Congratulations to ALL the Nominees & Winners of the 2018 Betty Mitchell Awards
2018 Betty Mitchell Awards
*Award Recipients Highlighted
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
Glory – Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with Western Canada Theatre
The Humans – Theatre Calgary
inVISIBLE – Handsome Alice Theatre
Touch Me: Songs for a (Dis)connected Age – Forte Musical Theatre Guild, presented by Theatre Calgary
Undercover – Vertigo Theatre & Tarragon Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathryn Kerbes – Sherlock Holmes & the American Problem – Vertigo Theatre
Helen Knight – The Last Wife – Alberta Theatre Projects
Chantelle Han – Ai Yah! Sweet & Sour Secrets – Lunchbox Theatre
Esther Purves- Smith – Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery – Stage West
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
T. Erin Gruber – Easter Island – Verb Theatre
Jessie Paynter – Extremophiles - Downstage
Anton de Groot – Nine Dragons – Vertigo Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre & Gateway Theatre
Narda McCarroll – To the Light – Alberta Theatre Projects
Bonnie Beecher – The Secret Garden – Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop – Twelfth Night – Theatre Calgary
David Fraser – Sherlock Holmes & the American Problem – Vertigo Theatre
Scott Reid – Nine Dragons – Vertigo Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre & Gateway Theatre
David Fraser – Constellations – Alberta Theatre Projects
Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett - Extremophiles - Downstage
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Trevor Rueger – Much Ado About Nothing – The Shakespeare Company with Hit & Myth Productions
Mark Bellamy – Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story – Sage Theatre
Stafford Perry – The Lonely Diner – Vertigo Theatre
Kevin Rothery – Sherlock Holmes & The American Problem – Vertigo Theatre
Nathan Schmidt - Sherlock Holmes & The American Problem – Vertigo Theatre
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION OR VIDEO DESIGN
Jamie Nesbitt – Nine Dragons – Vertigo Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre & Gateway Theatre
Remy Siu – Empire of the Son – Alberta Theatre Projects, part of the 32nd Annual High Performance Rodeo, a Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Production
T. Erin Gruber – Easter Island – Verb Theatre
Corwin Ferguson – Julius Caesar – The Shakespeare Company, Ground Zero Theatre, and Hit & Myth Productions
Amelia Scott – To the Light – Alberta Theatre Projects
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop – Twelfth Night – Theatre Calgary
Heather Moore – The Last Wife – Alberta Theatre Projects
Cory Sincennes – The Secret Garden – Theatre Calgary
Cindy Wiebe – Glory – Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with Western Canada Theatre
Mérédith Caron – Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical – A Copa de Oro Production Ltd. And Segal Centre for Performing Arts production, presented by Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OR COMPOSITION
Steve Charles – Glory – Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with Western Canada Theatre
Peter Moller – The 39 Steps – Vertigo Theatre
Andrew Blizzard – Nine Dragons - Vertigo Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre & Gateway Theatre
Andrew Blizzard – Sherlock Holmes & The American Problem – Vertigo Theatre
Bryce Kulak – To The Light – Alberta Theatre Projects
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OR FIGHT DIRECTION
Tracey Power – Glory – Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with Western Canada Theatre
Phil Nero – Legally Blonde: The Musical – Stage West
John Knight – Julius Caesar – The Shakespeare Company, Ground Zero Theatre, and Hit & Myth Productions
Laryssa Yanchak – Sherlock Holmes & the American Problem – Vertigo Theatre
Linda Garneau - Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical – A Copa de Oro Production Ltd. And Segal Centre for Performing Arts production, presented by Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
David Terriault - Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical – A Copa de Oro Production Ltd. And Segal Centre for Performing Arts production, presented by Theatre Calgary
Jacques Lacombe – Tosca – Calgary Opera
Konrad Pluta - Legally Blonde: The Musical – Stage West
Joe Slabe – Touch Me: songs for a (Dis)Connected Age – Forte Musical Theatre Guild, presented by Theatre Calgary
Don Horsburgh – The Secret Garden – Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jamie Konchak – Miss Caledonia – Lunchbox Theatre
Myla Southward - Much Ado About Nothing – The Shakespeare Company with Hit & Myth Productions
Anna Cummer - Twelfth Night – Theatre Calgary
Anna Cummer - The 39 Steps – Vertigo Theatre
Bracken Burns - Legally Blonde: The Musical – Stage West
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Tyrell Crews - The 39 Steps – Vertigo Theatre
Tyrell Crews - Much Ado About Nothing – The Shakespeare Company with Hit & Myth Productions
Devon Dubnyk – The Santaland Diaries – Lunchbox Theatre
Christopher Hunt - Twelfth Night – Theatre Calgary
Eric Wigston - The Secret Garden – Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Glory - Tracey Power
Nine Dragons - Jovanni Sy
Flight Risk - Meg Braem
Inner Elder - Michelle Thrush
Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story - Natalie Meisner
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Jillian Keiley - Twelfth Night – Theatre Calgary
Ron Jenkins – The 39 Steps – Vertigo Theatre
James MacDonald – Glory – Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with Western Canada Theatre
Glynis Leyshon – The Last Wife - Alberta Theatre Projects
Vanessa Porteous – The Humans –Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Michelle Thrush – Inner Elder - Lunchbox Theatre
Myla Southward – The Last Wife – Alberta Theatre Projects
Camille Pavlenko – Blackbird – Verb Theatre
Makambe K. Simamba – A Chitenge Story – Handsome Alice Theatre
Jamie Konchak – Constellations – Alberta Theatre Projects
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Christopher Hunt – Flight Risk – Lunchbox Theatre
Stephen Hair – Blow Wind High Water – Theatre Calgary
Curt McKinstry – Blackbird – Verb Theatre
Braden Griffiths – Julius Caesar – The Shakespeare Company, Ground Zero Theatre, and Hit & Myth Productions
Michael Tan – Constellations – Alberta Theatre Projects
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Sisters: The Belles Soeurs Musical – A Copa de Oro Production Ltd. And Segal Centre for Performing Arts production, presented by Theatre Calgary
Legally Blonde: The Musical – Stage West
Touch Me: Songs for a (Dis)connected Age – Forte Musical Theatre Guild, presented by Theatre Calgary
Tosca – Calgary Opera
Murder for Two – Stage West
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Glory – Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with Western Canada Theatre
Inner Elder - Lunchbox Theatre and One Yellow Rabbit
Twelfth Night – Theatre Calgary
The 39 Steps – Vertigo Theatre
Blackbird – Verb Theatre