Arts Club and its Angels in America, Part One lead Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Nominations

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      The Arts Club Theatre Company leads the way in this week’s announcements of the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards nominations, scoring 24 nods overall in the large-theatre category, and nine alone for its production of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches.

      Damien Atkins and Ryan Beil are up for Outstanding Performances and the show is up for best overall production. In all, the Arts Club saw eight of its productions, including The Piano Teacher, Men in White, and The Flick, put forward for nominations.

      At the nominations party held last night (May 23) at Pacific Theatre, Bard on the Beach also scored eight nods for last summer's innovative Pericles, including one for director Lois Anderson, and Touchstone Theatre earned five for its Brothel #9.

      Notable nominations in the small-theatre category include Walt Whitman’s Secret by the frank theatre company, Green Lake by Solo Collective, and Redpatch by Hardline Productions, which each scored six nods.

      The Georgia Straight Critics' Choice Award nominations are Amber Funk Barton and Mindy Parfitt's am a; Théâtre la Seizième, 2Par4, and the National Arts Centre French Theatre's Straight Jacket Winter; Fight with a Stick's Revolutions; and Alley Theatre and Level-Headed Friends' Three Stories Up.

      There were many more nominations; please see the list below. The 35th annual Jessie Awards ceremony will be held at the Commodore Ballroom on June 26. 

      Hardline Productions' Redpatch
      Mark Halliday

       

      Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role - Large Theatre

      Damien Atkins,

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Ryan Beil

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Nolan Fahey

      Billy Elliot: The Musical

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Nadeem Phillip

      The Men in White

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Haig Sutherland

      The Flick

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role - Large Theatre

      Shannon Chan-Kent

      The Flick

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Megan Leitch

      The Piano Teacher

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Adele Noronha

      Brothel #9

      Touchstone Theatre

      PJ Prudat

      Moonlodge

      Urban Ink

      Katharine Venour

      Wit

      Pacific Theatre

      Outstanding Performance by an Actor in
      a Supporting Role - Large Theatre

      Scott Bellis

      Romeo and Juliet

      Bard on the Beach

      Craig Erickson

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Andrew McNee

      Romeo and Juliet

      Bard on the Beach

      Valin Shinyei

      Billy Elliot: The Musical

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Sanjay Talwar

      Men in White

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Outstanding Performance by an Actress in
      a Supporting Role - Large Theatre

      Lindsey Angell

      How to Survive an Apocalypse

      Touchstone Theatre

      Luisa Jojic

      Othello

      Bard on the Beach

      Erin Ormond

      The Audience

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Gabrielle Rose

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Laara Sadiq

      Brothel #9

      Touchstone Theatre

      Outstanding Set Design - Large Theatre

       

      Drew Facey

      Brothel #9

      Touchstone Theatre

      Pam Johnson

      Bakersfield Mist

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Lauchlin Johnston

      The Flick

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Ken MacKenzie

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Amir Ofek

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

      Outstanding Costume Design - Large Theatre

       

      Carmen Alatorre

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

      Nancy Bryant

      Romeo and Juliet

      Bard on the Beach

      Mara Gottler

      King of the Yees

      Gateway Theatre

      Mara Gottler

      Othello

      Bard on the Beach

      Christine Reimer

      The Audience

      Arts Club Theatre Company

      Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition  - Large Theatre

       

       

      Torquil Campbell and Alessandro Juliani

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

       

      Steve Charles

      Moonlodge

      Urban Ink

       

      Steve Charles

      Othello

      Bard on the Beach

       

      Malcolm Dow

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

       

      Patrick Pennefather

      The Piano Teacher

      Arts Club Theatre Company

       

      Outstanding Direction - Large Theatre

       

       

      Lois Anderson

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

       

      Kim Collier

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

       

      Katrina Dunn

      Brothel #9

      Touchstone Theatre

       

      Esther Duquette, Édith Patenaude and Gilles Poulin-Denis

      Straight Jacket Winter

      Théâtre la Seizième

       

      Gilles Poulin-Denis

      Bonjour, là, bonjour

      Théâtre la Seizième

       

      Outstanding Production - Large Theatre

       

      Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

      Arts Club Theatre Company

       

      Brothel #9

      Touchstone Theatre

       

      Moonlodge

      Urban Ink

       

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

       

      Straight Jacket Winter

      Théâtre la Seizième

       

       

       

       

      Significant Artistic Achievement - Large Theatre

       

       

      Lyne Barnabé, Leanna Brodie, Thérèse Champagne, Siona Gareau-Brennan, Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin, Emilie Leclerc, Annie Lefebvre and Joey Lespérance

      Bonjour, là, bonjour

      Théâtre la Seizième

      Significant Artistic Achievement for Outstanding
      Ensemble Performance

      Ian Butcher, Kayla Deorksen, Jeff Gladstone, Luisa Jojic, Kavyon Khoshkam, Sereana Malani, Kamyar Pazandeh, Luc Roderique and David Warburton

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

      Significant Artistic Achievement for
      Outstanding Ensemble Performance

      Rohit Chokhani

      Brothel #9

      Diwali Fest

      Outstanding Work in Expanding the Diversification of Vancouver
      Theatre through Excellence in Festival Programming

      Wendy Gorling

      Pericles

      Bard on the Beach

      Significant Artistic Achievement for Outstanding

      Movement Collaboration

      Outstanding Performance by an Actor in
      a Lead Role – Small Theatre

      Linden Banks

      Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol

      Theatre Obscura

      Raes Calvert

      Redpatch

      Hardline Productions

      Aadin Church

      Top Dog/Underdog

      Seven Tyrants Theatre

      Kyle Jespersen

      The Fighting Season

      Bleeding Heart Theatre

      Tom Pickett

      Walt Whitman’s Secret

      the frank theatre company

       

       

       

      Outstanding Performance by an Actress
      in a Lead Role – Small Theatre

      Siona Gareau-Brennan

      The Fighting Season

      Bleeding Heart Theatre

      Alexandra Lainfiesta

      Green lake

      Solo Collective

      Quelemia Sparrow

      The Pipeline Project

      ITSAZOO Productions and Savage Society in association with Neworld Theatre & the Gateway Theatre

      Lori Triolo

      Bug

      Reality Curve Theatre

      Deborah Williams

      5@50

      Zee Zee Theatre / Ruby Slippers Theatre

       

       

       

      Outstanding Performance by an Actor
      in a Supporting Role – Small Theatre

      Sebastien Archibald

      The Pipeline Project

      ITSAZOO Productions and Savage
      Society in association with Neworld Theatre & the Gateway Theatre

      Jesse Martyn

      Flare Path

      The Slamming Door Artist Collective

      Ashley O`Connell

      Flare Path

      The Slamming Door Artist Collective

      Outstanding Performance by an Actress
      in a Supporting Role – Small Theatre

      Reneltta Arluk

      Redpatch

      Hardline Productions

      Yoshié Bancroft

      Ithaka

      dream of passion productions & Excavation Theatre

      Kayla Deorksen

      Green Lake

      Solo Collective

      Sarah May Redmond

      And Bella Sang with Us

      And Bella Artists Collective

      Donna Soares

      Green Lake

      Solo Collective

      Outstanding Lighting Design – Small Theatre

       

      Itai Erdal

      O’wet/Lost Lagoon

      Alley Theatre

      Itai Erdal

      Walt Whitman’s Secret

      the frank theatre company

      Jonathan Kim

      The City and The City

      Upintheair Theatre and The Only Animal
      presented as part of the PuSH Festival

      Jonathan Kim

      The Nether

      redcurrant collective Theatre

      Andrew Pye

      Flare Path

      The Slamming Door Artist Collective

      Outstanding Set Design – Small Theatre

       

      Michelle Allard

      Walt Whitman’s Secret

      the frank theatre company

      Lauchlin Johnston

      Creeps

      Realwheels Theatre

      Lauchlin Johnston

      Long Division

      Pi Theatre

      Heipo Leung

      Betrayal

      Ensemble Theatre Company

      Yvan Morisette

      Green Lake

      Solo Collective

       

       

       

      Outstanding Costume Design – Small Theatre

       

      Carmen Alatorre

      Walt Whitman’s Secret

      the frank theatre company

      Christopher David Gauthier

      Creeps

      Realwheels Theatre

      Christopher David Gauthier

      Redpatch

      Hardline Productions

      Chantal Short

      Flare Path

      The Slamming Door Artist Collective

      Marina Szijarto

      Elbow Room Café: The Musical

      Zee Zee Theatre

      Outstanding Sound Design or Original
      Composition – Small Theatre

      James Coomber

      The Nether

      redcurrant collective

      James Coomber

      Redpatch

      Hardline Productions

      Matthew MacDonald-Bain

      The Fighting Season

      Bleeding Heart Theatre

      Troy Slocum

      The Pipeline Project

      ITSAZOO Productions and Savage Society
      in association with Neworld Theatre & the Gateway Theatre

      Curtis Tweedie

      Flare Path

      The Slamming Door Artist Collective

       

       

       

       

      Outstanding Direction – Small Theatre

       

      Brian Cochrane

      Creeps

      Realwheels Theatre

      Sean Harris Oliver and Raes Calvert

      Redpatch

      Hardline Productions

      Jack Paterson

      Walt Whitman’s Secret

      the frank theatre company

      Rachel Peake

      Green Lake

      Solo Collective

      Sarah Rodgers

      And Bella Sang with Us

      And Bella Artists Collective

      Outstanding Production of a Play– Small Theatre

       

      Creeps

      Realwheels Theatre

       

      Green Lake

      Solo Collective

       

      The Pipeline Project

      ITSAZOO Productions and Savage Society in association with Neworld Theatre & the Gateway Theatre

       

      Redpatch

      Hardline Productions

       

      Walt Whitman’s Secret

      the frank theatre company

       

       

      Significant Artistic Achievement – Small Theatre

       

      Cande Andrade

      am a

      Mindy Parfitt and Amber Funk Barton Present

      Significant Artistic Achievement for Outstanding Innovation in Video Design

      Paul Beckett, David Bloom, Genevieve Fleming, Brett Harris, David A. Kaye, Aaron Roderick and Adam Grant Warren

      Creeps

      Realwheels Theatre

      Outstanding Ensemble Performance

      Kendra Fanconi, Daniel Martin, Dave Mott and Jason Patrick Rothery

      The City and The City

      Upintheair Theatre and The Only Animal presented as part of the PuSH Festival

      Significant Artistic Achievement for Outstanding Innovation in Staging Interactive Audio

       

      The Pipeline Project

      ITSAZOO Productions and Savage Society in association with Neworld Theatre and the Gateway Theatre

      Outstanding Innovation of Audience and Community Engagement or Social Justice

      Quelemia Sparrow

      O’wet/Lost Lagoon

      Alley Theatre

      Significant Artistic Achievement for Outstanding Portrayal of Indigenous History Using Non-linear Storytelling

       

      Outstanding Performance – Theatre for Young Audiences

      Jeny Cassady, Mika Laulainen and Sarah May Redmond

      Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

      Axis Theatre Company

      Randi Edmundson and Jess Amy Shead

      Freddie in the Neighbourhood

      The Little Onion Puppet Company

      William Hopkins

      Robinson Crusoe

      Axis Theatre Company

      Nimet Kanji

      Sultans of the Street

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

      Emilie LeClerc

      A Charlie Brown Christmas

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

      Outstanding Design – Theatre for Young Audiences

       

      Randi Edmundson and Jess Amy Shead

      Freddie in the Neighbourhood

      The Little Onion Puppet Company

      Randi Edmundson

      Freddie in the Neighbourhood

      The Little Onion Puppet Company

      Shizuko Kai

      On Way Walk

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

      Jessica Oostergo

      Baking Time

      Presentation House Theatre

      Frank Radar and Barbara Clayden

      Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

      Axis Theatre Company

      Outstanding Artistic Creation – Theatre for Young Audiences

      Kayla Dunbar

      A Charlie Brown Christmas

      Carousel Theatre for Young People,

      Carole Higgins

      On My Walk

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

      CJ McGillivray

      On My Walk

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

      Chris McGregor

      Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

      Axis Theatre Company

      Kim Selody

      Baking Time

      Presentation House Theatre

      Significant Artistic Achievement – Theatre for Young Audiences

       

      Baking Time

      Presentation House Theatre

      Outstanding Audience Engagement

       

      Freddie in the Neighbourhood

      Neworld Theatre

      Outstanding Audience Engagement

       

      On My Walk

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

      Outstanding Audience Engagement

       

      Outstanding Production – Theatre for Young Audiences

       

      Baking Time

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

       

      A Charlie Brown Christmas

      Carousel Theatre for Young People

       

      Freddie in the Neighbourhood

      The Little Onion Puppet Company

       

      Land of Trash

      Green Thumb Theatre

       

      Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

      Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

       

       

      Outstanding Original Script

       

       

      Dorothy Dittrich

      The Piano Teacher

      Arts Club Theatre Company

       

       

      Ester Duquette and Gilles Poulin-Denis

      Straight Jacket Winter

      Théâtre la Seizième

       

      Anosh Irani

      The Men in White

      Arts Club Theatre Company

       

      Sean Harris Oliver

      Fighting Season

      Bleeding Heart Theatre

       

      Quelemia Sparrow

      O’Wet/Lost Lagoon

      Alley Theatre

       

       

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