The CAT Awards

2009 Nominees and Recipients

The recipients of the 2009 CAT Awards were announced on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at the Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients. A big thank you to Wilma Rothbauer, Lee Gaudry, James Jordan, the organizing committee, and our sponsors.
Recipients are highlighted

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

Harper Duffy as Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Shannon Franks as Molly Greaney in Lafferty's Wake - Dewdney Players
Liza Hunter as Linda in Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
Katie Layton as Yente & Fruma Sara in Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Val Reilly as The Lady Jane in Patience - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by Avison Young Commercial Real Estate

Keiffer Davies as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Keiffer Davies as Kenickie in Grease - Front Row Centre Players
Brian Holiday as Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable in Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Matt Molyneux as Charlie Lafferty in Lafferty's Wake - Dewdney Players
Jake Murray as Ryan in High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
James Noonan as Narrator in Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design or Composition
Sponsored by Cine Audio Visual

Jessica & Stuart Bentley - Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre
Mike Maclean - Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
J. Harper McGowan - Thirteen Stones - Live & Kicking Productions
Luke Moar - Funny Money - Morpheus Theatre
Luke Moar - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
Byron Redd - High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
Adam Schlinker - The Curious Savage - Playhouse North

Outstanding Scenic Design
Sponsored by Sets and Stuff

Leonard Ayotte - Blithe Spirit - Vision Theatre Players
Bill Brown & Deb Miall – Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Dale Fea & Doug Howard - Lafferty's Wake - Dewdney Players
George Smith & Bill Brown - Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Bill Torrie - Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
Andrea van der Neut & Bill Brown – Grease - Front Row Centre Players
Julia Wasilewski - Steel Magnolias - Attic Players

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play
Sponsored by The Painted Fish Theatre Company

Stuart Bentley as Tommy Quick in Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
Aaron Conrad as Derek Baumgarden & Charlie in Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
Brad Simon as Hamlet in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
Greg Spielman as The Player in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre

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

Jewelle Colwell as Stepmother in Cinderella - StoryBook Theatre
Ruth Lindsay as Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias - Dewdney Players
Lucy Mills as Edith the maid in Blithe Spirit - Vision Theatre Players
Kelsey Morrison as Melody Ballantyne in Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
Jennifer Reynolds as Elvira Condomine in Blithe Spirit - Vision Theatre Players
Cyra Stolz as Margaret in To Forgive, Divine - Fire Exit Theatre
Diana-Marie Stolz as Milly in To Forgive, Divine - Fire Exit Theatre
Jessica Tontini as Sandy in Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
Ila Faye Turley as Betsy Ballantyne & Yolanda in Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design
Sponsored by Canuck Amusements

Cynthia Anderson & Shea Christie with Kerry Miller, Frank MacLeod,
Christine Horne & Brenda Goyetche – Grease - Front Row Centre Players
Jackie Gelfand - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
Annette Kavalinas - Lafferty's Wake - Dewdney Players
Frank MacLeod - Patience - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design
Sponsored by University Theatre Services

Ajay Badoni - Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
Jeff Damberger - Seasons in the West - Scorpio Theatre
Paul Hilton - Godspell - Front Row Centre Players
Paul Hilton – Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Paul Hilton - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
John Nairn - Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre

Outstanding Performance by a Chorus or Ensemble
Sponsored by AOR

Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Godspell - Front Row Centre Players
Grease - Front Row Centre Players
High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Newcomer
Sponsored by Rose & Paul Hilton

Liza Hunter as Linda in Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
Dean Mackedenski as Choreographer of Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Lucy Mills as Edith the maid in Blithe Spirit - Vision Theatre Players
Mitch Munro as Officer of Dragoon Guards in Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Cyra Stolz as Margaret in To Forgive, Divine - Fire Exit Theatre
Jane Usher as Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit - Vision Theatre Players

Outstanding Choreography or Stage Fight
Sponsored by Urban Baker

Rebecca Foster - High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
Jodi Harrison – Grease - Front Row Centre Players
Karen Iwanski – Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Dean Mackedenski - Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Musical Direction
Sponsored by Bill Torrie

Patrice Barnes - High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
Donna McCloskey - Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Wilma Rothbauer - Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
Mary Anne Wilson - Patience - Morpheus Theatre

Outstanding Original Script or Adaptation
Sponsored by Morpheus Theatre

Ben Blue - Seasons in the West - Scorpio Theatre
Dan Gibbins - Lost Time - Scorpio Theatre
Louis B. Hobson - Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre
J. Harper McGowan - Thirteen Stones - Live & Kicking Productions

Volunteer Awards
Ivan Baharally - The Painted Fish Theatre Company

Dennis Daly – Morpheus Theatre

Debbie Sands - Dewdney Players

Janos Zeller - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sponsored by Calgary Arts Development

Donna Barnfield as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
Colleen Bishop as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Annika Odegard as Sharpay in High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
Naomi Williams as Patience in Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Krista Willott as Sandy in Grease - Front Row Centre Players

Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Sponsored by Brian Holiday

Mike Johnson as Reginald Bunthorne in Patience - Morpheus Theatre
James Noonan as Archibald Grosvenor in Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Bryan Smith as Mickey Johnstone in Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
George Smith as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players

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

Richard Michelle-Pentelbury - Patience - Morpheus Theatre
Joey Sayer - Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
George Smith - Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
Bill Torrie - High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre

Outstanding Direction of a Play
Sponsored by Theatre Alberta

Michelle Brandenburg - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
Jamie Eastgaard-Ross - Lost Time - Scorpio Theatre
Louie B. Hobson - Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre
Bill Torrie - Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre

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

Carl Bishop as Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
Perry Burton as Norman in The Dresser - Workshop Theatre
Neil Hardy as Timothy Evans in Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre
Duane Jones as Guildenstern in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
Alan LeBoeuf as John Christie in Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre

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

Lindsay Mullan as Gabrielle Silverman in Lost Time - Scorpio Theatre
Jane Usher as Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit - Vision Theatre Players
Alison Wandzura as Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie in Steel Magnolias - Attic Players
Tara Zimmerman as Truvy Jones in Steel Magnolias - Dewdney Players

Sandy Singer Award
Outstanding Contribution to Community Theatre

Amanda Chapman – Calgary-ACTS

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Sponsored by Cornerstone Theatre & Restaurant

Blood Brothers - Cappuccino Musical Theatre
(Producer: Bryan Smith; Director: Joey Sayer; Musical Director: Wilma Rothbauer; Stage Manager: Trish Befus & Barb MacBeath)
Fiddler on the Roof - Front Row Centre Players
(Producer: Janos Zeller; Director: George Smith; Musical Director: Donna McCloskey; Choreographer: Dean Mackedenski; Stage Manager: Jeri Guenter)
High School Musical 2 - StoryBook Theatre
(Producer: StoryBook Theatre; Director: Bill Torrie; Musical Director: Patrice Barnes; Choreographer: Rebecca Foster; Stage Manager: Emily Parkhouse)
Patience - Morpheus Theatre
(Producer: Lynda & Tim Elliott; Director: Richard Michelle-Pentelbury; Musical Director: Mary Anne Wilson; Choreographer: Karen Iwanski; Stage Manager: Pat Baceda)

Outstanding Production of a Play
Sponsored by Front Row Centre Players

Bedtime Stories - Workshop Theatre
(Producer: Alan LeBoeuf; Director: Bill Torrie; Stage Manager: Karen Moffat)
Lost Time - Scorpio Theatre
(Producer: Steven Eastgaard-Ross; Director: Jamie Eastgaard-Ross with Trish Befus; Stage Manager: Dan Gibbins)
Murder at Rillington Place - Workshop Theatre
(Producer: Stuart Bentley; Director: Louis B. Hobson; Stage Manager: Karen Moffat)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Morpheus Theatre
(Producer: Erin Beaubier; Director: Michelle Brandenburg; Stage Manager: Barb MacBeath)
Steel Magnolias - Dewdney Players
(Producer: Edward Sands; Director: Dale Fea; Stage Manager: Barb Cook)

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