The 2019-2020 Nominees and Recipients

Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actress sponsored by Canadian Actor’s Equity Association

• Susan Bain – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Rebecca Gibian – Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Alexandra Laferrière – Simone, Half and Half (Black Theatre Workshop)

• Julie Tamiko Manning – Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Jennifer Roberts – Simone, Half and Half (Black Theatre Workshop) 

Outstanding Set Design

• Sophie El Assaad – The Water Chronicles (Geordie Theatre)

• Bruno-Pierre Houle – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• James Lavoie – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Félix Poirier – Please Thrill Me (BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime)

• Diana Uribe – Persephone Bound (Imago Theatre, Geordie Theatre, and Screaming Goats Collective)

Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actor

• Nick Carpenter – Billy Bishop Goes to War (Hudson Village Theatre)

• Marcel Jeannin – Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Amir Sám Nakhjavani – Winter’s Daughter (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

• Dakota Jamal Wellman – Simone, Half and Half (Black Theatre Workshop)

• Jake Wilkinson – Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

Outstanding Lighting Design

• Julie Basse – Alice and the World We Live In (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Martin Sirois – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Martin Sirois – Persephone Bound (Imago Theatre, Geordie Theatre, and Screaming Goats Collective)

• Martin Sirois – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Ted Stafford – Please Thrill Me (BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime)

Outstanding Sound Design and / or Music Composition

• Devon Bate – Chattermarks (Cabal Theatre)

• Nick Carpenter – Billy Bishop Goes to War (Hudson Village Theatre)

• Rob Denton – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Oran Eldor, Nick Burgess & Lucie Cauchon – Mythic (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Nataq Huault & Sean Nicholas Savage – Please Thrill Me (BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime)

Outstanding Contribution to Theatre

• Léda Davies, Eric Nyland, Jed Tomlinson: Aerial Circus Team – Persephone Bound (Imago Theatre, Geordie Theatre, and Screaming Goats Collective)

• Chris Campbell: Translation – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Haui: Video Design –  Simone, Half and Half (Black Theatre Workshop)

• Purple Divine: Site Specific/Immersive Production – Going Up 

• Nick Burgess, Lucie Cauchon, Mike De Masi, Simon Legault, Jason Field, Parker Bert: (Live Music) – Mythic – (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Pascal Chénard, Alexandre Colas-Jeffery, Antoine Langis, Juliette Leclerc, Max-Élie Oboukangongo-Laroche: (Live Music) – Please Thrill Me – (BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime)

Outstanding Costume Design

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

• Sophie El Assaad – Chattermarks (Cabal Theatre)

• Sophie El Assaad – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Sophie El Assaad – The Water Chronicles (Geordie Theatre)

• Anne-Sophie Gaudet – Please Thrill Me (BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime)

Outstanding New Text (Original or Adaptation)

• Michaela Di Cesare – Fear of Missing Out (Geordie Theatre)

• Kiki Dranias – Going Up (Purple Divine)

• Christine Rodriguez – Simone, Half and Half (Black Theatre Workshop)

Outstanding Emerging Artist(s) – Performance

• Chloé Bilodeau – Blue Stockings (Persephone Productions)

• Stephen Booth – Fear of Missing Out / The Water Chronicles (Geordie Theatre)

• Chadia Kikonjo – Fear of Missing Out / The Water Chronicles (Geordie Theatre)

• Darragh Mondoux – Blue Stockings (Persephone Productions)

• Jake Wilkinson – Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

Outstanding Emerging Artist(s) – Production

• Kiki Dranias – Playwright and Producer: Going Up (Purple Divine)

• Mahalia Golnosh Tahririha – Assistant Direction: Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

• HeatherEllen Strain – Stage Management: Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Jaclyn Turner – Projection Design: Winter’s Daughter – (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre)

Outstanding Direction

• Sophie Cadieux – Please Thrill Me (BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime)

• Dean Patrick Fleming – Billy Bishop Goes To War (Hudson Village Theatre)

• Zach Fraser – The Water Chronicles (Geordie Theatre)

• Caitlin Murphy – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Andrew Shaver – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Jen Viens – Going Up (Purple Divine)

Outstanding Ensemble sponsored by the Caisse de la Culture

• Mythic (Segal Centre for Performing Arts) – Julia McLellan, Heather McGuigan, Jessica Gallant, James Daly, Aadin Church, Patrick Park, Jacob Sheffield, Matt Raffy, Kathline Greco, Megan Brydon, Alexia Gourd & Eva Petris

• Persephone Bound (Imago Theatre, Geordie Theatre, and Screaming Goats Collective) – Léda Davies, Eric Nyland & Jed Tomlinson

• The Water Chronicles (Geordie Theatre) – Stephen Booth, Chloe Giddings & Chadia Kikondjo

Outstanding Independent Production sponsored by the Caisse de la Culture

• Chattermarks – Cabal Theatre

• Going Up – Purple Divine

• Please Thrill Me – BOP | Ballet Opéra Pantomime

Outstanding Lead Performance – Actor

• Andreas Apergis – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

• Stephen Booth – Fear of Missing Out (Geordie Theatre)

• Bruce Dinsmore – Billy Bishop Goes to War (Hudson Village Theatre)

• Matthew Kabwe – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Paul Van Dyck – Going Up (Purple Divine)

Outstanding Lead Performance – Actress

• Kelly Craig – Going Up (Purple Divine)

• Alex Petrachuk – Chattermarks (Cabal Theatre)

• Adrianne Richards – MOB (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Amelia Sargisson – Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre Company)

• Warona Setshwaelo – Small Mouth Sounds (Segal Centre for Performing Arts)

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

• MOB – Centaur Theatre Company

• Paradise Lost – Centaur Theatre Company

• Persephone Bound – Imago Theatre, Geordie Theatre and Screaming Goats Collective

• Small Mouth Sounds – Segal Centre for Performing Arts

• The Water Chronicles – Geordie Theatre

Unsung Hero of the Theatre

• Patrick Lloyd Brennan, Managing Director, Quebec Drama Federation

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award presented in partnership with le Conseil des arts de Montréal

• Artista, Imago Theatre’s Mentorship Program for Young Women