Little Theatre Of Alexandria Snags WATCH Award Nominations

ALEXANDRIA, VA — When the nominations for the 2022 Washington Area Theatre Community Honors Awards were announced on Sunday, the Little Theatre of Alexandria received the most nominations of the 27 community theater companies participating.

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.

Little Theatre of Alexandria received 52 nominations collectively for seven productions. The nominated productions include "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," "Blue Stockings," "Bright Star," "Design for Murder," "Moonlight and Magnolias," Something Rotten!" and "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol." Of note, the performing arts organization has two nominations for best musical — "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" and "Something Rotten!"

Nominations were announced Sunday at the Birchmere, located at 3701 Mount Vernon Ave. in Alexandria. The 40 WATCH Award categories each include five nominees chosen by judges. In categories with score ties, more than five nominees may be present.

The WATCH Awards will be presented Sunday, March 19, at 7 p.m., during a ceremony at the Birchmere. Tickets are available for $20 via Ticketmaster or at the Birchmere box office.

A full list of WATCH Award nominations is available here.

Here is a list of Little Theatre of Alexandria's 44 nominations:

• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical - Margie Remmers as "Lady Eugenia" in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical - Jean Schlicting & Kit Sibley in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Frank D. Shutts II in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical - Susan Boyd in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical - Chuck Dluhy as "D'Ysquith Family" in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical - Drew Goins as "Montague "Monty" Navarro" in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical - Ken & Patti Crowley in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical - Susan Boyd in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Music Direction - Christopher A. Tomasino in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Musical - "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical - Kirstin Apker in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical - David Correia in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
• Outstanding Cameo in a Play - Michael Rufo as "Billy Sullivan" in "Blue Stockings"
• Outstanding Cameo in a Musical - Drew Goins as "Max" in "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical - Maura Lacy as "Alice Murphy" in "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical - Charles Dragonette in "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical - Matt Liptak in "Bright Star"
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play - Lanae Sterrett in "Design for Murder"
• Outstanding Properties in a Play - Shelby Baker in "Design for Murder"
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play - Jim Hutzler & Jeff Nesmeyer in "Design for Murder"
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Play - Kirstin Apker & Deborah Remmers in "Design for Murder"
• Outstanding Set Design in a Play - Julie Fischer in "Design for Murder"
• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography - Stefan Sittig in "Design for Murder"
• Outstanding Direction of a Play - Juli Tarabek Blacker in "Moonlight and Magnolias"
• Leta Hall Outstanding Ensemble in a Play - "Moonlight and Magnolias"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play - JK Lighting Design in "Moonlight and Magnolias"
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Play - Ken Brown in "Moonlight and Magnolias"
• Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography - Stefan Sittig in "Moonlight and Magnolias"
• Outstanding Choreography - Stefan Sittig in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical - Jean Schlicting & Kit Sibley in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Frank D. Shutts II in "Something Rotten!"
• Leta Hall Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical - "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Chuck Dluhy as "Nostradamus" in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Noah Mutterperl as "William Shakespeare" in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Anna Phillips-Brown as "Bea" in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical - Robin Maline in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical - Ken & Patti Crowley in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical - Robin Maline in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Music Direction - Christopher A. Tomasino in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Musical - "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Properties in a Musical - Helen Bard-Sobola and Margaret Chapman in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical - Jim Hutzler and Jeff Nesmeyer in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical - MYKE in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Set Design in a Musical - Robert S. Barr, Jr. in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical - Luana Bossolo and Mary Hutzler in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical - David Correia in "Something Rotten!"
• Outstanding Costume Design in a Play - Jean Schlicting and Kit Sibley in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol"
• Outstanding Hair Design in a Play - Robin Maline and Lanae Sterrett in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol"
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play - Tom Howley as "Ebenezer Scrooge" in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol"
• Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play - JK Lighting Design in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol"
• Outstanding Properties in a Play - Johanna Arredondo in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol"
• Outstanding Set Painting in a Play - Gabrielle Hasenstab in "Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol"