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September 19, 2022 at 7:30pm

Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre
189 Yonge Street

Program

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

Recipients Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards!

Recipients Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards!

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

Nominations Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Nominations Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Nominations Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards   Is God Is leads the General Theatre Division with 10…

TAPA announces 2022 Pauline McGibbon Award Recipient

Props and costume builder Monica Lee honoured with 2022 Pauline McGibbon Award Monica Lee, a production craftsperson who specializes in…

All Registered Productions 2021-2022

General Theatre Division

among men A Factory Theatre World Premiere Production
Children of Fire A Nightwood Theatre Production with support from Aluna Theatre
Distant Early Warning A Pearle Harbour & Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production
Draw Me Close A National Film Board of Canada and National Theatre of Great Britain Co-Production in association with the National Arts Centre, Presented by Soulpepper and the National Film Board of Canada
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child David Mirvish, Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender, Harry Potter Theatrical Productions
Is God Is An Obsidian Theatre Company, Necessary Angel Theatre Company, and Canadian Stage Co-Production
Is My Microphone On? Canadian Stage
Kamloopa Soulpepper Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts
Lesson in Forgetting Pleiades Theatre
Light Tarragon Theatre
Mission Totally Possible The Second City
MixTape Crow’s Theatre
nowhen a Canadian Stage production in collaboration with the Department of Theatre, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University, presented in partnership with SummerWorks
Orphan Song Tarragon Theatre
Orphans for the Czar Crow’s Theatre
Other People A Canadian Stage Production
Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers A Tarragon Theatre and Black Theatre Workshop co-production. Based on the world premiere production produced by b current.
Pipeline Soulpepper Theatre Company
ROOM Mirvish Productions in co-production with Covent Garden Productions and the Grand Theatre, London, Ontario
Solstice d’hiver Théâtre français de Toronto and Le Groupe de la Veillée
The Herd A Tarragon Theatre presentation, in association with Citadel Theatre and NAC Indigenous Theatre of a Tarragon Theatre/Persephone Theatre Commission
The Land Acknowledgement (As You Like It) Crow’s Theatre
The Red Priest Guild Festival Theatre
The Spectators’ Odyssey – o dell’Inferno Produced by DopoLavoro Teatrale and TO Live in association with the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.
Three Women of Swatow Tarragon Theatre
Trojan Girls & The Outhouse of Atreus An Immersive Theatre Experience from Outside the March and Factory Theatre in association with Neworld Theatre
What You Won’t Do For Love Why Not Theatre presented by Luminato Festival
Where the Blood Mixes Soulpepper Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts
White Girls in Moccasins A manidoons collective + Buddies in Bad Times Theatre production
Wildfire A Factory Production

Independent Theatre Division

1184 Phoenix Arts & Aga Khan Museum
A Tonic for Desperate Times Theatre Gargantua
An IMM-Permanent Resident Nautanki Bazaar as presented by Why Not Theatre’s RISER Toronto 2022
Dancing with the Universe REAson d’etre dance productions along side Harbourfont Centre
Deputy Prime Minister Collimore Daresay Productions
Detroit The Coal Mine Theatre
Don Valley Girls Poetic License Creations, as part of Why Not Theatre’s RISER Toronto
Gloria ARC in association with Crow’s Theatre
Italian Mime Suicide Bad New Days
Salt-Water Moon Guild Festival Theatre
Senior Counsel Daresay Productions
TAOS (The Art of Storytelling) Creative Mafia as presented by Why Not Theatre’s RISER Toronto 2022
The Antipodes The Coal Mine Theatre
The Cold War VideoCabaret
The Home Project The Howland Company
The House of Bernarda Alba Modern Times Stage Company and Aluna Theatre
The Huns One Four One Collective
Three Ordinary Men Cahoots Theatre
True Project Undertow
Two Minutes to Midnight One Four One Collective

Musical Theatre Division

& Juliet David Mirvish presents the Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd Production
Boy Falls From the Sky David Mirvish and Past Future Productions
Divine Interventions CORPUS Dance Projects
Dixon Road The Musical Stage Company & Obsidian Theatre Company, in association with Canadian Stage
Into the Woods Talk is Free Theatre
Killing Time: A Game Show Musical Mixtape Projects
Sweeney Todd Talk is Free Theatre
Til Then Eclipse Theatre Company

Opera Division

Cavalleria Rusticana Toronto City Opera
Fantasma Canadian Opera Company
Gould’s Wall A Tapestry Opera and Maniac Star production presented by The Royal Conservatory of Music, in association with The Glenn Gould School
La Traviata A Canadian Opera Company co-production with Houston Grand Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
R.U.R. A Torrent of Light A Tapestry Opera production in partnership with OCAD University
The Magic Flute Canadian Opera Company
The Queen in Me Co-production by Canadian Opera Company, Amplified Opera, Nightwood Theatre, and Theatre Gargantua

Theatre for Young Audiences Division

Alice in Wonderland Guild Festival Theatre
Fireside Munsch (’21) Fireside Stories
MOBY: A Whale of a Tale Art & Water
MORE Fireside Munsch Fireside Stories
Spoiiiiiiiiing Harbourfront’s Junior Festival presents Kitt Johnson X-act

Dance Division

A Perfect Day Citadel + Compagnie
A Streetcar Named Desire The National Ballet of Canada
Alexa, Play a Sad Song (inTO focus/ dance: made in/fait au canada Festival) Kendra Epik & princess productions
Aňoranza (Ayer y Hoy, Celebrating 40 Years!) Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Ayer (Ayer y Hoy, Celebrating 40 Years!) Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Crepuscular (Sharing the Stage: Programme A) The National Ballet of Canada
Crypto Côté Danse Co-presented by Canadian Stage and TOLive
Enter the Avatar State (inTO focus/ dance: made in/fait au canada Festival) SaMel Tanz & princess productions
Face to Face Citadel + Compagnie
Firewater Thunderbird Rising (Citadel Dance Mix 2021) Citadel + Compagnie
Five Angels on the Steps REAson d’etre dance producitons
in a state of vanishing (Sharing the Stage: Programme B) The National Ballet of Canada
In My Body Co-Presented by dance Immersion, Canadian Stage and TO Live
Inter Alios (The Miserere Project) Citadel + Compagnie
La bulle CORPUS presented by Théâtre français de Toronto and Jamii
La Textura del Aire (Rondeňa) (Ayer y Hoy, Celebrating 40 Years!) Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Legacy Tap Dance Concert dance Immersion and Canadian Stage
MUKUTHÔ Dance Immersion & Canadian Stage: Curatorial and Presenting Partners
New Tricks Citadel + Compagnie
on air Citadel + Compagnie
On Solid Ground (Winter Mixed Programme) The National Ballet of Canada
Re:Imaginings: Time, Place an’ Movement KasheDance
Reflejos del Tiempo (Sevillanas) (Ayer y Hoy, Celebrating 40 Years!) Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Sadhana/Tarana Pratibha Arts
Skyward (Winter Mixed Programme) The National Ballet of Canada
Soul (Sharing the Stage: Programme A) The National Ballet of Canada
standing on fishes (inTO focus/ dance: made in/fait au canada Festival) Blue Ceiling Dance & princess productions
Swan Lake The National Ballet of Canada
The High Heart (inTO focus/ dance: made in/fait au canada Festival) David Earle Theatre & princess productions
The View From Here (Citadel Dance Mix 2021) Citadel + Compagnie
themselves Citadel + Compagnie
This is NOT a Remount (The Miserere Project) Citadel + Compagnie
Trase Pa (Sharing the Stage: Programme B) The National Ballet of Canada
Volverán a Florecer (Caňa) (Ayer y Hoy, Celebrating 40 Years!) Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Waves/Vagues (inTO focus/ dance: made in/fait au canada Festival) Lua Shayenne Dance Company & princess productions
Wéi 成为 Tiger Princess Dance Projects
welcome, we’ve been waiting Toronto Dance Theatre

Touring Division

Bātardes A Théātre Everest Production Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille
Creation Destruction Animals of Distinction presented by the Luminato Festival
Crippled A production by Power Productions Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille
Scored in Silence A Theatre Passe Muraille presentation of a Chisato Minamimura production in collaboration with VibraFusionLab
Singulières Théâtre français de Toronto and Crow’s Theatre
Sky Dancers A’nó:wara Dance Theatre presented by Harbourfront Centre

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

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