A New Westminster theatre company has earned multiple nominations for the 2018 Jessie Richardson Awards.
Nominations were announced last night (Sunday, May 27) during a Jessie nominations party at the BMO Theatre Centre.
In the Small Theatre categories, New West-based Patrick Street Productions earned four nominations for its production of A Little Night Music, which ran at the Anvil Centre Theatre in May last year.
Nick Fontaine is up for Outstanding Performance by an Actor, for his turn as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm. Two performers are up in the Outstanding Performance by an Actress category: Patti Allan, who played Madame Armfeldt, and Lindsay Warnock, as the Countess Charlotte Malcolm.
Also earning a nomination was Jessica Bayntun, for Outstanding Costume Design.
New West native Kelli Ogmundson, a New Westminster Secondary School grad, also earned a nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress - Large Theatre, for her role in the Arts Club Theatre's Fun Home.
A couple of other familiar faces also earned nominations.
Lauren Bowler, most recently seen starring in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Cabaret, is nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for her work in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Bittergirl: The Musical. Warren Kimmel – past star of Royal City Musical Theatre’s My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof, as well as Patrick Street’s A Little Night Music – also earned a nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Large Theatre) for his performance as Shylock in Bard on the Beach’s Merchant of Venice.
The Jessie Awards ceremony will be held at Bard on the Beach on Monday, July 16. For the full list of nominees and award details, see www.jessieawards.com.
