Awards

Here are the 2023 award winners and nominees!

Nominees for Best Actor:

Mary Rose Talani : I Miss You Already

Robert Mcneely : Provenance

Alexsandra Maslennikova : get it off yer chest

The Awards Go To:

Robert Mcneely – Best Performance by an Actor in a Male Role

Aleksandra Maslennikova – Best Performance by an Actor in a Female Role

Nominees for Best Director:

Jackie English : Stray Cats

Marlene Charney : Shapes & Stanzas

Kay Valentine: One Night Stan

Winner is:

Jackie English

Nominees Best Play Production

Stray Cats : Written by Derek Groulx, Directed by Jackie English

One Night Stan : Written by Adam Szudrich, Directed by Kay Valentine

Provenance : Written by Patrick Williams, Directed by Bruce Williamson

The Award Goes To:

Stray Cats

Congratulations to all the 2023 Participants, Nominees and Award Winners

Here are the 2022 award winners and nominees!

Best performance by a female actor in the festival

Nominees are:

  • Michelle Prestie for Mary in “Waiting”

  • Christine Sawka for Song Bird in “From the Membrane of the Nucleus”

  • Jo-Anne Pulfer for Jo In “The Booth”

The award goes to:

Jo-Anne Pulfer for Jo in “The Booth”

Best performance by a male actor in the festival

Nominees are:

  • Harris Bailey as the Scribe in “From the membrane of the Nucleus”

  • Desmond Baxter as Hiram in “Waiting”

  • John Sellen as Phil in “The Booth”

The award goes to:

Harris Bailey for the Scribe in “From the membrane of the Nucleus”

Ross award for the best director of a play in the festival

Nominees are:

  • Mary Rose Talani for “From the Membrane of the Nucleus”

  • Amanda Dempsey-Laughlin for “Waiting”

  • Dale Sheldrake for “Ug and the Boar”

  • Joan Burrows for “The Booth”

The Ross award goes to:

Amanda Dempey-Laughlin for “Waiting”

Most outstanding play in the festival

Nominees are:

  • Playwright Donna Sorbello for the play “Waiting”

  • Playwright Jim Geoghan for the play “Ug and the Boar”

  • Playwright Peter Balaskas for the play “From the membrane of the Nucleus”

Most outstanding play goes to:

Donna Sorbello for the play “Waiting”.

Sunday Matinee VUTC Young Company Announcement

Kira Rosenbloom

Artistic Director and Playwright for “Emotional“, Kira directed and created the Virtual workshop for young actors and playwrights.

Sara De Cesare

Playbill design and costumes

VUTC Young Company Presented three original plays

  • “Deadly Scoop”

  • “What if COVID happened in the 80’s”

  • “Emotional”

Best play goes to:

“What if COVID happened in the 80’s”

Special citation to Chiara Bouhs who directed “What if COVID happened in the 80’s”

VUTC Young Company Best female actors

Nominees

  • Stephanie Marin “Deadly Scoop” and “What if COVID happened in the 80’s”

  • Penny Kelson in all three plays

  • Kateryna Lashchyk – “Deadly Scoop” and “Emotional”

Best actor goes to:

Penny Kelson for all three plays.

And the male actor:

Ten year old William Couper as Sadness in “Emotional”

2021

Best performance by a female actor in the 2021 festival

Arlene Murchison-Doggart for the role of Aggie in “Mourning Glory”

Best performance by a male actor in the 2021 festival

Joey Ferguson for the role of Angel in “The third life of Eddie Mann”

Recipient of the Ross Award! for the best director of a play in the 2021 festival

The award goes to Bruce Williamson for “The third life of Eddie Mann”

Best Play in the 2021 festival

“Rosa and Leo” By Adam Szudrich directed by Amanda Dempsey-Laughlin

A special tribute in the 2021 festival

Goes to Kira Rosenbloom for directing and composing the original music for the play “GILDA” and to an outstanding group of young actors in the VUTC Young Company for their performance of GILDA