METAs Nominees for 23/24 Season!
The Montreal English Theatre Awards Committee is proud to announce the nominees for the 12th Annual Awards Ceremony. The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) recognize and celebrate the outstanding artistic work of the individuals and companies that comprise Montreal’s English Theatre community.
Established in 2012, the peer-juried awards exist to promote professional and emerging English theatre artists and companies, to heighten their visibility both regionally and beyond, and to elevate the level of critical discourse about theatre in Montreal amongst artists and with the community at large.
A total of 28 productions registered for the METAs during the 2023-2024 season. The METAs Jury has selected 96 nominations, and will be awarding 17 trophies at the Ceremony. We are excited to be introducing the new Innovation Award (replacing the EDI Award), and to continue the tradition of the Unsung Hero of the Theatre Award (the UHOT).
This year’s METAs Ceremony, presented in partnership with the Conseil des arts de Montréal, returns to the beautiful Le Gesù on Sunday, November 10th at 7:30 PM.
Tickets are NOW ON SALE for the general public via www.legesu.com
The full list of nominees follows.
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
The Flood - Jimmy Blais, Quinn Dooley, Krystle Pederson, Jennifer Roberts, Keren Roberts, Anana Rydvald
The Retreat - Warona Setshwaelo, Nicky Fournier, Espoir Segbeaya, Sophie-Thérèse Stone-Richards, Todd Houseman, Stephen Booth
Thy Woman's Weeds - Deena Aziz, Leni Parker, Joy Ross-Jones, Espoir Segbeaya, Warona Setshwaelo, Felicia Shulman, Julie Tamiko Manning
Mizushōbai (The Water Trade) - Hanako Brierley, Brenda Kamino, Katelyn Morishita, Dawn Obokata, Yoshie Bancroft
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE - Independent Production
Eman Bélanger - The Motherf*cker with the Hat
Caitlin Hawes - Spring Awakening
Santiago Montejo - Spring Awakening
Cat Preston - Be More Chill: The Musical
Theodore Vlachos - Be More Chill: The Musical
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE - PACT Production
Kayleigh Choiniere - POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Lucinda Davis - Fifteen Dogs
Davinder Malhi - Fifteen Dogs
Amy Rutherford - Fifteen Dogs
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE - Independent Production
Joshua Bilbao - The Motherf*cker with the Hat
Julie d’Entremont - Be More Chill: The Musical
Caitlin Hawes - Be More Chill: The Musical
Éloïse Lagacé - Spring Awakening
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE - PACT Production
Charles Bender - alterNatives
Tess Benger - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Oliver Dennis - Fifteen Dogs
Jon Lachlan Stewart - Ricki
Jeremy Lewis - Dominoes at the Crossroads
Natalie Tannous - alterNatives
Nadia Verrucci - Where You Are
OUTSTANDING EMERGING ARTIST - PERFORMANCE
Julie d'Entremont - Be More Chill: The Musical
Jeremy Lewis - Dominoes at the Crossroads
Cat Preston - Be More Chill: The Musical
Espoir Segbeaya - The Retreat
Theodore Vlachos - Be More Chill: The Musical
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Ana Cappelluto - Thy Woman's Weeds
Julie Fox, with Associate Bruno-Pierre Houle - Fifteen Dogs
Gillian Gallow - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Jawon Kang - Mizushōbai (The Water Trade)
Eo Sharp - POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Louise Bourret - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Marie-Eve Fortier, with Sophie El-Assaad - Ricki
Julie Fox, with Associate Louise Bourret - Fifteen Dogs
Mayumi Ide-Bergeron - Mizushōbai (The Water Trade)
Aura Carolina Rodriguez Vasquez - Infinite Variety
Diana Uribe - Thy Woman's Weeds
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Paul Chambers - Ricki
Hugh Conacher - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Tim Rodrigues - The Flood
Tim Rodrigues, with Associate Aurora Torok - Dominoes at the Crossroads
Christopher Wardell - Spring Awakening
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Carmen Mancuso - Spring Awakening
Riel Reddick-Stevens - Dominoes at the Crossroads
Troy Slocum - Ricki
Troy Slocum - Thy Woman's Weeds
OUTSTANDING EMERGING ARTIST - Production
Anna Burkholder (Playwright) - Caravan
Gillian Clark (Playwright) - Perfect Storm
Georges Michael Fanfan (Costume Designer) - Every Day She Rose
Julian Smith (Sound Designer) - The Retreat
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THEATRE
Daniel Barkley, Jawon Kang, and Wendy Kim Pires (Scenic Painting) - Mizushōbai (The Water Trade)
Floydd Ricketts (Musical Director/Band Leader) - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Geordie Theatre (Accessibility and inclusion for the Neurodiverse Community) - Other Worlds
Mayumi Ide-Bergeron & Tableau D'Hôte Theatre (Collective effort to re-make the costumes after they were stolen the day before dress rehearsal) - Mizushōbai (The Water Trade)
Melanie St-Jacques, Elyse Quesnel, Caroline Nowacki (Stage Management team) - Thy Woman's Weeds
Repercussion Theatre (Community Engagement & Community Building) - Infinite Variety
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Alison Darcy & Joseph Shragge - Ricki
Marie Farsi - Fifteen Dogs
Zach Fraser - Dominoes at the Crossroads
Debora Friedmann - Spring Awakening
Amanda Kellock - Thy Woman's Weeds
OUTSTANDING NEW TEXT
Gabrielle Chapdelaine (Translation by David Gagnon Walker) - The Retreat
Zach Fraser (in collaboration with the creative team) - Dominoes at the Crossroads
Julie Tamiko Manning - Mizushōbai (The Water Trade)
Erin Shields - Thy Woman's Weeds
Joseph Shragge - Ricki
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Be More Chill: The Musical - Penumbra Theatre
The Motherf*cker with the Hat - House of Actors
Spring Awakening - Contact Theatre
Wine & Halva - Art Babayants, Toronto Laboratory Theatre and Postmarginal
OUTSTANDING PACT PRODUCTION
Dominoes at the Crossroads - Infinithéâtre
Fifteen Dogs - Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Thy Woman's Weeds - Centaur Theatre Company, Repercussion Theatre, & Tableau D'Hôte Theatre
Ricki - Scapegoat Carnivale
CONGRATS TO ALL THE NOMINEES!
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