Betty Award
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| Awarded for | Outstanding achievement in Calgary's professional theatre community |
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| First awarded | 1998 |
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The Betty Mitchell Awards were created in 1998 to celebrate and honor outstanding achievement in Calgary’s professional theatre community. It is commonly called the Betty Award and is named for Calgary theatre pioneer Dr. Betty Mitchell.[1][2][3]
Awards[edit]
The awards ceremony for the 2017-2018 season was held on June 25 at the Vertigo Theatre in Calgary and hosted by Katherine Fadum and Michael Tan; the nominations were announced on June 8.[4]
Award categories[edit]
Awards are given in the following categories:
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Outstanding Lighting Design
- Outstanding Set Design
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Outstanding Projection or Video Design(added 2014)
- Outstanding Costume Design
- Outstanding Sound Design or Composition
- Outstanding Choreography or Fight Direction
- Outstanding Musical Direction
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical
- Outstanding New Play
- Outstanding Direction
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama
- Outstanding Production of a Musical
- Outstanding Production of a Play
Special Awards[edit]
Rules[edit]
Statue Update[edit]
The original Betty Mitchell Award statue, designed by local Calgary sculptor, Petronella Overes, was inspired by the geography surround Calgary. It was a steel base containing a glass monolith with motifs of mountains and prairies. In 2007 for the 10th anniversary of the awards she redesigned it replacing the steel base with powder coated aluminum and increased the contrast in the tone and texture of the awards metal and glass.[5]
The Award received it's most recent design update in 2014 when Petronella design was replaced with a multi color tear drop shaped glass glass sculpture created by local glass blowing collective, Bee Kingdom Glass. Being hand blown each one is unique.[6]
See also[edit]
- Black Theatre Workshop
- Dora Mavor Moore Award
- Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award
- Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
- Gascon-Thomas Award
- Jessie Richardson Theatre Award
- Rideau Awards
- Robert Merritt Awards
References[edit]
- ↑ Northof, Anne (February 18, 2018), Betty Mitchell, The Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, Athabasca University Press, retrieved June 16, 2019
- ↑ Morrow, Martin (18 June 1998), "City theatre launches Betty Mitchell Awards", Calgary Herald, pp. E2, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ↑ Brooks, Bill (4 September 2014), "Betty Mitchell Awards honor the best of city's theatre world", Calgary Herald, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ↑ Theatre Alberta, Interview with Braden Griffiths: 21st Annual Betty Mitchell Awards, June 20, 2018
- ↑ Clark, B (27 August 2014), "Award gets an update", Calgary Herald, pp. C2, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ↑ "A Redesigned Award for 2014" (Press release). Calgary: The Betty Mitchell Awards. February 1, 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
External links[edit]
- Betty Mitchell Awards Official Website
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