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Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Glossary

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1978 establishments in Canada
Canadian theatre awards

Barbara Hamilton (actress)

Barbara Hamilton (11 December 1926 – 7 February 1996) was a Canadian actress in film, television, theatre and radio.

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Barbara Whitman

Barbara Whitman is an American theatrical producer.

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BirdLand Theatre

BirdLand Theatre is a non-profit performing arts company located in downtown Toronto, Ontario.

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Bluma Appel

Bluma Appel, (September 4, 1919July 15, 2007) was a Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Caroline Cave is a Canadian film, television and stage actor, known for her roles in the films This Beautiful City, One Week, The War Bride, Six Figures and Saw VI, and the television series Cra$h & Burn.

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CBC Arts

CBC Arts (Radio-Canada Arts) is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that creates and curates written articles, short documentaries, non-fiction series and interactive projects that represent the excellence of Canada's diverse artistic communities.

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Christopher House

Christopher House (born May 30, 1955) is a Canadian choreographer, performer and educator.

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Colin Mochrie

Colin Andrew Mochrie (born November 30, 1957) is a Scottish-born Canadian actor, writer, producer and improvisational comedian, best known for his appearances on the British and American versions of the improvisational TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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Dance in Canada

A large variety of dance companies exist in Canada, encompassing a wide tradition of dances that represent both its many indigenous cultures, as well as that of its European-descended population.

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Daniel MacIvor

Daniel MacIvor (born July 23, 1962) is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director, and film director.

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David Hersey

David Hersey (born November 30, 1939) is a lighting designer who has designed the lighting for over 250 plays, musicals, operas, and ballets.

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Denis Simpson

Denis Simpson (born Dennis Anthony Leopold Simpson; 4 November 1950 – 22 October 2010).

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Designer

A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans.

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Diego Matamoros

Diego Matamoros is a Canadian actor who has performed in theatre, television, film, radio, and voice animation, both across Canada and in the United States.

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Djanet Sears

Djanet Sears is a Canadian playwright, nationally recognized for her work in African-Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore

Dora Mavor Moore, (Mavor; 8 April 1888 – 15 May 1979) was a Canadian actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Direction (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actor (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actor (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Actress (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role - Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Leading Performer (General Theatre) is an annual Canadian theatre award, presented as part of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards to honour the year's best performance in a leading role in a stage production in the Toronto theatre market.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Musical (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Play (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Play (Independent Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre is a Canadian theatre award, presented as part of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards to honour the year's best new play by a Canadian playwright which had its premiere in the Toronto theatre market in the previous year.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Production (General Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production of a Play is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Production (Musical Theatre)

The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical is an annual award celebrating achievements in live Canadian theatre.

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Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards (also known as the Dora Awards or the Doras) are awards presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), honouring theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Dora Mavor Moore Awards and Dora Mavor Moore Awards are 1978 establishments in Canada, awards established in 1978 and Canadian theatre awards.

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Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award

The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (also known as the Sterling Award) is a local Edmonton, Alberta award presented annually which honours excellence in theatre. Dora Mavor Moore Awards and Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award are Canadian theatre awards.

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Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award

The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award was a Canadian literary award given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having performances in the Toronto area.

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Jessie Richardson Theatre Award

The Jessie Richardson Theatre Award (commonly known as the Jessie Awards) is given to recognize achievement in professional theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dora Mavor Moore Awards and Jessie Richardson Theatre Award are Canadian theatre awards.

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John Alcorn (singer)

John Alcorn is a Canadian jazz singer who is active in the Toronto jazz scene.

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John Krizanc

John Krizanc (born 1956) is a Canadian playwright who established an international reputation with his non-linear work, Tamara.

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John Neville (actor)

John Reginald Neville, CM OBE (2 May 1925 – 19 November 2011) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than sixty years, he was renown for his roles on both stage and screen in genres ranging from classical theatre, to fantasy and science fiction.

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John Romano

John or Johnny Romano may refer to.

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Jonathan Wilson (actor)

Jonathan Wilson (born October 19, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian and playwright, who is best known for his 1996 play My Own Private Oshawa.

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Julian Richings

Julian Richings (born 30 August 1956)Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at Ancestry.com is a British-Canadian character actor, having appeared in over 225 films and television series.

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Karen Kain

Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer and was the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 to 2021.

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Kawa Ada

Kawa Ada (born June 12, 1980) is an Afghan-Canadian actor, writer and producer.

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Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The lieutenant governor of Ontario (in French: Lieutenant-gouverneur (if male) or Lieutenante-gouverneure (if female) de l'Ontario) is the representative in Ontario of the monarch, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in oldest realm, the United Kingdom.

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Manitoba Theatre for Young People

Manitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP) is a theatre for children and young adults in The Forks area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Michel Marc Bouchard

Michel Marc Bouchard, (born February 2, 1958) is a Canadian playwright.

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Michel Tremblay

Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a Québécois novelist and playwright.

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Neil Munro (actor)

Neil Munro (1947–July 13, 2009) was a Scottish-born Canadian director, actor and playwright.

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Now (newspaper)

Now (styled as NOW), also known as NOW Magazine is an online publication based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Paul-André Fortier

Paul-André Fortier (born 30 April 1948) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer living in Montreal.

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Pauline Mills McGibbon

Pauline Mills McGibbon (21 October 1910 – 14 December 2001) served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980.

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Ronnie Burkett

Ronnie Burkett, OC is a Canadian puppeteer, best known for his original theatrical plays for adults, performed with marionettes.

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Roseneath Theatre

Roseneath Theatre is a not-for-profit theatre specializing in work for Young Audiences (TYA) which is officed in downtown Toronto but tours its productions to schools grades JK-12 across the province of Ontario.

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Salome Bey

Salome Bey (October 10, 1933 – August 8, 2020)While The Canadian Encyclopedia gives her year of birth as 1939, other sources say she was born in 1933 or 1944.

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Stuart Hughes

Stuart Hughes (born June 9, 1959) is a Canadian actor known for his leading roles on the stages of many Canadian theatre companies, including Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company (of which he is a founding member).

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Technical crew

The technical crew, often abbreviated to the "tech crew" or simply the "crew" (individually often known as "techies", "techs", or "technicians"), are the people employed behind the scenes ("backstage") to control all the technical aspects of creating a concert, play, musical, opera or other live performance.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Theatre director

A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc.

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Theatre for Young Audiences

Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), also youth theatre, theatre for children, and children's theatre is a branch of theatre arts that encompasses all forms of theatre that are attended by or created for younger audiences.

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Tomson Highway

Tomson Highway (born 6 December 1951) is an Indigenous Canadian playwright, novelist, children's author and musician.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts

Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is an arts service organization representing professional theatre, dance and opera companies in the City of Toronto.

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Tyley Ross

Tyley Ross is a Grammy nominated recording artist, the co-founder of the Universal Records recording act The East Village Opera Company, and a Dora Award winning musical theater actor.

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Valerie Buhagiar

Valerie Buhagiar (born May 12, 1963) is a Maltese-Canadian actress, film director and television host.

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Waawaate Fobister

Waawaate Fobister (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian actor, dancer, playwright, choreographer, instructor, producer and storyteller, best known for their semi-autobiographical one-man play, Agokwe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Awards

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1978 establishments in Canada

Canadian theatre awards

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