Annette has been involved in amateur and professional theatre for over 40 years as a director, adjudicator and teacher. Her work has taken h
er to Japan, Europe, the United States and across Canada. She has adjudicated more than 120 festivals in the past 27 years, including being the only North American to adjudicate the IATA World Theatre Festival in Monaco. Annette has also adjudicated the National Festival for the American Association of Community Theatre four times. For her work as an Adjudicator in the United States she was made a Fellow of AACT in 2009 for “single-handedly raising the level of community theatre in America.” She is the only non-American to hold this lifetime honour. In 2010 Annette published the only textbook on adjudication Do You See What I See.
Annette was one of the founders of the Lighthouse Festival in Port Dover and is currently Artistic Director of New Actors’ Colony Theatre in Bala, Ontario where professional theatre in Canada started in 1939.
AWARDS
The Elsie - Outstanding Production
Peterborough Theatre Guild - "The Mouse House"
Nominated: "The December Man / L'homme de décembre", The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill
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Outstanding Director
Peterborough Theatre Guild - "The Mouse House"
Robert Ainsworth
Nominated: Brian J. Moore, "The December Man / L'homme de décembre", The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill
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Outstanding Performance by a Female
The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill - "The December Man / L'homme de décembre"
Lise Boily as Kathleen Fournier
Nominated: Tara Bernatchez as Jelly Fine, "The Attic", The Pearls and Three Fine Girls, Gore Bay Theatre and
Lisa MacNeill as Germaine, "Picasso At The Lapin Agile", Guelph Little Theatre
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Outstanding Performance by a Male
Peterborough Theatre Guild - "The Mouse House"
Matthew Finlan as Troy
Nominated: Jack Roe as Carson, "The Mouse House", Peterborough Theatre Guild,
Gord Cameron as Freddy, "Picasso At The Lapin Agile", Guelph Little Theatre and
Rob Goodale as Benoît Fournier, "The December Man / L'homme de décembre", The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill
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Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Supporting Role
Guelph Little Theatre - "Picasso At The Lapin Agile"
Amiliah Goodrich as Suzanne
Nominated: Anita Lalonde as Jayne Fine, "The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls", Gore Bay Theatre and
Shannon McMullan as Jo-Jo Fine, "The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine girls", Gore Bay Theatre
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Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role
Guelph Little Theatre - "Picasso At The Lapin Agile"
Rob Gray as Albert Einstein
Nominated: Terry Novak as Thomas, "The Mouse House", Peterbourgh Theatre Guild,
Carlo Adamo as Pablo Picasso, "Picasso At The Lapin Agile", Guelph Little Theatre and
Nathaniel Kinghan as Jean Émile Fournier, "The December Man / L'homme de décembre", The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill
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Outstanding Visual Presentation
Peterborough Theatre Guild - "The Mouse House"
Nominated: "Picasso At The Lapin Agile", Guelph Little Theatre
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Outstanding Technical Achievement
Guelph Little Theatre - "Picasso At The Lapin Agile"
Nominated: "The Mouse House", Peterborough Theatre Guild
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Outstanding Coordinated Production (chosen by the Festival Stage Manager)
The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill - "The December Man / L'homme de décembre"
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The Perry Short Award (For Set Design)
Peterborough Theatre Guild - "The Mouse House" Carolyn Boyer
Nominated: Paul Briggs, "Picasso At The Lapin Agile", Guelph Little Theatre
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Special Adjudicator Awards
- Guelph Little Theatre - :Picasso At The Lapin Agile"
Sara Harknett Dunbar, for outstanding costumes - Gore Bay Theatre - "The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls"
Jean Lavalle, for original music - Peterborough Theatre Guild - "The Mouse House"
Carolyn Boyer, Judy Hoard & Charlotte Scajkowski for stage dressing and properties - Gore Bay Theatre - "The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls" for outstanding lighting design
- The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill - "The December Man / L'homme de décembre" for outstanding ensemble
NOTE: there were two awards for outstanding ensemble
