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.”
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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.
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