Even though the season was cut short by Covid-19, there is much to celebrate among the Dora Awards nominees. The awards ceremony will be presented via the Dora Awards YouTube Channel and TAPA social media accounts June 29 at 7:30 PM.

Musical Theatre Division

Outstanding Production

Life in a Box
Bad Hats Theatre

Ghost Quartet
Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company

Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding New Musical

Adaptation by Erin Shields, Written by Daniel Große Boymann & Thomas Kahry, Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

John Millard, The Cave
Luminato in association with The Cave Collective

Landon Doak, Matthew Finlan, Life in a Box
Bad Hats Theatre

Outstanding Direction

Fiona Sauder, Life in a Box
Bad Hats Theatre

Gordon Greenberg, Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

Marie Farsi, Ghost Quartet
Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company

Robert McQueen, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

Sheila McCarthy, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction

Adam Sakiyama, Sunday in the Park with George
Eclipse Theatre Company

Andrew Penner, Ghost Quartet
Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company

Ian Ross, Girl From the North Country
David Mirvish, Tristan Baker & Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Steven Lappin, Sony Music Entertainment UK, and The Old Vic with Aaron Lustbader

Jonathan Monro, Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

Reza Jacobs, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

Outstanding Original Choreography

Allyson McMackon, Sunday in the Park with George
Eclipse Theatre Company

Anthony “Prime” Guerra, Obeah Opera
Nicole Brooks in association with Luminato

Julie Tomaino, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Timothy French, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Design

Scenic Design: Joanna Yu, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Scenic Design: Michael Gianfrancesco, Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

Lighting Design: Patrick Lavender, Ghost Quartet
Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company

Scenic Design: Patrick Lavender, Ghost Quartet
Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company

Sound Design: Peter McBoyle, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role

Connor Lucas, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Evan Builing, Sunday in the Park with George
Eclipse Theatre Company

Hailey Gillis, Ghost Quartet
Crow’s Theatre & Eclipse Theatre Company

Jayne Lewis, Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

Jully Black, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

Landon Doak, Life in a Box
Bad Hats Theatre

Louise Pitre, Piaf/Dietrich
David Mirvish

Tess Benger, Sunday in the Park with George
Eclipse Theatre Company

Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role

Arinea Hermans, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Charlotte Moore, Sunday in the Park with George
Eclipse Theatre Company

Gloria Obianyo, Girl From the North Country
David Mirvish, Tristan Baker & Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Steven Lappin, Sony Music Entertainment UK, and The Old Vic with Aaron Lustbader

Joel Cumber, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Young People’s Theatre

Michael De Rose, REPRINT
A Musical Stage Company and Yonge Street Theatricals Production, in association with The Globe and Mail

Stewart Adam McKensy, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

Tu Nokwe, Obeah Opera
Nicole Brooks in association with Luminato

Vanessa Sears, Caroline, or Change
The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre

General Theatre Division

Outstanding Production

Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Forget Me Not
Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes in association with Luminato

A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper Theatre Company

The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Buffoon
Tarragon Theatre

Outstanding New Play

Anosh Irani, Buffoon
Tarragon Theatre

Kat Sandler, Yaga
Tarragon Theatre

Natasha Adiyana Morris, The Negroes are Congregating
PIECE OF MINE Arts Production with the support of Theatre Passe Muraille

Odile Gakire Katese, The Book of Life
A Volcano Theatre Production in association with The Woman Cultural Centre, Rwanda and Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage

Ronnie Burkett, Forget Me Not
Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes in association with Luminato

Outstanding Direction

Chris Abraham, Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Jani Lauzon, Almight Voice and His Wife
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Mitchell Cushman, The Flick
An Outside the March and Crow’s Theatre Production

Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Weyni Mengesha, A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Outstanding Performace in a Leading Role

Amy Rutherford, A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Anand Rajaram, Buffoon
Tarragon Theatre

Daren A. Herbert, Jesus Hopped The “A” Train
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Durae McFarlane, The Flick
An Outside the March and Crow’s Theatre Production

Maev Beaty, August: Osage County
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Nancy Palk, August: Osage County
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Saïd Benyoucef, Besbouss
Pleiades Theatre in association with Crow’s Theatre

Xavier Lopez, Jesus Hopped The “A” Train
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role

Alex McCooeye, Pass Over
Obsidian Theatre

Amy Keating, The Flick
An Outside the March and Crow’s Theatre Production

Daren A. Herbert, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

James Dallas Smith, Almighty Voice and His Wife
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Mazin Elsadig, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Michaela Washburn, Almighty Voice and His Wife
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Michelle Giroux, Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Trout Stanley
A Factory Production

Outstanding Scenic/Projection Design

Scenic Design: Ken MacKenzie, Almighty Voice and His Wife
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Scenic Design: Ken MacKenzie, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Scenic Design: Lorenzo Savioni, A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Scenic Design: Lorenzo Savioni, Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Scenic Design: Nick Blais / Lobby Design by Anahita Dehbonehie, The Flick
An Outside the March and Crow’s Theatre Production

Outstanding Costume Design

Ken MacKenzie, Betrayal
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Kinoo Arcentales, Almighty Voice and His Wife
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Ming Wong, Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Rachel Forbes, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Ronnie Burkett, Forget Me Not
Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes in association with Luminato

Outstanding Lighting Design

Kaitlin Hickey, Four Sisters
PARADIGM productions presented by the Luminato Festival

Kimberley Purtell, A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Lorenzo Savioni, Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Nick Blais with Projection Lighting designed by Nick Bottomley, The Flick
An Outside the March and Crow’s Theatre Production

Raha Javanfar, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Outstanding Sound Design/Compostion

Debashis Sinha, A Streetcar Named Desire
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Mutangana Moise, The Book of Life
A Volcano Theatre Production in association with The Woman Cultural Centre, Rwanda and Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage

Nick Murray, Here Are the Fragments
Co-produced by The ECT Collective and The Theatre Centre

Thomas Ryder Payne, Julius Caesar
Groundling Theatre Company and Crow’s Theatre

Thomas Ryder Payne, Kobena Aquaa-Harrison, Waleed Abdulhamid, The Brothers Size
Soulpepper Theatre Company

Independent Theatre Division

Outstanding Production

This Is How We Got Here
A Native Earth Performing Arts Production

Between Riverside and Crazy
Coal Mine Theatre

Marjorie Prime
Coal Mine Theatre

The Stranger 2.0 (Above & Below)
DopoLavoro Teatrale

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theatre Rusticle

Outstanding New Play

Daniel MacIvor, Let’s Run Away
reWork Productions presented by Canadian Stage

David Yee, No Foreigners
A Hong Kong Exile and fu-GEN Theatre production presented by The Theatre Centre

Jani Lauzon, Prophecy Fog
Co-produced by The Theatre Centre and Paper Canoe Projects in association with Nightswimming Theatre

Keith Barker, This Is How We Got Here
A Native Earth Performing Arts Production

Robin Luckwaldt & Natalia Bushnik, The Bathtub Girls
KAIROS Theatre

Outstanding Direction

Daniele Bartolini, The Stranger 2.0 (Above & Below)
DopoLavoro Teatrale

Keith Barker, This Is How We Got Here
A Native Earth Performing Arts Production

Kelli Fox, Between Riverside and Crazy
Coal Mine Theatre

Paolo Santalucia, Casimir and Caroline
The Howland Company

Stewart Arnott, Marjorie Prime
Coal Mine Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

Alexander Thomas, Between Riverside and Crazy
Coal Mine Theatre

Allegra Fulton, Between Riverside and Crazy
Coal Mine Theatre

Carly Street, Grounded
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Jani Lauzon, Prophecy Fog
Co-produced by The Theatre Centre and Paper Canoe Projects in association with Nightswimming Theatre

Martha Henry, Marjorie Prime
Coal Mine Theatre

Ryan James, Sibs
Don’t Look Down Theatre Company

Sarah Dodd, Marjorie Prime
Coal Mine Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

Alex Crowther, Hallie Seline, Cameron Laurie, Caroline Toal, Michael Ayres, James Graham, Kimwun Perehinec, Shruti Kothari, Veronica Hortiguela, Michael Chiem
Casimir and Caroline
The Howland Company

Colin Asuncion, Hume Baugh, Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, Keith Cole, Daniel Jelani Ellis, Jeff Ho, Michael Hughes, Indrit Kasapi, Daniel Krolik, Eric Morin, G Kyle Shields, Chy Ryan Spain,  Geoffrey Whynot
Box 4901
timeshare performance

Olivia Croft, Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野, François Macdonald, Michael Gordon Spence
The Wager
Theatre Gargantua

Richard Alan Campbell, Burgundy Code, Amanda Cordner, Michael Derworiz, Nick Eddie, Matthew Finlan, Sarah Machin Gale, Richard Lee, Alexa MacDougall, Alexandra Montagnese, Kwaku Okyere, Matthew Rossoff, Annie Tuma
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theatre Rusticle

Ximena Huizi, Heather Marie Annis, Kristine Schmitt,  Jesse Corrigan
Remembering the Winnipeg General
zietpunktheatre in association with Why Not Theatre

Outstanding Scenic/Projection Design

Scenic Design: Melissa Joakim, Prophecy Fog
Co-produced by The Theatre Centre and Paper Canoe Projects in association with Nightswimming Theatre

Projection Design: Patrick Blenkarn and Cole Lewis, 1991
Guilty by Association, presented as part of Why Not Theatre’s RISER Project

Scenic Design: Remy Siu, Natalie Tin Yin Gan / Projection Design: Milton Lim, Remy Siu, No Foreigners
a Hong Kong Exile and fu-GEN Theatre production presented by The Theatre Centre

Scenic Design: Shannon Lea Doyle, This Is How We Got Here
A Native Earth Performing Arts Production

Scenic & Projection Design: Trevor Schwellnus, The Solitudes
Aluna Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design

Brandon Kleiman, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theatre Rusticle

Ken MacKenzie, Casimir and Caroline
The Howland Company

Marsha Kennington, Toronto Circus Riot
LookUp Theatre

Vanessa Fischer, The Solitudes
Aluna Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre

Will Bezek, Brain Storm
LUCID LUDIC in association with Why Not

Outstanding Lighting Design

Cosette Pin, Box 4901
timeshare performance

Kaitlin Hickey, Knives in Hens
Coal Mine Theatre

Michelle Ramsay, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theatre Rusticle

Nick Blais, Marjorie Prime
Coal Mine Theatre

Rebecca Vandevelde, The Solitudes
Aluna Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design/Composition

Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski, Box 4901
timeshare performance

Bram Gielen, Marjorie Prime
Coal Mine Theatre

Kristine Schmitt, Remembering the Winnipeg General
zietpunktheatre in association with Why Not Theatre

Milton Lim, Remy Siu, No Foreigners
a Hong Kong Exile and fu-GEN Theatre production presented by The Theatre Centre

Sound Design: Thomas Ryder Payne / Original Live Compositions by the Ensemble, The Wager
Theatre Gargantua

Theatre For Young Audiences Division

Outstanding Production

The Mush Hole
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented by Young People’s Theatre

Jillian Jiggs
Solar Stage

A Billion Nights On Earth
Thaddeus Phillips and Lucidity Suitcase International presented by Harbourfront Centre’s Junior Festival

Les Zinspiré.e.s : Infiniment Éveillé.e.s
Théâtre français de Toronto

A Million Billion Pieces
Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding New Play

Charlotte Calvez, Cass McGarry, Martin Staadecker, Sofia Velikov & Emily White COACHED BY: Lara Arabian, Alex Côté, Krystel Descary, Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin, Karine Ricard, Pierre Simpson & Donald Woo, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Infiniment Éveillé.e.s
Théâtre français de Toronto

David James Brock, A Million Billion Pieces
Young People’s Theatre

Maja Ardal, You and I
Young People’s Theatre

Santee Smith, The Mush Hole
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented by Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding Direction

Andrew Lamb, La Maleta (The Suitcase)
Rosneath Theatre

Dahlia Katz, Jillian Jiggs
Solar Stage

Krystel Descary, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Infiniment Éveillé.e.s
Théâtre français de Toronto

Philip Akin, A Million Billion Pieces
Young People’s Theatre

Santee Smith, The Mush Hole
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented by Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

Djennie Laguerre, Rendez-Vous With Home
Djennie Laguerre presented by Rosneath Theatre

Maja Ardal, You and I
Young People’s Theatre

Malindi Ayienga, You and I
Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

Alex Côté, Francesca Bárcenas, Lexi Soha, Stéphie Mazunya, Vincent Leblanc-Beaudouin
Les Zinspiré.e.s : Infiniment Éveillé.e.s
Théâtre français de Toronto

Aldrin Bundoc, Kate Martin, Simon Gagnon, Jonelle Sills
A Million Billion Pieces
Young People’s Theatre

Jonathan Fisher, Raelyn Metcalfe, Santee Smith, Montana Summers, Julianne Blackbird
The Mush Hole
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented by Young People’s Theatre

Megan Starkman, Gabriel Vaillant, Shai Tannyan, Nicole McCafferty
Jillian Jiggs
Solar Stage

Sofia Rodriguez, Oscar Moreno, Jill Harland, Jessica Zepeda
La Maleta (The Suitcase)
Roseneath Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Design

Projection Design: Daniel Oulton, A Million Billion Pieces
Young People’s Theatre

Lighting Design: Duncan Appleton, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Infiniment Éveillé.e.s
Théâtre français de Toronto

Sound Composition by Jesse Zubot and additional composition by Adrian Dion Harjo, The Mush Hole
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented by Young People’s Theatre

Projection Design: Laura Bergeron, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Infiniment Éveillé.e.s
Théâtre français de Toronto

Projection Design: Ryan Webber, Shane Powless, The Mush Hole
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented by Young People’s Theatre