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MAINSTAGE 2010 Performance Schedule
MAINSTAGE AWARDS RESULTS

Best Production sponsored by Ray Mordan
RAVENSCROFT
, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Coquitlam (FVZ)

TBC Pres. Ray Mordan with Pat Prigge (Best Props) , Pat McClean (Best Costumes), Dale Kelly (Best Director & Set Design)
and Mary Renvall (FVZ Chair)

Runner-Up (Burnaby Trophy) sponsored by Langley Players
DOUBT
, Nanaimo Theatre Group, Nanaimo (NIZ)

Sheila Bowman (Director) with Peggy Harris (Producer) and Angela Bell (Langley Players)


Best Director sponsored by Nanaimo Theatre Group
Dale Kelly, RAVENSCROFT, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Coquitlam (FVZ)

Hon. Mention:

Sheila Bowman, DOUBT
William Taylor,  DISNEY's MULAN JR.  
Kathleen Denkewalter,  THREE DAYS OF RAIN
Tashja Szauer, BILL W. AND DR. BOB


Peggy Harris (Nanaimo Theatre Group) and Dale Kelly


Best Actress sponsored by TD Canada Trust
Maureen Cusack, DOUBT, Nanaimo Theatre Group, Nanaimo (NIZ)

Hon.Mention:
Hilary Britton-Foster, DISNEY'S MULAN JR.
Cindy Peterson-Good, RAVENSCROFT
Mandy Tulloch, RAVENSCROFT


Maureen Cusack with Kate Witoszkin (TBC Event Coordinator)


Best Actor sponsored by TBC's Okanagan Zone
Eric Holmgren, DOUBT, Nanaimo Theatre Group, Nanaimo (NIZ)

Hon.Mention:
Ross Friesen, RAVENSCROFT
Tom Kirschner, SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL
Jay Goddard, BILL W. AND DR. BOB
Jamie Foster, MEMOIRS OF A SINGLE GAY WHITE MALE
Nigel Vonas,
THREE DAYS OF RAIN

Peggy Harris (Producer) with Lori Dewart (OKZ Chair)


Best Supporting Actress sponsored by City of Kamloops
Joy Becker, DOUBT, Nanaimo Theatre Group, Nanaimo (NIZ)

Hon.Mention:
Krista Lawley, RAVENSCROFT
Heather Goodall & Katalin Szauer, BILL W. AND DR. BOB
Kyla Mitrovic
, DOUBT
Sarien Slabbert, & Brooke Jewell, RAVENSCROFT

Cara Graden (City of Kamloops Arts, Culture & Heritage Coordinator ) and Sheila Bowman (Director)


Best Supporting Actor sponsored by TBC's North Shore Zone
Chris Rosamond, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver (NSZ)

Hon.Mention:
Mike Rawluk, BILL W. AND DR. BOB

Douglas Perri (NSZ Chair) and Chris Rosamond


Best Youth or Novice Performance sponsored by TRU Open Learning
Alyxandar Szasz-Nicholson, Disney's MULAN JR., Parallel Players, Ladysmith (SIZ)

Hon.Mention:
Hilary Britton-Foster, DISNEY's MULAN JR.
Sarien Slabbert, RAVENSCROFT (1st time on stage)
Joy Becker, DOUBT (1st time on stage)


Lisa Kane (TRU) with Wendy Wearne (SIZ Chair)


Best Ensemble sponsored by Courtenay Little Theatre
RAVENSCROFT, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Coquitlam (FVZ)

Hon.Mention:
DOUBT
DISNEY'S MULAN JR.

TBC VP Peter Wienold with Pat Prigge (ASM)


Best Set Design sponsored by Theatre BC & Powerhouse Theatre
Dale Kelly, RAVENSCROFT, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Coquitlam (FVZ)

Dale Kelly and Doug Huggins (Powerhouse Theatre)

Best Costume Design sponsored by Douglas Perri and Norman White
Pat McClean, RAVENSCROFT, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Coquitlam (FVZ)

Hon. Mention:
Margaret Lee, THREE DAYS OF RAIN
Amy Halliday, DISNEY'S MULAN JR.
Maggie Pugh
, BILL W. AND DR. BOB

Douglas Perri and Pat McClean

Best Lighting Design sponsored by Christie Lights
Phillip Messenger, THREE DAYS OF RAIN, North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver (NSZ)

Hon.Mention:
Dennis Szalai & Tom Kirschner, SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL
Cheyenne Sykes & William Taylor, DISNEY'S MULAN JR
Dale Kelly, RAVENSCROFT
Michael Stebbings,  DOUBT

Margaret Lee (NVCP) and Roger Lantz (Assistant Festival Tech. Director)


Best Sound Design sponsored by NISA Web Hosting & Design
David Kilbank, DOUBT, Nanaimo Theatre Group, Nanaimo (NIZ)

Hon. Mention:
Colleen Bignell, RAVENSCROFT
Anne Marsh, THREE DAYS OF RAIN


Sheila Bowman (Director) and Brian Britton
(TD for Western Canada Theatre, Sagebrush Theatre & Pavilion Theatre)



Best Properties sponsored by Orica Canada Inc.
Pat Prigge, RAVENSCROFT, Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Coquitlam (FVZ)

Hon. Mention :
Nanaimo Theatre Group, DOUBT
North Vancouver Community Players, THREE DAYS OF RAIN
Mary Jo Hilyer & Tony Savile, BILL W. AND DR. BOB

Pat Prigge and Ron Graden of behalf of Tony Glass (Orica Canada Inc.)



Best Backstage Coordination sponsored by TBC's North Island Zone
DISNEY'S MULAN JR., Parallel Players, Ladysmith (SIZ)

Hon. Mention:
DOUBT
     
Wendy Wearne (SIZ Chair) with Tech. Directors Roger Lantz, Robin Boxwell & Brian Britton


Adjudicator's Certificates of Merit:

Comic Spirit to MEMOIRS OF A SINGLE GAY WHITE MALE, Raving Theatre, Vancouver (GVZ)

Kathleen Driscoll for Raving Theatre

Community Spirit to DISNEY'S MULAN JR., Parallel Players, Ladysmith (SIZ)

SIZ Chair Wendy Wearne

Artistic Ambition to Tom Kirschner, SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL, Bridge to Broadway, Fort St. John (PRZ)

Tom Kirschner

First-Time Director to Tashja Janzen, BILL W. AND DR. BOB, Williams Lake (CIZ)

TBC Pres. Ray Mordan with Tashja Janzen & our adjudicator Jerry Wasserman

Eric Hamber Award (for long-term contribution to community theatre in BC)
posthumously awarded to William R. Elliott (NSZ)
sponsored by Dr.John Stuart Jr. Optometrist

An emotional moment for TBC Past Pres. John Stuart and VP Jacqollyne Keath

Diamond of the Year Award (for Theatre BC's Citizen of the Year)
Don Rampone, Kelowna (OKZ) sponsored by Skyway Hardware

Don Rampone (c) with Mary & Larry Martin of Skyway Hardware

Mien vanHeek Scholarship Winner - Laurin Kelsey (Victoria)

Jessie Richardson Scholarship Winner - Rose McNeil (Nanaimo)

(Sid Williams Scholarship not awarded this year)

BRAVO! to all our winners at MAINSTAGE 2010