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Awards (Calgary): 2013 Betty Mitchell Awards Nominees Announced UPDATE: Award Recipients!

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Awards (Calgary): 2013 Betty Mitchell Awards Nominees Announced UPDATE: Award Recipients!

The 16th Annual Betty Mitchell Awards recipients were revealed at a ceremony on August 26th at Stage West. Award winners are highlighted below. Congratulations to all the nominees!

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Katherine Fadum – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Alberta Theatre Projects
Natascha Girgis – The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre
Abena Malika – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects
Ava Jane Markus – The Apology – Alberta Theatre Projects
Julie Orton – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Harry Frehner – Falstaff – Calgary Opera
Terry Gunvordahl – Double Indemnity – Vertigo Theatre
Ian Martens – Polygraph – Sage Theatre
Kimberly Purtell – This Is What Happens Next – One Yellow Rabbit/Alberta Theatre Projects/Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Michael Walton – Next to Normal – Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Nick Blais – A Steady Rain – Ground Zero Theatre/Hit & Myth Productions
Patrick Clark – Pride and Prejudice – Theatre Calgary/National Arts Centre
Terry Gunvordahl – Double Indemnity – Vertigo Theatre
Kenneth MacKenzie – The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop – Ignorance – The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

David Beazely – The Apology – Alberta Theatre Projects
Braden Griffiths – Red – Alberta Theatre Projects
Graham Percy – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects
Andre Sills – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects
Frank Zotter – Jack Goes Boating – Sage Theatre/Shadow Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Ronda Borneman – William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead: A True and Accurate Account of the 1599 Zombie Plague – Ground Zero Theatre/Hit & Myth Productions/The Shakespeare Company
Patrick Clark – Anne of Green Gables: The Musical™ – Theatre Calgary
Patrick Clark – Pride and Prejudice – Theatre Calgary/National Arts Centre
Deitra Kalyn – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects
Deneen McArthur – The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OR COMPOSITION

Vi An Diep – Elephant Song – Green Fools Theatre
Peter Moller – Polygraph – Sage Theatre
Salar Nader – Kite Runner – Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre
Tyler Rambie – The Stones – Y Stage
Hawksley Workman – The God That Comes – Alberta Theatre Projects/2b theatre company

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OR FIGHT DIRECTION

Kevin Corey – The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre
Phil Nero – Chicago – Stage West
Karl Sine – William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead: A True and Accurate Account of the 1599 Zombie Plague – Ground Zero Theatre/Hit & Myth Productions/The Shakespeare Company
Karl Sine – Hamlet – The Shakespeare Company
Lisa Stevens – Anne of Green Gables: The Musical™ – Theatre Calgary

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION

Elizabeth Baird – Anne of Green Gables: The Musical™ – Theatre Calgary
Robert Dean – Falstaff – Calgary Opera
Onalea Gilbertson – Blanche: The Bittersweet Life of a Wild Prairie Dame – Lunchbox Theatre/One Yellow Rabbit
Don Horsbugh – Next to Normal – Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre
Joe Slabe – Maria Rasputin Presents – Forte Musical Theatre Guild (*shared award)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Jill Agopsowicz – Anne of Green Gables: The Musical™ – Theatre Calgary
Kathryn Akin – Next To Normal – Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre
Lyne Fortin – La Traviata – Calgary Opera
Julie Orton – Scarlet Woman – Lunchbox Theatre
Myla Southward – Scarlet Woman – Lunchbox Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Christian Goutsis – The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre
Haysam Kadri – William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead: A True and Accurate Account of the 1599 Zombie Plague – Ground Zero Theatre/Hit & Myth Productions/The Shakespeare Company
Robert Markus – Next to Normal – Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre
Scott Shpeley – You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown – Alberta Theatre Projects
Hawksley Workman – The God That Comes – Alberta Theatre Projects/2b theatre company

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

Jennie Esdale – Elephant Song
Arun Lakra – Sequence
Joe Slabe – Maria Rasputin Presents
Darrah Teitel – The Apology
Hawksley Workman and Christian Barry – The God That Comes

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Craig Hall – The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre
Kate Newby – The Apology – Alberta Theatre Projects
Vanessa Porteous – Red – Alberta Theatre Projects
Kelly Reay – Jack Goes Boating – Sage Theatre/Shadow Theatre
Nigel Shawn Williams – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Jamie Konchak – The Apology – Alberta Theatre Projects
Geneviève Paré – Polygraph – Sage Theatre
Chantal Perron – Aviatrix: An Unreal Story of Amelia Earhart – Lunchbox Theatre
Monice Peters – The Dandelion Project – Verb Theatre
Karen Robinson – Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A DRAMA

David Patrick Flemming – The Apology – Alberta Theatre Projects
Haysam Kadri – Bashir Lazhar – Downstage
Daniel MacIvor – This Is What Happens Next – One Yellow Rabbit/Alberta Theatre Projects/Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Allan Morgan – Red – Alberta Theatre Projects
Paul Welch – I Am My Own Wife – Third Street Theatre

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

The God That Comes – Alberta Theatre Projects/2b theatre company
Falstaff – Calgary Opera
Maria Rasputin Presents – Forte Musical Theatre Guild
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical™ – Theatre Calgary
Next To Normal – Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

Intimate Apparel – Alberta Theatre Projects
Red – Alberta Theatre Projects
Ignorance – The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
Jack Goes Boating – Sage Theatre/Shadow Theatre
The Ends of the Earth – Vertigo Theatre

JURIED AWARDS

Nova Lea Thorne for the Duval Lang Theatre for Young Audiences Award presented in conjunction with Quest Theatre, honouring Outstanding Achievement in Theatre for Young Audiences;

Richard McDowell for the Dean Ott/ Debbie Boult Award honouring Outstanding Achievement in Technical Production

Onalea Gilbertson for the Greg Bond Memorial Award recognizing Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre in Calgary

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