The Little Theatre of Alexandria has garnered two dozen nominations in a regional awards program for D.C.-area theatre.
The Old Town-based theater secured 24 nominations in this year’s Washington Area Theatre Community Honors Awards (WATCH) for five productions across 36 categories, the program announced Sunday. A total of 94 productions received nominations this cycle, split between 37 musicals and 57 plays across the region last year.
Recognized Alexandria productions include a version of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” imagined in modern-day New Orleans, and immersive theatrical comedy, “The Play That Goes Wrong.”
The nominations come as the theatre is selling tickets for a new production of “School of Rock” from Feb. 7-28. Other upcoming shows include “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” from March 28 through April 18 and “The Drowsy Chaperone” from May 16 through June 6, according to the theatre’s website.
The awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at The Birchmere (3701 Mount Vernon Avenue). Tickets cost $36.95 and are available via Ticketmaster.
The Little Theatre’s nominations are listed below.
- Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play — Jeffrey Auerbach and Kimberly Crago for “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play — Ari McSherry for “Lost in Yonkers”
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play — Jennifer Finn for “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Play — Meredith Fletcher for “Lost in Yonkers”
- Outstanding Properties in a Play — Helen Bard-Sobola for “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Outstanding Properties in a Play — Kira Hogan and Joanne Tompkins for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Set Construction in a Play — Jim Hutzler for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play — Helen Bard-Sobola and Stacey Becker for “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Outstanding Set Decoration and Set Dressing in a Play — Margaret Chapman, Diana Selman, Eleanore Tapscott for “Lost in Yonkers”
- Outstanding Set Design in a Play — Julie Fischer for “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Outstanding Set Design in a Play — Dan Deisz and Dan Remmers for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Set Painting in a Play — Stacey Becker for “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Outstanding Set Painting in a Play — Deirdre Nicholson-Lamb for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Special Effects — Ken and Patti Crowley, Myke Taister, Russell M. Wyland for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play — Sally Cusenza as “Grandma” in “Lost in Yonkers”
- Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play — Brian Jimenez as “Louie” in “Lost in Yonkers”
- Outstanding Cameo in a Musical — Garrett Rinker as “Teen Angel” in “Grease”
- Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical — Clayton Alex James as “Simon/Lola” in “Kinky Boots”
- Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play — Sarah Cusenza as “Bella” in “Lost in Yonkers”
- Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play — Seth Rue as “Benedick” in “Much Ado About Nothing”
- Leta Hall Outstanding Ensemble in a Play — “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography in a Play — Ian Claar for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Direction of a Play — Frank D. Shutts, II for “The Play That Goes Wrong”
- Outstanding Play — “The Play That Goes Wrong”
