Performance Alumni Nominated for 2024 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
At a press conference held at Meridian Hall this week, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) (external link) announced 228 nominations for the 44th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, now known as the Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D'Andrea Foundation.
Graduates across Acting, Dance, and Production + Design are represented among the nominee lists. Performance at The Creative School is proud to have such a vibrant community of alumni who are well distinguished in their achievements across the Toronto performing arts scene.
Performance Alumni Nominees
General Theatre
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Michael Healy — The Master Plan, Crow's Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble of: Salvatore Antonio, Aldrin Bundoc, Hollywood Jade, Breton Lalama, Landon Nesbitt, Ben Page, Gregory Prest — The Inheritance Part 1, Canadian Stage
The Ensemble of: Salvatore Antonio, Aldrin Bundoc, Hollywood Jade, Breton Lalama, Landon Nesbitt, Ben Page, Gregory Prest, Louise Pitre — The Inheritance Part 1, Canadian Stage
The Ensemble of: Akosua Amo-Adem, Virgilia Griffith, Daren A. Herbert, Sterling Jarvis, JD Leslie, Tawiah M'Carthy, Ngabo Nabea, Oyin Oladejo, Tony Ofori, Makambe K. Simamba, Ordena Stephens-Thompson, Amaka Umeh — Three Sisters, Soulpepper Theatre Company & Obsidian Theatre Company
The Ensemble of: Tony Ofori, Dan Mousseau, Gabriella Sundar Singh, Rosemary Dunsmore — Wildwoman, Soulpepper Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Nick Blais — A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, Outside the March & Soulpepper Theatre Company
Raha Javanfar — Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Independent Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Philip Akin — Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Howland Company & Crow's Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble of: Tatjana Cornij, Simon Gagnon, Farhang Ghajar, Deborah Grover, Veronica Hortiguela, Gregory Prest, William Webster —Bremen Town, Bremen Town Collective, in association with The Next Stage Festival
The Ensemble of: Daniel Briere, Joshua Browne, Tristan Claxton, Jennifer Dzialoszynski, 郝邦宇 Steven Hao, Madelaine Hodges 賀美倫, Melanie Leon, Michael Man, Kate Martin, Julia Nish-Lapidus, Breanne Tice, Le Truong, Emilio Vieira, Jeff Yung 容海峯 — The Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare BASH'd
OUTSTANDING SCENIC / PROJECTION DESIGN
Melanie McNeill (Scenic) — MacBeth: "A Tale Told by an Idiot," Eldritch Theatre
Nick Blais (Scenic) — The Effect, Coal Mine Theatre
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Des'ree Gray — Appropriate, Coal Mine Theatre
Des'ree Gray — Tyson's Song, Pleiades Theatre
Melanie McNeill — MacBeth: "A Tale Told by an Idiot," Eldritch Theatre
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Raha Javanfar — (EVERYONE I LOVE HAS) A TERRIBLE FATE (BEFALL THEM), VideoCabaret in association with Crow's Theatre
Musical Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble of: Rita Dottor, Donna Garner, Lawrence Libor, Marcus Nance, Heeyun Park, Andrew Penner, Brendan Wall — Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Crow's Theatre & The Musical Stage Company
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE DIRECTION
Chris Abraham (Director); Ray Hogg (Choreographer); Ryan deSouza (Musical Director) — Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Crow's Theatre & The Musical Stage Company
Opera
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN
Camellia Koo (Costume), Rachel Forbes (Scenic) — Scott Joplin's Treemonisha, Volcano in association with the Canadian Opera Company, co-presented by Luminato and TO Live
Dance
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble of: Tavia Christina, Ryan Kostyniuk, Amy Hampton, Sebastian Bash Hirtenstein, Louis Laberge Côte, Dana Macdonald, Christian Lavigne, Mio Sakamoto — Soft (Unclearing), The Chimera Project Dance Theatre
The Ensemble of: Zhenya Cerneacov, Miyeko Ferguson, Jarrett Siddall, Lukas Malkowski, Sully Malaeb Proulx, Connor Mitton, Tyler Gledhill, Natasha Poon Woo — The Man in Black (Living Dances), Citadel + Compagnie
Theatre for Young Audiences
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Kanika Ambrose — Truth, Young People's Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble of: Parastoo Amazendeh, Georgia Bennett, Shelayna Christante, Autumn Davis, Kevin Forster, 郝邦宇 Steven Hao, Melanie Leon, Annie Lujan, Izzi Nagel, Anthony Perpuse, Daniel Yeh — Storybook Search, Bad Hats Theatre
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN
Anna Treusch (Scenic) — The Fixing Girl, Young People's Theatre
