Robert Merritt Award Nominations 2018
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (female)
Name | Character | Show | Company |
Burgandy Code | Bottom | Dream By Fire | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Lucy Hill | Claudia, Drachman, Leslie, Douglas | I, Claudia | Felix Productions |
Francine Deschepper | Narrator/Susan | Kingfisher Days | Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre |
Mary Fay Coady | Chaya | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Genevieve Steele | Miriam | Snake in the Grass | Neptune Theatre |
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (male)
Name | Character | Show | Company |
Hugh Thompson | Mr. Moir, and Father | Kingfisher Days | Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre |
Marty Burt | Dan | Next To Normal | Highland Arts Theatre |
Ben Caplan | The Wanderer | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Aaron Collier | Princess Edward | Princess Rules | Heist |
Christian Murray | Sir Henry, and others | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre |
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (male)
Name | Character | Show | Company |
Devin Mackinnon | Demetrius | Dream By Fire | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Graham Percy | Silas Rudge/Premier Murray | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Ryan Rogerson | Calvin Landry | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Richie Wilcox | Abel T. Suckizone | Princess Rules | Heist |
Don Allison | George Salter | The Mystery Play | Ship’s Company Theatre |
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (female)
Name | Character | Show | Company |
Lesley Smith | Charles Burchell and various | At This Hour | Zuppa Theatre |
Mary Fay Coady | Various lawyers, judges, assessors | At This Hour | Zuppa Theatre |
Stephanie MacDonald | Quince | Dream By Fire | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Lara Lewis | Valet Girl | Princess Rules | Heist |
Karen Bassett | Brown | Pugwash | Ship’s Company Theatre |
Outstanding Choreography
Name | Show | Company |
(Puppetry) Jim Morrow and Andrea Lee Norwood | Dream By Fire | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Laura Caswell | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Jacinte Armstrong | Princess Rules | Heist |
Celia Koughan | Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart | Geordie Brown Productions, presented by Neptune Theatre |
Ron Jenkins | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Highland Arts Theatre |
Outstanding Costume Design
Name | Show | Company |
Andrew Cull | I, Claudia | Felix Productions |
Helena Marriott | It’s a Wonderful Life | Neptune Theatre |
Jennifer Goodman | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Carly Beamish | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Emlyn Murray | Princess Rules | Heist |
Outstanding Direction
Name | Show | Company |
Ken Schwartz | Dream By Fire | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Ann-Marie Kerr, with assistant direction by Gillian Clark | I, Claudia | Felix Productions |
Ron Jenkins | Next To Normal | Highland Arts Theatre |
Christian Barry | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Jean-Pierre Cloutier | Princess Rules | Heist |
Outstanding Lighting Design
Name | Show | Company |
Leigh Ann Vardy | I, Claudia | Felix Productions |
Louisa Adamson and Christian Barry | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Jean-Pierre Cloutier | Princess Rules | Heist |
Ingrid Risk | Snake in the Grass | Neptune Theatre |
Leigh Ann Vardy | The Mystery Play | Ship’s Company Theatre |
Outstanding Musical Direction
Name | Show | Company |
Sarah Richardson | New Waterford Boy: A Ceilidh | Heist |
Ami McKay | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Ben Caplan | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Scott Christian | Once | Neptune Theatre |
Lisa MacDougall and Geordie Brown | The Songs of the Rat Pack | Geordie Brown Productions, presented by Neptune Theatre |
Outstanding New Play by a Nova Scotian
Name | Show | Company |
Adapted by Ben Stone, with the Company | At This Hour | Zuppa Theatre |
Karen Bassett | Lullaby: Inside the Halifax Explosion | Eastern Front Theatre |
Ken Schwartz and Ami McKay | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan, and Christian Barry | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Aaron Collier with Jean-Pierre Cloutier and Richie Wilcox | Princess Rules | Heist |
Outstanding Original Score
Name | Show | Company |
Ami McKay | Nothing Less! | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
Ben Caplan and Christian Barry | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Garry Williams with Jasmine Shenandoah Ashfield, Jeremy Hutton, Jesse MacLean and Shanoa Phillips | Peter Pan | Shakespeare By The Sea |
Aaron Collier | Princess Rules | Heist |
Stewart Legere with Brian Riley | The Archive of Missing Things | Zuppa Theatre |
Outstanding Scenic Design
Name | Show | Company |
Andrew Cull | I, Claudia | Felix Productions |
Louisa Adamson and Christian Barry with Andrew Cull | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Jean-Pierre Cloutier, Aaron Collier, Nick Bottomley, Deonie Hudson, and Matt Miller | Princess Rules | Heist |
Geofrey Dinwiddie | Snake in the Grass | Neptune Theatre |
Sean Mulcahy | The Mystery Play | Ship’s Company Theatre |
Outstanding Sound Design
Name | Show | Company |
Aaron Collier | I, Claudia | Felix Productions |
Steven Naylor | Lullaby: Inside the Halifax Explosion | Eastern Front Theatre |
Christian Barry, Ben Caplan and Jordan Palmer | Old Stock: a refugee love story | 2b theatre company |
Aaron Collier | Princess Rules | Heist |
Brian Riley | The Archive of Missing Things | Zuppa Theatre |
Outstanding Production by a New or Emerging Company
Show | Playwright | Company |
Bone Cage | Catherine Banks | Matchstick Theatre |
I, Claudia | Kristen Thomson | Felix Productions |
Next to Normal | Brian Yorkey | Highland Arts Theatre |
Punch Up | Kat Sandler | Highland Arts Theatre |
Outstanding Production
Show | Playwright | Company |
Dream By Fire | William Shakespeare | Two Planks and a Passion Theatre |
I, Claudia | Kristen Thomson | Felix Productions |
Kingfisher Days | Susan Coyne | Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre |
Old Stock: a refugee love story | Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan, and Christian Barry | 2b theatre company |
Princess Rules | Aaron Collier with Jean-Pierre Cloutier and Richie Wilcox | Heist |
Announced at the Gala:
Outstanding Presentation
Outstanding Technician
Outstanding Stage Manager
Outstanding Volunteer
Theatre Nova Scotia Scholarship
Theatre Nova Scotia Legacy Award