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| 2009-2010 ACT-CO FESTIVAL AWARDS | ||
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| Direction | Musical Direction | Male Lead | Male Supporting | Female Lead | Female Supporting | ||
| Choreography | Lighting Design | Sound Design | Set Design | Costume Design | ||
| Adjudicator Awards - Musical | Adjudicator Awards - Comedy | Adjudicator Awards - Drama | ||
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Winners
are in BOLD. Adjudicators Citations are in colour.
BEST PRODUCTION
MUSICAL
Children Of Eden
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Scarborough
Music Theatre
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Ed Rancier, Producer
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Les Misérables
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Oshawa Little
Theatre
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Ted Sellers,
Producer
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| A courageous and highly professional production of one of the most important musicals of the 20th Century | ||
Thoroughly Modern
Millie
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Clarkson
Music Theatre
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Christine
McMahon, Rita Ferguson & Nick Forrow,
Co-Producers
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COMEDY
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community
Theatre
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Nancy
Melcher & Joanne Mollon, Co-Producers
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Laughter On The 23rd Floor
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East Side Players
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Susan McQueen,
Producer
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The Long Weekend
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Whitby Courthouse Theatre
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Linda Lyons, Producer |
When The Cat’s
Away
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The
Milton Players Theatre Group
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Margaret
Hamilton, Producer
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DRAMA
The Dining Room
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Theatre
Aurora
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Reg O’Brien &
Mary Rival, Co-Producers
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Five Tellers
Dancing In The Rain
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Georgetown
Little Theatre
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Kathryn DeLory, Producer
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The Magic Fire
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Markham Little
Theatre
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Ross Liversage & Leslie Tunnicliff,
Co-Producers
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A risky choice, directed and
performed with heart, strong design, attention to detail and a strong
ensemble cast.
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Mary Stuart
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East
Side Players
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Naomi Priddle Hunter, Producer
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MUSICAL
John
Thomas
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Footloose The
Musical
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Meadowvale
Music Theatre
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Michael
Schneider
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Les Misérables
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Rob Gorican
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
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Clarkson Music
Theatre
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| An incredible vision for an enormous and complicated multi-leveled musical. | ||
COMEDY
Robert
Calvert
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The Long Weekend
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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Susan
Cranford
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When The Cat’s
Away
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The
Milton Players Theatre Group
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Harvey Levkoe
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Laughter On The 23rd Floor
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East Side Players
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Annette
Stokes-Harris & Michael Serres
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A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community
Theatre
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DRAMA
Catherine
Driscoll
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A Crucial Week In
The Life Of A Grocer’s Assistant
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Toronto
Irish Players
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Carole
Beauchamp
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Five Tellers
Dancing In The Rain
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Georgetown
Little Theatre
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Elizabeth
Wyatt
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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Jan Francies
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Mary Stuart
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East Side Players
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A director with strong collaborative skills, a keen eye and
ear for design and the trust of her actors.
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BEST PERFORMANCE BY
A MALE IN A LEADING ROLE
MUSICAL
Ryan Gauvin as Ren McCormack
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Footloose The
Musical
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Meadowvale
Music Theatre
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Matthew Gmitrowicz as Jean Valjean
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Les Misérables
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Oshawa Little
Theatre
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| A performance brimming with passion and fearless honesty | ||
Adrian
Betts as Sweeney Todd
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Sweeney Todd: The
Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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COMEDY
Stephen Flett as Dafydd ap Llewellyn
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A Chorus Of Disapproval
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Amicus
Productions
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Geoff
Ford as George Roper
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When The Cat’s
Away
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The
Milton Players Theatre Group
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Ray Porrill as Max Trueman
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The Long Weekend
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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Roger Varley as Harry Blackpool
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Blackpool And
Parrish
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OnStage Uxbridge
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DRAMA
Eugene
Duffy as John Joe
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A Crucial Week In
The Life Of A Grocer’s Assistant
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Toronto
Irish Players
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John Lunman as Inspector Goole
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An Inspector
Calls
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Robert
Ouellette as Robert Dudley
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Mary Stuart
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East
Side Players
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Zach McKendrick as Bill Starbuck
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The Rainmaker
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Scarborough
Players
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Walking the fine line between dreamer and deceiver, performing
with warmth, human connection and a strong sense of self.
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BEST PERFORMANCE BY
A FEMALE IN A LEADING ROLE
MUSICAL
Georgia
Grant as Eve / Mama Noah
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Children Of Eden
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Scarborough
Music Theatre
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Joanna Megraw as Sister Mary Regina
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Nunsense
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Queensville Players
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Tammy Frederick
as Millie Dillmount
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
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Clarkson Music
Theatre
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| A plucky and winning performance. | ||
COMEDY
Heidi Kachel as Ida
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The Cemetery Club
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Caledon Townhall Players
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Susan McLay as Ethel
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The Curious
Savage
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Caledon Townhall Players
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Kristen Pontisso as Poopay
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Communicating
Doors
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The
Oakville Players
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Angie Sapalovski as Constance
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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
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Blackhorse
Village Players
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DRAMA
Dalene Flannigan as Betina Embree
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Five Tellers Dancing In The Rain
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Georgetown Little
Theatre
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Confident in her character building, and relationships with
others; performing with truth, passion, humanity and a great sense of timing.
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Kelly
Morrison as Elizabeth
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Mary Stuart
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East
Side Players
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Carolyn Tutchener as Lizzie Curry
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The Rainmaker
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Scarborough
Players
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Danielle Capretti as Eve
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The Wisdom Of Eve
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Scarborough
Theatre Guild
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BEST PERFORMANCE BY
A FEMALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MUSICAL
Elizabeth
Bell as Vi Moore
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Footloose The
Musical
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Meadowvale
Music Theatre
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Cecily Restivo as Miss Adelaide
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Guys And Dolls
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Georgetown Globe
Musical Productions
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| A touching, beautiful and very human portrayal that never fell into burlesque caricature. | ||
Heather
Taws as Dorothy Brown
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Thoroughly Modern
Millie
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Clarkson
Music Theatre
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COMEDY
Mary Delaney as
Snout the Tinker
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community Theatre
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Shelley
Mitchell as Florence
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The Curious
Savage
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Scarborough
Players
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Ruth
Smith as Quince
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A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community
Theatre
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Vanessa
Taylor as Abby Nash
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The Long Weekend
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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DRAMA
Lynn
Kowalski as Paula Guarneri
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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Colleen Sibeon as Louise MacKeigan
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Marion Bridge
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The Curtain Club
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An actor with commitment, a great sense of self, attention to
the importance of the moment and the freedom to fully inhabit the character.
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Catharine
Hartnett as Claire
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Proof
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Burl-Oak
Theatre Group
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Julie
Burris as Lizzie Flynn
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The Uninvited
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Scarborough
Theatre Guild
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BEST PERFORMANCE BY
A MALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MUSICAL
Sergio
Calderon as Cain / Japheth
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Children Of Eden
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Scarborough
Music Theatre
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Eric Danis as Javert
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Les Misérables
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Oshawa Little
Theatre
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| A passionate and unwavering performance | ||
Dan
Bart as Trevor Graydon
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Thoroughly Modern
Millie
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Clarkson
Music Theatre
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COMEDY
Daryn DeWalt as Ira
Stone
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Laughter On The 23rd Floor
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East Side Players
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Daryl
Marks as Roger Nash
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The Long Weekend
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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Denis
Stephenson as Dr. Emmett
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The Curious
Savage
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Caledon Townhall Players
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Geoff
Taylor as Russell Bingham
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Having Hope At
Home
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Burl-Oak
Theatre Group
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DRAMA
Howard
Quinn as Pakey Garvey / Miko Feely
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A Crucial Week In
The Life Of A Grocer’s Assistant
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Toronto
Irish Players
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Dermot Walsh as
Father
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A Crucial Week In The Life Of A Grocer’s
Assistant
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Toronto Irish
Players
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For having invested himself completely in the role, a
character painfully sympathetic, desperate to do much more than he was capable of.
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Daryn DeWalt as George Talbot
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Mary Stuart
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East
Side Players
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Harry
Lavigne as Noah Curry
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The Rainmaker
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Scarborough
Players
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MUSICAL
Cathy Smith
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Footloose The Musical
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Meadowvale Music
Theatre
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| Inventive and fun choreography, evoking the 1980s | ||
Barbie
Cameron
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Grease
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Baiba Senecal
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Nunsense
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Queensville Players
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MUSICAL
Dan Kapp
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Children Of Eden
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Scarborough
Music Theatre
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Floydd Ricketts
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Footloose The Musical
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Brampton Music
Theatre
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| Beautifully tight vocals, harmonies and orchestra | ||
Lorne Derraugh
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SUDS
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Theatre
Aurora
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MUSICAL
Paul
Harris
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Children Of Eden
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Scarborough
Music Theatre
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Claire Doucher
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SUDS
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Theatre
Aurora
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Elizabeth Moran
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Two By Two
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South Simcoe
Theatre
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| Elizabeth Moran - creating several weather front, from desert to thunderstorm with minimal instruments | ||
COMEDY
Mary
Jane Boon
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Laughter On The
23rd Floor
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East
Side Players
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Randy
Freer
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When The Cat’s
Away
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The
Milton Players Theatre Group
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Bob
Kowalski & Cheryl Van Vliet
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A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community
Theatre
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René Vriends
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Mambo Italiano
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Markham Little
Theatre
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DRAMA
Kevin
White
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The Dining Room
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Theatre
Aurora
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Ian
Smith
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An Inspector
Calls
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Martin P. Smith
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The Magic Fire
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Markham Little
Theatre
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A remarkable creation of atmosphere supported by attention to
the details of time of day, season and occasion.
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Sharon
Reid
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Mary Stuart
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East
Side Players
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MUSICAL
Alan Tibbles
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Grease
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Oshawa Little
Theatre
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| For simplicity and fun, with a design throughline | ||
Cathy
Partridge
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Les Misérables
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Bruce
Brown
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Thoroughly Modern
Millie
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Clarkson
Music Theatre
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COMEDY
Pamela Curtis
& Colin Lewis
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The Cemetery Club
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Caledon Townhall Players
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Heather
Peterson
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The Curious
Savage
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Scarborough
Players
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Andrew Oxenham
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A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
|
Borelians Community
Theatre
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Wade
Pitman & Mary Rose
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Communicating
Doors
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The
Oakville Players
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DRAMA
Martin
P. Smith
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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Dan Suplido
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Marion Bridge
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The
Curtain Club
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David August
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Mary Stuart
|
East Side Players
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An imaginative incorporation of the original structure of The
Paper Mill Theatre; so simple, so majestic, so creative and flexible, it
amazed.
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Greg Nowlan
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The Rainmaker
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Scarborough
Players
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MUSICAL
Brenda
Clarkson
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Grease
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
|
Mary Bilik Udell
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Guys And Dolls
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Georgetown Globe
Musical Productions
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| For bravery and enormous effort, with colour and texture that never became vulgar. | ||
Valerie
Skinner
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Sweeney Todd: The
Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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COMEDY
Linda
Brent
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The Curious
Savage
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Scarborough
Players
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Maria Cerone
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Mambo Italiano
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Markham
Little Theatre
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Lindsay
Forde
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A Chorus Of
Disapproval
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Amicus
Productions
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Jen Hardie
|
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community Theatre
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DRAMA
Bernie
Hunt
|
A Crucial Week In
The Life Of A Grocer’s Assistant
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Toronto
Irish Players
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Lorraine Cooper-Genkey
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Five Tellers Dancing In The Rain
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Georgetown Little
Theatre
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A costume scheme that supported characters, followed growth
and reflected inner life with humour, heart and style.
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Brenda
Clarkson
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An Inspector
Calls
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Priscilla
Marr
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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MUSICAL
Geoff
Nantes
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Guys And Dolls
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Georgetown
Globe Musical Productions
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Kevin
Arbour
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Sweeney Todd: The
Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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Amelie Larante
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Two By Two
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South Simcoe
Theatre
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| For a soundscape that took us through the Great Flood and beyond. | ||
COMEDY
Jeff
Bathurst
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The Cemetery Club
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Caledon Townhall Players
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Sean Derraugh
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Goodnight
Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
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Blackhorse
Village Players
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Michael Serres & Annette Stokes-Harris
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Borelians Community Theatre
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Alex
Taylor
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When The Cat’s
Away
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The
Milton Players Theatre Group
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DRAMA
Mike Emson
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Five Tellers
Dancing In The Rain
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Georgetown
Little Theatre
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Lucy
Naylor
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An Inspector
Calls
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Karol Kowalski
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The Magic Fire
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Markham Little
Theatre
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A complex soundscape demanding taste, historical accuracy, musicality, imagination and a good ear for reproduction.
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John Rudge
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Mary Stuart
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East
Side Players
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STAGE MANAGEMENT
Tristan Smith
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Les Misérables
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Oshawa Little Theatre
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| For invisibilty in an enormous and seamless production | ||
Glenn
Pringle
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Thoroughly Modern
Millie
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Clarkson
Music Theatre
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Daniel Galea
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Two By Two
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South
Simcoe Theatre
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PROPERTIES
Sue Smith &
Andy Smith
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Children Of Eden
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Scarborough Music
Theatre
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| For creativity and consistency of design and execution | ||
Ilish Craig & Mary
McGregor
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Grease
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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Rob
Lyons
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Plaid Tidings
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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DESIGN TEAM’S
COHESIVE REALISATION OF THE DIRECTOR’S VISION
The
Design / Production Team
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Children Of Eden
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Scarborough
Music Theatre
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The Design /
Production Team
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet
Street
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Whitby Courthouse
Theatre
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| For the company-wide work in designing and executing the Steam Punk style | ||
The
Design / Production Team
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Two By Two
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South
Simcoe Theatre
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OUTSTANDING
ENSEMBLE MEMBER
Margaret Argall
as Betty Blast
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Footloose The Musical
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Brampton Music
Theatre
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| For an understated and capturing performance of a very small character | ||
Bobbie
Flatt as Betty Blast
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Footloose The
Musical
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Meadowvale
Music Theatre
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Paul d’Entremont as The Dancing Cuban Bartender
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Guys And Dolls
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Georgetown
Globe Musical Productions
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THE NEWCOMER AWARD
Shelley
Mitchell as Florence
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The Curious Savage
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Scarborough
Players
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THE BIGGEST RISK AWARD
Vicki
Drier (Producer) & Kate Horzempa (Director)
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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
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Blackhorse
Village Players
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THE BEST ENSEMBLE
AWARD
The Long Weekend – Robert Calvert, Director
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The Long Weekend
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Whitby
Courthouse Theatre
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THE MOST MOVING MOMENT
AWARD
Rosanna Armata as Lucille, for her final monologue
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The Cemetery Club
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Caledon Townhall Players
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HONOURABLE MENTION
IN ACTING
Khary N. Arthur as
Inspector Goole
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An Inspector
Calls
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The
Oakville Players
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Samantha
Burton as Young Lise
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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Jeff Naworynski as William Gillette
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Postmortem
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Theatre Aurora
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This actor was the glue and the solid centre of the play; the
role played with definition, humour and attention to detail.
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Franny McCabe-Bennett
as Catherine
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Proof
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Burl-Oak
Theatre Group
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THEATRE MAGIC
The
Director and Crew
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An Inspector
Calls
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The
Oakville Players
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For a startlingly original set reveal
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The
Design Team and Crew
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An Inspector
Calls
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Oshawa
Little Theatre
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For the opening and closing tableaux creating a perfect circle
of the play’s events
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The
Cast
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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For a compelling moment where the entire onstage cast sings
along with Travatore
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The Design Team
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Mary Stuart
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East Side Players
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For
a dynamic blend of set, lights and sound design to create the world of
Elizabeth the First
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UNSUNG
HEROES
Properties
and Set Dressing
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The Magic Fire
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Markham
Little Theatre
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For a seemingly endless stream of props, personal effects and
food completing an alive stage
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Properties and
Set Dressing
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The
Rain Maker
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Scarborough
Players
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For
thoughtful set dressing and props, especially custom built artefacts
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The Sound Team
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The
Uninvited
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Scarborough
Theatre Guild
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For
creating and managing a complex soundscape under
tremendous constraints
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The
Backstage Crew
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The Wisdom Of Eve
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Scarborough
Theatre Guild
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For backstage help for actors forever running, climbing, and
changing
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EXCEPTIONAL
ENSEMBLE ACTING
The
ensemble
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A Crucial Week In
The Life Of A Grocer’s Assistant
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Toronto
Irish Players
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The
ensemble
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The Dining Room
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Theatre
Aurora
|
The
ensemble
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Five Tellers
Dancing In The Rain
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Georgetown
Little Theatre
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The ensemble
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The Magic Fire
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Markham Little
Theatre
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A true ensemble works as a team or family on stage, relying on
one another and trusting each other implicitly.
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