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Elden Street Players Wins Big at WATCH Awards

ESP receives 17 awards out of its 32 nominations for its 2010 productions

Herndonโ€™s Elden Street Players won big in this yearโ€™s Washington Area Theater Community Honors awards, bagging 17 awards out of its 32 nominations.

Elden Street Players was honored for outstanding musical for โ€œRentโ€ and outstanding play for โ€œMetamorphoses.โ€

Evan Hoffmann was honored with outstanding direction of a play for โ€œMetamorphosesโ€ and Todd Huse was awarded outstanding direction of a musical for โ€œRent.โ€

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During 2010, 121 productions were adjudicated for the WATCH awards, including 35 musicals and 86 plays. Thirty-one community theater companies from around the region participated.

Other awards won by Elden Street Players include: outstanding featured actor in a musical, Mickey Daniel DaGuiso as Angel Dumott Schundard in โ€œRentโ€; outstanding hair design in a musical, Laura Fontaine for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding light design in a musical, AnnMarie Castrigno for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding makeup design in a musical, Laura Fontaine for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding music direction, John Michael dโ€™Haviland for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding properties in a musical, Theresa Bender and Eliza Wolfe for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding set construction in a musical, Marty Sullivan and Bill Behan for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding set decoration in a musical, Theresa Bender and Eliza Wolfe for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding set design in a musical, Kevin King for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding set painting in a musical, Mary Rose Vasko and John Vasko for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding sound design in a musical, Stan Harris for โ€œRentโ€; outstanding special effects, John Bordeaux and Todd Huse for โ€œRentโ€; and outstanding lead actress in a play, Lorraine Magee as Vivian Bearing, Ph.D. in โ€œW;t.โ€

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Next door the Reston Community Players received two awards of its 13 nominations, including outstanding cameo in a play and outstanding sound design in a musical.

The awards were presented on Sunday, March 6 at The Birchmere in Alexandria. The nominations for the 11th annual WATCH awards were announced back in January.


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