![]() In a statement posted on its website and social media in April, the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards board said the event, now in its 39th year, would take a hiatus due to a lack of involvement, especially from diverse members of the local stage scene. The Jessie Awards ceremony, which had been held in pre-pandemic times at the Bard on the Beach tent and the Commodore Ballroom, felt like a flashback to shutdown times, held as it was via Zoom-many entire, cheering production casts and crews gathering together to tune in by screen.ĭue to the pandemic, there were no Jessie Awards in 2021-and this 2022 version could be the last one for a while, or possibly forever. The show also received nods including best lighting design (Parjad Sharifi) and best costume design (Carmen Alatorre). ![]() Meanwhile, the Arts Club Theatre Company received the prize for Outstanding Musical for last holiday season’s Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol. Emma Slipp took home Outstanding Performance in a Leading Dramatic or Comedic Role, Mindy Parfitt won for her direction of the play, and Jessica Oostergo got the nod for costume design for the show. ![]() In the small-budget category, The Search Party’s Bunny, by Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch, won top prize for best overall small-theatre production. The show also took home Outstanding Performance in a Leading Dramatic Role, for actor Alexandra Lainfiesta, and Outstanding Direction for Daniela Atiencia and Chelsea Haberlin. The critically acclaimed play, presented at the Cultch, told the story of two women from different sides of a Mexican resort, and was performed in both English and Spanish to fully capture those two points of view. NEWORLD THEATRE’s bilingual Clean/Espejos, written by Vancouver playwright Christine Quintana, won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award tonight for outstanding production in the large-budget category.
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