MLT at ACT-CO Gala - WOW!! 4 Theas and a total of 12 nominations!!!!

We hate to toot our own horn, but we are extraordinarily proud of our MLT members who worked so very hard with such amazing results on our two ACT-CO Festival entered productions this season! The awards gala was held April 2nd, and we may have made ACT-CO history as MLT won Best Production in TWO categories!

P.S. Uncle Angus won Best Production for a Drama

• Writer and director Neil Alexander Marr won the Drama Adjudicator award for 1st time playwright
• Rene Vriends won the Drama Adjudicator award for Standout Contribution
• Additional Nominations:
  • Best Lighting in a Drama - Ron Brownsberger
  • Ensemble Acting - the cast
  • Best Performance - Female in a Supporting Role Drama - Michele Browne
  • Best Performance - Female in a Leading Role Drama - Kate O'Hearn
  • Best Performance - Male in a Leading Role Drama - Joe Tirone
  • Best Director Drama - Neil Alexander Marr

Jenny's House of Joy won Best Production for a Comedy

• Additional Nominations:
  • Best Performance - Female in a Leading Role Comedy - Julia Guthrie
  • Best Costume Design for a Comedy - Priscilla Marr

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners from the other ACT-CO member groups. Whitby Courthouse Theatre represented ACT-CO at the 2011 Theatre Ontario Festival in Richmond Hill with their production of Suds!