Recipients of the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards Announced

Wildfire leads General Theatre Division with 3 Doras including Outstanding Production,
Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Direction

Italian Mime Suicide scores high in the Independent Theatre Division with 5 Doras including
Outstanding Production, Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Costume
Design and Outstanding Lighting

Sweeney Todd heads the Musical Theatre Division with 5 Dora Awards including Outstanding
Production, Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role and Leading Role, plus Outstanding
Direction and Outstanding Original Choreography

R.U.R A Torrent of Light picks up the most awards of the night with 6 Doras in the Opera
Division for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble, Outstanding
New Opera, Outstanding Musical Direction, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding
Achievement in Design

In My Body taps 4 Doras in Dance Division with Outstanding Production, Outstanding Original
Choreography, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble and Outstanding Achievement in
Design

MOBY: A Whale of a Tale picks up 4 Doras in the Theatre For Young Audiences Division for
Outstanding Production, Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding
Performance by an Ensemble

Sky Dancers collects the Outstanding Touring Production Dora for the Touring Division

Pat Bradley named as 2022 Silver Ticket Award laureate

Alice in Wonderland wins the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award

TORONTO, (September 19, 2022) – The 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were handed
out in front of an enthusiastic audience tonight at The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre
in the Elgin Theatre. Hosted by award-winning actor and director, Sabryn Rock, the gala
ceremony celebrated excellence in Toronto theatre, dance and opera. The ceremony, which
unfolded with characteristic razzle-dazzle, caps one of the most tumultuous periods in the
history of Toronto performing arts. A total of 46 Dora Awards plus the Silver Ticket Award and
the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award, were given out.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards, produced and presented by the Toronto Alliance for the
Performing Arts (TAPA), had 235 total nominations and 100 eligible productions registered from
the extended time period of May 15, 2021, to August 15, 2022. The Pat and Tony Adams
Freedom Fund for the Arts provided $35,000 in cash prizes, with $1,000 for each
individually-named Dora Award recipient across all Dora Divisions (excluding Outstanding
Production and Outstanding Ensemble recipients).

And the Recipients of the 2022 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Are:
Below are the recipients of each category. An underline on multiple producer lists indicates the
TAPA member(s) company.

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION RECIPIENTS

The recipients of Outstanding Production in each of the divisions are as follows:

General Theatre: Wildfire, Factory Theatre

Independent Theatre: Italian Mime Suicide, Bad New Days
Musical Theatre: Sweeney Todd, Talk is Free Theatre
Opera: R.U.R. A Torrent of Light, Tapestry Opera
Dance: In My Body, Co-presented by dance
Immersion, Canadian Stage and TO Live
Theatre for Young Audiences: MOBY: A Whale of a Tale, Art & Water
Touring Production: Sky Dancers, A'nó:wara Dance Theatre
presented by Harbourfront Centre

GENERAL THEATRE DIVISION

Nominated for 5 Doras, Wildfire produced by Factory Theatre comes out on top of the Division
with 3 Awards. Is God Is, an Obsidian Theatre Company, Necessary Angel Theatre Company,
and Canadian Stage Co-Production, follows with 2 Doras from 10 nominations.

Outstanding Production: Wildfire, Factory Theatre

Outstanding New Play: Leanne Brodie and David Paquet,
Wildfire, Factory Theatre
Outstanding Direction: Soheil Parsa, Wildfire, Factory Theatre
Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role: Sheldon Elter, Where the Blood Mixes,
Soulpepper Theatre and Native Earth
Performing Arts
Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role: Alexis Gordon, ROOM, Mirvish
Productions
Outstanding Scenic/Projection Design: Joanna Yu, Scenic Design, among men,
Factory Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design: Ming Wong, Is God Is, Obsidian Theatre
Company, Necessary Angel Theatre
Company, and Canadian Stage
Co-Production
Outstanding Lighting Design: Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child, David Mirvish, Sonia Friedman
Productions, Colin Callender, Harry Potter
Theatrical Production
Outstanding Sound Design/Composition: Thomas Ryder Payne, Is God Is, Obsidian
Theatre Company, Necessary Angel
Theatre Company, and Canadian Stage
Co-Production

INDEPENDENT THEATRE DIVISION

Italian Mime Suicide, Bad New Days, leads the Independent Theatre Division with 5 Dora
Awards from 8 nominations. A Tonic for Desperate Times, Theatre Gargantua, receives 3
Doras from 7 nominations.

Outstanding Production: Italian Mime Suicide, Bad New Days

Outstanding New Play: The Company, Italian Mime Suicide, Bad
New Days
Outstanding Direction: Adam Paolozza and Kari Pederson,
Italian Mime Suicide, Bad New Days
Outstanding Performance by an Individual: Layne Coleman, True, Project Undertow
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble: Heather Marie Annis, Sierra Hayes,
Alexandra Lainfiesta, Michael Gordon
Spence, and Nabil Traboulsi, A Tonic for
Desperate Times, Theatre Gargantua
Outstanding Scenic/Projection Design: Michael Gordon Spence, Scenic Design,
Laird Macdonald, Projection Design, A
Tonic for Desperate Times, Theatre
Gargantua
Outstanding Costume Design: Allie Marshall and Evgenia Mikhaylova,
Italian Mime Suicide, Bad New Days
Outstanding Lighting Design: André du Toit, Italian Mime Suicide, Bad
New Days
Outstanding Sound Design/Composition: Thomas Ryder Payne with Original
Compositions from the Ensemble, Italian
Mime Suicide, Bad New Days
MUSICAL THEATRE DIVISION
Sweeney Todd, Talk is Free Theatre, leads the Musical Theatre Division with 5 Doras from 13
nominations. & Juliet, David Mirvish presents the Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele
Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd Production, earns 2 Doras in the Division.

Outstanding Production: Sweeney Todd, Talk is Free Theatre

Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role: Cyrus Lane, Sweeney Todd, Talk is Free
Theatre
Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role: Glynis Ranney, Sweeney Todd, Talk is
Free Theatre
Outstanding New Musical: Fatuma Adar, Dixon Road, The Musical
Stage Company and Obsidian Theatre
Company, in association with Canadian
Stage
Outstanding Musical Direction: Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet, David Mirvish
presents the Max Martin, Tim Headington,
Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson,
Martin Dodd Production
Outstanding Direction: Mitchell Cushman, Sweeney Todd, Talk is
Free Theatre
Outstanding Achievement in Design: Soutra Gilmour, Scenic Design, & Juliet,
David Mirvish presents the Max Martin, Tim
Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny
Petersson, Martin Dodd Production
Outstanding Original Choreography: Cameron Carver, Sweeney Todd, Talk is
Free Theatre

OPERA DIVISION
R.U.R. A Torrent of Light, Tapestry Opera production in partnership with OCAD University,
received 6 Doras leading this year’s award count. La Traviata, Canadian Opera Company
Co-production with Houston Grand Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, picks up 1 Dora Award
to close out the division.

Outstanding Production: R.U.R. A Torrent of Light, Tapestry Opera

production in partnership with OCAD
University
Outstanding Performance by an Individual: Amina Edris, La Traviata, Canadian Opera
Company Co-production with Houston
Grand Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble: Maeve Palmer, Annie Ramos, Jennifer
Routhier, Sofi Gudiño, Katherine
Semchuk, Emily Spearing and Brayden
Cairns, R.U.R. A Torrent of Light, Tapestry
Opera production in partnership with OCAD
University
Outstanding New Opera: Nicole Lizée (composer) and Nicolas
Billon (librettist), R.U.R. A Torrent of Light,
Tapestry Opera production in partnership
with OCAD University

Outstanding Musical Direction: Gregory Oh, R.U.R. A Torrent of Light,

Tapestry Opera production in partnership
with OCAD University
Outstanding Direction: Michael Hidetoshi Mori, R.U.R. A Torrent
of Light, Tapestry Opera production in
partnership with OCAD University
Outstanding Achievement in Design: Debashis Sinha (sound
design/composition) R.U.R. A Torrent
of Light, Tapestry Opera production in
partnership with OCAD University

DANCE DIVISION
With 7 nominations, In My Body, Co-presented by dance Immersion, Canadian Stage and TO
Live, takes home 4 Dora Awards to lead the Division. Legacy Tap Dance Concert, dance
Immersion and Canadian Stage and Sadhana/Tarana, Pratibha Arts, score 1 Dora each.

Outstanding Production: In My Body, Co-presented by dance

Immersion, Canadian Stage and TO Live
Outstanding Original Choreography: Crazy Smooth, In My Body, Co-presented
by dance Immersion, Canadian Stage and
TO Live
Outstanding Performance by an Individual: Travis Knights, Legacy Tap Dance
Concert, dance Immersion and Canadian
Stage
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble: Julie Rock, Anyo, Jayson Collantes, DKC
Freeze, Vibz, Tash, Crazy Smooth, Nubian
Néné and Tiffany Leung, In My Body,
Co-presented by dance Immersion,
Canadian Stage and TO Live
Outstanding Original Sound Composition: Bageshree Vaze and Vineet Vyas,
Sadhana/Tarana, Pratibha Arts
Outstanding Achievement in Design: Thomas Payette (multimedia/video), In My
Body, Co-presented by dance Immersion,
Canadian Stage and TO Live

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION

MOBY: A Whale of a Tale, Art & Water received 4 Dora Awards out of 5 nominations. Alice In
Wonderland, Guild Festival Theatre, with 7 nominations takes home 1 Dora. Spoiiiiiiiiing,
Harbourfront's Junior Festival presents Kitt Johnson X-act also receives 1 Award.
Outstanding Production: MOBY: A Whale of a Tale, Art & Water
Outstanding New Play: Annie Tuma and Lena Maripuu, MOBY: A
Whale of a Tale, Art & Water
Outstanding Direction: Alex Montagnese, MOBY: A
Whale of a Tale, Art & Water
Outstanding Performance by an Individual: Kiana Woo, Alice In Wonderland, Guild
Festival Theatre
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble: Amaka Umeh, Annie Tuma, Jamar
Adams-Thompson, Lena Maripuu, Alex
Millaire, and Kaitlin Milroy, MOBY: A
Whale of a Tale, Art & Water
Outstanding Achievement in Design: Mogens Kjempff (lighting design),
Spoiiiiiiiiing, Harbourfront's Junior Festival
presents Kitt Johnson X-act

TOURING DIVISION
In a Dora Awards first, the recipient was acclaimed due to a single candidate out of 6 eligible
productions making it to the nominee round of voting. Sky Dancers, A'nó:wara Dance Theatre
presented by Harbourfront Centre, takes home the Outstanding Touring Production Award.

See the accompanying complete list of recipients. The full list is also available online at tapa.ca.

SILVER TICKET AWARD PRESENTED:

The TAPA Silver Ticket Award is bestowed upon an individual who has excelled in their career
while also nurturing the development of Canadian theatre. It entitles the recipient to a lifetime of
theatre tickets to any TAPA member company production. It was presented to the established
arts administrator, educator, advocate and mentor, Pat Bradley. Bradley has been an icon of arts
leadership, playing an instrumental role in instigating spaces for art, advocacy and change for
over 35 years.

JON KAPLAN AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD PRESENTED:

The TAPA Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production, in honour of the
beloved, long-time theatre critic Jon Kaplan and supported by Destination Toronto, was given
out at the ceremony and selected by the general public. Presented with a commemorative
plaque, the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award winner is Alice in Wonderland, Guild Festival
Theatre.

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42nd ANNUAL DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS :

The 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards show ceremony in-person at The Elgin and Winter
Garden Theatre Centre. The celebration was from 7:30 PM EST in the Elgin Theatre. Award
recipients were live-tweeted via the Dora Awards Twitter account.

Twitter – @DoraAwards #DoraAwards #Doras2022

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About the Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The Doras are named for Dora Mavor Moore (1888-1979), a well-loved teacher and director
who helped establish Canadian professional theatre in the 1930s and 1940s. Recognizing the
outstanding achievements in Toronto's performing arts industry, the Doras honour the creators
of numerous theatre, dance and opera productions annually in the following divisions: General
Theatre, Independent Theatre, Musical Theatre, Dance, Opera, Theatre for Young Audiences
and Touring.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards were founded on December 13, 1978, by a committee
convened by Millie Drain. On that date, Drain and the other founders (Ann Antkiw, Ronald
Bryden, Bill Glassco, Graham Harley, Leon Major, Sean Mulcahy, Peter Peroff, Heinar Piller,
Susan Rubes, Pat Stewart and Sylvia Tucker), decided to institute an award to recognize
outstanding achievements in Toronto theatre. Today, the Doras honour the creators and artists
of theatre, dance and opera productions annually in 46 categories over 7 divisions.

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards are administered by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
(TAPA). In addition to the Doras, other programs and services provided by TAPA include: Annual
Arts Day at the City, hipTIX (offering $5 tickets to students between the ages of 14 and 29),
citySPECIAL, the Commercial Theatre Development Fund, the Travel Retreat Initiatives
Program – TRIP, and the professional development TAPA Trade Series.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Deanne Moser
DMPUBLIC
[email protected]
647-888-9388