CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2009 OVATION AWARD NOMINEES CHOSEN BY THE ARTISTIC LEADERS* OF OUR COMMUNITY

Michelle Creber – Annie, Theatre Under The Stars

Bree Greig – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Footlight Theatre

Sara-Jeanne Hosie – A Chorus Line, Royal City Musical Theatre

Elana Juatco – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Vancouver Playhouse

Diana Kaarina – Thoroughly Modern Millie, Theatre Under The Stars

Mandana Namazi – Passion, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert

Male Lead

“The Boys” of Alter Boyz (Jeremy Crittenden, David Hurwitz, Jak Barradell, Vincent Tong and Geoff Stevens) –Arts Club Theatre Company

Josh Epstein – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Vancouver Playhouse

Brandon Eddy – Tick Tick Boom, Fighting Chance Productions

Kieran Martin Murphy – Les Miserables, Arts Club Theatre Company

Sean Parsons – Reefer Madness

Scott Walters – Evil Dead

Supporting Female (Tie)

Susan Anderson – White Christmas, Arts Club Theatre Company

Jacqueline Breakwell – Rent, Fighting Chance Productions

Kaylee Harwood – Les Miserables, Arts Club Theatre Company

Irene Karas – Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gateway Theatre

Bonnie Panych – The Full Monty, Patrick Street Productions

Cathy Wilmot – A New Brain, Pipedream Productions

Supporting Male

Greg Armstrong Morris – The Full Monty, Patrick Street Productions

Gaelan Beatty – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Gateway Theatre

Matt Baker – Evil Dead, Down Stage Right Productions

Seth Drabinsky – Thoroughly Modern Millie, Theatre Under The Stars

Nick Fontaine – Rent, Fighting Chance Productions

David Marr – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Vancouver Playhouse

Gypsy – Female

Andrea Bailey – Joseph/Rent/Annie

Anna Kuman – The Full Monty/Chorus Line/White Christmas

Keri Minty – A Chorus Line/White Christmas

April O’Peel – Shine A Burlesque Musical,

Georgia Swinton – Three Penny Opera/A New Brain/ Thoroughly Modern Millie

Nicol Spinola – Annie/A Chorus Line/Pink Floyd’s The Wall

Gypsy – Male

Arne Larson – Rent/A New Brian

Ben Wardel – A Chorus Line

Cesar Erba – Rent/High School Musical 2

Dimitrios Stephanoy – Thoroughly Modern Millie/A Chorus Line

Sayer Roberts – Annie/My Life with Albertine

Tyson Coady – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels/Rent/Lorelei

Music Director

Sean Baytum – Songs for a New World, Not Another Co-Op

Courtney Ennis – Little Shop of Horrors, Uncle Randy Productions

Angus Kellett, Titanic the Musical, APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert

Sara Jaysmith, Rent – Fighting Chance Productions

Allen Stiles, Thoroughly Modern Millie – Gateway Theatre

James Bryson – A Chorus Line, Royal City Musical Theatre

Director

Mark Carter – Evil Dead – Down Stage Right Productions

Bill Millerd, Les Miserables – Arts Club Theatre Company

Ryan Mooney – Rent, Fighting Chance Productions

Lloyd Nicholson, A Chorus Line – Royal City Musical Theatre

Max Reimer – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Vancouver Playhouse

Sara-Jeane Hosie & Shane Snow – Songs For A New World, Not Another Co-Op

Choreography

Ken Overbey – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Gateway Theatre

Keri Minty – A New Brain, Pipedream Productions

Sara-Jeane Hosie – Altar Boyz, Arts Club Theatre Company

Shelley Stewart Hunt – Thoroughly  Modern Millie, Theatre Under The Stars

Valerie Easton – A Chorus Line, Royal City Musical Theatre

Set Design

Francesca Albertazzi  - Annie/Thoroughly Modern Millie, Theatre Under The Stars

Alison Green – White Christmas, Arts Club Theatre Company

Pam Johnson – Bye Bye Birdie, Studio 58

Julie Martins – The Full Monty, Patrick Street Productions

Ted Roberts – Les Miserables, Arts Club Theatre Company

Costume Design

Jen Darbellay – Thoroughly Modern Millie – Gateway Theatre

Alison Green – Les Miserables, Arts Club Theatre Company

Carol Pope – Panto Wars, Holiday Pantomime Productions

Chris Sinosich – Annie/ Thoroughly Modern Millie, Theatre Under The Stars

Chris Sinosich – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Footlight Theatre

Production – Professional

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Playhouse Theatre Company

Evil Dead, the musical – Down Stage Right Productions

The Full Monty – Patrick Street Productions

Les Miserables – Arts Club Theatre Company

Thoroughly Modern Millie – Gateway Productions

Production – Community

A Chorus Line – Royal City Musical Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors – Uncle Randy Productions

Reefer Madness, the musical – JE Theatre

Thoroughly Modern Millie – Theatre Under The Stars

Rent – Fighting Chance Productions

A New Brain – Pipedream Productions

Production – Ensemble

Altar Boyz – Arts Club Theatre Company

Back to You: The Life and music of Lucille Star – Musical Theatreworks

Songs For A New World – Not Another Musical Theatre Co-op

Forever Plaid – Gateway Theatre

Tick Tick Boom – Fighting Chance Productions

New Work

Back To You: The life and music of Lucille Star - Musical Theatreworks (Gateway, Evergreen, Firehall). Book by Tracy Power.

Shine - A Burlesque Musical - Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society & The Wet Spots. Cass King, John Woods & Sam Dulmage Libretto. John Woods, Music

ShEvil - Balmoral Jr. Secondary School. Music & Lyrics by Chris King, Book by Tim Cadney.

39...And Ticketing (new work) - Full Figure Theatre. Book by Sharon Heath. Music by Ted Hamilton with Joan MacLean.

Mental, the musical - Paige 18 Productions. Fiona Hogan & Courtney Kramer - Book, Music, & Lyrics.

Stump City Stories - City Stage New West. Music, lyrics & book by George Ryan.

Under The Hawthorn Tree - The Two Mary's. Mary Clark & Mary Murphy Demer.

Production – Concert or Revue

Aladdin (Panto) – Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sullivan Society

Dick Whittington & His Cat (Panto) – Metro Theatre

Passion – APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert

Panto Wars (Panto) – Holiday Pantomime Productions

Moosical, the Musical – Broadway Chorus

Titanic, the musical – APPLAUSE! Musicals In Concert

* Music Directors, Directors and Choreographers who worked on musicals in 2009 were asked to nominate their favorites online from January 1-12. The nominees were those that received the most votes.