins
• Choreographer: Karen Hastings
• Stage Manager/ Properties: Joanne D. Wilson
• Scenic Designer: Jane B. Wingard
• Scenic Assistants: Bill Bagaria, Gail Bagaria
• Lighting & Sound Design: Garrett R. Hyde
• Lighting/Sound Technician: Pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter Kleinfelder
• Costume Coordinator: Jane B. Wingard
• Costume Assistants: Gail & Bill Bagaria, Linda Swann, Joane Wilson, Vivian Wingard
• Load In Crew: Garrett Hyde, pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter Kleinfelder, Jane Wingard, Joanne Wilson, Duane Rouch, Steve Andrews, Bill Davis, Stevie Magum, Dick Rusell, Marty Hayes, Gail Bagaria, Bill Bagaria, Robert Browning
• Publicity: Janice Coffey, Debe Tighe, Martin Hayes
• Webmaster: Lynne Wilson
• Front of House Manager: Gail Bagaria
• Reservations: Patti Mangum
• Photography: Debe Tighe, Joanne Wilson
• Program: Lynne Wilson

2nd Star Orchestra

• Musical Director/Conductor: Joe Biddle
• Assistant Conductor and Midi Performance: Steve Hudgins
• Reeds: Shannyn Peterson
• Reeds: Mari Hill
• Reeds: Mary Haaser
• Reeds: Steve Haaser
• Trumpet: Tim Spencer
• Trumpet: Rick Fogerty
• Guitar: Rob Luzier
• Bass Will McLean
• Drums: Drew Bilbrey
• Drums: Zachary Konick

Disclaimer: 2nd Star Productions provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.

• The Foreigner, August – September 2011 Schedule
• Pippin, November – December 2011 Schedule Auditions
• The Lion in Winter, February – March 2012 Schedule
• TBA, June 2012 Schedule

The show to be announced is a musical based on the story Tevye and his Daughters. Schedule is subject to change due to performance rights conflicts or other issues.

2nd Star Productions has opened their season with Larry Shue’s hilarious comedy The Foreigner. Englishman Charlie Baker is visiting Georgia with an old army buddy of his as a respite from his wife’s hospital stay. Unfortunately Charlie is extremely shy, so he forces his buddy to promise him that he won’t have to interact with anybody at the lodge. “Froggy” does this by telling Betty, the lodge’s owner, that Charlie doesn’t speak English at all. It seems like a practical plan, until everyone at the inn begins to share their real selves with Charlie.

Director Jane B. Wingard has successfully made these characters real to the audience. Yes, the situation called for is a bit nutty. But you don’t go into a comedy expecting a lot of realism. Don’t we all speak a lot louder and more slowly when talking with someone who doesn’t speak English? Don’t all heiresses live in a rural fishing lodge? Steve English makes Charlie Baker into a friendly chap, who we want to have a good time on his vacation, yet we feel sorry for him for having to deal with these silly people talking with him. But by halfway through the second act when people’s motives have been clarified, we are pulling for the group to succeed in their battle.

Steve English’s delivery of a boisterous monologue in his “native tongue” was wonderful, complemented by the reactions of his audience. Froggy (Tim Sayles) had a strong rapport with ditzy Betty Meeks (Barbara Webber), while brother and sister Catherine and Ellard (Erin Lorenz and Steve Love) supported each other, despite their problems. Rev. David Lee (Devin Wootton) and Owen Musser (Ken Kienas) demonstrated how opposites can attract.

Jane Wingard’s set was attractive. Make sure you read the signs and notices on the upstage wall, they show a great deal of attention to details. The costumes and lights were appropriate, while the sound effects helped complement the ambience, although at times were a touch too loud, especially as some of the actors weren’t projecting well at all, making some conversations difficult to follow. The cast also appeared to recover well from missing two performances opening weekend due to hurricane Irene.

In sum, 2nd Star’s The Foreigner was an entertaining show, a great way to forget earthquakes, hurricanes, the economy and Maryland’s uniforms.

Director’s Note

There are enough politically incorrect things in The Foreigner that if treated in the wrong way, could offend almost everybody. However, Larry Shue has handled the subject matter in a manner that creates one of the funniest comedies that has ever been put on stage. Be assured that our aim is certainly not to offend, but to provide laughs aplenty, in a time when the daily atmosphere dictates that laughter needs to be the best medicine. Who can afford anything else?

Actually laughter has been one of the guiding principles of 2nd Star– to lighten the load of our patrons with laughter and music–to send them on their way with a song in their hearts and a smile on their lips. Quality in all aspects of the productions is and always has been, a top priority. To quote the old Jedi master, “Do or do not–there is no try.” Are things always perfect? This is live theatre and that quest toward perfection is an adventure. For this production we have assembled a stellar cast whose talents and dedication brings the characters to life in a most delightful way. Laugh! Enjoy! and at intermission go purchase your season tickets, if you haven’t already done so. They are available in the lobby now.

Jane B. Wingard, Director

Cast

• Charlie Baker: Steve English
• “Froggy” LeSuer: Tim Sayles
• Betty Meeks: Barbara Webber
• Rev. David Marshall Lee: Devin Wootten
• Catherine Simms: Erin Lorenz
• Owen Musser: Ken Kienas
• Ellard Simms: Steve Love

Crew

• Director: Jane B. Wingard
• Producer: Jane B. Wingard
• Stage Manager/Properties: Joanne D. Wilson
• Set Designer/Scenic Artist: Jane B. Wingard
• Scenic Assistants: Bill Bagaria, Gail Bagaria
• Lighting & Sound Design: Garrett R. Hyde
• Lighting/Sound Technician: Pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter Kleinfelder
• Costume Coordinators: Joanne Wilson, Jane B. Wingard
• Load In Crew: Garrett Hyde, pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter Kleinfelder, Jane Wingard, Joanne Wilson, Duane Rouch, Steve Andrews, Bill Davis, Stevie Mangum, Dick Russell, Martty Hayes, Gail Bagaria, Bill Bagaria,
• Publicity: Janice Coffey, Debe Tighe, Martin Hayes
• Webmaster: Lynne Wilson
• Front of House Manager: Gail Bagaria
• Reservations: Jane B. Wingard
• Reservations Assistants: Gerry Verrier, Patti Mangum
• Photography: Debe Tighe, Joanne Wilson
• Program: Lynne Wilson

Disclaimer: 2nd Star Productions provided a complimentary media ticket to ShowBizRadio for this review.

Of all the fairy tales out there, none has attracted more attention than the Cinderella story. The lost slipper and the royal search for the girl who owns it dates as far back as ancient Egypt. The unwanted stepchild and her loathsome stepmother and ugly stepsisters have been the subjects of every sort of media representation, including opera, ballet, movie, book and theatrical presentation.

In 1957, the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II brought the story to television with Julie Andrews in the title role. The color broadcast was captured in black and white kinescope and is the only remaining representation of this first version of the musical. It is this version of the musical that Jane B. Wingard (Director), Joe Biddle (Musical Director) and 2nd Star Productions have selected to bring to the Bowie Playhouse stage. And as much as I love the Leslie Ann Warren version that I watched growing up, this has to be my favorite.

Wingard’s impressive scenic design sets the stage for this ambitious production, with 20 dancing, singing chorus members and a core of talented performers including Pam Shilling as the lovely but put-upon Cinderella, the girl who’s not what she appears to be and John Scheeler as the Prince who isn’t ready to settle down just yet. It’s as much a pleasure listening to their enchanting songs as it is watching their comic timing and the way they interact with their respective families.

Linda Swann (more commonly behind the scenes, which is a shame) is the Prince’s long-suffering mother and Queen, as well as costumer for this extravaganza of organza, satin and lace. Wendell Holland is the Prince’s understanding, sympathetic, father and King, long-suffering foil to his wife’s grand plans for marrying their son off as soon as possible.

On the other side, Heidi Toll is the hypercritical Step Mother who only wants the best for her “Real” daughters, Joy (the green-clad and joyless, but nevertheless funny Lisa Gregg) and Portia (frothy pink and ditzy Malarie Novotny), and that includes riding Cinderella hard while treating her own family to all the rest and relaxation they can handle.

Between these two hilariously dysfunctional families comes Debe Tighe, surprisingly down-to-earth Godmother with a gift for making things sparkle and an ability to show Cinderella that she already has everything she needs to make her own way.

What the generally young cast sometimes lacks in precision they more than make up for with enthusiasm. Vicki Smith’s elaborate choreography is quite elegant and recognizes the strengths and abilities of her dancers. Together with Wingard’s able and often humorous direction and Joe Biddle’s musical guidance, they bring out the best in the entire cast. Swann’s costumes are delightful, even hideously perfect and Garrett R. Hyde’s lighting and special effects ice the cake.

Worthy of special mention: The three white mice (Creedence Jackson, Cecelia (CeCe) Shilling and Noah Wingard) are charming little scene stealers.

This is a family event, though perhaps just a smidge long for the very youngest in the crowd. My 7 and 10 year-old girls, both seasoned theatre critics, enjoyed the show very much and were bouncing back to the car at the end, as late as it was. Well done!

Director’s Notes

It is part of 2nd Star’s mission to present, at least most of the time, family friendly theater. What is more appropriate than CINDERELLA! It is truly a musical for all ages. As theater folks, we think that it is critical to introduce young and old to live productions in a world where technology is claiming a larger and larger market share of our lives at the expense of human interaction. Hearing a live character perform a soaring solo or a cast a magnificent chorus may enchant a youngster, opening the door to a lifelong appreciation for the live performance. That’s our hope and goal–bringing in the next generation as performers and patrons.

Why involve the kids? Besides raising your own actors, it has long been established through educational studies that students involved in the arts score higher on standardized tests. This is often discarded as school budgets are cut. Music, art and theater programs are usually first on the chopping block. As a retired art and theater teacher, I can assure you that participation in the arts exercises a part of the brain not often used by regular classes. Creative problem solving broadens the range of thought processes one can employ and apply to everyday life. One of the most delightful days I spent during a partnering exercise between our school and IBM was teaching a workshop to IBM executives on learning to draw and expanding thought processes into the right side of the brain. By using some quick exercises as an introduction to right brain thinking, many of them made the leap and were drawing in one day. Just imagine how smart a lifetime of involvement with the arts could make us! Those of us involved at 2nd Star cross all professions. You have seen stay at home moms/dads, rocket scientists, teachers, construction workers, office personnel, doctors, engineers and many others, but most gratefully, students perform on our stage. Solving the logistics of the production and dynamics of the group is a common concern. It’s a magical life. One of 2nd Star’s first logos was a sandbox, a place where you can come and play, bringing your own toys or building what you need when you get there. It’s a place where we build our magnificent sand castles together.

A production takes a lot of work and talent both on the stage and behind the scenes. Magic only appears to happen. If you have a hankering to help it along, let us know. Remember to keep the kids involved at their level and that patrons are a vital part of the process. It is, of course, live theater!

–Jane B. Wingard

Photo Gallery

Wendell Holland as the King, Linda Swann as the Queen, John Scheeler as the Prince, and Pam Schilling as Cinderella	Lisa Gregg as Joy, Pam Shilling as Cinderella, and Malarie Novotny as Portia

Photos provided by 2nd Star Productions

Cast

• Cinderella: Pam Shilling
• Prince: John Scheeler
• Joy: Lisa Gregg
• Portia: Malarie Novotny
• Step Mother: Heidi Toll
• King: Wendell Holland
• Queen: Linda Swann
• Fairy Godmother: Debe Tighe
• Herald: Zac Fadler
• Herald: Michael Mathes
• Footman: Todd Cunningham
• Chorus: Angeleaza Anderson, Robyn Birch, Nick Brice, Victoria Brown, Genevieve Ethridge, Emily Freeman, Yolanda Haywood, Amy Homewood, Cheramie Jackson, Creedence Jackson, Bridget Kane, Erin Lorenz, Stevie Mangum, Jonathon Moss, Shenna Ross, Cecelia (CeCe) Shilling, Janice Taylor, Jeffrey Thompson, Noah Wingard, Vivian Wingard.

Orchestra:

• Musical Director/Conductor: Joe Biddle
• Flute: Steve Haaser, Mari Hill, Shannyn Peterson
• Oboe/English Horn: Mary Haaser
• Clarinet: Mike Monda
• Trumpet: Tim Spencer, Alexander Edwards
• French Horn: Andrew Seacord
• Drums: Brian Yost, Jim Hoffman
• Percussion: Zachary Konick
• Midi Sequencing and Performance: Steve Hudgins

Production Crew:

• Director/Producer/Set Designer: Jane B. Wingard
• Music Director: Joe Biddle
• Assistant Music Director: Steve Hudgins
• Choreographer: Vicki Smith
• Dance Captain: Vivian Wingard
• Rehearsal Piano Tracks: Elisa Poole
• Stage Manager/Properties: Joanne D. Wilson
• Scenic Artists: Bill Bagaria, Gail Bagaria
• Set Construction: Steve Andrews, Joanne D. Wilson, Jane B. Wingard
• Lighting/Sound Design: Garrett R. Hyde
• Lighting/Sound Technician: Pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter Kleinfelder
• Costume Coordinator: Linda Swann
• Load In Crew: Garrett R. Hyde, Pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Duane Rouch, Jane B. Wingard, Joanne D. Wilson, Steve Andrews, Matt Andrews, Bill Davis, Stevie Mangum, Dick Russell, Marty Hayes, Gail Bagaria, Bill Bagaria
• Publicity: Debe Tighe, Beth Schultz, Jane B. Wingard
• Webmaster: Lynne Wilson
• House Manager: Gail Bagaria
• Usher Coordinator: Gail Bagaria
• Reservations: Patti Mangum, Adele Degnan, Jane B. Wingard
• Box Office: Gail Bagaria
• Photography: Debe Tighe, Pete Freimayer
• Program: Lynne Wilson

Disclaimer: 2nd Star Productions provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.

To have great comedy, it’s not enough to have a funny script. Finding the right talent is essential, and 2nd Star Productions’ Charles W. Maloney has done a spectacular job with the delightful Be My Baby, now playing at the Bowie Playhouse.

From Ken Ludwig’s web site: “The play tells the story of an irascible Scotsman and an uptight English woman, John and Maude, both in their late 50s, who are unexpectedly thrown together on the journey of a lifetime. John and Maude are brought together when his ward marries her niece. Then, when the young couple decides to adopt a new born baby, the older couple has to travel 6,000 miles to California to pick up the child and bring her safely home to Scotland. The problem is, John and Maude despise each other. To make matters worse, they get stranded in San Francisco for several weeks and are expected to jointly care for the helpless newborn. There they form a new partnership and learn some startling lessons about life and love.”

Maloney’s two leads are blessed with the gifts of impeccable timing and onstage chemistry that make this hilarious show a pleasure to watch. Fred Nelson plays John Campbell, a blustery country Scotsman with a heart of pure marshmallow. Nelson has served as King Henry VIII at the Maryland Renaissance Festival for the last 10 years, one of his best known (but by no means only) roles in the region.

Heather Tuckfield plays London-sophisticate Maud Kinch, a perfect foil to Nelson’s down to earth. Together on stage, these two give off more sparks than a Disneyland fireworks display.

With the support of Natalia Esteve as Maud’s sex-starved niece Gloria and Eric Small as John’s hapless ward Christy, and ample laughs from ensemble members James McDaniel (whose very appearance, by the end of the show, caused laughter before he opened his mouth), Janice Coffey (especially as the Nurse), Shenna Ross, Kate Baldwin, Marty Hayes and Phil Penne (bag piper who speaks volumes without saying a word), the entire cast made it worth sitting through all 27 (!) of the scene changes dictated by the script enhanced (for the most part) by the multi-talented Fred Nelson’s apt sound design.

The delightful scenery and costumes exquisitely designed and executed by Jane B. Wingard and her assistants made the show a real treat. There were a few pregnant pauses while the scene changed, but that was really the only issue (and a minor one at that), and the overall production more than made up for those few instances.

On the whole, an enjoyable evening and well worth the trip to Bowie White Marsh Park.

Director’s Notes

There are actually two contemporary plays named “Be My Baby”. A laboriously serious one written in the late nineties, about an unwed young girl from a religious family, who is forced to give up her baby. I can only imagine that one to be a trying evening in the theatre for actor and audience. There have been several songs titled “Be My Baby”, the most famous, of course, being the 1963 hit by The Ronettes. Which brings us to this gem by Ken Ludwig, the author of Moon Over Buffalo, and Lend Me A Tenor, among many others. This is an endearing love story for those pushing Social Security, and with its 27 scene changes, plays like a TV sitcom. Ludwig says, “My plays generally unfold in one location, a green room, or hotel room. So writing in this form was a challenge, akin to writing a screen play.” Directing it was somewhat akin to that as well! This play is also a tribute to children, and how having a child in your life makes you look at your esprit, and all your relationships differently. The script specifically calls for a lot of music from “The King.” I was never an Elvis aficionado. Sacrilege, I know, but for me, he reached his height at the ’68 Comeback Special, and was pretty much disappointing thereafter. At one point in the play, John comes back from a shopping special, and says, “I like this America. It frees you up!” A great representation of the feeling of that time in America. Elvis freed us up.

My thanks to the cast, not only for their delightful performances, but for their triple and quadruple duties as stage crew. Believe me, it’s like A Night At The Opera back there. Also, thanks to the Bowie Playhouse staff, Garrett, Pete, and Al, and to Joanne, without whom none of this would happen.

Charlie Maloney, Director

Cast

• John Campbell: Fred Nelson
• Maud Kinch: Heather Tuckfield
• Gloria Nance: Natalia Esteve
• Christy McCall: Eric Small
• Judge Weems: James McDaniel
• Parson McNair: Marty Hayes
• Mrs. Adams: Kate Baldwin
• Nancy Brenneman: Shenna Ross
• Stewardess: Janice Coffey
• Bagpiper: Phil Penne
• Dimitri: James McDaniel
• Doctor: James McDaniel
• Trendy Waiter: James McDaniel
• Gardener: Marty Hayes
• Maitre D’: Marty Hayes
• Beverly Merchant: Kate Baldwin
• Waitress: Shenna Ross
• Passenger: Shenna Ross
• Nurse: Janice Coffey

Production Staff

• Director: Charles W. Maloney
• Producer: Jane B. Wingard
• Stage Manager/Properties: Joanne D. Wilson
• Set Designer/Scenic Artist: Jane B. Wingard
• Scenic Assistants: Bill Bagaria, Gail Bagaria, John Davis, Kurt Gallagher
• Lighting Design: Garrett R. Hyde
• Sound Design: Fred Nelson
• Lighting/Sound Technician: Pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter Kleinfelder
• Costume. Coordinator: Jane B. Wingard
• Costume Assistants: Linda Swann, Mary George
• Dresser: Malarie Novotny
• Stage Crew: Cynthia Bentley
• Load In Crew: Garrett Hyde, Pete Dursin, Al Chopey, Walter
• Kleinfelder, Jane Wingard, Joanne Wilson, Duane Rouch, Steve Andrews,
• Bill Davis, Stevie Mangum, Dick Russell, Marty Hayes, Gail Bagaria,
• Bill Bagaria, John Davis, Kurt Gallagher, Cindy Bentley, Fred Bentley
• Publicity: Lynne Wilson, Beth Schultz, Jane Wingard
• Advertising: Debe Tighe, Lynne Wilson
• Webmaster: Lynne Wilson
• House & Box Office Manager: Jane B. Wingard
• Usher Coordinator: Jane B. Wingard
• Reservations: Jane B. Wingard
• Reservations Assistants : Gerry Verrier, Patti Mangum
• Photography: Debe Tighe
• Program: Lynne Wilson

Disclaimer: 2nd Star Productions provided two complimentary media tickets to ShowBizRadio for this review.