A history of festival entries & awards  

Compiled by James Healey

2023 Awards

April 10-15, 2023, Grand Falls-Windsor

  • Self Help – Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
  • Calendar Girls – St. John’s Players, St. John’s
  • Brazil Square – Avion Players, Gander
  • A Night in the Theatre – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
  • The Twilight Zone* – School Zone Productions, St. John’s (*This production of The Twilight Zone featured altogether different material from the 2018 festival production of the same name by School Zone Productions)
  • Stop Kiss – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
  • Play: Calendar Girls – St. John’s Players
  • Actor: Scott Simms, Self Help – Northcliffe Drama Club
  • Actress: Susan Bonnell, Calendar Girls – St. John’s Players
  • Supporting Actor: John Whelan, Self Help – Northcliffe Drama Club
  • Supporting Actress: Abby Martin, Stop Kiss – Off-Broadway Players
  • Actor (male or female) under 25: Aaron Dawe, Stop Kiss – Off-Broadway Players
  • Direction: Craig Robinson, A Night in the Theatre – Northern Lights Theatre Company
  • Set Design: Fabian O’Keefe, The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions
  • Sound: Graham Dillabough, The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions
  • Lighting: Cameron Wilcox, Calendar Girls – St. John’s Players
  • Costume: Brenda Chaytor, Brazil Square – Avion Players
  • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Gabriel Edwards, Calendar Girls – St. John’s Players
  • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Lauren Gillingham, Stop Kiss – Off-Broadway Players
  • Special Adjudicator’s Award for Ensemble Acting: Nick McGrath, Chad Reid, Kathy-Lynn Shaw, Sara Sheenan, A Night in the Theatre – Northern Lights Theatre Company
  • Festival Community Spirit Award: Avion Players
  • Adjudicator: Nicole Underhay
2019 Awards

April 21-27, 2019, St. John’s

  • Jack Meets the Cat – School Zone Productions, St. John’s
  • Circle Mirror Transformation – Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
  • The Maltese Bodkin – St. John’s Players, St. John’s
  • The Pillowman – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
  • The Donnellys – Avion Players, Gander
  • A Skull in Connemara – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
  • Marion Bridge – Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor Play: The Pillowman – Off-Broadway Players
  • Actor: Mike Payne, The Pillowman – Off-Broadway Players
  • Actress: Ruth Simmons, A Skull in Connemara – Northern Lights Theatre Company
  • Supporting Actor: Marty Byrne, A Skull in Connemara – Northern Lights Theatre Company
  • Supporting Actress: Michelle (Porter) Lambert, Jack Meets the Cat – School Zone Productions
  • Actor (male or female) under 25: Colin O’Keefe, The Maltese Bodkin – St. John’s Player
  • Direction: Stephen Perchard, The Pillowman – Off-Broadway Players
  • Set Design: Sheldon Parsons, The Pillowman – Off-Broadway Players
  • Sound: Lou McDonald, The Pillowman – Off-Broadway Players
  • Lighting: Jamie Skidmore, Jack Meets the Cat – School Zone Productions
  • Costume: Jenelle Welshman, Jackie Hibbs, Jacqueline Raymond-Ottenheimer, Eileen Doyle, Carolann Hayden, The Maltese Bodkin – St. John’s Players
  • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Emily Philpott, Circle Mirror Transformation – Mokami Players
  • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Jon Aylward, The Maltese Bodkin – St. John’s Players
  • Special Adjudicator’s Award for Stage Management: Deanna Skinner and Elaine Condon,  Jack Meets the Cat – School Zone Productions
  • Special Adjudicator’s Award for Ensemble Acting: Jacob Barker, Ani Brinson, Brian Earle, Alicia Jackman and Emily Philpott, Circle Mirror Transformation – Mokami Players 
  • Adjudicator: David Ferry
  • The Harvey Rose Bowl (visual presentation), Elizabeth F. Ireland Award (properties), Stage Manager’s Award, NL Herald Audience Appreciation Award and Margaret Doyle Award (spirit of the festival) were all retired prior to this year’s festival and not replaced. -
  • The Thompson Trophy was retired and replaced with the award for Best Actor (male or female) under age 25.
  • The Neala Griffin Trophy (direction), Allan Power Award (lighting), Allan R. Hillier Award (costumes), Hans Tode Award (innovative and imaginative set design), and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Award (best play) were retired as perpetual trophies.
  • The Honourary Chairman’s Award (best actor), Chrissi Andrews Memorial Award (best actress), Reg Harte Memorial Award (best supporting actor), and Sarah MacDonald Memorial Award (best supporting actress) will no longer be known or referred to by those names.
2018 Awards

    April 2-7, 2018, Corner Brook

    • Rumors – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • West Moon – Avion Players, Gander
    • Fiction – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Dinner with Friends – Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions, St. John’s
    • Wit – St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Dinner with Friends – Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Scott Simms, Dinner with Friends – Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actress: Rhonda Rodgers, Dinner with Friends – Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: James LeBlanc, Wit – St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Lynn Sooley, West Moon – Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Ellie King, The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions
    • Direction: Mark Bradbury, Rumors – Off-Broadway Players
    • Visual Presentation: The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions
    • Set Design: Louise Kearley, Wit – St. John’s Players
    • Sound: Ann Devlin, Graham Dillabough, Scott French, The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions
    • Lighting: Jamie Skidmore, The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions
    • Costume: Mark Brady and Toshon Dawe, Rumors – Off-Broadway Players
    • Stage Management: Jeannie Collins, West Moon – Avion Players
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Ellie King, The Twilight Zone – School Zone Productions 
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Property Management: Julie Ferrero, Dinner with Friends – Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Audience Appreciation: (tie) Rumors – Off-Broadway Players, Wit – St. John’s Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Technical Crew, Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre
    • Adjudicator: Steve O’Connell
    2017 Awards

    April 16-22, 2017, Gander

    • Moon Over Buffalo – Avion Players, Gander
    • Scratch – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • The Good Doctor – St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Looking – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Salt-Water Moon – Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • 12 Angry Men – School Zone Productions, St. John’s
    • Knickers! – Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: 12 Angry Men – School Zone Productions
    • Actor: Jim Healey, The Good Doctor – St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Michele Dove, Moon Over Buffalo – Avion Players
    • Supporting Actor: Gordon Ralph, 12 Angry Men – School Zone Productions
    • Supporting Actress: Toshon Dawe, Scratch – Off-Broadway Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Jamie Felsberg,
    • Salt-Water Moon – Mokami Players Direction: Fabian O’Keefe,
    • 12 Angry Men – School Zone Productions
    • Visual Presentation: Looking – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Set Design: Nick Mercer and Claude House, Moon Over Buffalo – Avion Players
    • Sound: Lester Simmons, Looking – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Lighting: Marty Byrne, Looking – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Costume: Brenda Chaytor, Moon Over Buffalo – Avion Players
    • Stage Management: Jennifer Stanley, Moon Over Buffalo – Avion Player
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Sarah Connors, Scratch – Off-Broadway Player
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Simon Alteen, 12 Angry Men – School Zone Productions
    • Property Management: Jeanne Collins, Moon Over Buffalo – Avion Players
    • Audience Appreciation: 12 Angry Men – School Zone Productions
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Greg and Ann-Marie Blumer, Avion Players (A performance of The New Electric Ballroom, scheduled to be performed by the Northcliffe Drama Club on April 17, was cancelled due to an injury to a cast member. There were two performances on April 22, held in separate venues: 12 Angry Men was performed at 2 pm in the theatre at Hotel Gander and Knickers! was performed at 7 pm in the Smallwood Arts and Culture Centre.)
    • Adjudicator: Robert Chafe
    2016 Awards

    March 29-April 2, 2016 Labrador West

    • The Drowning Girls - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Extremities – Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Painting Churches – Avion Players, Gander
    • Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • A Guide to Mourning – Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • Play: Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Actor: Jacob Bradbury, Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Actress: Michele Dove, Painting Churches – Avion Players
    • Supporting Actor: Val Oliver, A Guide to Mourning – Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actress: Karla Abbass, A Guide to Mourning – Mokami Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Jamie Felsberg, A Guide to Mourning – Mokami Players
    • Direction: Jordan Stringer, Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Visual Presentation: Painting Churches – Avion Players
    • Set Design: Neil Robbins, Jordan Stringer, Troy Turner, Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Sound: Troy Turner, Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Neil Robbins, Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Costume: Brenda Chaytor, Painting Churches – Avion Players
    • Stage Management: Lynn Sooley, Painting Churches – Avion Players
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Jamie Felsberg, A Guide to Mourning – Mokami Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Property Management: Jeanne Collins, Painting Churches – Avion Players
    • Audience Appreciation: Cherry Docs - Off-Broadway Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Courtney Croucher, Carol Players (The Transcontinental Media Scholarship was discontinued.)
    • Adjudicator: Greg Malone
    2015 Awards

    April 5-11, 2015, Gander

    • April 5-11, 2015, Gander
    • August: Osage County – Avion Players, Gander
    • Molly on the Shore – School Zone Productions, St. John’s
    • The Selkie Wife – Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • Agnes of God – Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • Vimy – St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Fat Pig – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Play: Agnes of God – Mokami Players
    • Actor: Chris Bishop, Vimy – St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Michelle Dove, August: Osage County – Avion Players
    • Supporting Actor: David Newell, The Selkie Wife – Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actress: Julia McDonald, August: Osage County – Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Louna Fezoui, Agnes of God – Mokami Players
    • Direction: Jamie Skidmore, Agnes of God – Mokami Players
    • Visual Presentation: August: Osage County – Avion Players
    • Set Design: Marty Byrne, Lester Simmons, Peter McCormack, Jane Soper and Craig Robinson, Fat Pig – NLTC
    • Sound: Troy Turner, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Jamie Skidmore, Vimy – St. John’s Players
    • Costume: Sarah Carter, Eileen Doyle and Sandi Mercer, Vimy – St. John’s Players
    • Stage Management: Lynn Sooley, August: Osage County – Avion Players
    • Transcontinental Media Scholarship: Beth Sparkes-Dawe, Vimy – St. John’s Players
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Stephanie Curran, Vimy – St. John’s Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Alanah Whiteway, Molly on the Shore – School Zone Productions
    • Property Management: Sandy Sarto and Sheldon Parsons, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – Off-Broadway Players
    • Audience Appreciation: August: Osage County – Avion Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Technical Crew, Gander Arts and Culture Centre
    • (Jamie Skidmore wins awards with two different groups.)
    • Adjudicator: Danielle Irvine
    2014 Awards

    April 20-26, 2014, Stephenville




    • Jenny’s House of Joy – Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Blasted – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Giovanni’s Women – School Zone Productions, St. John’s
    • Everybody Loves Opal – Carol Players, Labrador West
    • God of Carnage – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Girl in the Goldfish Bowl – Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • The Laramie Project – Avion Players, Gander
    • Play: Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Actor: Jim Parsons, Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Actress: Ruth Simmons, God of Carnage – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Supporting Actor: Shawn Tiller, The Laramie Project – Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Michele Dove, The Laramie Project – Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Heather Phillipps, Giovanni’s Women – School Zone Productions
    • Direction: Craig Robinson, God of Carnage – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Visual Presentation: Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Set Design: Jim Parsons, Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Sound: Troy Turner, Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Neil Robbins, Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Costume: Diane Morris and Kylie Cook, Jenny’s House of Joy – Bay Theatre
    • Stage Management: Deanna Skinner-King, Giovanni’s Women – School Zone Productions
    • Transcontinental Media Scholarship: Wanda Moore, The Laramie Project – Avion Players
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Matthew Feener, Giovanni’s Women – School Zone Productions
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Jacob Bradbury, Blasted – Off-Broadway Players
    • Property Management: Brandie Crant, Everybody Loves Opal – Carol Players
    • Audience Appreciation: God of Carnage – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Diane Morris, Bay Theatre
    • (The Best Canadian Play Award was discontinued.)
    • Adjudicator: Robert Joy
    2013 Awards

    March 31 - April 6, 2013, Happy Valley-Goose Bay

















    • Unity (1918) - Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • Judge Prowse Presiding – School Zone Productions, St. John’s
    • Unnecessary Farce – Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Play about the Baby – Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • The Year of the Hiker – Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • The Lyons – Avion Players, Gander
    • No Exit – Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Play: The Play about the Baby – Off-Broadway Players,
    • Actor: Mike Payne, The Play About the Baby – Off-Broadway Players
    • Actress: Annette Crummey, The Lyons – Avion Players
    • Supporting Actor: Percy Farwell, The Lyons – Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Ruth Simmons, The Year of the Hiker – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Thompson Trophy: Ian Locke, The Play About the Baby – Off-Broadway Players
    • Direction: Joanne Martin, The Play About the Baby – Off-Broadway Players
    • Visual Presentation: Unity (1918) - Mokami Players
    • Set Design: Claude House and Michele Dove, The Lyons – Avion Players
    • Sound: Peter McCormack, The Year of the Hiker – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Lighting: Hillary Chesher, Judge Prowse Presiding – School Zone Productions
    • Costume: Jeff Constantine, Unnecessary Farce – Carol Players
    • Stage Management: Elaine Condon, Judge Prowse Presiding – School Zone Productions
    • Transcontinental Media Scholarship: Louna Fezoui, Unity (1918) - Mokami Players
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Ian Locke, The Play About the Baby – Off-Broadway Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Ian Locke, The Play About the Baby – Off-Broadway Players
    • Property Management: Sandra McCormack, Pam Brinston, The Year of the Hiker – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Canadian Play: Judge Prowse Presiding – School Zone Productions
    • Audience Appreciation: Unity (1918) - Mokami Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Shawn Oliver, Carol Players
    • (Judge Prowse Presiding is the first one-person play in festival history. In the Carol Players’ production of Unnecessary Farce, the actors were responsible for their own costumes. The Play about the Baby is the first festival play to have full nudity.)
    • Adjudicator: Michael Chiasson
    2012 Awards

    April 10-14, 2012, St. John’s (First Drama Festival without a host group.)






























    • Hysteria - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • ‘night Mother - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • 33 Variations - Avion Players, Gander
    • Fighting Words - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Bedtime Stories - Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • Play: 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Actor: Bert Peddle, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Actress: Ruth Simmons, Fighting Words - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Supporting Actor: Greg Blumer, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Julia McDonald, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Nicole Locke, ‘night Mother - Carol Players
    • Direction: Jordan Stringer, Hysteria - Off-Broadway Players
    • Visual Presentation: Hysteria - Off-Broadway Players
    • Set Design: Annette Crummy, Claude House, Nick Mercer, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Sound: Jeanne Collins, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Lighting: Neil Robbins, Hysteria - Off-Broadway Players
    • Costume: Amy Andrews, Hysteria - Off-Broadway Players
    • Stage Management: Lynn Sooley, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Transcontinental Media Scholarship: Ryan Pierce, 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Nicole Locke, ‘night Mother - Carol Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Elizabeth F. Ireland Award for excellence in Property Management: Sandy Wiseman, Sheldon Parsons, Rebecca Pike, Hysteria - Off-Broadway Players
    • Canadian Play: Fighting Words - Northern Lights Theatre Company(Sunil Kuruvilla - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: 33 Variations - Avion Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Craig Robinson, Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Adjudicator: Lynda Boyd
    2011 Awards

    April 23-30, 2011, Grand Falls-Windsor



































    • The Stillborn Lover - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • True West - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • The Cripple of Inishmann - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Seven Stories - Avion Players, Gander
    • If We Are Women - Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • Rabbit Hole - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Scorched - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • Play: True West - Off-Broadway Players
    • Actor: Troy Turner, True West - Off-Broadway Players
    • Actress: Fiona Anderson, If We Are Women - Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actor: Nick McGrath, The Cripple of Inishmann - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Supporting Actress: Michele Dove, Seven Stories - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Michael Bourgeois, The Cripple of Inishmann - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Direction: Darrell Brenton, Scorched - Beothuck Street Players
    • Visual Presentation: Scorched - Beothuck Street Players
    • Set Design: Kathleen Hicks, If We Are Women - Mokami Players
    • Sound: Elwin Murley and Troy Turner, True West - Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Gregg Davis, True West - Off-Broadway Players
    • Costume: Carol Wadden, Scorched - Beothuck Street Players
    • Stage Management: John Cheeseman, Scorched - Beothuck Street Players
    • Transcontinental Media Scholarship: Aaron Locke, Rabbit Hole - Carol Players
      - D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Michael Bourgeois, The Cripple of Inishmann – Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Lou Hennebury Award for excellence in Property Management: Erin Smallwood and Sandy Wiseman, True West - Off-Broadway Players
    • Canadian Play: Scorched - Beothuck Street Players (Wajdi Mouawad - playwright)
      = Audience Appreciation: The Cripple of Inishmann - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Scorched - Beothuck Street Players (tie)
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Dave and Melinda Anthony, Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Adjudicator: Brad Hodder
    2010 Awards

    April 5-10, 2010, Corner Brook



































    • April 5-10, 2010, Corner Brook
    • Amadeus - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Maggie’s Getting Married - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • The Long Weekend - Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay
    • Proof - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Caught in the Net - Avion Players, Gander
    • Wit - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Play: Wit - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Actor: Bert Peddle, Caught in the Net - Avion Players
    • Actress: Wendy Chambers, Wit - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Supporting Actor: Fred Cluett, Maggie’s Getting Married - Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actress: Heather Rumboldt, Amadeus - Off-Broadway Players
    • Thompson Trophy: (not awarded)
    • Direction: Peter McCormack, Wit - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Visual Presentation: Wit - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Set Design: Claude House and Nick Mercer, Caught in the Net - Avion Players
    • Sound: Danny Maloney and Louis McDonald, Amadeus - Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Don Piercey, Proof - Carol Players
    • Costume: Mary Keefe, Amadeus - Off-Broadway Players
    • Stage Management: Jennifer Stanley, Caught in the Net - Avion Players
    • Transcontinental Media/Western Star Scholarship: Mary Keefe, Amadeus - Off-Broadway Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Canadian Play: Maggie’s Getting Married - Bay Theatre
    • Audience Appreciation: Caught in the Net - Avion Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Adjudicator: Petrina Bromley
    2009 Awards

    April 14-18, 2009, Labrador West




































    • April 14-18, 2009, Labrador West
    • Big Maggie - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Closer - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Marion Bridge - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West
    • Frozen - Avion Players, Gander ·        Play: Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Actor: Lester Simmons, Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Actress: Cherie Wheeler, Closer - Off-Broadway Players
    • Supporting Actor: Nick McGrath, Big Maggie - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Janice Kitchen, Marion Bridge - Bay Theatre
    • Thompson Trophy: (not awarded)
    • Direction: Peter McCormack, Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Visual Presentation: Closer - Off-Broadway Players
    • Set Design: Peter McCormack and the Labrador West Visual Arts Association, Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Sound: John Parsons and Nick Mercer, Frozen - Avion Players
    • Lighting: Darrel Brenton, Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Costume: Carolyn Parsons, Closer - Off-Broadway Players
    • Stage Management: Nick Mercer, Frozen - Avion Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Ashleigh Strang, Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Canadian Play: Marion Bridge - Bay Theatre (Daniel MacIvor - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: Dancing at Lughnasa - Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Wendy Chambers, Northern Lights Theatre Company
    • Adjudicator: Ruth Lawrence
    2008 Awards

    March 25-29, 2008, Gander




































    • Witness for the Prosecution - Avion Players, Gander
    • Lend Me A Tenor - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • The Real Thing - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • The Drawer Boy - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Lend Me A Tenor - Off-Broadway Players
    • Actor: James Macdonald, The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actress: Annette Crummey, Witness for the Prosecution - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actor: Mike Payne, Lend Me A Tenor - Off-Broadway Players
    • Supporting Actress: Cherie Wheeler, Lend Me A Tenor - Off-Broadway Players
    • Thompson Trophy: James Macdonald, The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players
    • Direction: Danny Maloney, Lend Me A Tenor - Off-Broadway Players
    • Visual Presentation: Beothuck Street Players, The Elephant Song 
    • Set Design: Claude House and Mike Hiscock, Witness for the Prosecution - Avion Players
    • Sound: George Robertson, The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players
    • Lighting: Don Piercey, The Drawer Boy - Carol Players
    • Costume: Amy Andrews, Lend Me A Tenor - Off-Broadway Players
    • Stage Management: Shawn Oliver, The Drawer Boy - Carol Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Darrell Brenton, The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: James Macdonald, The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: James Macdonald, The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players
    • Canadian Play: The Elephant Song - Beothuck Street Players (Nicolas Billon - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: Witness for the Prosecution - Avion Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Carol Players; Peter Small, Avion Players; Kelly Cobb, festival volunteer
    • (James MacDonald wins four individual awards, tying the record.)
    • Adjudicator: Aiden Flynn
    2007 Awards

    April 9-14, 2007, Stephenville




































    • April 9-14, 2007, Stephenville
    • Lie, Cheat and Genuflect - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Iron - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • The Graduate - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Social Security - Avion Players, Gander
    • Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • Twilight Serenade - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actor: Philip Daniel, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actress: Elizabeth Randell, The Graduate - Off-Broadway Players
    • Supporting Actor: Jim Healey, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Supporting Actress: Germaine White, Lie, Cheat and Genuflect - Bay Theatre
    • Thompson Trophy: Shawn Parsons, The Graduate - Off-Broadway Players
    • Direction: Darrel Brenton, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Visual Presentation:Beothuck Street Players, Buried Child
    • Set Design: Jim Hoskins, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Sound: George Robertson, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Lighting: Clar Doyle, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Costume: Amy Andrews, The Graduate - Off-Broadway Players
    • Stage Management: Elwin Murley, The Graduate - Off-Broadway Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Michelle Dove, Social Security - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Shawn Parsons, The Graduate - Off-Broadway Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Mikaela Dyke, Buried Child - Beothuck Street Players
    • Canadian Play: (not awarded)
    • Audience Appreciation: Lie, Cheat and Genuflect - Bay Theatre
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Vanessa Lee, Bay Theatre President and Festival Co-chair
    • Adjudicator: Amy House
    2006 Awards

    April 18-22, 2006, Corner Brook




































    • April 18-22, 2006, Corner Brook
    • 1949 - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Sunday on the Rocks - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Dancing Backwards - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Shadow Box - Avion Players, Gander
    • Very Heaven - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • Play: The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Actor: Lloyd White, The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Actress: Marilyn (Babineau) Oliver, Dancing Backwards - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actor: Nick McGrath, Dancing Backwards - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Rosie Stuckless, The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Liam Small, The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Direction: Annette Crummey, The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation:Off-Broadway Players, 1949
    • Set Design: Paul Blake, The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Sound: Mark Bradbury, 1949 - Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Shawn Oliver, Dancing Backwards - Carol Players
    • Costume: Brenda Chaytor, The Shadow Box - Avion Players
    • Stage Management: Melinda Anthony, Very Heaven - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • VOCM Scholarship: Matthew Payne, 1949 - Off-Broadway Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Michael Donovan, 1949 - Off-Broadway Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Krista Williams, 1949 - Off-Broadway Players
    • Canadian Play: Very Heaven - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Audience Appreciation: 1949 - Off-Broadway Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Off-Broadway Players
    • Adjudicator: Todd Hennessey
    2005 Awards

    March 27 - April 2, 2005, Grand Falls-Windsor




































    • March 27 - April 2, 2005, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • The Holdin’ Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • The Art of War - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Wrong For Each Other - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Vinci - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Noises Off - Avion Players, Gander
    • Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Playhouse Creatures - Phoenix Theatre, St. John’s
    • Play: Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players
    • Actor: Mike Payne, The Art of War - Off-Broadway Players
    • Actress: Merrill Strachan, Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actor: Philip Matz, Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actress: Stacie Clarke-Nelles, Noises Off - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Yanael Quival and David Goudie, Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players
    • Direction: Troy Turner, The Art of War - Off-Broadway Players
    • Visual Presentation:Mokami Players, Elizabeth Rex 
    • Set Design: Nick Mercer, Avion Players, Noises Off
    • Sound: Northern Mosaic (Women’s Vocal Ensemble), Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players
    • Lighting: Ted Down, The Holdin’ Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Costume: Mary Horne and Kathleen Hicks, Elizabeth Rex - MokamiPlayers 
    • Stage Management: Katherine Burgess, Vinci - Carol Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Michelle Dove, Noises Off - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Yanael Quival, Elizabeth Rex - Mokami Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Krista Williams, Wrong For Each Other - Bay Theatre
    • Canadian Play: The Art of War - Off-Broadway Players (George F. Walker - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: Noises Off - Avion Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Carol Players
    • Adjudicator: Jeff Pitcher
    2004 Awards

    April 11-17, 2004, Labrador West




































    • April 11-17, 2004, Labrador West
    • Craddock’s Well - Carol Players, Labrador West 
    • The Melville Boys - Off-Broadway Players, Corner Brook
    • Lovers - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • My Darling Judith - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Lettice and Lovage - Avion Players, Gander
    • Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • September in the Rain - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Craddock’s Well - Carol Players
    • Actor: Ray Saunders, Craddock’s Well - Carol Players
    • Actress: Bev Doyle, Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players
    • Supporting Actor: Nick McGrath, Craddock’s Well - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Cavell Simmonds, Lovers - Mokami Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Andrew Sheppard, My Darling Judith - Bay Theatre
    • Direction: Gordon Ralph, Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players
    • Visual Presentation:Jim Hoskins, Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players 
    • Set Design: Siobhan Enright, Lovers - Mokami Players
    • Sound: Mark Bradbury, The Melville Boys - Off-Broadway Players
    • Lighting: Clar Doyle and Miguel Doyle, Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players
    • Costume: Brenda Hiscock, Lettice and Lovage - Avion Players
    • Stage Management: Dawn Mason, Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Darcy Fitzpatrick, Long Day’s Journey into Night - Beothuck Street Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Mark McGrath, Craddock’s Well - Carol Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Andrew Sheppard, My Darling Judith - Bay Theatre
    • Canadian Play: (not awarded)
    • Audience Appreciation: My Darling Judith - Bay Theatre
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Shawn Oliver, Carol Players
    • Special Adjudicator’s Award, for ensemble acting: Philip Daniel and Jacki St. Croix, September in the Rain - St. John’s Players
    •  Adjudicator: Donna Butt
    2003 Awards

    April 20-26, 2003, Gander




































    • April 20-26, 2003, Gander
    • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Avion Players, Gander
    • Do Not Go Gentle - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • Mornings at Seven - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • A Month of Sundays - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Ethan Frome - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • The Edible Woman - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Death of a Salesman - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Death of a Salesman - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actor: Kevin Lewis, Death of a Salesman - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actress: Megan Jones, The Edible Woman - Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actor: Bert Peddle, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Barbara Barrett, Mornings at Seven - St. John’s Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Josh Goudie, Do Not Go Gentle - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Clar Doyle, Death of a Salesman - Beothuck Street Players
    • Visual Presentation:Mokami Players, The Edible Woman 
    • Set Design: Jim Hoskins, Death of a Salesman - Beothuck Street Players
    • Sound: Paul Blake and Mike Hiscock, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Avion Players
    • Lighting: Philip Daniel, Mornings at Seven - St. John’s Players
    • Costume: Brenda Hiscock, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Avion Players
    • Stage Management: Vanessa Lee, Ethan Frome - Bay Theatre
    • VOCM Scholarship: Brad Hodder, Death of a Salesman - Beothuck Street Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Josh Goudie, Do Not Go Gentle - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Canadian Play: (not awarded)
    • Audience Appreciation: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Avion Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Avion Players
    • Adjudicator: Stephen Drover  
    2002 Awards

    June 24-30, 2002, St. John’s




































    • June 24-30, 2002, St. John’s
    • Drink the Mercury - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • Art - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • A Delicate Balance -Avion Players, Gander
    • Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players, Labrador West 
    • A Second Wind - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Lost in Yonkers - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Play: Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players
    • Actor: Ray Saunders, Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players
    • Actress: Dana Blackmore, Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actor: Michael Coady, Russell Bowers, Philip Daniel, Art - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Jacinta Mackey-Graham, Drink the Mercury - Beothuck Street Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Jonathan Hann, Lost in Yonkers - Bay Theatre
    • Direction: Peter McCormick, Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation:Beothuck Street Players, Drink the Mercury 
    • Set Design: Matt Bugden, Lost in Yonkers - Bay Theatre
    • Sound: Rob Power, Drink the Mercury - Beothuck Street Players
    • Lighting: Clar Doyle, Drink the Mercury - Beothuck Street Players
    • Costume: Katherine Burgess, Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players
    • Stage Management: Katherine Elliott, Drink the Mercury - Beothuck Street Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Jason Card, Drink the Mercury - Beothuck Street Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Darrin Martin, Lost in Yonkers - Bay Theatre
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: (not awarded)
    • Canadian Play: A Second Wind - Mokami Players (Ian C. Feltham - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: Thy Will Be Done - Carol Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Carol Players
    • Adjudicator: Ed Thomason  
    2001 Awards

    April 16-21, 2001, Grand Falls - Windsor




































    • April 16-21, 2001, Grand Falls - Windsor
    • Corker - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor 
    • Misery - Bay Theatre, Stephenville 
    • 1984 - Avion Players, Gander 
    • Waiting for the Parade - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Lonesome West - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • The Constant Wife - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Play: The Lonesome West - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actor: Stephen Holmes, The Lonesome West - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actress: Cindy O’Neill, Misery - Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actor: Kieron Downton, Corker - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actress: Christina Powell, Waiting for the Parade - Carol Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Jessica Wentzell, 1984 - Avion Players
    • Direction: Stephen Evans, Misery - Bay Theatre
    • Visual Presentation:Beothuck Street Players, The Lonesome West
    • Set Design: Clar Doyle, The Lonesome West - Beothuck Street Players
    • Sound: Greg Blumer, 1984 - Avion Players
    • Lighting: Brian Dove, 1984 - Avion Players
    • Costume: Mary Horne, The Constant Wife - Mokami Players
    • Stage Management: Germaine White, Misery - Bay Theatre
    • VOCM Scholarship: Jessica Natiuk, The Lonesome West - Beothuck Street Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Allison Basha, Misery - Bay Theatre
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Jessica Wentzell, 1984 - Avion Players
    • Canadian Play: Corker - Northcliffe Drama Club (Wendy Lill - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: The Lonesome West - Beothuck Street Players
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Adjudicator: Michael Chiasson
    2000 Awards

    April 23-29, 2000, Stephenville




































    • April 23-29, 2000, Stephenville
    • Agnes of God - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • West Moon - Carol Players, Labrador West 
    • The Gingerbread Lady - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls-Windsor
    • Run For Your Wife - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Beothuck Street Players, St. John’s
    • Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Beothuck Street Players
    • Actor: Greg Blumer, Run For Your Wife - Avion Players
    • Actress: Jacinta Mackey-Graham, The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Beothuck Street Players
    • Supporting Actor: Bert Peddle, Run For Your Wife - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Kimberley Fiander, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - St. John’s Players
    •  Thompson Trophy: Amy Anthony, The Gingerbread Lady - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Wayne Hurley, Run For Your Wife - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation:Carol Players, West Moon
    • Set Design: Clar Doyle, The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Beothuck Street Players
    • Sound: Glen Tizzard and Dave Crocker, Agnes of God - Bay Theatre
    • Lighting: Philip Daniel, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - St. John’s Players
    • Costume: The Cast, West Moon - Carol Players
    • Stage Management: Amanda Joseph, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - St. John’s Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Michael Power, Run For Your Wife - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Ryan Tilley, The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Beothuck Street Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Amy Anthony, The Gingerbread Lady - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Canadian Play: Carol Players, West Moon (Al Pittman - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: Carol Players, West Moon
    • Margaret Doyle Trophy: Carol Players
    • Special Adjudicator’s Award, for outstanding ensemble acting: Carol Players, West Moon
    • Special Fiftieth Anniversary Scholarship: Justin Tilley, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - St. John’s Players
    • Adjudicator: Jeff Pitcher
    1989 Awards

    1989 (First Drama Festival in Labrador West)- March 27 - April 1, 1989




































    • March 27 - April 1, 1989, Labrador West
    • P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Subject Was Roses - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • Borrowed Black - Elysian Theatre (Student) Company, St. John’s
    • As Loved Our Fathers -Avion Players, Gander
    • The Caretaker - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Blood Relations - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Play: The Subject Was Roses - Bay Theatre
    • Actor: Tom Barron, P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Carol Players
    • Actress: Cindy O’Neill-Snow, The Subject Was Roses - Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actor: David Bouzane, The Subject Was Roses - Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actress: Michelle Gosse, As Loved Our Fathers -Avion Players
    • Stacey Pike, Blood Relations - Mokami Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Michael Hoskins, P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Carol Players
    • Direction: John Moyes, The Caretaker - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Mokami Players, Blood Relations 
    • Set Design: Jim Hoskins, P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Carol Players
    • Sound: Jay Lawrence, Borrowed Black - Elysian Theatre (Student) Company
    • VOCM Scholarship: Joanne Drover, P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Carol Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Leigh Ann Regular, Borrowed Black - Elysian Theatre (Student) Company
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Jim Healey, The Caretaker - St. John’s Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award, awarded to the best production of a Canadian play: As Loved Our Fathers -Avion Players, Gander (Tom Cahill - playwright)
    • Audience Appreciation: P.S. Your Cat is Dead - Carol Players
    • Adjudicator: Sean Mulcahy
    1988 Awards

    April 6-9, 1988, St. John’s




































    • April 6-9, 1988, St. John’s
    • Wheel in the Middle of a Wheel - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Country Girl - Avion Players, Gander
    • A View from the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • I’m Not Rappaport - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: I’m Not Rappaport - Carol Players
    • Actor: Kevin Lewis, I’m Not Rappaport - Carol Players
    • Dave Anthony, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actress: Tammy Clarke, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Tom Barron, I’m Not Rappaport - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Karen Crandell-Stroud, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Thompson Trophy: Tammy Clarke, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Shirley Morrow, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: Northcliffe Drama Club, A View From the Bridge 
    • Set Design: Jim Hoskins, Carol Players - I’m Not Rappaport 
    • Sound: Brian Dove, The Country Girl - Avion Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Tammy Clarke, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Tammy Clarke, A View From the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Ray Penton, The Country Girl - Avion Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: St. John’s Players and Grace Butt (playwright), Wheel in the Middle of a Wheel 
    • Audience Appreciation: A View from the Bridge - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • (Tammy Clarke wins a record four individual awards. A View from the Bridge wins the most awards of any play in festival history - 9 - while not winning Best Play.)
    • Adjudicator: Paul Thompson
    1987 Awards

    April 20-25, 1987, Gander




































    • April 20-25, 1987, Gander
    • House of Blue Leaves - Avion Players, Gander
    • All My Sons - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Playboy of the Western World - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Good - Theatre TBA, Clarenville
    • Orphans - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Brighton Beach Memoirs - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Orphans - Carol Players
    • Actor: Jerry Doyle, Kevin Lewis and Reg Harte, Orphans - Carol Players
    • Actress: Shirley Morrow, All My Sons - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Frank Holden, Playboy of the Western World - Freelance Players
    • Supporting Actress: Susan Brown, Good - Theatre TBA
    • Thompson Trophy: Richard Fowler, All My Sons - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Kevin Lewis, Orphans - Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: Northcliffe Drama Club, All My Sons 
    • Set Design: Renae Ivany, Playboy of the Western World - Freelance Players
    • Sound: Peter Evans, Mary Evans and Ann Wiseman, Good - Theatre TBA
    • VOCM Scholarship: Rowena Harvey, Brighton Beach Memoirs - St. John’s Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Michelle Porter, Playboy of the Western World - Freelance Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Peter Soucy, Good - Theatre TBA
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: (not awarded)
    • Newfoundland Herald Audience Appreciation Award, voted on by series ticket holders after the final performance: Orphans - Carol Players
    • Adjudicator: Mort Clark
    1986 Awards

    April 5, 1986, Grand Falls




































    • April 5, 1986, Grand Falls
    • The Sun Runner - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • One Way Pendulum - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Esker Mike and his Wife Agiluk - Nunaksuomiut, Nain
    • The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Tribute - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Dining Room - Avion Players, Gander
    • Play: The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Actor:Stuart Fairhurst, The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Actress:Merrill Strachan, The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actor: Wayne Hurley, The Dining Room - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Anne Hubeny, One Way Pendulum - St. John’s Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Linda Nuotio, The Sun Runner - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Jim Shea, The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Visual Presentation:Mokami Players, The Lion in Winter 
    • Set Design: Jim Shea, K. Crowe and Frank Moriarity, The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Sound: Ed Knight, One Way Pendulum - St. John’s Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Barbara Ondrusek, The Sun Runner - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Paul Dawe, The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Jim Shea, The Lion in Winter - Mokami Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Northcliffe Drama Club and Kenneth Dyba (playwright), The Sun Runner
    • Adjudicator: Gordon Pinsent
    1985 Awards

    April 7-13, 1985, Corner Brook (First seven-night festival)




































    • April 7-13, 1985, Corner Brook (First seven-night festival)
    • Accomodations - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Quiet in the Land - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Buried Child - Avion Players, Gander
    • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Theatre TBA, Clarenville
    • Strider - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Dresser - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Absurd Person Singular - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Play: The Dresser - Carol Players
    • Actor: Paul Rowe, The Dresser - Carol Players
    • Actress: Cindy Wass, Absurd Person Singular - Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actor: Geoff Seymour, Strider - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Merrill Strachan, Absurd Person Singular - Mokami Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Annette Crummey, Buried Child - Avion Players
    • Direction: Jerry Doyle, The Dresser - Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, Strider
    • Set Design: Jim Shea, Absurd Person Singular - Mokami Players
    • Sound: John Hicks, Absurd Person Singular - Mokami Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Jim Shea, Absurd Person Singular - Mokami Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Karl Penton, Quiet in the Land - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Michael Chiasson, Buried Child - Avion Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: (not awarded)
    • Adjudicator:Wanda Graham
    1984 Awards

    April 23-28, 1984, Gander




































    • April 23-28, 1984, Gander
    • After the Fall - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Birthday Party - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Flowers for Algernon - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Mass Appeal - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Spirit of the Husk - Nunaksuomiut, Nain
    • Play: Mass Appeal - Carol Players
    • Actor: Jerry Doyle, Mass Appeal - Carol Players
    • Actress: Lisa Hurd, The Birthday Party - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actor: Doug Seymour, The Birthday Party - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Susan Bartholomew, After the Fall - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Leanne Wellan, After the Fall - Avion Players
    • Direction: John Moyes, The Birthday Party - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Carol Players, Mass Appeal 
    • Set Design: Pat Doyle, Mass Appeal - Carol Players
    • OZ-FM Award, for imagination and excellence in sound: Mary Ellen Doyle and Ann Power, Mass Appeal - Carol Players 
    • VOCM Scholarship: Carmel Maloney, After the Fall - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Gerry Uvloriak, Spirit of the Husk - Nunaksuomiut
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship: Ray Penton, After the Fall - Avion Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Nunaksuomiut, and Leo Furey and David Hickey (playwrights), Spirit of the Husk
    •  Adjudicator: Paul Hanna
    1983 Awards

    April 4-9, 1983, St. John’s




































    • April 4-9, 1983, St. John’s
    • The Visit - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Translations - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Dylan - Avion Players, Gander
    • Sinnatomangnik R.E.M. - Nunaksuomiut, Nain
    • Fires in the Night - Theatre 4 Youth, St. John’s
    • “Da” - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: Dylan - Avion Players
    • Actor: Michael Chiasson, Dylan - Avion Players
    • Actress: Lisa Hurd, The Visit - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actor: Reg Harte, “Da” - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Sylvia Rowe, Translations - Playmakers
    • Thompson Trophy: Greg Seward, Dylan - Avion Players
    • Direction: Claude House, Dylan - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation: Nunaksuomiut, Sinnatomangnik R.E.M. 
    • Set Design: Stuart Fraser, Translations - Playmakers
    • VOCM Scholarship: Wayne Hurley, Dylan - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Scott Hoar, “Da” - Carol Players
    • Walter C. Chambers Memorial Scholarship, to be granted at the discretion of the adjudicator, to helpdefray costs incurred in a one-year course in the performing arts at a degree-granting institution: Marion Cheeks, Sinnatomangnik R.E.M. - Nunaksuomiut
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: (not awarded)
    • Adjudicator: Michel Boucher
    1982 Awards

    April 12-17, 1982, Happy Valley - Goose Bay (First Drama Festival held in Labrador)




































    • April 12-17, 1982, Happy Valley - Goose Bay (First Drama Festival held in Labrador)
    • For You, Dear Hubbard - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • A Streetcar Named Desire - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Whose Life Is It, Anyway? - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Still Hearth - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Elephant Man - Avion Players, Gander
    • Play: The Elephant Man - Avion Players
    • Actor: Ray Penton, The Elephant Man - Avion Players
    • Actress: Diane Barker, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Michael Chiasson, The Elephant Man - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Cathy Pretty, The Elephant Man - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Rae Smith, The Still Hearth - Playmakers
    • Direction: Margaret Wakeham, For You, Dear Hubbard - Mokami Players
    • Visual Presentation: Carol Players, Whose Life Is It, Anyway? 
    • Set Design: Merrill Strachan, For You, Dear Hubbard - Mokami Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Cindy Wass, For You, Dear Hubbard - Mokami Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Elaine Bragg, A Streetcar Named Desire - Bay Theatre
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Mokami Players and Ian Strachan (playwright), For You, Dear Hubbard 
    • Adjudicator: Ches Skinner (first Newfoundlander to adjudicate NL Drama Festival)
    1981 Awards

    April 20-25, 1981, Corner Brook




































    • April 20-25, 1981, Corner Brook
    •  West Moon - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Lady House Blues - Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • The Runner Stumbles - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • A Delicate Balance - Avion Players, Gander
    • Les Belles Soeurs - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Not Recommended For Children - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: A Delicate Balance - Avion Players
    • Actor: Jerry Doyle, Not Recommended For Children - Carol Players
    • Actress: Judy Furlong, Lady House Blues - Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actor: Paul Rowe, Not Recommended For Children - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Veronica Breen, Lady House Blues - Bay Theatre
    • Thompson Trophy: Cindy O’Neill, Lady House Blues - Bay Theatre
    • Direction: Jim Lewis, A Delicate Balance - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation: Bay Theatre, Lady House Blues 
    • Set Design: Clar Doyle, Not Recommended For Children - Carol Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Marilyn Noseworthy, A Delicate Balance - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Regina Fitzgerald, West Moon - Playmakers
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Carol Players and Clar Doyle (playwright), Not Recommended For Children 
    • Adjudicator: Myra Friedlander
    1980 Awards

    April 7-12, 1980, Grand Falls




































    • April 7-12, 1980, Grand Falls
    • Waiting for the Parade -Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Shadow Box -Avion Players, Gander
    • The Night of the Iguana -Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Carol Players, Labrador West
    • You Can’t Take It With You - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • The Ballad of the Sad Café -Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Play: One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Carol Players
    • Actor: Jerry Doyle, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Carol Players
    • Actress: Marilyn MacLean, The Ballad of the Sad Café -Mokami Players
    • Supporting Actor: Paul Rowe, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Louise Wells, You Can’t Take It with You - Freelance Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Berne Stapleton, The Night of the Iguana -Playmakers
    • Direction: Ed MacLean, The Ballad of the Sad Café -Mokami Players
    • Morrissey Award: Clar Doyle, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: Carol Players, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
    • Set Design: Kevin Blackmore, The Shadow Box -Avion Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Paul Rowe, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Carol Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Berne Stapleton, The Night of the Iguana -Playmakers
    • Labatt’s Special Scholarships: Cathy Finn, Waiting for the Parade -Northcliffe Drama Club, Kevin Pittman, The Night of the Iguana - Playmakers
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: (not awarded)
    • Adjudicator: Richard Dennison
    1979 Awards

    April 16-21, 1979, Stephenville




































    • April 16-21, 1979, Stephenville
    • The Good Doctor -Bay Theatre, Stephenville
    • The Glass Menagerie -Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Gayden Chronicles -Avion Players, Gander
    • An Evening with Jean Genet -Mokami Players, Happy Valley-Goose Bay (consisted of two one-act plays)
    • The Crucible -Carol Players, Labrador West
    • The Loud Red Patrick - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Play: The Crucible -Carol Players
    • Actor: Kevin Lewis, The Crucible -Carol Players, Ed Kielley, The Loud Red Patrick - Freelance Players
    • Actress: Madeline Williams, The Good Doctor -Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actor: Lorne Slaney, The Crucible -Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Kathy Pottle, The Crucible -Carol Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Jeff Pitcher, The Glass Menagerie -Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Sylvia Wigh, The Loud Red Patrick - Freelance Players
    • Morrissey Award: Gordon Ralph, The Crucible -Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: Carol Players, The Crucible 
    • Set Design: Peter Clinton, The Loud Red Patrick - Freelance Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Boyd Norman, An Evening with Jean Genet -Mokami Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Jeff Pitcher, The Glass Menagerie -Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Avion Players and Michael Cook (playwright), The Gayden Chronicles
    • Special Award: Teri Snelgrove, Freelance Players, for showing the most promise in week-long drama workshops
    • Adjudicator: Maxim Mazumdar
    1978 Awards

    March 27 - April 1, 1978, St. John’s




































    • March 27 - April 1, 1978, St. John’s
    • On Monday Next - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Kennedy’s Children - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Like Father, Like Fun - Avion Players, Gander
    • Othello - Bay Theatre, Stephenville (this marked the first play by William Shakespeare to be performed at a Newfoundland and Labrador Drama Festival)
    • We’ve Got Things Here Stronger Even Than Dying - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Equus - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: Equus - Carol Players
    • Actor: Jerry Doyle, Equus - Carol Players
    • Actress: Madeline Williams, Othello - Bay Theatre
    • Supporting Actor: Ed Knight, Equus - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Audrey Sumner, Equus - Carol Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Carson Lawrence, We’ve Got Things Here Stronger Even Than Dying - Playmakers
    • Direction: Gary Thomas, Kennedy’s Children - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Morrissey Award: Clar Doyle, Equus - Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: Bay Theatre, Othello
    • Set Design: Stuart Fraser, We’ve Got Things Here Stronger Even Than Dying - Playmakers
    • VOCM Scholarship: Leo Furey, Othello - Bay Theatre
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Edward White, Othello - Bay Theatre
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: (not awarded)
    • Adjudicator: Maxim Mazumdar
    1977 Awards

    April 11-16, 1977, Gander




































    • April 11-16, 1977, Gander
    • On the Rim of the Curve - Avion Players, Gander
    • Journey of the Fifth Horse - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Year of the Hiker - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Winterthing - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • America Hurrah - Mokami Players, Happy Valley - Goose Bay
    • Thank You, Mr. Coward - Festival Players, St. John’s
    • Play: On the Rim of the Curve - Avion Players, The Year of the Hiker - Carol Players
    • Actor: Peter Byrne, Journey of the Fifth Horse - Playmakers
    • Actress: Audrey Sumner, The Year of the Hiker - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actor: Jerry Doyle, The Year of the Hiker - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Mulholland, Winterthing - Freelance Players
    • Thompson Trophy: “The Kids”, Winterthing - Freelance Players
    • Direction: Carmel Doyle, On the Rim of the Curve - Avion Players, Olga Kammel, The Year of the Hiker - Carol Players
    • Morrissey Award: Carmel Doyle, On the Rim of the Curve -  Avion Players, Olga Kammel, The Year of the Hiker - Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: Avion Players, On the Rim of the Curve 
    • Set Design: Cal Patey, America Hurrah - Mokami Players
    • VOCM Scholarship: Tim Borlase, America Hurrah - Mokami Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Eric Rumboldt, America Hurrah - Mokami Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Avion Players and Michael Cook (playwright), On the Rim of the Curve 
    • Adjudicator: Marie Hopps
    • (Thank You, Mr. Coward was a non-competitive entry.)
    1976 Awards

    April 19-24, 1976, Grand Falls




































    • April 19-24, 1976, Grand Falls
    • Come Blow Your Horn - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Barefoot in the Park - Stephenville Players, Stephenville
    • The Birthday Party - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Mumberley Inheritance - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • A Rope against the Sun - Corner Brook Regional College Drama Club
    • Play: The Birthday Party - Avion Players, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - Carol Players
    • Actor: Joe Mullins, The Mumberley Inheritance - Playmakers
    • Actress: Olga Kammel, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - Carol Players
    • Supporting Actor: Gerald Whalen, Come Blow Your Horn - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actress: Clara Byrne, The Birthday Party - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Amy House, Barefoot in the Park - Stephenville Players
    • Direction: Susan Philips, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - Carol Players, Carmel Doyle, The Birthday Party - Avion Players
    • Morrissey Award:  Susan Philips, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - Carol Players, Carmel Doyle, The Birthday Party - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation: Carol Players, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe 
    • Hans Tode Memorial Trophy, for innovative and imaginative set design, Stuart Fraser, The Mumberley Inheritance - Playmakers
    • VOCM Scholarship: Wayne Hurley, The Birthday Party - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Peter Burchert, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - Carol Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: (not awarded)
    • Adjudicator: Mort Clark
    • (A Rope against the Sun was a non-competitive entry.)
    1975 Awards

    March 31 - April 5, 1975, St. John’s




































    • March 31 - April 5, 1975, St. John’s
    • Old Times - St. John’s Players, St. John’s 
    • Relocation - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Butterflies Are Free - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Of The Fields, Lately - Avion Players, Gander
    • See How They Run - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Hand That Cradles the Rock - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Play: Old Times - St. John’s Players
    • Actor: Jerry Doyle, Relocation - Carol Players
    • Actress: Audrey Sumner, Relocation - Carol Players, Ruth Ferguson, Of the Fields, Lately - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actor: Neil Walsh, The Hand That Cradles the Rock - Playmakers
    • Supporting Actress: Betty Collins, See How They Run - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Thompson Trophy: Tony Griffin, The Hand That Cradles the Rock - Playmakers
    • Direction: Mike Thompson, See How They Run - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Morrissey Award: Lisa Hurd, Old Times - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, The Hand That Cradles the Rock 
    • VOCM Scholarship: Carmel Doyle - Of the Fields, Lately - Avion Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Len Madden, Butterflies Are Free - Freelance Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award: Carol Players and Kathy Pottle (playwright), Relocation
    • Adjudicator: Joseph Shaw
    1974 Awards

    April 1-6, 1974, Corner Brookv




































    • April 1-6, 1974, Corner Brook
    • The Tiger and the Horse - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • As Loved Our Fathers - Avion Players, Gander
    • Roots - St. John’s Players, St. John’s 
    • Night Watch - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Jacob’s Wake - Open Group, St. John’s
    • The Fisherman’s Ordeal - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: As Loved Our Fathers - Avion Players
    • Actor: Pat Byrne, Jacob’s Wake - Open Group
    • Actress: Diane Power, Night Watch - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Clyde Rose, Jacob’s Wake - Open Group
    • Supporting Actress: Jane Cheeks, As Loved Our Fathers - Avion Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Bernadette Kenny, The Tiger and the Horse - Playmakers
    • Direction: Tony Chadwick, Jacob’s Wake - Open Group
    • Morrissey Award: Shirley Rowsell, As Loved Our Fathers - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation: Open Group, Jacob’s Wake 
    • VOCM Scholarship (replaces the Newfoundland Drama Festival Scholarship): Kathy Pottle, The Fisherman’s Ordeal - Carol Players
    • DA Matthews Memorial Scholarship, to be awarded at the discretion of the adjudicator to a person 21 years or under, for a summer course at a recognized drama school: Ed Knight, The Fisherman’s Ordeal - Carol Players
    • Labatt’s Canadian Play Award, a cash prize for a new Canadian play not performed before: Open Group and Michael Cook (playwright), Jacob’s Wake 
    • Adjudicator: Michael Sinelnikoff
    1973 Awards

    April 23-28, 1973, Grand Falls




































    • April 23-28, 1973, Grand Falls
    • The Trojan Women - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Within Two Shadows - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Leaving Home - Avion Players, Gander
    • Lovers - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance - Open Group, St. John’s
    • Spring and Port Wine - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance - Open Group
    • Actor: Clyde Rose and Pat Byrne, Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance - Open Group
    • Actress: Estelle Wall, The Trojan Women - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Dick Buehler, Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance - Open Group
    • Supporting Actress: Rene Collohan, Lovers - St. John’s Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Len Madden, Lovers - St. John’s Players
    • Direction: Tony Chadwick, Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance - Open Group
    • Morrissey Award: Tony Chadwick, Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance - Open Group
    • Visual Presentation: Open Group, Head, Guts and Soundbone Dance 
    • Newfoundland Drama Festival Scholarship: Barbara Barrett, Within Two Shadows - Playmakers
    • Adjudicator: Norma Springford
    1972 Awards

    April 3-8, 1972, St. John’s




































    • April 3-8, 1972, St. John’s
    • Bell, Book and Candle - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • The Anniversary - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Everything in the Garden - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Little Boxes - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Cave Dwellers - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Jody - Avion Players, Gander
    • Play: Jody - Avion Players
    • Actor: Ross Goldsworthy, Jody - Avion Players
    • Actress: Estelle Wall, The Anniversary - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Bob Smith, The Cave Dwellers - Playmakers
    • Supporting Actress: Jean Farr, Everything in the Garden - Carol Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Diane Power, The Anniversary - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Barbara Barrett, The Cave Dwellers - Playmakers
    • Morrissey Award: Una Joseph, Jody - Avion Players
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, The Cave Dwellers 
    • Newfoundland Drama Festival Scholarship: Ches Skinner, The Anniversary - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Adjudicator: David Calderisi
    • (Little Boxes was a non-competitive entry of two one-act plays: Coffee Lace and Trevor.)
    1971 Awards

    March 16-20, 1971, Corner Brook




































    • March 16-20, 1971, Corner Brook
    • Blythe Spirit - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Flowering Cherry - Avion Players, Gander
    • Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust - Open Group, St. John’s
    • The Homecoming - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Land God Gave to Cain - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: The Homecoming - St. John’s Players
    • Actor: Gareth Cook, The Homecoming - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Carol-Anne Clouston, Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust - Open Group
    • Supporting Actor: Doug Seymour, The Homecoming - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Mairin Walsh, Blythe Spirit - Playmakers
    • Thompson Trophy: “The Urchins”, Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust - Open Group
    • Direction: John Moyes, The Homecoming - St. John’s Players
    • Morrissey Award: John Moyes, The Homecoming - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Carol Players, The Land God Gave to Cain 
    • Newfoundland Drama Festival Scholarship: Gareth Cook, The Homecoming - St. John’s Players
    • Adjudicator: Jack Merigold
    1970 Awards

    March 17-21, 1970, Gander




































    • March 17-21, 1970, Gander
    • Dulcima - Avion Players, Gander
    • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Halfway Up the Tree - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Spoon River Anthology - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Staircase - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Spoon River Anthology - Carol Players
    • Actor: Denys Ferry, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Frankie O’Flaherty, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actor: Jim Lewis, Dulcima - Avion Players
    • Supporting Actress: Margaret Ghory, Spoon River Anthology - Carol Players
    • Thompson Trophy: Ed Martin, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - St. John’s Players
    • Direction: Patricia Carroll Brown, Spoon River Anthology - Carol Players
    • Morrissey Award: Patricia Carroll Brown, Spoon River Anthology - Carol Players
    • Visual Presentation: Northcliffe Drama Club, Halfway Up the Tree 
    • Adjudicator: Dennis Sweeting
    1969 Awards

    March 24-29, 1969, St. John’s




































    • March 24-29, 1969, St. John’s
    • The Birthday Party - Memorial University Drama Society, St. John’s
    • A Lion in Love - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • The Lion in Winter - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Live Like Pigs - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Nightmare - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Misunderstanding - Carol Players, Labrador West
    • Play: Live Like Pigs - Playmakers
    • Actor: Denys Ferry, The Lion in Winter - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Vera Dupree, A Lion in Love - Freelance Players
    • Supporting Actor: David Ferry, The Lion in Winter - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Elinor Miller, A Lion in Love - Freelance Players
    • The Thompson Trophy for Best Actor/Actress in any role under age 21: Greg Malone, The Birthday Party - Memorial University Drama Society
    • Direction: Howard Ryshpan, Live Like Pigs - Playmakers
    • Morrissey Award: Howard Ryshpan, Live Like Pigs - Playmakers
    • Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, The Lion in Winter 
    • Adjudicator: Jacques Zouvi
    1968 Awards

    March 27-30, 1968, Corner Brook




































    • March 27-30, 1968, Corner Brook
    • Sive - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Home is the Hero - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Chalk Garden - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Billy Liar - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Billy Liar - St. John’s Players
    • Actor: Gareth Cook, Billy Liar - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Estelle Wall, The Chalk Garden - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Jim Butt and Walter Chambers, Sive - Playmakers 
    • Supporting Actress: Jennifer Webber, Billy Liar - St. John’s Players
    • Direction: Terry Mellors, Billy Liar - St. John’s Players
    • Morrissey Award: Terry Mellors, Billy Liar - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, Sive
    • Adjudicator: Roberta Dolby
    1967 Awards

    April 5-8, 1967, Grand Falls




































    • April 5-8, 1967, Grand Falls
    • The Killdeer - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Holdin’ Ground - Avion Players, Gander
    • Teach Me How to Cry - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players
    • Actor: Denys Ferry, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Flo Patterson, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actor: Eugene Young,, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday -  St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Actress: Laura Lush, Teach Me How to Cry - Playmakers
    • Direction: Alice Matheson, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players
    • Morrissey Award: Alice Matheson, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday 
    • Special Centennial Award, $1000 for the best production of a new Canadian play: Tomorrow Will Be Sunday - St. John’s Players
    • Author’s Award ($1000): Tom Cahill, Tomorrow Will Be Sunday 
    • Adjudicator: Jeanine Beaubien
    1966 Awards

    March 29-April 2, 1966, St. John’s




































    • March 29-April 2, 1966, St. John’s
    • A Man For All Seasons - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Wayward Saint - Avion Players, Gander
    • You Can’t Take It With You - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • The Plough and the Stars - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • A Touch of the Poet - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Play: You Can’t Take It With You - Freelance Players
    • Actor: Michael Cook, A Man For All Seasons - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Estelle Wall, The Plough and the Stars - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actor: Kevin Griffin, The Plough and the Stars - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Actress: Dot Goff, The Wayward Saint - Avion Players
    • Direction: Sylvia Wigh, You Can’t Take It With You - Freelance Players
    • Morrissey Award: Sylvia Wigh, You Can’t Take It With You - Freelance Players
    • Visual Presentation:  St. John’s Players, A Man For All Seasons 
    • Adjudicator: Jacques Zouvi
    1965 Awards

    April 7-10, 1965, Gander




































    • April 7-10, 1965, Gander
    • A Breath of Spring - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Crucible - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Curious Savage - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • You Touched Me - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Play: The Crucible - St. John’s Players
    • Actor: Allan Vannan, The Crucible - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Marilyn Puddester, The Crucible - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Performance: Laura Blackmore, The Curious Savage - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Neala Griffin, The Curious Savage - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Morrissey Award: Tom Cahill, The Crucible - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Amateur Players, You Touched Me 
    • Adjudicator: Andrew Allan
    1964 Awards

    March 4-7, 1964, Corner Brook




































    • March 4-7, 1964, Corner Brook
    • Teahouse of the August Moon - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • She Stoops to Conquer - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Mrs. McThing - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • A Taste of Honey - Freelance Players, St. John’s
    • Play: A Taste of Honey - Freelance Players
    • Actor: David Candow, Teahouse of the August Moon - Playmakers
    • Actress: Marilyn Puddester, A Taste of Honey - Freelance Players
    • Supporting Performance: Betty Thistle, A Taste of Honey - Freelance Players
    • Direction: Tom Cahill, Teahouse of the August Moon - Playmakers
    • Morrissey Award: Sylvia Wigh, A Taste of Honey - Freelance Players
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, Teahouse of the August Moon 
    • Adjudicator: Walter Massey
    1963 Awards

    March 26-29, 1963, St. John’s




































    • March 26-29, 1963, St. John’s
    • The Lark - St. John’s Players and Wayfarers, St. John’s
    • Rashomon - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Country Boy - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Separate Tables - Avion Players, Gander
    • Play: The Lark - St. John’s Players and Wayfarers
    • Actor: Ted Henley, Separate Tables - Avion Players
    • Actress: Flo Patterson, The Lark - St. John’s Players and Wayfarers
    • Supporting Performance: Estelle Wall, The Country Boy - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Tom Cahill, Rashomon - Playmakers
    • Morrissey Award: George Palmer, The Lark - St. John’s Players and Wayfarers
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, Rashomon
    • Adjudicator: William Needles
    1962 Awards

    March 12-17, 1962, Grand Falls




































    • March 12-17, 1962, Grand Falls
    • Groundswell - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Cradle Song - Amateur Exploits Drama Club, Bishop’s Falls
    • Death Takes A Holiday - Buckmaster’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Man With A Load Of Mischief - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Shadow and Substance - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Yerma - Wayfarers, St. John’s
    • Play: The Man With A Load Of Mischief - St. John’s Players
    • Actor: Denys Ferry, The Man With A Load Of Mischief - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Patricia Lees, Yerma - Wayfarers
    • Supporting Performance: Flo Patterson, The Man With A Load Of Mischief - St. John’s Players
    • Direction: John Holmes, The Man With A Load Of Mischief - St. John’s Players
    • Morrissey Award:  John Holmes, The Man With A Load Of Mischief - St. John’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Northcliffe Drama Club, Groundswell
    • Adjudicator: Norma Springford
    1961 Awards

    March 20-25, 1961, Corner Brook




































    • March 20-25, 1961, Corner Brook
    • What Every Woman Knows - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Old Ladies - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Mountain Air - Avion Players, Gander
    • Playboyof the Western World - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Flare Path - Buckmaster’s Players, St. John’s
    • Hello, Out There - Amateur Exploits Drama Club, Bishop’s Falls (noncompetitive entry)
    • Play: Flare Path - Buckmaster’s Players
    • Actor: Ted Henley, Mountain Air - Avion Players
    • Actress: Flo Patterson, The Old Ladies - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Performance: Pamela Griffin, Flare Path - Buckmaster’s Players
    • Direction: Charles Mardel, Mountain Air - Avion Players
    • Morrissey Award: Roy Portchmouth, Flare Path - Buckmaster’s Players
    • Visual Presentation: Buckmaster’s Players, Flare Path
    • Adjudicator: David Gardner
    1960 Awards

    March 30-April 2, 1960, St. John’s




































    • March 30-April 2, 1960, St. John’s
    • Clerambard - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Duet for Two Hands - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Winter Wedding - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Bad Seed - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Play: Winter Wedding - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Neil Walsh, Duet for Two Hands - Amateur Players
    • Actress: Mary Philpott, The Bad Seed - Playmakers
    • Supporting Performance: Jennifer Webber, Clerambard - St. John’s Players
    • Cliff Allen, Winter Wedding - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Direction: Neala Griffin, Winter Wedding - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Morrissey Award: Neala Griffin, Winter Wedding - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: Northcliffe Drama Club, Winter Wedding 
    • Adjudicator: Leon Major
    1959 Awards

    February 17-21, 1959, Grand Falls




































    • February 17-21, 1959, Grand Falls
    • The Moon in the Yellow River - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The House on the Cliff - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Miranda - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Murder Mistaken - Avion Players, Gander
    • The Perfect Woman - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Play: The Moon in the Yellow River - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Denys Ferry, Miranda - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Mairin Walsh, The House on the Cliff - Amateur Players
    • Supporting Performance: Grace Ricketts, Murder Mistaken - Avion Players
    • Direction: Tom Cahill, The Perfect Woman - Playmakers
    • H.A. Morrissey Jubilee Drama Award, a prize of $100 awarded to the director of the winning play: Neala Griffin, The Moon in the Yellow River - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, Miranda
    • Adjudicator: Richard Ainley
    1958 Awards

    January 7-10, 1958, Corner Brook




































    • January 7-10, 1958, Corner Brook
    • Craig’s Wife - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Gayden - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Heiress - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • I Remember Mama - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Play: I Remember Mama - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Cliff Allen, I Remember Mama - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actress: Patricia Lees, The Heiress - Playmakers
    • Supporting Performance: Mairin Walsh, Craig’s Wife - Amateur Players
    • Direction: Neala Griffin, I Remember Mama - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, Gayden
    • Adjudicator: Richard West
    1957 Awards

    April 1-5, 1957, St. John’s




































    • April 1-5, 1957, St. John’s
    • Kind Sir - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The First Born - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Mousetrap - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • The Hasty Heart - Theatre Arts Club, St. John’s
    • Anastasia - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Play: The Hasty Heart - Theatre Arts Club
    • Actor: Paul O’Neill, The Hasty Heart - Theatre Arts Club
    • Actress: Mary Dunphy, The Mousetrap - Amateur Players
    • Supporting Performance: John Holmes, The Hasty Heart - Theatre Arts Club
    • Direction: John Holmes, The Hasty Heart - Theatre Arts Club
    • Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, Kind Sir
    • Adjudicator: Cecil Bellamy
    1956 Awards

    February 8-11, 1956, Grand Falls




































    • February 8-11, 1956, Grand Falls
    • The Holdin’ Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • I Have Been Here Before - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Arms and the Man - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • Dangerous Corner - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Play: The Holdin’ Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Cliff Allen, The Holdin’ Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actress: Joan Coughlan, Arms and the Man - Playmakers
    • Supporting Performance: Denys Ferry, I Have Been Here Before - St. John’s Players
    • Direction: Neala Griffin, The Holdin’ Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, Arms and the Man
    • Adjudicator: Pamela Stirling
    1955 Awards

    January 11-15, 1955, Corner Brook




































    • January 11-15, 1955, Corner Brook
    • The Gioconda Smile - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Angel Street - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Ring Around the Moon - Theatre Guild, St. John’s
    • My Three Angels - Playmakers, Corner Brook
    • The Whiteheaded Boy - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Play: The Whiteheaded Boy - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Denys Ferry, The Gioconda Smile - St. John’s Players
    • Actress: Mary Monaghan, Angel Street - Amateur Players
    • Supporting Performance: Olga Sheratte, Ring Around the Moon - Theatre Guild
    • Direction: Neala Griffin, The Whiteheaded Boy - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: Playmakers, My Three Angels
    • Adjudicator: Andre Van Gyseghem
    1954 Awards

    March 27-April 1, 1954, St. John’s




































    • March 27-April 1, 1954, St. John’s
    • The Lady’s Not For Burning - Theatre Guild, St. John’s
    • Arsenic and Old Lace - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • The Love of Four Colonels - Pegasus Players, St. John’s
    • Juno and the Paycock - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Castle in the Air - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Play: Juno and the Paycock - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Actor: Robert Chapline, The Lady’s Not For Burning - Theatre Guild
    • Charles Mardel, The Love of Four Colonels - Pegasus Players
    • Actress: Estelle Wall, Juno and the Paycock - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Performance: (not awarded)
    • Direction: Neala Griffin, Juno and the Paycock - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Visual Presentation: Amateur Players, Arsenic and Old Lace
    • Adjudicator: Graham Suter
    1953 Awards

    March 24-27, 1953, Grand Falls




































    • March 24-27, 1953, Grand Falls
    • The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Granite - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • The Admirable Crichton - Memorial University Drama Club, St. John’s
    • Edwina Black - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Play: Edwina Black - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Performance: Estelle Wall, Edwina Black - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Supporting Performance: Bruce Feather, Granite - St. John’s Players
    • Direction: Elsie Homer, The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Amateur Players
    • Harvey Rose Bowl for Best Visual Presentation: St. John’s Players, Granite
    • Adjudicator: John Allen
    1952 Awards

    March 20-24, 1952, Corner Brook




































    • March 20-24, 1952, Corner Brook
    • The Man - Columbus Players, St. John’s
    • Ladies in Retirement - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • High Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • The Sacred Flame - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Proud Kate Sullivan (one-act play presented by a group from Grand Falls)
    • Play: Ladies in Retirement - St. John’s Players
    • Performance: Joan Collins, Ladies in Retirement - St. John’s Players
    • Supporting Performance: Cliff Allen, High Ground - Northcliffe Drama Club
    • Adjudicator: Pierre Lefeure
    1951 Awards

    April 18-20, 1951, St. John’s




































    • April 18-20, 1951, St. John’s
    • Mr. Pim Passes By - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Seven Keys to Baldpate - Northcliffe Drama Club, Grand Falls
    • Night Must Fall - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Play: Night Must Fall - Amateur Players
    • Performance: Ben Pryde, Night Must Fall - Amateur Players
    • Adjudicator: Steve Brodie
    1950 Awards

    April 24-28, 1950, St. John’s




































    • April 24-28, 1950, St. John’s
    • The Silver Cord - St. John’s Players, St. John’s
    • Christmas on the Village Square - Cathedral Players, Corner Brook
    • Aunt Tilly Goes to Town - AYPA Group, Harbour Grace
    • Blythe Spirit - Officers Club, Fort Pepperell
    • Ten Little Indians - Amateur Players, Corner Brook
    • Best Play: Ten Little Indians - Amateur Players
    • Best Individual Performance: Sylvia Wigh, The Silver Cord - St. John’s Players
    • Adjudicator: C.L. Bennett