When
June 27, 2023 at 7:30pm
‘Dora Day’ Proclamation
Where
TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning
Koerner Hall
What - Programme
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 40 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 46 award categories across 7 distinct “divisions.”
News
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Nominations Announced for 43rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards
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All Registered Productions 2022-2023
General Theatre Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| As You Like It | Canadian Stage |
| Bad Parent | Soulpepper Theatre, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, and Prairie Theatre Exchange |
| Behind the Moon | Tarragon Theatre |
| Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Crow’s Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company |
| Body So Fluorescent | madonnanera, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and b current Performing Arts |
| Chekhov’s Shorts | Guild Festival Theatre |
| Choir Boy | Canadian Stage and Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver) |
| Cockroach | Tarragon Theatre |
| Crawlspace : une vraie de vraie histoire vécue d’horreur immobilière | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| da Kink In My Hair | TO Live and Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| English | Soulpepper Theatre Company and Segal Centre for Performing Arts |
| Fairview | A Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre Co-Production |
| Fall On Your Knees Part One: Family Tree | A Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre production |
| Fall On Your Knees Part Two: The Diary | A Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre production |
| Fifteen Dogs | Crow’s Theatre |
| Flush | THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO, LA TROUPE DU JOUR AND FITTONIA FILMS THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO, LA TROUPE DU JOUR AND FITTONIA FILMS |
| Indecent | A Studio 180 Theatre Production, Presented by David Mirvish |
| King Lear | Soulpepper Theatre |
| Le Concierge (The Caretaker) | A VINCENT LEBLANC-BEAUDOIN AND THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO COPRODUCTION, IN COLLABORATION WITH DOPOLAVORO TEATRALE |
| Little Dickens | Canadian Stage presents a production of Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes |
| Maanomaa, My Brother | A Co-Production between Blue Bird Theatre Collective Production and Canadian Stage |
| Metamorphoses 2023 | Theatre Smith-Gilmour in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| My Sister’s Rage | Tarragon Theatre in association with Studio 180 and T.O. Live |
| NEW | Necessary Angel Theatre Company in association with Canadian Stage and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre |
| our place | A Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille Co-production |
| Paint Me This House of Love | Tarragon Theatre |
| Post-Democracy | Tarragon Theatre |
| PRODIGAL | Produced by The Howland Company, in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| Public Enemy | Canadian Stage |
| Queen Goneril | Soulpepper Theatre |
| Red Velvet | Crow’s Theatre |
| Redbone Coonhound | An Arts Club Silver Commission as part of a rolling world premiere with Tarragon Theatre and Imago Theatre (Montreal) |
| Rubble | A Theatre Passe Muraille and Aluna Theatre Co-Production |
| The First Stone | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents a New Harlem Productions + Great Canadian Theatre Company production |
| The Hooves Belonged to the Deer | Presented by Tarragon Theatre in association with Buddies in Bad Times |
| The Man That Got Away (A Special Appearance) | Buddies in Bad Times |
| The Seagull | Soulpepper Theatre Company |
| The Waltz | A Factory Theatre World Premiere Production in partnership with Blyth Festival |
| Things I Know to be True | David Mirvish and The Company Theatre |
| UNCLE VANYA | Crow’s Theatre |
| Vierge | Factory Theatre |
| X and Da Spirit | A special presentation by Theatre Passe Muraille in association with b current performing arts of a Deconstruction Productions show |
Independent Theatre Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| A Number | That Theatre Company |
| Anahita’s Republic | Bustle & Beast |
| Beautiful Renegades | Peggy Baker Dance Projects |
| Between a Wok and a Hot Pot | Cahoots Theatre |
| Bone Cage | One Four One Collective in Association with The Assembly Theatre |
| Broken Shapes | The Theatre Centre and Broken Shapes Collective |
| Doubt: A Parable | B&E Productions |
| Dressed as People – a Triptych of Uncanny Abduction | Parry Riposte Productions |
| Entrances and Exits | The Howland Company |
| First Métis Man of Odesa | A Punctuate! Theatre Production, In Association With The Theatre Centre |
| Gay for Pay with Blake and Clay | Gay for Pay Productions in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| I love the smell of gasoline | Nightwood Theatre |
| Love You Wrong Time | Nightwood Theatre |
| MARTYR | ARC |
| Miriam’s World | Tremendous Productions Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Niizh | Native Earth Performing Arts |
| Requiem for a Gumshoe | Eldritch Theatre |
| The Birds | Bygone Theatre |
| The Chinese Lady | Studio 180 Theatre and fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company in association with Crow’s Theatre |
| The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale | Never Mind the Noise, Presented by Soulpepper in association with Outside the March and red light district |
| THE FAMILY CROW: A Murder Mystery | Eldritch Theatre presents The Pucking Fuppet Co. |
| The Flight | Queen Bess Productions, Theatre Gargantua, b current Performing Arts, Roseneath Theatre |
| The Tragedy of King Lear | Shakespeare BASH’d |
| The Winter’s Tale | Dandelion Theatre |
| The Year of the Cello | A Theatre Passe Muraille and Music Picnic Co-Production |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Bygone Theatre |
| Three Sisters | Co-Presented by The Howland Company and Hart House Theatre |
| Trace | A ReDefine Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille Co-Production |
| TWO WEIRD TALES! | Eldritch Theatre |
| Yerma | The Coal Mine Theatre |
Musical Theatre Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| Alice in Wonderland | Bad Hats Theatre, presented by Soulpepper Theatre |
| Electric Messiah | Crow’s Theatre presents Soundstreams |
| RETOLD | The Musical Stage Company, Toronto Public Library, and Yonge Street Theatricals |
| Rock of Ages | More Entertainment |
| The Shape of Home | Crow’s Theatre presents Festival Players |
Opera Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| Bluebeard’s Castle | Against the Grain Theatre |
| Carmen | Canadian Opera Company |
| Macbeth | A new co-production by Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago |
| Of The Sea | Obsidian Theatre Company and Tapestry Opera, in partnership with TOLive |
| Salome | Canadian Opera Company |
| The Flying Dutchman | Canadian Opera Company |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Canadian Opera Company |
Theatre for Young Audiences Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| Bentboy | Young People’s Theatre |
| Fernando and His Llama | 258Signs Productions presented by Roseneath Theatre |
| Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River | A Co-Production between Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct, presented by Theatre Direct |
| Les Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s | Théâtre français de Toronto |
| No Big Deal | Roseneath Theatre |
| Romeo and Juliet. And Action | Shakespeare in Action |
| Snow White | Young People’s Theatre |
| The Darkest Dark | Young People’s Theatre |
| The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Twisted Dog Theatre |
| You and I | Young People’s Theatre |
Dance Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| “La Forastera” (The Outsider) | Flamencolia Dance Company |
| CACAO | A VENEZUELAN LAMENT (RUTAS) | RUTAS international festival of performance presents Cacao | A Venezuelan Lament Created by Victoria Mata Soledad | Victoria Mata Productions with support from Aluna Theatre |
| Margarita | Holla Jazz, presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Softly Losing, Softly Gaining (Arise) | Dianne Montgomery, co-presented by Fall for Dance North and TO Live |
| Julie et l’univers | Citadel + Compagnie |
| The Collective Agreement (November Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Concerto (November Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| TouchX (31) | Kaeja d’Dance presented by Harbourfront Centre |
| I am the Child of… (31) | Kaeja d’Dance presented by Harbourfront Centre |
| MADDADDAM | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Indiginary (Citadel Dance Mix) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Discovery (Citadel Dance Mix) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Likeness (Citadel Dance Mix | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Liminal | DanceWorks presents Liminal by Throwdown Collective |
| Miigis: Underwater Panther | Red Sky Performance in association with Canadian Stage |
| The Magic of Assembly | Toronto Dance Theatre |
| Ok, you can stop now | A Theatre Passe Muraille and Shakeil Rollock co-production in association with b current performing arts |
| Sex Dalmatian | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Anima Animus (Winter Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| Alleged Dances (Winter Mixed Programme) | The National Ballet of Canada |
| helix (Convergent Divergency) | Toronto Dance Theatre |
| GIVE ME ONE (Convergent Divergency) | Toronto Dance Theatre |
| Homelands | Kaha:wi Dance Theatre |
| Double Bill (Finding Helix) | REAson d’etre dance productions |
| Double Bill (Frames of Control) | REAson d’etre dance productions |
| Enemy Lines | Aeris Körper |
| Dear Brother (Trilogy of BEing) | Kevin A. Ormsby, KasheDance |
| Somebody (Trilogy of BEing) | Kevin A. Ormsby, KasheDance |
| Unmasked: Seaweed King (Trilogy of BEing) | Kevin A. Ormsby, KasheDance |
| … but water is like a mirror / … mais l’eau est comme un miroir (Encounters) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Bob’s Last Request! (Encounters) | Citadel + Compagnie |
| Transcendence | Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company |
Touring Division
| Production | Producer/Presenter |
| ALIENS, IMMIGRANTS & OTHER EVILDOERS | RUTAS international festival of performance presents ArteFuturo Productions ALIENS, IMMIGRANTS & OTHER EVILDOERS Written and Performed by José Torres-Tama |
| ALTAR | RUTAS international festival of performance presents An RCA Theatre Company Production ALTAR Created and Performed by Santiago Guzmán |
| Are we not drawn onward to a new erA | Ontroerend Goed presented by Canadian Stage |
| Cabaret Noir | A Mayday Production Co-Presented by dance Immersion and Canadian Stage |
| Celestial Bodies | Young People’s Theatre Presents Geordie Theatre |
| Chapter 21 | Produced by Raven Spirit Dance, Presented by Native Earth Performing Arts |
| Cranked | Young People’s Theatre presents Green Thumb Theatre |
| DANZANTES DEL ALBA | DANCERS OF THE DAWN | RUTAS international festival of performance presents Danzantes del Alba Created by Teatro Línea de Sombra Director – Jorge A. Vargas | Research, writing and dramaturgy – Rodrigo Parrini |
| Double Murder (Clowns | The Fix) | Hofesh Shechter Company presented by Harbourfront Centre |
| Family of Jazz | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks presented by Fall for Dance North |
| Frozen River | Young People’s Theatre presents Manitoba Theatre For Young People |
| Human Measure | Presented by Canadian Stage, Produced by Cassils |
| Kid Koala: The Storyville Mosquito | TO Live presents Kid Koala |
| Manman La Mer | Théâtre français de Toronto presents Le Théâtre Catapulte |
| Moby Dick | A Plexus Polaire production, co-presented by Harbourfront Centre and Why Not Theatre |
| Never the Last | A Theatre Passe Muraille presentation of a Delinquent Theatre Production |
| PEQUEÑOS TERRITORIOS EN RECONSTRUCCIÓN | REBUILDING SMALL TERRITORIES | RUTAS international festival of performance presents Variaciones sobre el Café a collaborative piece by Mariana Blanco with stage direction by Alicia Laguna and the collaboration with the women of Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca |
| Same Difference | The Theatre Centre Presents Theatre Conspiracy |
| The Shape of Home. Songs in Search of Al Purdy | Crow’s Theatre presents Festival Players |
| The Shark is Broken | David Mirvish/Sonia Friedman Productions |
| Un, Deux, Trois. | Orange Noyée, in partnership with le Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts, le Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, le Théâtre français de Toronto, Duceppe, le Théâtre du Trident, le Théâtre l’Escaouette, le Théâtre populaire d’Acadie, le Théâtre la Seizième, le Théâtre Cercle Molière |
| Vaches, The Musical | THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS DE TORONTO PRESENT AN CRÉATIONS IN VIVO PRODUCTION |
| ZOM-FAM | Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents an interdisciplinary solo by Kama La Mackerel |
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 