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