It was a fun night of celebrating theatre on Monday night at Commonwealth Bar. Calgary Theatre Critics – Louis B Hobson of Postmedia, Stephen Hunt formerly of the Calgary Herald, Rodrigo Flores of Joyful Magpies and Jenna Shummoogum of Downtown Calgary Association – handed out awards in 19 categories for the 5th annual Critters and there were some surprises.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.
The Calgary Theatre Critics’ Awards winners are:
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Louise Pitre – The Little Prince: The Musical – Theatre Calgary
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Tenaj Williams – The Paper Bag Princess: A Musical – StoryBook Theatre and Forte Musical Theatre Guild
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Amy Burks – Romeo and Juliet – The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Karl Sine – The Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook – Ground Zero Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions
Best Touring Show
Flora & Fawna’s Field Trip! – Lunchbox Theatre, Darrin Hagen and Trevor Schmidt
Best Set Design
Cameron Porteous – The Crucible – Theatre Calgary
Best Technical Design
Jamie Nesbitt – Calamity Town – Vertigo Theatre
Best Creative Concept
The Fight or Flight Response – Verb Theatre
Best Actress in a Musical
Susan Gilmour – The Light in the Piazza – Theatre Calgary
Best Actor in a Musical
Ahad Mir – Naughty but Nice! – Forte Musical Theatre Guild
Best Solo Performance
Jamie Konchak – The Floating Mouse – Green Fools Theatre
Best New Script
Calamity Town – Joseph Goodrich – Vertigo Theatre
Best Actor in a Play
Tyrell Crews – Benefit – Downstage
Best Actress in a Play
Heather Pattengale – Outside Mullingar – Rosebud Theatre
Best Director of a Musical
Michael Shamata – The Light in the Piazza – Theatre Calgary
Best Production of a Musical
The Light in the Piazza – Theatre Calgary
Best Director of a Play
Craig Hall – Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Jersey Lily – Vertigo Theatre
Best Ensemble
Book Club – Lunchbox Theatre
Best Production of a Play
The Crucible – Theatre Calgary
The Evans Award (for outstanding contribution to the theatre community)
StoryBook Theatre