NOMINATIONS FOR THE 8TH PRIX RIDEAU AWARDS

Founded in 2006 to celebrate, encourage and promote French and English locally

produced professional theatre work and its artists, the Prix Rideau Awards is proud to

announce the nominees for the period of January 1st 2014 to June 30, 2015.

During the above-mentioned period, two teams of local arts professionals juried 66

English productions and 16 French language productions. Nominations were submitted

by secret ballot and tallied by independent accountants.

The Prix Rideau Awards will be handed out on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at la

Maison du Citoyen in Gatineau. Tickets are on sale now atwww.prixrideauawards.ca. ** The nominees for English-language productions are: ** ** Outstanding Production ** Re :Union by Sean Devin (Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)

Happiness by Tony Adams and Cory Thibert (May Can Theatre)

Wolf Child by Emily Pearlman and Nick Di Gaetano (Mi Casa Theatre)

The Elephant Girls by Margo MacDonald (Parry Riposte Productions)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask (Vanity

Project) ** Outstanding New Work ** Corpus by Darrah Teitel

Young Lady in White by Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf

Wolf Child by Emily Pearlman and Nick Di Gaetano

The Elephant Girls by Margo MacDonald

The Tashme Project by Julie Tamko and Matt Miwa ** Outstanding Director ** Madeleine Boyes-Manseau (Happiness, May Can Theatre)

Stewart Mathews (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Vanity Project)

Sean Devine (Re:Union, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)

Mary Ellis (The Elephant Girls, Parry Riposte Productions)

Ian Farthing, Two Gentleman of Verona, St. Lawrence Shakespeare ** Outstanding Performance, Male ** Paul Rainville (The Burden of Self Awareness, GCTC)

Andrew Wheeler (Re:Union, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)

Brad Long (Re:Union, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)

Cory Thibert (Happiness, May Can Theatre)

Tim Oberholzer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Vanity Project) ** Outstanding Performance, Female ** Alexa Devine (Re:Union, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)

Chandel Gambles (Venus in Fur, Plosive Productions)

Carolyn Hetherington (Woman Who Shout at the Stars)

Catriona Leger (Young Lady in White, Evolution Theatre)

Margo MacDonald (The Elephant Girls, Parry Riposte Productions) ** Oustanding Design ** Martin Conboy (Set and Lighting, Burden of Self Awareness, GCTC)

John Doucet (Set Design, Pomme and Restes: Shipwrecked!, Company of Fools)

Seth Gerry, Happiness (Lighting, May Can Theatre)

Vanessa Imeson (Costumes, Two Gentlemen of Verona, St. Lawrence Shakespeare)

John Webber (Set and Lighting Design, Re:Union, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades) ** Emerging Artist ** Alanna Bale, Actor

Alessia Lupiano, Actor

Alexis Scott, Choreographer

Andrea Steinward, Actor

Alex Zabloski, Dramaturg ** Behind the Rideau ** In deliberation. ** The nominees for French-language productions are: ** ** Production de l’année ** À toi pour toujours ta Marie-Lou de Michel Tremblay, Théâtre de l’île

Cinéma de Mishka Lavigne, Théâtre la Catapulte

Ciseaux de Lisa L’Heureux, Théâtre Rouge Écarlate

Fucking Carl de Louis-Philippe Roy et Caroline Yergeau, Théâtre 4.669

Quand la mer d’Esther Beauchemin, Théâtre de la Ville 17, Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario

(Sudbury) et Sortie de secours (Québec) ** Nouvelle création de l’année ** Cinéma de Mishka Lavigne

Ciseaux de Lisa L’Heureux

La Fille d’argile de Michel Ouellette

Fucking Carl de Louis-Philippe Roy et Caroline Yergeau,

Pour l’hiver de Lisa L’Heureux ** Mise en scène de l’année ** Kira Ehlers (À toi pour toujours ta Marie-Lou)

Lisa L’Heureux (Ciseaux)

Kevin Orr (Fucking Carl)

Philippe Soldevila (Quand la mer)

Caroline Yergeau (Cinéma) ** Interprétation féminine de l’année ** Marie-Ève Fontaine (Ciseaux)

Élise Gauthier (À la recherche des escargots)

Andrée Rainville (Cinéma)

Frédérique Thérrien (À toi pour toujours ta Marie-Lou)

Caroline Yergeau (Fucking Carl) ** Interprétation masculine de l’année ** Richard Bénard (À toi pour toujours ta Marie-Lou)

Roch Castonguay (Petites bûches)

Roch Castonguay (Quand la mer)

Nicolas Desfossés (Cinéma)

Louis-Philippe Roy (Fucking Carl) ** Conception de l’année ** Benoît Brunet-Poirier (Vidéo) Cinéma

Mathieu Charette (Éclairages) À toi pour toujours ta Marie-Lou

Christian Fontaine (Décors) Quand la mer

Élise Gauthier (Écriture scénique) L’Araignée

Marianne Thériault (Costumes) Quand la mer ** Prix ‘Artiste en émergence’ ** Jasmine Delage

Marie-Ève Fontaine

Venessa Lachance

Mishka Lavigne

Louis-Philippe Roy ** For general information : ** Les Prix Rideau Awards

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