Congratulations to Lally Cadeau (Best Actress, General Theatre division, for Rose) and everyone involved with the touring production of The Drowsy Chaperone on their Dora wins.
Top Girls, which was up for seven Doras (including one for Megan Follows, who was up against herself for Three Sisters), went away with only one trophy — one for Best Direction, given to Alisa Palmer.
The nominees for this year’s Dora Awards — which honours Toronto’s theatre and opera scene — have been announced.
Lally Cadeau and Megan Follows are among the nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role in a Play — Lally for her role in Rose, and Megan a double nominee for Top Girls and Three Sisters.
Top Girls is up for seven awards overall, also including Outstanding Production of a Play. Rose received five nominations.
Also among the nominees with an RTA connection is David Ferry (Stuart McRae), who is up for Outstanding Performance by a Male in the Independent Theatre division for his role in Lullaby. It was also announced that Fiona Reid (Maude Craig) would receive the Barbara Hamilton Award, which honours excellence and advocacy in the performing arts.
The awards will be handed out, untelevised, on June 30 in Toronto.
