The CAT Awards

2010 Nominees and Recipients

The recipients of the 2010 CAT Awards were announced on Saturday August 21st, 2010 at the Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients. A big thank you to Kirk Heuser (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 Actor in a Play
Sponsored by The Painted Fish Theatre Company

• Ian Bamford as Renfield in Dracula - Liffey Players
• Neil Hardy as E. K. Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind - Workshop Theatre
• Doug Keeling as Dr Seward in Dracula - Liffey Players
• Dustin MacDougall as Father Welsh in Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Steve Nagy as Duane Wilson in Harvey - Morpheus Theatre
• Greg Spielman as Dr. Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play
Sponsored by Center Stage Jewels

• Linda Delaney as Gladys Hurt in Not a Leg to Stand On - Workshop Theatre
• Kristy Lannan as Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
• Leanne MacLachlan as Girleen Kelleher in Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Lisa Murray as Myrtle Mae Simmons in Harvey - Morpheus Theatre
• Jane Randhawa as Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
• Chelsea Restall as Felicity in The Real Inspector Hound - Gas & Light Productions

Outstanding Lighting Design
Sponsored by University Theatre Services

• Kalyna Conrad for Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
• Paul Hilton for Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Ian MacKenzie for Inherit the Wind - Workshop Theatre
• John Nairn for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Byron Redd with John Whidden for Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company

Outstanding Costume Design
Sponsored by Canuck Amusements

• Faith Marie Casement for The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
• Brenda Goyetche for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Frank MacLeod for Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
• Frank MacLeod for The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• Frank MacLeod (with Myrna Weiden, Brenda Goyetche, Kerry Miller, Anna Hansen, Dana Cook) for Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Frank MacLeod for The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical
Sponsored by James Noonan

• Christine Horne as Irene Molloy in Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
• Kayla MacKenzie as Gigi in Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Carlyn Miller as Beggar Lady/Lucy in Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Rosanna Redd as Ellen in Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Lara Zaluski as Holly in The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by AOR

• Jomar Ferreras as Thuy in Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Jeff Follis as George in The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Kyle Graae as Pish-Tush in The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• James Noonan as Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
• Greg Spielman as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Christopher Willott as Anthony in Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Janos Zeller as Barnaby Tucker in Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Scenic Design
Sponsored by Sets and Stuff

• Bill Brown for The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
• Rob Hay & Luke Burton for Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Lyndsay Hinds & Celia McLean for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Painted Fish Theatre
• Mike Hughes & Bill Brown for The Love List - Workshop Theatre
• Bill Torrie for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Sound Design or Composition
Sponsored by Cine Audio Visual

• Steven Eastgaard-Ross for The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Andrea Katz for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Alek Lokar for Dracula - Liffey Players
• Alek Lokar for Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Cameron Lugg for Harvey - Morpheus Theatre
• Byron Redd for Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Byron Redd for Nunsense the Mega Musical - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Musical Direction
Sponsored by Bill Torrie

• Patrice Barnes for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Brian Holiday for The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• Wilma Rothbauer for Nunsense the Mega Musical - Front Row Centre Players
• Danielle Wahl for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Painted Fish Theatre
• Graham Wrightson for The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Choreography
Sponsored by StoryBook Theatre

• Jocelyn Hoover, Haysam Kadri & Eden Hildebrand for Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Karen Iwanski for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Kailey Tiefenbach for The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• P. Gail Whiteford for Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Angela Woodard for Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Newcomer
Sponsored by Rose and Paul Hilton

• Jeff Follis as George in The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Michael Grant as Gad/Egyptian Soldier in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Painted Fish Theatre
• Leanne MacLachlan as Girleen Kelleher in Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Ryan Matchullis as Chorus in The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus or Ensemble
Sponsored by White’s Flowers

• Chorus in Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
• Chorus in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Painted Fish Theatre
• Chorus in The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• Chorus in Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Chorus in The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Original Script or Adaptation
Sponsored by Morpheus Theatre

• Dan Gibbins for Writer's Circle - Scorpio Theatre
• Wayne Harrell for Second Bloom - Fire Exit Theatre

Outstanding Volunteer Awards

• Mary Pisko - Dewdney Players
• Byron Redd - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Wilma Rothbauer - Front Row Centre Players
• Alex Ruelle - Morpheus Theatre
• Danielle Wahl - The Painted Fish Theatre Company

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Sponsored by Theatre Works

• Neil Hardy as Valene Connor in Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Rob Hay as Coleman Connor in Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Mike Johnson as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey - Morpheus Theatre
• Luigino Savoia as Leon in The Love List - Workshop Theatre
• Chris Sonmor as Bill in The Love List - Workshop Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Sponsored by Cappuccino Musical Theatre

• Elizabeth Greenwood as Veta Louise Simmons in Harvey - Morpheus Theatre
• Elizabeth Greenwood as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
• Kayte Parnell as Justine in The Love List - Workshop Theatre
• Elizabeth Payne as Becky Porter in Writer's Circle - Scorpio Theatre
• Alicia Shaw as Lucy in Dracula - Liffey Players
• Diana-Marie Stolz as Alice in The First Church of Texaco - Fire Exit Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Sponsored by Theatre Alberta

• Kim Faires for Lonesome West - Liffey Players
• Dan Gibbins for Writer's Circle - Scorpio Theatre
• Louis B. Hobson & P. Gail Whiteford for Inherit the Wind - Workshop Theatre
• Mike Hughes for The Love List - Workshop Theatre
• Jeremy MacKenzie for The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
• Richard Michelle-Pentelbury for Harvey - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Sponsored by Stuart Bentley, ROYAL LePAGE Benchmark

• Sean Anderson for The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• James Noonan for The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Andrea Sereda for Nunsense the Mega Musical - Front Row Centre Players
• Bill Torrie for Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Colleen Whidden for Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sponsored by CalgaryCulture.com

• Linda Delaney as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
• Jenifer Pope as Ella in Cinderella - Morpheus Theatre
• Tarra Lois Riley as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Selina Wong as Yum-Yum in The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• Selina Wong as Kim in Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by Workshop Theatre

• Jeremy Ballantine as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Painted Fish Theatre
• Philip Frias as Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Kirk Heuser as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
• Mike Johnson as Ko-Ko in The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
• Bryan Smith as Chris in Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
• Roy Styan as Duke Cacatois in The Island of Tulipatan - UCalgary Operetta Company

Sandy Singer Award
Outstanding Contribution to Community Theatre

• Richard Michelle-Pentelbury - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Production of a Play
Sponsored by Front Row Centre Players

• Dracula - Liffey Players
  (Producer: Paul Ledaire, Director: Chris Kane, Stage Manager: Kay Fitzgerald)
• Harvey - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Lynda & Tim Elliott, Director: Richard Michelle-Pentelbury, Stage Manager: Caren Johnson)
• The Importance of Being Earnest - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Trish Befus, Director: Jeremy MacKenzie, Stage Manager: Jason Seelmann)
• Lonesome West - Liffey Players
  (Producer: Rob Hay, Director: Kim Faires)
• The Love List - Workshop Theatre
  (Producer: Alan LeBoeuf, Director: Mike Hughes, Stage Manager: Karen Moffat)

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Sponsored by Cornerstone Theatre & Restaurant

• Hello Dolly! - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Darren Stewart, Director: Adam Burton, Musical Director: Derek Demierre & Wilma Rothbauer, Choreographer: Angela Woodard, Stage Manager: Barb MacBeath)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Painted Fish Theatre
  (Producer: Marian Hamilton & Ivan Baharally, Director: Marian Hamilton, Musical Director: Danielle Wahl, Choreographer: Lysia Smandych, Stage Manager: Cameron Lugg)
• The Mikado - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Trish Befus, Director: Sean Anderson, Musical Director: Brian Holiday, Choreographer: Karen Iwanski, Stage Manager: Barb MacBeath)
• Miss Saigon - UCalgary Operetta Company
  (Producer: Byron Redd, Director & Musical Director: Colleen Whidden, Choreographer: Jocelyn Hoover, Haysam Kadri & Eden Hildebrand, Stage Manager: Sandra Drag)
• Sweeney Todd - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Janos Zeller & Jenifer Pope, Director: Bill Torrie, Musical Director: Patrice Barnes, Choreographer: Karen Iwanski, Stage Manager: Leanne Brekke)
• The Wedding Singer - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
  (Producer: Virginia Clark, Director: James Noonan, Musical Director: Graham Wrightson, Choreographer: Kailey Tiefenbach, Stage Manager: Trish Befus & Alex Beavis)

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