NL Drama Festival Awards
Best Set Design
2023
Fabion O'Keefe - School Zone Productions, St. John's - “The Twilight Zone [Series VI]: In The Dark” adapted for stage by Christopher Tobin
2022
Drama Festival cancelled amid COVID-19 risks.
2021
Drama Festival cancelled amid COVID-19 risks.
2020
Drama Festival cancelled amid COVID-19 risks.
2019
Sheldon Parsons - Off·Broadway Players, Corner Brook - “The Pillowman”
Hans Tode Memorial Trophy for innovative and imaginative set design
This scholarship was first awarded in 1976 and was setup to award innovative and imaginative set design. It was donated by the defunct Corner Brook Playmakers Company to honour the memory of the long-time member Hans Tode who participated in twelve NL Drama Festivals over a fifteen year period ... (more/less info)
Hans Juergen Tode was born in Libau, Russia (Latvia) on December 30, 1906. In 1951 he immigrated from Germany and settled in Corner Brook with his wife Ingrid, daughter Heidi and son Wolfe who was born while escaping from Poland.
In 1951, he began to work at the cement plant and both Hans and Ingrid joined the Corner Brook Playmakers in an attempt to learn the English language. For 23 years, they worked with the group with joy, dedication and hard work. His work was perfection and the trophy established in his honour truly belongs to him. He died in 1974.
- Playmakers
- 1972 - The Cave Dwellers - Crew: Stage Designer
- Harvey Rose Bowl for the best visual presentation - 1971 - Blithe Spirit - Crew: Set Designer
- 1969 - Live Like Pigs - Crew: Set Design
- 1968 - Sive - Crew: Set Design
- Harvey Rose Bowl for the best visual presentation - 1967 - Teach Me How to Cry - Crew: Set Design
- 1966 - A Touch of the Poet - Crew: Assistant Stage manager
- Amateur Players
- 1965 - Sive - You Touched me - Crew: Set Design / Stage Crew
- Harvey Rose Bowl for the best visual presentation - 1961 - While the Sun Shines - Crew: Scenic Director
- 1960 - Duet for Two Hands - Crew: Scenic Director
- 1959 - The House on the Cliff - Crew: Set Design
- 1958 - Craig's Wife - Crew: Set Construction
- 1957 - The Mousetrap - Crew: Set Construction
2018
Louise Kearley - St. John's Players, St. John's - “Wit”
2017
Claude House & Nick Mercer - Avion Players, Gander - “Moon Over Buffalo”
2016
Neil Robbins, Jordan Stringer & Troy Turner - Off·Broadway Players, Corner Brook - “Cherry Docs”
2015
Marty Byrne, Lester Simmons, Peter McCormack, Jane Soper & Craig Robinson - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West - “Fat Pig”
2014
Jim Parsons - Off·Broadway Players, Corner Brook - “Blasted”
2013
Michele Dove & Claude House - Avion Players, Gander - “The Lyons”
2012
Annette Crummey, Claude House & Nick Mercer - Avion Players, Gander - “33 Variations”
2011
Kathleen Hicks - Mokami Players, Goose Bay - “If We Are Women”
2010
Claude House & Nick Mercer - Avion Players, Gander - “Caught in the Net”
2009
Peter McCormack - Northern Lights Theatre Company, Labrador West - “Dancing at Lughnasa”
2008
Claude House & Mike Hiscock - Avion Players, Gander - “Witness for the Prosecution”
2007
Jim Hoskins - Beothuck Street Players, St. John's - “Buried Child“
2006
Paul Blake - Avion Players, Gander - “The Shadow Box”
2005
Nick Mercer - Avion Players, Gander - “Noises Off”
2004
Siobhan Enright - Mokami Players, Goose Bay - “Lovers”
2003
Jim Hoskins - Beothuck Street Players, St. John's - “Death of a Salesman”
2002
Matt Bugden - Bay Theatre, Stephenville - “Lost in Yonkers”
2001
Clar Doyle - Beothuck Street Players, St. John's, St. John's - “The Lonesome West”
2000
Clar Doyle - Beothuck Street Players, St. John's, St. John's - “The Beauty Queen of Leenane”
1999
Jim Conroy & Danny Harte - St. John's Players, St. John's - “Thirteen Hands”
1998
Jim Hoskins - Carol Players, Labrador West - “Jennie's Story”
1997
Paul Blake - Avion Players, Gander - “On the Rim on the Curve”
1996
Clar Doyle - Beothuck Street Players, St. John's - “Juno and the Paycock”
1995
Phillip Daniel, Louise Kearley & Dave Sturge - St. John's Players, St. John's - “Groucho - A Life in Revue”
1994
Bernie and Pat Doyle - Centre Stage Players, Avondale - “Yesterday's Men”
1993
Geoff Seymour & Dave Sturge - St. John's Players, St. John's - “The Foreigner”
1992
Jim Hoskins - Carol Players, Labrador West - “Everybody Loves Opal”
1991
Stephanie Smith & Dave Grimes - Avion Players, Gander - “Play Memory”
1990
Clar Doyle - Center Stage Players, Clarenville - “Sea Marks”
1989
Clar Doyle - Carol Players, Labrador West - “P.S. Your Cat Is Dead”
1988
Clar Doyle - Carol Players, Labrador West - “I'm Not Rappaport”
1987
Renee Ivany - Freelance Players, St. John's - “Playboy of the Western World”
1986
Jim Shea, Frank Moriarity & Kathleen Crowe - Mokami Players, Goose Bay - “The Lion in Winter”
1985
Jim Shea - Mokami Players, Goose Bay - “Absurd Person Singular”
1984
Patrick Doyle - Carol Players, Labrador West - “Mass Appeal”
1983
Stuart Fraser - Playmakers Company, Corner Brook - “Translations”
1982
Merrill Strachan - Mokami Players, Goose Bay - “For You, Dear Hubbard”
1981
Clar Doyle - Carol Players, Labrador West - “Not Recommended for Children”
1980
Kevin Blackmore - Avion Players, Gander - “The Shadow Box”
1979
Peter Clinton - Freelance Players, St. John's - “The Loud Red Patrick”
1978
Stuart Fraser - Playmakers Company, Corner Brook - We've Got Things Here Stronger Even Than Dying”
1977
Tim Borlase - Mokami Players, Goose Bay - “America Hurrah”
1976
Stuart Fraser - Playmakers Company, Corner Brook - “The Mumberley Inheritance”