The 2018-2019 Nominees and Recipients

Outstanding Lead Performance – Actor

• Ryan Bommarito – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Brian Dooley – The Drawer Boy (Hudson Village Theatre)

• Gabe Maharjan – La Somnambule (CABAL Theatre)

• Sasha Samar – YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

• Dakota Jamal Wellman – Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

Outstanding Lead Performance – Actress

• Ellen David – The Shoplifters (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Eva Foote – Once (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Tania Kontoyanni – Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

• Cara Krisman – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Shauna Thompson – Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actress sponsored by Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

• Mikaela Davies – The Last Wife (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Briauna James – Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

• Anne-Marie Saheb – The Last Wife (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Warona Setshwaelo – Reaching for Starlight (Geordie Theatre)

• Felicia Shulman – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Meghan Vera Starling – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show (MainLine Theatre)

Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actor

• Patrick Émmanuel Abellard – Gratitude (Hyper-Allergenic Productions)

• Oliver Becker – A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Colin Heath – Measure for Measure (Repercussion Theatre)

• Jon-Alex MacFarlane – Once (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Sam Stein – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Antoine Yared – The Last Wife (Centaur Theatre Company)

Outstanding Ensemble sponsored by Caisse de la Culture

• Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre) – Patrick Émmanuel Abellard, Vlad Alexis, Quincy Armorer, Steven Charles, Lyndz Dantiste, Christopher Parker & Paul Rainville

• Clean Slate (Talisman Theatre) – Cleopatra Boudreau, Christian Daoust, Rebecca Gibian, Michelle Langlois-Fequet, Gita Miller, Kathleen Stavert & Julie Trépanier

• The In-Between (Geordie Theatre) – Skyler Clark, Qianna MacGilchrist & Alexis-Samuel Roy

• Marion Bridge (Hudson Village Theatre) – Stefanie Buxton, Kathryn Kirkpatrick & Leni Parker

• Other People’s Children (Imago Theatre) – Brett Donahue, Kathleen Stavert & Asha Vijayasingham

Outstanding Set Design

• Alison Darcy – YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

• Brian Dudkiewicz – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Michael Gianfrancesco – The Last Wife (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Pierre-Étienne Locas – A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Jaclyn Turner – Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

Outstanding Costume Design

• Louise Bourret – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Sophie El-Assaad – La Somnambule (CABAL Theatre)

• Michael Gianfrancesco – The Last Wife (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Cathia Pagotto – YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

• Diana Uribe – Little Witch (Geordie Theatre)

Outstanding Lighting Design sponsored by Solotech

• Claude Accolas – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Cédric Delorme-Bouchard – Clean Slate (Talisman Theatre)

• Andrea Lundy – The Last Wife (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Tim Rodrigues – How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Black Theatre Workshop)

• Zoe Roux – Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

Outstanding Sound Design / Composition sponsored by Solotech

• Jacob Burtenshaw – Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre) (Music Composition)

• Peter Cerone – Clean Slate (Talisman Theatre) (Sound Design)

• Rob Denton & Elena Stoodley – Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre) (Sound Design)

• Rob Denton – Little Witch (Geordie Theatre) (Sound Design)

• Alexander MacSween & Anna Atkinson – The Last Wife  (Centaur Theatre Company) (Music Composition)

Outstanding Contribution to Theatre

• Cabal Theatre: Immersive Theatre – La Somnambule

• Brigitte Dajczer, Gabriel Paquin-Buki & Sergiu Popa: Live Music  – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Jennie Herbin: Translation – Clean Slate (Talisman Theatre)

• Floydd Ricketts: Music Direction – Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Amelia Scott: Video Design – The In-Between (Geordie Theatre)

• Sonya Vallis: Head of Wardrobe – Measure for Measure (Repercussion Theatre)

Outstanding Choreography and / or Movement Direction 

• Amy Blackmore, holly Greco & Jessica Rae – Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show (MainLine Theatre)

• Rodney Diverlus – Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

• holly Greco – Measure for Measure (Repercussion Theatre)

• Ray Hogg – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Dayane Ntibarikure – Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Andrew Turner – YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

Outstanding New Text (Original or Adaptation)

• Rhiannon Collett – The Kissing Game (Youtheatre)

• Alison Darcy & Joseph Shragge – YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

• Donna-Michelle St. Bernard – Reaching for Starlight, inspired by Kristy Dempsey’s A Dance Like Starlight (Geordie Theatre)

• Liz Valdez – Encore, adapted from Marc Prescott’s Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

• Marcus Youssef – The In-Between (Geordie Theatre)

Outstanding Emerging Artist(s) – Performance sponsored by the National Theatre School of Canada

• Patrick Émmanuel Abellard – Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre Company) / Gratitude (Hyper-Allergenic Productions)

• Samantha Bitonti – Measure for Measure (Repercussion Theatre) / Reaching for Starlight (Geordie Theatre)

• Ryan Bommarito – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Eva Foote – Once (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Cara Krisman – Indecent (Segal Center for Performing Arts)

Outstanding Emerging Artist(s) – Production sponsored by the Monument-National

• Nikita Bala – Production Management: Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre) / Apprentice Stage Management: How Black Mothers Say I Love You (Black Theatre Workshop) & Reaching for Starlight (Geordie Theatre)

• Rhiannon Collett – Playwright: The Kissing Game (Youtheatre)

• Sophia Graziani – Set Construction & Assistant Set Design: YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

• Jaclyn Turner – Set Design: Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre) / Video Design: Blackout (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

• Katey Wattam – Assistant Direction: Clean Slate (Talisman Theatre)

Outstanding Direction

• Leslie Baker – Clean Slate (Talisman Theatre )

• Alison Darcy & Joseph Shragge – YEV (Scapegoat Carnivale)

• Mike Payette – Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Mike Payette – The In-Between (Geordie Theatre)

• Lisa Rubin – Indecent (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Liz Valdez – Encore (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

Outstanding Community Production sponsored by Global News

• Cabaret – The Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Hudson Players Club

• The Drowsy Chaperone – Hudson Music Club

• The Miracle Worker – Lakeshore Players Dorval

• Thespis – Lakeshore Light Opera

Outstanding Independent Production sponsored by Caisse de la Culture

• Clean Slate – Talisman Theatre

• Illusions – Boulouki Theatre

• La Somnambule – Cabal Theatre

• Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show – MainLine Theatre

• YEV – Scapegoat Carnivale

Outstanding PACT Production presented in partnership with the Conseil des arts de Montréal

• Choir Boy – Centaur Theatre Company

• Encore – Tableau D’Hôte Theatre

• Indecent – Segal Centre for Performing Arts

• The Last Wife – Centaur Theatre Company

• Once – Segal Centre for Performing Arts

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Award presented in partnership with the Conseil des arts de Montréal

• Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal

Unsung Hero of the Theatre (UHOT)

• Lesley Bramhill, General Manager of Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal