Nominees 2023
 

 

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1. Outstanding Costume Design

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Helena Marriott

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Kayla Cormier

The Happy Prince

Highland Arts Theatre

Tara Grude

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

Marie France Labbé

The Hobbit, or there and back again

Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre

Jennifer Goodman

The Stranger

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company

 

2. Neptune RBC Chrysalis Emerging Artist Award

To be announced at the gala

 

3. Outstanding Independent Production

Nominees:

Production

Company

The Aliens

Theatre in Space

Samqwan

Highland Arts Theatre

The Hydrofoil Mystery 

Theatre Baddeck

How To Be FEARLESS! (With Roxy Roberts)

Binocular Theatre (Ali Joy Richardson )

PRUDE

Probably Theatre Collective (Lou Campbell)

 

 

4. Outstanding Projection Design

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Christian Ludwig Hansen

#IAmTheCheese

Halifax Theatre for Young People + Eastern Front Theatre

Aaron Collier

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Christian Ludwig Hansen

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

Mackenzie Cornfield

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

Anna Shepherd, Dan Bray, and Colleen MacIsaac

Shakespeare's Time Machine

The Villains Theatre

5. Outstanding Musical Direction

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Avery-Jean Brennan

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Stephen Muise

Dear Rita

Savoy Theatre

GaRRy Williams

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

Chuck Homewood

Cabaret

Highland Arts Theatre

Allen Cole

The Stranger

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre

 

6. Theatre Nova Scotia Scholarship

To be announced at the gala

 

7. Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Name

Role

Production

Company

Allistair MacDonald

Frank N Furter

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Stephanie MacDonald

Kathy

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Burgandy Code 

Henry Bishop

The Stranger

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre

Sam Vigneault

Evan

The Aliens

Theatre in Space

Mara Teare

Eliza Raine

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

Riel Reddick- Stevens

Sissy

Unity (1918)

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company

Saphire Demitro

Janet

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Jeremiah Sparks

Maurice Ruddick

Beneath Springhill - The Maurice Ruddick Story

Neptune Theatre

Sherry Smith

Dana

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

Mary Fay Coady

Liza

Lauchie, Liza & Rory

Theatre Baddeck

 

8. Outstanding Stage Manager

To be announced at the gala

 

9. Outstanding Direction

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Samantha Wilson

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Jeremy Webb

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Dustin Harvey

HOW QUICKLY THINGS CHANGE

Secret Theatre

Michael McPhee

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

Ken Schwartz

Unity 1918

Two Planks and a Passion

 

10. Outstanding Technician

To be announced at the gala

 

11. Theatre Nova Scotia Legacy Award

To be announced at the gala

 

12. Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role

 

Nominees:

Name

Role

Production

Company

Riley McGill

Jennifer

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Sharleen Kalayil

Christine

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

James MacLean

Peter

Til Death Do Us Part

Kick at the Dark Theatre

Sébastien Labelle

Farmer

#IAmTheCheese

Halifax Theatre for Young People + Eastern Front Theatre

GaRRy Williams

Polonius/ Gravedigger

Hamlet

Shakespeare by the Sea

Henricus Gielis

Jasper

The Aliens

Theatre in Space

Christian Murray

Smaug

The Hobbit, or there and back again

Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre

Micha Cromwell

Eleanor Blenkhorn

The Stranger

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre

Raeesa Lalani

Tammy Fae

Cinderelly the Musical!

Shakespeare by the Sea

Wesley Colford

Pax

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

 

13. Outstanding Original Score or Composition

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Aaron Collier

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Allen Cole

The Stranger

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre

GaRRy Williams

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

Jackson Fairfax-Perry

#IAmTheCheese

Halifax Theatre for Young People + Eastern Front Theatre

Rita MacNeil, Mike Ross, Lindsay Kyte

Dear Rita

Savoy Theatre

 

14. Outstanding New Nova Scotia Adaptation (Playwright)

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Josh MacDonald

#IAmTheCheese

Halifax Theatre for Young People + Eastern Front Theatre

Christy MacRae-Ziss

The Hydrofoil Mystery

Theatre Baddeck

Ken Schwartz

The Stranger

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre

JRR Tolkien, Adapted by Andrea Boyd

The Hobbit, or there and back again

Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre

Sarah Deller

Coarse

The Villains Theatre

 

15. Outstanding Lighting Design

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Alison Crosby

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Leigh Ann Vardy

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Ken Heaton

Samqwan

Highland Arts Theatre

Olivia Rankin

#IAmTheCheese

Halifax Theatre for Young People + Eastern Front Theatre

Leigh Ann Vardy

The Hydrofoil Mystery

Theatre Baddeck

 

16. Outstanding Choreography

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Sarah Prosper

Samqwan

Highland Arts Theatre

Mary Fay Coady, James MacLean, Katie Dorian, Ailsa Galbreath, Gina Thornhill, Jacinte Armstrong 

How Quickly Things Change

Secret Theatre

Jeff Dimitriou

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Cynthia Vokey

Cabaret

Highland Arts Theatre

Jade Douris-O'Hara

Cinderelly the Musical!

Shakespeare by the Sea

 

17. Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Ensemble

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Ensemble

Unity (1918)

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company

Ensemble

The Aliens

Theatre in Space

Ensemble

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

Ensemble

Lauchie, Liza & Rory

Theatre Baddeck

 

18. Outstanding New Nova Scotia Play (Playwright)

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Lily Falk

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

shalan joudry

Koqm

Nestuita'si Storytelling

Katerina Bakolias

Til Death Do Us Part

Kick at the Dark Theatre

Michael McPhee

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

Dan Bray

International Waters

The Villains Theatre

 

19. Outstanding Scenic Design

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Andrew Cull

Misery

Neptune Theatre

Katrin Whitehead

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Holly Meyer-Dymny and Ryan Wilcox

Crypthand

Gale Force Theatre Co-operative

Karyn McCallum

The Hydrofoil Mystery

Theatre Baddeck

Wes Babcock

Outside Inn

Festival Antigonish

 

20. Outstanding Sound Design

Nominees:

Name

Production

Company

Aaron Collier

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

Rob Fortin and Susan Newman

Beneath Springhill - The Maurice Ruddick Story

Neptune Theatre

Jordan Palmer

Samqwan

Highland Arts Theatre

Jackson Fairfax-Perry

#IAmTheCheese

Halifax Theatre for Young People + Eastern Front Theatre

Jordan Palmer

The Hydrofoil Mystery

Theatre Baddeck

 

21. Outstanding Production

Nominees:

Production

Company

Dayboil

Ship's Company Theatre

The Proletariat

Highland Arts Theatre

The Rocky Horror Show

Neptune Theatre

Unity (1918)

Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company

Koqm

Nestuita'si Storytelling

 

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