Jenny Awards 2022
Photos by Squid Eye Lens Photography
1. It Is a Zoo Out There!
(an award for working with a bunch of animals)
- The Sex Life of Butterflies [Martin Dockery]
- Crabs Gone Wild [Pinchy Productions]
- Horseface [Alex Dallas Productions]
- Bushtits, Shih Tzus and Private Dicks: All’s Fur in Love and Noir [Theatrically Obsessed]
- Shadow Kingdom [The Wishes Mystical Puppet Co.]
- Field Zoology 201 [Shawn O’Hara]
2. Don’t Speak…I like to Move It Move It
(an award for shows that don’t need a lot of dialogue)
- THREE [Bossy Flyer]
- FERN [Horse & Engine]
- Minoosh Doo-Kapeeshiw [Echo Theatre]
- Tango to the Pointe [PointeTango]
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth [Studio Accelerando]
3. Stand Up and be Counted! or Up Against a Brick Wall
(an award for the Stand-Up acts out there)
- Stéphanie Morin Robert: BLACK EYE (a live comedy album recording) [Stephanie Morin-Robert Performance Society]
- Blueberries Are Assholes [TJ Dawe]
- Paco Erhard: Worst. German. Ever. [Paco Erhard]
- Pretty Beast [Kazu Kusano]
- Gabe Mollica: a Solo Show About Friendship [Gabe Mollica]
- Chris Gibbs, Old is the New New [Kelly Finnegan Productions]
- God Is A Scottish Drag Queen (Best Of) [Mike Delamont]
4. When the World Gets You Down
(an award for shows that delve into the dark past or possible bleak futures)
- All of Human History in 7 Stories [So Lonely Productions]
- A Thousand Words [C. Neil Parsons]
- Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany [Ingrid Garner]
- Six-Legs [Second Date Productions]
- Se’ed [jurasco]
- CIVILIZED [By the Book Productions]
5. Let’s Take a Holiday or a Little Trip
(the we could all use a break award)
- The Happy New St. Paddy’s Valentween Thank Hallow Xmas Day Show [Crosseyed Rascals]
- AWAY, NOW – The World’s Most Desired Destination [Paul Strickland Presents]
- mr.coffeehead [Spec Theatre]
- I’M BATMAN 89-97 [Rod Peter Jr.]
- Kateryna and Havrylo [Ce-Lee Productions]
- Slowly and Sideways [Shoestring Players]
- As It Turns Out… [TBA Productions]
6. Monster Mash
(an award for … nevermind you are just going to say it was a graveyard smash)
- Monster Makers [North Kildonan Community Players]
- Bat Brains or let’s explore mental illness with vampires [Scantily Glad Theatre]
- The Dungeons ‘n’ Dragons Improv Show XIII: The Loom of Annihilation [The DnD Improv Show]
- Something in the Water [S.E. Grummett]
- A Grave Mistake [A Little Bit Off]
- Macabre Tales of Horror and Macabreness (kinda?) 10 Year HELLebration [Puppy in Pants Productions]
- Buckets of Blood – Fairy tales not for kids [Stories Alive]
- The Ultimate Actor’s Nightmare [Club Soda Improv]
Editors Note: This was a close 4 way race with A Grave Mistake, Bat Brains, and Something in the Water all within 1 point of Macabre Tales.
7. But Sting Told Me Love Was the 7th Wave
(an award for Tales of Love or at least have Love in the Title)
- Romeo & Juliet [Indifferently Reformed]
- Charming & Rose: True Love [R-G Productions]
- Courtship [Snakeskin Jacket]
- Are You Lovin’ It? [Theatre Group GUMBO]
- King Warrior Magician Lover [Wolfhaven Productions]
- List of People I’ve Killed (A Love Story) [PMF Productions]
- Murmurs of Earth [MaxQ Productions]
8. All Alone and Desperate
(an award for Solo Performance)
- Wait So Do I Make Out With A Pan? [Buried Seeds Productions]
- Scattered Seeds [Kolja Company]
- The Paladin [THEATrePUBLIC]
- The Disney Delusion [Prosperity Mule Productions]
- Daddy’s Boy [Erik de Waal]
- The Truth(tm) [Still Your Friend]
9. Hear our Voices!
(an award for stories told through song)
- BEFORE BREAKFAST: An Opera in One Act [Naomi Forman Productions]
- A Toast to Prohibition [Melanie Gall Presents]
- Josie & Grace [PKF Productions]
- Songs From A Wine-Stained Notebook [Big Empty Barn Productions]
- CABARET SIDE SHOW [Wall Street Theatre]
- Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life [Quivering Dendrites]
- Chase Padgett: Lucky Break [Chase Padgett]
- The Ballad of Johnny Boy [Walk&Talk Theatre Company]
10. Mysterious and Magical Mysteries
(They will put a spell on you)
- Grumplestock’s [Eleventh Hour]
- Dirk Darrow: Magic of Future Past [Tim Motley]
- The Great & Powerful Tim: Magic Tonight [The Great & Powerful Tim] *
- Fringe Family Fun Show [Comedy Illusions of Greg Wood]
- An Evening of Magic & Mystery with Ken Sky [Ken Sky]
* Editors Note: The Great & Powerful Tim won the vote but was not present, so the Jenny went to Tim Motley.
11. Guy’s Night Out
(Bro… an award)
- Hockey Night at the Puck & Pickle Pub [Monster Theatre]
- James & Jamesy: Right This Way [Alastair Knowles]
- Generic Male: Just What We Need Another Show About Men [PUSH Physical Theatre]
- The Stakeout [big word performance/ jem rolls]
12. Is There a Doctor in the House?
(an anatomically incorrect award about body parts and what can go wrong with them)
- Epidermis Circus [SNAFU]
- Bedwetter [Drawing Board Productions]
- I Am The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World (And Other True Tales from the Emergency Room) [Melissa Yuan-Innes]
- Symptom Circus [Chronically ch(ill)! Productions]
- Brown Wasp [Saw Toe Productions]
- The Beginner’s Guide To Suicide [Dark Horse Theatre]
- Contractions [Best of Luck Endeavours]
- Underbelly [Aaron Malkin]
Editors Note: There was a tie between Epidermis Circus and Bedwetter, and Ingrid and Tamlynn decided to share the Jenny Award instead of using the Tie Breaker. Congrats to both!
13. A Variety of Sketchy Comedies and a Pair of Parodies
(an award that conveniently catches everyone else who was in the Jenny)
- Everything’s Actually OK: a variety show [S.P.I.C.E. Productions]
- Family Dinner: Part 3! [Family Dinner Comedy]
- The Morning After With Pam & Paula [Power Pause Productions]
- Juliet: A Revenge Comedy [Ryan Gladstone]
- Meagre Joys [Project Pigeon]
- Ask Me Anything? [Keep It Movin’ Productions]
- Lost and Foundling [MTYP’s Summer Studio]
- Movie Musicals [Move The S Productions]
- One Man Back to the Future (A Parody) [Historic Jukebox]