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Theatre Calgary took residence 5 of the 18 awards at this yr’s Betty Mitchell Awards ceremony held Monday evening on the Jubilee Auditorium, with Vertigo Theatre gathering 4. The Bettys, as they’re recognized, have a good time excellence in skilled theatre in Calgary.
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Theatre Calgary’s world premiere manufacturing of Forgiveness, Hiro Kanagawa’s harrowing account of Japanese internment camps in Canada throughout the Second World Conflict, gained three Bettys together with excellent manufacturing of a play. Forgiveness additionally gained Kanagawa an award for his script primarily based on Mark Sakamoto’s non-fiction novel Forgiveness: A Present From My Grandparents. Forgiveness, a co-production with Vancouver’s Arts Membership Theatre, may have a revival on the Nationwide Arts Centre. TC’s creative director Stafford Arima obtained a Betty for his staging of Forgiveness.
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Emily Howard gained the Betty for excellent efficiency in a comedy in TC’s lavish manufacturing of Oscar Wilde’s comedic farce The Significance of Being Earnest which additionally noticed Valerie Planche take residence the Betty for excellent supporting efficiency in a comedy.
Lunchbox Theatre’s vacation musical, House for the Holidays, written by Calgarians Alixandra Cowman and Cayley Wreggitt, gained the Betty for excellent manufacturing of a musical, and Cowman took residence the Betty for excellent composition for her rating.
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Bruce Horak was named excellent actor in a drama for his efficiency within the Shakespeare Firm’s manufacturing of Richard III with Stafford Perry lauded for his supporting dramatic efficiency in Making Treaty 7’s The Ministry of Grace, written and directed by Tara Beagan.
Elena Belyea gained the Betty for excellent lead efficiency in a musical for her tour de pressure solo flip in Verb Theatre’s We’re Gonna Die, with Elinor Holt nabbing the Betty for excellent supporting efficiency in a musical in Stage West’s 9 to five The Musical.
The touring manufacturing of Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre’s Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Dying of Edgar Allan Poe, offered by Vertigo Theatre, gained Bettys for excellent musical course for Ruth Alexander, and excellent choreography for Laura Krewski. Nevermore additionally gained the Betty for excellent efficiency by an ensemble.
Ghost River Theatre gained technical awards for its manufacturing of Eric Rose’s new semi-autobiographical play STRUCK for Wladimiro A. Woyno R.’s projection and video designs and Kerem Cetinel’s lighting designs.
Heather Moore’s costumes for Calgary Opera’s Macbeth gained her a Betty, and Scott Reid gained the Betty for excellent set design for his ingenious revolving home in Vertigo’s thriller Distress.