The 2007 Brickenden Awards

Wolf Performance Hall
Monday, January 28, 2008
Hosted by Jeremy John Dunton

* indicates the winner

Outstanding Actress

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

• Eva Blahut – The Domino Heart
• Anne-Marie Caicco – Blood Relations
• Julia Webb – The Lion in Winter
• Lucy Williams – Grandma’s Hope
• Martha Zimmerman – Measure for Measure

Outstanding Set Design

Presented by John Dolan
Award sponsored by Bryan Burwash

• Justin Peter Quesnelle – Blood Relations
• Tim Dawdy – The Foursome
• Bill Meaden – Goodbye, Piccadilly
• John Beverley and Janice Johnston – The Petrified Forest *
• Kevin Bice – Seascape

Outstanding Lighting

Presented by James Reaney
Award sponsored by Tom Trampleasure

• Rob Coles – The Lion in Winter
• Karen Crichton – Our Town
• Rob Coles – The Petrified Forest
• Karen Crichton – Seascape
• Peter Cavell – Walking the Labyrinth

Outstanding Costumes

Presented by John Dolan
Award sponsored Attic Books

• Morgan VanHolst, Stephanie Hodgert, Anthony Veilleux – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Becky Lenko – The Lion in Winter
• Lorna Parkinson – The Man Who Came to Dinner
• Janice Johnston and Morag Webster – Seascape *
• Meg and Matt Ostropolec – Seussical the Musical

Outstanding Sound

Presented by James Reaney
Award sponsored by Susan Merskey

• Stephen Holowitz – The Lion in Winter
• Scott Brubacher – Measure for Measure
• Tony J. Fonseca – The Pizza Joint
• Andrew Petrasiunas – Seascape
• Peter Cavell – Walking the Labyrinth

Outstanding Ballyhoo

Presented by Dwight Coughlan
Award sponsored by CIVA Communications

• Channel Surfing X (Channel Surfing Productions)
• The Pizza Joint (Channel Surfing Productions)
• Seussical the Musical (Althouse)
• Twins & Angels – included Fear of Angels / Dates and Margaritas (Channel Surfing Productions)
• Walking the Labyrinth (Electric Lethe Productions)

Outstanding Youth Production

Presented by David Wasse
Award sponsored by The London Free Press

• Alice Through the Looking Glass (Central Secondary School)
• Cats (South Secondary School) *
• Footloose (St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School)
• The Mikado (Original Kids Theatre Company)
• The Wiz (Original Kids Theatre Company)

Outstanding Touring Production

Presented by Janice Zolf
Award sponsored by A Channel

• Balls! (Ten Foot Pole Productions) *
• Fat Camp (James Judd)
• The Power of Ignorance (Chris Gibbs and TJ Dawe)
• Singing at the Edge of the World (Chanting Raven Productions)
• Toasting the Snow Bride (Romantic Animal Theatre Posse)

Outstanding Musical Production

Presented by John Gerry
Award sponsored by Peter and Anne Busby

• Classy Sass Cabaret Variety Show (Classy Sass)
• The Medium (Diva Lounge Productions)
• Seussical the Musical (Althouse College Theatre) *

Outstanding Comedy Production

Presented by Stephanie Vivier and Ken Eastwood
Award sponsored by Rogers Television

• Channel Surfing X (Channel Surfing Productions)
• Jewish Girls Don’t Kayak (Ms. Iz Productions) *
• The Pizza Joint (Channel Surfing Productions)
• Unitard (Theatre Soup)
• Vacations With You (Fully Insured)

Bravest Production

Presented by Teresa Tarasewicz
Award sponsored by City Lights Books

• Crackwalker (The Verve Theatre) *
• The Medium (Diva Lounge Productions)
• One Flea Spare (The Verve Theatre)
• The Soldier Dreams (Column 13 Actor’s Company)
• Walking the Labyrinth (Electric Lethe Productions)

The Chris Doty Award

Presented by Grant Doty
Award sponsored by Clear Concept Events

• Awarded to Wally Duffield

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Presented by Jeff Culbert
Award sponsored by Jackie Farquhar

• Jessica Edwards (Seussical the Musical)
• Kaila Jarmain (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) *
• Jeannette Klaver (Measure for Measure)
• Lil Malinich (Blood Relations)
• Alexis Szpakowski (Grandma’s Hope)

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Presented by Delilah Cummings
Award sponsored by Acme Movers

• Brandon Stafford (The Lion in Winter)
• Peter Evans (The Pizza Joint)
• Kevin Grater (Chaconne)
• Darren Schmidt (Measure for Measure)
• Alfred Stockwell (The Medium) *

Outstanding Actor

Presented by Sookie Mei
Award sponsored by The Marienbad Restaurant & Chaucer’s Pub

• Travis Bailie (The Domino Heart)
• David Bogaert (The Lion in Winter)
• Josh Cottrell (Measure for Measure)
• Michael Paylor (The Soldier Dreams)
• Bob Ripley (Our Town)

Outstanding Original Script

Presented by John Gerry
Award sponsored by Nonie Jeffery

• Fear of Angels – by Lynda Martens
• Go To Hell – by Jayson McDonald and Steve Seguin
• Grandma’s Hope – by Lucy Williams *
• Naked in the Kitchen – by Lynda Martens
• The Pizza Joint – by Johnny Bobesich

Outstanding Director

Presented by Susan Ferley
Award sponsored by The Londoner

• Travis Bailie (Go To Hell)
• Scott Brubacher (Measure for Measure)
• Don Fleckser (The Lion in Winter)
• John Gerry (Seascape)
• Justin Peter Quesnelle (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

Outstanding Production

Presented by Susan Ferley
Award sponsored by Mainstreet London

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Passionfool Theatre Company)
• The Lion in Winter (London Community Players)
• Measure for Measure (UWO Summer Shakespeare)
• The Medium (Diva Lounge Productions)
• The Soldier Dreams (Column 13 Actors Company)