Betty Award

Betty Mitchell Awards were created in 1998 to celebrate and honour outstanding achievement in Calgary's professional theatre community. It is commonly called the Betty Award and is named for Calgary theatre pioneer Dr. Betty Mitchell.

Awards The awards ceremony for the 2018–19 season was held on June 24 at the Vertigo Theatre in Calgary.Louis B. Hobson, Schemers and spies top the Betty Mitchell Award nominations, Calgary Herald, June 5, 2019

In 2019, Pakistani-Canadian actor Ahad Raza Mir, the first Pakistani actor to play Hamlet in Canada,News Desk, Ahad Raza Mir becomes first Pakistani to star as Hamlet in Canada, Daily Times (Pakistan), March 31, 2019 won the Betty for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama for his performance of the title roleAhad Raza Mir Wins the Betty Mitchell Award for Hamlet!, Hip In Pakistan In that same year Tiffany Ayalik became the first Inuk recipient of a Betty Award.

Categories Awards are given in the following categories:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Outstanding Lighting Design Outstanding Set Design Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2024 Beth Kates Meteor Shower Scott Reid A Christmas Carol Brendan Briceland Selma Burke David Bengali Beaches The Musical Brendan Briceland Girl on the Train 2023 Andy Moro Hookman Scott Reid Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express Andy Moro The Extractionist Cindy Mochizuki (Video Design & animation), Sammy Chien/Chimerik Collective (Projection Design) Forgiveness Wladimiro A. Woyno R. STRUCK 2022 Nicolas Dostie, Irina Litvinenko, Rick Miller Boom YZ Jamie Nesbitt Cipher Jamie Nesbitt In Wonderland Scott Reid A Christmas Carol Scott Reid Million Dollar Quartet 2019Louis B. Hobson, Schemers and spies top the Betty Mitchell Award nominations, Calgary Herald, June 5, 2019 Nicolas Dotsie BOOM X Bretta GereckeThe Invisible Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare Amelia Scott A Love Letter to Emily C Andy Moro Honour Beat Elaine J. McCarthyEverest 2018Louis B. Hobson, Puppets and sisters big winners at Betty Mitchell Awards, Calgary Herald, June 26, 2018 Jamie Nesbitt Nine Dragons Remy Siu Empire of the Son T. Erin Gruber Easter Island Corwin Ferguson Julius Caesar Amelia ScottTo the Light 2017Louis B. Hobson, Betty Mitchell Theatre Awards go Crazy for Theatre Calgary, Calgary Herald, August 22, 2017 Corwin Ferguson Richard III David Leclerc BOOM Jamie Nesbitt The Big Sleep Amelia Scott with illustrations by Tyler Jenkins Crime Does Not Pay JP ThibodeauLest We Forget 2016Louis B. Hobson, Best of Calgary theatre honoured at Betty Mitchell Awards, Calgary Herald, August 23, 2016 Jamie Nesbitt Calamity Town Sean Nieuwenhuis The Little Prince Scott Reid Die Tote Stadt JP Thibodeau The Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook Amelia Scott and Joel AdriaCockroach 2015Bill Brooks, Betty honors Calgary's shining stars, [Calgary Herald], September 12, 2015 Andrzej Goulding Silent Night Jamie Nesbitt Liberation Days Jamie Nesbitt Farewell, My Lovely Kalyna Conrad Legoland Wladimiro A. Woyno R., Matthew Waddell and Laura AnzolaThe Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst 2014Bill Brooks, Betty Mitchell Awards honor the best of city's theatre world, Calgary Herald, September 5, 2014 Kaely Dekker n00b Corwin Ferguson You Will Remember Me T. Erin Gruber A Bomb in the Heart Jamie Nesbitt The Hound of the Baskervilles Sean NieuwenhuisThe Mountaintop Outstanding Costume Design Outstanding Sound Design or Composition Outstanding Choreography or Fight Direction Outstanding Musical Direction Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical Outstanding New Play Outstanding Direction Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Outstanding Production of a Musical Outstanding Production of a Play

Ceremony Betty Mitchell Award Ceremonies Ceremony Venue Date Host(s) 1st Stage West August 24, 1998 Lindsay Burns 2nd Stage West August 30, 1999 3rd Stage West August 28, 2000 4th Stage West August 28, 2001 Dave KellyElizabeth Stepkowski 5th Stage West August 26, 2002 Dave KellyKaren Johnson-Diamond 6th Stage West August 25, 2003 Mark BellamyKevin Rothery 7th Stage West August 30, 2004 8th Stage West August 29, 2005 Bob WhiteLaura Parken 9th Stage West August 28, 2006 Grant Linneberg 10th Stage West 2007 11th Stage West August 25, 2008 Dave Kelly"The Drowning Girls surfaces with 4 Calgary theatre awards". CBC Arts, Aug 26, 2008 12th Max Bell Theatre, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts August 24, 2009 13th Max Bell Theatre, EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts August 30, 2010 AJ Demers Julie Orton 14th Stage West August 20, 2011 Karen Johnson-Diamond Kevin Rothery 15th Stage West August 27, 2012 Russell Bowers 16th Stage West August 26, 2013 Nicole Zylstra Stafford Perry 17th Stage West August 18, 2014 Stephen Hair 18th Vertigo Theatre August 24, 2015 Julie Orton 19th Vertigo Theatre 2016 Josh Bertwistle, Carly McKee Chris Enright, Nicole Zylstra 20th Vertigo Theatre 2017 Mark Bellamy Selena Wong 21st Vertigo Theatre June 25, 2018 Katherine FadumMichael Tan 22nd Vertigo Theatre June 24, 2019 Raven Virginia

Statue update The original Betty Mitchell Award statue, designed by local Calgary sculptor, Petronella Overes, was inspired by the geography surrounding Calgary. It was a steel base containing a glass monolith with motifs of mountains and prairies. For the 10th anniversary of the awards in 2007 she redesigned it replacing the steel base with powder coated aluminum and increased the contrast in the tone and texture of the awards metal and glass.

The Award received its most recent design update in 2014 when the Overes design was replaced with a multi-colour teardrop-shaped glass sculpture created by a local glass blowing collective, Bee Kingdom Glass. Each one is unique, as they are hand-blown.

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