2012 Dora Awards
Winners and nominees from the Dora Awards.
2012 Dora Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM production presented by Canadian Stage | Dark Matters | |
| Outstanding Choreography | Tim Supple | One Thousand and One Nights |
| Outstanding Choreography | Tim French | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Choreography | Nicola Pantin | Seussical |
| Outstanding Choreography | Monica Dottor | The Penelopiad |
| Outstanding Choreography | Toby Sedgewick | War Horse |
| Outstanding Choreography - Dance | Jean-Sébastien Lourdais | Etrange |
| Outstanding Choreography - Dance | Guillaume Côté | Fractals |
| Outstanding Choreography - Dance | Ofilio "Sinbadinho" Portillo and Apolonia Velasquez | Klorofyl |
| Outstanding Choreography - Dance | Lina Cruz/Fila 13 Productions | Soupe du Jour |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Terese Wadden | A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Michael Levine | Rigoletto |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Judith Bowden | Seussical |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Denyse Karn | The Penelopiad |
| Outstanding Costume Design | Rae Smith | War Horse |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Lindsay Anne Black | Peter and the Wolf |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Sean Frey and Sonja Rainey | A Fool's Life |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Astrid Janson | The Life and Times of Mackenzie King |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Catherine Hahn | The Story |
| Outstanding Costume Design - Independent Theatre | Camellia Koo | The Ugly One |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Dan Watson | A Fool's Life |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Ed Roy | His Greatness |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Michael Hollingsworth | The Life and Times of Mackenzie King |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Jennifer Brewin | The Story |
| Outstanding Direction - Independent Theatre | Ashlie Corcoran | The Ugly One |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Robert McQueen | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Alan Dilworth | Crash |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Ross Manson | The Golden Dragon |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Kelly Thornton | The Penelopiad |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical | Philip Akin | Topdog Underdog |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kimberly Purtell | Crash |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kimberly Purtell | Beckett: Feck It! |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Alan Brodie | Ghosts |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Kimberly Purtell | SVADBA - Wedding |
| Outstanding Lighting Design | Bonnie Beecher | The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | David DeGrow | Hallaj |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Kimberly Purtell | His Greatness |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Andre du Toit | The Double |
| Outstanding Lighting Design - Independent Theatre | Andy Moro | The Life and Times of Mackenzie King |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Sir Andrew Davis | A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Pablo Heras-Casado | Iphigenia in Tauris |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Reza Jacobs | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Johannes Debus | Rigoletto |
| Outstanding Musical Direction | Dáirine Ní Mheadhra & John Hess | SVADBA - Wedding |
| Outstanding New Musical/Opera | Nicole Brooks, Nicole Brooks [edit] | Obeah Opera |
| Outstanding New Musical/Opera | Brian Goldenberg & Anthony Bastianon, Brian Goldenberg & Anthony Bastianon | Off-Broadway On Stage |
| Outstanding New Musical/Opera | Ana Sokolovic, Ana Sokolovic | SVADBA - Wedding |
| Outstanding New Play | Evan Webber | Ajax & Little Iliad |
| Outstanding New Play | Pamela Mala Sinha | Crash |
| Outstanding New Play | Ins Choi | Kim's Convenience |
| Outstanding New Play | Tim Supple & Hanan al-Shaykh | One Thousand and One Nights |
| Outstanding New Play | Erin Fleck | Those Who Can't Do |
| Outstanding New Play or Musical - Independent Theatre | Hume Baugh | Crush |
| Outstanding New Play or Musical - Independent Theatre | Eric Woolfe | Doc Wuthergloom's Haunted Medicine Show |
| Outstanding New Play or Musical - Independent Theatre | Heather Marie Annis, Amy Lee & Byron Laviolette | Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself |
| Outstanding New Play or Musical - Independent Theatre | Adam Paolozza & Arif Mirabdolbaghi | The Double |
| Outstanding New Play or Musical - Independent Theatre | Jules Lewis | Tomasso's Party |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | Juan Ogalla | Aguas / Waters - Celebrating 30 Years |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | Jung-Ah Chung | Excerpts from a Wet Summer |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | Linnea Swan | Four Mad Humours |
| Outstanding Performance - Dance | The Ensemble | Klorofyl |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Alan Held | A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Susan Graham | Iphigenia in Tauris |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Quinn Kelsey | Rigoletto |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | Jane Archibald | Semele |
| Outstanding Performance - Opera | The Ensemble | SVADBA - Wedding |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | Xin Wang | Sanctuary Song |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | Meegwun Fairbrother | The Great Mountain |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | Richard Lee, Natasha Greenblatt | The Neverending Story |
| Outstanding Performance - Theatre for Young Audiences | Burgandy Code | Tough Case |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female | Arlene Duncan | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female | Neema Bickersteth, Sabryn Rock, Deborah Hay | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female | Jane Johanson | Seussical |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Melee Hutton | Brothers Karamazov |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Lesley Faulkner | Dying City |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Amy Nostbakken | The Big Smoke |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Shannon Taylor | The Jones Boy |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Astrid Van Wieren | This Wide Night |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Christine Horne | Andromache |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Pamela Mala Sinha | Crash |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Maev Beaty | The Happy Woman |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Nicole Underhay | The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play | Michaela Washburn | White Biting Dog |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male | Jeff Madden | I Love You Because |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male | Sterling Jarvis | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male | Michael Levinson | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male | George Masswohl, Damien Atkins | Seussical |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Cyrus Faird | The Jones Boy |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Clinton Walker | Ditch |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Eric Woolfe | Doc Wuthergloom's Haunted Medicine Show |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Richard Donat | His Greatness |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Independent Theatre | Daniel MacIvor | His Greatness |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Michael Healey | Clybourne Park |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Paul Sun-Hyung Lee | Kim's Convenience |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Jim Mezon | RED |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Nigel Shawn Williams | Topdog Underdog |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play | Kevin Hanchard | Topdog Underdog |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble | The Ensemble | The Golden Dragon |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble | Jeff Lillico | The Glass Menagerie |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble | Ryan Kelly | The Normal Heart |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble | The Ensemble | The Penelopiad |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble | Fiona Reid | White Biting Dog |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | A Fool's Life |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | Stockholm |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | The Life and Times of Mackenzie King |
| Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble - Independent Theatre | The Ensemble | The Story |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | Luminato Presents A Sadler's Wells Production | Confluence |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | DanceWorks presents Bboyizm | IZM |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | Compagnie Marie Chouinard production presented by Canadian Stage | Orpheus & Eurydice |
| Outstanding Production - Dance | Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre | TransMigration |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre | A Fool's Life |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | U.N.I.T. Productions | Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | VideoCabaret | The Life and Times of Mackenzie King |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Theatre Columbus | The Story |
| Outstanding Production - Independent Theatre | Theatre Smash | The Ugly One |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company | A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Opera Atelier | Armide |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company , Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Iphigenia in Tauris |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Canadian Opera Company and English National Opera | Rigoletto |
| Outstanding Production - Opera | Queen of Puddings Music Theatre | SVADBA - Wedding |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Young People's Theatre presents Théâtre Motus and Sô Company (Mali) | Baobab |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Harbourfront Centre's World Stage presents Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows | Everything Under the Moon |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Theatre Direct Canada | Sanctuary Song |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Young People's Theatre presents Bouge de là | The Studio |
| Outstanding Production - Theatre for Young Audiences | Roseneath Theatre | Tough Case |
| Outstanding Production of a Musical | Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company | Caroline, or Change |
| Outstanding Production of a Musical | Angelwalk Theatre | I Love You Because |
| Outstanding Production of a Musical | Young People's Theatre | Seussical |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Theatre Passe Muraille | Crash |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Tarragon Theatre | The Golden Dragon |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Nightwood Theatre | The Penelopiad |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Obsidian Theatre Company | Topdog Underdog |
| Outstanding Production of a Play | Bob Boyett, Tim Levy | WAR HORSE |
| Outstanding Set Design | Ken MacDonald | Ghosts |
| Outstanding Set Design | Wilson Chin | A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi |
| Outstanding Set Design | Michael Levine | Rigoletto |
| Outstanding Set Design | Teresa Przybylski | The Golden Dragon |
| Outstanding Set Design | Denyse Karn | The Penelopiad |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Sean Frey and Sonja Rainey | A Fool's Life |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Andrea Mittler | Brothers Karamazov |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Kimberly Purtell | His Greatness |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Catherine Hahn | The Story |
| Outstanding Set Design - Independent Theatre | Camellia Koo | The Ugly One |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition | John Wynne | Andromache |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition | Debashis Sinha | Crash |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition | John Gzowski | Name in Vain (Decalogue Two) |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition | Thomas Ryder Payne | The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition | Christopher Shutt, Adrian Sutton, John Tams | War Horse |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Nicolás Hernández, Oscar Lago | Aguas / Waters - Celebrating 30 Years |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Eugene Draw, Dr Draw | Klorofyl |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Dance | Philippe Noireaut | Soupe du Jour |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Dance | A Tribe Called Red | TransMigration |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Gaishi Ishizaka | A Fool's Life |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Thomas Ryder Payne | Hallaj |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | Patric Caird | Peter and the Wolf |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | John Millard | The Story |
| Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Independent Theatre | John Gzowski | The Ugly One |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Factory Theatre presents The Chop Theatre | How to Disappear Completely |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Théâtre français de Toronto presents a Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui | La Liste (The List) |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Dancap Inc. | NEXT TO NORMAL |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Theatre Passe Muraille and Acting Up Stage Company | Ride the Cyclone |
| Outstanding Touring Production | Young Jean Lee's Theater Company | THE SHIPMENT |
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