Each year Theatre Ontario celebrates the achievements of Ontario-based theatre artists who have made a sustained and significant contribution to the development of theatre in the Province of Ontario.  On May 23, Ron Cameron-Lewis received the Maggie Bassett Award that recognized his ongoing contribution to theatre throughout Ontario.

The five-day festival chaired by Sandra Houston of Sault Theatre Workshop also featured workshops led by Ron Cameron-Lewis, Annette Wishman, and Steven McCarthy; play readings by Paul Ledoux hosted by Playwrights Canada Press and Playwrights Guild of Canada; presentations of The Immigrants' Stories by Theatre In Motion and The Covered Mirror by Family Life Theatre; and Theatre Ontario’s annual general meeting.

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
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Staff Room , The Curtain Club
* also nominated Drinking Alone, Cambrian Players; Over The River And Through The Woods, Kanata Theatre

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

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Rosemary Keneford, Over the River and Through the Woods , Kanata Theatre
*also nominated: Joan Burrows, Staff Room, The Curtain Club; Gabe Ferrazo, Drinking Alone , Cambrian Players

RICHARD HOWARD AWARD

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Keith Garner, Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre

PERRY SHORT AWARD

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Loretta Durat, Doc , Sault Youth Theatre

OUTSTANDING JUVENILE

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Jacqueline Boychuk as Katie, Doc , Sault Youth Theatre
* also nominated: Jennifer Prole as Chava, Fiddler on the Roof, Thistle Theatre; Mark Hazeleger as Fyedka, Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER TO THE STAGE

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Norm Northmore as the Constable, Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre
* also nominated: Martin Klomp as Perchik, Fiddler on the Roof, Thistle Theatre; Tammy Wier as Catherine, Doc , Sault Youth Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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Jim Holmes as Nunzio, Over the River and Through the Woods , Kanata Theatre
* also nominated: Brooke Keneford as Frank, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kanata Theatre; Cam Lund as Frank in Graduation, Staff Room, The Curtain Club of Richmond Hill; Jonathan Kline as Dennis in Secrets, Staff Room , The Curtain Club

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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Lynda Muir as Lacey in Scar Wash, Staff Room , The Curtain Club
* also nominated: Sandra Smith as Hodel, Fiddler on the Roof, Thistle Theatre; Elaine Northmore as Yente, Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A LEADING ROLE

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Brandon Moore, Staff Room , The Curtain Club
* also nominated: Stewart Wheeler as Nick Cristano, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kanata Theatre; Andy Brockway as Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, Thistle Theatre; Gabe Ferrazzo as Ivan Todd, Drinking Alone , Cambrian Players

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A LEADING ROLE

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Jesica Bouvier as Carrie, Drinking Alone , Cambrian Players
* also nominated:  Carol Colombo as Bob, Doc, Sault Youth Theatre; Christie Mantel as Renee Duchene, Drinking Alone, Cambrian Players; Victoria Curran, multiple roles, Staff Room , but particularly as Sharon in the Reunion scene, The Curtain Club

OUTSTANDING VISUAL MOMENT

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The Wedding Scene, Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre

OUTSTANDING VISUAL PRESENTATION

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Drinking Alone , Cambrian Players
* also nominated: Fiddler on the Roof, Thistle Theatre; Staff Room , The Curtain Club

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

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Staff Room , The Curtain Club

OUTSTANDING CO-ORDINATED PRODUCTION
(as chosen by Festival Stage Managers)

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Staff Room , The Curtain Club

SPECIAL ADJUDICATOR AWARDS

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• The Preshow Anataevka Villagers (Andrew Bolton, Russ Dickout, Rigmore Glen, Jim Lawrie, Doug Martin, Marion Martin, Teresa MacKay, Emily MacKay, Steve MacKay, Amanda Struthmann & Liz Williams), Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre
• Suzanne Stoner, Costume & Hair Design, and Mary Ann Swan, Costume Assistant, Staff Room , The Curtain Club
• Douglas MacMillan, Lighting Design, Over the River and Through the Woods , Kanata Theatre
• Don McMahon, Set Painting, Drinking Alone , Cambrian Players
• The entire company of Fiddler on the Roof , Thistle Theatre, for imaginative adaptation of their production to the performance space