The January 2006 Ovation Awards, Celebrating the Musicals of 2005

The following is a list of the awards, the top nominations for each award, and the winner of the award in bold:

Outstanding Production
·      A Little Night Music - Vancouver Playhouse
·      Beauty and the Beast - Arts Club Theatre Company
·      Cabaret - Uncle Randy Productions
·      Cinderella - Footlight Theatre
·      Guys and Dolls - Metro Theatre
·      Songs For A New World - Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Music Man - Royal City Musical Theatre

Outstanding New Work
·      Alley Cats
·      The Bird and The Waterfall
·      Crime and Punishment
·      Quantum Physics
·      Thomas T

Outstanding Choreography
·      Valerie Easton - Miss Saigon, Arts Club Theatre Company
·      Valerie Easton - Music Man, Royal City Musical Theatre
·      Shelley Stewart Hunt – Cabaret, Uncle Randy Productions
·      Ken Overbey - Guys and Dolls, Metro Theatre
·      Kari Minty - Quantum Physics, Equity Co-Op
·      Carol Seitz - HMS Pinafore, Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Outstanding Design
·      Lance Cardinal/Jeff Cox – Cinderella - Footlight Theatre
·      Lance Cardinal/Jeff Cox - Forum (A Funny Thing…) - Triptych Theatricals
·      George Dart – Cabaret - Uncle Randy Productions
·      Leslie Frankish - A Little Night Music - Vancouver Playhouse
·      Ted Roberts - Miss Saigon - Arts Club Theatre Company
·      Pam Johnson - Into The Woods - Capilano College

Outstanding Music Direction
·      Courtenay Ennis, Songs For A New World - Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Bruce Kellett, Miss Saigon - Arts Club Theatre Company
·      Christopher King,  Cinderella - Footlight Theatre
·      Scott Knight, On The Town - APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert
·  Douglas Macaulay, Alley Cats, the musical - Horse Raven Theatre
·  Wendy Bross Stuart, Big, the musical    - Theatre Under The Stars

Outstanding Direction
·      Richard Berg/Roger Haskett – Cabaret,
       Uncle Randy Productions
·      Richard Berg/Roger Haskett - Songs For a new World,
       Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Glynis Leyshon - A Little Night Music, Vancouver Playhouse
·      Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Shel Piercy - Big, the musical, Theatre Under The Stars

Outstanding Performance - Male
·      Bobby Bruce -  Cabaret, Uncle Randy Productions
·      Danny Balkwill - Songs For A New World, Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Peter Jorgensen -  Big, the musical,  Theatre Under The Stars
·      John Mann - Miss Saigon, Arts Club Theatre Company
·      Steve Maddock -  Songs For A New World, Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Peter Stainton - Guys and Dolls, Metro Theatre

Outstanding Performance - Female
·      Jayme Armstrong –Cabaret, Uncle Randy Productions
·      Nadia Hovan - Songs for a New World, Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Danielle St. Pierre - Songs for a New World, Feisty Fairy Productions
·      Kirsten Van Ritzen - Alley Cats, The Musical, Horse Raven Theatre
·      Shawna Parry - Guys and Dolls, Metro Theatre
·      Jennifer Suratos - Las Vegas Live, Aumentare & Cardinal Productions
·      Amy Wallis - Beauty and the Beast, Arts Club theatre Company

Outstanding Newcomer - Male
·      Aron L’Oste-Brown - Music Man/ Sweet Charity/Jubilee, RCMT/ Pipedream Productions
·      Joel Ballard – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Scott Perrie - Saturday Night/Night Music, APPLAUSE!/ Vancouver Playhouse
·      Brian Sutton - Alley Cats, Horse Raven Theatre
·      Iain Stewart - Saturday Night/Strike Up The Band, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert

Outstanding Newcomer - Female
·      Kaylee Harwood – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Ainslie Hurd – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Lauren Kramm – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Tracey Neff – Big, Theatre Under The Stars
·      Lisa Ricketts - Into the Woods/Strike up the band, Capilano College

Outstanding GYPSY - Female
·      Amanda Assalone – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Vanessa Coley-Donohue - Guys & Dolls/CanCan/ Jubilee/Strike Up The Band
·      Georgia Swinton – Big, Theatre Under The Stars
·      Catherine McLeod - Jubilee/Strike Up the Band, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert
·      Irene Karas - Alley Cats, Megakins/ Hoarse Raven Theatre
·      Michelle Yuen - Saturday Night/ Jubilee/Strike Up the Band, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert

Outstanding GYPSY - Male
·      Chris Adams - Guys & Dolls/Saturday Night/Jubilee, Metro Theatre/APPLAUSE!
·      Jeff Ballard – Cinderella, Footlight Theatre
·      Andrew Cohen - Guys & Dolls/Can Can, Metro Theatre
·      Greg Pember - Strike Up the Band, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert
·      Daniel Pitout - Music Man/Cabaret, RCMT/ Uncle Randy Productions