Community members from York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) were recognized as part of this year’s Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations.
Alumni, faculty, instructors and a current PhD candidate have received nominations across theatre, dance and performance in numerous categories.
Nominations span performance, direction, design, writing and production, with several AMPD-connected productions receiving multiple nominations, including The Welkin, The Green Line, Octet and take rimbaud!.
Professor Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster was part of two ensemble nominations for The Welkin and take rimbaud!, Makram Ayache (MFA ’19) earned two nominations for The Green Line.
Joshua Kilimnik (BFA ’23) and Shannon Murtagh (BFA ’20) earned multiple nominations for The Drowsy Chaperone, continuing a breakout year for their Toronto theatre company, Shifting Ground Collective.
See the full list of AMPD-affiliated nominees below:
Faculty and instructors
Professor Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster:
The Welkin
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
take rimbaud!
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Olivia Wheeler (York Instructor), Octet
Outstanding Achievement in Design
Jareth Li (York Instructor), The Green Line
Outstanding Lighting Design
Current Students
Lisa Marie Di Liberto (PhD candidate, Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies), Guardians of the Gods
Outstanding Production
Shira Leuchter (PhD student, Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies), The Haunting
Outstanding Innovative Experience
Alumni
Makram Ayache (MFA ’19)
The Green Line
Outstanding Direction
The Green Line
Outstanding New Play
Joshua Kilimnik (BFA ’23) and Shannon Murtagh (BFA ’20), The Drowsy Chaperone
Artistic Direction
Joshua Kilimnik (BFA ’23) and Shannon Murtagh (BFA ’20), The Drowsy Chaperone
Outstanding Production
Nathan Bruce (BFA ‘21), Octet
Outstanding Achievement in Design
Brefny Caribou (MFA ’17), The Welkin
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Amanda Cordner (BA ’11), How to Catch Creation
Outstanding Performance by an Individual
Andrea Donaldson (MA ‘24), Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs
Outstanding Direction
Jeff Logue, Reverence
Outstanding Achievement in Design
Beck Lloyd (MFA ‘23), Dance Nation
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Joshua Kilimnik (BFA ’23), tick, tick… BOOM!
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Andrea Nann (BFA ’88), Firehouse and Shadow
Outstanding Performance by an Individual
Anusree Roy (BA ’06), Through the Eyes of God
Outstanding New Play
Thomas Ryder Payne (BA ’95), Rogers v. Rogers
Outstanding Sound Design/Composition
Santee Smith (MA ’04), The Mush Hole
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Michelle Tracey (BFA ’13), The Welkin
Outstanding Costume Design
ted witzel (MFA ’13), take rimbaud!
Outstanding Direction
Amanda Wong (BFA ’14), Syndrome
Outstanding Achievement in Design
For a complete list of nominations across categories, visit the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts website.
The 46th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards ceremony will take place Monday, June 29, at Meridian Hall in Toronto.
Cover photo (left to right): Michelle Tracey, Shannon Murtagh, Joshua Kilimnik, Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster.