Tuesday, June 5, 2012

2012 Dora Mavor Moore Awards – nominations


At a press conference held June 5 at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 169 nominations for 212 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2011 and May 22, 2012 for the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

For the 2011-2012 season, 116 producing companies registered eligible productions. A total of 35 Dora Awards plus the Silver Ticket Award, the Pauline McGibbon Award and the Audience Choice Award will be given out in a glittering ceremony hosted by Thom Allison on Monday, June 25 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theatre.

In the General Theatre Production Division, Tarragon Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille tie for the overall lead with 8 nods each. Passe Muraille’s Crash and Nightwood Theatre’s The Penelopiad tie for top production with 6 nominations each, followed by 4 each for The Golden Dragon (Tarragon), Topdog Underdog (Obsidian TheatreCompany in association with the Shaw Festival) and WAR HORSE (Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre of Great Britain, David Mirvish).

In the Independent Theatre Production Division, three companies tie for the lead as Ahuri Theatre’s A Fool’s Life, Theatre Columbus’ The Story and Theatre Smash’s The Ugly One each earn 6 nominations. His Greatness(independent Artists Repertory Theatre) and The Life and Times of Mackenzie King (VideoCabaret) follow closely with 5 nods each.

In the Musical Theatre Division, Acting Up Stage Company (in association with Obsidian Theatre Company) leads overall with 10 nods for Caroline, or Change (and with 1 nod in the General Theatre Division for Ride the Cyclone, it brings Acting Up Stage to 11 nods overall). Young People's Theatre’s Seussical is next with 6 nods.

In the Opera Division, 7 out of 9 nominations go to Canadian Opera Company (COC) productions as well as another 7in the General Division, making a total of 14 nods. COC’s A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi and Rigoletto (a new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera each earn 5 nods as does Queen of Puddings Music Theatre’s SVADBA – Wedding.

In the Dance Division, Gadfly’s Klorofyl earns top spot with 3 nods.

The Theatre for Young Audiences Division sees Roseneath Theatre take the lead with 4 nods, 2 for The Neverending Story and 2 for Tough Case.

As well, in a special gift from the Bluma Appel Community Trust, a $5,000 prize will be awarded to the winning playwright of Outstanding New Play in the General Theatre Production Division for the sixth year in a row, in addition to the continuation of Bluma’s Indies comprisedof a cash prize of $1,000 per winning category in the Independent Theatre Production Division.

The 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards will take place on Monday June 25 at the Bluma Appel Theatre in the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. The event will be hosted by Thom Allison.


2012 DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS NOMINEES

GENERAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
WAR HORSE BOB BOYETT, TIM LEVY, NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN, DAVID MIRVISH
The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre
Topdog Underdog Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
The Golden Dragon Tarragon Theatre
Crash Theatre Passe Muraille

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION
NEXT TO NORMAL David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second
Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard Presented by Dancap Inc.
How To Disappear Completely Factory Theatre presents The Chop Theatre
THE SHIPMENT Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Young Jean Lee's Theater Company
La Liste (The List) Théâtre français de Toronto presents a Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
Ride the Cyclone Theatre Passe Muraille and Acting Up Stage Company

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Erin Fleck Those Who Can't Do Theatre Passe Muraille
Evan Webber Ajax & Little Iliad Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents
Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O'Connell
Ins Choi Kim's Convenience Soulpepper Theatre Company
Pamela Mala Sinha Crash Theatre Passe Muraille
Tim Supple & Hanan al-Shaykh One Thousand and One Nights Luminato and Dash Arts

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY / MUSICAL
Alan Dilworth Crash Theatre Passe Muraille
Kelly Thornton The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre
Philip Akin Topdog Underdog Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
Robert McQueen Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Ross Manson The Golden Dragon Tarragon Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Jim Mezon, RED, a Canadian Stage/Vancouver Playhouse/Citadel Theatre co-production
Kevin Hanchard, Topdog Underdog, Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
Michael Healey Clybourne Park Studio 180 Theatre in association with Canadian Stage
Nigel Shawn Williams, Topdog Underdog, Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Kim's Convenience, Soulpepper Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Christine Horne Andromache Necessary Angel
Maev Beaty The Happy Woman Nightwood Theatre
Michaela Washburn White Biting Dog Soulpepper Theatre Company
Nicole Underhay The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Tarragon Theatre
Pamela Mala Sinha Crash Theatre Passe Muraille

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE / ENSEMBLE
Fiona Reid White Biting Dog Soulpepper Theatre Company
Jeff Lillico The Glass Menagerie Soulpepper Theatre Company
Ryan Kelly The Normal Heart Studio 180 Theatre in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
The Ensemble The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre
The Ensemble The Golden Dragon Tarragon Theatre

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Denyse Karn The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre
Ken MacDonald Ghosts Soulpepper Theatre Company
Michael Levine Rigoletto A new co-production of Canadian Opera
Company and English National Opera based
Teresa Przybylski The Golden Dragon Tarragon Theatre
Wilson Chin A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi Canadian Opera Company production

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Costume Designer RAE SMITH, Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction ADRIAN KOHLER with BASIL JONES for HANDSPRING PUPPET COMPANY
WAR HORSE BOB BOYETT, TIM LEVY, NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN, DAVID MIRVISH
Denyse Karn The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre
Judith Bowden Seussical Young People's Theatre
Michael Levine Rigoletto A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera based
Terese Wadden, A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Alan Brodie Ghosts Soulpepper Theatre Company
Bonnie Beecher The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Tarragon Theatre
Kimberly Purtell Crash Theatre Passe Muraille
Kimberly Purtell SVADBA - Wedding Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Kimberly Purtell Beckett: Feck It! Queen of Puddings Music Theatre with Canadian Stage

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Debashis Sinha Crash Theatre Passe Muraille
John Gzowski Name in Vain (Decalogue Two) Tarragon Theatre
John Wynne Andromache Necessary Angel
Sound CHRISTOPHER SHUTT, Music ADRIAN SUTTON, Songmaker JOHN TAMS, WAR HORSE BOB BOYETT, TIM LEVY, NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN, DAVID MIRVISH
Thomas Ryder Payne The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Tarragon Theatre

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Director of Movement and Horse Choreography TOBY SEDGWICK WAR HORSE BOB BOYETT, TIM LEVY, NATIONAL THEATRE
OF GREAT BRITAIN, DAVID MIRVISH
Monica Dottor The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre
Nicola Pantin Seussical Young People's Theatre
Tim French Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Tim Supple One Thousand and One Nights Luminato and Dash Arts

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
Dáirine Ní Mheadhra & John Hess SVADBA - Wedding Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Johannes Debus Rigoletto A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera based
Pablo Heras-Casado Iphigenia in Tauris Canadian Opera Company presents a co-production of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Reza Jacobs Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Sir Andrew Davis A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production

OPERA DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Rigoletto A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera based
Iphigenia in Tauris Canadian Opera Company presents a co-production of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi Canadian Opera Company production
Armide Opera Atelier
SVADBA - Wedding Queen of Puddings Music Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Alan Held A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi Canadian Opera Company production
Jane Archibald, Semele Canadian Opera Company presents a production of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels in co-production with KT Wong Foundation
Quinn Kelsey Rigoletto A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera based
Susan Graham Iphigenia in Tauris Canadian Opera Company presents a coproduction of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
The Ensemble SVADBA - Wedding Queen of Puddings Music Theatre

MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
I Love You Because Angelwalk Theatre
Seussical Young People's Theatre

OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL/OPERA
Ana Sokolovic SVADBA - Wedding Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Conceived by Brian Goldenberg & Anthony Bastianon, Off-Broadway On Stage, Angelwalk Theatre
Nicole Brooks Obeah Opera b current Performing Arts Co. and Theatre Archipelago

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE
Damien Atkins Seussical Young People's Theatre
George Masswohl Seussical Young People's Theatre
Jeff Madden I Love You Because Angelwalk Theatre
Michael Levinson Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Sterling Jarvis Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE
Arlene Duncan Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Deborah Hay Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Jane Johanson Seussical Young People's Theatre
Neema Bickersteth Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Sabryn Rock Caroline, or Change Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company

INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
A Fool's Life Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
The Story Theatre Columbus
The Ugly One Theatre Smash
Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself U.N.I.T. Productions
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MACKENZIE KING Videocabaret

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY OR NEW MUSICAL
Adam Paolozza & Arif Mirabdolbaghi (original adaptation), The Double TheatreRUN
Eric Woolfe DOC WUTHERGLOOM'S HAUNTED MEDICINE SHOW ELDRITCH THEATRE
Heather Marie Annis, Amy Lee & Byron Laviolette, Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself U.N.I.T. Productions
Hume Baugh Crush Optic Heart Theatre
Jules Lewis Tomasso's Party Rooftop Creations

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Ashlie Corcoran The Ugly One Theatre Smash
Dan Watson A Fool's Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
Ed Roy His Greatness independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)
Jennifer Brewin The Story Theatre Columbus
Michael Hollingsworth THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MACKENZIE KING Videocabaret

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Clinton Walker Ditch Sometimes Y Theatre
Cyrus Faird The Jones Boy Surface/Underground Theatre
Daniel MacIvor His Greatness independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)
Eric Woolfe DOC WUTHERGLOOM'S HAUNTED MEDICINE SHOW ELDRITCH THEATRE
Richard Donat His Greatness independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE
Amy Nostbakken The Big Smoke Theatre Ad Infinitum in association with Why Not Theatre
Astrid Van Wieren This Wide Night Mermaid Productions
Lesley Faulkner Dying City surface/underground theatre & Elisa's Boy Productions
Melee Hutton Brothers Karamazov Wordsmyth Theatre
Shannon Taylor The Jones Boy Surface/Underground Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE / ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble A Fool's Life Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
The Ensemble Stockholm Seventh Stage Theatre Productions in association with Nightwood Theatre
The Ensemble The Story Theatre Columbus
The Ensemble Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself U.N.I.T. Productions
The Ensemble THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MACKENZIE KING Videocabaret

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Andrea Mittler Brothers Karamazov Wordsmyth Theatre
Camellia Koo The Ugly One Theatre Smash
Catherine Hahn The Story Theatre Columbus
Kimberly Purtell His Greatness independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)
Sean Frey and Sonja Rainey A Fool's Life Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Astrid Janson THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MACKENZIE KING Videocabaret
Camellia Koo The Ugly One Theatre Smash
Catherine Hahn The Story Theatre Columbus
Lindsay Anne Black Peter and the Wolf Theatre Rusticle
Sean Frey and Sonja Rainey A Fool's Life Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Andre du Toit The Double TheatreRUN
Andy Moro THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MACKENZIE KING Videocabaret
David DeGrow Hallaj Modern Times Stage Company
Jason Hand The Ugly One Theatre Smash
Kimberly Purtell His Greatness independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Gaishi Ishizaka A Fool's Life Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
John Gzowski The Ugly One Theatre Smash
John Millard The Story Theatre Columbus
Patric Caird Peter and the Wolf Theatre Rusticle
Thomas Ryder Payne Hallaj Modern Times Stage Company

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Tough Case Roseneath Theatre
The Studio Young People's Theatre presents Bouge de là
Sanctuary Song Theatre Direct Canada
Everything Under the Moon Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows
Baobab Young People's Theatre presents Théâtre Motus and Sô Company (Mali)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Burgandy Code Tough Case Roseneath Theatre
Meegwun Fairbrother The Great Mountain Red Sky Performance
Natasha Greenblatt The Neverending Story Roseneath Theatre
Richard Lee The Neverending Story Roseneath Theatre
Xin Wang Sanctuary Song Theatre Direct Canada

DANCE DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Orpheus & Eurydice a Compagnie Marie Chouinard production presented by Canadian Stage
Dark Matters a Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM production presented by Canadian Stage
TransMigration Co-Production with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre
IZM DanceWorks presents Bboyizm
Confluence Luminato Presents A Sadler's Wells Production

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Guillaume Côté Fractals ProArteDanza
Jean-Sébastien Lourdais Etrange Toronto Dance Theatre
Lina Cruz/Fila 13 Productions Soupe du Jour princess productions
Ofilio "Sinbadinho" Portillo and Apolonia Velasquez Klorofyl Gadfly

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Juan Ogalla Aguas / Waters - Celebrating 30 Years Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Jung-Ah Chung Excerpts from a Wet Summer princess productions
Linnea Swan Four Mad Humours pounds per square inch performance
The Ensemble Klorofyl Gadfly

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
A Tribe Called Red (Ian Campeau, Dan General, Bear), Cris Derksen, Tanya Tagaq, Vince Fontaine, Barbara Croall
TransMigration Co-Production with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre
Ann Southam Rivers Toronto Dance Theatre
Bernard Slobodian Soupe du Jour princess productions
Eugene Draw, Dr Draw Klorofyl Gadfly
Nicolás Hernández, Oscar Lago Aguas / Waters - Celebrating 30 Years Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company

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