Young People's Theatre's CINDERELLA Wins Big at 34th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards - All the Winners Here!

The 34th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the 2012/2013 season were handed out in a star-studded ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Monday, June 24 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts' Bluma Appel Theatre, hosted by the hilarious Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus, Second City alumni and founding members of The National Theatre of the World.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards are produced and presented on behalf of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) and celebrate excellence in Toronto theatre, dance and opera. For the 2012-2013 season, 102 producing companies registered 186 eligible productions. A total of 48 Dora Awards plus the Silver Ticket Award, and the Audience Choice Award were given out.

Young People's Theatre takes home the most Dora Awards: a total of 8 with 7 for Cinderella (Musical Theatre Division) and 1 for La Fugue (Theatre for Young Audiences Division).

In the Musical Theatre Division, Cinderella wins Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance- Ensemble, Outstanding Direction, Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design and Choreography. Outstanding Touring Production goes to Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presentation of She She Pop & Their Fathers: Testament.

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre leads in the General Theatre Division with 4 Awards - 3 for Obaaberima (including Outstanding Production) and 1 for Arigato, Tokyo - whileCrow's Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre Company and Tarragon each take home 2 for Someone Else (Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Performance-Male), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Outstanding Performance-Ensemble) and The Little Years (Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance-Female) respectively.

In the Independent Theatre Division, VideoCabaret tops out with 3 Doras for THE WAR OF 1812 The History of the Village of the Small Huts, 1812-15 (Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Performance - Ensemble, Outstanding Costume Design). Outside the March earns Outstanding Production for Mr. Marmalade while The Quickening Theatre nabs Outstanding New Play for The De Chardin Project.

The Canadian Opera Company dominates the Opera Division with 2 each for Dialogues des Carmélites (Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performance-Ensemble) and Il Trovatore (Outstanding Performance- Male and Female). The Lesson of Da Ji from Toronto Masque Theatre nabs Outstanding New Musical/Opera.

In the Theatre for Young Audiences Division, Roseneath Theatre pulls ahead with 2 Doras: one for Outstanding Direction for Wrecked and one for Outstanding Performance-Individual for In This World. As noted above, Young People's Theatre earns its 8th nod with Outstanding Production for La Fugue (YPT presents SMCQ Jeunesse/Qui Va Là). Soulpepper earns a 3rd win with Outstanding Performance-Ensemble for Alligator Pie while Outstanding New Play goes to Suburban Beast's rihannaboi95.

In the Dance Division, DanceWorks leads with 2 wins: Outstanding Performance-Ensemble for Road Trip and Outstanding Performance-Female for Lab Rats. Political Mother(Hofesh Shechter Company's production presented by Canadian Stage) wins Outstanding Production.

GENERAL THEATRE DIVISION:
In the General Theatre Division, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre leads the field with 4 Dora Mavor Moore Awards: 3 for its production of Obaaberima (Outstanding Production, Outstanding Lighting Design for Michelle Ramsay and Outstanding Sound Design/Composition for Kobena Aquaa-Harrison) and 1 for Arigato, Tokyo (Outstanding Scenic Design for Julie Fox). Kristen Thomson wins Outstanding New Play for Someone Else produced by Crow's Theatre in association with Canadian Stage. Tom Rooney wins Outstanding Performance-Male for the same play. Tarragon Theatre's The Little Years sees Chris Abraham win Outstanding Direction and Irene Poole nab Outstanding Performance-Female. Outstanding Performance-Ensemble goes to The Ensemble of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead from Soulpepper Theatre Company, which also nabs Outstanding Costume Design for Dana Osborne for the same play.

MUSICAL THEATRE DIVISION:
In this Division, Young People's Theatre takes the lead with 7 wins for Cinderella: Outstanding Production,Outstanding Performance-Ensemble, Outstanding Direction to Allen MacInnis, Outstanding Scenic Design to Robin Fisher, Outstanding Costume Design to Robin Fisher, Outstanding Lighting Design to Lesley Wilkinson and Outstanding Choreography to Jo Leslie. She She Pop & Their Fathers: Testament (Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents She She Pop) takes Outstanding Touring Production. Outstanding Performance-Female goes to Lisa Horner of The Wizard of Oz (presented by Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures). Bruce Dow takes Outstanding Performance-Male for Of A Monstrous Musical: a gaga musical (presented by Ecce Homo Theatre in Association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre).

OPERA DIVISION:
The Canadian Opera Company dominates the Doras in the Opera Division. Dialogues des Carmélites (Canadian Opera Company presents the Nederlandse Opera production) earns Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performance-Ensemble, and Johannes Debus takes Outstanding Musical Direction. Il Trovatore (The Canadian Opera Company presents the Opéra de Marseille production) earns Outstanding Performance-Male for Russell Braun and Outstanding Performance-Female for Elena Manistina. The Lesson of Da Ji by Alice Ping Yee Ho (composer) / Marjorie Chan (librettist) from Toronto Masque Theatre nabs Outstanding New Musical/Opera.

INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION:
Continuing the tradition of Bluma's Indies, the winners in the Independent Theatre Division each receive a $1,000 cheque from the Bluma Appel Community Trust in addition to Dora Awards.

In this Division, VideoCabaret tops out with 3 Doras for THE WAR OF 1812 The History of the Village of the Small Huts, 1812-15 (Outstanding Direction to Michael Hollingsworth, Outstanding Performance-Ensemble, Outstanding Costume Design to Astrid Janson). Outside the March earns Outstanding Production for Mr. Marmalade while Adam Seybold nabs Outstanding New Play for The De Chardin Project produced by The Quickening Theatre.

Other wins in this Division include:
Outstanding Performance-Male to Gavin Crawford for A Few Brittle Leaves produced by The Cabaret Company;
Outstanding Performance-Female to Michelle Monteith for Modern Times Stage Company's The Lesson; Outstanding Scenic Design goes to Andrea Mittler for WORDSMYTH THEATRE's THE DUMB WAITER;
BOBLO, co-produced by Kitchenband and The Theatre Centre, nabs Outstanding Lighting Design for Rebecca Picherack and Outstanding Sound Design/Composition for Andrew Penner.

DANCE DIVISION:
In the Dance Division, DanceWorks leads with 2 wins: Outstanding Performance-Ensemble for Road Trip and Outstanding Performance-Female to Molly Johnson for Lab Rats.Outstanding Production goes to Political Mother (Hofesh Shechter Company's production presented by Canadian Stage); Outstanding Choreography goes to Santee Smith forSusuriwka - willow bridge (presented by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presents Susuriwka - willow bridge - North American Premiere - Co-produced with Yokohama Noh Theatre and Harbourfront Centre's Planet IndigenUS Festival 2012). Aakash Odedra garners Outstanding Performance-Male for Alchemy (Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps in association with Sampradaya Dance Creations). Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition goes to Rodney Sharman for From the House of Mirth (Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie) and Outstanding Lighting Design goes to Marc Parent for Stereophonic (Peggy Baker Dance Projects).

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION:
Roseneath Theatre pulls ahead in the Theatre for Young Audiences Division with 2 Doras: Outstanding Direction to Richard Greenblatt for Wrecked and Outstanding Performance-Individual to Oyin Oladejo for In This World. As noted above, Young People's Theatre earns its 8th nod with Outstanding Production for La Fugue (YPT presents SMCQ Jeunesse/Qui Va Là). Soulpepper earns a 3rd win with Outstanding Performance-Ensemble for Alligator Pie while Outstanding New Play goes to Jordan Tannahill forrihannaboi95 (presented by Suburban Beast).

OTHER AWARDS:
The Silver Ticket Award is bestowed upon an individual who has excelled in their career while also nurturing the development of Canadian theatre. It was presented to the venerable actor, director, and artistic director, Malcolm Black. At 85, Mr. Black is one of the few artists still living whose roots go back to the Crest Theatre, one of Toronto's (and the country's) earliest and most important theatres.

TAPA's Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production, co-sponsored by NOW Magazine and Yonge-Dundas Square, was also handed out. The public was invited to vote online from a list of Outstanding Production nominees in all Divisions; or choose their own favourite. Presented with a commemorative plaque, the Audience Choice Awardwinner is The Wizard of Oz (produced by Bill Kenwright, The Really Useful Group, David Mirvish, Troika Entertainment, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures).

For more information on the Dora Awards visit www.tapa.ca.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards is a program of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). TAPA The Dora Mavor Moore Awards are administered by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). 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 between the ages of 15 and 29; citySPECIAL; the Commercial Theatre Development Fund; and the Travel Retreat Initiatives Program - TRIP. For more information visit www.tapa.ca and www.totix.ca.

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