Where
Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East
What - Programme
Host Peter Fernandes
The annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrate excellence on Toronto stages and are the oldest and largest professional theatre, dance and opera awards program in Canada. Founded in 1979, with the first ceremony occurring in 1981, the Dora’s recently marked a 45 year anniversary. The Dora Awards evolve constantly, adjusting and adapting to changes in the broader performing arts industry and the needs of the TAPA membership. There are currently 43 award categories across 7 distinct “divisions.”
News
TAPA announces 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations 225 Nominations across 43 Categories for Theatre, Dance & Opera
TAPA announces 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations 225 Nominations across 43 Categories for Theatre, Dance & Opera …
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All Registered Productions 2024-2025
General Theatre Division
| 1939 | A Canadian Stage and Belfry Theatre joint production in association with The Stratford Festival |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| All Messed Up and Nowhere To Go | The Second City |
| Benevolence | Tarragon Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre and Broadleaf Creative |
| Blind Dates | Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Come Home – The Legend of Daddy Hall | Tarragon Theatre |
| Craze | Tarragon Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company In Association with Theatre ARTaud |
| Duel Citizens (90th Second City Mainstage Revue) | The Second City |
| Erased | An Open Heart Surgery Theatre production in partnership with Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Fat Ham | Canadian Stage |
| Feast | Tarragon Theatre |
| Feu Monsieur Feydeau! | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| FLEX | Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company Co-production |
| Hamlet | Canadian Stage |
| Honey I’m Home | Lester Trips (Theatre) presented by Factory Theatre |
| Hypothetical Baby | Nightwood Theatre in association with The Howland Company |
| Interior Design | Tarragon Theatre |
| Kim’s Convenience | Soulpepper Theatre Company, in association with Adam Blanshay Productions and American Conservatory Theatre |
| Mahabharata: Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit | Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage |
| Mahabharata: Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose | Why Not Theatre presented by Canadian Stage |
| My Name is Lucy Barton | Canadian Stage |
| Oraculum | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Denim & Pythia |
| Playing Shylock | Canadian Stage in association with Starvox Entertainment |
| Roberto Zucco | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre |
| Rosmersholm | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| seven methods of killing kylie jenner | An Obsidian Theatre Production in Association with Crow’s Theatre |
| Shedding a Skin | Nightwood Theatre in association with Buddies In Bad Times |
| Table for Two | Soulpepper Theatre Company & Obsidian Theatre Company |
| The Bidding War | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| The Wolf in the Voice | Tarragon Theatre production in association with Nightswimming |
| The Wrong Bashir | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death, or The Born-Again Crow | Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production |
| Trident Moon | Crow’s Theatre and National Arts Centre English Theatre Co-production |
| What the Constitution Means to Me | A Soulpepper and Nightwood Theatre Co-Production in association with Necessary Angel and Talk Is Free Theatre |
| Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Canadian Stage |
| Wights | A Crow’s Theatre Production |
| Winter Solstice | Necessary Angel Theatre Company in association with Canadian Stage and BirdLand Theatre |
| Wonderful Joe | TO Live |
Independent Theatre Division
| A Case for the Existence of God | Coal Mine Theatre |
| A Public Display of Affection | Studio 180 Theatre in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| Age is a Feeling | Haley McGee, Soho Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre |
| All Hail Mrs. Satan | Still Your Friend |
| Big Stuff | Baram and Snieckus Productions |
| Carried by the River | Red Snow Collective |
| Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special | VideoCabaret |
| Cock | Talk is Free Theatre |
| Constellations | Icarus Theatre |
| Dead Broke | Lost Dreams Collective |
| Dear Robert | VideoCabaret |
| FAOC’s Beige Christmas | FAOC (Maryem Hassan Tollar & Roula Said) and VideoCabaret International |
| Fly Me To The Moon | Shillelagh Theatre |
| For Both Resting and Breeding | Talk is Free Theatre |
| GIRLS UNWANTED | The King Black Box |
| Hedda Gabler | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Hookup | Bad Dog Theatre Company |
| Infinite Life | Coal Mine Theatre |
| INSERT CLOWN HERE | Parlous Theatre |
| Isle of Demons | Guild Festival Theatre |
| Job | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Last Landscape | Bad New Days in partnership with Common Boots |
| Life Sucks. | Outliers Theatre Collective |
| Little Women | Wren Theatre |
| Measure for Measure | HOUSE + BODY In Association with Crow’s Theatre |
| MONKS | Veronica Hortigüela & Annie Luján Presented by The Theatre Centre |
| Mukashi, Mukashi (Once Upon a Time) | CORPUS |
| People, Places and Things | Coal Mine Theatre |
| Performance Review | Outside the March |
| Pochsy IV: Unplugged | VideoCabaret |
| Prove A Villain: A Radical Reimagining of Richard III | Panoply Theatre Collective |
| Qalb – A Journey of the Ego | A 1s1 Theatre production co-presented by Why Not Theatre |
| RED | Riot King |
| SAMCA | Spindle Collective and Riot King |
| Sanguine | Cahoots Theatre |
| SMART | VideoCabaret |
| Takwahiminana | Punctuate! Theatre, presented by Soulpepper Theatre |
| The Caged Bird Sings | Modern Times Stage Company, Aga Khan Museum, Theatre ARTaud |
| The Cunning Linguist | TCL Collective and Aluna Theatre in association with Factory Theatre |
| The Glory of Living | The King Black Box |
| The Irish Pub Play | The King Black Box |
| The Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare BASH’d |
| The Noose | Abigail Whitney Productions presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival |
| The Rear Window | Bygone Theatre, presented by Hart House Theatre |
| The Roof is Leaking ਛੱਤ ਚੋਂਦੀ ਹੈ | Pleiades Theatre |
| The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers | Shakespeare in the Ruff |
| The Threepenny Opera | Unbridled Theatre Collective |
| This Feels Like The End | Theatre Aurinko presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival |
| Three Men on a Bike | Guild Festival Theatre |
| Timon of Athens | Dandelion Theatre |
| Truck | Pressgang in association with Factory Theatre |
| We are being watched | Black Pearl Theatre Group |
| When Winter Stole the Sun | Plateau 310 Theatre Company |
Musical Theatre Division
| A Strange Loop | The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Young People’s Theatre |
| Discovering Allan Sherman | Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Bowtie Productions |
| I Was Unbecoming Then | Downtown Theatre presented by the Next Stage Theatre Festival |
| In My Own Little Corner | EveryBODY on Stage |
| Life After | Yonge Street Theatricals, David Barnett, Cynthia Stroum, Grove Entertainment, Thomas Swayne, Jake Epstein, Chilina Kennedy, and Goodman Theatre |
| Not a Cult: The Musical | Small but Mighty Productions |
| Sankofa: The Soldier’s Tale Retold | Art of Time Ensemble |
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Shifting Ground Collective |
| The Flin Flon Cowboy | A Flin Flon Cowboy Collective & Theatre Passe Muraille Co-Production in Association with Why Not Theatre |
| The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical | A Canadian Stage Production in Association with the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres |
Opera Division
| Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White | Produced by the Canadian Opera Company, in association with the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, and Ontario Arts Council |
| Eugene Onegin | Canadian Opera Company production. All scenery, properties, and costumes constructed by the Metropolitan Opera Shops. |
| Faust | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Malmö Opera |
| Garden of Vanished Pleasures | Soundstreams |
| Jacqueline | Tapestry Opera |
| La Reine-garçon | Canadian Opera Company co-production with Opéra de Montréal |
| Madama Butterfly | Canadian Opera Company presents the Houston Grand Opera production |
| Nabucco | Canadian Opera Company presents the Lyric Opera of Chicago production |
| The Turn of the Screw | Opera 5 |
| Wozzeck | Canadian Opera Company co-production with The Salzburg Festival, The Metropolitan Opera, and Opera Australia |
Theatre for Young Audiences Division
| Alligator Pie | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Upstream | Theatre Direct, presented by the Harbourfront Centre Junior Festival |
| Les Zinspiré·e·s : le nombre sublime | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Patty Picker | One Four One Collective in Association with The Assembly Theatre |
| Pettson and Findus at Christmas | Sparrow House Children’s Theatre & Humpty Dumpty Puppet Theatre |
| Taking Care of Maman | A Roseneath Theatre and Black Theatre Workshop co-production |
| The Assembly | A Co-Production of Crossroads Theatre and Colouring Book Theatre |
| The Little Prince | Landon Krentz, Theatre Passe Muraille and Inside Out Theatre Co-Production |
| Unbelievably Believable | Twisted Dog Theatre |
| Wicked Nix | Young People’s Theatre |
| Yassama and the Beaded Calabash // Yassama et la Calebasse aux Cauris | Lua Shayenne, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival |
Dance Division
| All that is between | Tiger Princess Dance Projects |
| Big Time Miss | Rock Bottom Movement presented by Fall For Dance North |
| Binary-Codes (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Burn Baby, Burn | Côté Danse presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Community Performance Project (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| Contes pour la fin du temps | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Echoes of the Abyss | EMiMOTION |
| Elsinore / Soliloquies (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Embers of Memory (Citadel Dance Exchange – Week 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| everything i wanted to tell you (but couldn’t, so here it is now) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Gesture (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| He, Her, They: Humanimal (Flesh) | EMiMOTION |
| heartless | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Jam Session | dance Immersion in association with Canadian Stage |
| Mestiza (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| MOEM – BODY | Human Body Expression |
| My House (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| Ngoma (Don’t Worry About It) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Ophis | TRANSCEN|DANCE PROJECT |
| Reflections of the Mind | EMiMOTION |
| Seen (Don’t Worry About It) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Sister Nightlight | Citadel + Compagnie |
| The Mars Project | Tap Love Tour and Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger with presenting partner Fall for Dance North |
| Tomato Blues (Older & Reckless) | Moonhorse Dance Theatre |
| VAMPIRIC BED (Flesh) | EMiMOTION |
| একসঙ – Akshongay | Citadel + Compagnie |
Touring Division
| Afrikan Party | Luminato presents Supa Rich Kids by Oulouy |
| I Don’t Even Miss You | Tiny Bears Jaws presented by Factory Theatre |
| Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall) | A ROSA Studio Production presented by Theatre Passe Muraille |
| 360 ALLSTARS | Luminato Festival Toronto Presents 360 ALLSTARS |
| Black & Rural | dance Immersion with Pi Theatre |
| BOW’T TRAIL Retrospek | RD Créations presented by dance Immersion, in association with DanceWorks |
| Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice | A Joe Jack & John Production Co-Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille & Théâtre français de Toronto |
| GOBLIN: MACBETH | Spontaneous Theatre presented by Tarragon Theatre |
| HOME | Luminato Festival Toronto presents Geoff Sobelle |
| Le problème avec le rose | Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke and La Parenthèse Production, presented by Théâtre français de Toronto |
| Le vent se lève (Citadel Dance Exchange Week 1) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Les Fourberies de Scapin | A PRODUCTION BY COMPAGNIE L’ÉTERNEL ÉTÉ AND LUCERNAIRE DIFFUSION CO-PRESENTED BY THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO AND ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE TORONTO |
| Make Me Dance | Panta Rei Danseteater, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival |
| REMINISCENCIA | Reminiscence | Malicho Vaca Valenzuela presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival |
| Robot Song | Arena Theatre Company, presented by the Harbourfront Junior Festival |
| ROSA | Carlos Rivera in collaboration with Onndinok (Montreal) and Abra Projects (Mexico) presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival and Factory Theatre |
| Soft manners (Citadel Dance Exchange Week 2) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Twas the Night Before… | TO Live and Cirque du Soleil |
| Waiting in the Wings No More | The Disability Collective presents Propeller Dance presented by Fall for Dance North |
| What We Carry | A’nó:wara Dance Theatre, Presented by Native Earth Performing Arts |
| Where The Wild Things Are | Young People’s Theatre Presents Presentation House |
| Wilma | Porta Teatro presented by Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS International Performing Arts Festival |
Innovative Experience
| Game of Life | bluemouth inc. Presented by: The Theatre Centre |
| Love And The Trick Of Time | Cahoots Theatre in collaboration with the Alzheimer Society Toronto |
| R.A.V.E. | A R.A.V.E. Institute and Outside the March production, in association with Luminato Festival Toronto |
Born in Glasgow in 1888, teacher and director Dora Mavor Moore arrived in Toronto eight years later. She devoted her long life to creating theatre and theatre companies in her new home. Her contributions to Canadian professional theatre are immeasurable. Dora Mavor Moore was the founder of the University Extension Players and the Hart House Touring Players with the innovative playwright and teacher Herman Voaden.
The Dora Mavor Moore Awards is a program of 