2015 BETTY MITCHELL AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!
Excellence shines through as nominations honour a diverse group of companies
Today, the Betty Mitchell Awards Board of Directors is pleased to announce nominations for the 2015 Betty Mitchell Awards, celebrating outstanding achievement in professional theatre in Calgary.
The 87 nominations across 17 categories include 16 companies and 54 distinct productions. Richard Lam, Chair of the Bettys Board of Directors, remarked,
“It is such an amazing statement on the quality of work being performed by all the Bettys-eligible companies that 16 individual organizations across a wide spectrum have been nominated. Whether it’s comedy, drama, musical, or defies genre, excellence in theatre is not something that is the exception in Calgary – it’s the rule – and we are proud to celebrate their achievements.”
Three special adjudicated awards will also be presented at the 2015 Betty Mitchell Awards: the Duval Lang Theatre for Young Audiences Award (a $2000 cash prize) presented in conjunction with Quest Theatre, the Greg Bond Memorial Award (a $1000 cash prize, honouring Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre in Calgary), and the Dean Ott/ Debbie Boult Award (honouring Outstanding Achievement in Technical Production).
The complete list of nominees can be accessed at the Betty Mitchell Awards website, below.
The 2014/2015 professional theatre season (June 15, 2014–June 14, 2015) brought to the stage 87 shows eligible for Betty Mitchell Award nominations. Ballots for voting on the nominations will be distributed to the 12-member Nominating Committee, eligible Passport Holders from the theatre community and general public as well as to last year’s recipients who reside in the Calgary area.
18th Annual Betty Mitchell Awards | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015
Doors 6:30pm | Awards 7:30pm
Price: $30 for the first 100 tickets sold, $35 thereafter. Includes admission to the gala and official after party! For tickets, contact the Vertigo Theatre Box Office at 403.221.3708 or vertigotheatre.com
For more information about the Betty Mitchell Awards, email info@bettymitchellawards.com.
2015 NOMINATIONS
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mabelle Carvajal – Othello
Julie Orton – Reasons To Be Happy
Val Planche – Liberation Days
Vanessa Sabourin – The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Myla Southward – As You Like It
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Kerem Çetinel – The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Gerald King – Liberation Days
Narda McCarroll – Othello
Scott Reid – Farewell, My Lovely
John Webber – The Haunting
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Anton de Groot – Charlotte’s Web
John C. Dinning – One Man, Two Guvnors
Narda McCarroll – The Haunting
Narda McCarroll – Othello
Cory Sincennes – Liberation Days
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Geoffrey Simon Brown – Equivocation
Tyrell Crews – One Man, Two Guvnors
Joel Cochrane – High Life
Roger LeBlanc – As You Like It
Stafford Perry – One Man, Two Guvnors
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Ronda Borneman – As You Like It
Deitra Kalyn – King Lear
Christine Reimer – Charlotte’s Web
William Schmuck – The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca Toon – ‘80s Solid Gold: A Musical Revue
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OR COMPOSITION
Spider Bishop – Charlotte’s Web
Andrew Blizzard – The Haunting
Morag Northey and Peter Moller – Butcher
Matthew Waddell and Eric Rose – Tomorrow’s Child
Dewi Wood – What The Thunder Said
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION OR VIDEO DESIGN
Andrzej Goulding – Silent Night
Jamie Nesbitt – Liberation Days
Jamie Nesbitt – Farewell, My Lovely
Kalyna Conrad – Legoland
Wladimiro A. Woyno R., Matthew Waddell and Laura Anzola – The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OR FIGHT DIRECTION
Denise Clarke – What The Thunder Said
Karl Sine – Carmen
Karl Sine – One Man, Two Guvnors
Karl Sine – Othello
Karl Sine – Silent Night
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
David Archibald – Dear Johnny Deere
Spider Bishop – Charlotte’s Web
Konrad Pluta – Avenue Q
Joe Slabe – Naughty But Nice!
Joe Slabe – One Man, Two Guvnors
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Kevin Corey – One Man, Two Guvnors
Matthew McKinney – Legoland
Stafford Perry – With Bells On
John Turner – MUMP and SMOOT in “ANYTHING” with Knooma
Frank Zotter – Shear Madness
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Katie Beetham – Monty Python’s Spamalot
Beth Graham – Victor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale of Terrible Things
Julie Orton – As You Like It
Jo-Ann Waytowich – Ivanka Chews the Fat
Selina Wong – Avenue Q
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Butcher – Nicolas Billon
Liberation Days – David van Belle
The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst – David van Belle and Eric Rose
What the Thunder Said – One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble & guest artist Peter Hinton
Tomorrow’s Child – Matthew Waddell, Eric Rose and David van Belle
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Dean Paul Gibson – One Man, Two Guvnors
Ron Jenkins – Othello
Simon Mallett – rihannaboi95
Kevin McKendrick – Equivocation
Eric Rose – The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Lindsey Angell – Liberation Days
Anna Cummer – Lungs
Kelsey Gilker – Liberation Days
Amanda Lisman – Venus in Fur
Moya O’Connell – The Philadelphia Story
Monice Peter – A Beautiful View
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Beau Dixon – Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
Braden Griffiths – The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
Haysam Kadri – Othello
Simon Slater – Bloodshot
Diego Stredel – rihannaboi95
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Avenue Q – Stage West
Dear Johnny Deere – Theatre Calgary
Naughty but Nice! – Forte Musical Theatre Guild
Silent Night – Calgary Opera
Monty Python’s Spamalot – Stage West
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Butcher – Alberta Theatre Projects
Equivocation – The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions
The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst – Alberta Theatre Projects in Association with Ghost River Theatre
One Man, Two Guvnors – Theatre Calgary
Othello – The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions