2011 Dora Awards
Winners and nominees from the Dora Awards.
2011 Dora Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Choreography | Tim French | [title of show] |
| Outstanding Choreography | Jen Shuber | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Choreography | Peter Darling | Billy Elliot - The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Ross Coleman | Proscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Teddy Masuku / Heidi Strauss | Shine Your Eye - The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Robin Fisher | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Shawn Kerwin | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner | Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Charlotte Dean | The Misanthrope |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Joanna Scotcher | The Railway Children |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Melanie McNeill | Madhouse Variations |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Jung-Hye Kim | Montparnasse |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Camellia Koo | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Jessica Botelho | Paradise By The River |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Rosemarie Umetsu | The New Electric Ballroom |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Peter Pasyk | Blood Doghouse |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Trevor Schwellnus | Nohayquiensepa (No one knows) |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Nina Lee Aquino | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Audrey Dwyer | The Apology |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Philip Riccio | Through the Leaves |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play / Musical | Allen MacInnis | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play / Musical | Brendan Healy | Blasted |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play / Musical | Nigel Shawn Williams | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play / Musical | Philip Akin | Ruined |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play / Musical | Gina Wilkinson | Wide Awake Hearts |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Allen MacInnis | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Brendan Healy | Blasted |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Nigel Shawn Williams | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Philip Akin | Ruined |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Gina Wilkinson | Wide Awake Hearts |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken MacKenzie | (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Lorenzo Savoini | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kimberly Purtell | Blasted |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Thomas Hase | Prima Donna |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard G. Jones | The Railway Children |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Kevin Hutson | Hard Times |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Gareth Crew | Madhouse Variations |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Trevor Schwellnus | Nohayquiensepa (No one knows) |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Michelle Ramsay | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Michelle Ramsay | The Atomic Weight of Happiness |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Anthony Bastianon | [title of show] |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Diane Leah | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Steuart Bedford | Death in Venice |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Pablo Heras-Casado | Nixon in China |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Harry Bicket | Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Outstanding New Musical / Opera | The Ensemble | (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song |
| Outstanding New Musical / Opera | Rufus Wainwright | Prima Donna |
| Outstanding New Musical / Opera | Timothy French and Avery Saltzman | To Life |
| Outstanding New Musical/Opera | The Ensemble | (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song |
| Outstanding New Musical/Opera | Rufus Wainwright | Prima Donna |
| Outstanding New Musical/Opera | Timothy French and Avery Saltzman | To Life conceived |
| Outstanding New Play | Anusree Roy | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding New Play | Roland Schimmelpfennig | Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding New Play | Maja Ardal | The Cure for Everything |
| Outstanding New Play | Andrew Kushnir | The Middle Place |
| Outstanding New Play | Brendan Gall | Wide Awake Hearts |
| Outstanding New Play | Anusree Roy | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding New Play | Roland Schimmelpfennig | Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding New Play | Maja Ardal | The Cure for Everything |
| Outstanding New Play | Andrew Kushnir | The Middle Place |
| Outstanding New Play | Brendan Gall | Wide Awake Hearts |
| Outstanding New Play or New Musical - Independent Theatre | Maev Beaty and Erin Shields, with Andrea Donaldson | Montparnasse |
| Outstanding New Play or New Musical - Independent Theatre | Sky Gilbert | The Situationists |
| Outstanding New Play or New Musical - Independent Theatre | Jovanni Sy | A Taste of Empire |
| Outstanding New Play or New Musical - Independent Theatre | Eric Woolfe | Madhouse Variations |
| Outstanding New Play or New Musical - Independent Theatre | Darrah Teitel | The Apology |
| Outstanding Original Choreography - Dance | Roberto Campanella & Robert Glumbek | …in between… |
| Outstanding Original Choreography - Dance | Andrea Nann & Brendan Wyatt | Beside Each Other |
| Outstanding Original Choreography - Dance | Wayne McGregor | Chroma |
| Outstanding Original Choreography - Dance | Tedd Robinson | Sticks |
| Outstanding Original Choreography - Dance | Sharon B. Moore | The Great Farini Project |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition | Mike Ross | (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition | Mike Ross | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition | Richard Feren | Blasted |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition | Debashis Sinha | The Post Office |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition | Craig Vear / Christopher Madin | The Railway Children |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Gord Downie | Beside Each Other |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Joby Talbot | Chroma |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Nicolás Hernández, José Valle | Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Reza Moghaddas | Homeland |
| Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Charles Quevillon | Sticks |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | The Ensemble | …in between… |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | The Ensemble | Chroma |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | Juan Ogalla | Espejo de Oro / Mirror of Gold |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | Peter Chin | Sriwijaya |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | Brian Solomon | The Great Farini Project |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Alan Oke | Death in Venice |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Sondra Radvanovsky | Aida |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Jane Archibald | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Lawrence Zazzo | Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | The Ensemble | DISS - An interactive presentation about the risks of gang involvement |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | Olaf Sham | Edward The "Crazy Man" |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | John Cleland | Edward The "Crazy Man" |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | Colin Doyle | Offensive Fouls |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | The Ensemble | The Grace Project: SICK |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role | Michelle Monteith | Blasted |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role | Pamela Sinha, Anusree Roy, Pamela Sinha | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role | Jane Spidell | Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role | Yanna McIntosh | Ruined |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Peggy Baker | Are You Okay |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Sandy Duarte | Blood |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Rosemary Dunsmore | The New Electric Ballroom |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Maria Vacratsis | Through the Leaves |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Kyra Harper | Vincent River |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Shelley Simester | [title of show] |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Louise Pitre | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Kate Hennig | Billy Elliot - The Musical |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Ma-Anne Dionisio | Miss Saigon |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Gabi Epstein | To Life |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Michelle Monteith | Blasted |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Anusree Roy, Pamela Sinha | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Jane Spidell | Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God - The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Yanna McIntosh | Ruined |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role | David Ferry | Blasted |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role | Ash Knight | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role | Joseph Ziegler | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role | Diego Matamoros | Oleanna |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role | Sterling Jarvis | Ruined |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Cyrus Faird | Mojo |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Eric Woolfe | Madhouse Variations |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Gavin Crawford | The Situationists |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Nicholas Campbell | Through the Leaves |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Matthew MacFadzean | Tom's A-Cold |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Justin Bott | [title of show] |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Allen MacInnis | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Daren A. Herbert | Parade |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Will Swenson | Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical Theatre | Tony Sheldon | Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | David Ferry | Blasted |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Ash Knight | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Joseph Ziegler | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Diego Matamoros | Oleanna |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Sterling Jarvis | Ruined |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble | Ari Cohen | Death of a Salesman |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble | Jane Spidell | Doc |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble | Oliver Dennis | Jitters |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble | The Ensemble | Our Class |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | The Apology |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | Montparnasse |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | Nohayquiensepa (No one knows) |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble - Independent Theatre | Christopher Stanton | The New Electric Ballroom |
| Outstanding Production | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre | Blasted |
| Outstanding Production | Factory Theatre | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Production | Obsidian Theatre Company, Nightwood Theatre | Ruined |
| Outstanding Production | Volcano Theatre, presented by Luminato | The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding Production | Matthew Gale and Jenny King for The Touring Consortium (RC) International and Robert Richardson for Marquis Entertainment | The Railway Children |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | ProArteDanza | …in between… |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | The National Ballet of Canada | Chroma |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Alain Platel/Les Ballets C. de la B. | Out of Context - for Pina |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | Luminato presents Chunky Move | Two Faced Bastard |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Dave St-Pierre | Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde! (A little tenderness for crying out loud!) |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | The Company Theatre | Through the Leaves |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Cahoots Theatre Company | A Taste of Empire |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Doghouse Riley Productions | Blood |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Eldritch Theatre | Madhouse Variations |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Cahoots Theatre Company in association with The Young Centre for the Performing Arts | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Production - Musical Theatre | Angelwalk Theatre | [title of show] |
| Outstanding Production - Musical Theatre | Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical | |
| Outstanding Production - Musical Theatre | Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Production - Musical Theatre | David Mirvish | Billy Elliot - The Musical |
| Outstanding Production - Musical Theatre | Acting Up Stage & Studio 180 Theatre | Parade |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company presents The Aldeburgh Festival, Opéra national de Lyon, Bregenz Opera and Prague State Opera | Death in Venice |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company presents Houston Grand Opera Association, Welsh National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu and Grand Théâtre de Genève | La Cenerentola |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company presents Opera Theatre of Colorado, Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera and Portland Opera | Nixon in China |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company presents Lyric Opera of Chicago | Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Luminato | Prima Donna |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Mixed Company Theatre, a division of Maple Leaf Theatre for Social Responsibility | DISS - An interactive presentation about the risks of gang involvement |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Theatre Direct | Head à Tête |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Hustle N' Bustle Theatre in association with Roseneath Theatre | Offensive Fouls |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People presents Concrete Theatre | Routes |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | The Sick Collective / Jack Grinhaus and Sarah Miller-Garvin / Next Stage Festival | The Grace Project: SICK |
| Outstanding Production of a Musical | Angelwalk Theatre | [title of show] |
| Outstanding Production of a Musical | Lorraine Kimsa | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Production of a Musical | Acting Up Stage & Studio 180 Theatre | Parade |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre | Blasted |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Factory Theatre | Brothel #9 |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Obsidian Theatre Company in association with Nightwood Theatre | Ruined |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Volcano Theatre | The Africa Trilogy |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Matthew Gale and Jenny King | The Railway Children |
| Outstanding Set Design | Glen Charles Landry | À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou |
| Outstanding Set Design | Robin Fisher | A Year With Frog and Toad |
| Outstanding Set Design | Julie Fox | Blasted |
| Outstanding Set Design | Scott Reid | The Clockmaker |
| Outstanding Set Design | Joanna Scotcher | The Railway Children |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Jackie Chau | Brown Balls |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Camellia Koo | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Lindsay Anne Black | The Atomic Weight of Happiness |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Andy Moro | The Situationists |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | John Thompson | Through the Leaves |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Anna Friz | 300 TAPES |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Mike Filippov | Madhouse Variations |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Thomas Ryder-Payne | Nohayquiensepa (No one knows) |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Richard Lee | paper SERIES |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Christopher Stanton | The New Electric Ballroom |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Factory Theatre presents Juno Productions | Jake's Gift |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Factory Theatre presents Juno Productions | Jake's Gift |
| Outstanding Touring Production | The Theatre Centre | L'Orchestre D'Hommes - Orchestres Performs Tom Waits |
| Outstanding Touring Production | The Theatre Centre | L’Orchestre D’Hommes-Orchestres Performs Tom Waits |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Dancap Productions Inc. | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Dancap Productions Inc. | South Pacific |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Canadian Stage, Electric Company Theatre, Canadian Stage presents the Electric Company Theatre | Studies in Motion - The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Canadian Stage presents Ex Machina, Canadian Stage presents Ex Machina | The Andersen Project |
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