ONE-ACT FESTIVAL (FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 2, 2024)

 

PARTICIPANTS

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TUESDAY, FEB 27

Life is But A Dream – UTSC Improv

in two parts – Independent Submission

881 High School – 881 Drama Club

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WEDNESDAY, FEB 28

50! First Dates – Independent Submission

Average Male Conversations – UC Follies

bluelight – UTM EDSS

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THURSDAY, FEB 29

Nuit Blanche – Independent Submission

Journey Through Grief and Healing – Independent Submission

The 5th Annual McGill Drama Festival – UofT Improv

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FRIDAY, MAR 1

Helen\Klytemnestra, or Maneater – Victoria College Drama Society

Lemons and Ginger – UTSC Drama Society

Stellar Pallarax – Independent Submission

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SATURDAY, MAR 2

Stayed With Me – Trinity College Drama Society

Specks of Survival – Independent Submission

Three Plays and a Conversation – St. Michael’s College Troubadours

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WINNERS

PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION:

UTSC Drama Society for Lemons and Ginger (UTSC Drama Society)

 

ROBERTSON DAVIES PLAYWRITING AWARD:

Luis Sanchez for Average Male Conversation (UC Follies)

 

ROBERT GILL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION:

Neve Chamberlain for Average Male Conversation (UC Follies)

 

DONALD SUTHERLAND AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE:

Mikaël Tobio Bennett for Stellar Pallarax (Independent)

 

IATSE LOCAL 58 AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT:

Linnea Sander for Stellar Pallarax (Independent)

 

JANET BESSEY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STAGE MANAGEMENT:

Yabsira Malyon Adgu for Lemons and Ginger (UTSC Drama Society)

 

AWARDS OF MERIT:

• Technical Achievement in World Building – Maggie Tavares and Shunsho Ando-Heng for
  bluelight (UTM EDSS)

• Daring Collaboration – Maryuri Marin and Ethan Persyko for Journey Through Grief and Healing (independent)

• Writing: Roles Actors Would Die Play – Cass Iacovelli for in two parts (Independent)

• Writing: Radical Reimagining – Cassandra Marcus Davey for Helen\Klytemnestra, or Maneater (Victoria College Drama Society)

• Writing: Continue the Conversation – Nina Katz for Three Plays and a Conversation (St. Michael’s College Troubadours)

• Give this writer a Sketch Show (aka the Lorne Michaels Award) – Eeman Chaudhry for Life is But A Dream (UTSC Improv)

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