NTS DRAMAFEST Awards

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Ontario NTS DRAMAFEST Awards

District Festival

  • Outstanding Production Awards (depending on the size of the district)
  • Awards of Excellence (determined by number of entries. Formula below)
  • Awards of Merit
  • 1 Stage Management Award
  • Other Locally-approved Awards

Regional Festival

  • 2 Outstanding Production Awards
  • 6-8 Awards of Excellence
  • Awards of Merit
  • 1 Outstanding Stage Management Award 
  • Other Regionally-approved Awards

Provincial Showcase

  • 6 Mira Awards for Excellence
  • 12 Outstanding Achievement Awards
  • 1 Outstanding Achievement Award for Stage Management
  • 1 Bennie Award for Excellence in Technical Theatre (500$)
  • 1 Wayne Fairhead New Play Award for Excellence in playwriting ($500)
  • 4 Ken & Ann Watts Scholarships ($3000 each) and Bursaries ($1000 each)

  • 1 IATSE Scholarship 

     

  • See the Matrice des prix Awards Matrix to determine the number and type of awards allowed by your festival size.
  • Only students involved in a participating production are eligible.
  • Non-competitive entries are not eligible for awards (group or individual).

Provincial showcase awards

MIRAS

Named for Mira Friedlander who adjudicated at all three levels of the Festival for 25 years until her death at the age of 48 in 2000. She was one of Canada's leading Theatre and Arts Critics. At her passing the late Richard Monette (former long-term Artistic Director the Stratford Festival)  said to the Canadian Press "Because her writing was informed by a passionate love of theatre and a firsthand knowledge of its creative process, her judgements-even at their most critical-were always founded in a solid understanding of the art and a great generosity of spirit towards its practitioners".

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Scholarships

Ken Watts founded the Festival in 1946 following the end of WW2. At the time he was one of Canada's leading male models and a big band singer. His wife Ann, who he met at Simpsons while both were working in Public Relations, later became his partner in running the Festival. They worked together until Ann's death in 1981. At that time a single scholarship was set up in Ann's name. When Ken passed, the scholarship was renamed the Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Scholarships & Bursaries.

Margory & John Bennie Technical Achievement Awards

John (Jack) Bennie worked with Sears Canada and became the liaison to the Festival as it approached its 50th Anniversary. He and his wife Margory loved the Drama Festival and attended it as much as they could. Margory was fascinated by young women working behind the scenes in the technical areas of the productions. When she passed, John created an award to recognize women for their technical achievements in her name. He later created a matching award for young men. The Margory and John Bennie Technical Achievement Award is now one award without gender preference.

Wayne Fairhead New Play Award

Upon his appointment as Executive Director in 1991, Wayne Fairhead introduced a Playwriting Award for the 1992 season. The recipient of this Award receives a Bursary of $500. In 2019, NTS saw the importantce of shortlisted playwrights, and an honorable mention award was created. The recipient receives a Bursary of $250.

PROVINCIAL ONTARIO SHOWCASE AWARDS

2023

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Scholarships

Denzel Chayzon - East York CI

Katrina Tan - Unionville High School

Kavinila Sritharan - Unionville High School

Mattia Salvatore - Brebeuf College School

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Bursaries

Aydin Dezell - Brantford CI & VS

Faustine Mendoza - St. Patrick CSS

Grace Baker - Nottawasaga Pines SS

Mackenzie Crow - Brantford CI & VS


Wayne Fairhead New Play Award

Grace Baker (Nottawasaga Pines SS), Our Moment in Time


Showcase Awards

STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD

Kanyinsola Falobi (Pickering High School)

MIRA AWARDS

Amaza Payne - Directing (Notre Dame HS)

Grace Baker - Artistic Vision (Nottawasaga Pines)

Kaleb Harkins-Proulx - Performance in a lead role (O'Gorman HS)

Katie Bui - Production and Technical Arts (Father Henry Carr)

Lauryn Li - Stage Management (UnionvilleHS)

Wesley Boatright - Comic Script (Waterford DHS)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Movement and Choreography - St. Michael CSS, 146 Point Flame

Enseble Cohesion - Pickering HS, Is My Microphone On?

Rad Arts and Crafts - Paxton Brown, Damian Graham, Natalie Ready, Lea Thornborrow (Almaguin Highlands SS), When the Fat Lady Sings

Best Original Music - Eloise Harrington, Mickayla D'Andrea, Hiyab Araya (Notre Dame High School), From the Wreckage

Outstanding Performance - Amerie Uwagboe & Mawuko Adiveh (Father Henry Carr CSS), Under Pressure

Comedic Ensemble - Waterford DHS, Dear High School

Directing - Malaki Moxam, Mae Maguire, Bright Wasingya (Woodroffe HS)

Outstanding Performance - Lynn Van Weendenburg (Nottawasaga Pines SS), Our Moment in Time

Social Excavation - O'Gorman High School, Overdose

Lighting Design - Aven Miller (EJ Lajeunesse), Dans La Noirceur

Theatrical Wizardry - Unionville High School, The Last Roll

Technical Arts - Design Team & Crew (Cawthra Park SS), Spring

2022

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Scholarships

Salma Qureshi – Woodlands Secondary School

Mary Crozier – Almaguin Highlands Secondary School

Wayne Fairhead New Play Award

Framed by Amaza Payne & Francesca Bernardo, Notre Dame H.S. (Toronto)

 

Plays shortlisted this year are Proceed with Caution by Alexia Kuest & Erica Kimball, Notre Dame H.S. (Toronto); The Melancholy of Stars by Millie Cameron-Burelle, Holy Trinity C.S.S. (Cornwall);

Ruminations at the End of the Void by Rala Beni-Asaf (Main Writer) with Contributing Writers Abigail Baetz, Andrew Jarvie, Eddie Ally, Lazar Zivkovic, Muhammad Deshmukh & Vaishali Sakthishanmugham, Don Mills C.I. (Toronto); and Station 42 by Klara Nemaric, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts (Toronto).

Showcase Awards

Adjudicator: Kathryn Westoll

Most innovative Play – Emotional baggage – Belle River DHS (Belle River)

Best ensemble – As it slips – Lorne Park Secondary School (Mississauga)

Best costume design – Raising parents – Sir Oliver Mowat (Toronto)

Best universal theme – Lingering thought of a teenage mind – Chisholm Academy (Oakville)

Best set design – Grey Owl – Almaguin Highlands Secondary School (South River)

Best writing of a play – In your eyes – Brantford Collegiate Institute (Brantford)

 

Adjudicator: Michelle Mohammed

Outstanding use of limited resources: for your creative and powerful use of limited resources and creating on a $0 budget: The Terrible Things  – Notre Dame HS (Toronto)

Outstanding Ensemble: for your talent, curiosity, play, commitment, passion, and creativity as artist: Media Circus  – Woodlands Secondary (Mississauga)

Outstanding adaptation of theatre for a digital medium: WHO AM I  – Marshall McLuhan (Toronto)

Outstanding Theatrical Energy as Actors: for your theatricality in performance and your commitment to your characters as an ensemble: Stressed – A.Y. Jackson Secondary School (Kanata)

Outstanding “world building”: for your incredible use of theatrical elements to create a “video game” world: Simulation Theory – Brebeuf College School  (Toronto)

Adjudicator: Quincy Armorer

Use of Comedy with a special mention Outstanding Use of a Superhero Costume – Tecumseh Vista Academy HS – Support Group from Hell

Use of Technology with a special mention Ensemble work – Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate – Greenfield Gossip

Physical Storytelling with special mention for Live Music Performance – Woodroffe HS – Joining of the Lights

Ensemble  with a special mention for outstanding choreography – EJ Lajeunesse – Cyclone

Overall Theme with a special mention for a Triple Threat Artist for Directing, Acting and Writing (Rala Beni-Asaf) –  Don Mills Collegiate Institute –  Ruminations at the End of the Void

Outstanding Playwriting with a special mention for cinematography Emily Paterson Mayfield Can’t We Be Seventeen?

Adjudicator: Sehar Bhojani

Best Animation – Through Time – St Augustine CHS (Markham) and Honorable mention to the Ensemble

Best Adaptation – She Stoops to Conquer – PACE (Richmond Hill) and Honorable mention for Set & Costumes

Best Ensemble – Station 42 – Cardinal Carter Academy (North York) and Honorable mention for  Lighting and Sound Design

Best Production – Things Fall, Meanwhile – Almaguin Highlands Secondary School (South River) and Honorable mention for Props & Set

Adjudicator: Riel Reddick-Stevens

Outstanding Playwriting – Smile of Death – Courtice Secondary School (Courtice)

Outstanding Acting – The Things we Hide – Port Perry HS (Port Perry)

Outstanding Storytelling as a Company – Corporate Hell – UTS (Toronto)

Innovative Set Design – Virtual Platform – O’Neill HS (Oshawa)

Outstanding Comedic Ensemble – The Peculiar Racket of Overwhelming Mystery – Richmond Hill (Richmond Hill)

2021

KEN & ANN WATTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Ethan Loy - St. Patrick Catholic Secondary (Toronto)
Senzenina De Freitas - Welland Centennial Secondary School (Welland)

KEN & ANN WATTS BURSARIES

Stéphanie Lacasse - École Secondaire Béatrice-Desloges (Orleans)

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD

Salma Qureshi Wennekers - Radio Hope - Woodlands Secondary (Mississauga)
2020

KEN & ANN WATTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Nicolas Babin - West Ferris Secondary School (North Bay)
Joey Brohm - Kirkland Lake District Composite School (Kirkland Lake)
Korol Pikulik - Eastview Secondary School (Hillsdale)
Austin Stoddart - Stratford Secondary School (Stratford)

KEN & ANN WATTS BURSARIES

Sierra Cooper - Dante Alighieri Academy (Toronto)
Jessica Domingues - Loretto College (Toronto)
Lydia Wilson  Elmira District Secondary School (Elmira)

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD

Will Noble - Fading - Lawrence Park C.I. (Toronto)

View the awards announcement.

2019

Adjudicator: Keith Barker

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

PERFORMANCE - Jake Fogel Seussification of Romeo and Juliet - Forest Hill Collegiate
PERFORMANCE Jessica Leon Cargo - John Fraser Secondary School
PERFORMANCE Senzenina DeFreitas Escape from Syria - Welland Centennial Secondary School
ENSEMBLE - The Ensemble Escape from Syria - Welland Centennial Secondary School
PERFORMANCE Anushka Mukherjee The Shape of a Girl - Pickering High School
ENSEMBLE - The Ensemble Down Came the Rain - West Ferris Secondary School
PERFORMANCE Megan Byrne - Women of Lockerbie - Widdifield Secondary School
ORIGINAL MUSIC Ben Smith, Joah Vaillancourt One Lane Bridge - Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School
PERFORMANCE Emily Pacheco A Dark Horse in Low Light - Loretto College School
DIRECTION - Journey To A Dark Horse in Low Light - Loretto College School
LIGHTING Emma Horsley Boys, Girls, and other Mythological Creatures - John F. Ross C.V.I.
WRITER, DIRECTOR Andrew Michalko Sons of Our Fathers - Cawthra Park Seconrdary

MIRA AWARDS

DIRECTOR Megan Saito Cargo - John Fraser Secondary School
ORIGINAL MUSIC/MUSICIANS Ian Beauchamps, Isaac Cousineau, Rowan Mikolic-O'Rouke, Serena Thornton Escape from Syria - Welland Centennial Secondary School
DIRECTOR Zachary Everitt The Shape of a Girl - Pickering High School
SOUND DESIGN - Tyler McDonald Sometimes I Look Up To The Sky - Southwood Secondary
PERFORMANCE - Genesis Calliste A Dark Horse in Low Light - Loretto College School
DIRECTORS Sam Leavers and Devyn Appleyard Sonny Boy - Grimsby Secondary School

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER AWARD

Christine Nanmovski The Shape of a Girl - Pickering High School

 

JOHN & MARGORY BENNIE TECHNICAL THEATRE AWARD

Robert Leitner Women of Lockerbie - Widdifield Secondary School

 

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD

Angela Rosete & Journey To A Dark Horse in Low Light - Loretto College School

 

KEN & ANN WATTS BURSARIES

Chelsea Mathieu - Pickering High School (Ajax)
Justin Mendler - Sinclair S.S. (Whitby)
Mya Leworthy  John F. Ross C.V.I. (Guelph)
Jayden Tinianov - St. Peters C.S.S. (Barrie)

 

KEN & ANN WATTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Joe Drinkwalter - West Ferris Secondary School (North Bay)
Kuzey Koremezli - Central Toronto Academy (Toronto)
Grace Tiffany - Brantford C.I. (Brantford)
Tanvi Vyas - Middlefield C.I. (Markham)

IATSE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

Christine Nanmovski - Pickering High School (Ajax)

2018

Adjudicator: Erin Brubacher

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

EXPLORATION OF THEATRICAL FORM AND CONTENT - The Ensemble - Womanly - Aurora High School

MAKE-UP RESEARCH AND DESIGN - Marie-France Pilon & Jasmin Virtanen - Heubner The Reluctant - Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School

PERFORMING YOURSELVES - Hannah Mccallum And Spencer Stringer - Exorcizing Restraint - Widdifield Secondary School

PROPS DESIGN AND TREATMENT - Jessica Mcnea Dooley, Zoe Roy - Things Fall (Meanwhile) - Nelson High School

INTERPLAY OF LIGHTS AND MUSIC - The Borden Quartet And Matt Vesnaver - Lizzie Borden Of Fall River - Listowel District Secondary School

THEATRICAL JOY - The Ensemble - Appropriate Audience Behavior - Carleton Place High School

PERFORMER PHYSICALITY WITH THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN - The Company - And She Split The Sky In Two - Brantford Collegiate Institute

COMMITMENT TO TELLING A STORY - The Company - Of Mice And Men - West Ferris Secondary School

COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT AND USE OF SCENIC ELEMENTS - The Ensemble - The Wallpaper - Dante Alighieri Academy

COMIC GENIUS - Kiki Ayoola - Play Rights - Loretto College School

HUMAN LANDSCAPE / CREATING WORLDS - The Chorus - Without Her - John Fraser Secondary School

PURE THEATRE MAGIC - The Company - The Twoman - Grimsby Secondary School

 

MIRA AWARDS

PUPPET DESIGN (FUTURE PRODUCTION DESIGNER) - Jessica Cantlon - And She Split The Sky In Two - Brantford Collegiate Institute

ORIGINAL MUSIC - Genesis Caliste - Play Rights - Loretto College School

ORIGINAL CONCEPT (PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR) - Dc Dzoja - Without Her - John Fraser Secondary School

THE TWOMAN - Rachel Binns And Zakeri Mcdonnell - The Twoman - Grimsby Secondary School

PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR COLLABORATION - Aleria Mckay And Blayne Hoskins - And She Split The Sky In Two - Brantford Collegiate Institute

ORIGINAL ARTISTIC RESEARCH - Kathy Martinez, Journey To And The Ensemble - Play Rights - Loretto College School

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER AWARD

Sammy Lawless - The Twoman - Grimsby Secondary School

 

MARGORY BENNIE TECHNICAL THEATRE AWARD

Jessica Domingues - Play Rights - Loretto College School

 

JOHN BENNIE TECHNICAL THEATRE AWARD

Alex Naylor - Lizzie Borden of Fall River - Listowel District Secondary School

 

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD

Jack Bailey & Josee Leclair - Untitled - Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute

 

KEN & ANN WATTS BURSARIES

Jessica Cantlon - Brantford CI, Brantford

DC (Danielle) Dzoja - John Fraser SS, Mississauga

Betty Fan - Pierre Elliott Trudeau SS, Markham

Sarah Shears - Westdale SS, Hamilton

 

KEN & ANN WATTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Aleria McKay - Brantford Ci, Brantford

Melody Pigeon - Ursuline College CHS, Chatham

Kathy Martinez - Loretto College School, Toronto

Olivia Martins - St. Benedict CSS, Cambridge

 

IATSE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

Jacob Patterson - Our Lady of the Lourdes CHS, Guelph

 

STRATFORD SUMMER PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP

Cooper Bilton - Brantford CI, Brantford

Liv Hussey - Goderich DCI,

2017

Adjudicator: John Van Burek

 

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

ENSEMBLE - Be All My Sins Rememb'red - Northview Heights SS (Toronto Region)

PERFORMANCE - Grant Brook & Madi Morelli - The Parting Glass - St Benedict CSS (West Region)

PERFORMANCE - Chester Ashby & Jacob Pollard - Verisimilitude - Cawthra Park SS (Centre Region)

THE ENSEMBLE - Ghost Bird - Father John Redmond CSS + Regional Arts Centre (Toronto Region)

DIRECTION - Devon Nguyen & Nathan Grant - Tuna Fish Eulogy - Our Lady of Lourdes (West Region)

PERFORMANCE - Joshua Kelly - The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - St Benedict CSS (West Region)

PERFORMANCE - Sinead Gordon Daniella Khayutin, Anna Morreale  - The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls - Westdale SS (South Region)

PERFORMANCE - Arianna Tallidis - The Audition - Sinclair SS (East Region)

ENSEMBLE - Sisters in Spirit - Welland Centenial SS (South Region)

ENSEMBLE - Nicholas Babin, Corey Roebuck, Olivia Dudley, Joe Drinkwalter, Cole Davis - TXT or Die - West Ferris SS (North Region)

PERFORMANCE - Mitchell Bruce & Emma Battel - Come Away, Come Away - Regiopolis Notre Dame CHS (East Region)

ENSEMBLE - Red is the New Orange - Bur Oak SS (Centre Region)

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER

Olivia Martins - St Benedict CSS (West Region)

 

IATSE LOCAL 129 AWARD  Jennifer Rochon - Holy Trinity CSS, Cornwall (East Region)

 

MARGORY BENNIE AWARD

Maddy O'Connor - Westdale SS (South Region)

 

JOHN BENNIE AWARD

Gryffin Schirru & Connor Koval - Welland Centenial SS (South Region)

 

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD

Shannon Le Vasseur-Pearce - ES L'Essor

 

MIRA AWARDS

WRITING AND DIRECTION - Kat Schamel - Verisimilitude - Cawthra Park SS (Centre Region)

PERFORMANCE - Mauro Dragonieri - Ghost Bird - Father John Redmond CSS + Regional Arts Centre (Toronto Region)

PERFORMANCE - Matthew Gunson - The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - St Joseph - Scollard Hall (North Region)

DIRECTION - Beatrice Freedman - The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls - Westdale SS (South Region)

PERFORMANCE - Ali Corriveau - Sisters in Spirit - Welland Centenial SS (South Region)

PERFORMANCE - Sanly Kuang - Red is the New Orange - Bur Oak SS (Centre Region)

 

BURSARIES Grant Brook - St Benedict CSS, Cambridge Sam Page - Sinclair SS, WhitbyGeorgia Forsyth - Cayuga SSBen Yoganathan - Our Lady of Lourdes CSS, Guelph SCHOLARSHIPSNathan Grant - Our Lady of Lourdes CSS, GuelphAutumn Russell - Southwood SS, Cambridge Chantal Saab - Father John Redmond, TorontoAnjalee Srinivasan - Bur Oak SS, Markham

 

2016

Adjudicator: Terry Tweed

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT/PRIX D’EXCELLENCE

PERFORMANCE - Sinead Gordon, Anna Morreale, Sarah Gervais - Bitter Girl - Westdale SS

PERFORMANCE - The Ensemble - Asylum - Richview CI

PERFORMANCE - Calista Davis & Jake Kroeker - After Liverpool - Southwood SS

LIGHTING & SOUND - Cameron Ewing, Aodhan McDonald, Owen Lammert - Frankenstein - Kitchener-Waterloo CVS

LA CHORÉGRAPHIE - Talia Deslauriers, Katia St. Jean, Danika Brazeau - Dé-paysager - ÉSC Béatrice-Desloges

SET, COSTUMES, PERFORMANCE - Jeremy Burke - Ernest & the Pale Moon - Walkerville CCA

PERFORMANCE - The Cast - It’s About Time - O’Gorman HS

PERFORMANCE - The Company - To Be Determined - Canterbury HS

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE - The Musical Chorus - Amanah - Maple HS

PERFORMANCE - The Ensemble - Swan Song - Bur Oak SS

PERFORMANCE - Darren Summersby - Colours in the Storm - Widdifield SS

PERFORMANCE - The Ensemble - Wyld - Notre Dame HS

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER

Mira J. Henderson - Kitchener Waterloo CVS

 

KEN & ANN WATTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Bursaries

Eric De Santis - St. Basil the Great College ,Toronto

Glenys Marshall - Canterbury HS, Ottawa

Joseph Nguyen - Dante Alighieri Academy, Toronto

Natalie Skov - TA Blakelock SS, Oakville

Scholarships

Melanie Coomber - Grimsby SS

Jackson Doner - Kitchener-Waterloo CVS

Cole Forrest Stevens - Chippewa SS, North Bay

Genevieve Lamb - St.Clement's School, Toronto

 

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD

"SELKIE" - Isabelle Hinch - ESC l'Essor, Tecumseh

 

IATSE SCHOLARSHIP

Flora Sibley

 

MARGORY AND JOHN BENNY AWARDS

LIGHTING DESIGN - Heather Anderson

SOUND OPERATION - Laurent De Bane

 

MIRA AWARDS

DIRECTION - Nick  Bourque - Ernest and the Pale Moon - Walkerville CCA

ORIGINAL MUSIC & PERFORMANCE - Andrew Kosty - Ernest and the Pale Moon - Walkerville CCA

PERFORMANCE - Jackson Doner - Frankenstein - Kitchener-Waterloo CVS

LA SCÉNOGRAPHIE - Laura-Anne Zaporzan - Dé-paysager - ÉSC Béatrice-Desloges

DIRECTION - Justine Wong - Swan Song - Bur Oak SS

PERFORMANCE - Umar Majoka - Amanah - Maple HS

 

2015

Adjudicator: André Perrier

 

MIRA AWARDS

ROLE OF DRACULA - Aaron Hrastovec - Dracula - Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts, Windsor

ROLE OF OVERBEARING MOTHER - Carter Rice - Emotional Baggage - Nelson HS, Burlington

ROLE OF JACK - Bailey Gravelle - Pals - West Ferris SS ,North-Bay

ROLE OF STEVE - Jesse Gütwillinger - Pals - West Ferris SS, North-Bay

WRITING - Alessia Urbani - Dinner for Jews - St-Michael, Bolton

SET AND PROP DESIGN - Joseph Nguyen - Death of an Era - Dante Alighieri, Toronto

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

ENSEMBLE - the Cast - Cage Birds - Sinclair SS, Whitby

ROLE OF HAEMON - Ryan Curran - Antigone - Ridgeway-Crystal Beach, Ridgeway

NUMEROUS ROLES - Joel Lee Kong - Smoke and Mirrors - T.A. Blakelock HS, Oakvile

ROLE OF MUDDY - Julia Capra - Elephant’s Graveyard - Almaguin SS, South River

MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE - Alex Allsopp, Eric Bernhardt, Alexander Bowles, Nick DePaul, Zayd Nawal, Chanho Lee, Saige Mukherjee, Connor Soler and Alanna Vanstone - Emotional Baggage - Nelson HS, Burlington

ROLE OF BRAIDIE IN BLUE - Jenna Teece-Soter - The Shape of a Girl - Oakwood, Toronto

LUCY - Moira McClenaghan - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Holy Trinity, Cornwall

GETTING OVER HEART ATTACK - Sarah Brown - Emotional Baggage - Nelson HS, Burlington

COSTUME DESIGN - Laura Savoriado and Adina Larmond - Death of an Era - Dante Alighieri, Toronto

ROLE OF HARRIET - Alyssa Pothier - Cabin 12 - Cawthra Park, Mississauga

DIRECTING - Abby Israels - Cabin 12 - Cawthra Park, Mississauga

ROLE OF RENFIELD - Josh Evans - Dracula - Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts, Windsor

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER

Brandon Moe - Sinclair SS

 

MARGORY BENNIE AWARD ($500) for technical achievement by female

Nicole Van Zutphen - T.A.Blakelock HS

 

JOHN BENNIE AWARD ($500) for technical achievement by a male

Lucas Grimmick - Nelson HS

 

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD ($500)

Callum Hutchinson - Fighting With Monsters - Stratford Central SS

 

KEN & ANN WATTS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION BURSARIES ($1000):

Elizabeth Ransom - St. Basil the Great College, Toronot

Margot Greve - Westdale SS, Hamilton

James Hyett - Kingston CVI, Kingston

Marco Lam - Pierre Elliot Trudeau SS

 

KEN & ANN WATTS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS ($3000)

Ashley Frederick - Eastview SS, Barrie

Julia Capra - Almaguin Highlands SS, South River

Joshua Evans - Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts, Windsor

Dominique Arnold - Dante Alighieri Academy, Toronto

 

I.A.T.S.E. SCHOLARSHIP ($1000)

Brandon Moe - Sinclair SS

2014

Sir John A Macdonald SS, Hamilton ON

May 7- 10 2014

 


IATSE Scholarship ($1000)

Gillian Baugh – Westdale Secondary School

 

WAYNE FAIRHEAD NEW PLAY AWARD ($500)

Jake Pascoe – My Rose – Crestwood Preparatory School

 

MARGORY BENNIE AWARD ($500)

Bre-Anne Newby - A History of the World – Grimsby S.S.

 

JOHN BENNIE AWARD ($500)

Andrew Vanbodegom – Jack or the Submission – Barrie Central CI

OUSTANDING STAGE MANAGER

Jessika McLaurinJack or the Submission – Barrie Central CI

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Performance – The EnsembleA History of the World – Grimsby S.S.

Directing – Caleigh Cargo-Froom- Propert Rites- John F. Ross CVI

Costumes, Make-up and Hair – Jacqueline Karabatsos, Katie Macdonald, Bridget Quin, Marcell Cardozo, Cynthia Pelletier, Renee Somers – Colours in the Storm -  Huron Heights S.S.

Ensemble Performance – Julia Hall, Tristan Nichol, Marshall Wood – The Father Clock- Timiskaming District S.S.

Ensemble Performance –Catherine Corriveau, Antoine Plenderleith, Idile Bouh – Noeuds Papillon - ES Publique de La Salle

Direction – Olivier Smith­ - Noeuds Papillon - ES Publique de La Salle

Adaptation and Performance- The Company – The Hundred Acre Hood – Earl Haig S.S

Writing and Performance – The Company –Disconnected – Dante Alighieri Academy

Performance as Scott – Sebastian Taboada –Disconnected – Dante Alighieri Academy

Performance as Don- James Hyett – The Universal Language- Kingston CVI

Ensemble Performance – The Company – Albertine in Five Times – Westdale S.S.

Lighting Design -  Andrew Vanbodegom – Jack or the Submission – Barrie Central CI

Ensemble Performance – The Company – If Hearts Could Bloom – Bur Oak SS

 

 

MIRAS

Musical Composition and Performance – Tori Ly - A History of the World – Grimsby S.S.

Direction -  Brogan Chaput – The Universal Language- Kingston CVI

Direction – Jessica Keenan – Albertine in Five Times – Westdale SS

Performance as Louisette – Julie Lebel­ – dèjà-vu EC Jean-Vanier

Performance as  Françoise – Andrea Clermont –  dèjà-vu - EC Jean-Vanier

Performance as Everyperson – Tamara Kailas – If Hearts Could Bloom -  Bur Oak SS

 

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Bursaries ($1000) and Scholarships ($3000):

BURSARIES

Bronte Link-Newman – Applewood Heights SS (Mississauga)

Nicholas Marcelli – St. Mary CSS (Pickering)

Gabrielle Schmitt – Earl Haig SS (Toronto)

Asha James – Sinclair SS (Whitby)

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

Mikael Melo – St. Benedict CSS (Cambridge)

Jessica Keenan – Westdale SS (Hamilton)

Emma McGreeghan – Huron Heights SS (Newmarket)

Brogan Chaput – Kingston CVI (Kingston)

2013

Adjudicator: Terry Tweed

 

Outstanding Stage Manager:

Sandi Robertson, Almaguin Highlands S.S., South River

 

Margory Bennie Technical Achievement by a Female Award ($500):

Michelle Proulx, ÉSC Béatrice-Desloges d’Orléans

 

John Bennie Technical Achievement by a Male Award ($500):

Kieran Russell, Listowel District S.S.

 

Wayne Fairhead New Play Award ($500):

Zoe Norman, University of Toronto Schools

 

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Bursaries ($1000):

Andrew Nagel, Cayuga Secondary School

Alessa Dufresne, St. Michael C.S.S., Bolton

Nathanya Barnett, Goderich District S.S.

Adriana Moraes-Mendoza, Dante Alighieri Academy, Toronto

 

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Foundation Scholarships ($3000)

Sabrina Redford, Applewood Heights S.S., Mississauga

Megan Gove, Notre Dame High School, Toronto

Mitchell Collin Patterson, Dunville Secondary School

Gregory Waters, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton

 

I.A.T.S.E. Scholarship ($500)

Arte Nitski, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton

 

Awards for Outstanding Achievement

Veronica Hortiguela Gonzales for writing, directing and performing in IRIS, Cardinal Carter Academy, Toronto

Alessa Dufresne & Nicholas Mete for movement in HAPPILY EVER AFTER, St. Michael C.S.S., Bolton

The Cast of BIG LOVE  for commitment to the story in a rich and complex play, Crystal Beach H.S.

Julia Roglich & Russel Niessen for the beauty & magic of their dance duet, DRAFTS, Westdale S.S.

Jasmin Athwal for costumes in REVOLVER, Holy Name of Mary C.S.S., Brampton

Devin Scully & Zack Berwick for their score, LAST MAN HANGED, Goderich District C.I.

À l’équipe entier pour une telle complète et belle production, LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ, ÉSC Béatrice – Desloges d’Orléans

The Company of LESSONS OF CHILDHOOD for truly engaging with each other, Almaguin Highlands S.S., South River

The Production Team for design, SHUDDERSOME: TALES OF POE, Listowel District S.S.

McCaila Cosgrove & Danielle McDonald for performance, St. Mary C.H.S., Brockville

The Company of NO SHOW who celebrated theatre in all its incarnations, Dante Alighieri Academy, Toronto

 

The MIRA Awards of Excellence

Greg Waters for directing DRAFTS, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton

Gabrielle Côté, costumIère, LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ, ÉSC Béatrice-Desloges d’Orléans

Thomas Hamilton for performance, LAST MAN HANGED, Goderich District C.I.

Virginie Charland, comédienne, LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ, ÉSC Béatrice-Deloges d’Orléans

Fiona Cleary for directing FLAKY LIPS, St. Mary C.H.S., Brockville

Frédéric Cadieux, comédien, LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ, ÉSC Béatrice-Deloges d’Orléans

 

The STRATFORD FESTIVAL AWARD

Greg Waters, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton

 

 

2012

Outstanding Stage Manager • Andre Stankovich, Westdale S.S., Hamilton

Marjory Bennie Award ($500) • Michelle Soicher, Earl Haig S.S., Toronto

John Bennie Award ($500) • Arte Nitski, Westdale S.S., Hamilton

Wayne Fairhead New Play Award ($500) • Sam Godfrey, Earl Haig S.S., Toronto

I.A.T.S.E. Scholarship ($500) • Steven Smits, Widdifield S.S., North Bay

 

Ken & Ann Watts Memorial Scholarships & Bursaries

Bursaries
   Larissa Currie, Sir Oliver Mowat C.I., Toronto
   Alannah Belanger, Pickering H.S., Pickering
   Matthew Finlan, Peterborough C.V.S., Peterborough
   Stuart Helford, Westdale S.S., Hamilton

Scholarships
   Bilal Baig, Meadowvale S.S., Mississsauga
   Julie Malenfant, É.S.C. Béatrice-Desloges, Ottawa
   Curtis te Brinke, Central Huron S.S., Clinton
   Jacqeline Janas, Westdale S.S., Hamilton

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

     •  Anthony Gullace, Performance in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Cawthra Park S.S., Mississauga

     •  Michael Pugacewicz, Performance in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Cawthra Park S.S.., Mississauga

     •  Ensemble, Breath of the Wolf, Widdifield S.S., North Bay

     •  Ensemble, In My Own Skin, Maple High School, Vaughan

     •  Morina Nhem, Performance, Maple High School, Vaughan

     •  Montana Fine, Directing, Lawrence Park C.I., Toronto

     •  Ensemble, Women and Wallace, Barrie Central C.I., Barrie

     •  Christine Moreau,Directing, Barrie Central C.I., Barrie

     •  Sam Titmuss & Jonothan Isenegger, Duet Performance, West Ferris S.S., North Bay

     •  Patrick Smith, Original Music, Bell High School, Nepean

     •  Ensemble, La robe de Gulnara, ESC Beatrice-Desloges, Ottawa

     •  The Design Team, The Boy in the Bag, Goderich D.C.I., Goderich

 

MIRAS

     •  Harley Kitamura, Performance, John McGregor S.S., Chatham

     •  Sam Godfrey, Playwright, Earl Haig S.S., Toronto

     •  Julie Foster, Directing, Earl Haig S.S., Toronto

     •  Natalia Bushnik, Performance, Bell High School, Nepean

     •  Stuart Hefford, Directing, Westdale S.S., Hamilton

     •  Jake Laroche, Musician, Westdale S.S., Hamilton

2024 REGIONAL ONTARIO AWARDS

NORTH
SOUTH
EAST
WEST
CENTRAL
TORONTO

2024 DISTRICT ONTARIO AWARDS

HALTON

Adjudicator – Trevor Copp 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

M. Robinson High School - The Customer is Always Wrong

A. Blakelock High School - Only the Good 

Nelson High School – Sincerely, Sam 

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Jayden Hill - M. M. Robinson High School - The Customer is Always Wrong 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE  

Writing: Olive Stankaitis (Milton District High School), Mail of the Dead  

Set, Props, Costume Design: Set, Props, Costume Design Teams, M. M. Robinson High School, The Customer is Always Wrong  

Directing/ Writing: Kaiha Jaaj and Hannah Prisco (T.A. Blakelock High School), Only the Good  

Style of Performance: Commedia Ensemble (White Oaks Secondary School), The Bachelorette  

Writing and Directing: August Frade (Nelson High School), Sincerely, Sam  

Acting: Venus Ramm (T.A. Blakelock High School), Only the Good 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

Performance: Harrison Jones, Ellie Petkova, Ailsa Henshaw, Natalie Hall, (M. M. Robinson High School), The Customer is Always Wrong – in the roles of the applicants: Kyle, Heidi, Ilsa, Jordy 

Live Music: Annie Liu (White Oaks Secondary School), The Bachelorette  

Choreography and Acting: Ana Sofia Resendiz-Ley (St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School), The Audition – in the role of Gina  

Script Writing: Gabriel Mattka (Burlington Central High School), The Day After Yesterday  

Use of Physicality in the Set: Cast (Garth Webb Secondary School), In the Forests of the Night  

Acting: Adam Cipparrone (Chisholm Academy), The Election – in the role of Bubba Hurkel  

Colour Design: Lighting, Set, Costume Design Team (Nelson High School), Sincerely, Sam 

Spirit Award & Acting: Rowan Oest (Milton District High School), Mail of the Dead – in the role of Julia Jett  

Acting: Julia Rizzuto (St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School), The Audition –  in the role of Solie 

KINGSTON ST LAWRENCE

Adjudicator – Brett Christopher 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION 

Kingston Secondary School - Wake 

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Angela Clarkson (Napanee District Secondary School), Fidget 

 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

The Cast & Crew of Fidget (Napanee District Secondary School), Fidget – For their consistent & enthusiastic participation in all aspects of the Festival! 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

Outstanding Performance: Sierra Bingley (St. Mary Catholic High School), Rabbit 

Outstanding Performance: Nora Bell-Smith & Calcifer Moore (Kingston Secondary School), Wake 

Outstanding Performance: Georgia Davidson (St. Michael Catholic High School), The End 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

Performance: Madeleine Bisson (St. Michael Catholic High School), The End 

Performance: Stephanie Harris (Napanee District Secondary School), Fidget 

Original Music: Andrew Hudson (St. Mary Catholic High School), Rabbit 

Performance: Ocean Parks (Napanee District Secondary School), Fidget 

 

ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD  

Outstanding Design: Cast & Crew (St. Mary Catholic High School), Rabbit 

NIAGARA

Adjudicator - Dienye Waboso AMajor 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Welland Centennial Secondary School, We are the Water 

St. Catharines Collegiate, Piece of Me 

Governor Simcoe, Water. Gun. Argument 

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Catharine Boiter (Welland Centennial Secondary School), We are the Water 

 

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY 

Ensemble (Eden), Stick to the Script 

 

OUTSTANDING DESIGN 

Ensemble (Sir Winston Churchill), Afternoon at the Seaside 

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR 

Bug Wiens (Sir Winston Churchill), Afternoon at the Seaside 

 

DISTRICT ADJUDICATORS AWARD 

Ensemble (West Niagara), Reminiscence 

 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

Ensemble (Welland Centennial Secondary School), We are The Water 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

Stage Design: St. Michaels, Alice 

Acting: Gisele Smith (Sir Winston Churchill), Afternoon at the Seaside 

Stage Management: Abby Mills (West Niagara), Reminisence 

Acting: Victoria Leesley (Greater Fort Erie Secondary School), Useful Fictions and Bear Facts 

Acting: Gabriel Cudmore (Greater Fort Erie Secondary School), Useful Fictions and Bear Facts 

Believability in Stage Combat: John Hendry & Ryan Menhennet (Stamford), Never Swim Alone 

Acting: Maddie Coens (Stamford), Never Swim Alone 

Acting: Daniel Miralles (Eden), Stick to the Script 

Dance Ensemble: Dance Ensemble (Welland Centennial), We are the Water 

Live Orchestra and Composition: Zachary Johnston & Kalan Bridgeman (Welland Centennial), We are the Water 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

Costuming: Ensemble (Sir Winston Churchil), Afternoon at the Seaside 

Acting Ensemble: Ensemble (Sir Winston Churchil), Afternoon at the Seaside 

Lighing: Crew (AN Myer), The Cave 

Costuming: Ensemble (St. Michaels), Alice 

Lighting: Oliver Lepp (St. Catharines Collegiate), Piece of Me 

Acting: Ryan Menhemet (Stamford), Never Swim Alone 

Acting Ensemble: Acting Ensemble (West Niagara), Reminiscinece 

Acting Ensemble: Acting Ensemble (Stamford), The Crossroads 

Acting: Seven Durant (DSBN Academy), How Can I help You 

Acting: Atlas Grocholski (DSBN Academy), How Can I help You 

Sound Production: Crew (Eden Secondary), Stick to the Script 

Production Team: Crew (AN Myer), The Cave 

Stage Management: Maggy Arghittu (Governor Simcoe), Water. Gun. Argument. 

WATERLOO WELLINGTON

Adjudicator - Laurel Brown

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Centre Wellington DHS - Jump Station 

John F Ross CVI – RenAIssance 

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Milica Gordon (Centre Wellington DHS), Jump Station 

 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

The Cast and Crew (St Mary’s High School), MANEATINGSANDWICH 
For outstanding participation, enthusiasm and humour 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

PERFORMANCE: Dannika Parsons, Jack Psutka, Malik Al-Husinawi (Resurrection CSS), 8 Minutes Left -- For the trio - Sandra, Carey, Bernard 

PERFORMANCE, DIRECTION, COSTUME DESIGN: Olivia Silva (St. Benedict CSS), Drop Dead, Juliet! -- For her portrayal of Juliet, direction, and costume design 

PERFORMANCE: The company (St. Benedict CSS), Drop Dead, Juliet! -- For character reactions to each other  

PERFORMANCE: Miguel Guerra-Gomes (St. David CSS), The 146 Point Flame – For his authentic portrayal of Father 

PERFORMANCE: The foreman and sewers (St. David CSS), The 146 Point Flame – For the engaging opening scene 

PERFORMANCE: The company (St Mary's HS), MANEATINGSANDWICH -- For cohesiveness and connection to the audience  

TECHNICAL DESIGN: The technical crew (John F. Ross CVI), RenAIssance -- For lighting, sound and production 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

PERFORMANCE: Layton Riddell (Our Lady of Lourdes CHS), Stroke Static -- For his portrayal of living between the worlds of reality and dementia  

TECHNICAL DESIGN: The technical crew (Our Lady of Lourdes CHS), Stroke Static -- For lighting and sound  

PERFORMANCE: Marissa Soares (Resurrection CSS), 8 Minutes Left -- For characterization and focus  

PERFORMANCE: Danielle Berry (St. Benedict CSS), Drop Dead, Juliet! -- For characterization and vocal expression  

PERFORMANCE: The company (St. David CSS), The 146 Point Flame -- For authentic and compassionate portrayals  

PERFORMANCE: Hadyn Prospero (St Mary's HS), MANEATINGSANDWICH -- For energy and natural instincts 

 

ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD 

PLAYWRITING, DIRECTION, COSTUME DESIGN: Ailish O’Donnell (Centre Wellington DHS), Jump Station -- For writing, directing and costuming 

TORONTO CENTRAL

TORONTO CENTRAL 

Adjudicator – Jessica Greenberg 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Under the Surface 

Notre Dame High School, Zaagi’idiwin: Love and Little Fires 

Harbord Collegiate Institute, The Terrible Infants 

 

OUTSTANDING DESIGN 

Lauren Hammond & Teja Tavares (Don Mills Collegiate Institute), Under the Surface 

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT DIRECTOR 

Micah Mensah-Jatoe (Cardinal Carter Academy), Every Rose 

 

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL NEW PLAY 

Serafym Tsapko (University of Toronto School), Across the Front Line 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

Lighting Design: Isla Whitford (Harbord Collegiate Institute), The Terrible Infants 

Commitment to Silliness: ENSEMBLE (Malvern Collegiate Institute), Bath Time is Fun Time 

Sound Design: Esther Kolawole & Jordan Pangan (Cardinal Carter Academy), Many Little Moments 

Music Composition: Chaela Klump (St. Joseph’s College School), Little Women 

Choreography: Leah Khoury (Don Mills Collegiate Institute), Under the Surface 

Acting in a Leading Role: Kaitlyn Tran (Crestwood Preparatory College), Echoes of Andy 

Acting in a Leading Role: Darcy Boyd (Malvern Collegiate Institute), The Cheshire Smile 

Rising Star: Christina Baggetta (St. Mary Catholic Academy), Murder in the Wings 

Leadership: Diamond Okoro-Obaraye (L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute), BeWitched 

Multidisciplinary Virtuosity: Eloise Harrington (Notre Dame High School), Zaagi’idiwin: Love and Little Fires 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

Community Building: Xyn Pilkiw (University of Toronto School), Across the Front Line 

Lighting Design: Valentina Large (Victoria Park Collegiate Institute), Missing 

Lighting Design: Grace Lu & Sabrina Gao (Cardinal Carter Academy), Many Little Moments 

Sound Design: Zoya (L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute), BeWitched 

Costume Design: Sarah Shaw (St. Joseph’s College School), Little Women 

Playwriting: Jolie Drummond (Crestwood Preparatory College), Echoes of Andy 

Playwriting: Shahd Karout (Victoria Park Collegiate Institute), Missing 

Playwriting: Micah Mensah-Jatoe (Cardinal Carter Academy), Every Rose 

Acting in a Supporting Role: Arianna Farley (St. Joseph’s College School), Little Women 

Acting in a Leading Role: Melissa Negranza (Cardinal Carter Academy), Every Rose 

Comedic Performance: Sloane Climie (Malvern Collegiate Institute), Bath Time is Fun Time 

Physical Performance: Violet Hildebrand (St. Mary Catholic Academy), Murder in the Wings 

Multidisciplinary Performer: Victoria Chareunsouk (Harbord Collegiate Institute), The Terrible Infants 

 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARDS 

Radical Care: ENSEMBLE (Notre Dame High School), Zaagi’idiwin: Love and Little Fires 

Theatre as Conversation: ENSEMBLE (Malvern Collegiate Institute), The Cheshire Smile 

TORONTO EAST

Adjudicator – Aaron Jan 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

East York Collegiate – Can You See Me? 

St Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School – Mag-ina 

Danforth Collegiate – Within the Wings’ Shadows 

 

ADJUDICATOR DISCRETIONARY AWARDS 

Drew Perreras (St Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School), Mag-ina -- For Artistic Achievement beyond her years in writing, directing and composing Mag-ina 

Raiven Catalig (Brebeuf), Corporate Hell -- Performance - for the performer who played the highest stakes in the festival 

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT DIRECTOR 

Joshua Martinez (Brebeuf), Corporate Hell – For commiting to a true garbage aesthetic with specificity and tenacity (and making some delightfully hideous garbage puppets) 

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT DESIGNER/DESIGN TEAM 

Elle Ghandour and Majid Safar (St Patrick’s Catholic Secondary School), Mag-ina – Costume Design 

 

OUTSTANDING NEW ORIGINAL PLAY 

Caitlin Yu (East York Collegiate), Can You See Me? -- Brilliant first play from a gifted young storyteller with a commitment to access 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

Performance: Kayden Bruce (Mowat), The Happy Ending  

Direction: Joanna Ford, Hamish Pittis (Danforth Collegiate), Within the Wings’ Shadows – for a complete, all encompassing vision with stunning transitions  

Lighting Design: Olivia Jacobson, Sage McGuffin-Westmacott, Jo Tamaru (Danforth Collegiate), Within the Wings’ Shadows  

Performance: Nadia Rocha-Sersanti (Mary Ward), See You Next Week  

Direction: Danny Bowman, Caitlyn Yu (East York Collegiate), Can You see Me? 

Performance: Reanna Salazar (St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School), Camp Underwood 

Ensemble: The ensemble of Mag-ina (St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School), Mag-Ina 

Performance: Matteo Somigli (Mowat), Camp Cypress  

Composition: Cassia Kosyachkova (Danforth Collegiate), Within The Wings’ Shadow 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

Script: Alina Habtian (Mowat), Camp Cypress  

Direction - specifically giving your actors tools to succeed in performance: Alishya Penney (Mowat), The Happy Ending  

Performance - Rebeca Canales (Cedarbrae), An Invitation from a Body  

Ensemble: The Ensemble of See You next Week (Mary Ward), See You Next Week  

Performance: Dechen Dolkar (Jarvis CI), An Eventful Anniversary 

Performance, specificity, sass and drive: Giancarlo Taitt (Newman), Shrunk  

Choreography from a prompt: Chenglu Yang (Newman), Shrunk  

Performance: Joanna Papatthanasakis (East York Collegiate), Can you see Me? 

Performance: Karthiha Sriranjan (Jarvis CI), An Eventful Anniversary  

Someone who will be an important disruptor in the artistic world: Sage Scottie (Cedarbrae), An Invitation from a Body  

Performance: Shoaib Khattak (Norman Bethune), You are Not Alone  

Performance: Kashmyra Patel (Norman Bethune), You Are Not Alone  

Performance: Keira Grant and Morgan Garcia (St. Patrick’s Secondary School), Camp Underwood 

TORONTO WEST

Adjudicator – Angela Sun 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Father Henry Carr C.S.S. -- Somebody See Me 

Martingrove C.I.  -- The Honouring 

Lawrence Park Collegiate – Ranking 

 

ADJUDICATOR DISCRETIONARY AWARD 

Ensemble Performance: Benjamin Alexander, Megan Alexander, Kassem Ballout & Patrick Gurr, Dave Crone, Nabiha Farose, Andela Mitrovic, Kassidy Nancekivell, Spencer Powell, Robin Russell  (Silverthorn Collegiate Institute), Greek’s Choice 

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT DIRECTOR 

Nicole Anderson and Owen Sabol (Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute), Radium Girls – For directorial ingenuity, strength of vision, and polish of production 

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT DESIGN TEAM 

Delaney Simon & Talia Ross-Wittenberg (Costumes & Makeup), Ryan Larkin (Set & Props), Emma Russell & Paige Stevens (Lights), Ruby Rasbach (Sound) -- Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute -- Radium Girls – For superb period world building and enhancement of themes of show 

 

OUTSTANDING NEW ORIGINAL PLAY 

Hannah Mair, Nina Nakamura, Sasidu Rathnayake, Alisha Wong, Sophia Yun (Martingrove Collegiate Institute), Oatmeal Friends – For depth of emotional resonance and relatable dialogue 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

Sound Design and Original Music Composition: Jelicia Coley, Nana Boakye (Kipling CI), Unfinished 

Ensemble Performance: Cecilia Russo, Kalyna Osypowich, Dario Mavric, Felipe de Oliveira, Joshua Abobo, Kayah Wojcik, Antonio Meleca, Sofiya Matviyenko, Kalyna Monago Yarosh, Seraphina Proietti, Olivia Bradshaw, Michael Karakas (Father John Redmond C.S.S.,), The Seussification of Romeo & Juliet 

Directing: The Collective (Bishop Marrocco), I Am A Star 

Design Team: Hazel Sagardia, Judah Murakami, Noah Sadik, Nora Hale, Adam Singer, Marlo Collett, Evelyn Nguyen, Lucy Blanchette, and Ronald Lin, Georgia Stubbe (Central Toronto Academy), Stuck 

Acting/ Performance Partnership: Sasidu Rathnayake, Sophia Yun (Martingrove), Oatmeal Friends 

Multidisciplinary Creation/ Playwriting: Bethany Rampersaud, Samuel Fajemisin, Kemi Oyapero, Asia Terrique (Father Henry Carr C.S.S.), Somebody See Me 

Playwriting: Connor Chase, Eli DeGooyer, Jacob Lang, Otis Danger Sanderson, Rachel Weisberg, Katrina Zamberg (Lawrence Park Collegiate), Ranking 

Acting/ Performance: Alyssa Santoro (Lawrence Park Collegiate), Radium Girls 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

World Building: Ben Hutchison (Director), Jerry Wang (Sound & Lights) (Royal St. George’s College), Jim Cutter: Born, Lived, Died in the Wild White West 

Playwriting: Ashley Mills (Silverthorn Collegiate Institute), Greek’s Choice 

Movement Choreography: Merve Ylldar (Director) (Kipling Collegiate Institute), Unfinished 

Costume Assisting: Maeve Cavaco (Father John Redmond C.S.S), The Seuessification of Romeo and Juliet 

Lighting Design: Fernanda Aldana Zevallos (Bishop Marrocco) I Am A Star 

Performance, Specificity of Character: Jordan Carr, Tatum La Mantia, Lauren Elie, Veda Hyland, Taliesen Cavanagh Windstorm, Rafidah Min Naing (Central Toronto Academy), Stuck 

Set and Costume Design: Flint Longman, Jessica Vieira (Martingrove C.I.), Oatmeal Friends 

Musical Performance and Composition: Bethany Rampersaud, Katie Bui, Kemi Oyapero, Anulika Ezekwere (Father Henry Carr C.S.S.), Somebody See Me 

Dance Performance: Ishani Patel (Martingrove C.I.), The Honouring 

Technical Design and Execution: Rachel Weisberg, Delaney Simon, Talia Ross-Wittenberg, Talina Ligeros-Aziz, Amalia Enache, Chloe Sandwith, Ryan Larkin (Lawrence Park C.I.), Ranking 

Stage Management and Coordination: Jayden Breslow-Bardell and Rachel Weisberg (Stage Managers) and Isabelle Matthews & Jaione Buan (Stage Crew) (Lawrence Park C.I.), Radium Girls 

2023 REGIONAL ONTARIO AWARDS

NORTH REGION

Adjudicator: Josh Bainbridge 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

When the Fat Lady Sings, Almaguin Highlands SS 

Overdose, O’Gorman High School 

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGER 

Natalia Vahl (Almaguin Highlands SS), Re-Wilding 

 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL: Apostrophe’s, O’Gorman High School 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

LIGHTING DESIGN & OPERATION: Damen Graham (Almaguin Highlands SS), Re-Wilding 

PROPS & PUPPETRY BUILD & OPERATION: Re-Wilding (Almaguin Highlands SS) 

PERFORMANCE: Becca Coombs (Almaguin Highlands SS), When the Fat Lady Sings 

DRAMATIC ENSEMBLE: West Ferris SS, From the Inside 

PERFORMANCE: Kaleb Harkins-Proulx (O’Gorman High School), Overdose 

 
AWARDS OF MERIT 

PERFORMANCE: Addie Murton (Chippewa SS), Café Murder 

PERFORMANCE CLOWNING: Thomas Bowyer, Sam Collett, Cameron Graham (Almaguin Highlands SS), Re-Wilding 

PERFORMANCE: Peter Godfrey (West Ferris SS), Beast of Charity 

PERFORMANCE: Zephrine Cartmill-McCrea (West Ferris SS), Beast of Charity 

COMEDIC ENSEMBLE: Apostrophe’s, O’Gorman High School 

DIRECTION: James Devuono (West Ferris SS), From the Inside 

SOUND DESIGN: James Devuono (West Ferris SS), From the Inside 

SOUTH REGION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

Dear High School, Waterford District High School

Dans La Noirceur, École Secondaire Catholique E.J. Lajeunesse

EAST REGION

Adjudicator: Brett Christopher


OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS
Is My Microphone On? (Pickering High School)
Chairs (Woodroffe High School)

BEST DIRECTOR
Malaki Moxam, Bright Wasingya, Mae Maguire (Woodroffe High School), Chairs

BEST NEW PLAY (tie)
Makena Guindon (Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School)
Mateo Scott (Port Perry High School)

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL
Is My Microphone On? (Pickering High School)

OUTSTANDING DESIGN
An Experiment (St. Joseph’s Catholic High School)

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
ACTING: Joss Arms-Roberts (Pickering High School)
ACTING: Se Flannagan (St Mary Catholic High School)
ACTING: Enoch Asare (Woodroffe High School)
ACTING: Nellie Helmkay (Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School)
ACTING: Eady Horvath (St Joseph’s Catholic High School)

 

AWARDS OF MERIT
ACTING: Kaya Larocque-Bisson (Brookfield High School)
ACTING ENSEBLE: (Pickering High School)
ACTING: Jenevieve Malyon (Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School)
ACTING: Ash Black (Port Perry High School)
ACTING: Quinn O’Malley (Brookfield High School)
ACTING ENSEMBLE: (St Mary Catholic High School)

WEST REGION

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

146 Point Flame, St Michael Catholic Secondary School

Our Moment in Time, Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School

ADJUDICATORS AWARDS

Maja
OUTSTANDING MOVEMENT AND MOVEMENT COACHING: Josephine Pena (Stratford DHS), Property Rites

Robin
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE WORK: Cast (St. Michael Catholic SS), 146 Point Flame

Autumn
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE VISION IN MANY ROLES: Grace Baker (Nottawasaga Pines SS), Our Moment in Time

CREATIVE MARQUIS AWARD

Emma Nolan (Centre Wellington DHS), Social Media Mayhem

STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD

Sabine Hamze (Nelson High School), Wendy’s Tale

AWARDS OF MERIT

ENSEMBLE RISK TAKING: Cast (St. Peter's Catholic HS) Emotional Baggage 

PERFORMANCE: Twitter-- Sarah Miller (Centre Wellington DSB), Social Media Mayhem

DESIGN ELEMENTS: Lia Grodinski, Madeline Mortimer, Laura Sheldon, Lucy Webster (Stratford District SS), Property Rites

STAGE MANAGEMENT: Ethan Sauer (Burlington Central High School), Inner Demon

ACTING: Dean Deluca (St. Michael Catholic SS), 146 Point Flame

TECHNICAL PROWESS: Drew Dang, Trevin Dassanayake, Rowan Parker, Zach Wilkinson (Nottawasaga Pines SS), Our Moment in Time

COSTUMES: Jasmine Seager, Ema Elezi, Ella Richardson, Elly Reiach, Finn Kwan, Julie Lee, Natalie Alway (Nelson HS), Wendy’s Tale 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

ENSEMBLE WORK: Cast (Nelson HS), Wendy’s Tale

WRITING AND DIRECTING: Matthew Walker (Burlington Central HS), Inner Demon 

DIRECTING: Georgia Peacock and Asha Pereira (St. Michael Catholic SS) 146 Point Flame

MUSIC AND SOUNDSCAPE: Amelia Dutka (Nottawasaga Pines), Our Moment in Time

ACTING AND PHYSICAL THEATRE: The Shadow Creatures -- Adithi Parameswaraz, Samuel Peters, Jessalynn Turpin, and Ella Van Hattem (Burlington Central High School), Inner Demon

CENTRAL REGION

Adjudicator: Danny Harvey 

 
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS:  

Spring, Cawthra Park SS 

The Last Roll, Unionville HS  

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY 

Spring, Isabella Aquino, Cawthra Park SS 

 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Brainstorm, Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD 

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY: Max Malfara, House Tech (Cawthra Park SS) 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE: 

COMMUNICATING TRUTH AND SELF: Oscar Sau (Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS), Brainstorm 

PERFORMANCE: Maggie Yuan (Unionvvile High School), The Last Roll 

DANCE PERFORMANCE: Emma Sikorski (Iona CSS), Bang Bang, You’re Dead 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

PERFORMANCE: Sara Mathur (Harold Braithwaite SS) How to Write a Musical, the Musical 

DESIGN: The Dream Sequence Team-- Susannah Webster, Charlie Stewart, Rachel Hong (Unionville High School) The Last Roll 

DANCE PERFORMANCE: Delaney Weller & Chat Bruno-Jackson (Cawthra Park SS), Spring 

PERFORMANCE & CHARISMA: Victoria Alli (Mayfield SS), May God Save the Cheerleaders 

BLENDING DIGITAL & PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE: The Ensemble (Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS), Brainstorm 

TORONTO REGION

 OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

From the Wreckage, Notre Dame High School

Under Pressure, Father Henry Carr C.S.S.

2023 DISTRICT ONTARIO FESTIVAL AWARDS

TORONTO DISTRICT ONE

Adjudication - Kaitlyn Riordan


OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS:

East York Collegiate Institute - Alice
Notre Dame High School - From the Wreckage

DISTRICT ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute - Math

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE FORCE

Eloise Harrington of Notre Dame High School (From the Wreckage) for writing, composing, acting, singing, and playing guitar

OUTSTANDING DESIGN TEAM

Danny Bowman (lighting); Grayson MacDougall (sound); Toni Gribilas (costumes); Denzel Chayson (music composition and recording); and Adrienne Ng, Miriam Imran, Angie McCallum, and Zoe Jose (make-up) of East York Collegiate Institute (Alice)

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY

To Make a Villain, Jordan Carr, of Central Toronto Academy

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE

Lawrence Park - Sunday in Sodom (and Gomorrah)


AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

PLAYWRITING: Yorm Katz & Joelle Ramond (Harbord Collegiate Institute), Retrograde
DIRECTING: Victoria Mnatsakanyan and assistant director Connor Chase (Lawrence Park),
Sunday in Sodom (and Gomorrah)
INTERPLAY OF SOUND AND LIGHTING DESIGN: Jaione Buan and Mahika Varma (Lawrence Park),
Sunday in Sodom (and Gomorrah)
PERFORMANCE: Delaney Simon (Lawrence Park), Mentrification
COSTUME DESIGN: Sixx Badalov (Marshall McLuhan), The 10 Worst Breakups of All Time
PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT OF A CHARACTER: Charlie Cash (Central Toronto Academy), To Make a Villain
STAGE MANAGEMENT: Nathan Stamp and assistant SM Georgia Dhermilly (Harbord Collegiate), Retrograde
COMIC PERFORMANCE: Fahad Khan (Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute), Math

AWARDS OF MERIT

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Claire Shayer (East York Collegiate Institute), Alice
ORIGINAL SONGS: Notre Dame High School, From the Wreckage
TRAGIC PERFORMANCE DUO: Alyssa Santoro and Katrina Zamberg (Lawrence Park), Sunday in Sodom (and Gomorrah)
COLLABORATIVE PLAYWRITING: Rachel Weisberg, Oliver Lewis, Dori Hussman-Lesh, and Julianna Marfa (Lawrence Park), Mentrification
MOST COMMITTED PERFORMERS: Edmond McQueen and Rylly Piano as Ug and Rah (Marshall MacLuhan), The 10 Worst Breakups of All Time
ACTING ENSEMBLE: Harbord Collegiate Institute, Retrograde
COSTUMES: Jordan Carr, Nic Jemiolo-Green, and cast (Central Toronto Academy), To Make a Villain
STAGE CREW: Marshall McLuhan, The 10 Worst Breakups of All Time
COMIC PERFORMANCE: Otis Sanderson (Lawrence Park), Mentrification

TORONTO DISTRICT TWO

Adjudication: James Wallis 

  

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, To The Best of Your Ability 

L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, God Save the Prom Queen! 

  

DISTRICT ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD 

For a great idea that will become a fantastic staged version of the show. And for their courage in rolling with the punches to put something on stage despite setbacks 

Cardinal Carter, Change for Line 2 

  

OUTSANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Hero Dela Cruz (Victoria Park Collegiate Institute), To the Best of Your Ability 
 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR 

Anya Almirante (L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute), God Save the Prom Queen! 
 

OUTSTANDING DESIGN 

Christine Lu (L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute), God Save the Prom Queen!

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY 

Crestwood Preparatory College, Paracosm 
 
SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

Don Mills Collegiate Institute 

  

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Starbursts 

  

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE  

ACTING FOR THE ENSEMBLE: Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Starbursts 

PLAYWRITING: Madelyn Tuns (Crestwood Preparatory College), Paracosm  

CONCEPTION/DIRECTION: Hero Dela Cruz, Alaysia Dickens, and Aliya Sabzalieva (Victoria Park Collegiate Institute), To the Best of Your Ability  

LIGHTING DESIGN: Charmaine Chui (Victoria Park Collegiate Institute), To the Best of Your Ability 

ACTING: Tessa Wacholtz (Cardinal Carter), River Flows West  

PLAYWRITING/DIRECTION/DESIGN: Mattia Salvatore, Detention! 

PLAYWRITING: Amal Mohammed (L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute), God Save the Prom Queen 

ACTING FOR THE ENSEMBLE: L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, God Save the Prom Queen 
 
 

AWARDS OF MERIT  

DIRECTING: Ryan Sullivan and Leah Khoury (Don Mills Collegiate Institute), Starbursts  

SOUND DESIGN: Tal Shram (Crestwood Preparatory College), Paracosm 

ACTING FOR THE ENSEMBLE: Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, To the Best of Your Ability 

ACTING FOR THE ENSEMBLE: Senator O’Connor College School, Spirit  

DIRECTING: Celina Sarkisian, Senator O’Connor College School, Spirit 

ACTING: Isabelle Alvez (Cardinal Carter), River Flows West 

PLAYWRITING: Fiona Thompson (Cardinal Carter), Change for Line 2 

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS: Beatrice Kvassetskaia, (Cardinal Carter), Change for Line 2 

PLAYWRITING, Breanna Browley, Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School, The Sword of Heroes 

PROP/SET DESIGN: Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School, The Sword of Heroes 

GUITAR RIFF DESIGN/SPECIAL EFFECTS: Joshua Martinez (Brebeuf college School), Detention! 

TORONTO DISTRICT THREE

Adjudication: Tanya Rintoul 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION 

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School, Under Pressure 

 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 
Martingrove, Grow Up! 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

ACTING: Mawuko Adiveh (Father Henry Carr), Under Pressure

ACTING: Amerie Uwagoe (Father Henry Carr), Under Pressure 

ACTING: Sofiya Matviyenko (Father John Redmond), Don’t Fall Far From Me 

ACTING: Felipe de Oliveira (Father John Redmond), Don’t Fall Far From Me 

ACTING: Emma Keane (Martingrove), Grow Up!

 

AWARDS OF DISTINCTIVE MERIT 

ACTING: Bethany Rampersaud (Father Henry Carr), Under Pressure 

PLAYWRITING: Sun Singh (Father Henry Carr), Under Pressure 

ACTING: Ishani Patel (Martingrove), Grow Up! 

ACTING: Sasidu Rathnayake Mudiyanse (Martingrove), Grow Up! 

ACTING: Kalyna Monago Yarosh (Father John Redmond), Don’t Fall Far From Me 

COMPOSITION: Peter Ton and Brianna Zhao (Martingrove), Grow Up! 

TORONTO DISTRICT FOUR

Adjudicator: Kanika Ambrose 

  

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION 

Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute, The Mouse House 

  

OUTSANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton CSS, Hidden Lyrics 
 
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR 

Alex Hios (Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute), The Snow Angel 
 
OUTSTANDING DESIGN 

Mari Mendoza (St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School), Bright Club 

 
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY 

Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute, The Mouse House 
 
SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute 

  

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School, Bright Club 

  

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

MUSIC & LYRICS: Samantha Arrelano (St John Henry Newman), Escape Room  

ACTING: Niko Mangaru (Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute), The Mouse House 

ACTING: Basile Dundas (St Patrick Catholic Secondary School), Bright Club 

COSTUME DESIGN: Aria Barretto and Shadea Taylor (St Patrick Catholic Secondary School), Bright Club 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

COMMITMENT TO CONCEPT & ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: St Mary’s, Howl 

ENSEMBLE WRITING & DIRECTION: Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton CSS 

ACTING: Christina Merin (St Mary’s), Howl 

ACTING: Ivanson Ore (St Mary’s), Howl 

BAND: Bishop Marocco/Thomas Merton CSS, Hidden Lyrics 

PERTH HURON

Adjudication by: David Armour 

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Stratford District SS: Property Rites 

St. Michael’s Catholic SS: 146 Point Flame 

 

STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD 

Kes Battams (Listowel District SS) 

 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLAYWRITING & DIRECTION 

Eden Stratton (Listowel District SS) 

 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

The Companies of St. Anne’s CSS and St. Michael CSS, for their enthusiasm, organization and sheer tenacity. 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

ACTING AND TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE: Listowel District Secondary School Ensemble 

ARTISTRY IN DIRECTION, WARDROBE, AND PERFORMANCE: Georgia Peacock and Asha Pereira (St. Michael Catholic Secondary School) 

FULLY REALIZED ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Ensemble, St. Michael Catholic Secondary School 

ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DESIGN AND EXECUTION: Eden McGaw, Ella Ruby, Violet Shipway (Stratford District Secondary School) 

ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY, DESIGN, AND INTEGRATED PERFORMANCE: The Ensemble (Stratford District Secondary School) 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

ACTING: Alexandra Hodder (St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School) 

MUSICAL COMPOSITION AND SOUND DESIGN: Amanda McNeil (St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School) 

DIRECTION: Lucas Dobson (South Huron District High School) 

TEHCNICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING AND SOUND: Cooper Mitchell, Kristian Malcolm, Max Addison (F.E. Madill Secondary School) 

VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Levi Wathke (Owen Sound District Secondary School) 

PERFORMANCE: Macy Robinson (Owen Sound District Secondary School) 

PERFORMANCE: Ava Schrock and Trinity Skinner (Listowel District Secondary School)

GEORGIAN BAY

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School: Our Moment In Time 

St Peter's Catholic Secondary School: Emotional Baggage 
 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Collingwood Collegiate Institute - Who Are We, Who We Are 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

ENSEMBLE DIRECTION: Collingwood 

DIRECTION/STAGE MANAGEMENT: Bear Creek  

PLAYWRITING: Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School 

COMEDIC PLAYWRITING: Gravenhurst 

CREATIVE TEAM STORYTELLING THROUGH NONSENSE: Stayner 

CHOREOGRAPHY AND MOVEMENT: Emotional Bagage (St Peter’s) 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

ARTISTIC BRAVERY: Columbine (St Theresa’s) 

RESILIENCY AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY: Tick Talk (Bear Creek) 

ACTING: Grace Baker and Lynn VanWeerdenburg (Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School) 

ACTING: Quinn Hammond (CCI) 

MAGIC OF THEATRE – BANANA: Cut, (Georgian Bay SS) 

CHARACTER COSTUME - CYNIC QUARTET: Tick Talk (Bear Creek) 

PRECISION OF PERFORMANCE: The Bald Soprano (Stayner Collegiate Institute) 

TECH: Our Moment in Time (Nottawasaga Pines Secondary School) 

 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD, Leah 

EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTOR/DRAMATURGE/PLAYWRITING RELATIONSHIP: SPDD 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD, Iain 

WHOLE-CONCEPT STORYTELLING: Apocalypse Aisle Four, (Gravenhurst)

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD, Mike 

HEART STRING AWARD: Georgia Massicotte (Collingwood) 

 

LOCAL AWARDS 

DON MCFAYDEN AWARD: Bear Creek

CREATIVE MARQUIS AWARD: Columbine (St Theresa’s) 

STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD: Ana Anglade (CCI) and Nina Brawn-Czapska (Bear Creek) 

NIAGARA

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Laura Secord – Unhappy 

Kent School – Goodbye for Now 

 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Eden School – Visitation Rights 
 
STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD 

Catharine Boitor (Welland Centennial) 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

ACTING: Sophia Munoz (Laura Secord) 

ACTING: Aiko Organ (Stamford Collegiate) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Welland Centennial) 

PRODUCTION: Time Flies (Welland Centennial) 

CONCEPT EXCECUTION AND STYLIZATION: The cast and crew (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

WRITING: Elena Berardocco and Lauren Jonah (Eden School) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Kent School International) 

COSTUMES: Cast and crew (Kent School International) 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Stamford Collegiate) 

DIRECTION: Shailen Lennox Donnelly and Abby Montgomery (Stamford Collegiate) 

ACTING: Robby Learn (Stamford Collegiate) 

ACTING: Rees Storring (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION: Griffin VanBeurden (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

LIGHTING: Alex Wallis and Marina Grmusa (Welland Centennial) 

CONCEPT DESIGN AND EXECUTION: Cast and Crew (Kent School International) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Eden School) 

COSTUMES: Kalan Daniels Reid (Eden Schoo) 

SOUND DESIGN: Lily Shennan (Eden School) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Laura Secord) 
 

LOCAL AWARDS 

BEST CANADIAN PLAY: Goodbye for Now (Kent School International) 

BEST VISUALS: A Murder Mystery (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

BROCK UNIVERSITY AWARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE: Seance (Stamford Collegiate) 

CAROUSEL PLAYERS’ JOSEPH VEYDA AWARD FOR STAGE MANAGEMENT: Eve Pritchard (Laura Secord) 

PRESS THEATRE AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY: Unhappy (Laura Secord) 

MAC DODGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT DIRECTION: Marcus Aiello (Welland Centennial) 

MARY LANDRY AWARD FOR FESTIVAL SPIRIT AND COMMUNITY: Griffin Van Beurden (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

RITA STEEVE AWARD FOR BEST STAGE CREW: Vanover (Kent School International) 

SHAW FESTIVAL AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING STUDENT: Elijah Strazella and Mitchell Paterson, Visitation Rights (Eden School) 

OSSTF AWARD FOR THEATRE TO CHANGE THE WORLD: Goodbye For Now (Kent School International) 

SUITCASE IN POINT AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN INNOCATIVE PRODUCTION: Unhappy (Laura Secord) 

YORK

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Laura Secord – Unhappy 

Kent School – Goodbye for Now 

 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Eden School – Visitation Rights 
 
STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD 

Catharine Boitor (Welland Centennial) 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

ACTING: Sophia Munoz (Laura Secord) 

ACTING: Aiko Organ (Stamford Collegiate) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Welland Centennial) 

PRODUCTION: Time Flies (Welland Centennial) 

CONCEPT EXCECUTION AND STYLIZATION: The cast and crew (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

WRITING: Elena Berardocco and Lauren Jonah (Eden School) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Kent School International) 

COSTUMES: Cast and crew (Kent School International) 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Stamford Collegiate) 

DIRECTION: Shailen Lennox Donnelly and Abby Montgomery (Stamford Collegiate) 

ACTING: Robby Learn (Stamford Collegiate) 

ACTING: Rees Storring (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION: Griffin VanBeurden (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

LIGHTING: Alex Wallis and Marina Grmusa (Welland Centennial) 

CONCEPT DESIGN AND EXECUTION: Cast and Crew (Kent School International) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Eden School) 

COSTUMES: Kalan Daniels Reid (Eden Schoo) 

SOUND DESIGN: Lily Shennan (Eden School) 

ACTING: The Ensemble (Laura Secord) 
 

LOCAL AWARDS 

BEST CANADIAN PLAY: Goodbye for Now (Kent School International) 

BEST VISUALS: A Murder Mystery (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

BROCK UNIVERSITY AWARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE: Seance (Stamford Collegiate) 

CAROUSEL PLAYERS’ JOSEPH VEYDA AWARD FOR STAGE MANAGEMENT: Eve Pritchard (Laura Secord) 

PRESS THEATRE AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY: Unhappy (Laura Secord) 

MAC DODGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT DIRECTION: Marcus Aiello (Welland Centennial) 

MARY LANDRY AWARD FOR FESTIVAL SPIRIT AND COMMUNITY: Griffin Van Beurden (St. Catharines Collegiate) 

RITA STEEVE AWARD FOR BEST STAGE CREW: Vanover (Kent School International) 

SHAW FESTIVAL AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING STUDENT: Elijah Strazella and Mitchell Paterson, Visitation Rights (Eden School) 

OSSTF AWARD FOR THEATRE TO CHANGE THE WORLD: Goodbye For Now (Kent School International) 

SUITCASE IN POINT AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN INNOCATIVE PRODUCTION: Unhappy (Laura Secord) 

OTTAWA CARLETON

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS: 

Woodroffe High School, Chairs 

St. Joseph's High School Renfrew, An Experiment 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE: 

Brookfield High School Drama Club, EXPOSURE 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL: Brookfield High School Drama Club 

ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CREW: Crew Chief - Jack Woodbridge and the entire Festival Crew of Woodroffe High School 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT: Malaki Moxam & Baraa Alahmad (Woodroffe High School), Chairs 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

SET & COSTUME DESIGN: Cast & Crew, (Brookfield High School Drama Club), Exposure 

PERFORMANCE: Raphaela Marcon (St Joseph's Catholic High School, Renfrew), An Experiment 

PERFORMANCE: Carter Dubeau (St Joseph's Catholic High School, Renfrew), An Experiment 

PERFORMANCE: Ensemble: Andrew Kohli & Gage Gallant (West Carleton Secondary School Drama Department), A Wonderful Time to Leave: A Lonely Impulse of Delight 

DIRECTING: Eden Haley (West Carleton Secondary School Drama Department), A Wonderful Time to Leave: A Lonely Impulse of Delight 

DIRECTING: Malaki Moxam and Bright Wasingya, (Woodroffe High School), Chairs 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

PERFORMANCE: Elianna Cardona Montes (Brookfield High School), Exposure 

LIGHTING & SOUND DESIGN: Susannah Burtt & Finley Kinnaird (South Carleton High School), 4AM 

PERFORMANCE: Feylin Herriotts (South Carleton High School), 4AM 

COSTUME DESIGN: Lacey Wesbrook (St Joseph's Catholic High School, Renfrew), All Washed Up 

PERFORMANCE: Danielle Denault (West Carleton Secondary School Drama Department), The Tell-Tale Heart 

PERFORMANCE: Kayla Caughell (West Carleton Secondary School Drama Department), The Tell-Tale Heart 

DIRECTING: Naomi Mcilroy and Corey Noble (Woodroffe High School), The Best Drama Club Fundraiser of All Time, Minus the Part Where we Accidentally Summoned a Demon 

COSTUME DESIGN: Mae Maguire (Woodroffe High School), The Best Drama Club Fundraiser of All Time, Minus the Part Where we Accidentally Summoned a Demon 

HALTON

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS: 

Burlington Central, Inner Demon  

Nelson High School, Wendy’s Tale 

 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE: 

M. Robinson, A Painting Named Vanity

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT:

Maddy Crawford (T.A. Blakelock), Layers 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Claire Anderson Ierullo, Ashvira Mangat-Mattoo, Alison Semple, Shae Soeterick, & Jay Tennant (T. A. Blakelock), Layers 

OUTSTANDING PHYSICAL MOVEMENT: Gavin White (Milton District), The Mime Effect  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Zoya Jham (Aldershot High School), You’re My Cure 

MASTERFUL TECHNICAL DESIGN AND EXCECUTION: Technical Team (Burlington High School), Inner Demon 

BEST LEADING ACTRESSES: Kristen McKenzie and Cecelia Sheehan (Nelson High School), Wendy’s Tale 

BEST ACTING IN AN ENSEMBLE: The Ensemble (M.M. Robinson), A Painting Named Vanity 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

OUTSTANDING COLLABORATIVE ENSEMBLE: Cast and crew, Chisolm Academy, The Puzzle of Innocence 

BEST USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN: Yasmine Spiro & Adya Srivastava (White Oaks Secondary), The Sacrifice 

BEST COMEDIC ONE-LINERS: Amara Damji & Rayed Khan (Milton District), The Mime Effect 

OUTSTANDING ADAPTATION: Veronika Gonidis (Aldershot High School), You’re My Cure 

OUTSTANDING CHORUS PHYSICALITY: Adithi Parameswaran, Samuel Peters, Jessalyn Turpin & Ella Van Hattem (Burlington Central), Inner Demon 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Jessica DeMelo, Ashvira Mangat-Mattoo, Carly Montgomery, Ava Puhlmann & Vanessa Vamvakaris (T.A. Blakelock), Layers 

“CREATIVE COURAGE” AWARD: Tim Bridgland (Nelson High School), Wendy’s Tale, 

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD: Cast and crew, M.M. Robinson

PEEL NORTH

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Harold Braithwaite - How to Write a Musical 

Mayfield - May God Save the Cheerleaders 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

DIRECTION: Ajaswi Regmi (Turner Fenton), The Waking Moments 

ROCKS OF THE PRODUCTION: Sahrish Mirza and Anam Shaikh (Bramlea SS), 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview 

ACTING: Cast (Mayfield), Put to Rest 

EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE: Charlee F. (Mayfield), The Devil’s Dance 

WRITING: Ascension of Our Lord, Don’t Trust Anybody 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

COMMITMENT TO MATERIAL: The Company (Turner Fenton), The Waking Moments 

CREATION OF EASILY IDENTIFIABLE CHARACTERS: Cast (Bramlea SS), 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview 

DIRECTION AND WRITING: Taetum Hay and Valentina Santarossa (Mayfield), Put to Rest 

WRITING – MUSIC AND TEXT: Eashani Wadhwa, Rhea Ahuja, Nehu Lavu, Manreet Atwal, Avani Goyal (Harold Braithwaite), How to Write a Musical 
 
WRITING AND DIRECTING: Kayla Brabant and Daniel W. (Mayfield), The Devil’s Dance 
 
COMMITMENT TO A DARK SUBJECT: The Company, (Ascension of Our Lord), Don’t Trust Anybody 

OUTSTANDING WRITING AND DIRECTING: Kassia I. and Haneen.P (Mayfield), May God Save the Cheerleaders 

PEEL SOUTH

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Cawthra Park, Spring 

Iona C.S.S., Bang Bang You’re Dead 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

DIRECTING: Ella Annis (Cawthra Park SS), The Serpent    

ACTING: Anjali Venugopal (John Fraser SS), Lockwood

PLAYWRITING: Isabella Aquino (Cawthra Park SS), Spring

ACTING: Anushka Singh (Lorne Park SS), Doubt Deception, and Dinner

WRITING/DIRECTING: Abbey Altieri (Lorne Park SS), Elevator

ACTING: Marques Amofah (Cawthra Park SS), The Serpent    

ACTING: Shreya Subash (The Woodlands School), The Hourglass Trial

ENSEMBLE ACTING: Ensemble (Iona SS), Bang Bang You're Dead

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

MUSIC COMPOSITION: Emma Luo & James Newell (John Fraser SS), Lockwood

PERFORMANCE: Anjali Guatamadasa, Haripriya Radhakrishnan (The Woodlands School), The Hourglass Trial

ACTING: Madison Belli (The Woodlands School), Where Lost Letters Go

LIGHTING: Flashlight work (Iona SS), Bang Bang You're Dead

COSTUMES: Mina Neami (Lorne Park SS), Elevator

ENSEMBLE ACTING: Ensemble (Iona SS), Bang Bang You're Dead

PLAYWRITING: Yameena Zahid (The Woodlands School), Where Lost Letters Go

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION: Technical team (Cawthra Park SS), Spring

COSTUME: Ensemble (Applewood Heights SS), Freedom and Fate

BRANT HALDIMAND NORFOLK OXFORD

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Cayuga Secondary School – The Other Room 

Waterford District High School – Dear High School 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Brantford Collegiate Institute – Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

OVERALL VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Cast (Waterford District High School), Dear High School 

ACTING: Bronwyn Monkhouse (Brantford Collegiate Institute), Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 

SCRIPT ADAPTATION AND DIRECTION: Aydin Dezell and Melissa Pomfret (Brantford Collegiate Institute), Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 

ORIGINAL MUSIC: Marcus Hoecht (Cayuga Secondary School), The Other Room 

ACTING: Andrew Yager (Cayuga Secondary School), The Other Room 

ACTING: Caitlyn Shields (Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School) Bus Stop  

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT: Mackenzie Crow (Brantford Collegiate Institute), Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

DIRECTION: Kaitlyn Verschoore (St. John’s College) Find Me 

DESIGN ELEMENTS: Production team (Brantford Collegiate Institute), Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang 

ACTING: Anna Hovorun (Assumption College School), Life, Off Book 

ACTING: Mitchell Regan (Hagersville Secondary School), Imperfect Proposal 

FANTASTIC IMPROV: Lily Chomej (McKinnon Park Secondary School) The Baloney, The Pickle, The Zombies, and Other Things I Hide from My Mother 

ENSEMBLE WORK: Cast (St. John’s College), Find Me 

DIRECTION AND STAGE MANAGEMENT: Aleina Hansen (Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School), Bus Stop 

ACTING: Matthew Wilson (Assumption College School), Life, Off Book 

DURHAM

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION 

Pickering High School - Is My Microphone On? 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Port Perry High School - Voices

SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL 

Clarke Richardson Collegiate

ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD
For Professionalism, Persistence and Perseverance

Henry St High School

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

WRITING: Mateo Scott (Port Perry High School), Voices 

DIRECTING: Logan Chatterton (Henry St High School), Booby Trap 

ENSEMBLE ACTING: The cast (O'Neill CVI), Oh What a Tangled Web 

COMEDIC ENSEMBLE ACTING: The cast (J. Clarke Richardson), The Princess Prison Problem 

ENSEMBLE ACTING: The cast (Donald A. Wilson), Cagebirds 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

ENSEMBLE ACTING: The cast (Port Perry High School), Voices 

ENSEMBLE ACTING: The cast (Henry St High School), Booby Trap 

COSTUMES, HAIR, AND MAKEUP: (O'Neill CVI), Oh What a Tangled Web 

ACTING: Katie Noseworthy (Donald A. Wilson), Cagebirds 

LIGHTING DESIGN: Mya Foster, Ava Beckford and Elishia Stephen (Pickering High School), Is My Microphone On? 

KINGSTON ST LAWRENCE

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION 

St Mary Catholic High School, I Don’t Want to Talk About it 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

Kingston Secondary School, Sorry 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 
Charlotte Lalonde (Napanee Secondary School), Oddball 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

PERFORMANCE: Corey Nagle (Perth District Collegiate), The Deepest Trench 

ENSEMBLE VOICE, MOVEMENT, AND CHARACTER CREATION: Cast (St Mary Catholic High School), I Don’t Want to Talk About it 

PERFORMANCE - CLARITY OF RELATIONSHIP: Fiona Beech & Ahmad El Mossaoui (Kingston Secondary School), Sorry 

PERFORMANCE: Hannah Clancy (Napanee Secondary School), Oddball 

LIGHTING, MUSIC, SET DESIGN, AND COSTUMING: Isaac Hayes, Spencer Green, Emma Zwiers, Maddie Morgan, and Carly Carey (Napanee Secondary School), Oddball 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

PERFORMANCE: Grayson Hatton (Kingston Secondary School), Secrets 

PERFORMANCE: Sé Flannagan (St Mary Catholic High School), I Don’t Want to Talk About It 

PERFORMANCE: Tenneyson Sharpley (Napanee Secondary School), Oddball 

DIRECTING: TJ Volundardottir (Perth District Collegiate), The Deepest Trench 

HAMILTON WENTWORTH

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Glendale Secondary School, CLOWNtdown 

Dundas Valley Secondary School, Speak 
 

DISTRICT ADJUDICATOR’S AWARD 

PLAYWRITING: Cameron Emsley-Drummond (Dundas Valley Secondary School), Speak 
 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT 

Lily Rose George (Westdale Secondary School), Why We Like Love Stories 

 
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT 

The crew of The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School), for Bravery and Professionalism in Show Execution 

The crew of Us and Them (Ancaster High School), for flawless execution as tech newcomers 

 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

ENSEMBLE ACTING: The cast and crew of Us and Them (Ancaster High School) 

PLAYWRITING: Sophia DiGiacomo (Westdale Secondary School), The Empty 

WARDROBE DESIGN: The cast and crew of CLOWNtdown (Glendale Secondary School) 

ACTING, DIRECTING, AND COMPOSING: Elaina Zacharia (Glendale Secondary School), 4 O’Clock. 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: Brooke Legleiter (Ancaster High School), Us and Them 

COSTUME DESIGN: Mila Chommany (Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School), The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza 

ACTING in the role of AJ: Gray Moruzi (Dundas Valley Secondary School), Speak 

LIGHTING: Patrick Wilson & Quinn Loomis (Westdale Secondary School), Why We Like Love Stories 

CHOREOGRAPHY: Evelina Andrinopoulos (Glendale Secondary School), 4 O’Clock. 

ACTING, the role of Maestrolio: Vesper Smeriglio, CLOWNtdown (Glendale Secondary School) 

WINDSOR ESSEX

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS 

Académie Ste-Cécile International School, 20 Reasons Not to Be in a Play 

École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse, Dans le Noirceur 

 

PRODUCTION OF PROMISE 

École secondaire catholique L'Essor, Les nuances de la culpabilité 

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 

MISE EN SCÀNE/DIRECTING: Matt Revan (École secondaire catholique L'Essor) - Les nuances de la culpabilité  

SON/SOUND: Thomas Chartier (École secondaire catholique L'Essor) - Les nuances de la culpabilité 

COMEDIC ACTING: Isaac Bruce (Académie Ste-Cécile International School) - 20 Reasons Not To Be In a Play 

ACTING: Aya Hussein (École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse) - Dans la noirceur  

CHORÉGRAPHIE/ CHOREOGRAPHY La Troupe Royale (collective group) (École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse) - Dans la noirceur  

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE: Technical team (École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse) - Dans la noirceur 

 

AWARDS OF MERIT 

COMPOSITION DE MUSIQUE / MUSIC COMPOSITION: Melissa Mastronardi (École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse) - Dans la noirceur 

ÉCLAIRAGE/LIGHTING: Aven Miller (École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse) - Dans la noirceur 

ACTING: Serafina Giorlando (École secondaire catholique L'Essor) - Les nuances de la culpabilité 

ACTING : Matt Revan (École secondaire catholique L'Essor) - Les nuances de la culpabilité 

ACTING : Awele Ndubisi (Académie Ste-Cécile International School) - 20 Reasons Not To Be In a Play 

ACTING : Abrar Tarhuni (Académie Ste-Cécile International School) - 20 Reasons Not To Be In a Play 

SOUND OPERATION: Angela Guan (Académie Ste-Cécile International School) - 20 Reasons Not To Be In a Play 

 

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT: Grace Wonham (École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse) - Dans la noirceur 

 

Out-of-festival award  

CREATIVE COLLABORATION – The Ensemble (St. Joseph's) Scenes From A Laundromat 

UPPER GRAND / WELLINGTON

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Social Media Mayhem, Centre Wellington District High School

LAMBTON KENT

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

The Boy in the Treehouse, Wallaceburg District Secondary School

2022 DISTRICT ONTARIO FESTIVAL AWARDS

TORONTO

Toronto District/Regionals 2022
Coordinator: Leda Miles

Adjudication - Richard Lee

Sir Wilfrid Laurier - Greenfield Gossip

AWARD of MERIT
Costume Design: Nain Abdi, Wazba Faiaz, Sivakarthik Gorthi, Navya Mathur, Hana Priebe-Nizar, Aunkita Roy, Elizabeth Wang, Jonathan Zhang

AWARD of EXCELLENCE
Performance: Hana Priebe-Nizar as “Bianca del Rio”

Father Henry Carr - What Makes A Man

AWARDS of MERIT

Playwriting: Katie Bui
Directing: Angel Amoako
Performance: Jevaughn Stewart-Hinds

Martingrove CI - Hoedown

AWARDS of MERIT
Playwriting: Hannah Weinberg
Performance: Emma Stewart

Oakwood CI - I Can’t Believe That Just Happened

AWARD of MERIT
Performance: Sage Joy Patterson

Notre Dame CHS - Proceed with Caution

AWARDS of MERIT
Directing: Alexia Kuest
Performance: Dania Gato and Shekinah Moyo


Cardinal Carter Academy of the Arts - Station 42

AWARD of MERIT
Performance: Aiden Bushey

AWARD of EXCELLENCE
Stage Management: Jainna Fernandez

Central Toronto Academy - Chronicles of the Average Looking

AWARDS of MERIT
Playwriting: Joshua Klein
Performance: Silke He

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Projection Design: Eleanor McGreal

Mary Ward CHS - The Lost Cat

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Performance: Kayceane Dimalanta
Lighting Design: Dineca Joseph Santhakumar

Brebeuf College - Simulation Theory

AWARDS of MERIT
Performance: Joshua Angelo and Al Gene Gomez

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Stage Management: Alijah Ross Lorino and Edgardo Manzano

Sir Oliver Mowat - WHO

AWARDS of MERIT
Playwriting: Ella Silverman and Sanjina Sheikh

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Performance: Soffia Schwartz as “Gloria Madison”

Marshall McLuhan CHS - Who Am I

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Performance: Nolan Byrne and Katrina Belleza
Directing: Katrina Belleza, Melanie da Silva, Samantha Melo-Centanni

Lawrence Park CI - Just Another Ordinary Tuesday

AWARDS of MERIT
Directing: Brianna Enriquez and Victoria Mnatsakanyan

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Playwriting: Luke Martin


SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL:
Cardinal Carter Academy of the Arts - Station 42
Marshal McLuhan - Who Am I

Outstanding Student Designer/Design Team:
Brebeuf College - Simulation Theory:
JP Manzano (Lighting)
Abraham Ifroze (Lighting Assistant)
Alijah Ross Lorino (Sound)
Brendan Wong (Set & Digital Media)
Joshua Angelo Martinez (Costume & Makeup Design)


Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts - Station 42

Irwin Arzaga (Lighting)
Roberto Zapata (Sound)
Klara Nemaric and Jainna Fernandez (Set)


Outstanding Student Director:
Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts - Station 42 - Klara Nemaric

Mary Ward CHS - The Lost Cat - The Collective of Joana Bauman-Enriquez, Anora Cosbert, Bea Lloret, Breanna Browley, Kayceane Dimalanta, Aries Reyes-Tyler, Stephanie Florenza

Brebeuf College School - Simulation Theory - Brendan Wong


Outstanding Original Play:

Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts - Station 42
Klara Nemaric

Notre Dame High School - Proceed With Caution
Alexia Kuest and Erica Kimbal

Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI - Greenfield Gossip
Nain Abdi, Wazba Faiaz, Sivakarthik Gorthi, Navya Mathur, Hana Priebe-Nizar, Aunkita Roy, Elizabeth Wang, Jonathan Zhang


Adjudicator’s Award:
1) Marshall McLuhan CSS - WHO AM I
For Outstanding Collective Creation centred around a clear and important message. For daring to incorporate and use so many forms of theatre to convey your thoughts, your stories and your message.

2) Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI - Greenfield Gossip
For working in a cohesive and challenge process and for especially for taking on the challenge of performing a play in real time over a virtual medium including costume, scene and performance prep.

3) The Oakwood Collegiate - I Can’t Believe That Just Happened
For writing work and taking the brave step to perform and share your thoughts, your ideas and your imagination.

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS


Station 42 - Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts

With an intriguing script that examines love, loss and grief. Station 42 offers us the opportunity to examine our existence through the memories of a young man’s life. With a smart cohesive design that bleeds with the hues of sepia soaked film, the play takes us on a journey of recollection, gratitude and the awareness of being.

Simulation Theory - Brebeuf College School

Bravado. Alpha male mentality. Best of the Best. What happens when you peel all of that back to reveal the last layer of this onion? Simulation Theory takes the audiences  on a deep dive into the mental state of two young men as they fight their way through a real life  video game. Part Tron, Part Wizard of Oz, Simulation Theory shines with outstanding design that exudes a fun and wild sense of theatricality.

Who Am I - Marshall McLuhan CSS

In a time when our world is so lost, so seemingly broken and so fraught with
hopelessness, a group of Young People seek only to share of themselves, and compel their  audience into confidence, love and action. Who Am I is a virtual play that will delight, move and  excite you. Hearing each of the stories, poetries and seeing all of their energized and urgent pieces, really hits home makes me realize just how much I want to better love myself and everyone around me. A must see for everyone in this world.

Greenfield Gossip - Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI 

There is a place between love and hate where friendships often reside. Follow the lives of 8 students as they meet for their robotics club, only to find their lives assaulted via the hateful words of a social media troll. Greenfield Gossip is a realtime play that takes places over the medium of Zoom to tell the stories of these 8 intertwined students. With love, passion, truth and hate brewing in every Breakout Room, this play offers a glimpse into the very real pressures that everyday students must face.

Production of Promise: The Lost Cat - Mary Ward CHS


Adjudication - Tony Ofori

Sir Oliver Mowat CI - Raising Parents

AWARD of MERIT
Stage Manager: Alishya Penney

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Playwriting: Julia Collin-Pereira, Maiden Milne, Regan Kelcher
Set Design: Julia Collin-Pereira, Maiden Milne, Regan Kelcher
Performance in Acting: Jaden Garma
Stage Management: Alishya Penney

Marshal McLuhan CHS - The Kid from the Past

AWARDS of MERIT
Directing: Lajos Babai
Playwriting: Lajos Babai

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Performance: Katrina Belleza
Costume Design: Lajos Babai, Katrina Belleza, and Nolan Byrne

Senator O’Connor College - disCONNECTED

AWARDS of MERIT
Performance :Blessing Uwase

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Performance: Abigail Manning
Playwriting: Joshua Jae, Brian Lee, Abigail and cast input.
Tech and Lighting: Brian Lee


St. John Henry Newman CHS - Highschool Daze

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Playwriting: Newman Drama Team
Stage Manager: Bea Castro
Ensemble Performance: Highschool Daze

Lawrence Park CI - Requiem/Note for Note

AWARDS of MERIT
Stage management- Nicole Anderson

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Playwright(s): Dylan Hadfield, Alyssa Santoro
Director(s): Brianna Enriquez, Victoria Mnatsakanyan
Performance: Jayden Breslow-Bardel

Don Mills CI - Ruminations at the End of the Void

AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Performance- (Hannah) Rala Beni-Asaf
Design (lighting)- Omar El-Baytam
Design (Sound) -Yara Elnour
Design (Projections)- Leah Khoury

Notre Dame CHS - The Terrible Things

AWARDS of MERIT
Puppetry Performance
Puppetry Design

L’Amoreaux CI - Camp Lost and Found

AWARDS of MERIT
Directing: Mahi Chowdhury
Playwriting: Abigail MacBean, with Ishaeya Bajaj, Eliana Fegarido.

AWARD of EXCELLENCE
Original Music: Rebecca Ogunlana

Jarvis CI - The Truth

AWARDS of MERIT
Playwright(s): Kwabea Addo-Williams, Abel Berhane, CeCe Butler, Dechen Dolkar, Sarah McKee and Mac Mealey

Costume and design: Ensemble

AWARD of EXCELLENCE

Performance: CeCe Butler

Father Henry Carr - Someone’s Got to be Loud


AWARDS of MERIT
Performance: Chantal Hanna
Directing: Christan Kin

UTS - Corporate Hell
AWARDS of EXCELLENCE
Directing: James Ferrabee and Sudipta Sarkar
Performance: Joseph Yu
Playwright: James Ferrabee


Oakwood CI - Secrets
AWARDS of MERIT
Playwriting: Ensemble
Costume and design: Ensemble
Stage Management: Oscar Moffat Bravo

Spirit of the Festival
St. J. Henry Newman - High School Daze
Marshall McLuhan CSS - The Kid from the Past


Outstanding Director
St. J. Henry Newman - Highschool Daze: Highschool Daze Collective
Don Mills CI - Ruminations at the End of the Void: Rala Beni-Asaf, Eddie Ally, Andrew Jarvie

Outstanding Costume/Designer Team

Camp Lost and Found
Abigail MacBean, Mahi Chowdhury (Costume Planning)
Jenzel Espino (Lighting)
Crisson Neverson (Cyclorama Lighting)
Sevara Normukhamedova and Mahi Chowdury (Sound)

UTS - Corporate Hell
Charlotte Barnes, Sudipta Sarkar (Set Design)
Sudipta Sarkar (Costumes)

Outstanding Original Music
L'Amoreaux CI - Camp Lost and Found
Rebecca Ogunlana (Lyrics and Music)

Outstanding Original Play
Sir Oliver Mowat - Raising Parents - Julia Collin-Pereira
Don Mills CI - Ruminations at the End of the Void
Father Henry Carr - Someone’s Got to be Loud - Christian Kin
UTS - Corporate Hell - Sudipta Sarkar


Adjudicator’s Award
Lawrence Park CI - Requiem/Note by Note
Father Henry Carr - Someone’s Got to be Loud

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

Sir Oliver Mowat CI - Raising Parents

Message was clear and promotes change in our respective relationship dynamics. Wonderful use of the stage, music and lighting to evoke emotion and tell the story effectively.

Don Mills CI - Ruminations at the End of the Void

Beautiful use of the stage, Darkness, light and shadow work. The message was clear with well structured storytelling.

Notre Dame CHS - The Terrible Things

Creative and a well oiled machine! The artists used light shadow and sound beautiful to tell this story. audience will feel changed after watching this show.

UTS - Corporate Hell

Smart writing, costumes, set. A very creative story, funny and perfectly executed

Production of Promise:

Someone's Got To Be Loud - Father Henry Carr 

Message was very clear, well written, acted, smartly set and such a beautiful message. An important voice to be heard. There were a lot of amazing stories being told this year. And I do think this is an important story of perseverance that should be shared.

CENTRAL

Adjudicator: Tom McGee

 

AWARDS OF MERIT

  • Gloria Freire, playwriting 'As It Slips'  (Lorne Park SS) 
  • Ensemble, 'It's All Greek to Me' (Woodlands)
  • Ensemble, acting 'Can't We Be Seventeen?' (Mayfield SS)
  • Abby Butler, Emily Paterson, directing 'Can't We Be Seventeen?' (Mayfield SS)
  • Ensemble, 'Through Time' (St. Augustine CHS)
  • Ensemble, 'Media Circus' (Woodlands)
  • Ensemble, 'The Peculiar Racket of Overwhelming Mystery' (Richmond Hill HS)
  • Natalie Acto, acting, 'Sisyphus' (Emily Carr HS)
  • Ensemble, acting, 'Little Rosie Sparks and the Amazing Alice Gilligan' (Mayfield SS)
  • Ensemble, 'The Fall of Ophelia' (Louise Arbour SS)
  • Mrs Hardcastle, acting, 'She Stoops to Conquer' (PACE - The Academy for Gifted Children)
  • Ensemble, 'The Wrong Side of 1949' (Woodlands)
  • Anjelica Hutchinson, acting, 'The Wrong Side of 1949' (Woodlands)
  • Ensemble, 'Symptoms of Grief'  (Lorne Park SS) 
  • Ensemble, 'The Mystery of the Clock Tower' (Central Peel SS)
  • Ensemble, 'Comedy Gold' (St Elizabeth CHS)

EXCELLENCE

  • Tessa Koreen, acting 'As It Slips' (Lorne Park SS) 
  • Emily Paterson, playwrighting 'Can't We Be Seventeen?' (Mayfield SS)
  • Letitia Chui, Janice Yip, Atilla Awista, directing 'Through Time' (St. Augustine CHS)
  • Alexandru Serban; Imraan Parthab; Adam Futwe; Khalil Ramzi; Yameena Zahid; Sophie
    Zhang, tech, 'Media Circus' (Woodlands)
  • Salma Wennekers, playwright, 'Media Circus' (Woodlands)
  • Annika Venkatesh, direction, 'Media Circus' (Woodlands)
  • Cathay Chang, direction, ‘Media Circus’ (Woodlands)
  • Kaylon Young, acting 'Under Her Influence' (Mayfield SS)
  • Michael Freitas and Fiona Morin, acting/writing/direction The Letter Collectors (Aurora HS)
  • Arjun Kalra, Dhara Lad, Sydney Belle, directing, 'Under Her Influence' (Mayfield SS)
  • Ensemble, 'She Stoops to Conquer' (PACE - The Academy for Gifted Children)
  • Mother, acting, 'Comedy Gold' (St. Elizabeth CHS)
  • Buddie, acting, 'Comedy Gold'  (St. Elizabeth CHS)
  • Set design, 'Comedy Gold' (St. Elizabeth CHS)

Outstanding Stage Management: Salma Wennekers, Sebnem Battal, 'Media Circus' (Woodlands)

Outstanding Directors: Shreshth Arora, Smridhi Malhotra, Shieann Tate-Austin, 'Little Rosie Sparks and the Amazing Alice Gilligan'  (Mayfield SS)

Outstanding Design: Media Circus (Woodlands)

Outstanding New Play: Media Circus (Woodlands)

Spirit of the Festival: The Fall of Ophelia (Louise Arbour SS)

Production of Promise: Little Rosie Sparks and the Amazing Alice Gilligan  (Mayfield SS)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

  • As It Slips (Lorne Park SS)
  • Can't We Be Seventeen?  (Mayfield SS)
  • Through Time (St Augustine CHS)
  • Media Circus (The Woodlands School) 
  • The Peculiar Racket of Overwhelming Mystery (Richmond Hill HS)
  • She Stoops to Conquer (PACE - The Academy for Gifted Children)

WINDSOR-ESSEX

Adjudicators: Gina Michaud & Joe Cardinal 

DISTINCTIVE MERIT

Emma Tellier - Portraying of her character - Cardinal Carter

Lilly Rose Rousseau - Composition de la musique (Composition of the music) - École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse

Angelina Marshall - Portraying of her character - Belle River District High School

Yasmeen Janisse - Portraying of the character Vlad - Tecumseh Vista Academy

Kimaya Goswami  - Portraying of the character Janet  - Tecumseh Vista Academy

Serafina Giorlando - Portraying of her character - École secondaire catholique l’Essor

EXCELLENCE

Capri Nantais - Portraying of her character - École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse

Aven Miller Éclairage (lighting) - École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse

Arianne Andary et Niquie Blanchette - Écriture de la pièce (playwright) - École secondaire catholique l’Essor

Viva Baggio - Directing - Tecumseh Vista Academy

Lieneke Laflamme-Perrin - Makeup & Costume Design - Tecumseh Vista Academy

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

Emotional Baggage - Belle River District High School
The Support Group From Hell - Tecumseh Vista Academy

ADJUDICATOR'S AWARD

Cyclone  - École secondaire catholique E.J. Lajeunesse

OUTSTANDING STAGE MANAGEMENT

Owen Smith -  Belle River District High School

DURHAM

Adjudicator: Arthur Burrows

AWARDS OF MERIT

 Courtice S. S. Levi Bahlmann - Acting
O’Neill CVI Julia Ward - Acting
Port Perry H. S. Rae Jamieson - Acting
O’Neill CVI - Production Crew - Production
Port Perry - Thomas Perry - Lighting and Sound Design
Courtice S.S. - Cesar Cameron - Acting

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Courtice S. S. - Emily Hardy - Acting
Port Perry H.S. - Jenna Dingman - Playwriting
O’Neill C.V.I. - Matthew Popadyn, Ava Kosurek - Lighting Design and Operation
Courtice S. S. - McKenna Desrosiers - New Play Award
Courtice S. S. - Cast and Crew - The Spirit of the Festival Award

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS

Virtual Platform, O’Neill CVI,
Smile of Death, Courtice S.S.
Things We Hide,  Port Perry H.S.

OTTAWA-CARLETON

ADJUDICATOR: Lorne Williams

AWARDS OF MERIT

Lighting Designer/Operator - Tess Carney - Lisgar CI - Lifely Royalty

Acting Understudy- Winter Cotton as Alex - AY Jackson SS - Stressed

Acting Star-Crossed Lovers - Deniz Usta as Lorelei & Bella Crites as Vera - Merivale HS - Bloody, Bold, and Resolute

Acting - Zachary Miller as Josh - AY Jackson’s - Stressed

Play Writing - Suin Lee, Elizabeth Bouianovski, Haerang Cho, & Artemis Dalby - Merivale HS - Bloody, Bold, and Resolute

Collaboration - Porsche Aubrey Playwright & Lukas O’Halloran Director - Lisgar CI - Lifely Royalty

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Music and Musical Performance - Meadow Ship, Aven Ryan, & Stela Maricic - Woodroffe HS - Joining of the Lights

Performance - Chloe Nunes as Carmen & Ellie Chambers as Mindy - AY Jackson - Stressed

STAGE MANAGEMENT AWARD

Overcoming Technical Challenges and Stage Design - Adrian Leung - Stage Manager, Sound Operator & Set Designer - AY Jackson SS - Stressed 

ADJUDICATOR AWARD

Collective Creation and Excellence with Mask - The Ensemble - Woodroffe HS - Joining of the Lights

 

OUTSTANDING  PRODUCTIONS

AY Jackson SS - Stressed - Director: Ms. Margot Willner-Fraser
Woodroffe HS - Joining of the Lights - Creative Facilitator: Ms. Wendy Gunter-Woods


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