The 2003 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Recipients

Date: 16 June 2003
Venue
: The Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street, Vancouver.


 

 

 

 


It was a rousing party at the Commodore Ballroom on Monday evening for the 2003 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Hosted by Bill Millerd the awards ceremony was interspersed with slick, satirical theatre send-ups, which delighted the enthusiastic audience.

Award winners were all greeted with loud applause and cheers as they received their prizes. Joy Coghill accepted the Gordon Armstrong Artist Rent Award on behalf of Performing Arts Lodge, Vancouver. The Playhouse garnered several well earned individual awards for its successful fortieth season, while Dean Paul Gibson, Mara Gottler and Alessandro Juliani were winners for the Bard on the Beach company Outstanding Production in the Theatre for Young Audiences was given to NeWorld and Leaky Heaven Circus for King Llyr.

These are just a few of the over forty generous ‘Jessie’ theatre awards for this year. Taking into account the number of nominees for all these awards, it must be acknowledged that live theatre, like Jacques Brel is alive and well, and living in Vancouver.

Many thanks to Ticketmaster and The Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Society for this spectacular event.

LARGE THEATRE
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jay Brazeau Fiddler on the Roof, Vancouver Playhouse.
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Gabrielle Rose The Memory of Water, Arts Club Theatre Company.
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Bob Frazer Zadie's Shoes, Arts Club Theatre Company.
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Terra C. MacLeod West Side Story, Arts Club Theatre Company.
Outstanding Lighting Design - Alan Brodie Mary's Wedding, Vancouver Playhouse.
Outstanding Set Design - Brian Perchaluk Mary's Wedding, Vancouver Playhouse.

 

 

 

 

LARGE THEATRE - Continued
Pearl Bellesen Award for Outstanding Costume Design
Mara Gottler Henry V, Bard on the Beach
Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition
Tobin Stokes Mary's Wedding, Vancouver Playhouse.
Larry Lillo Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play or Musical - Dean Paul Gibson Twelfth Night, Bard on the Beach.
Significant Artistic Achievements - Alessandro Juliani, Musical Composition & Performance Twelfth Night, Bard on the Beach & Lisa Stevens, Choreography Fiddler on the Roof, Vancouver Playhouse.
Outstanding Production Fiddler on the Roof, Vancouver Playhouse.

SMALL THEATRE
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Derek Metz Snowman, Section 8 Theatre
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Lois Anderson Killjoy, Solo Collective.
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Alex Ferguson The Cat Who Ate Her Husband, Ruby Slippers Theatre.
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Colleen Wheeler The Birth of Freedom, The Virtual Stage.
Outstanding Lighting Design - Adrian Muir The Fall, Electric Company.
Outstanding Set Design - Catherine Mudryk Mon Joyau, Theatre la Seizieme.
Outstanding Costume Design - Rebekka Sorenson The Cat Who Ate Her Husband, Ruby Slippers Theatre.
Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition
Patrick Pennefather The Fall, Electric Company.
Outstanding Original Play or Musical - Drew McCreadie The Cat Who Ate Her Husband.
Sydney Risk Award for Outstanding Original Script
Drew McCreadie The Cat Who Ate Her Husband.
Larry Lillo Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play or Musical - Diane Brown The Cat Who Ate Her Husband, Ruby Slippers Theatre.
Significant Artistic Achievements - Amos Hertzman & David Hudgins, Video Design The Fall, Electric Company & Harry Vander Schee, Technical Direction The Fall, Electric Company.
Outstanding Production The Fall, Electric Company.

© 2003, Jane Peniston

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