Mainstage 2024
Date: July 1, 2024 - July 7, 2024
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Chilliwack Cultural Centre
9201 Corbould St, Chilliwack BC
Price: Adults:
Students and Seniors:
Tickets:

Workshops
Price:         Various
Times:       Various
Locations:  Cultural Centre & Guildhall


Cast & Crew PhotosAwards List

Photos by Graham Dowden

Major Awards – Adjudicator Joan MacLean

Best Production: Portal Players Dramatic Society & The Capitol Theatre – The Pillowman

Burnaby Award (Runner Up) : Pivot Theatre – Moonglow

Bill Elliot Best Director Award:  Portal Players Dramatic Society & The Capitol Theatres – Nicole Foster (The Pillowman)

Best Actor in a Female Role: Val Dearden, Moonglow (Pivot Theatre , Surrey)

Best Actor in a Male Role: Cydney Pederson, The Pillowman (Portal Players, Port Alberni)

Best Supporting Actor in a Female Role: Kassandra sison (Moonglow, Pivot Theatre, Surrey)

Best Supporting Actor in a Male Role: Scott Lemkay, The Pillowman (Portal Players, Port Alberni)

Best Ensemble: Sponsored by Courtenay Little Theatre: Bachelorette (Stage North Theatre Society, Fort St. John)

Best Lighting Design: Diena Tyne, The Pillowman (Portal Players, Port Alberni)

Best Sound Design: Carl Craig, The Pillowman (Portal Players, Port Alberni)

Best Set Design: Chris Bayne (Set Design) & Sheryl Bossons (Set Decor), Exquisite Hour (Powerhouse Theatre, Vernon)

Best Set Decor / Properties:  Hannele Talkio (props), The Pillowman (Portal Players, Port Alberni)

Best Costume Design: Norman White, Moonglow (Pivot Theatre, Surrey)

Gordon Kirby Award (Best Youth or Novice): Stacey Gibbons (Pivot Theatre, Surrey)

Best Backstage Cooperation – Adjudicator Jake Archer: Bachelorette (Stage North Theatre, Fort St. John)


Special Merit Certificates
– Adjudicator Joan MacLean

“Stepping in at the Last Minute” – Liam Archer (Chilliwack Players The Chilliwack Players Guild, The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble)

“Great and Well Timed Puppet Show” – Lennon Chase, Ojas Cats, Bella Paragallo, Aurayliah Clark, Teresa Drew, Hannele Talkio – (Portal Players Dramatic Society & The Capitol Theatre, The Pillowman)

“Wonderful Dancing” – Trinity Sullivan and Tristan Manning (Pivot Theatre, Moonglow)

Stevi MacGillivray – “Doing Whatever Needs To Be Done” (Stage North Theatre Society, Bachelorette)

Darrell Phillips Workshop Award: Expect Exceptional Theatre Company – The Woman in White vs the KGB


Graphics – Adjudicators The Chilliwack Visual Artists Association

Poster – Beck Marie, The Fly (Pivot Theatre, Surrey)

Programs – Kayt Roth (Moonglow) (Pivot Theatre, Surrey)

Website – Halfway There (South Okanagan Amateur Players, Oliver)

Promotional Materials – Sarah Morag McLean, 60th Calendar (Powerhouse Theatre, Vernon)

Jessie Richardson Award – Xzana Nesbitt (Theatre & Performance at Simon Fraser University)

MAINSTAGE is the annual Provincial Theatre Festival for groups throughout the province and is one of the longest-running theatre traditions in Canada.


See you in Fort St. John!