The votes have been tallied and it's time to announce the nominees for the third annual Rideau Awards, which celebrate achievement in professional theatre in the region of Ottawa-Gatineau. This year for the first time, Les Prix Rideau Awards will be fully bilingual, with a full slate of awards to be presented for both English and French-language productions. The awards will be handed out during a celebration to take place on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at De La Salle High School.

The nominees for English-language productions are:

Outstanding Performance – Female

Mary Ellis, Doubt
Patricia Fagan, The Syringa Tree
Teri Rata Loretto, Shirley Valentine
Margo MacDonald, A Midwinter’s Dream Tale
Emily Pearlman, Countries Shaped Like Stars

Outstanding Performance – Male

Pierre Brault, Portrait of an Unidentified Man
David Fox, The Net
Kris Joseph, Doubt
Andy Massingham, Peer Gynt
Paul Rainville, The Drawer Boy

Outstanding Lighting Design

Martin Conboy, Portrait of an Unidentified Man
Martin Conboy, The Drawer Boy
Rebecca Miller, Henry V
David Mcgladry, A Midwinter’s Dream Tale
Jock Munro, The Children's Republic
Jock Munro, The Syringa Tree

Outstanding Set Design

Robin Fisher, The Drawer Boy
Robin Fisher, The Syringa Tree
Ivo Valentik, A Midwinter’s Dream Tale
Ivo Valentik, The Final Twist
Sarah Waghorn, Old Times

Outstanding Costume Design

Louise Hayden, A Midwinter’s Dream Tale
Louise Hayden, The Girl Who Was Eaten by the Dark
Jennifer Triemstra & Karen Rodd, A Guy Named Joe
Sarah Waghorn, Henry V
Sarah Waghorn, Old Times
Outstanding Stage Management / Technical Award

Donna Bourgeault, A View from the Bridge
Sean Green & Tina Goralski, Noises Off
Louisa Hache, The Children's Republic
Samira Rose, The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Outstanding Fringe Production

Countries Shaped Like Stars, Mi Casa
The Girl Who Was Eaten by the Dark, Ottawa Stilt Union
Inclement Weather, Mi Casa
Squatter Heart, ReduxDelux
We Never Clothed, People with Principles

Outstanding Director

AL Connors, A Midwinter’s Dream Tale
Todd Duckworth, The Drawer Boy
Janet Irwin, The Children's Republic
Lise Ann Johnson, The Syringa Tree
Brian Quirt, Portrait of an Unidentified Man

Emerging Artist Award

Simon Bradshaw, Actor, The Rideau Project
Nicolas Di Gaetano, Creator/Actor, Countries Shaped Like Stars
Patrick Gauthier, Director, Countries Shaped Like Stars
Brad Long, Actor, The Pillowman
Emily Pearlman, Creator/Actor/Writer, Countries Shaped Like Stars

Outstanding Adaptation

A Midwinter’s Dream Tale, A Company of Fools
Much Ado About Nothing, A Company of Fools
The Net, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Pirate Jenny’s Circus, Counterpoint Players
The Radio Show, Gladstone Productions

Outstanding New Creation

The Children's Republic, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Countries Shaped Like Stars, Mi Casa
The Girl Who Was Eaten by the Dark, Ottawa Stilt Union
Inclement Weather, Mi Casa
The Rideau Project, Théâtre la Catapulte

Outstanding Production

Countries Shaped Like Stars, Mi Casa
The Drawer Boy, Great Canadian Theatre Company
A Midwinter’s Dream Tale, A Company of Fools
Portrait of an Unidentified Man, Sleeping Dog Theatre
The Syringa Tree, Great Canadian Theatre Company

The nominees for French-language productions are:

Interprétation féminine de l'année

Nathaly Charrette, (RAGE)
Larissa Corriveau, (L'Illusion comique)
Geneviève Couture, (L'honnête homme/ une one woman show)
Magali Lemèle, (Le Bout du monde)
Emmanuelle Lussier, Martinez (Le Bout du monde)

Interprétation masculine de l'année

Benjamin Gaillard, (Projet Rideau)
Richard Léger, (Et si on tuait l'ennui?)
Gilles Provost, (Mardis avec Morrie)
Pierre Antoine, Lafon Simard (L'Illusion comique)
Victor Trelles, (RAGE)

Conception de l'année

Marcel Aymar, (Le Bout du monde), env. sonore
Josée Bergeron-Proulx, (Le Bout du monde), décor
Diane Bouchard, (L'effet réel des polluants sur les animaux
imaginaries), marionnettes
Julie Giroux, (Les sept jours de Simon Labrosse), décor
Guillaume Houët- Brisebois, (L'honnête homme/ une one woman show), éclairage

Artiste en émergence

Josée Bergeron-Proulx, (Le Bout du monde)
Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez , interprète, (Le Bout du monde)
Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, interprète, (L'Illusion comique)

Prix technique / de la regie

Tina Goralski, (L'Illusion comique)
Guillaume Houët- Brisebois, (L'honnête homme/ une one woman show)
Benoît Roy, (Le Bout du monde)
Lindsay Tremblay, (Le Projet Rideau)

Mise en scène de l'année

Joël Beddows (RAGE)
Dominique Lafon (L'Illusion comique)
Marc Lemyre (L'honnête homme/ une one woman show)
Pier Rodier (Cyrano Tag)
Anne-Marie White (Le Bout du monde)

Adaptation de l'année

Le Bout du monde, Le Théâtre du Trillium
Cyrano Tag, Vox Théâtre

Nouvelle création de l'année

Cyrano Tag, Vox Théâtre
L'effet réel des polluants sur les animaux imaginaires, GESTES théâtre
Et si on tuait l'ennui?, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
L'honnête homme/ une one woman show, poésie électrique
Le Projet Rideau, Théâtre la Catapulte

Production de l'année

Le Bout du monde, Théâtre du Trillium
Et si on tuait l'ennui?, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
L'honnête homme/ une one woman show, poésie électrique
Le Projet Rideau, Théâtre la Catapulte
RAGE, Théâtre la Catapulte

40 English and 11 French professional theatre productions were juried by two teams of local arts professionals (14 English and 10 French) during the 2009 calendar year. Nominations were submitted by secret ballot and tallied by local accountants, Chong Pelot and Marcil-Lavallée. Complete details on award definitions, terms and criteria are available at www.rideauawards.ca Les Prix Rideau Awards initiative was undertaken in late 2006 as a result of discussion at an open meeting of the regional Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The program aims to raise the profile of locally-produced professional theatre by celebrating its successes.