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2016 SATAward Nominations

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King and BanquoEmbrace Theatre is thrilled to announce that it has been nominated once again for the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards.

This year, costume designer Amberlin Hsu was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for her work on Macbeth last November.

emma headshotThe DuelEmma Thorpe was also nominated for Outstanding Emerging Artist for her work as a Fight Director. Emma staged the fights for Macbeth, as well as last season’s The Clockmaker. She also performed in Embrace Theatre’s  Saskatchewan Outdoors and Bottomes Dreame.

Congratulations to all the artists and companies nominated. See you at the Gala on September 26th!

SATAwards 2015

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Embrace Theatre is thrilled to announce that it has once again been nominated for the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards:

Will Brooks was nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design for his work on The Clockmaker. Congratulations Will!

 

We also want to celebrate the many nominations of artists who have worked with us in the past:

Chris Donlevy (Bottomes Dreame, Stop Kiss, Saskatchewan Outdoors, The Clockmaker) – Nominated for Outstanding Emerging Artist

Alex Hartshorn (The Clockmaker) – Nominated for Outstanding Emerging Artist

Curits Peeteetuce (Stop Kiss) – Nominated for Outstanding Original Script (Nicimos – Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company).

Charlie Peters (Founding Director) – Nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design (Two Corpses Go Dancing – Two Unruly Gentlemen/Live Five)

Will Brooks (The Clockmaker)- Nominated for Outstanding Set Design (Two Corpses Go Dancing – Two Unruly Gentlemen/Live Five) AND Outstanding Direction (Othello – Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)

Jenna Maren (Stop Kiss, The Clockmaker) – Nominated for Outstanding Set Design (La Raccourcie – La Troupe Du Jour)

Kate Herriot (Bottomes Dreame) – Nominated for Outstanding Female Performance (Two Corpses Go Dancing – Two Unruly Gentlemen/Live Five)

Jenna-Lee Hyde (Stop Kiss) – Nominated for Outstanding Female Performance (Reasons to be Pretty – Fire in the Hole/Live Five AND Much Ado About Nothing – Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)

Donovan Scheirer (Bottomes Dreame) – Nominated for Outstanding Sound Design, Composition, or Musical Direction (Two Corpses Go Dancing – Two Unruly Gentlemen/Live Five)

Gilles Zolty (Stop Kiss) – Nominated for Outstanding Sound Design, Composition, or Musical Direction (Mary’s Wedding – Persephone Theatre AND Othello – Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan)

 

 

 

 

 

2014 SATAward Nominations for Embrace Theatre

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SATAwards HeaderThe nominees for the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards were announced today and we are pleased as punch to have been honoured with so many nominations!

Jenna-Lee Hyde has been nominated twice for Achievement in Performance, including for Stop Kiss!

Gilles Zolty has been nominated thrice for Achievement in Sound Design, including Stop Kiss!

Jenna Maren has been nominated twice for Achievement in Set design, including Stop Kiss!

Our Artistic Director Charlie Peters has been nominated for Achievement in Direction for Stop Kiss!

Curtis Peeteetuce (Stop Kiss Ensemble) has been nominated for Achievement in Sound Design!

Dakota Hebert (Saskatchewan Outdoors Ensemble) has been nominated for Achievement in Performance and Outstanding Emerging Artist!

Shelby Lyn Lowe (Saskatchewan Outdoors Ensemble) was an assistant costume designer for Leading Ladies, which has received a nomination for Achievement in Costume Design!

Angela Kemp and Jenna Maren (Stop Kiss Ensemble/Designer) have both also been nominated for Outstanding Emerging Artist!

What a gift it is to have worked with such a long list of nominees and such a terrific group of people. Congratulations! A full list of this years nominees can be found by clicking here.