Photograph by: Larry Wong, Edmonton Journal
The Cappies (Critics and Awards Program) is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing learning experiences for high school theater and journalism students and teenage playwrights. Click here to visit The Cappies of Greater Edmonton website.
The 2015 award recipients were announced at a Gala at The Citadel Theatre on Sunday, June 7th. Click here to read an overview of the event on the Edmonton Journal website, including a video. The 2015 Cappie recipients are:
Marketing and Publicity:
- Hannah Feddema, Calah Myhre, WP Wagner, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Sound:
- Jeff Webber, Ramnik Sekhon, Josh Parkins, Sara Christenson, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Lighting:
- Aidan Murphy, Archbishop Jordan High School, Almost, Maine
Sets:
- Gareth Davies, Braden Welsh, Archbishop Jordan High School, Almost, Maine
Costumes:
- Sofia Vizhul, Sasha Lazin, Alexa Shipanoff, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Makeup:
- Courtney Warkentin, Joanna Faddoul, Amy Borgeson, Courtney Yarmuch, Louis St. Laurent High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
Props:
- Logan Stefura, Kirsten Weisbrod, Libby Dirks, St. Peter the Apostle, The Secret Garden
Special Effects and or Technology:
- Ramnik Sekhon, Donan Oliver-Lyons, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Stage Crew and Management:
- ABJ Theatre Set Team, Archbishop Jordan High School, Almost, Maine
Orchestra:
- AOB Coram Chamber Ensemble, Austin O’Brien, Coram Boy Bellerose Orchestra, Bellerose CHS,Spamalot
Choreography:
- Kaylin Schenk, Strathcona Christian Academy, Annie Kristen Thomas, Julia Stanski, Archbishop MacDonald High School, The Pajama Game
Creativity:
- Thomas LaGrange, composition, St. Joseph High School, Getting Away With Murder
Ensemble in a Play:
- Green Shoots, St. Peter the Apostle, The Secret Garden
Ensemble in a Musical:
- Gangster duo, Louis St. Laurent High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
Featured Actress in a Play:
- Julie Ostrem, Archbishop Jordan High School, Almost, Maine
Featured Actor in a Play:
- Jaylin January, WP Wagner, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Featured Actress in a Musical:
- Hazel Cavida, Bellerose CHS, Spamalot
Featured Actor in a Musical:
- Kevin Yue, Paul Kane High School, Grease
Female Dancer:
- Sarah Emslie, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Male Dancer:
- Gavin Dyer, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Female Vocalist:
- Rachel Matichuk, Bellerose CHS, Spamalot
Male Vocalist:
- Piper Zbryski-Livingstone, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Comic Actress in a Play:
- Brianne Klingspon, Archbishop Jordan High School, Almost, Maine
Comic Actor in a Play:
- Joey Tombley, Millwoods Christian School, The Three Musketeers
Comic Actress in a Musical:
- Wania Jibran, J. Percy Page High School, Beauty and the Beast
Comic Actor in a Musical:
- Matthew Dejanovic, Bellerose CHS, Spamalot
Supporting Actress in a Play:
- Olivia Billsten, St. Albert Catholic High School, August: Osage County
Supporting Actor in a Play:
- Mohamed Ahmed, WP Wagner, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Supporting Actress in a Musical:
- Kendra Benterud, Strathcona Christian Academy, Annie
Supporting Actor in a Musical:
- Nicholas Giroux, Eastglen, Honk
Lead Actress in a Play:
- Marguerite Lawler, JH Picard, Amadeus
Lead Actor in a Play:
- Malcolm Vick, WP Wagner, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Lead Actress in a Musical:
- Siobhan Galpin, Strathcona High School, The Addams Family
Lead Actor in a Musical:
- Daniel Greenways, Louis St. Laurent High School, The Drowsy Chaperone
Song:
- “There Are Worse Things I Could Do,” Paul Kane High School, Grease
Play:
- Amadeus, JH Picard
Musical:
- The Drowsy Chaperone, Louis St. Laurent High School
Top Critic Grade 10
- Stephen Stewart, Millwoods Christian School
Top Critic Grade 11
- Julia Stanski, Archbishop MacDonald
Top Critic Grade 12
- Morgan Sosniuk, Archbishop MacDonald
Top Critic Team
- Archbishop MacDonald High School
Congratulations to all the recipients and the nominees! Click here to view a list of all 2015 nominees.
