2021-2022 Betty Mitchell Awards Nominees
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
Alberta Kitchen Party - Alberta Theatre Projects (in association with Forte Musical Theatre Guild) Clue - Vertigo Theatre Flora & Fawna have Beaver Fever (and so does Fleurette!) - Lunchbox Theatre Gilgamesh Lazyboy - One Yellow Rabbit Goblin: Macbeth - The Shakespeare Company (in partnership with Hit and Myth Productions)
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA
Jamie Dunsdon - bliss (The Birthday Party Play) - Verb Theatre Kathryn Kerbes - Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre Duval Lang - Cantata (Rumours of my Crazy, Useless Life) - Sage Theatre Norma Lewis - Steel Magnolias - Theatre Calgary Antoine Yared - Cipher - Vertigo Theatre
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION OR VIDEO DESIGN
Nicolas Dostie, Irina Litvinenko, Rick Miller - Boom YZ - Theatre Calgary Jamie Nesbitt - Cipher - Vertigo Theatre Jamie Nesbitt - In Wonderland - Alberta Theatre Projects Scott Reid - A Christmas Carol - Theatre Calgary Scott Reid - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Ajay Badoni - Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre Anton DeGroot - Clue - Vertigo Theatre Anton DeGroot and Lyall Jovie - Goblin: Macbeth - The Shakespeare Company (in partnership with Hit and Myth Productions) Jason Hand - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary Narda McCarroll - Cipher - Vertigo Theatre
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Jennifer Lee Arsenault - Al I Want for Christmas - Lunchbox Theatre Hanne Loosen - Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre Narda McCarroll - Cipher - Vertigo Theatre Carolyn Rapanos - Kim’s Convenience - Alberta Theatre Projects (An Arts Club Theatre (Production. Based on the 2018 Production for Pacific Theatre) Scott Reid - Clue - Vertigo Theatre
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Deitra Kalyn - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary Dariusz Korbiel with Leslie Robison Greene - Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Stage West Leslie Robison-Greene - The Soul of Motown: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland - Stage West Jordan Wieben - All I Want for Christmas - Lunchbox Theatre Jordan Wieben - Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Devon Brayne - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary Louise Casemore - Undressed - Alberta Theatre Projects Andrew Love - The Merry Widow - Calgary Opera Rick Miller - Boom YZ - Theatre Calgary Stafford Perry - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary James Yi - Kim’s Convenience - Alberta Theatre Projects (An Arts Club Theatre Production. Based on the 2018 Production for Pacific Theatre)
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Alberta Kitchen Party - Jeremy Carver-James, Alixandra Cowman, Anna Dalgleish, Darcy Evans, Daniel Fong, Mieko Ouchi, Kodie Rollan and Joe Slabe Cantata (Rumours of my Crazy, Useless Life) - Clem Martini Cipher - Ellen Close and Braden Griffiths The Green Line - Makram Ayache Undressed - Louise Casemore
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OR FIGHT DIRECTION
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg - Cipher - Vertigo Theatre Liz Gilroy - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Stage West Hollywood Jade - The Soul of Motown: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland - Stage West Brianna Johnston - All I Want for Christmas - Lunchbox Theatre Haysam Kadri - Clue - Vertigo Theatre
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OR COMPOSITION
Chad Blain, with Foley design by Nia Devetzis - Murder in the Studio - Vertigo Theatre Andrew Blizzard - Clue - Vertigo Theatre Torquil Campbell - Cipher - Vertigo Theatre Alixandra Cowman - All I Want for Christmas - Lunchbox Theatre Rod Squance - Cantata (Rumours of my Crazy, Useless Life) - Sage Theatre
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA
Valerie Campbell - Cantata (Rumours of my Crazy, Useless Life) - Sage Theatre Filsan Dualeh - The Green Line - Chromatic Theatre and Downstage Brian Jensen - Cantata (Rumours of my Crazy, Useless Life) - Sage Theatre Vanessa Leticia Jette - Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre Laura Parken - Steel Magnolias - Theatre Calgary
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Devon Alexander - Kim’s Convenience - Alberta Theatre Projects (An Arts Club Theatre Production. Based on the 2018 Production for Pacific Theatre) Natascha Girgis - In Wonderland - Alberta Theatre Projects Steven Greenfield - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary Brianna Kim - Kim’s Convenience - Alberta Theatre Projects (An Arts Club Theatre Production. Based on the 2018 Production for Pacific Theatre) Jamie Konchak - All I Want for Christmas - Lunchbox Theatre
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
Steven Greenfield - Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary Konrad Pluta - The Soul of Motown: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland - Stage West Konrad Pluta - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Stage West David Rhymer - Gilgamesh Lazyboy - One Yellow Rabbit Joe Slabe - Alberta Kitchen Party - Alberta Theatre Projects (in association with Forte Musical Theatre Guild)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Karen Hines - bliss (The Birthday Party Play) - Verb Theatre Haysam Kadri - Clue - Vertigo Theatre Haysam Kadri - In Wonderland - Alberta Theatre Projects Jenna Rodgers - The Green Line - Chromatic Theatre and Downstage Jenna Rodgers - Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre Bronwyn Steinberg - All I Want for Christmas - Lunchbox Theatre
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Alberta Kitchen Party - Alberta Theatre Projects (In association with Forte Musical Theatre Guild) Gilgamesh Lazyboy - One Yellow Rabbit Million Dollar Quartet - Theatre Calgary Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Stage West The Soul of Motown: The Story of Holland-Dozier-Holland - Stage West
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Cipher - Vertigo Theatre Clue - Vertigo Theatre The Green Line - Chromatic Theatre and Downstage Kim’s Convenience - Alberta Theatre Projects (An Arts Club Theatre Production. Based on the 2018 Production for Pacific Theatre) Sherlock Holmes and the Vanishing Thimble - Vertigo Theatre