
Nominees 2023
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Nominees
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 |