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Awards

2023
FINDING HOME: A SALMON JOURNEY UP THE HUMBER RIVER by Morgan Brie Johnson and Alexandra Simpson, co-produced with Animacy Theatre Collective

Dora Mavor Moore Award: Outstanding New Play (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Morgan Brie Johnson and Alexandra Simpson

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct and Animacy Theatre Collective, Outstanding Direction (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Adam Paolozza, based on original direction by Rebecca Northan, Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences), Outstanding Achievement in Design – Sound (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Anders Azzopardi, Stefan Hegerat and Sabine Ndalamaba


2015
BENEATH THE BANYAN TREE by Emil Sher

Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Direction (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Lynda Hill, Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences)

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Performance – Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Qasim Khan

THE TALE OF A T-SHIRT by Lisa Marie DiLiberto, co-produced with FIXT POINT

Dora Mavor Moore Nominations: Outstanding Direction (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Lisa Marie DiLiberto, Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences)


2014
OLD MAN AND THE RIVER by Lynda Hill and Thomas Morgan Jones

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding New Play (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Lynda Hill and Thomas Morgan Jones, Outstanding Direction (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Lynda Hill, Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences), Outstanding Performance – Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Eric Woolfe

BUSTER CANFIELD AND HIS AMAZING FLEAS by Eldritch Theatre in Association with Theatre Direct

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding New Play (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Eric Woolf, Outstanding Direction (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Lynda Hill


2013
BINTI’S JOURNEY adapted by Marcia Johnson, presented by Young People’s Theatre

Dora Mavor Moore Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, presented by Young People’s Theatre, Outstanding Direction (Theatre for Young Audiences) – ahdri zhina mandiela, Outstanding Performance – Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Dienye Waboso], Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences)


2012
SANCTUARY SONG by Abigail Richardson and Marjorie Chan

Dora Mavor Moore Award: Outstanding Performance – Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Xin Wang

Dora Mavor Moore Nomination: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct


2011
HEAD À TÊTE by David S. Craig and Robert Morgan

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct


2010
FIVE by Theatre Direct in Partnership with Theatre Hullaballoo

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct in partnership with Theatre Hullabaloo, Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences)


2009
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE by Mike Kenny

Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Performance – Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Wane Robson

SANCTUARY SONG by Abigail Richardson & Marjorie Chan

Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Outstanding New Musical/Opera (General Theatre) -Abigail Richardson (Composer) and Marjorie Chan (Librettist)


2008
OFFENSIVE FOULS by Jason Long

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Performance (Theatre for Young Audiences)

BINTI’S JOURNEY adapted by Marcia Johnson

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Performance (Theatre for Young Audiences)


2007
THE BABYSITTER by Eric Woolfe

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Performance – Individual (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Christine Brubaker


2006
BENEATH THE BANYAN TREE by Emil Sher

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct


2005
AND BY THE WAY, MISS… by URGE with the Ensemble

Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Performance – Ensemble (Theatre for Young Audiences)


2004
PETRA by David S. Craig

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct, Outstanding Performance (Theatre for Young Audiences)


2003
I MET A BULLY ON THE HILL by Martha Brooks and Maureen Hunter

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination: Outstanding Production (Theatre for Young Audiences) – Theatre Direct

ALPHONSE by Wajdi Mouawad

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination – Outstanding Lighting Design (General Theatre)


2002
ANDREW’S TREE by Martha Brooks

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination


2001
POP SONG by Sean Reycraft

Chalmers Canadian Play Award

NOT QUITE THE SAME by Anne Chislett

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination


1999
THE GENERAL
by Robert Morgan

Dora Mavor Moore Award

WAITING FOR LEWIS by Fab Fillipo

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination

Chalmers Canadian Play Award Nomination


1998
BANG BOY BANG! by Ed Roy

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination

THE GENERAL by Robert Morgan

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination

Chalmers Canadian Play Award Nomination


1997
U.F.O.R.E.X. by Ed Roy

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination x 2

LITTLE SISTER by Joan McLeod

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination


1996
NAPALM THE MAGNIFICENT by David S. Craig

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations x 2

Chalmers Canadian Play Award

END OF SEASON by Noel Greig

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award Nomination (Best Children’s Theatre Category)


1994
A SECRET LIFE by Ed Roy

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations (Mid-Size Theatre Category) x 2

LITTLE SISTER by Joan McLeod

Chalmers Canadian Play Award

HIPPOPOTAMUS TEA by Louise Bombardier

Chalmers Canadian Play Award Nomination


1993
A SECRET LIFE by Ed Roy

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations x 4

Chalmers Canadian Children’s Play Award


1991
FLESH AND BLOOD by Colin Thomas

Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination: Outstanding Production

Chalmers Canadian Children’s Play Award