2015 D O R A M A V O R M O O R E A W A R DS N O M I N E ES!
G E N E R A L T H E A T R E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G PR O D U C T I O N
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
An Enemy of the People
Hooked
Tom at the Farm
Twelve Angry Men
O U TST A N D I N G N E W P L A Y
Book by Carolyn Smart, Adaptation by
Nicky Guadagni
Hannah Moscovitch
Maria Milisavljevic
Michael Hollingsworth
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Tarragon Theatre
Theatre Passe Muraille
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Hooked
Theatre Passe Muraille
Infinity
Abyss
Trudeau and Lévesque
Tarragon Theatre, a co-production with Volcano Theatre
Tarragon Theatre
VideoCabaret in association with Soulpepper Theatre Company
O U TST A N D I N G D I R E C T I O N
Alan Dilworth
Twelve Angry Men
Eda Holmes
Tom at the Farm
Gísli Örn Gardarsson
The Heart of Robin Hood
Ravi Jain
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Richard Rose
An Enemy of the People
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - M A L E
Jeff Irving
Tom at the Farm
Jeff Lillico
Tom at the Farm
Joe Cobden
An Enemy of the People
Kawa Ada
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Kevin Hanchard
The Mountaintop
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - F E M A L E
Alana Hibbert
The Mountaintop
Fiona Reid
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Maev Beaty
The De Chardin Project
Nicky Guadagni
Hooked
Rosemary Dunsmore
Tom at the Farm
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
David Mirvish, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Barry and Fran Weissler
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Tarragon Theatre
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Tarragon Theatre
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
David Mirvish and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Theatre Passe Muraille
Theatre Passe Muraille
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
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2015 D O R A M A V O R M O O R E A W A R DS N O M I N E ES
G E N E R A L T H E A T R E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - E NSE M B L E
The Ensemble of Accidental Death of an Anarchist
The Ensemble of Take Me Back To Jefferson
The Ensemble of The Four Horsemen Project
The Ensemble of Trudeau and Lévesque
The Ensemble of Twelve Angry Men
O U TST A N D I N G SC E N I C D ESI G N
Börkur Jónsson
The Heart of Robin Hood
Camillia Koo
Tom at the Farm
Judith Bowden
The Mountaintop
Lorenzo Savoini
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Theatre Smith-Gilmour in association with Factory Theatre
Volcano, Crooked Figure Dances, and Global Mechanic in partnership with Soulpepper
Theatre Co.
VideoCabaret in association with Soulpepper Theatre Company
Soulpepper Theatre Company
David Mirvish, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Barry and Fran Weissler
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
Soulpepper Theatre Company
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I N D E P E N D E N T T H E A T R E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G PR O D U C T I O N
Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre)
Concord Floral
Moment
Monday Nights
Mouthpiece
a Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre co-production
Suburban Beast in association with Why Not Theatre
Actors Repertory Company
The Theatre Centre/6th Man Collective
Quote Unquote Collective in association with Why Not Theatre
O U TST A N D I N G N E W P L A Y
Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava
Mouthpiece
Beatriz Pizano, Trevor Schwellnus, Lyon Smith
Florence Gibson MacDonald
What I learned from a decade of fear
How Do I Love Thee?
Quote Unquote Collective in association with Why Not
Theatre
Aluna Theatre
Canadian Rep Theatre
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2015 D O R A M A V O R M O O R E A W A R DS N O M I N E ES
I N D E P E N D E N T T H E A T R E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - E NSE M B L E
The Ensemble of Blood Wedding (Bodas de S angre)
The Ensemble of Concord F loral
The Ensemble of Moment
The Ensemble of Monday Nights
The Ensemble of Mouthpiece
O U TST A N D I N G SC E N I C
Astrid Janson
Jackie Chau
Ken Mackenzie
Shawn Kerwin
Trevor Schwellnus
a Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre co-production
Suburban Beast in association with Why Not Theatre
Actors Repertory Company
The Theatre Centre/ 6th Man Collective
Quote Unquote Collective in association with Why Not Theatre
D ESI G N
Watching Glory Die
Moment
Bloody Family
How Do I Love Thee?
Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre)
O U TST A N D I N G C OST U M E D ESI G N
6th Man Collective with
Monday Nights
Consultation by Camellia Koo
Angela Thomas
Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre)
Dylan Bobier
The Stronger Variations
Lindsay Junkin
Mr. Burns: a post-electric play
Michael Gianfrancesco
How Do I Love Thee?
O U TST A N D I N G L I G H T I N G D ESI G N
André Du Toit
Mouthpiece
David DeGrow
Monday Nights
Kimberly Purtell
Concord Floral
Lighting Design, André du Toit;
Watching Glory Die
Projections Design, Cameron
Davis
Trevor Schwellnus
Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre)
Canadian Rep Theatre
Actors Repertory Company
The Theatre Centre and Philip McKee + Tanja Jacobs
Canadian Rep Theatre
a Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre co-production
The Theatre Centre/6th Man Collective
a Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre co-production
Theatre Rusticle
An Outside the March Production in association with Starvox
Entertainment and Crow's Theatre
Canadian Rep Theatre
Quote Unquote Collective in association with Why Not Theatre
The Theatre Centre/6th Man Collective
Suburban Beast in association with Why Not Theatre
Canadian Rep Theatre
a Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre co-production
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I N D E P E N D E N T T H E A T R E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G SO U N D D ESI G N/C O M P OSI T I O N
Christopher Stanton
Monday Nights
Christopher Willes
Composer: Amy Nostbakken; Sound
Designer: James Bunton
John Millard
Thomas Ryder Payne
The Theatre Centre/6th Man Collective
Concord Floral
Mouthpiece
Suburban Beast in association with Why Not Theatre
Quote Unquote Collective in association with Why Not Theatre
The Dog & The Angel
Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre)
Theatre Columbus
a Modern Times Stage Company/Aluna Theatre co-production
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M USI C A L T H E A T R E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G PR O D U C T I O N
James and the Giant Peach
Young People's Theatre
Life, Death and the Blues
A Theatre Passe Muraille production in association with Hope and Hell Theatre Co.
Once
David Mirvish in association with Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo
Spoon River
Soulpepper Theatre Company
The Wild Party
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
O U TST A N D I N G T O U R I N G PR O D U C T I O N (open to General Theatre & Musical Theatre/ Opera)
Kiss & Cry
Midsummer
Nongogo
The Object Lesson
Ubu and the Truth Commission
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - M A L E
Dan Chameroy
The Wild Party
Daren A. Herbert
The Wild Party
Ian Lake
Once
Jacob MacInnes
Raoul Bhaneja
James and the Giant Peach
Life, Death and the Blues
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - F E M A L E
Cara Ricketts
The Wild Party
Marisa McIntyre
Company
Saidah Baba Talibah
What Makes A Man
Susan Gilmour
The Wild Party
Trish Lindström
Once
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - E NSE M B L E
The Ensemble of Ja mes and the Giant Peach
The Ensemble of Once
The Ensemble of Spoon River
The Ensemble of The Wild Party
Charleroi Danses presented by Canadian Stage
Théâtre français de Toronto
Market Theatre presented by Canadian Stage
Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Geoff Sobelle
Handspring Puppet Company presented by Canadian Stage
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
David Mirvish in association with Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith,
Frederick Zollo
Young People's Theatre
A Theatre Passe Muraille production in association with Hope and Hell Theatre Co.
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Theatre 20
Necessary Angel production presented by Canadian Stage
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
David Mirvish in association with Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith,
Frederick Zollo
Young People's Theatre
David Mirvish in association with Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith,
Frederick Zollo
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
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M USI C A L T H E A T R E / O P E R A D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G N E W M USI C A L/O P E R A
Ivan Barbotin, Nicolas Billon, Dean Burry, Nicole Lizée,
Hannah Moscovitch, Morris Panych, Benton Roark, James
Rolfe, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Chris Thornborrow and
David Yee
Joel Ivany
Mike Ross/ Albert Schultz
Music by Brian Current, Libretto by Anton Piatigorsky
O U TST A N D I N G D I R E C T I O N
Albert Schultz
Spoon River
Atom Egoyan
Die Walküre
John Tiffany
Once
Robert Carsen
Falstaff
Robert Lepage
Bluebeard's Castle/ Erwartung
O U TST A N D I N G SC E N I C D ESI G N
Ken MacKenzie
Spoon River
Michael Levine
Die Walküre
Michael Levine
Bluebeard's Castle/ Erwartung
Paul Steinberg
Falstaff
Teresa Przybylski
Airline Icarus
Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots
Tapestry Opera
#UncleJohn
Spoon River
Airline Icarus
Against the Grain Theatre
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Produced by Maniac Star, Presented by Soundstreams
Soulpepper Theatre Company
A Canadian Opera Company Production
David Mirvish in association with Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith,
Frederick Zollo
COC co-production with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala; Metropolitan
Opera and Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
A Canadian Opera Company Production
Soulpepper Theatre Company
A Canadian Opera Company Production
A Canadian Opera Company Production
COC co-production with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala; Metropolitan
Opera and Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
Produced by Maniac Star, Presented by Soundstreams
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M USI C A L T H E A T R E / O P E R A D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G L I G H T I N G D ESI G N
Bonnie Beecher & Jason Life, Death and the Blues
Golinsky
A Theatre Passe Muraille production in association with Hope and Hell Theatre Co.
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O P E R A D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G PR O D U C T I O N
Airline Icarus
Bluebeard's Castle/ Erwartung
Die Walküre
Falstaff
The Barber of Seville
Produced by Maniac Star, Presented by Soundstreams
A Canadian Opera Company Production
A Canadian Opera Company Production
COC co-production with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala; Metropolitan Opera and Dutch National
Opera, Amsterdam
COC co-production with Houston Grand Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux and Opera Australia
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - M A L E
Alek Shrader
The Barber of Seville
COC co-production with Houston Grand Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux and Opera Australia
Gerald Finley
Falstaff
COC co-production with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala; Metropolitan Opera and Dutch
National Opera, Amsterdam
Johan Reuter
Die Walküre
A Canadian Opera Company Production
Neil Craighead
#UncleJohn
Against the Grain Theatre
Russell Braun
Don Giovanni
COC co-production with Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Bolshoi Theatre and Teatro Real Madrid
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - F E M A L E
Christine Goerke
Die Walküre
Ekaterina Gubanova
Bluebeard's Castle/ Erwartung
Krisztina Szabó
Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots
Krisztina Szabó
Bluebeard's Castle/ Erwartung
Serena Malfi
The Barber of Seville
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - E NSE M B L E
The Ensemble of #UncleJohn
The Ensemble of Airline Icarus
The Ensemble of Die Walküre
The Ensemble of F alstaff
The Ensemble of Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots
A Canadian Opera Company Production
A Canadian Opera Company Production
Tapestry Opera
A Canadian Opera Company Production
COC co-production with Houston Grand Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux and Opera
Australia
Against the Grain Theatre
Produced by Maniac Star, Presented by Soundstreams
A Canadian Opera Company Production
COC co-production with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala;
Metropolitan Opera and Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
Tapestry Opera
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T H E A T R E F O R Y O U N G A U D I E N C ES D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G PR O D U C T I O N
Bedtime!
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Beneath the Banyan Tree
Theatre Direct
Elly's Emotions
Solar Stage Children's Theatre
tagged
Produced by Green Thumb Theatre with additional development support provided by Young People's Theatre
The Velveteen Rabbit
Canada's Ballet Jorgen
O U TST A N D I N G N E W P L A Y
Created by Beau Dixon, Lyrics and Music by Susan
Newman and Rob Fortin
Kathleen Rea
Mary Anne Bakos, Godelive Majamu, Johann Sapim, Kim
Letendre, Adtine Monavvari & coached by Sébastien
Bertrand, Noa May Dorn, Glen Charles Landry, Patricia
Marceau et Pierre Simpson
Paul Dunn
Robert Watson
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Firebrand Theatre
The Velveteen Rabbit
Les Zinspirés 3D
Canada's Ballet Jorgen
Théâtre français de Toronto
Outside
The Money Tree
Roseneath Theatre
Roseneath Theatre
O U TST A N D I N G D I R E C T I O N
Allen MacInnis
To Kill A Mockingbird
Daley Productions
Elly's Emotions
Kathleen Rea
The Velveteen Rabbit
Linda Kash
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Lynda Hill
Beneath the Banyan Tree
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - I N D I V I D U A L
Beau Dixon
Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Caroline Toal
To Kill A Mockingbird
Djennie Laguerre
Les Zinspirés 3D
G. Kyle Shields
Outside
Qasim Khan
Beneath the Banyan Tree
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - E NSE M B L E
The Ensemble of Beneath the Banyan Tree
The Ensemble of Les Zinspirés 3D
The Ensemble of The Money Tree
The Ensemble of The Velveteen Rabbit
The Ensemble of To Kill A Mockingbird
Young People's Theatre
Solar Stage Children's Theatre
Canada's Ballet Jorgen
Firebrand Theatre
Theatre Direct
Firebrand Theatre
Young People's Theatre
Théâtre français de Toronto
Roseneath Theatre
Theatre Direct
Theatre Direct
Théâtre français de Toronto
Roseneath Theatre
Canada's Ballet Jorgen
Young People's Theatre
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D A N C E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G PR O D U C T I O N
Dominion
Gudirr Gudirr
Me So You So Me
So Blue
Stones In Her Mouth
Vuyani Dance Theatre presented by Canadian Stage
Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Marrugeku
Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
Luminato presents So Blue Produced by Fou Glorieux. Co-Produced by the Festival TransAmeriques, Tanzhaus
nrw, Theatre de la Ville, Hellerau and National Arts Centre
Luminato presents Stones In Her Mouth Produced by MAU, in co-production with Concertgebouw Brugge,
Carriageworks Sydney, and Tjibaou Cultural Centre Noumea
O U TST A N D I N G C H O R E O G R A P H Y
Heidi Strauss
elsewhere
James Kudelka
#lovesexbrahms (Intermezzi)
Juan Ogalla,
Esmeralda Enrique
Peter Chin
Susie Burpee
Pueblo (Letters to Spain)
DanceWorks & adelheid dance projects
Art of Time Ensemble in association with
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Returning Empathis (Burpee/ Chin: Two New Works)
Seven Stages for Transformation (Burpee/ Chin: Two New Works)
Toronto Dance Theatre
Toronto Dance Theatre
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - M A L E
Anuj Mishra
Damaru Dhamaar (DW211)
Brodie Stevenson
This Is a Costume Drama
Daniel Firth
Lewis et Lucie (Older & Reckless: All Duets)
Irvin Chow
vox:lumen
Vincent Mansoe
NTU (DW208)
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - F E M A L E
Axelle Munezero
Complexe R (TUDS)
Caroline Fraser
Skills & Soul Battles (TUDS)
Dana Michel
1976 (In Touch)
Mariana Medellin-Meinke
This Is a Costume Drama
Takako Segawa
Moments in Time (new dances Old Stories)
DanceWorks
Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents The Deitrich Group
MOonhORsE dance theatre
Zata Omm Dance Projects produced with Harbourfront Centre's World Stage
in association with York University and Aesthetec Studio
DanceWorks
Gadfly
Gadfly
Dancemakers
Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents The Deitrich Group
Maxine Heppner & DanceWorks
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D A N C E D I V ISI O N
O U TST A N D I N G P E R F O R M A N C E - E NSE M B L E
The Ensemble of #lovesexbrahms (Intermezzi)
The Ensemble of elsewhere
The Ensemble of La Capitana (Letters to Spain)
The Ensemble of This Is a Costume Drama
The Ensemble of vox:lumen
Art of Time Ensemble in association with Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
DanceWorks & adelheid dance projects
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents The Deitrich Group
Zata Omm Dance Projects produced with Harbourfront Centre's World Stage in association
with York University and Aesthetec Studio
O U TST A N D I N G SO U N D D ESI G N/C O M P OSI T I O N
John Kameel Farah, Composer; Fides Krucker,
Vocalographer
new arrangement Nicolás Hernádez after Nicolás
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Thom Gill
Vineet Vyas
locus plot
Peggy Baker Dance Projects
La Capitana (Letters to Spain)
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Pueblo (Letters to Spain)
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Martingales (Triple Bill)
Damaru Dhamaar (DW211)
Toronto Dance Theatre
DanceWorks
O U TST A N D I N G L I G H T I N G D ESI G N
Gabriel Cropely
Marc Parent
Rebecca Picherack
Simon Rossiter
Sirocco
locus plot
elsewhere
#lovesexbrahms (Intermezzi)
Simon Rossiter
Looking For Elvis (Elvis and the Man In Black)
Ritmo Flamenco Dance & Music Ensemble
Peggy Baker Dance Projects
DanceWorks & adelheid dance projects
Art of Time Ensemble in association with Coleman Lemieux &
Compagnie
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
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