The Betty Mitchell Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2018 Betty Mitchell Nominees after tabulation occurred on June 7, 2018 in Calgary, AB.
2018 Betty Mitchell Awards Nominees
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