Two musicals, two comedies and one drama are down to compete for the award of Best Production in the 2011 Actor Boy Awards. ‘Acts of the Apostles’ the impressive epic staged by Father Holung and Friends comes in with 11 nominations the same as the Eight Seven Six produced nostalgic hit ‘Last Call’. The only nominees in the Musical genre and for Original Score, both shows got the thumbs up for Choreography, Original Song, Costume, Set and Lighting Design. ‘Acts of the Apostles’ was also nominated for Special Effects and New Jamaican Play while for ‘Last Call’, Andrew Lawrence, Maurice Bryan and Richelle Bellamy-Pelicie copped nominations for their supporting roles.
Also in the running are the Jambiz International comedies‘Breadfruit Kingdom’ with ten nominations and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ with seven along with ‘Where is my Father?” by Basil Dawkins Productions. The only Drama nominee in that category, ‘Where is My Father?’ also comes in with seven nominations.
Renowned theatre practitioner Trevor Nairne O.D. has nabbed five individual nominations for the ITI Jamaica Chapter’s 2011 Actor Boy Awards. Nairne has received double nominations for Directing and Set Design along with a nomination for Costume Design. Also impressing the judges with their work are Robin Baston with four nods for Special Effects, Lighting and Set Design, while Patrick Brown and newcomer Keiran King grab three each. Choreographer and many times winner Paula Shaw stamped her mark on that category with three nods for ‘Acts of the Apostles’, ‘Last Call’ and ‘Anancy Chaptaz-Di Beginning’. Shaw is the only nominee to cop three nominations in a single category.
Double nominations are down for Glen Campbell in the category Actor in a Lead Role for his work in ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and‘Breadfruit Kingdom’, Nadean Rawlins for her Lead Role in ‘Not About Eve’ and Supporting Role in ‘Where is my Father?’, Owen Ellis for directing and starring in his one man show ‘UN’, Damion Radcliffe – New Jamaican Play and Special Effects for ‘Anancy Chaptaz-Di Beginning’ and Dahlia Harris-New Jamaican Play and Actress in a Lead Role for ‘God’s Way’.
The ITI Actor Boy Awards is scheduled for Monday, March 26 2012 and serve, not only to applaud, the very best of Jamaican theatre, and provide an avenue through which theatre practitioners may be nationally recognised for their work. The event is under the auspices of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), so it is benchmarked to international standards.
Below we’ve featured the complete list of 2011 Actor Boy Award nominees, sorted by production.
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Where is My Father?
NOMINATIONS:
New Jamaican Play ( Basil Dawkins)
Actor in Supporting Role(Jean Paul Menou)
Actress in Supporting Role (Nadean Rawlins)
Set Design (Robin Baston)
Directing (Douglas Prout)
Best Production(Basil Dawkins Productions)
Best Drama (Basil Dawkins Productions)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Charlie’s Angels
NOMINATIONS:
Actor (Glen Campbell)
Actress in a Supporting Role (Teisha Duncan)
Set Design (Trevor Nairne)
Lighting Design (Lenford Salmon)
Directing (Patrick Brown and Trevor Nairne)
Production (Jambiz International)
Comedy (Jambiz International)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: UN
NOMINATIONS:
Actor in a Lead Role ( Owen Ellis)
Directing (Owen Ellis)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Judgment
NOMINATION:
Actor in a Lead Role (Christopher McFarlane)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Stop Dat Train
NOMINATIONS:
Actor in a Lead Role (Winston Bell)
Special Effects (David Tulloch & Michael Lorde)
Actress in a Supporting Role (Terri Salmon)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Breadfruit Kingdom
NOMINATIONS:
Actor in a Lead Role (Glen Campbell)
Original Song (Tek It Back)
Set Design (Trevor Nairne)
Lighting Design (Patrick Brown)
Directing (Patrick Brown)
Production (Jambiz International)
Special Effects (Patrick Brown)
Comedy (Jambiz International)
Choreography (Barbara McDaniel)
Costume Design (Trevor Nairne)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: God’s Way
NOMINATIONS:
Actress in a Lead Role(Dahlia Harris)
New Jamaican Play(Dahlia Harris)
Actor in a Supporting Role(Ainsley Whyte)
Drama(DMH Productions)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Back-A-Yaad
NOMINATION: Actress in a Lead Role(Deon Silvera)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Not About Eve
NOMINATIONS:
Actress in a Lead Role (Nadean Rawlins)
Actress in a Lead Role (Carol Lawes)
Drama (University Players)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: A Gift for Mom
NOMINATIONS:
Actress in a Lead Role(Ruth Hoshing)
Actor in a Lead Role (Alwyn Scott)
Drama (Basil Dawkins Productions)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Acts of the Apostles
NOMINATIONS:
Choreography (Paula Shaw)
Costume Design(Denise Robinson)
Special Effects(Robin Baston)
Original Song (We Believe)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: We Must Spread the Word
NOMINATIONS:
New Jamaican Play (Father Richard Holung)
Set Design (Robin Baston/PJ Stewart)
Lighting Design (Robin Baston)
Original Score (Wynton Williams/Fr Holung)
Production (Fr. Holung & Friends MOP)
Musical (Fr. Holung & Friends MOP)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Last Call
NOMINATIONS:
Choreography (Paula Shaw)
Costume Design (Scarlett Beharie/Keiran King)
Original Song (Last Call)
Actor in a Supporting Role (Andrew Lawrence)
Actor in a Supporting Role (Maurice Bryan)
Actress in a Supporting Role(Richelle Bellamy-Pelicie)
Set Design (Patrick Williams/Keiran King)
Lighting Design (Nadia Roxborough/Keiran King)
Original Score (Karen Armstrong)
Production (Eight Seven Six)
Musical (Eight Seven Six)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Anancy Chaptaz-di beginning
Choreograpy (Paula Shaw)
Special Effects (Damion Radcliffe)
Original Song (Anancy Chaptaz)
New Jamaican Play (Damion Radcliffe)
Children’s Theatre (Independent Actor Movement)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Masqueraders
NOMINATIONS:
Choreography (Alice Berry Gayle)
Costume Design (Stacy Banton)
Lighting Design (Calvin Mitchell/Owen Boyd)
Directing (Trevor Nairne)
Drama (School of Drama EMCVPA)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Anansi & Goat
Costume Design (Anya Gloudon-Nelson)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Head Soup
NOMINATIONS:
Special Effects (Little Theatre Movement)
Children’s Theatre (Little Theatre Movement)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: The Butttonhole Bandit
NOMINATIONS:
Children’s Theatre (School of Drama EMCVPA)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: The Politicians
NOMINATIONS:
Comedy (Stages Productions)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Double Dose
NOMINATIONS:
Comedy (Stages Productions)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: Adopted Child
NOMINATIONS:
Comedy (Pragmatic Productions)
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PLAY/PRODUCTION: If Walls Could Talk
NOMINATIONS:
Actress in a Supporting Role (Rosie Murray)
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