The Borelians received 4 awards and 4 nominations at this year’s ACT-CO Gala. An annual event dedicated to recognizing all the great contributions to community theatre throughout the GTA and Toronto.

Here are the winners!

ADJUDICATOR AWARD – COMEDY FOR “THE HEAVENS ARE REALLY ANGRY WITH YOU” SPECIAL EFFECTS – BRIAN MAILEY AND THE TECHNICAL STAFF/DRAMA AT INISH / Borelians Community Theatre

BEST STAGE MANAGER – SARAH SMITH- WAIT UNTIL DARK / Borelians Community Theatre

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN – JOANNE NORMAN – WAIT UNTIL DARK / Borelians Community Theatre

ADJUDICATOR AWARD – DRAMA FOR “HONOURABLE MENTIONS IN ACTING” – JUSTINE SCOTT AS “SUSY”
WAIT UNTIL DARK / Borelians Community Theatre

Here are the nominees!

Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role – Mary Delaney as “Lizzy” / DRAMA AT INISH / Borelians Community Theatre

Best Costume Design – Janet Huehn / DRAMA AT INISH / Borelians Community Theatre

Best Director – Ruth Smith / WAIT UNTIL DARK / Borelians Community Theatre

Best Sound Design – Michael Serres / WAIT UNTIL DARK / Borelians Community Theatre

Congrats to all of other past and present Borelians who both won and were nominated for awards at this year’s festival!

“Well Susy – now all the children have gone to bed – we can talk.”

Frederick Knott only wrote a handful of plays over his lifetime – but you’ve probably heard of two of them: Dial M For Murder and Wait Until Dark. Wait Until Dark ran on Broadway for 11 months, and two years in London. The film, starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna was a box-office smash in 1967.

Borelians Community Theatre and the Port Perry Town Hall Players are pleased to present this tense, and gripping play about a blind woman named Susy Hendrix who is being conned by three desperate criminals. But just when the conmen think they have the upper hand, Susy proves to be surprisingly brave and resourceful.

Starring Justine Scott as Susy, Colin Murphy as Mr. Roat, Graeme Powell as Mike, Italo Lopresti as Carlino, Stephanie Gnandt as Gloria , and Harry Lavigne as Sam Hendrix. With Kyle Brough and Keith Kidd as police officers.