North Vancouver Community Players' production of God of Carnage won top honours at Presentation House Theatre on May 10 and will now go forward to represent the North Shore Zone at Theatre BC’s MAINSTAGE provincial drama festival held this year in Kamloops, July 4-12. The play, written by Yasmina Reza, will be performed at the Sagebrush Theatre on Monday, July 7.
Main Awards presented by adjudicator David Mackay at the Theatre BC North Shore Zone festival of plays were as follows:
Best Production (and Zone Festival Winner):
God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Honourable Mention: The Glass Menagerie (Between Shifts Theatre)
Best Director:
Michael Hewitt, The Glass Menagerie (Between Shifts Theatre)
Honourable Mention: Norman White, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
Best Overall Design:
God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Best Actor - Female:
Kathryn Daniels, The Glass Menagerie (Between Shifts Theatre), and
Jennifer Huva, Athena (Shidokan Productions)
Honourable Mention: Judy Levitt, A Little Grimley Evening (SMP Dramatic Society)
Best Actor - Male:
Darren Boquist, God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Honourable Mentions: Nick Sowsun, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
Todd Weitzel, The Glass Menagerie (Between Shifts Theatre)
Best Supporting Actor - Female:
Claire Temple, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
Honourable Mention: Chris McBeath, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
Best Supporting Actor - Male:
Travis Richardson, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
Honourable Mention: Maclean Falkins, The Glass Menagerie (Between Shifts Theatre)
Best Ensemble:
A Little Grimley Evening (SMP Dramatic Society)
Honourable Mention: God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Best Set Design:
Mitchell Mackay, God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Best Achievement in Costumes:
Janet Dundas, God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Honourable Mention: Maureen Houston and Doug Perri, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
Best Lighting:
John McGie and Michael Methot, God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Best Sound:
Peter Isaac, A Little Grimley Evening (SMP Dramatic Society)
Special Adjudicator’s Certificates of Merit for:
Best Emerging Playwright: Sarah Adam, Give Me A Reason (Seycove Theatre)
Best Emerging Actor: Cam Gilbert, Give Me A Reason (Seycove Theatre)
North Shore Zone Awards
Don Marsh Award (for creating a spirit of harmony amongst groups on the North Shore):
Judi Price
Unsung Hero Award in Memory of Jim Brick: Peter and Valerie Isaac (SMP Dramatic Society)
Florence Goodwin Theatre Award for the Most Promising Newcomer (with a monetary value of $200 to be applied to theatre development): Nick Sowsun, Eat Your Heart Out (Deep Cove Stage Society)
People’s Choice Awards:
Outstanding Production:
God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Outstanding Performance:
Jennifer Huva, Athena's Self-Defence for Girls-To-Be (Shidokan Productions)
Outstanding Achievement in Design:
God of Carnage (North Vancouver Community Players)
Backstage Co-operation Award (presented by Festival Technician Michael Methot): The Glass Menagerie (Between Shifts Theatre)
The winning play, God of Carnage, will represent the North Shore Zone on Monday, July 7 at Theatre BC’s annual MAINSTAGE in Kamloops, July 4-12.
