NOMINATIONS

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BEST SOUND DESIGN​

Used audio techniques and programmed sound to bring an element of life to each production in a clean and cohesive way.

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Valeria Venturo Esaine for Letters from Cuba

Tailynn Smith-Vetter & Ashley Heng for Earth is Flat

Lev Tokol for All in the Timing

Maia Wells & Samara Tower for Into the Woods

Maia Wells for Angels in America

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BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Exceptional use of lighting coordination and crafting that contributed to the world of the production. 

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Cass Iacovelli for Rosmersholm

Isabella Cesari for Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Leah Manz for Earth is Flat

Cass Iacovelli for Angels in America

Abbey Kowalski for The Bald Soprano

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BEST SET DESIGN

Thoughtful and interesting set design that contributed to the world of the production.

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Carol Chen for Between the Sheets

Emelia Findlay for Tom, Dick, and Harry

John Cleave for Letters from Cuba

Rain Shen & Vivian Yang for Into the Woods

Emelia Findlay for Carrie: The Musical

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Thoughtful and functional costumes that support the world of the production.

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Gabriel Woo for Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Kenzy El Morsi for The Bald Soprano

Nika Gottlieb for Cabaret

Kara Austria for Carrie: The Musical

Gabriel Woo for Into the Woods

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BEST MAKEUP DESIGN

Thoughtful and functional use of makeup that supports the world of the production.

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Maggie Tavares for Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Kate Martens for The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Nika Gottlieb for Cabaret

Kate Martens for Into the Woods

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BEST HAIR & WIG DESIGN

Thoughtful and functional hairstyling and wig design that support the world of the production.

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Gabriel Woo for Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Gabriel Woo & Kate Martens for Into the Woods

Nika Gottlieb for Cabaret

Kate Martens & Gabriel Woo for High School Musical 2

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BEST PUBLICITY

Exceptional design of posters, programs, and use of social media/advertising methods.

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Sabrina Weinstein & Hannah Fleisch for High School Musical 2

Valeria Venturo Esaine & Hemali Ratnaweera for Acepto (I Do)

Nick Cikoja for Into the Woods

Shannora Lankanathar for Earth is Flat

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BEST PRODUCING

Recognition of producers that have gone above and beyond to succeed in the roles as producers of their society or show. 

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Christina Shnaider & Qilin Yu (St. Michael's College Troubadours)

Ciara Mahaffy & Madeleine King (Trinity College Dramatic Society)

Cass Iacovelli & Effie McHarg (Victoria College Dramatic Society)

Alyssa Brubacher & Joanna de Villa (UTSC Drama Society)

Anthony Palermo & Sydney Scott (UTM English and Drama Student Society)

Elizabeth Chernyak & Emily Beaubien (UC Follies)

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Recognition of plays or musicals with six or more cast members that were brought to a new level through the cohesion and performance of the entire cast.

The Cast of All in the Timing

The Cast of The Bald Soprano

The Cast of Angels in America

The Cast of Gallathea

The Cast of Tom, Dick, and Harry

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BEST CHORUS/ENSEMBLE

Recognition of outstanding performances by ensembles/chorus in plays and musicals that supported the production through a highly cohesive and engaging performance as a group.

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Kit Kat Dancers (Cabaret)

Chamberlain High School Class of 1976 (Carrie: The Musical)

The Transylvanians (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

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BEST MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Exceptional performance by a band, composer or performer in any performance category. This is not a vocal performance category.

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Mashreka Mahmood & Jonah Nung for WANT (Original Music & Lyrics)

The Cabaret Orchestra for Cabaret

The Into the Woods Orchestra for Into the Woods

The Connections Orchestra for Connections

Lev Tokol for All in the Timing (Original Music)

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BEST ORIGINAL WORK

Original script that has exceptionally well developed characters and plot that creates a unique world.

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Mashreka Mahmood & Jonah Nung for WANT

Valeria Venturo Esaine for Acepto (I Do)

Helen Ho, Sarah Burns, and the Writing Team for The SMC Funnies

Laura Dae, Jasmine Jenkinson, and Phynn Saunders for the UTM EDSS Performance Festival

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Recognition of newcomers to the campus theatre community who, in their first season, worked on multiple shows and/or participated in campus theatre through student leadership roles.

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Mila Frumovitz

Noam Citrin

Abbey Kowalski

Alicia Balduzzi

Alexander Gomez

Anneke Lee

Collins Runxin Hu

Connor Ebbrell

Emma Exley

Jeewon Pezzack

Ethan Loy

Gaby Bondoc

Gravity Guignard

Izzy Sherlock

Joseph Chiu

Kaiya Nixon

Leah Manz

Luis Sanchez

Maia Wells

Mandy Yerin Munkhzorig

Megan Crossland

Nora Wiens Farrelly

Shannora Lankanathar

Sophia Katres

Sorcha Chow

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GRADUATING IMPACT AWARD

Recognition of graduating students to the campus theatre community who have made an exceptional contribution over the course of their degree.

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Jonah Nung

Gabriel Woo

Abigail Lewis

Alyssa Brubacher

Anthony Palermo

Ashley Heng

Brynn Bonne

Chelsea Mathieu

Chelsea Young

Chloé Castrucci

Emelia Findlay

Hannah Mitchell

Hemali Ratnaweera

Joanna de Villa

Juliet Spizzirri

Kathleen Kovacs

Liam Donovan

Max Darlington

Maïa Greco

Nasim Ramirez

Nika Gottlieb

Tailynn Smith-Vetter

Tammy Yu

Valeria Venturo Esaine

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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Choreographer created fleshed out and multi-dimensional choreography that suited and strongly contributed to the the world of the play/musical in a clean and cohesive way.

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Noam Citrin for Cabaret

Lev Tokol for All in the Timing

Vedika Jha for Into the Woods

Cass Iacovelli for Carrie: The Musical

Mila Frumovitz & Anthony Palermo for Hedwig and the Angry Inch

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BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

The Actor created a fleshed out and multi-dimensional character that suited the world of the play.

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Joseph Chiu as Various (All in the Timing)

Nina Katz as Harry (Tom, Dick, and Harry)

Chloé Castrucci as Various (All in the Timing)

Alexander Gomez as Enrique (Letters from Cuba)

Maha Ballazzi as Shel (Earth is Flat)

Sorcha Chow as Women Various (Earth is Flat)

Stevie (Sofia) Garcia as Cupid (Gallathea)

Connor Ebbrell as Third Man/Doctor (The Baltimore Waltz)

Nezar El-Rayes as Kroll (Rosmersholm)

Juliet Spizzirri as Roy Cohn (Angels in America)

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BEST MUSICAL LEADERSHIP

Exceptional work by a music director or band leader.

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Jonah Nung for Into the Woods

Jonah Nung for Connections

Hillary Chu & Jonah Nung for Carrie: The Musical

Max Darlington for Cabaret

Kathleen Kovacs & Max Webb Comor for WANT

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BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

Actor created a fleshed out and multi-dimensional character that suited the world of the musical and demonstrated excellent vocal & acting performance.

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Emma Coulson as Yitzhak (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Cass Iacovelli as Fräulein Schneider (Cabaret)

Nick Cikoja as Herr Schultz (Cabaret)

Lev Tokol as Ernst Ludwig (Cabaret)

Avril Brigden as Fräulein Kost (Cabaret)

Maria Perry as Ms. Gardner (Carrie: The Musical)

Avril Brigden as Chris Hargensen (Carrie: The Musical)

Nolan Rush as The Wolf/Cinderella's Prince (Into the Woods)

Alice Willett as Jack's Mother (Into the Woods)

Isabelle Jones as Florinda (Into the Woods)

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BEST STAGE MANAGER

Effective and efficient work coordinating actors, props, and tech elements.

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Artemis Riedmuller for All in the Timing

Caitlyn Grant for Cabaret

Abigail Lewis for Into the Woods

Sabrina Weinstein for Rosmersholm

Cass Iacovelli for Angels in America

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BEST DIRECTOR

Director created a clear world, offered specific creative choices, made use of appropriate techniques (blocking, coordinating design elements, directing actors) that made sense for their chosen medium or presenting the production. 

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Lev Tokol for All in the Timing

Benny Soave for Letters from Cuba

Isabella Cesari for Cabaret

Sabrina Weinstein & Hannah Fleisch for High School Musical 2

Anthony Palermo for Angels in America

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BEST PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY SHOW

Performer stood out in the ensemble of a variety show, and added to the company in a cohesive valuable way, through the various material they participated in. 

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Hemali Ratnaweera as Mini (WANT)

Alicia Balduzzi as Troy Bolton (High School Musical 2)

Anusha Ramesh as Sarah (WANT)

Golshan Sharbatdaralaei as Gabriella Montez (High School Musical 2)

Andrea Perez as Janet Weiss (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Ginette Jacques as The Criminologist (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Noam Citrin as Brad Majors (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Kaiya Nixon as Frank N Furter (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Chelsea Mathieu as Joyha (D E V O U R/UTM EDSS Performance Festival)

Sydney Scott as Opum (D E V O U R/UTM EDSS Performance Festival)

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BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

The Actor created a fleshed out and multi-dimensional character that suited the world of the play.

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Valeria Venturo Esaine as Marion (Between the Sheets)

Liam Donovan as Joe (Angels in America)

Hannah Mitchell as Gallathea/Larissa (Gallathea)

Chloe Ali as Teresa (Between the Sheets)

Doga Melisa Demirer as Mr. Martin (The Bald Soprano)

Megan Crossland as Derek (Earth is Flat)

Sophie Van Dalen as Fran (Letters from Cuba)

Dante Crispino as Luis (Letters from Cuba)

Valentine Leger as Prior/Man in the Park (Angels in America)

Chelsea Mathieu as Harper/Martin (Angels in America)

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BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

The Actor created a fleshed-out and multi-dimensional character that suited the world of the musical and demonstrated an excellent vocal & acting performance.

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Alicia Balduzzi as the Emcee (Cabaret)

Emma Kidd as the Baker's Wife (Into the Woods)

Jasmine Jenkinson as Hallie (Connections)

Nick Cikoja as the Baker (Into the Woods)

Siobhán Gyulay as The Witch (Into the Woods)

Emma Faith as Cinderella (Into the Woods)

Mia Rebelo as Little Red (Into the Woods)

Emma Exley as Carrie White (Carrie: The Musical)

Will Carriere as Tommy Ross (Carrie: The Musical)

Maggie Tavares as Sally Bowles (Cabaret)

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BEST VARIETY SHOW

The variety show, special project, or festival with the best combination of performance, design and direction.

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High School Musical 2 Shadowcast

WANT

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadowcast

The SMC Funnies

UTM EDSS Performance Festival

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BEST PLAY

The play with the best combination of performance, design, and direction.

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All in the Timing

Tom, Dick, and Harry

Letters from Cuba

Angels in America

Gallathea

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BEST MUSICAL

The musical with the best combination of performance, design, direction. 

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Acepto (I Do)

Into the Woods

Cabaret

Carrie: The Musical

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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: Into the Woods

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AWARDS OF MERIT

Sex Rave: Maria-Faedra Archimandriti for The Baltimore Waltz

Best Blow-Up Boy: Boy Trolton for High School Musical 2

Best Exhibition/Gallery: Jackie Knight for Letters from Cuba 

Into the Woods to Slay the Boots: Jared da Silva & Alexa Glamceveski for Into the Woods

Canadian Passport: Connor Ebbrell for Rosmersholm, All in the Timing, and The Baltimore Waltz

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