The 2004 Brickenden Awards

“You don’t get this far unless a lot of people out there like your work.”
– MC Bernard Hopkins

“Don, I wish I could be there in person. I am certainly there in spirit.”
– Victor Garber in a letter to Curtain Raiser winner Don Fleckser

Wolf Performance Hall
Monday, January 31, 2005
Bernard Hopkins, master of ceremonies

* – indicates the winner

Best Actress

Presented by Dorinda Greenway
Award sponsored by The Marienbad Restaurant & Chaucer’s Pub

• Anne-Marie Caicco (The Miracle Worker) *
• Martha Zimmerman (Sarah’s Daughters)
• Julia Webb (Pal Joey)
• Caitlin Murphy (The “O” Show)
• Caitlin Murphy (Fruits Unheard Of)

Best Set Design

Presented by Andrea Halwa and Wyn Geleynse of The London Arts Council
Award sponsored by Joe Samuels

• Niki Kemeny (Fruits Unheard Of)
• Peter Busby and Dan Costello (Here on the Flightpath)
• Kevin Bice (K2) *
• Kathryn Immonen (Jigsaw)
• Janice Cook, John Downie and John Pacheco (The Adventures of Ron Starr: LA DJ)

Best Costumes

Presented by Andrea Halwa and Wyn Geleynse of The London Arts Council
Award sponsored by Doty Docs

• Bonnie Deakin (Jazzabel)
• Mona Brennan-Coles (The Mikado)
• Judy Bryant (Juno and the Paycock)
• Morag Webster-Lesarge (Miss Wisconsin) *
• Niki Kemeny (Fruits Unheard Of)

Best Sound

Presented by Andrea Halwa and Wyn Geleynse of The London Arts Council
Award sponsored by The Old Guard

• Jay Hollander & Kaila Jarmain (Fruits Unheard Of)
• Danny Tomasi, Matt Loop & John Pacheco (The Adventures of Ron Starr: LA DJ) *
• Cheryl Ockrant, Rachel Holden-Jones & Alyssa Wright (Sarah’s Daughters)
• Adam Dafoe & Sue Mei (The Miracle Worker)
• Sue Mei & Jayson McDonald (Jigsaw)

Best Lighting

Presented by Andrea Halwa and Wyn Geleynse of The London Arts Council
Award sponsored by Luke Mattar Photography

• Karen Crichton (K2) *
• Janice Cook, John Downie, John Pacheco (The Adventures of Ron Starr: LA DJ)
• Rob Coles (The Ice Cream Man Has Died)
• Reese Rodgers (Fruits Unheard Of)
• Andrew Mawdsley (Jigsaw)

Best Ballyhoo

Presented by Caroline Bonham & Dwight Coughlan
Award sponsored by CIVA Communications

• The “O” Show (Small Pond Productions)
• Eat Your Alphabet (three black ring)
• It’s Funny to Us! (Sector 7G) *
• Blow Hard (Rubberfunk Theatre)
• The Adventures of Ron Starr: LA DJ (Channel Surfing)

Best Youth Production

Presented by David Wasse
Award sponsored by The London Free Press

• Rumpelstiltskin (Minico)
• Scrooge (Original Kids)
• Anne Frank and Me (Original Kids)
• Jekyll and Hyde (Original Kids)
• Socks (Central Secondary School) *

Best Grand Theatre Production

Presented by Kate Young
Award sponsored by The New PL

• Real Live Girl
• Cherry Docs
• Fiddler on the Roof *
• Tuesdays with Morrie
• The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon

Best Touring Production

Presented by Janice Zolf
Award sponsored by Siskinds Law Firm

• My Brother Sang Like Roy Orbison (Randytales) *
• The Complications of an Average Existence (Circe Productions)
• Steel (Chesterfield Productions)
• Teaching Shakespeare: A Parody (Keir Cutler)
• McLure’s Monologue (Gideon Forman)

Best Musical Production

Presented by Dan Flaherty
Award sponsored by Peter and Anne Busby

• The Mikado (London Musical Theatre) *
• Getting Married (Inke Poding Theatrics)
• Jazzabel (femme fatale)
• Pal Joey (London Musical Theatre)
• Cabaret (UWO Department of Music)

Best Comedy Production

Presented by Ken Eastwood and Shauna Rae
Award sponsored by Rogers Television

• The Continuing Adventures of The Boneyard Man: Cramlet, Prince of Manhattan (Natural Broadcasting Company)
• The “O” Show (Small Pond Productions) *
• The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr: Abridged (Simply Theatre)
• It’s Funny to Us! (Sector 7G)
• Eat Your Alphabet (three black ring)

Bravest Production

Presented by Teresa Tarasewicz
Award sponsored by City Lights Books

• Miss Wisconsin (Theatre Nemesis) *
• The “O” Show (Small Pond Productions)
• Sarah’s Daughters (Jeff Nisker)

Curtain Raiser

Presented by The Brickenden Awards Committee
Award sponsored by KPMG LLP

• Awarded to Don Fleckser

Best Supporting Actress

Presented by Niall Cooke
Award sponsored by Jackie Farquhar

• Rebecca Voll (Eat Your Alphabet)
• Shannon Wyant (Jigsaw)
• Meaghan Chenosky (The Miracle Worker)
• Lil Malinich (The Miracle Worker)
• Laura Morland (Roscoe’s Ghost) *

Best Supporting Actor

Presented by Linda Ham
sponsored by Clear Concept Events

• Jordan Morris (Fruits Unheard Of) *
• Jonathan De Souza (Juno and The Paycock)
• Jake Levesque (Juno and The Paycock)
• Mike Van Holst (Roscoe’s Ghost)
• Mark Dittmer (Tremor)

Best Actor

Presented by Rachel Holden-Jones
Award Sponsored by The Marienbad Restaurant & Chaucer’s Pub

• Jason Rip (Miss Wisconsin)
• Justin Peter Quesnelle (Imitations)
• Ray Bowen (K2)
• Deighton Thomas (K2)
• Marcus Lundgren (Art) *

Best Original Script

Presented by Herman Goodden
Award sponsored by Attic Books

• Caitlin Murphy (Fruits Unheard Of) *
• Matt Loop (The Adventures of Ron Starr: LA DJ)
• Jayson McDonald (Jigsaw)
• Caitlin Murphy (The “O” Show)
• Jason Rip (Roscoe’s Ghost)

Best Director

Presented by Susan Ferley
Award sponsored by The Londoner

• Caitlin Murphy & Kaila Jarmain (Fruits Unheard Of) *
• John Gerry (K2)
• Jeff Culbert (Juno and the Paycock)
• Justin Peter Quesnelle (The Miracle Worker)
• Don Fleckser (Art)

Best Production

Presented by Susan Ferley
Award sponsored by Mainstreet London

• Fruits Unheard Of (Small Pond Productions) *
• K2 (Fountainhead Theatreworks)
• Juno and the Paycock (UWO Department of English)
• The Miracle Worker (Theatre Soup)
• Art (The Arts Project)