Congratulations to our Alumni, Faculty and Staff Nominated for the 2019 Jessie Awards!

We celebrate all the nominees for the 2019 Jessie Awards for their talent, hard work and courage to tell their stories.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – LARGE THEATRE
Ghazal Azarbad, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Arts Club Theatre Company
Luisa Jojic, Kill Me Now, Touchstone Theatre
Moya O’Connell, Timon of Athens, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Naomi Wright, The Matchmaker, Arts Club Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Sophie Tang, The Orchard (After Chekhov), Arts Club Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Lauchlin Johnston, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Pacific Theatre
Ken MacDonald, The Shoplifters, Arts Club Theatre Company
Carolyn Rapanos, Kim’s Convenience, Pacific Theatre
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Carmen Alatorre, As You Like It, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Carmen Alatorre, Mustard, Arts Club Theatre Company
Christine Reimer, Macbeth, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – LARGE THEATRE
Lois Anderson, Lysistrata, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa, The Cultch (in partnership with Canada Theatre, Persephone Theatre and Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre, and in collaboration with National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre)
SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT – LARGE THEATRE
Outstanding decolonization of theatre spaces and practices
Kim Senklip Harvey & Lindsay Lachance, Kamloopa, The Cultch (in partnership with Western Canada Theatre, Persephone Theatre and Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre, and in collaboration with National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre)
Outstanding technical achievement in the creation and repeated execution of an innovative and physically safe performance space
Jonathan Ryder, Richard Hansen, Tim Koll, Joanne P.B. Smith, Jennifer Stewart, Zoe Bellis, Keith Smith, Chris Willis, & Grant Windsor, Timon of Athens, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – SMALL THEATRE
Alen Dominguez, Marine Life, Ruby Slippers Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – SMALL THEATRE
Tanja Dixon-Warren, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Ensemble Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN – SMALL THEATRE
Marshall McMahen, Les Filles Du Roi, Fugue Theatre/Raven Theatre/Urban Ink/The Cultch
Patrick Rizzotti, Hir, Pi Theatre
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN – SMALL THEATRE
Marshall McMahen and Konwahonwá:wi Stacey, Les Filles Du Roi, Fugue Theatre/Raven Theatre/Urban Ink/The Cultch
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – SMALL THEATRE
Laura McLean, Never the Last, Delinquent Theatre
SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT – SMALL THEATRE
Outstanding interdisciplinary collaboration involving the imaginative integration of dance, live musical performance and theatre
Molly MacKinnon & Christine Quintana, Never the Last, Delinquent Theatre
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCRIPT
Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa, The Cultch (in partnership with Western Le Soulier (The Shoe) Canada Theatre, Persephone Theatre and Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre, in collaboration with National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre)
Christine Quintana & Molly MacKinnon, Never the Last, Delinquent Theatre