28th Annual Jessie Richardson Awards
Blackbird Theatre has garnered six important Jessie Award nominations for our 2009/10 production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Congratulations to our nominees:
| Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Outstanding Production |
| John Wright |
Outstanding Direction |
| Gabrielle Rose |
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Kevin McNulty |
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Meg Roe |
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Craig Erickson |
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role |
In just five years, Blackbird has received 27 Jessie nominations and won five awards:
| Marivaux's The Triumph of Love |
Outstanding Production |
| Johnna Wright |
Outstanding Direction |
| Marie Stillin |
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Ibsen's Peer Gynt |
Outstanding Production |
| John Webber |
Outstanding Lighting Design |
Blackbird's acclaimed production of Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? returns to the Arts Club's Granville Island Stage February 10-March 12, 2011. |
2010/11 production:
Great Expectations
adapted by Errol Durbach from the novel by
Charles Dickens
co-produced with Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon
Opening at Persephone Theatre in September 2011
Presented in Metro Vancouver at the Gateway Theatre, Richmond, February 2011 |