Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards announce 2024 winners
iPhoto caption: The Inheritance production photo by Dahlia Katz.
The Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards (TTCAs) jury has announced its first slate of winners since 2020.
Awarded to professional theatre productions staged in the city between May 15, 2023 and May 14, 2024, this 11th iteration of the TTCAs boasts 19 winners across 14 categories, including a special citation for artistic achievement. Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre emerged as this year’s biggest winners, each receiving seven awards.
Founded in 2011, the TTCAs are given out by a jury of professional theatre critics, this year made up of myself, Joshua Chong, Paula Citron, Karen Fricker, Arpita Ghosal, James Karas, Ilana Lucas, Martin Morrow, Aisling Murphy, J. Kelly Nestruck, Drew Rowsome, Scott Sneddon, and Glenn Sumi, as well as non-voting members Robert Cushman and Stephanie Fung.
The full press release, including citations detailing the rationale behind each selection, can be accessed here.
Here are the winners of this year’s TTCAs:
Best New Canadian Play
Casey and Diana by Nick Green (Soulpepper Theatre and the Stratford Festival)
The Master Plan by Michael Healey (Crow’s Theatre)
Best International Play
Bad Roads by Natal’ya Vorozhbit, translated by Sasha Dugdale (Crow’s Theatre)
Best Lead Performance in a Play
Sean Arbuckle, Casey and Diana (Soulpepper Theatre and the Stratford Festival)
Amaka Umeh, Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Soulpepper Theatre)
Best Supporting Performance in a Play
Jadyn Nasato, Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Studio 180 Theatre)
Oyin Oladejo, Three Sisters (Soulpepper Theatre and Obsidian Theatre)
Best Ensemble in a Play
The cast of The Master Plan: Christopher Allen, Ben Carlson, Philippa Domville, Peter Fernandes, Tara Nicodemo, Yanna McIntosh, and Mike Shara (Crow’s Theatre)
Best Director of a Play
Andrew Kushnir, Bad Roads (Crow’s Theatre)
Leora Morris, The Sound Inside (Coal Mine Theatre)
Best Production of a Play
The Inheritance (Canadian Stage)
Best Design, Play or Musical
Nick Blais (lighting), Heidi Chan (sound), Anahita Dehbonehie (set) and Niloufar Ziaee (costumes), A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Outside the March and Soulpepper Theatre)
Best Lead Performance in a Musical
Damien Atkins, De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail (Soulpepper Theatre)
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
George Krissa, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre and the Musical Stage Company)
Heeyun Park 박희윤, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre and the Musical Stage Company)
Best Ensemble in a Musical
The cast of Kelly v. Kelly: Dave Ball, Joel Cumber, Eva Foote, Peter Fernandes, Mike Jackson, Julia McLellan, Jessica Sherman, Margaret Thompson, Kelsey Verzotti, and Jeremy Walmsley (the Musical Stage Company and Canadian Stage)
Best Director of a Musical
Gregory Prest, De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail (Soulpepper Theatre)
Best Production of a Musical
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre and the Musical Stage Company)
Special Citation
Daniel MacIvor, in recognition of exceptional artistic achievement
Liam Donovan
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