1980 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The 1980 Dora Mavor Moore Awards were the first major award ceremony celebrating excellence in theatre from the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

General Theatre Division

Production	Original Play
Balconville – Centaur Theatre Productions presented by Toronto Arts Productions Ain't Lookin' – A T.W.P. Production Paper Wheat – 25th Street Theatre at Toronto Free Theatre Strawberry Fields – Toronto Free Theatre	Maggie and Pierre by Linda Griffiths and Paul Thompson – Theatre Passe Muraille October's Soldiers by Alun Hibbert – Theatre Passe Muraille Something Red by Tom Walmsley – New Play Centre
Leading Performer	Supporting Performer
*Viola Léger for La Sagouine* – Théâtre Français de Toronto Linda Griffiths for Maggie and Pierre – Theatre Passe Muraille** Andrew Gillies for Strawberry Fields – Toronto Free Theatre Michael Hogan for Something Red – Tarragon Theatre Dan MacDonald for American Buffalo – New Play Centre Fiona Reid for Born Yesterday Wenna Shaw for The Relapse – Phoenix Theatre R. H. Thomson for Judgement	*Geoffrey Bowes for Automatic Pilot* – New Theatre Gary Reineke for Buried Child – Toronto Free Theatre** Sharon Bakker for Paper Wheat – 25th Street Theatre at Toronto Free Theatre Rosemary Dunsmore for Buried Child – Toronto Free Theatre Marion Gilsenan for Strawberry Fields – Toronto Free Theatre Barbara Gordon for The Matchmaker – Theatre Passe Muraille Richard Monette for Something Red – New Play Centre Kim Renders for The Matchmaker – Theatre Passe Muraille
Direction	Scenic Design
*Guy Sprung for Balconville* and Paper Wheat – Centaur Theatre Productions presented by Toronto Arts Productions** Peter Froehlich for Staller's Farm – Theatre Passe Muraille Ken Livingstone for American Buffalo – New Play Centre George Luscombe for Ain't Lookin' – A T.W.P. Production	*Barbra Matis for Balconville* – Centaur Theatre Productions presented by Toronto Arts Productions** Astrid Janson for Refugees – Toronto Workshop Productions and Co-Opera Theatre Jim Plaxton for Strawberry Fields and Coming through Slaughter – Toronto Free Theatre
Costume Design	Lighting Design
*Susan Benson for Twelfth Night* – Young People's Theatre** Shawn Kerwin for Happy End – Tarragon Theatre Martin Johnson for The Matchmaker – Theatre Passe Muraille Astrid Janson for Flying – Toronto Workshop Productions Kelly Jay, Kerry Knickle and Maggie Thomas for Orders from Bergdorf – NDWT	*Jim Plaxton for Night, Refugees* and Strawberry Fields – Toronto Workshop Productions and Co-Opera Theatre, Toronto Free Theatre** Lynne Hyde for Man's a Man Richard Nieoczym for Hasid

Musical Theatre or Revue Division

Production (Musical)	Production (Revue or Cabaret)
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road – Beryl Fox and Marlene Smith Orders from Bergdorf – NDWT Refugees – Toronto Workshop Productions and Co-Opera Theatre	Indigo – Avid Entertainments CODCO – Theatre Passe Muraille Dinah and Friends – Androcles Entertainment For Whom the Bell Hops – Second City
Performer	Original Score
*Salome Bey for Indigo* – Avid Entertainments** Dinah Christie for Dinah and Friends – Androcles Entertainment Judith Lander for I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road – Beryl Fox and Marlene Smith Denis Simpson for Flying and Indigo – Avid Entertainments	*Barbara Spence Potter for Colette* – Phoenix Theatre** Jim Galloway for Coming through Slaughter – Necessary Angel Kelly Jay, Kerry Knickle, Carole Lazare and Keith McNair for Orders from Bergdorf – NDWT Beverly Pannell and Raymond Pannell for Refugees – Toronto Workshop Productions and Co-Opera Theatre

References

^ "Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominees". Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ "Dora Mavor Moore Award Recipients". Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

v t e Dora Mavor Moore Awards
General Theatre Division	Production Original Play Leading Performer Supporting Performer Direction Scenic/Projection Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design/Composition Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Actor (retired) Supporting Actress (retired) Ensemble (retired) Choreography (retired)
Musical Theatre Division	Production Original Musical Leading Performer Supporting Performer Direction Musical Direction Choreography Design Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Actor (retired) Supporting Actress (retired) Ensemble (retired) Scenic Design (retired) Costume Design (retired) Lighting Design (retired) Original Score (retired)
Independent Theatre Division	Production Original Play Direction Performer Ensemble Scenic/Projection Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design/Composition Leading Actor (retired) Leading Actress (retired) Supporting Performer/Ensemble (retired) Design (retired)
Dance Division	Production Performer Ensemble Choreography Design Sound Design/Composition Actor (retired) Actress (retired)
Opera Division	Production Original Opera Performer Ensemble Direction Musical Direction Design Actor (retired) Actress (retired)
Theatre for Young Audiences Division	Production Original Play Performer Ensemble Direction Design
Touring Division	Production
Ceremonies	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021 (Covid-19)~~ 2022 2023

1980 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

Winners and nominees

General Theatre Division

Musical Theatre or Revue Division

See also

References

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