Destination Mainstage 2013 Theatre Award Winners Announced
/The British Columbia Drama Association / Theatre BC ended their Destination Mainstage 2013 festival with the announcement of award winners in a number of categories.
The gala awards night took place at the Kamloops Convention Centre on July 13, 2013. Awards were adjudicated by actor and director Dean Paul Gibson.
Thespian Awards
Best Backstage Coordination |
Nanaimo Theatre Group |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Best Properties |
Nanaimo Theatre Group |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Best Technical - Sound |
Emerald Pig Theatrical Society |
Trying |
Best Technical - Lighting |
Terrace Little Theatre |
Perfect Pie |
Best Costumes |
Nanaimo Theatre Group |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Best Set Design |
Fred Skeleton Theatre Company |
Venus in Fur |
Best Ensemble |
Nanaimo Theatre Group |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Best Youth or Novice Performance |
Melayna Ross & Erica Wilson |
Perfect Pie |
Best Supporting Actress |
Sheila Greentree |
Fools |
Best Supporting Actor |
Tyler Q. Felbel |
The Drawer Boy |
Best Actress |
Emily Doreen Wilson |
Trying |
Best Actor |
John Stuart |
Trying |
Adj Merit - Continuing the Tradition of Most Improved |
Williams Lake Studio Theatre |
Over the River and Through the Woods |
Adj Merit - Outstanding First Impression and Production Contribution to Mainstage |
Fred Skeleton Theatre Company |
Venus in Fur |
Adj Merit - Outstanding Contribution to the Spirit of Mainstage |
Spectacular Chair Factory |
Hallways |
Adj Merit - Outstanding Design in Hair and/or Makeup |
Zuska Graydon & Wanda Jonsen |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Adj Merit - Outstanding Direction by First-time Director |
Simon Challenger |
Trying |
Best Director |
Robb Mowbray |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Runner Up |
Nanaimo Theatre Group |
Les Belles Soeurs |
Best Production |
Emerald Pig Theatrical Society |
Trying |
Theatre BC Awards
Lifetime Membership |
|
Doug Huggins, Mary Huggins & Lisa Desprez |
Diamond Award |
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Diane Gendron Cooney |
Eric Hamber Award |
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Debby Helf |
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Theatre BC Scholarships
Jessie Richardson Scholarship |
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Meghan Wearne |
Sid Williams Scholarship |
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Leah Goldie |
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Mainstage Student Scholarships
Isaac David Roberge |
Grade 8 |
Kamloops |
Jennelle Young |
Grade 11 |
Kamloops |
Marta Oraniewicz |
Grade 11 |
Kamloops |
Kaleb Wetzel |
Grade 10 |
Fort St. John |
Morgan Temple |
Grade 9 |
Fort St. John |
Samantha Dunne |
Grade 8 |
Fort St. John |
Terrence Zhou |
Grade 11 |
Fort St. John |
Adam Craig |
Grade 11 |
Fort St. John |
Kennedy Vandergaag |
Grade 11 |
Fort St. John |
Kailene Murray |
Grade 12 |
Surrey |
Graphics Competition
Best Poster - Non-Professional |
White Rock Players Club |
Fools |
Best Poster - Professional |
Vagabond Players |
Wait Until Dark |
Best Program - Non-Professional |
Courtenay Little Theatre Society |
The Magic Tinderbox |
Best Website - Non-Professional |
Revelstoke Theatre Company |
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Best Miscellaneous Items - Professional |
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Okanagan Zone Festival |
BC Playwriting Competition
Special Merit Award |
Michelle Deines |
Ghosts in Baghdad |
Best One-Act Play |
Brigitte Ganger |
Dahlias and Tea Leaves |
Best Full-Length Play |
Sonja de Wit |
Myrna Hardie |
Mainstage is the largest provincial theatre festival of its kind in Canada, showcasing British Columbia's community theatre. Theatre BC has served as the parent association for community theatre in the province since 1932.