The nominations for the 31st annual Jessie Richardson Awards were announced yesterday, and the Arts Club received 35 nominations! The Jessie Awards celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of the Vancouver professional theatre community. Read more about the Jessies and the nominations in The Vancouver Sun and the Georgia Straight.
Congratulations to all the nominees, and see you at the awards!
Our nominations and their categories are listed below. To see a full list of the nominations, visit the Jessies website. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, June 24 at the Commodore Ballroom. For tickets, click here.
Large Theatre
Cast of Clybourne Park. Photo by David Cooper
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
Andrew McNee, Boeing-Boeing
Andrew Wheeler, Clybourne Park
Gaelan Beatty, Xanadu
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
Deborah Williams, Clybourne Park
Gina Chiarelli, Master Class
Gina Chiarelli in Master Class. Photo by David Cooper
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Chris Cochrane, She Stoops to Conquer
Robert Moloney, Clybourne Park
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Beatrice Zeilinger, Xanadu
Colleen Wheeler, Boeing-Boeing
Georgina Beaty, My Turquoise Years
Lauren Bowler, High Society
Nicola Lipman, Boeing-Boeing
Colleen Wheeler and Nicola Lipman in Boeing-Boeing. Photo by David Cooper
Outstanding Lighting Design
Gerald King, Xanadu
Itai Erdal, She Stoops to Conquer
John Webber, Master Class
Outstanding Set Design
Alison Green, My Turquoise Years
Amir Ofek, Boeing-Boeing
David Roberts, She Stoops to Conquer
John Webber, Master Class
Outstanding Costume Design
Rebekka Sorensen, She Stoops to Conquer
Outstanding Direction
David Mackay, Boeing-Boeing
Dean Paul Gibson, Xanadu
Janet Wright, Clybourne Park
Meg Roe, Master Class
Outstanding Production
Clybourne Park
Master Class
Significant Artistic Achievement
Corwin Ferguson, Master Class, Outstanding Projection Design
Small Theatre
Outstanding Lighting Design
Ted Roberts, The Santaland Diaries
Outstanding Set Design
Naomi Sider, How Has My Love Affected You?
Outstanding Costume Design
Sydney Cavanagh, The Santaland Diaries
Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition
Alison Jenkins, The Unplugging
Significant Artistic Achievement
Jamie Nesbitt, How Has My Love Affected You?, Outstanding Projection Design
Peter Jotkus and Lucy Pratt-Johnson, The Santaland Diaries, Outstanding Stage Management
Marcus Youssef in How Has My Love Affected You? Photo by David Cooper
Outstanding Original Script
Marcus Youssef, How Has My Love Affected You?
Yvette Nolan, The Unplugging
