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Award
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| Best Lighting Design | Comedy |
Carol Ann Doucher |
Same Time, Another Year | Theatre Aurora |
| (Sponsored by Georgetown Little
Theatre in memory of Tony Durrant) |
Jen Lenoir | Yesteryear | Burl-Oak Theatre Group | |
| Steve Meacher | Thirteen Hands | The Curtain Club | ||
| Cat Heaven | The Dining Room | Georgetown Little Theatre | ||
| Drama | Mary Jane Boon | Misery | The Curtain Club | |
| Bob Kowalski | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Oshawa Little Theatre | ||
| Rick & Brittany Huntington | Orphans | The Borelians | ||
| Mathew Devine | Proof | The Curtain Club | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | This design was so adept and subtle that it was almost invisible to the audience, yet portrayed both atmosphere and time shifts with true dexterity and a feel for lighting that is truly commendable. The other element to this award is that they accomplished this in a limited facility and did it so well that I thought they used far more instruments than they actually did. | |||
| Musical | Colin Hughes | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre | |
| Roger Gow | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Gavin McDonald | The Mikado | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Set Design | Comedy | Wayne Cardinalli | Art | East Side Players |
| (Sponsored by Theatre Aurora) | Rebekah Wilkinson | Yesteryear | Burl-Oak Theatre Group | |
| Bill White | Gone To Glory | Newmarket Stage Company | ||
| Maggie McEwan | Office Hours | Mississauga Players | ||
| Drama | Wayne Milliner & Alice Torrance | Misery | The Curtain Club | |
| Nancy Newman | Dracula: Nightmare of the Dead | The Borelians | ||
| Jane Coryell | Vinci | The Oakville Players | ||
| Valerie Fiedler | Dial M For Murder | Scarborough Theatre Guild | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | The set, designed and decorated in this production, became almost another character in the performance. It was a visually delightful rendition of renaissance Italy with a fine color palette of earth tones and terra cotta, superb employment of multiple levels for acting areas, and a simply stunning use of sepia da Vinci sketches littering the deck. Despite its apparent complexity, this set receded beautifully when the actors began to work upon it. Truly it was a magnificent design that anyone who saw will certainly remember | |||
| Musical | Craig Marshall | Big, The Musical | Georgetown Globe Productions | |
| John Guys & John Dalgleish | The Mikado | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| John Dalgleish | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Costume Design | Comedy | Joy Knuff | Same Time, Another Year | Theatre Aurora |
| (Sponsored by Oshawa Little Theatre) | Sharon Dykstra & Diane Piaskoski | Thirteen Hands | The Curtain Club | |
| Barbara Taylor | I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell | Toronto Irish Players | ||
| Deanna Arsenault | Enchanted April | The Oakville Players | ||
| Drama | Sue Young | Vinci | The Oakville Players | |
| Wayne Milliner & Alice Torrance | Misery | The Curtain Club | ||
| Bernadette Hunt | The Plough & The Stars | Toronto Irish Players | ||
| Suzanne Stoner | Proof | The Curtain Club | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | Superb detailed work on period, place and character. Within a muted palette of grays, tans and beiges this fine design indicated clear delineation among the characters in the play while simultaneously offering detailed period work and a true sense of the tenement class in Dublin. Slightly frayed sleeves, scuffed authentic boots, and attention to things like small patches showing the inability of these people to ever purchase anything new gave a real sense of immersion. | |||
| Musical | Audrey Turner | Anne of Green Gables | South Simcoe Theatre | |
| Alex Armini | The Mikado | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Ruth Higgins | Grease | The Queensville Players | ||
| Best Sound Design | Comedy | Jennifer Lau | Same Time, Another Year | Theatre Aurora |
| (Sponsored by East Side Players in memory of Martyn Wolfman) |
Terry Browne | The Norbals | Markham Little Theatre | |
| David Corbitt | Thirteen Hands | The Curtain Club | ||
| John McQueen [Sound] & Phil Conron [Music Composition] | The Importance of Being Earnest | East Side Players | ||
| Drama | A.J. Sabine & Chris Worsnop | Vinci | The Oakville Players | |
| Michael Serres & Ruth Smith | Dracula: Nightmare of the Dead | The Borelians | ||
| David Glover & Marina Leyderman | Misery | The Curtain Cluib | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | An emotive, atmospheric and at times ironic sound design which was absolutely integral to the production both from the point of view of effects and atmosphere made this a clear candidate for best sound. But most important were the choices of music, sometimes controversial, though always effective to create a compelling "Hitchcockian" feel of both mystery and suspense. | |||
| Musical | Greg Salisbury | The Mikado | Clarkson Music Theatre | |
| Tyler Savery | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre | ||
| Greg Salisbury | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Choreographer | Musical | Kerry Brough | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre |
| (Sponsored by Georgetown Globe Productions) | Tai Mathieson | Big, The Musical | Georgetown Globe Productions | |
| Baiba Senecal | Grease | The Queensville Players | ||
| Best Musical Director | Musical | Norman Kitney | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre |
| (Sponsored by Georgetown Globe Productions) | Ruth McDonald | The Mikado | Clarkson Music Theatre | |
| Bob Hardinge | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Performance by a Male In A Supporting Role | Comedy | John Carter as "The Bellhop" | Lend Me A tenor | Caledon Townhall Players |
| . | Andy Rowe as "Sandy MacMillan" | Yesteryear | Burl-Oak Theatre Group | |
| . | . | Alan McKenzie as "Derek" | Trivial Pursuits | Mississauga Players |
| . | . | Chris Reid as "Mellersh Wilton" | Enchanted April | The Oakville Players |
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| . | Drama | Howard Quinn as "Covey" | The Plough & the Stars | Toronto Irish Players |
| . | Paddy Cardarelli as "Robert" | Proof | The Curtain Club | |
| . | Sergio Calderon as "Armstrong/Phil" | Experiment With An Air Pump | Theatre Aurora | |
| Daniel Sullivan as "Coleman Connor" | The Lonesome West | Oshawa Little theatre | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | An actor who truly inhabited the role, this individual's vocal work was very strong, and more significantly his physicality rang so true that you couldn't really see anything of the actor, but only the character. He was able to transport the audience into the reality of this unusual, dangerous and precarious man. His acting was a tightrope walk veering the character from gentle to murderous, and we in the audience never knew which way things would turn. | |||
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| . | Musical | Alex Fiddes as "Billy" | Big, The Musical | Scugog Choral Society |
| . | Owen McLaughlin as "Sammy" | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | |
| . | Phil Cook as "Pirate King" | Pirates of Penzance | Theatre Aurora | |
| Best Performance by a Female In A Supporting Role | Comedy | Jaydabeth Stewart as "Mindy" | Five Women Wearing the Same Dress | Blackhorse Village Players |
| (Sponsored by Scarborough Theatre Guild) | Jennifer Penz as "Diana" | Lend Me A Tenor | Caledon Townhall Players | |
| Mary Pat McBride as "Deidre" | Trivial Pursuits | Mississauga Players | ||
| Maggie Luxford as "Mrs. Graves" | Enchanted April | The Oakville Players | ||
| Drama | Barbara Taylor as "Bessie Burgess" | The Plough & The Stars | Toronto Irish Players | |
| Cindy Platten as "Margot Wendice" | Dial M For Murder | Scarborough Theatre Guild | ||
| Teresa Labriola as "Girleen" | The Lonesome West | Oshawa Little Theatre | ||
| Kristen Pontisso as "Caterina" | Vinci | The Oakville Players | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | Her work as the peasant mother of the illegitimate Leonardo was both convincing and at times heart rending. Throughout the performance her presence offered a real sense of a woman overcoming victimization to arrive at the realization that, for the good of her child, she must give him up. Her final lines as she does so were so perfectly delivered that the audience was offered not only a sense of Caterina's loss, but of her nobility as well. It was a moving moment of theatre. | |||
| Musical | Heather Sessions as "Bloody Mary" | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre | |
| Laurel Dault as "Diana" | Anne of Green Gables | South Simcoe Theatre | ||
| Michelle Ferguson as "Linda" | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Performance by a Male In A Leading Role | Comedy | David Brock as "Algernon Moncrieff" | The Importance of Being Earnest | Georgetown Little Theatre |
| (Sponsored by Newmarket Stage Company in memory of Alan Cox) | Andrew Welch as "Max" | Lend Me A Tenor | Caledon Townhall Players | |
| Stephen Farrell as "Joe Fell" | I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell | Toronto Irish Players | ||
| Robert Ouellette as "Lady Bracknell" | The Importance of Being Earnest | East Side Players | ||
| Drama | Robert Calvert as "George" | Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? | Oshawa Little Theatre | |
| David Henderson as "Paul Sheldon" | Misery | The Curtain Club | ||
| Peter Shipston as "Fenwick/Tom" | Experiment With An Air Pump | Theatre Aurora | ||
| Chris Reid as "Father Bartolomeo" | Vinci | The Oakville Players | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | This delicate, warm and wide ranging portrayal was convincing and inviting right from the top. His adroit aging of the character, at times within a few seconds, was both superb acting and magnetic in its attraction. As the narrator and lead character this actor was seldom offstage. The subtle softness of his characterization was simply superb. | |||
| Musical | Darryn Stephen as "Danny" | Grease | The Queensville Players | |
| Scott Carmichael as "Josh Baskin" | Big, The Musical | Georgetown Globe Productions | ||
| Gregg Shanks as "Mickey" | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Performance by a Female In A Leading Role | Comedy | Jacquie Presly as "Doris" | Same Time, Another Year | Theatre Aurora |
| (Sponsored by Newmarket Stage Company in memory of Maggie King) | Ruth Smith as "Ida" | The Cemetery Club | Markham Little Theatre | |
| Joint Nomination - Diane Ament as "Winnie" and Diana Wilton as "Lulu" | Gone To Glory | Newmarket Stage Company | ||
| Traci Morgan as "Lotty Wilton" | Enchanted April | The Oakville Players | ||
| Drama | Nicole Downie as "Annie Wilkes" | Misery | The Curtain Club | |
| Victoria Curran as "Susannah/Ellen" | Experiment With An Air Pump | Theatre Aurora | ||
| Shari Thorne-Kowalski as "Martha" | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Oshawa Little Theatre | ||
| Shannon L. Aguila as "Catherine" | Proof | The Curtain Club | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | With an incredibly deep, brash and at times stunning performance, this actresses' work was, to put it mildly, chilling. Her off beat and compelling approach to interpreting the character was a brave and exceptional choice. And she truly inhabited the character: from the drunken seductress to the flailing emotional invalid, the role of Martha made you squirm in your seat. | |||
| Musical | Jo Kemp as "Mrs. Johnstone" | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | |
| Danielle Kostrich as "Anne" | Anne of Green Gables | South Simcoe Theatre | ||
| Amanda Bell as "Mabel" | Pirates of Penzance | Theatre Aurora | ||
| Best Direction Of A Play | Comedy | Harvey Levkoe | Art | East Side Players |
| (Sponsored by The Curtain Club in memory of Cicely Thomson) | John Mitchell | The Norbals | Markham Little Theatre | |
| Joan Burrows | Thirteen Hands | The Curtain Club | ||
| Susan Smith & Martin P. Smith | The Cemetery Club | Markham Little Theatre | ||
| Drama | Brian J. Moore | Proof | The Curtain Club | |
| Keven O'Shea | The Plough & The Stars | Toronto Irish Players | ||
| Michael Savage | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Oshawa Little Theatre | ||
| Brandon Moore | Misery | The Curtain Club | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | Seldom does one witness a director's vision of a play performed with such attention to detail, strong pacing, and so much skill that the director has actually improved upon the script. That happened with this production and this director's vision of the play made it more a Hitchcockian thriller than a Steven King horror story. The entire production was so tightly woven that it was apparent from the beginning that a talented director was at the helm. | |||
| Artisitic Direction of a Musical |
Musical | Nina M. Foxall | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre |
| Scott A. Hurst | Anne of Green Gables | South Simcoe Theatre | ||
| Bob Riddell | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Best Presentation Of A Play | Comedy | Pat Kaelble & Susan McQueen | Art | East Side Players |
| Wayne Milliner | Thirteen Hands | The Curtain Club | ||
| Bernadette Hunt | I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell | Toronto Irish Players | ||
| Drama | Sandy Llyod | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Oshawa Little Theatre | |
| Sharon Dykstra & Nicole Forero-Goedmakers | Misery | The Curtain Club | ||
| Carey Nicholson | Orphans | The Borelians | ||
| Robert Bray & Mike Webb | Proof | The Curtain Club | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | This delicate, subtle and always moving production of a very complex script contained immense challenges to actors, the director and technicians. The characters in this performance were so compelling and so realistically drawn that the audience couldn't help but empathize with each of them. The company has produced a piece that works so well on so many levels I can't think of a better candidate for Best Presentation. | |||
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ACT-CO
is pleased to announce that The
Curtain Club's Proof will be representing ACT-CO at the 2006
Theatre Ontario Festival in Sarnia from May 18-22, 2006.
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| Musical | Maureen Smith | South Pacific | Oshawa Little Theatre | |
| Anne of Green Gables | South Simcoe Theatre | |||
| Rita Ferguson, Rob Gorican, Christine McMahon | Blood Brothers | Clarkson Music Theatre | ||
| Adjudicator's Awards | ||||
| Comedy Adjudicator Award 1 | ||||
| Playwriting | Michael Brown for writing | Framework For Murder | Mississauga Players | |
| (Comedy Adjudicator Awards sponsored by The Oakville Players) | Robert G. Newby for writing | Christmas Pudding | Onstage Performance Group | |
| Comedy Adjudicator Award 2 | ||||
| Dynamic Set Design | Cat Heaven | The Importance of Being Earnest | Georgetown Little Theatre | |
| Ron Brownsberger | The Cemetary Club | Markham Little Theatre | ||
| Gail Evans & Julian Mulock | The Importance of Being Earnest | East Side Players | ||
| Shauna McLean | Enchanted April | The Oakville Players | ||
| Comedy Adjudicator Award 3 | ||||
| Outstanding Performance by an Acting Ensemble | The Cast - Robert Ouellette, Chris Irving & Daryn DeWalt | Art | East Side Players | |
| The Cast | The Norbals | Markham Little Theatre | ||
| The Cast | Thirteen Hands | The Curtain Club | ||
| Comedy Adjudicator Award 4 | ||||
| Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer | Grant Deasley as "Tripp" | Five Women Wearing the Same Dress | Blackhorse Village Players | |
| Trudy Crawford as "Victoria Winbottom" | Christmas Pudding | Onstage Performance Group | ||
| Andrew Liptak as "Bobby Holland" | Office Hours | Mississauga Players | ||
| Claire Sullivan as "Ellie Young" | Office Hours | Mississauga Players | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Award 1 | ||||
| Set Construction & Decoration | Robert Bray (Construction Co-ordinator) & Jo Ann Warren (Set Decor) | Proof | The Curtain Club | |
| (Drama Adjudicator Awards sponsored by Blackhorse Village Players) | ||||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | The decision to employ a realistic box set can be a precarious one. Once you've decided upon the 'real', if anything rings at all false in the work the entire verisimilitude falls apart. This set's incredible attention to detail, superb paint work and what had to have been hours and hours of painstaking consideration was so impressive I felt it deserved mention through an award. I'm only sorry I missed the rat under the porch. | |||
| Drama Adjudicator Award 2 | ||||
| Stage Management | Ben Sanford | The Plough & The Stars | Toronto Irish Players | |
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | This young man, who stepped into the regular Stage Manager's shoes and with one rehearsal and one shadowed show call, ran what I considered to be a near flawless performance of the play. I also overheard actors and technicians congratulating him on his work so I feel confirmed in my notion that Ben volunteered for a very difficult and stressful job, and pulled it off with skill and aplomb. | |||
| Drama Adjudicator Award 3 | ||||
| Best New to Stage | Jeannette Goguen as "Honey" | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Oshawa Little Theatre | |
| David Kennet as "Roget" | Experiment With An Air Pump | Theatre Aurora | ||
| Graeme Powell as "Phillip" | Orphans | The Borelians | ||
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | In a role that could easily have descended into caricature, this actor brought a sense of innocence and dignity to the character of a boy who has been sheltered his entire life. The carefully considered moments of this character's evolution to a young man of independence were truly examples of exceptional acting, and the fact that this is his first time on a stage in eight years since high school made his achievement even more special. | |||
| Drama Adjudicator Award 4 | ||||
| Ensemble Performance | The Cast - Graeme Powell, Paul Chiusolo & Bill Walker and Director - Vivian Lee | Orphans | The Borelians | |
| Drama Adjudicator Comments: | Rarely does one witness an entire cast that was cast so well. Indeed, each of the actors in this production: Graeme Powell, Paul Chiusolo and Bill Walker, so completely inhabited their characters that at times it felt as if we in the audience were simply voyeurs observing the lives of these people. The actors work together was so nuanced, and so seamless, that it was impossible to select any one of them as more accomplished than the others. So I solved the problem as I believe it should be, all of these gentlemen, and their director, Vivian Lee, deserve congratulations for their accomplished work. | |||
| Musical Adjudicator Award 1 | ||||
| Outstanding Performance | Danielle Kostrich as "Anne" | Anne of Green Gables | South Simcoe Theatre | |
| (Musical Adjudicator Awards sponsored byClakson Music Theatre) | ||||
| Musical Adjudicator Award 2 | ||||
| Outstanding Performance | Amanda Bell as "Mabel" | Pirates of Penzance | Theatre Aurora | |
| Musical Adjudicator Award 3 | ||||
| Outstanding Performance | Gerry Dimmelow as "Major General" | Pirates of Penzance | Theatre Aurora | |
| Musical Adjudicator Award 4 | ||||
| Stage Management | Katrina Moore | Big, The Musical | Georgetown Globe Productions | |
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2005-2006 Festival
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2005-2006 Festival
Adjudicators |
2005-2006 Festival
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