ACT-CO Nominations and Award Winners 2025-2026
Congratulations to all nominees and winners at last night’s 2026 Awards Gala! We received a total of 16 nominations and won 4 Thea Awards. We have lots to be proud of as members of The Curtain Club.
A Bunch of Amateurs – Comedy Category
Nomination: Best Set Design – Matt Hall
Nomination: Best Lighting Design – David Buffham
Nomination: Best Performance by an Individual in a Female Supporting Role – Carol Moore
Nomination: Best Performance by an Individual in a Male Leading Role – Jamie Sherman
Nomination and Winner: Best Performance by an Individual in a Female Leading Role – Judy Atherton
An Act of Grace – Drama Category
Nomination: Best Performance by an Individual in a Male Supporting Role – Peter Shipston
Nomination: Best Hair & Makeup Design – Myda Khan
The Last Wife – Drama Category
Nomination: Best Lighting Design – Mary Jane Boon
Nomination: Best Sound Design – Fabian Levy-Hara
Nomination: Best Performance by an Individual in a Female Leading Role – Shannon Henderson
Nomination: Best Hair & Makeup Design – Myda Khan
Nomination: Best Direction – Joan Burrows
Nomination: Best Production – Emily Merigioli, Producer
Nomination and Winner: Best Set Design – Matt Hall
Nomination and Winner: Best Newcomer or Youth Under 25 – Antonio Cado
Nomination and Winner: Best Performance by an Individual in a Male Role – Phil Dionne
Congratulations to all members of The Curtain Club who were nominated and/or won Thea Awards working with other community theatre groups within ACT-CO!
2024-2025 ACT-CO Festival Gala Results
Congratulations to all our nominees and winners! See all the full ACT-CO Award results here.
Congratulations to the production teams of Having Hope at Home, All My Sons and Silver Dagger for the nominations and awards at the 2025 Association of Community Theatres – Central Ontario Festival Gala on June 6 at the Meridian Centre in North York. We received 15 nominations and won 5 Thea Awards.
Having Hope at Home
Received 6 Nominations
- Best Direction of a Comedy – Sharon Dykstra nominated
- Best Stage Management for a Comedy – Mary Jane Boon nominated
- Best Performance by an Individual in a male leading role in a Comedy – Cam Lund nominated
Won 3 Awards
- Best Production of Comedy – Won the Thea Award – Steve Hetherington, Producer
- Best Set Design for a Comedy – Wayne Milliner won the Thea Award
- Best Hair & Makeup Design for a Comedy – Myda Khan won the Thea Award
All My Sons
Received 7 Nominations
- Best Production of a Drama – nominated – Wayne Milliner, Producer
- Best Direction of a Drama – Peter Shipston nominated
- Best Lighting Design for a Drama – Mary Jane Boon nominated
- Best Costume Design for a Drama – Amanda Eason and Suzanne Stoner nominated
- Best Stage Management for a Drama – Joan Burrows and Naomi Knight nominated
- Best Ensemble for a Drama – Cast nominated
Won 1 Award
- Best Performance by an Individual in a male leading role in a Drama – Phil Dionne won the Thea Award
Silver Dagger
Received 2 Nominations
- Best Set Design for a Drama – Julian Mulock nominated
Won 1 Award
- Best Hair & Makeup Design for a Drama – Myda Khan won the Thea Award
2019 ACT-CO Awards
ACT-CO Festivals
2018-2019
ACT-CO Festival Awards 2019
2017-2018
ACT-CO is the Association of Community Theatres-Central Ontario, a not-for-profit umbrella organization with 40 to 50 theatre group members from Oakville to Bowmanville, Muskoka to Lake Ontario. Every year about 40-something productions enter into an adjudicated festival and, in April at the annual dinner/dance gala, awards go to the professional adjudicators’ picks.
We are pleased to announce that two of the Curtain Club’s 2017-2018 productions—Butcher and Quartet— received several nominations and awards!
Drama
Winner, Best Presentation
Butcher, Steve Hetherington, Producer
“A tightly knit production, well acted and creatively designed, displaying trust and total collaboration.”
Winner, Set Design – Drama
Alice Torrance & Wayne Milliner
“For the design and execution of the perfect illusion—a wonderful collaboration with attention to the smallest nuance.”
Winner, Adjudicator’s Award #1
Cast, Butcher
“A company of characters undeniably intertwined together, each actor trusting and depending on the others.”
Nomination, Best Direction
Joan Burrows, Butcher
Nomination, Best Performance by a Male in a Leading Role
Cam Lund as Harrison Barnes, Butcher
Nomination, Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role
Tamara Van Bakel as Elena, Butcher
Nomination, Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role
Phil Dionne as Joseph, Butcher
Comedy
Nomination, Best Presentation
Quartet, Anne Kim, Producer
Nomination, Best Performance by a Male in a Leading Role
Kingsley Owen as Wilfred Bond, Quartet
Nomination, Best Set Design
Wade Pitman & Mary Rose, Quartet