So, without further ado, the nominees are:

2007-2008 DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARD NOMINATIONS

GENERAL THEATRE DIVISION

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Judith Thompson – The Palace of the End
The Ensemble – Tazed and Confused
Hannah Moscovitch – Essay
Hannah Moscovitch – East of Berlin
Brendan Gall – Alias Godot

OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL
Lizt Alfonso and Kelly Robinson – VIDA!
Juliet Palmer & Anna Chatterton – Stitch
Chris Earle – Peter Pan – The Family Musical
Guy Mignault – Et si on chantait
devised by Jim LeFrancois and David Oiye – Arthouse Cabaret

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Top Girls – Soulpepper Theatre Company
The December Man – The Canadian Stage Company in co-production with The Citadel Theatre
Rose – Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company
Le Misanthrope – Le Théâtre français de Toronto
Intimate Apparel – Obsidian Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Little Shop of Horrors – The Canadian Stage Company
Fire – The Canadian Stage Company in co-production with The Citadel Theatre
Dirty Dancing The Classic Story On Stage – David Mirvish and Jacobsen Entertainment, Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions
Arthouse Cabaret – Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
A Man of No Importance – Acting Up Stage Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Alisa Palmer – Top Girls
Micheline Chevrier – The December Man
Diana Leblanc – Rose
Jean-Stéphane Roy – Le Misanthrope
Philip Akin – Intimate Apparel

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Kelly Robinson and Lizt Alfonso – VIDA!
Ted Dykstra – Little Shop of Horrors
James MacDonald – Fire
Jim LeFrancois and David Oiye – Arthouse Cabaret
Lezlie Wade – A Man of No Importance

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Joseph Ziegler – The Time of Your Life
Julian Richings – The Palace of the End
Brent Carver – The Elephant Man
John Jarvis – The Drawer Boy
Brian Dooley – The December Man

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – PLAY
Kelly Fox – Top Girls
Megan Follow – Top Girls
Megan Follows – Three Sisters
Arsinée Khanjian – The Palace of the End
Nicola Lipman – The December Man
Lally Cadeau – Rose

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Ross Petty – Peter Pan – The Family Musical
Ted Dykstra – Fire
Rick Roberts – Fire
Keith Cole – Arthouse Cabaret
Douglas E. Hughes – A Man of No Importance

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE IN A PRINCIPAL ROLE – MUSICAL
Sharron Matthews – The Wizard of OZ
Patricia Zentilli – Little Shop of Horrors
Nicole Underhay – Fire
Amélie Lefebvre – Et si on chantait
Britta Lazenga – Dirty Dancing The Classic Story On Stage
Patty Jamieson – A Man of No Importance

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL
Robyn Stevan – Top Girls
Stuart Hughes – The Time of Your Life
Caroline Gillis – How It Works
Diego Matamoros – As You Like It
Ellen Ray Hennessy – Age of Arousal

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Judith Bowden – Top Girls
John Ferguson – The December Man
Dany Lyne – Pelléas et Mélisande
Astrid Janson – From the House of the Dead
Camellia Koo – East of Berlin

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Judith Bowden – Top Girls
Nina Okens – Le Misanthrope
Tamara Marie Kucheran – Intimate Apparel
Margaret Lamb – Idomeneo
Julia Tribe – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Kimberly Purtell – The Russian Play
Andrea Lundy – The Eco Show
Phillip Silver – Rose
Thomas C. Hase – Pelléas et Mélisande
Kevin Lamotte – Democracy

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Mike Ross – Under Milk Wood
Richard Feren – The Eco Show
Creighton and Melanie Doane – Salt Water Moon
Keith Thomas – Rose
Peter McBoyle – Fire

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
Mike Ross – The Time of Your Life
Andrew Parrott – Idomeneo
Ted Dykstra – Fire
Sir Richard Armstrong – Eugene Onegin
Paolo Olmi – Don Carlos

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A PLAY OR MUSICAL
Lizt Alfonso – VIDA!
Monica Dottor – The Russian Play
Tracey Flye – Peter Pan – The Family Musical
Jody Ripplinger – Little Shop of Horrors
Kate Champion – Dirty Dancing The Classic Story on Stage

OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby – David Mirvish presents
The Drowsy Chaperone – Dancap Productions Inc.
Sexual Practices of the Japanese – Produced by Theatre Replacement and presented by Factory Theatre
Risk Everything – Harbourfront Centre and Luminato
Famous Puppet Death Scenes – Young Centre for the Performing Arts presents The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

OPERA DIVISION
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Stitch – A Theatre Centre and Urbanvessel co-production
Pelléas et Mélisande – Canadian Opera Company
Idomeneo – Opera Atelier
From the House of the Dead – Canadian Opera Company
Don Carlos – Canadian Opera Company / Welsh National Opera

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Robert Gleadow – The Marriage of Figaro
Isabel Bayrakdarian – Pelléas et Mélisande
Russell Braun – Pelléas et Mélisande
Measha Breuggergosman – Idomeneo
Peggy Kriha Dye – Idomeneo
Kresimir Spicer – Idomeneo

DANCE DIVISION
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Rite of Spring and Re – Harbourfront Centre and Luminato presents Shen Wei Dance Arts
Portal – Peggy Baker Dance Projects
Chapel/Chapter – Harbourfront Centre
Bas-Reliefs – DanceWorks
adelheid solos – DanceWorks
A Story Before Time – DanceWorks / Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
24 Preludes by Chopin – The National Ballet of Canada

OUTSTANDING NEW CHOREOGRAPHY
Valerie Calam – PARLIAMENT
Peggy Baker – Portal
Mélanie Demers – Les angles morts
Ginette Laurin & Guillaume Bernardi – Bas-Reliefs
Heidi Strauss – adelheid solos

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Peggy Baker – Portal
Jacques Poulin-Denis – Les angles morts
Sashar Zarif – Life is the Feeling of a Migrating Bird
The Ensemble – A Story Before Time
The Ensemble – 24 Preludes by Chopin

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Peter Chin & Garnet Willis – Transmission of the Invisible
Philip Strong – Inverse
Eric Chenaux – Double Bill #1
Charles Hong, Joo Hyung Kim and Sosun Suh Choonengmu
Alexander MacSween & Gaétan Leboeuf – Bas-Reliefs

INDEPENDENT THEATRE DIVISION

OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY
Anusree Roy – Pyaasa
Michael Rubenfeld – My Fellow Creatures
Beatriz Pizano – Madre
Michael Hollingsworth – Laurier
Brendan Gall – A Quiet Place

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Waiting for Godot – Modern Times Stage Company
Lullaby – Dark Horse Theatre
Laurier – VideoCabaret
April 14, 1912 – Theatre Rusticle
A Quiet Place – single threat

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
Soheil Parsa – Waiting for Godot
Nina Lee Aquino – People Power
Michael Hollingsworth – Laurier
Allyson McMackon – April 14, 1912
Geoffrey Pounsett – A Quiet Place

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE
Nicco Lorenzo Garcia – People Power
Benjamin Clost – My Fellow Creatures
David Ferry – Lullaby
Ryan Hollyman – Lawrence and Holloman
Christopher Stanton – A Quiet Place

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE
Erin Shields – The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski
Anusree Roy – Pyaasa
Marcia Bennett – Madre
Maev Beaty – Dance of the Red Skirts
Pragna Desai – Canada Steel
Karin Randoja – Breakfast

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
Trevor Schwellnus – Waiting for Godot
Camellia Koo – People Power
Trevor Schwellnus – Madre
Lindsay Anne Black – April 14, 1912
Jackie Chau – Antigone: Insurgency (Sophocles Revisited)

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Angela Thomas – Waiting for Godot
Jenna McCutchin – The Fort at York
Astrid Janson and Sarah Armstrong – Laurier
Nina Okens – Bella Donna
Lindsay Anne Black – April 14, 1912

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Andrea Lundy – Waiting for Godot
Michael Spence – Raging Dreams – into the visceral
Trevor Schwellnus – Madre
Andy Moro – Laurier
Laird Macdonald – Breakfast
Michelle Ramsay – April 14, 1912

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION
Romeo Candido – People Power
Thomas Ryder Payne – Madre
Brent Snyder – Laurier
Richard Windeyer – Breakfast
Christopher Stanton – A Quiet Place
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Ensemble – TOUGH!
Ensemble – Offensive Fouls
Ensemble – Love You Forever and More Munsch
Kyle Cameron – Cranked
Ensemble – Binti’s Journey

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
TOUGH! – The Factory Theatre in association with Luminato
Offensive Fouls – Theatre Direct Canada
Love You Forever and More Munsch – Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
Cranked – Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People presents Green Thumb Theatre
Binti’s Journey -Theatre Direct Canada