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The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) honored extraordinary talent in the Toronto performing arts community at the 33rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards tonight, Monday, June 25, at the St. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in the Bluma Appel Theater.

Tonight's ceremony was hosted by Dora-nominated actor and current Shaw Festival star of Ragtime, Thom Allison who just finished a year-long run on Broadway with the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

As with all awards, BroadwayWorld brings you full coverage of the ceremony. Check out the full list of winners below! And stay tuned for special photo coverage over the next couple of days!

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards is a program of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). TAPA is an arts service organization that represents nearly 200 professional theatre, dance and opera companies in Toronto. In addition to the Doras, other programs and services provided by TAPA include: T.O. TIX - Toronto's Official One Stop Ticket Shop at Yonge-Dundas Square and online at www.totix.ca; Toronto's official Theatre Guide; hipTIX, offering $5 tickets to students; citySPECIAL; the Commercial Theatre Development Fund; and the Travel Retreat Initiatives Program.

For more information visit tapa.ca and totix.ca.

2012 DORA Mavor Moore AWARDS NOMINEES

GENERAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

War Horse, Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre of Great Britain, David Mirvish
The Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre
Topdog Underdog, Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival ***WINNER***
The Golden Dragon, Tarragon Theatre
Crash, Theatre Passe Muraille

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION

Next to Normal, David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard Presented by Dancap Inc.
How To Disappear Completely, Factory Theatre presents The Chop Theatre
THE SHIPMENT, Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage presents Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company
La Liste (The List), Théâtre français de Toronto presents a Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
Ride the Cyclone, Theatre Passe Muraille and Acting Up Stage Company ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

Erin Fleck, Those Who Can’t Do, Theatre Passe Muraille
Evan Webber, Ajax & Little Iliad, Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage presents Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O’Connell
Ins Choi, Kim’s Convenience, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Pamela Mala Sinha, Crash, Theatre Passe Muraille ***WINNER***
Tim Supple & Hanan al-Shaykh, One Thousand and One Nights, Luminato and Dash Arts

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY / MUSICAL

Alan Dilworth, Crash, Theatre Passe Muraille
Kelly Thornton, The Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre
Philip Akin, Topdog Underdog, Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival ***WINNER***
Robert McQueen, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Ross Manson, The Golden Dragon, Tarragon Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE

Jim Mezon, RED, a Canadian Stage/Vancouver Playhouse/Citadel Theatre co-production
Kevin Hanchard, Topdog Underdog, Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival
Michael Healey, Clybourne Park, Studio 180 Theatre in association with Canadian Stage
Nigel Shawn Williams, Topdog Underdog, Obsidian Theatre Company in association with the Shaw Festival ***WINNER***
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Kim’s Convenience, Soulpepper Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE

Christine Horne, Andromache, Necessary Angel
Maev Beaty, The Happy Woman, Nightwood Theatre
Michaela Washburn, White Biting Dog, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Nicole Underhay, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs, Tarragon Theatre
Pamela Mala Sinha, Crash, Theatre Passe Muraille ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE / ENSEMBLE

Fiona Reid, White Biting Dog, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Jeff Lillico, The Glass Menagerie, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Ryan Kelly, The Normal Heart, Studio 180 Theatre in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
The Ensemble, The Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre ***WINNER***
The Ensemble, The Golden Dragon, Tarragon Theatre

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Denyse Karn, The Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre
Ken MacDonald, Ghosts, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Michael Levine, Rigoletto, A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera
Teresa Przybylski, The Golden Dragon, Tarragon Theatre
Wilson Chin, A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Costume Designer Rae Smith, Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for HANDSPRING PUPPET COMPANY, War Horse, Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre of Great Britain, David Mirvish ***WINNER***
Denyse Karn, The Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre
Judith Bowden, Seussical, Young People’s Theatre
Michael Levine, Rigoletto, A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera
Terese Wadden, A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Alan Brodie, Ghosts, Soulpepper Theatre Company
Bonnie Beecher, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs, Tarragon Theatre
Kimberly Purtell, Crash, Theatre Passe Muraille ***WINNER***
Kimberly Purtell, SVADBA – Wedding, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Kimberly Purtell, Beckett: Feck It!, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre with Canadian Stage

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION

Debashis Sinha, Crash, Theatre Passe Muraille ***WINNER***
John Gzowski, Name in Vain (Decalogue Two), Tarragon Theatre
John Wynne, Andromache, Necessary Angel
Sound Christopher Shutt, Music Adrian Sutton,Songmaker John Tams, War Horse, Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre of Great Britain, David Mirvish
Thomas Ryder Payne, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs, Tarragon Theatre

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

Director of Movement and Horse Choreography Toby Sedgwick, War Horse, Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre of Great Britain, David Mirvish ***WINNER***
Monica Dottor, The Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre
Nicola Pantin, Seussical, Young People’s Theatre
Tim French,Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Tim Supple, One Thousand and One Nights, Luminato and Dash Arts

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION

Dáirine Ní Mheadhra & John Hess, SVADBA – Wedding, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre
Johannes Debus, Rigoletto A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera
Pablo Heras-Casad, Iphigenia in Tauris, Canadian Opera Company presents a co-production of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Reza Jacobs, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company ***WINNER***
Sir Andrew Davis, A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production

OPERA DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Rigoletto, A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera
Iphigenia in Tauris, Canadian Opera Company presents a co-productin of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ***WINNER***
A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production
Armide, Opera Atelier
SVADBA – Wedding, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

Alan Held, A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi, Canadian Opera Company production
Jane Archibald, Semele, Canadian Opera Company presents a production of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels in co-production with KT Wong Foundation
Quinn Kelsey, Rigoletto, A new co-production of Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera
Susan Graham, Iphigenia in Tauris, Canadian Opera Company presents a co-productin of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ***WINNER***
The Ensemble, SVADBA – Wedding, Queen, of Puddings Music Theatre

MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company ***WINNER***
I Love You Because, Angelwalk Theatre
Seussical,Young People’s Theatre

OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL/OPERA

Ana Sokolovic, SVADBA – Wedding, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre ***WINNER***
Conceived by Brian Goldenberg & Anthony Bastianon, Off-Broadway On Stage, Angelwalk Theatre
Nicole Brooks, Obeah Opera, b current Performing Arts Co. and Theatre Archipelago

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE

Damien Atkins, Seussical, Young People’s Theatre
George Masswohl, Seussical, Young People’s Theatre
Jeff Madden, I Love You Because, Angelwalk Theatre
Michael Levinson, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Sterling Jarvis, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE

Arlene Duncan, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company ***WINNER***
Deborah Hay, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Jane Johanson, Seussical, Young People’s Theatre
Neema Bickersteth, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company
Sabryn Rock, Caroline, or Change, Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company

INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

A Fool’s Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
The Story, Theatre Columbus
The Ugly One, Theatre Smash ***WINNER***
Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself, U.N.I.T. Productions
The Life and Times of MacKenzie King, Videocabaret

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY OR NEW MUSICAL

Adam Paolozza & Arif Mirabdolbaghi (original adaptation),The Double, TheatreRUN
Eric Woolfe, Doc Wuthergloom’s Haunted Medicine Show, Eldritch Theatre
Heather Marie Annis, Amy Lee & Byron Laviolette, Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself, U.N.I.T. Productions
Hume Baugh, Crush, Optic HeArt Theatre
Jules Lewis, Tomasso’s Party, Rooftop Creations ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Ashlie Corcoran, The Ugly One, Theatre Smash
Dan Watson, A Fool’s Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
Ed Roy, His Greatness, independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)
Jennifer Brewin, The Story, Theatre Columbus ***WINNER***
Michael Hollingsworth, The Life and Times of MacKenzie King, Videocabaret

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE

Clinton Walker, Ditch, Sometimes Y Theatre
Cyrus Faird, The Jones Boy, Surface/Underground Theatre
Daniel MacIvor, His Greatness, independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)
Eric Woolfe, Doc Wuthergloom’s Haunted Medicine Show, Eldritch Theatre
Richard Donat, His Greatness, independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.) ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE

Amy Nostbakken, The Big Smoke, Theatre Ad Infinitum in association with Why Not Theatre
Astrid Van Wieren, This Wide Night, Mermaid Productions ***WINNER***
Lesley Faulkner, Dying City, surface/underground theatre & Elisa’s Boy Productions
Melee Hutton, Brothers Karamazov, Wordsmyth Theatre
Shannon Taylor, The Jones Boy, Surface/Underground Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE / ENSEMBLE

The Ensemble, A Fool’s Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre
The Ensemble, Stockholm, Seventh Stage Theatre Productions in association with Nightwood Theatre
The Ensemble, The Story, Theatre Columbus
The Ensemble, Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself, U.N.I.T. Productions ***WINNER***
The Ensemble, The Life and Times of MacKenzie King, VideoCabaret

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN

Andrea Mittler, Brothers Karamazov, Wordsmyth Theatre
Camellia Koo, The Ugly One, Theatre Smash ***WINNER***
Catherine Hahn, The Story, Theatre Columbus
Kimberly Purtell, His Greatness, independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)
Sean Frey and Sonja Rainey, A Fool’s Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

Astrid Janson, The Life and Times of MacKenzie King, VideoCabaret ***WINNER***
Camellia Koo, The Ugly One, Theatre Smash
Catherine Hahn, The Story, Theatre Columbus
Lindsay Anne Black, Peter and the Wolf, Theatre Rusticle
Sean Frey and Sonja Rainey, A Fool’s Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

Andre du Toit, The Double, TheatreRUN ***WINNER***
Andy Moro, The Life and Times of MacKenzie King, VideoCabaret
David DeGrow, Hallaj, Modern Times Stage Company
Jason Hand, The Ugly One, Theatre Smash
Kimberly Purtell, His Greatness, independent Artists Repertory Theatre (iArt.)

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION

Gaishi Ishizaka, A Fool’s Life, Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre ***WINNER***
John Gzowski, The Ugly One, Theatre Smash
John Millard, The Story, Theatre Columbus
Patric Caird, Peter and the Wolf, Theatre Rusticle
Thomas Ryder Payne, Hallaj, Modern Times Stage Company

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Tough Case, Roseneath Theatre
The Studio, Young People’s Theatre presents Bouge de là
Sanctuary Song, Theatre Direct Canada
Everything Under the Moon, Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage presents Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows
Baobab, Young People’s Theatre presents Théâtre Motus and Sô Company (Mali) ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

Burgandy Code, Tough Case, Roseneath Theatre
Meegwun Fairbrother, The Great Mountain, Red Sky Performance
Natasha Greenblatt, The Neverending Story, Roseneath Theatre
Richard Lee, The Neverending Story, Roseneath Theatre
Xin Wang, Sanctuary Song, Theatre Direct Canada ***WINNER***

DANCE DIVISION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Orpheus & Eurydice, a Compagnie Marie Chouinard production presented by Canadian Stage
Dark Matters, a Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM production presented by Canadian Stage ***WINNER***
TransMigration, Co-Production with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre
IZM, DanceWorks presents Bboyizm
Confluence, Luminato Presents A Sadler’s Wells Production

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

Guillaume Côté, Fractals, ProArteDanza
Jean-Sébastien Lourdais, Etrange, Toronto Dance Theatre
Lina Cruz/Fila 13 Productions, Soupe du Jour, princess productions ***WINNER***
Ofilio “Sinbadinho” Portillo and Apolonia Velasquez, Klorofyl, Gadfly

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE

Juan Ogalla, Aguas / Waters – Celebrating 30 Years Esmeralda Enrique, Spanish Dance Company
Jung-Ah Chung, Excerpts from a Wet Summer, princess productions
Linnea Swan, Four Mad Humours, pounds per square inch performance
The Ensemble, Klorofyl, Gadfly ***WINNER***

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION

A Tribe Called Red (Ian Campeau, Dan General, Bear), Cris Derksen, Tanya Tagaq, Vince Fontaine, Barbara Croall, TransMigration, Co-Production with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre
Ann Southam, Rivers, Toronto Dance Theatre
Bernard Slobodian, Soupe du Jour, princess productions ***WINNER***
Eugene Draw, Dr Draw, Klorofyl, Gadfly
Nicolás Hernández, Oscar Lago, Aguas / Waters – Celebrating 30 Years Esmeralda Enrique, Spanish Dance Company

The evening also includes the presentation of several special awards, including:

George Luscombe Award for mentorship in theatre to Ruth Howard, founding artistic director of Jumblies Theatre, which fosters theatre skills among disadvantaged communities.

Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award for theatre, dance and opera administrators to Leslie Lester, executive director of Soulpepper Theatre.

Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award for an advocate for performing arts in Canada to Richard Rose, artistic director of Tarragon Theatre.

Pauline McGibbon Award, presented by the Honourable Michael Chan, goes to Ravi Jain.

Silver Ticket Award, presented by Peggy Baker, goes to TDT's Christopher House, internationally acclaimed choreographer and designer.

Audience Choice Award goes to War Horse.