The 18th Annual OVATION! Awards
Sunday January 30, 2022 - 7PM - ONLINE
The 18th Annual OVATION! Awards, was held online Sunday January 30th, 2022. The online show was hosted by Cathy Wilmot and Scott Ashton Swan and featured production video and photos from 14 musicals presented in the Lower Mainland in 2021.
There were also special video presentations featuring the five panto's that ran in 2021, a video reflection of Awkward Stage Productions and the impact of their company and productions over the last 10 years. Memorial videos remembering Stephen Sondheim and his evening in Vancouver (An Evening with Stephen Sondheim), and local musical theatre actress Roma Hearn.
The $1,000 Cheryl Hutcherson Award was presented to Studio 58 student Brodie Kyle Klassen.
Six Outstanding Performance OVATION! Awards were presented to the following people:
Five Outstanding Artistic Achievement Awards were also presented to:
The musicals of 2021
do you want what I have got? a craigslist cantata - The Cultch (streaming February 5-7)
Monocerous - Studio 58/Langara (streaming)
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown - Exit 22/Cap University (streaming)
Into the Woods - Exit 22/Cap University (streaming)
Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest - Kay Meek Centre (streaming August 11, 18 & 25)
Spamalot - White Rock Players (September 8 - October 3)
3AM In the Persian Room - First Impressions Theatre (October 1-16)
Revue-sical The Musical - Align Entertainment (October 21-22)
3AM In the Persian Room - First Impressions Theatre @ Firehall (October 27-30)
Paddle Song - Firehall Arts Centre (November 10-21)
All Together Now! A Global Event - Theatre in the Country (November 12-15)
All Together Now! A Global Event - Fabulist Theatre (November 12-15)
Amelie - Exit 22/Capilano University (December 3-4)
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol - Arts Club Theatre Co. (November 18 - January 2)
Elf, the musical - Theatre In the Country (December 2-18)
Back With A Vengeance - The Broadway Chorus (December 11)
A Broadway Holiday - Gateway Theatre (December 16-23)
Pantos:
East Van Panto: Alice in Wonderland - The Cultch (November 24-January 2)
Robinson Crusoe - White Rock Players (December 1-26)
Snow White - Metro Theatre (December 2 - Jannuary 2, 2022)
Frosted - Deep Cove Stage Society (December 9-30)
Alice In Wonderland - Royal Canadian Theatre Company (December 18 - January 2)
Sunday January 30, 2022 - 7PM - ONLINE
The 18th Annual OVATION! Awards, was held online Sunday January 30th, 2022. The online show was hosted by Cathy Wilmot and Scott Ashton Swan and featured production video and photos from 14 musicals presented in the Lower Mainland in 2021.
There were also special video presentations featuring the five panto's that ran in 2021, a video reflection of Awkward Stage Productions and the impact of their company and productions over the last 10 years. Memorial videos remembering Stephen Sondheim and his evening in Vancouver (An Evening with Stephen Sondheim), and local musical theatre actress Roma Hearn.
The $1,000 Cheryl Hutcherson Award was presented to Studio 58 student Brodie Kyle Klassen.
Six Outstanding Performance OVATION! Awards were presented to the following people:
- Fiorella Artoni, Jovie, Elf the Musical - Theatre in the Country
- Kaden Chad, Lancelot, Spamalot, White Rock Players
- Janet Gigliotti, 3AM in the Persian Room, First Impressions Theatre
- Tim Howe, A Broadway Holiday – Gateway Theatre
- Brady Moore, Buddy - Elf the Musical, Theatre In the Country
- Vanessa Klein, Lady of the Lake, Spamalot, White Rock Players
Five Outstanding Artistic Achievement Awards were also presented to:
- Brian Ball, Set Design - Into the Woods, Capilano University Musical Theatre
- Derek Baskerville, Costume Design - Into the Woods, Capilano University Musical Theatre
- Shizuka Kai, Set Design - Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, Arts Club Theatre Company
- The entire company of Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest – Something Extra Productions in association with the Kay Meek Centre and Shoreline Studios. Including the creative team Director/Producer: Christopher Shyer Johnson, Choreographer/Producer: Ken Overbey, Music Director: Jeremy Hoffman, Director of Photography: Jordan Bzdel, Editing: Brash Productions & Madwork Media, Production & Lighting Design: Vanka Salim – for their filmed/streamed production of Pageant.
- Janet Gigliotti, Christopher King and Robert McQueen, the writers of 3AM in the Persian Room, for creating a new Canadian musical work.
The musicals of 2021
do you want what I have got? a craigslist cantata - The Cultch (streaming February 5-7)
Monocerous - Studio 58/Langara (streaming)
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown - Exit 22/Cap University (streaming)
Into the Woods - Exit 22/Cap University (streaming)
Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest - Kay Meek Centre (streaming August 11, 18 & 25)
Spamalot - White Rock Players (September 8 - October 3)
3AM In the Persian Room - First Impressions Theatre (October 1-16)
Revue-sical The Musical - Align Entertainment (October 21-22)
3AM In the Persian Room - First Impressions Theatre @ Firehall (October 27-30)
Paddle Song - Firehall Arts Centre (November 10-21)
All Together Now! A Global Event - Theatre in the Country (November 12-15)
All Together Now! A Global Event - Fabulist Theatre (November 12-15)
Amelie - Exit 22/Capilano University (December 3-4)
Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol - Arts Club Theatre Co. (November 18 - January 2)
Elf, the musical - Theatre In the Country (December 2-18)
Back With A Vengeance - The Broadway Chorus (December 11)
A Broadway Holiday - Gateway Theatre (December 16-23)
Pantos:
East Van Panto: Alice in Wonderland - The Cultch (November 24-January 2)
Robinson Crusoe - White Rock Players (December 1-26)
Snow White - Metro Theatre (December 2 - Jannuary 2, 2022)
Frosted - Deep Cove Stage Society (December 9-30)
Alice In Wonderland - Royal Canadian Theatre Company (December 18 - January 2)
