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The nominees for The 31st Annual Jessie
Richardson Theatre Awards (JRTAS) were announced at the Jessie
Nominations Party held on Tuesday, May 21st at the Vancouver
TheatreSports League Improv Centre on
Granville Island.
“The
Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Society is proud to honour
and celebrate achievements in Vancouver professional theatre,” says
JRTAS President Meredith Elliott. “We are privileged to have such an
accomplished community of artists, each year creating an exciting and
eclectic body of work for Vancouver audiences to enjoy.”
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Nominees
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LARGE THEATRE
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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role, Large Theatre
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Andrew McNee
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Boeing-Boeing
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Andrew Wheeler
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Clybourne Park
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Ashley Wright
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Bard on the
Beach
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Gaelan Beatty
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Xanadu
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Arts Club Theatre
Company
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Scott Bellis
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King John
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Bard on the
Beach
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Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role, Large Theatre
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Deborah
Williams
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Clybourne Park
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Gina Chiarelli
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Master Class
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Arts Club Theatre
Company
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Kerry
Sandomirsky
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Haunted
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Touchstone
Theatre Production
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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Large Theatre
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Chris Cochrane
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She Stoops to Conquer
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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David Marr
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Bard on the
Beach
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Ian Butcher
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Macbeth
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Bard on the
Beach
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Kayvon Kelly
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The Taming of the Shrew
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Bard on the
Beach
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Robert Moloney
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Clybourne Park
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Large Theatre
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Beatrice Zeilinger
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Xanadu
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Colleen
Wheeler
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Boeing-Boeing
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Georgina Beaty
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My Turquoise Years
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Lauren Bowler
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High Society
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Nicola Lipman
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Boeing-Boeing
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Lighting Design, Large Theatre
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Gerald King
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Macbeth
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Bard on the
Beach
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Gerald King
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Xanadu
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Gerald King
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The Taming of the Shrew
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Bard on the
Beach
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Itai Erdal
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She Stoops to Conquer
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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John Webber
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Master Class
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Set Design, Large Theatre
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Alison Green
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My Turquoise Years
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Amir Ofek
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Boeing-Boeing
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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David Roberts
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She Stoops to Conquer
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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John Webber
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Master Class
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Pam Johnson
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Bard on the
Beach
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Outstanding Costume Design, Large Theatre
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Drew Facey
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Bard on the
Beach
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Mara Gottler
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The Taming of the Shrew
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Bard on the
Beach
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Rebekka Sorensen
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She Stoops to Conquer
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Direction, Large Theatre
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David Mackay
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Boeing-Boeing
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Dean Paul
Gibson
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Xanadu
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Janet Wright
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Clybourne Park
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Johnna Wright
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The Merry
Wives of Windsor
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Bard on the
Beach
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Meg Roe
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Master Class
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Production, Large Theatre
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Clybourne Park
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Arts
Club Theatre Company
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Master Class
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Arts
Club Theatre Company
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The Merry
Wives of Windsor
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Bard
on the Beach
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Significant Artistic Achievement, Large Theatre
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Benjamin Elliott
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Bard on the
Beach
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The Merry
Wives of Windsor
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Outstanding
Musical Direction
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Corwin
Ferguson
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Master Class
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Outstanding
Projection Design
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Murray Price
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Bard on the
Beach
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Macbeth
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Outstanding
Sound or Original Composition
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Ron Samworth
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Theatre
Conspiracy
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Extraction
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Outstanding
Sound or Original Composition
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SMALL THEATRE
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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role, Small Theatre
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Benjamin
Elliott
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Broken Sex
Doll
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The Virtual
Stage
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Haig Sutherland
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The Secret
Mask
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Presentation
House Theatre
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Jay Brazeau
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The Secret
Mask
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Presentation
House Theatre
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John Emmet
Tracy
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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John Murphy
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Eternal Hydra
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Touchstone
Theatre
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Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role, Small Theatre
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Emma Slipp
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Three Sisters
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The Only Child
Collective
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Erla Faye Forsyth
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How to Write a
New Book for the Bible
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Pacific
Theatre
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Julie McIsaac
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Mother Teresa
is Dead
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Bleeding Heart
Collective
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Leanna Brodie
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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Pippa Mackie
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Small Theatre
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Brett Harris
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Mojo
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ITSAZOO
Productions
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Chris Lam
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100 Saints You
Should Know
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Pacific
Theatre
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Joey Lespérance
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Porc-Épic
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Kayvon Kelly
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Mother Teresa
is Dead
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Bleeding Heart
Collective
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Sean Harris
Oliver
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Unstuck
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the frank theatre company
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Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Small Theatre
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Alison Kelly
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The Secret
Mask
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Presentation
House Theatre
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France Perras
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Porc-Épic
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Josette Jorge
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Play with
Monsters
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Solo
Collective Theatre
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Karin Konoval
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Play with
Monsters
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Solo
Collective Theatre
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Marsha Regis
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Race
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RACE Equity
Co-op
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Outstanding Lighting Design, Small Theatre
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Alan Brodie
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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Itai Erdal
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Broken Sex
Doll
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The Virtual
Stage
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John Webber
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Molière's Don Juan
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Blackbird
Theatre
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Jonathan Ryder
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Initiation
Trilogy
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Electric
Company
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Ted Roberts
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The Santaland Diaries
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Set Design, Small Theatre
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Christopher
David Gauthier
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Cold Comfort
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Yogurt Theatre
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David Roberts
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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Lauchlin Johnston
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God and the
Indian
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Fire Hall Arts
Centre
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Naomi Sider
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How Has My
Love Affected You?
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Arts Club
Theatre Company in association with Neworld
Theatre
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Pam Johnson
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Shelter from
the Storm
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Touchstone
Theatre
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Outstanding Costume Design, Small Theatre
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Carmen Alatorre
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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Drew Facey
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Broken Sex
Doll
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The Virtual
Stage
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Jessie van
Rijn
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Ordinary Days
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Relephant Theatre Co-op
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Mara Gottler
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Three Sisters
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The Only Child
Collective
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Sydney
Cavanagh
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The Santaland Diaries
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition, Small Theatre
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Alison Jenkins
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The Unplugging
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Anton
Lipovetsky
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Broken Sex
Doll
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The Virtual
Stage
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David Mesiha
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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James Coomber
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Mother Teresa
is Dead
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Bleeding Heart
Collective
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Malcolm Dow
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Play with
Monsters
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Solo
Collective Theatre
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Outstanding Direction, Small Theatre
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Andy Thompson
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Broken Sex
Doll
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The Virtual
Stage
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Chelsea
Haberlin
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Mojo
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ITSAZOO
Productions
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Craig
Holzschuh
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Porc-Épic
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Pam Johnson
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The Secret
Mask
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Presentation House
Theatre
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Outstanding Production, Small Theatre
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Broken Sex
Doll
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The Virtual
Stage
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Mojo
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ITSAZOO
Productions
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Porc-Épic
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Terminus
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Pi Theatre
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Winners and
Losers
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Theatre
Replacement and Neworld Theatre
(in
association with Crow's Theatre)
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Significant Artistic Achievement, Small Theatre
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Anton
Lipovetsky
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The Virtual
Stage
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Broken Sex
Doll
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Musical
Direction
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Colin Decker,
Carey Dodge, Tara Cheyenne Friedenburg,
Brae Norwiss, Sean Tyson, John Webber, Jay
Dodge, Sherry Yoon
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Boca Del Lupo
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Photog.
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Artistic Acheivement in Technical Integration
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Jamie Nesbitt
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Arts Club
Theatre Company in association with Neworld
Theatre
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How Has My
Love Affected You?
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Outstanding
Projection Design
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Peter Jotkus
and Lucy Pratt-Johnson
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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The Santaland Diaries
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Outstanding
Stage Management
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The Virtual
Stage Company
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The Virtual
Stage
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The Zombie
Syndrome
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Logistical and
Technical Innovation
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THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
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Outstanding Performance, Theatre for Young Audiences
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Curtis Tweedie
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Night Light
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Green Thumb
Theatre
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Graeme McComb
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Cranked
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Green Thumb
Theatre
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Kayla Dunbar,
Mack Gordon, Nicol Spinola,
Mike Stack, Amanda Testini, Allan Zinyk
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The Cat in the
Hat
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Carousel
Theatre
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Raes Calvert and Linda Carson (Ensemble)
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Where the Wild
Things Are
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Presentation
House Theatre
(in
association with Manitoba Theatre for Young People)
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Marie-Claire Marcotte
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Statu Quo
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Outstanding Design, Theatre for Young Audiences
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Barbara Clayden,
Al Frisk, Jeff Harrison
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Ensemble Design
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Arthur: Boy King
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Carousel Theatre
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Corwin Ferguson
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Video
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Statu Quo
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Théâtre La Seizième
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Drew Facey,
Gareth Fry, Jeff Harrison, Vicki Mortimer
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Ensemble Design
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The Cat in the Hat
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Carousel Theatre
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Julie Martens
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Set Design
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Statu Quo
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Linda Leon
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Set, Props and Costume Design
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Presentation House Theatre
(in association with Manitoba Theatre for Young People)
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Outstanding Artistic Creation, Theatre for Young Audiences
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Carole Higgins
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Direction
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The Cat in the Hat
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Carousel Theatre
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Cathy Nosaty
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Composition
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Presentation House Theatre
(in association with Manitoba Theatre for Young People)
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Craig Holzschuh
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Direction
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Statu Quo
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Théâtre la Seizième
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Jeff Tymoschuk
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Composition
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Arthur: Boy King
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Carousel Theatre
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Kim Selody
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Direction
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Presentation House Theatre
(in association with Manitoba Theatre for Young People)
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Significant Artistic Achievement, Theatre for Young Audiences
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Darryl Milot
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Carousel
Theatre
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2012/13 Season
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Outstanding
Costume Construction
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Jordan Watkins
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Green Thumb
Theatre
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Cranked
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Outstanding DJ
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Mike Dangeli
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Axis Theatre
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Raven Meets
the Monkey King
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Outstanding
Mask Design and Creation
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Presentation
House Theatre
(in association
with Manitoba Theatre for Young People)
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Outstanding
Production
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Pamela Jakobs
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Carousel
Theatre
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The Cat in the
Hat
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Outstanding
Sound Operation and Stage Management
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Outstanding Original Script:
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Aaron Bushkowsky
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Play with
Monsters
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Solo
Collective Theatre
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Jan Derbyshire
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Turkey in the
Woods
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Cranberry
Sauce Equity Coop/ frank theatre
company
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Marcus Youssef
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How Has My
Love Affected You
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Arts Club
Theatre Company in association with Neworld
Theatre
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Marita Dachsel
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Initiation
Trilogy
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Electric
Company Theatre
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Yvette Nolan
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The Unplugging
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Arts Club
Theatre Company
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Additional
awards that will be presented at the Jessie ceremony – the Georgia
Straight Patron of the Arts Award, the Mary Phillips Award for
Behind-the-Scenes Achievement, the Ray Michal Prize for Emerging Director,
the Sam Payne Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, the John Moffat & Larry Lillo Award, the Colin Campbell Award
for Excellence in Technical Theatre, the Critics Choice Innovation
Award, and the GVPTA Career Achievement Award.
The
31st Annual Ceremony will again be held at the beautiful Commodore Ballroom, 868
Granville Street, on Monday,
June 24, 2013, doors open at 5:30pm, ceremony at 6:45pm. Tickets are $29.75 plus service
charges, through Ticketmaster 1-855-985-5000 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca. The ceremony is being produced and
directed by Vancouver TheatreSports who will produce a festive evening.
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