The 24th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards
Monday, June 19, 2006 The Commodore Ballroom

Bolded selections indicate winners.

CATEGORY

NAME

SHOW

COMPANY

LARGE THEATRE 2005~2006

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jay Brazeau

Urinetown

Firehall Arts Centre

Duncan Fraser

No Great Mischief

Playhouse Theatre Company

Bob Frazer

Hamlet

Bard on the Beach

John Mann

Miss Saigon

Arts Club Theatre Company

Haig Sutherland

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Bard on the Beach

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Barbara Barsky

Urinetown

Firehall Arts Centre

Caroline Cave

The Syringa Tree

Playhouse Theatre Company

Anastasia Phillips

The Diary of Anne Frank

Arts Club Theatre Company

Pamela Gien

The Syringa Tree

Playhouse Theatre Company

Amy Wallis

Beauty and the Beast

Arts Club Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Peter Anderson

Waiting for Godot

Arts Club Theatre Company

Bob Frazer

Prodigal Son

Pacific Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

Brian Markinson

Waiting for Godot

Arts Club Theatre Company

Richard Newman

The Diary of Anne Frank

Arts Club Theatre Company

Russell Roberts

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Bard on the Beach

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Camille Beaudoin

Prodigal Son

Pacific Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

Gina Chiarelli

The Diary of Anne Frank

Arts Club Theatre Company

Moya O'Connell

Hamlet

Bard on the Beach

Tracey Power

Urinetown

Firehall Arts Centre

Meg Roe

Vincent in Brixton

Playhouse Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Alan Brodie

I Am My Own Wife

Playhouse Theatre Company

Alan Brodie

Little Mercy's First Murder

Touchstone Theatre

Robert Gardiner

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

Steven B. Mannshardt

The Syringa Tree

Playhouse Theatre Company

John Webber

Prodigal Son

Pacific Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Alan Brodie

Little Mercy's First Murder

Touchstone Theatre

John Ferguson

I Am My Own Wife

Playhouse Theatre Company

Leslie Frankish

A Little Night Music

Playhouse Theatre Company

Robert Gardiner

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

Pam Johnson

Vincent in Brixton

Playhouse Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING COSTIME DESIGN

Leslie Frankish

A Little Night Music

Playhouse Theatre Company

Mara Gottler

Hamlet

Bard on the Beach

Mara Gottler

Love's Labour's Lost

Bard on the Beach

Mara Gottler

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Bard on the Beach

Rebekka Sorensen

Beauty and the Beast

Arts Club Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OR ORIGINAL COMPOSITION

Paul Moniz de Sá

Prodigal Son

Pacific Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

Joelysa Pankanea

The Perfectionist

Boca del Lupo

Patrick Pennefather

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

Duane Murrine,
Ben Rogalsky,
Sarah Shugarman

Bonobo

The Leaky Heaven Circus

Mark Sylvester

Other Freds

The Only Animal Theatre Society

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Kim Collier

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

Katrina Dunn

Prodigal Son

Pacific Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

Kendra Fanconi

Other Freds

The Only Animal Theatre Society

Larry Moss

The Syringa Tree

Playhouse Theatre Company

Donna Spencer

Urinetown

Firehall Arts Centre

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

The Diary of Anne Frank

Arts Club Theatre Company

Little Mercy's First Murder

Touchstone Theatre

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

Prodigal Son

Pacific Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

Urinetown

Firehall Arts Centre

SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Choreography

Urinetown

Firehall Arts Centre

Robert Gardiner

Advancing the Art of Projection in Theatre

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

Lloyd Nicholson

Musical Arrangement

A Little Night Music

Playhouse Theatre Company

Crystal Pite

Outstanding Choreography

Studies in Motion

Electric Company Theatre

The Only Animal Theatre Society

Expanding the Scope
of Site Specific Performance

Other Freds

The Only Animal Theatre Society

SMALL THEATRE 2005~2006

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Scott Bellis

The Leisure Society

Ruby Slippers Theatre

Allan Morgan

How I Learned to Drive

Overdrive Productions

Ron Reed

Shadowlands

Pacific Theatre

Todd Thomson

Macbeth

Pound of Flesh Theatre Company

Peter Wilson

A Number

The Send in the Clones Equity Co-op

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Eileen Barrett

How I Learned to Drive

Overdrive Productions

Tanja Dixon-Warren

Broken

Meta.for Theatre Company

Erla Faye Forsyth

The Farndale Christmas Carol

Pacific Theatre

Katharine Venour

Shadowlands

Pacific Theatre

Colleen Wheeler

The Leisure Society

Ruby Slippers Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jason Emanuel

Titus Andronicus

Mad Duck Equity Co-op

Johann Helf

A Skull in Connemara

Western Theatre Conspiracy

William MacDonald

Tiger of Malaya

Gateway Theatre

Kyle Rideout

The Farndale Christmas Carol

Pacific Theatre

Mike Wasko

Titus Andronicus

Mad Duck Equity Co-op

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Lesley Ewen

Titus Andronicus

Mad Duck Equity Co-op

Mia Ingimundson

Portia, My Love

Ensemble Theatre Company

Annabel Kershaw

The Elephant Man

Five Bob Equity Co-op

Kelly Metzger

How I Learned to Drive

Overdrive Productions

Donna Soares

Tiger of Malaya

Gateway Theatre

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Alan Brodie

A Skull in Connemara

Western Theatre Conspiracy

Adrian Muir

The Elephant Man

Five Bob Equity Co-op

John Popkin

Macbeth

Pound of Flesh Theatre Company

Michael Schaldemose

The Little Years

Sea Theatre

Owen Schellenberger

À la gauche de Dieu

Théâtre la Seizième

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Alan Brodie

Landscapes of the Dead

Solo Collective

Julie Martens

À la gauche de Dieu

Théâtre la Seizième

Dale Marushy

Shadowlands

Pacific Theatre

Yvan Morissette

The Leisure Society

Ruby Slippers Theatre

David Roberts

A Skull in Connemara

Western Theatre Conspiracy

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Francesca Albertazzi

Macbeth

Pound of Flesh Theatre Company

Nicole Bach

The Farndale Christmas Carol

Pacific Theatre

Nicole Bach

Shadowlands

Pacific Theatre

Moira Fentum

Titus Andronicus

Mad Duck Equity Co-op

Sheila White

The Elephant Man

Five Bob Equity Co-op

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

Dorothy Dittrich

The Little Years

Sea Theatre

Paul Moniz de Sá

From Parts Unknown...

Dirty Little Monkey Productions

Noah Drew

À la gauche de Dieu

Théâtre la Seizième

Noah Drew

Macbeth

Pound of Flesh Theatre Company

Ajineen Sagal

Lazy Susan

Theatre Melee

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Diane Brown

The Leisure Society

Ruby Slippers Theatre

Morris Ertman

Shadowlands

Pacific Theatre

Jack Paterson

Titus Andronicus

Mad Duck Equity Co-op

James Fagan Tait

How I Learned to Drive

Overdrive Productions

Richard Wolfe

A Skull in Connemara

Western Theatre Conspiracy

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

The Elephant Man

Five Bob Equity Co-op

 

How I Learned to Drive

Overdrive Productions

 

Lazy Susan

Theatre Melee

 

The Leisure Society

Ruby Slippers Theatre

 

Shadowlands

Pacific Theatre

 

SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT SMALL THEATRE

Francesca Albertazzi & Lauchlin Johnston

Props Design

The Farndale Christmas Carol

Pacific Theatre

Courtenay Dobbie,
Jeff Gladstone,
Craig Hall,
Erin Matthews,
Andrew McNee,
Mike Rinaldi,
Juno Ruddell,
Ajineen Sagal,
Stacie Steadman,
Jaimie Tait and Allan Zinyk

Collective Creation

Lazy Susan

Theatre Melee

Nicholas Harrison

Fight Direction

From Parts Unknown

Dirty Little Monkey Productions

Tim Matheson

Projection Design

Landscapes of the Dead

Solo Collective

Carol Sykes, Rob Parker & Genevieve Phillips

Skull and Bone Design and Construction

A Skull in Connemara

Western Theatre Conspiracy

 

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

Toby Berner

The Wind in the Willows

Carousel Theatre

Anna Cummer

Peter Pan

Carousel Theatre

Nikolas Longstaff

The Skinny Lie

Green Thumb Theatre for Young People

Hugo Turgeon

Mathieu Trop Court, Francois Trop Long

Théâtre la Seizième

Jonathon Young

Vasily the Luckless

Boca del Lupo

OUTSTANDING DESIGN

Arnt Arntzen

Set Design

e-race

Miscellaneous Productions

Lance Cardinal

Set Design

The Wind in the Willows

Carousel Theatre

Barbara Clayden

Costume Design

The Wind in the Willows

Carousel Theatre

Francis Laporte

Set, Costume & Lighting Design

Mathieu Trop Court, Francois Trop Long

Théâtre la Seizième

Jeff Tymoschuk

Sound Design

Peter Pan

Carousel Theatre

OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CREATION

Carole Higgins

Direction

The Big League

Carousel Theatre

Patrick McDonald

Direction

The Skinny Lie

Green Thumb Theatre for Young People

Joelysa Pankanea

Music Composition

Vasily the Luckless

Boca del Lupo

Jeff Tymoschuk

Music Composition & Sound Effects

Peter Pan

Carousel Theatre

Melissa Young

Choreography

The Wind in the Willows

Carousel Theatre

SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Steve Charles, Jenna Newman, Joelysa Pankanea

Musicians

Vasily the Luckless

Boca del Lupo

Jay Dodge, Mac Dodge & Mike Enns

Riggers

Vasily the Luckless

Boca del Lupo

Flying by Foy/Flight Team: Mark Kostuch, Tallis Kirby, James Foy, Parnelli Parnes, Mitch Pollock, Chris Van Hyfte, Amber Cruickshank

Flight Design

Peter Pan

Carousel Theatre

Tamara Lashley, Jayne Walling, Adam Underwood, Jeff McMahan

Acting Ensemble

Seesaw

Green Thumb Theatre for Young People

Chris Van Hyfte, Alexa Dubreuil, Nathan Schwartz, Joshua Dickson

Acting Ensemble

The Big League

Carousel Theatre

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

 

The Big League

Carousel Theatre

Peter Pan

Carousel Theatre

The Skinny Lie

Green Thumb Theatre for Young People

Vasily the Luckless

Boca del Lupo

2005~2006 JESSIE SPECIAL AWARDS LIST

 

Ray Michal Award for Body of Work by an Emerging Director:
Jack Paterson

Mary Phillips Prize for Behind the Scenes Achievement:
Caryn Fehr

John Moffat and Larry Lillo Award:
Conrad Alexandrowicz

Sydney Risk Prize for  Outstanding  Original  Script By an Emerging Playwright: 
Tara Jean Wilkin, My Father's House

GVPTA Career Achievement Award:
Thor Arngrim

Sam Payne Award - Most Promising Newcomer:
Ryan Beil
Patron Of the Arts Award:
Industrial Alliance Pacific
Critic’s Choice Innovation Award sponsored by The Vancouver Sun:
Vasily the Luckless, Boca de Lupo
Outstanding Original Script:
Shawn Macdonald, Prodigal Son
Gordon Armstrong Playwrights Rent Award:
Lucia Fragione
   

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