The CAT Awards

2015 Nominees and Recipients

The recipients of the 2015 CAT Awards were announced on Saturday August 22nd, 2015 at the Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients. A big thank you to Mark Bellamy (Guest Emcee), Connie Canfield (Accompanist), the organizing committee and our sponsors.
Recipients are highlighted. Click on any Category, Production, Company or Artist to filter the results.

Download the press releases for the 2015 CAT Award Nominees and the 2015 CAT Award Recipients.

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

• Winnifred Hume as Mad Margaret in Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Jennifer Merio as Betty in The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• CJ Moore as Little Sally in Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• Andrea O'Brien as Erma in Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by Carolyn Byers - Elarbe Professional Services Inc.

• Alex Bergen as Mr. Smee in Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
• Michael Brown as Officer Lockstock in Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• Bruce Fraser as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Doug Keeling as Duke in The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Fadi Saghir as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Janos Zeller as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Sound Effects in a Musical
Sponsored by Scorpio Theatre

• Steven Eastgaard-Ross for Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Kris Mish for Jesus Christ Superstar - Front Row Centre Players
• Kris Mish for Roald Dahl's Willly Wonka - StoryBook Theatre
• Patrick Murray for Young Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Dick Whittington's Cat - Morpheus Theatre
• Etienne St. Jacques for Red Riding Hood - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Soundscape in a Play
Sponsored by Grinton Group Real Estate

• Bill Torrie for Eclipsed - Liffey Players
• Bill Torrie & Dean Caplan for Sea Marks - Liffey Players
• Kris Mish for The Hobbit - StoryBook Theatre
• Patrick Murray for Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre
• Ed Sands for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Janos Zeller for The Wizard of One - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play
Sponsored by Dewdney Players

• Steven Morton as Alistair Spenlow in Move Over, Mrs. Markham - Morpheus Theatre
• Simon McKenzie as Gollum in The Hobbit - StoryBook Theatre
• Greg Spielman as Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Darcy Wilson as Jack in Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play
Sponsored by Grinton Group Real Estate

• Christine Alarie Rose as Mae in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Gillian Klassen as Dorinda in Beaux' Strategem - Gas and Light Productions
• Toni Lynne as Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Shandra McQueen as Dorothy Gale in Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre
• Leanne Melathopolous as Lillian Troy in I Hate Hamlet - Morpheus Theatre
• Stephanie Morris as Alice Liddell in Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre

Outstanding Chorus in a Musical
Sponsored by White’s Flowers

• Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
Sponsored by Grinton Group Real Estate

• Cooking Can Be Murder - Symons Valley Players
• Cry Havoc 3 - Scorpio Theatre
• Eclipsed - Liffey Players
• The Hobbit - StoryBook Theatre
• Twelve Angry Men - Simply Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design
Sponsored by Grinton Group Real Estate

• Jerod Blake & Ed Sands for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Matt Dewald for Red Riding Hood - StoryBook Theatre
• Lisa Floyd for The Hobbit - StoryBook Theatre
• Bryan Smith for Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre
• JP Thibodeau & Kris Mish for Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• JP Thibodeau for Roald Dahl's Willly Wonka - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Stage Fight
Sponsored by Canuck Amusements

• Jerod Blake for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Ben Blue for I Hate Hamlet - Morpheus Theatre
• John Knight, Anastasia St. Amand, Holleay Rohm & Ian Pond with Aaron Conrad for Cry Havoc 3 - Scorpio Theatre
• John Knight for The Wizard of One - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Choreography
Sponsored by Morpheus Theatre

• Mikee Ames & Danielle Desmarais for Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Amber Bissonnette for Red Riding Hood - StoryBook Theatre
• Danielle Desmarais for Jesus Christ Superstar - Front Row Centre Players
• Lauren Thompson for Roald Dahl's Willly Wonka - StoryBook Theatre
• Amy Tollefson for Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Stagecraft (Includes Properties Design & Set Decor)
Sponsored by Sets and Stuff

• Bill Brown, Dale Hirlehey & Heather Low with Deb Miall & Susan Soprovich for Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Rich Davis for The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Jamie Eastgaard-Ross, Steven Eastgaard-Ross & Rich Davis with Jody Low, Meghan Skeet & Sam Stemmler for Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Nina Garcia for Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
• JP Thibodeau for The Hobbit - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design (Includes Hair, Makeup & Prosthetics)
Sponsored by Grinton Group Real Estate

• Victoria Krawchuck for Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
• Frank MacLeod & Paige Fossheim with Marilyn Buehning & Christie Johnson for Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Magz Ross, Cat Bentley & Kirstie Gallant with Kim Johnson for Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Lianne Smith, Lindsay Kurtze & Cat Bentley for Roald Dahl's Willly Wonka - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Musical Direction
Sponsored by Bill Torrie

• Patrice Barnes for Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
• Brian Holiday for Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Andrea O'Brien for Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• Ian Robertson for Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Original Script or Adaptation
Sponsored by Caroline Russell-King, Dramaturgy on Demand

• Maria Crooks for The Servant - Urban Stories Theatre
• Dan Gibbins for Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre
• Neil James & Amos Altman for The Wizard of One - StoryBook Theatre
• The Writers' Forge (Ben Blue, Aaron Conrad, Dan Gibbins, Keith Kollee, Matt Pickering & John Tebbutt) for Cry Havoc 3 - Scorpio Theatre

Outstanding Volunteer Awards

• Barb Cook - Dewdney Players
• Doug Howard - Dewdney Players
• Andre Goulet - Front Row Centre Players
• Eric Olberg - Front Row Centre Players
• China Marsh - Liffey Players
• Haley Day - Morpheus Theatre
• David Young - Morpheus Theatre
• Daniel Koyata - Scorpio Theatre
• Joey Sayer - Scorpio Theatre
• Laura Bakken - Strathmore Theatre Players
• Trudy Leiding - StoryBook Theatre
• Jody Low - StoryBook Theatre
• Eric Olberg - StoryBook Theatre
• Catherine Weir - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sponsored by Sherry Kennedy/Sheaken Music Inc.

• Tanis Laatsch as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Kayla Christine Mackenzie as Pippi in The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
• Caitlynne Medrek as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• Jennifer Michaud as Rose Maybud in Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre

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

• Ian Fundytus as Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd /Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Keelan McAuley as Peter Pan in Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
• James Noonan as Captain Hook in Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
• Adam Sanders as Bobby Strong in Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• Mike Sornberger as Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl's Willly Wonka - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Sponsored by Urban Stories Theatre

• Jamie Eastgaard-Ross for Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
• Dale Hirlehey for Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
• Lindsay Kurtze for Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
• Bryan Smith for The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Sponsored by Theatre Alberta

• Jerod Blake for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Michelle Brandenburg for I Hate Hamlet - Morpheus Theatre
• Dale Hirlehey for Twelve Angry Men - Simply Theatre
• Chelsea Millard for Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre
• Bill Torrie for Sea Marks - Liffey Players

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Sponsored by Liffey Players Drama Society

• Steve Buoninsegni as Tom in A Poster of the Cosmos - Dewdney Players
• Duane R. K. Jones as John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet - Morpheus Theatre
• Dorin McIntosh as Colm Primrose in Sea Marks - Liffey Players
• Janos Zeller as David Frost in Frost/Nixon - Scorpio Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Sponsored by Grinton Group Real Estate

• Gillian Klassen as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
• Jennifer MacLean as Mrs. Doris Truscott in The Steven Truscott Story - Workshop Theatre
• Chelsea Restall as Joanna Markham in Move Over, Mrs. Markham - Morpheus Theatre
• Tanya Elliott Wolff as Timothea Stiles in Sea Marks - Liffey Players

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Sponsored by StoryBook Theatre Society

• Anything Goes - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Kristine Astop, Director: Jamie Eastgaard-Ross, Musical Director: Brian Holiday, Choreographer: Mikee Ames & Danielle Desmarais, Stage Manager: Marina Sakellis & Daisy Pond)
• The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
  (Producer: Jen Leclaire, Director: Bryan Smith, Musical Director: Ian Robertson, Choreographer: Eden Hildebrand, Stage Manager: Cameron Lugg)
• Peter Pan the Musical - StoryBook Theatre
  (Producer: Jolene Anderson, Director: JP Thibodeau, Musical Director: Patrice Barnes, Choreographer: Lauren Thompson, Stage Manager: Jody Low)
• Ruddigore - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Tim Elliott, Director: Dale Hirlehey, Musical Director: Ian Robertson, Choreographer: Amy Tollefson, Stage Manager: Jody Low)
• Urinetown - Front Row Centre Players
  (Producer: Darren Stewart, Director: Lindsay Kurtze, Musical Director: Andrea O'Brien, Choreographer: Jordana Fraser-Stangeland, Stage Manager: Mikee Ames)

Outstanding Production of a Play
Sponsored by Front Row Centre Players

• Blood of the Red Queen - Scorpio Theatre
  (Producer: Daisy Pond, Director: Chelsea Millard, Fight Choreographer: Anastasia St. Amand, Stage Manager: Samantha Bellamy-Smith)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Dewdney Players
  (Producer: Ed Sands, Director: Jerod Blake, Stage Manager: Pat Baceda)
• I Hate Hamlet - Morpheus Theatre
  (Producer: Sean Anderson, Director: Michelle Brandenburg, Assistant Director: Lonni Olson, Fight Choreographer: Ben Blue, Stage Manager: Daisy Pond)
• Sea Marks - Liffey Players
  (Producer: Chris Kane, Director: Bill Torrie, Stage Manager: China Marsh)
• Twelve Angry Men - Simply Theatre
  (Producer: James Noonan & href='award_artist.php?ar=232'>Ginette Simonot, Director: Dale Hirlehey, Stage Manager: Laura Jones)