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2017

Recipients are bolded

Outstanding Ensemble – sponsored by Live Five

Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre/Live Five)
In Care (Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)
Twelfth Nigh (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre, presented by Persephone Theatre)

Outstanding Emerging Artist – sponsored by Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan

Yvonne Addai
S.E. Grummett
Anna Mazurik
Phil Munson
Devin Wesnoski

 

Outstanding Leading Performance (two recipients) – sponsored by Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

Joshua Beaudry – Dogbarked (Dancing Sky Theatre)
Christy Bruce – Blind Date (Persephone Theatre presenting a Spontaneous Theatre creation)
Kristi Friday – The Pink Unicorn (Fire in the Hole Productions/Live Five)
Kate Herriot – Apple (The Orchard Creative/Live Five)
Aaron Hursh – Dogbarked (Dancing Sky Theatre)
Marie-Claire Marcotte – Ma Irma (La Troupe du Jour)
Carson Nattrass – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)
Krystle Pederson – In Care (Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre)
Jan Alexandra Smith – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)
Rob van Meenen – Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Johnna Wright – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)

Outstanding Supporting Performance (two recipients) 

Jeff Culbert – Dear Johnny Deere (Persephone Theatre)
Kate Herriot – Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Kate Herriot – Twelfth Night (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Eric Morin – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)
Elizabeth Nepjuk – The River (Channel Theatre)
Anna Seibel – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)
Robbie Towns – Our Man in Havana (Persephone Theatre and Vertigo Theatre)
Robbie Towns – Shear Madness (Persephone Theatre)
Caitlin Vancoughnett – Twelfth Night (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)

 

Outstanding Costume Design

Theresa Germain – Our Man in Havana (Persephone Theatre and Vertigo Theatre)
Beverley Kobelsky – Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Beverley Kobelsky – Twelfth Night (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Beverley Kobelsky and Jensine Trondson – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)
Narda McCarroll – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)
Evgenia Mikhaylova – The Woodcutter and the Lion (Sum Theatre)

Outstanding Lighting Design – Sponsored by On the Boards

Terry Gunvordahl – Our Man in Havana (Persephone Theatre and Vertigo Theatre)
Bruno Matte, Lighting, and David Leclerc, Projections – BOOM (Persephone Theatre presenting a Kidoons and WYRD Production)
Guido Tondino – A Christmas Carol (Persephone Theatre)
Victoria Zimski – Neighborhood 3:  Requisition of Doom (Persephone Theatre)

 

Outstanding Set Design – sponsored by IATSE

Will Brooks – Southern Dandy 75 (Otto Helmut Productions/Live Five)
Derek Butt – Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Persephone Theatre)
Jonathan Christenson – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)
Angus Ferguson – Dogbarked (Dancing Sky Theatre)
Terry Gunvordahl – Our Man in Havana, Persephone Theatre and Vertigo Theatre
Karyn McCallum – A Christmas Carol (Persephone Theatre)
Carla Orosz – Dear Johnny Deere (Persephone Theatre)
Carla Orosz – Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre/Live Five)
Stephen Wade – Shear Madness (Persephone Theatre)

 

Outstanding Sound Design or Composition

Jason Cullimore, Composition – Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre/Live Five)
S.E. Grummett, Sound Design – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)
Darren Miller, Sound Design – Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Persephone Theatre)

Outstanding Musical Direction

David Archibald – Dear Johnny Deere (Persephone Theatre)
Deborah Buck – The Woodcutter and the Lion (Sum Theatre)
Robert Grier – Twelfth Night (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Matthew Skopyk, Music Producer & Band Director – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)

Outstanding Original Script – Sponsored by Saskatchewan Playwrights’ Centre

Natasha Martina and Sue Mythen – Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre/Live Five)
The Sum Theatre Ensemble – The Woodcutter and The Lion (Sum Theatre)
Andrew Taylor – Southern Dandy 75 (Otto Helmut Productions/Live Five)
Kenneth T. Williams – In Care (Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre)

 

Outstanding Direction – sponsored by La Troupe du Jour

Skye Brandon – Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)

Will Brooks – Twelfth Night (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Jonathan Christenson – Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)
Aaron Hursh – The Pink Unicorn (Fire in the Hole Productions/Live Five)
Natasha Martina – Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre/Live Five)
Yvette Nolan – In Care (Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre)
Jeff Page – Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)

 

Outstanding Production – sponsored by the Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals

Apple (Orchard Creative/Live Five)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Naught/Live Five)
Dear Johnny Deere (Persephone Theatre)
Displaced (Ground Cover Theatre/Live Five)
The Pink Unicorn (Fire in the Hole Productions/Live Five)
Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)
Vigilante (Persephone Theatre presenting Catalyst Theatre)

 

The Henry Woolf Award for Continuing Achievement

In 2017, the Henry Woolf Award was presented to Beverley Kobelsky.

 

The SATAward for Innovation – sponsored by Sum Theatre

In 2017, the SATAward for Innovation was presented to On the Boards for their Open Storefront Project, partnering with local businesses to make rehearsal space accessible to independent theatre producers in Saskatoon.

 

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