The CAT Awards

2007 Nominees and Recipients

The recipients of the 2007 CAT Awards were announced on Saturday August 18th, 2007 at the Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients. A big thank you to Sharon Pollock this year's Guest emcee, the organizing committee and our sponsors.
Recipients are highlighted. Click on any Category, Production, Company or Artist to filter the results.

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical
Sponsored by StoryBook Theatre

• Nikki Barran as Hunyak and Velma Kelly Understudy in Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Janelle Cooper as Matron Mama Morton in Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Tanis Laatsch as Ado Annie / Gertie Cummings in Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players
• Caitlynne Medrek as Ado Annie / Gertie Cummings in Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by Cappuccino Musical Theatre

• Carl Bishop as Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
• Brian Holiday as Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Lindsay Robinson as Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
• Gary Silberg as Amos Hart in Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Bryan Smith as Will Parker in Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Costume Design
Sponsored by Sharon Wiebe -- Fifth Avenue Collection

• Dana Cook for The Pied Piper - StoryBook Theatre
• Frank MacLeod for Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Frank MacLeod for Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
• Phaedra Vandenbrun & Darcie Howe for The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Deb Wratschko for Annie - Theatre Works Alberta

Outstanding Lighting Design
Sponsored by University Theatre Services

• Paul Hilton & John Nairn for Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Paul Hilton for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang - StoryBook Theatre
• Paul Hilton for The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Paul Hilton for The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Scenic Design
Sponsored by Sets and Stuff

• Bill Brown & Deb Miall for The Mail Order Bride - Morpheus Theatre
• Bill Brown & Deb Miall for The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Scott Mushens for The Pied Piper - StoryBook Theatre
• George Smith for Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play
Sponsored by Canuck Amusements

• Josh Bertwistle as Benjamin Cohen in The Underpants - Workshop Theatre
• Mike Johnson as Charles Teeter in The Mail Order Bride - Morpheus Theatre
• Brad Simon as Billy Bennett in The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Greg Spielman as Cardinal Richilieu in The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play
Sponsored by Brian and Lynda Walsh

• Michelle Brandenburg as Zig Zag in The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Nicola Elson as Pix in The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Yvonne Friedrich as Gertrude Deuter in The Underpants - Workshop Theatre
• Elizabeth Payne as Constance in The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Alwyn Price as Tina Lovejoy in The Course - Liffey Players
• Gayl Veinotte as Bernadette McAliskey/Geraldine McBride in Bloody Sunday - Liffey Players
• Kathryn Waters as Spice in The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions

Outstanding Musical Direction
Sponsored by Urban Baker

• Patrice Barnes for Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre
• Scott Henderson for Annie - Theatre Works Alberta
• Jevon Hills for Moby Dick! the Musical - Broad Minds Productions
• Brian Holiday for Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Chris Willott for The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Mary Anne Wilson for Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Choreography or Stage Fight

• Aaron Conrad for The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Karen Iwanski for Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players
• Malina Jensen for The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Bonnie Osoff-Bulz & Stefanie Lyall for Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre
• Angela Woodard with Jodi Harrison for Chicago - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Stage Fight

• Aaron Conrad for The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus or Ensemble
Sponsored by Workshop Theatre

• Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
• Moby Dick! the Musical - Broad Minds Productions
• Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players
• Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre
• The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design or Composition
Sponsored by Cine Audio Visual

• Ben Blue for The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Andrea Katz for Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Luke Moar for The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Luke Moar for Tuesdays with Morrie - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Original Script or Adaptation
Sponsored by Digital Jungle

• Erin Beaubier for The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Ben Blue for The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Dan Gibbins for Quarter Century - Scorpio Theatre
• Val Leiske for Past Tense - Fire Exit Theatre

Outstanding Newcomer
Sponsored by Rose and Paul Hilton

• Scott Evans as D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Michael McLean as Colonel Fairfax in The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Elizabeth Payne as Constance in The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Roger Tuckett as The Toy Maker in The Magic Toy Shop - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Volunteer Awards

• Pat Baceda - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Bob Cooper - Workshop Theatre
• Margaret Harper - Morpheus Theatre
• Paul Power - Liffey Players
• Jennifer Underhill - Front Row Centre Players
• Kathryn Waters - Broad Minds Productions

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sponsored by White’s Flowers

• Judy Dunsmuir as Nancy in Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre
• Jenifer Pope as Roxie Hart in Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Asia Walker as Phoebe Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Angela Woodard as Velma Kelly in Chicago - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by Kathy Patterson – Centre Stage Jewels

• Bill Baksa as Fagin in Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre
• Justin Crowe as Curly McLain in Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players
• Dave Gagnier as Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
• Carman Portelli as Billy Flynn in Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Levon Yon as Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Sponsored by Bill Torrie

• Michael Brown for Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
• Faith Marie Casement for Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players
• Karmen J. McNamara for The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
• Joey Sayer for Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
• George Smith for Oliver! - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Sponsored by Theatre Alberta

• Sean Anderson for Tuesdays with Morrie - Morpheus Theatre
• Erin Beaubier for The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Aaron Conrad for The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Allan Hardin for The Underpants - Workshop Theatre
• Tarra Lois Riley for Shirley Valentine - Broad Minds Productions

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Sponsored by Avison Young Commercial Real Estate

• Dave Breakenridge as Clifford Anderson in Deathtrap - Workshop Theatre
• Duane Jones as Detective John Reid in The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
• Richard Michelle-Pentelbury as Morrie Schwartz in Tuesdays with Morrie - Morpheus Theatre
• Jay Newman as Mitch Albom in Tuesdays with Morrie - Morpheus Theatre
• Greg Spielman as Harold English in The Mail Order Bride - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Sponsored by Morpheus Theatre

• Donna Barnfield as Shirley Valentine in Shirley Valentine - Broad Minds Productions
• Marissa Chastain as Dorothy in Waco T, 1953 - Fire Exit Theatre
• Barbara Kozicki as Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
• Leanne Padmos as Belle Nightly in The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions

Sandy Singer Award
Outstanding Contribution to Community Theatre

• Pat Baceda
• Bill Brown
• Amanda Chapman
• Tim Elliott - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Sponsored by Oh Canada Eh? Dinner Show

• Chicago - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Les Sorenson, Director: Michael Brown, Musical Director: Angela Woodard)
• Little Shop of Horrors - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Darren Stewart, Director: Joey Sayer, Musical Director: Mary Anne Wilson, Choreographer: Karen Iwanski)
• Moby Dick! the Musical - Broad Minds Productions
  (Producer: Matthew Norrish, Director: Tarra Lois Riley, Musical Director: Jevon Hills, Choreographer: Tarra Lois Riley)
• Oklahoma! - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Erin Madill & Darren Stewart, Director: Faith Marie Casement, Musical Director: Derek Demierre, Choreographer: Karen Iwanski)
• The Yeomen of the Guard - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Tim Elliott, Director: Karmen J. McNamara, Musical Director: Malina Jensen)

Outstanding Production of a Play
Sponsored by Front Row Centre Players

• Shirley Valentine - Broad Minds Productions
  (Producer & Director: Tarra Lois Riley)
• The Sour Water Strippers - Foxglove Theatre Productions
  (Exec Producer: Leanne Padmos, Producer: Michelle Brandenburg, Director: Erin Beaubier, Choreographer: Erin Beaubier & Leanne Padmos)
• The Three Musketeers - Scorpio Theatre
  (Producer: Gina Damberger, Director: Aaron Conrad, Fight Choreographer: Aaron Conrad)
• Tuesdays with Morrie - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Lynda Elliott, Director: Sean Anderson)