Kensington Theater's 'Spider Woman' Leads in Nominations

Theater groups in Montgomery County received 26 nominations in technical and performance categories for the 2006 Washington Area Theater Community Honors (WATCH). The winners will be announced at a dinner Feb. 26 at the Birchmere in Alexandria.

Twenty-five community theater companies, staging 95 productions last year (25 musicals and 70 plays), were judged.

The largest share of the county nominations went to Kensington Arts Theatre, which received 15. All but one of the nominations was for the production of the musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman."

Here are the Montgomery nominations by theater company. For a complete list of nominations, visit http://www.washingtontheater.org .

Kensington Arts Theatre

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· "Closer Than Ever"

Outstanding featured actress, Allison Block.

· "Kiss of the Spider Woman"

Outstanding musical; outstanding cameo, David Carney; outstanding choreography, Pam Mueller; outstanding costume design, Robin Covington; outstanding direction, Craig Pettinati; outstanding lead actor, Andy Izquierdo; outstanding lead actor, Diego Prieto; outstanding lead actress, Karissa Swanigan; outstanding light design, Kevin Boyce and Jenna Ballard; outstanding makeup design, Robin Covington; outstanding music direction, Amy Martin; outstanding set construction, Matt Karner; outstanding set design, Matt Karner; outstanding sound design, Kevin Garrett.

Montgomery Playhouse

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· "Book of Days"

Outstanding lead actress, Andrea Spitz.