Capital Critics announces award nominees. New play category will replace student award this year!
OTTAWA, October 10, 2017 – The Capital Critics Circle today announced the nominees for the nineteenth annual English-language theatre awards for plays presented in the National Capital Region during the 2016-2017 season.
The nominees are:
Best professional production:
Candida by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Laurel Smith, Classic Theatre Festival
Children of God written, composed and directed by Corey Payette, an Urban Ink (Vancouver) production in collaboration with NAC English Theatre, in association with Raven Theatre (Vancouver)
Kill Me Now by Brad Fraser, directed by Sarah Garton Stanley, a Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg) production in collaboration with NAC English Theatre
The Last Wife by Kate Hennig, directed by Esther Jun, a GCTC/Belfry (Victoria) co-production
Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Dave Dawson, Black Sheep Theatre
Vigilante written, composed and directed by Jonathan Christenson, Catalyst Theatre (Edmonton) in association with the NAC.