Reston Community Players Receives 42 WATCH Award Nominations

RESTON, VA — When the nominations for the 2022 Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) Awards were announced on Sunday, the Reston Community Players received the second highest number of nominations of the 27 community theater companies participating.

RCP received a total of 42 nominations, which was second only to the 52 received by the Little Theatre of Alexandria.

"We are so honored to have been nominated for our shows from 2022, but so excited that WATCH let shows from the first two to three months before COVID," said RCP President Joey Olson. "These nominations were truly a team effort as all our eligible shows got nominations."

Each year, WATCH presents awards recognizing outstanding artistic and technical achievements in community theater in the Washington, D.C. region.

For this year's awards, WATCH drew its nominations from 98 productions — 38 musicals and 60 plays — from the combined 2020/2022 performance seasons. A list of all the nominations is available online.

The WATCH Awards will be presented Sunday, March 19, at 7 p.m., during a ceremony at the Birchmere, which is located at 3701 Mount Vernon Ave. in Alexandria. Tickets are available for $20 via Ticketmaster or at the Birchmere box office.

Five of RCP's productions received nominations, the musicals "A Little Night Music" and "Bright Star," and the plays "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "The Game's Afoot."

Here is a list of RCP's 42 nominations:

• Outstanding Choreography – Philip Smith-Cobbs – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical – Joan Lawrence – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Andrew JM Regiec – "A Little Night Music"
• Leta Hall Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Cody Boehm as “Petra” – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Shelby Young as “Anne Egerman” – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical – Sue Pinkman & Wendy Baker – "A Little Night Music
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Joshua Redford as “Fredrik Egerman” – A Little Night Music
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical – Jennifer Redford as “Desiree Armfeldt” – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical – Ken & Patti Crowley – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical – Bianca Lara – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Music Direction – Lucia LaNave – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Musical – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Mary Jo Ford – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical – Tom O’Reilly – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Jerry & Bea Morse – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical – Andrew JM Regiec & Skip Gresko - "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical – Cathy Rieder & Joey Olson – A Little Night Music
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Liz Shaher – "A Little Night Music"
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Richard Farella – "Bright Star" Leta Hall
• Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical - "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical – Cody Boehm as “Alice Murphy” – "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical – Franklin Coleman – "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Music Direction – Josh Cleveland – "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical – Tom O’Reilly – "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical – Richard Farella – "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Seth Sacher – "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Cameo in a Play – Jessi Shull as “Miep Gies” - "The Diary of Anne Frank"
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play – Kat Brais – "The Diary of Anne Frank"
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play – Kathy Dunlap – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Carolyn Heier as “Inspector Harriet Goring” – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Katie Kramer as “Daria Chase” – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play – Kat Brais – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play – Peter Ponzini – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play – Kat Brais – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Play – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play – Rick Young – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play – Kate Keifer – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play – Nicholas Queyrane – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play – Cathy Rieder – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Play – Rick Dulick – "The Game’s Afoot"
• Outstanding Special Effects – Nicholas Queyrane – "The Game’s Afoot"