Before we announce the winners of our 2023 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re thrilled to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. This year we spoke to fifteen of our theatre nominees about the work that earned them their nomination.

 

This year’s series includes:

 

Matthew Stodolak and Katie Kerr 

Outstanding New Work 

Chris, Mrs (Boldly Productions)

 

Sean Arbuckle

Outstanding Performance (Leading)

Casey & Diana (Stratford Festival)

 

Graeme Black Robinson, Michelle Gram, and Steph Crothers

Outstanding Performance (Ensemble)

Frankenstein(esque) (Silent Protagonist Theatre at Toronto Fringe)

 

Greg Solomon

Outstanding Performance (Musical)

Parade (Wavestage Theatre Co)

 

Noam Tomaschoff, Ryan Peters, and Russell Citron

Outstanding New Work

Our Little Secret: The 23 & Me Musical (It’s Been Introduced at Toronto Fringe)

 

Allister MacDonald

Outstanding Performance (Leading)

Angels in America (That Theatre Company)

 

Colette Richardson

Outstanding Performance (Musical)

Ordinary Days (Shifting Ground Collective)

 

Allison Plamondon

Outstanding Performance (Supporting)

The Fox (Here for Now Theatre)

 

Melissa MacKenzie

Outstanding Performance (Musical)

Once (Thousand Islands Playhouse)

 

Lee Siegel

Outstanding Performance (Musical)

Rent (Stratford Festival)

 

Adrianna Prosser

Outstanding Performance (Supporting)

The Drowning Girls (Wren Theatre)

 

Will Carr

Outstanding Performance (Supporting)

A Christmas Carol (Three Ships Collective/Soup Can Theatre)

 

Haui

Outstanding Design (live video)

The Shadow of a Doubt (Shaw Festival)

 

Gislina Patterson

Outstanding Performance (Solo)

i am your spaniel (We Quit Theatre at SummerWorks)

 

Augusta “Gus” Monet aka Coyote Ugly

Outstanding Performance (Supporting)

Doctor Faustus (Dandelion Theatre/Apothecary Theatre)