Here are the winners and runner-ups of the just concluded V. I. One Act Juried Festival 2008:

Best Play : The Ballerinas ( Portal Players)

Best Original Script : Chelsea Hopkins for “ Ghosts“ ( Whalebone Theatre-Ballenas SS)

Best Director : Elliott Drew, “ The Ballerinas “ ( Portal Players)

Best Female Actor in a Lead Role: Mandy Temple, “ The Universal Language “ ( Nanaimo Theatre Group)

Best Male Actor in a Lead Role : George Harrison, “ Dying for a Banana “ ( Beachcombers )

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Courtenay Campbell, “ Ghosts “ ( Whalebone Theatre-Ballenas SS)

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:  Paul Churchill, “ Small Change“ ( Sandcastle Players )

Best Ensemble: The Ballerinas ( Portal Players)

Certificate of Merit went to : "Listening & Focus in the midst of chaos" - Adam Starkey "Murder Well Rehearsed" (Metamorphic-Q.B. Students)

Certificate of Merit went to : "Spirit of Adventure for choices of play" - Gabriola Players