Eligibility

The 2025 Toronto Theatre Awards are open to all theatre company productions and performances, within the city of Toronto, between August 01, 2024 - July 31, 2025. In order to ensure that your production is considered by the voters for the 2025 Toronto Theatre Awards, please contact awards@torontotheatreawards.com to submit your production.

2025 Toronto Theatre Awards

Outstanding Production of a Musical

After the Rain Tarragon Theatre & The Musical Stage Company

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Shifting Ground Collective
A Strange Loop Crow's Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre Company, The Musical Stage Company & TO Live
Life After Mirvish Productions, Yonge Street Theatricals, Goodman Theatre & Grove Entertainment
Titanique Mirvish Productions & Segal Centre for the Performing Arts

Outstanding Production of a Play

Mahabharata (Parts 1 & 2) Why Not Theatre & Canadian Stage

Big Stuff Baram and Snieckus Production & Crow's Theatre
Fat Ham Canadian Stage
Flex Crow's Theatre & Obsidian Theatre Company
Kim's Convenience Soulpepper Theatre Company, Adam Blanshay Productions & American Conservatory Theatre

Outstanding Visiting Production

Goblin: Macbeth Spontaneous Theatre & Tarragon Theatre `

1939 Canadian Stage, Belfry Theatre & Stratford Festival
Beetlejuice Mirvish Productions
Just For One Day Mirvish Productions & The Old Vic
Mouln Rouge! The Musical Mirvish Productions & Global Creatures

Outstanding New Production

After the Rain Tarragon Theatre & The Musical Stage Company

A Public Display of Affection Crow's Theatre & Studio 180 Theatre
The Bidding War Crow's Theatre
Big Stuff Baram and Snieckus Production & Crow's Theatre
The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical Canadian Stage & Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Musical

After the Rain
Joe "Jojo" Bowden, Deborah Hay, Brandon McGibbon, Andrew Penner, Shaemus Swets and Annika Tupper

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Ben Ridd, Berkley Silverman, Diana Del Rosario, Jameson Mosher, Lauren Taylor Scott, Misha Sharivker, Nam Nguyen, Olivia Daniels, Zoe Virola, Joey Harvey and Marie Raferty
A Strange Loop
Malachi McCaskill, Charlie Clark, Sierra Holder, Amaka Umeh, Matt Nethersole, David Andrew Reid, Nathanael Judah, Marcus Nance and David Lopez
The Lion King
Salvatore Antonio, Zama Magudulela, David D'Lancy Wilson, Will Jeffs, Trevor Patt, Brian Sills, Camille Eanga-Selenge, Aphiwe Nyezi, Jewelle Blackman, Joema Frith, Simon Gallant, Zora Cameron, Ana Victoria Dinapo, Lucien Duncan-Reid, Nendia Lewars, Ira Nabong, Oliver Woon, Caleb Ajao, Damien Broomes, Wade Buller, Krystle Chance, Lisa Michelle Cornelius, Isabel Dela Cruz, Vania Dodoo-Beals, Jordan Faye, Felander, Alex Furber, Katherine Gayle-Keswa, Tristan Ghostkeeper, Rose-Mary Harbans, Jasmine Huang, Rebaone Kgosimore, Lia Loewen, Lisakhanya Matrose, Adrienne Metivier Taylor, Khayaloxolo Miniki, Iteboge Modipane, Bhule Nkomo, Martina Ortiz Luis, Hugo Pimentel, Busisiwe Shezi, Elljay Timmangen, Luc Trottier, Trayvon Ward, Ocean Williams, Tenaj Williams, Zachary Williams, Oren Williamson, Zinzi Xalisa, Marlee Young and Angel Zuma
Titanique
Veronique Claveau, Andre Anthony, Constant Bernard, Mariah Campos, Queenie, Mike Melino, Rose Messenger, Christopher Ning, Erica Peck, Michael Torontow, Seth Zosky, Tess Benger, Dave Comeau and Kaylee Harwood

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Play

Mahabharata (Parts 1 & 2)
Shawn Ahmed, Neil D'Souza, Jay Emmanuel, Miriam Fernandes, Ravin J. Ganatra, Darren Kuppan, Anaka Maharaj-Sandhu, Goldy Notay, Ellora Patnaik, Meher Pavri, Sakuntala Ramanee, Ronica Sajnani, Ishan Sandhu, Navtej Sandhu, Munish Sharma, Arun Varma, Sukania Venugopal, Dylan Bell, John Gzowski, Gurtej Singh Hunjan, Zaheer-Abbas Janmohamed, Hasheel Lodhia and Suba Sankaran

The Bidding War
Aurora Browne, Sergio Di Zio, Izad Etemadi, Peter Fernandes, Veronica Hortiguela, Amy Matysio, Fiona Reid, Gregory Prest, Steven Sutcliffe, Sophia Walker and Gregory Waters
Big Stuff
Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus
Fat Ham
David Alan Anderson, Raven Dauda, Nehassaiu deGannes, Peter Fernandes, Virgilia Griffith, Tawiah Ben M'carthy and Tony Ofori
Flex
Jewell Bowry, Jasmine Case, Asha James, Trinity Lloyd, Shauna Thompson and Sophia Walker

Outstanding Performance of a Male or Non-Binary Role in a Musical

Malachi McCaskill A Strange Loop

Nick Cikoja Dogfight: The Musical
Jake Epstein Life After
Aphiwe Nyezi The Lion King
Aaron Robinson Evil Dead: The Musical

Outstanding Performance of a Female or Non-Binary Role in a Musical

Annika Tupper After the Rain

Veronique Claveau Titanique
Barbara Johnston Songs by a Wannabe
Julia Pulo The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical
Kathleen Welch SAMCA

Outstanding Performance of a Male or Non-Binary Role in a Play

Ins Choi Kim's Convenience

Matt Baram Big Stuff
Peter Fernandes Fat Ham
Paul Gross Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Saul Rubinek Playing Shylock

Outstanding Performance of a Female or Non-Binary Role in a Play

Jan Alexandra Smith Dinner with the Duchess

Maev Beaty My Name is Lucy Barton
Virgilia Griffith Rosmersholm
Vanessa Sears Shedding a Skin
Naomi Snieckus Big Stuff

Outstanding Featured Performance of a Male or Non-Binary Role in a Musical

Andrew Penner After the Rain

Constant Bernard Titanique
Jameson Mosher 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Christopher Ning Titanique
Taurian Teelucksing The Wolf in the Voice

Outstanding Featured Performance of a Female or Non-Binary Role in a Musical

Deborah Hay After the Rain

Mariah Campos Titanique
Jane Miller The Wolf in the Voice
Vanessa Sears The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical
Amaka Umeh A Strange Loop

Outstanding Featured Performance of a Male or Non-Binary Role in a Play

Peter Fernandes The Bidding War

Damien Atkins What the Constitution Means to Me
Augusto Bitter Craze
Ryan Jinn Kim's Convenience
Brandon McKnight Kim's Convenience

Outstanding Featured Performance of a Female or Non-Binary Role in a Play

Miriam Fernandes Mahabharata (Parts 1 & 2)

Jasmine Case Flex
Rong Fu Interior Design
Kelly Seo Kim's Convenience
Rosie Simon Dinner with the Duchess

Outstanding Performance of a Song

After the Rain - Suzy Wilde
After the Rain

Forever - Annika Tupper
After the Rain
The Origin of Love - Jessie James
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Poetry - Isabella Esler
Life After
Circle of Life - Zama Magudulela and The Company of The Lion King
The Lion King
My Heart Will Go On - Veronique Claveau and The Company of Titanique
Titanique
Taking Chances - The Company of Titanique
Titanique

Outstanding Direction of a Musical

Marie Farsi After the Rain

Ted Dykstra The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical
Ray Hogg A Strange Loop
Martin Julien and Brian Quirt The Wolf in the Voice
Brendan Kinnon SAMCA

Outstanding Direction of a Play

Weyni Mengesha Kim's Convenience

Chris Abraham Wights
Philip Akin Fat Ham
Nina Lee Aquino Trident Moon
Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu Flex
Kat Sandler Big Stuff

Outstanding Production Design of a Musical

After the Rain
David Boechler (Set), Brian Kenny (Sound), Logan Cracknell (Lighting), Ming Wong (Costume)

A Strange Loop
Brian Dudkiewicz (Set), Ming Wong (Costume), Michelle Ramsay (Lighting), Brian Kenny (Sound)
Life After
Todd Rosenthal (Set), Sarafina Bush (Costume), Japhy Wideman (Lighting), Kai Harada (Sound), Haley Parcher (Sound)
Songs by a Wannabe
Eric Andrews (Set & Props), Anika Johnson (Sound), James Evidente (Lighting)
The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical
Michael Gianfrancesco (Set), Bonnie Beecher (Lighting), Ming Wong (Costume), Brian Kenny (Sound), Cameron Fraser (Projection)

Outstanding Production Design of a Play

Flex
Raha Javanfar (Lighting), Ken MacKenzie (Set), Ming Wong (Costume), Thomas Ryder Payne (Sound)

The Bidding War
Sim Suzer (Set), Ken MacKenzie (Set), Laura Delchiaro (Costume), Christian Horoszczak (Lighting), Olivia Wheeler (Sound)
Kim's Convenience
Joanna Yu (Set), Ming Wong (Costume), Wen-Ling Liao (Lighting), Nicole Eun-Ju Bell (Projection), Fan Zhang (Sound)
Mahabharata (Parts 1 & 2)
Lorenzo Savoini (Set), Gillian Gallow (Costume), Kevin Lamotte (Lighting), Hana S. Kim (Projection), John Gzowski (Sound), Suba Sankaran (Sound)
Wights
Joshua Quinlan (Set & Prop), Mina Wong (Costume), Imogen Wilson (Lighting), Thomas Ryder Payne (Sound), Nathan Bruce (Video)



Special Recognition


Special Recognition is bestowed upon productions, performances, works or achievements, which were not nominated, but were deemed by the Toronto Theatre Awards to be deserving of recognition. This could be due to lack of awards category, eligibility or any other reason.

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