Winners Announced for the 2012 Calgary Critics’ Awards
Critters honour 14 winners in inaugural awards ceremony
Calgary Theatre Critics, Stephen Hunt and Bob Clark of the Calgary Herald, Louis B. Hobson of the Calgary Sun and Jessica Goldman of CBC’s The Eyeopener and applause-meter.com are pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Calgary Critics’ Awards.
The winners and nominees were chosen from any production performed in Calgary between August, 2011 and June, 2012, with the exception of Broadway Across Canada or Dancap performances. Over 100 theatre professionals and enthusiasts attended the evening award ceremony on August 1st at the Auburn Saloon where winners were announced and presented with framed certificates.
The 2012 Critter winners are:
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Production of a Play
Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story by Kirstie McLellan-Day
Produced by Alberta Theatre Projects
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Production of a Musical
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Produced by Vertigo Theatre
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best New Play
Drama: Pilot Episode by Karen Hines
Produced by Alberta Theatre Projects
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Revival
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
Produced by Theatre Calgary
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Director Play
Ron Jenkins for Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story
Produced by Alberta Theatre Projects
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Director Musical
Mark Bellamy for Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Produced by Vertigo Theatre
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Actor in a Play
Ryan Luhning for Race
Produced by Ground Zero/Hit and Myth Productions
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Actress in a Play
Meg Roe in Mary’s Wedding
Produced by Alberta Theatre Projects
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Kevin Aichele in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Produced by Vertigo Theatre
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Madeleine Suddaby in Avenue Q
Produced by Storybook Theatre
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Featured Actor in a Play or Musical
Kevin Rothery for Fool for Love
Produced by Sage Theatre/Shadow Theatre
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Featured Actress in a Play or Musical
Mabelle Carvajal in Drama: Pilot Episode
Produced by Alberta Theatre Projects
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Solo Performance
Shaun Smyth in Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury Story
Produced by Alberta Theatre Projects
2012 Calgary Critics Award for Best Design
Terry Gunvordahl for Rope
Produced by Vertigo Theatre
The Calgary Critics would like to congratulate all the winners and thank their event sponsors: Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Davis Jensen Law, Bottom Line Productions, Auburn Saloon, The Collectors’ Gallery of Art and Petrocraft Storage Inc. for their support and enthusiasm.
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Applause! Meter 
Fantastic evening! Congratulations to all the winners and a great job by Dave and all the “Critters”! Well done!
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A fun event and a full house at the Auburn last night for the inaugural awards ceremony.
I was updating my own blog yesterday, getting ready to promote my new show at the Edmonton Fringe, when I discovered on the web that my play from last year, Take a Bite, had been nominated for a Critter! I didn’t even know! Thank you so much. I know you didn’t care for the ending of the play when it appeared at the Calgary Fringe; we did tweak it before getting to Edmonton. Thanks again – finding this out was exactly the boost I needed.