Mainstage 2009 Winners

Best Production
BILOXI BLUES, Courtenay Little Theatre, Courtenay (NIZ)

Runner-Up (Burnaby Trophy)
RABBIT HOLE, Stage North Theatre Society, Fort St. John (PRZ)

Best Director
Lori Mazey, BILOXI BLUES, Courtenay Little Theatre

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Robinson Wilson as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey, BILOXI BLUES, Courtenay Little Theatre
Honourable Mention - Kevin Scott as Norman, TABLE MANNERS, Theatre West Van

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sarah Arnold as Annie, TABLE MANNERS, Theatre West Van (NSZ)
Honourable Mention - Karen Golden as Dorothea, ELEEMOSYNARY, Get Real Theatre

Best Supporting Actor
Adam Kozlick as Arnold Epstein, BILOXI BLUES, Courtenay Little Theatre
Honourable Mention- Zach Scott as Jason, RABBIT HOLE, Stage North Theatre Society

Best Supporting Actress
Lynne Karey-McKenna as Melanie Fine, BROOKLYN BOY, Surrey Little Theatre (FVZ)
Honourable Mention - Aubyn Petryshyn as Izzy Corbett, RABBIT HOLE

Best Youth or Novice Performance - *Shared Award
Joe Conway as Eugene Morris Jerome & Anthea Morritt as Daisy Hannigan, BILOXI BLUES, Courtenay Little Theatre
Honourable Mention - Brandon Dorsey, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, Asparagus Community Theatre

Best Ensemble
Cast of TABLE MANNERS, Theatre West Van
Honourable Mention - Cast of ELEEMOSYNARY, Get Real Theatre

Best Set Design
Brigitte Seib & Gregg Selinger, BROOKLYN BOY, Surrey Little Theatre
Honourable Mention - Jay Crowder, BILOXI BLUES

Best Costume Design
Lois Anderson, Ellen Paul & Elisabeth Grant, THE CEMETERY CLUB, Lady Smith's Little Theatre (SIZ)
Honourable Mention - Molly Hilliar, BILOXI BLUES

Best Lighting Design
Stephen Torrence, ELEEMOSYNARY, Get Real Theatre, Delta (GVZ)
Honourable Mention - Patrick Emery - BILOXI BLUES
Honourable Mention - Paul Kirkwood-Hackett, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, Asparagus Community Theatre

Best Sound Design
Chalene Scott, RABBIT HOLE, Stage North Theatre Society
Honourable Mention - Sharon Pridham, BILOXI BLUES

Best Properties
Bill Elliott, Susan McFadyen, Dave Barker, Carolyn Coles and Alison Precious, TABLE MANNERS, Theatre West Van
Honourable Mention - Tabby Dyer, RABBIT HOLE

Best Backstage Cooperation
RABBIT HOLE, Stage North Theatre Society

Adjudicators' Special Merit Awards:

Significant Achievement Award for a First-Time Director - Rob Laventure, RABBIT HOLE

Significant Achievement Award for a First-Time Director - Stephen Torrence, ELEEMOSYNARY

Significant Development at the Coffee Critique - Terry Boyle, Blair Scott and Zach Scott, RABBIT HOLE

ERIC HAMBER AWARD
for long-term contribution to community theatre in BC
Frank Goodsir
Footlighters, Creston, BC (KOZ)

DIAMOND of the YEAR AWARD
for Theatre BC "Citizen of the Year"
Wendy Wearne
South Island Zone Chair, Ladysmith, BC (SIZ)

JESSIE RICHARDSON SCHOLARSHIP
Cheyenne Scott, Kamloops

SID WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP
Krysten Neeson, Maple Ridge

Graphics Competition Award Winners

Best Poster *Shared Award
Courtenay Little Theatre - Biloxi Blues
Lady Smith's Little Theatre - The Cemetery Club
Courtenay Little Theatre - Mr. Scrooge

Best Program Design *Shared Award
Nanaimo Theatre Group - Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Nanaimo Theatre Group - Blood Money

Best Season Package *No Award Given
Honourable Mention - Powerhouse Theatre
Honourable Mention - Nanaimo Theatre Group

Best Website Design
Powerhouse Theatre (construction by Vanessa Lomas)