We closed out the 2025 Winnipeg Fringe with our 32nd Jenny Awards at the Across the Board Game Cafe. A huge thanks to the management and staff at Across the Board for hosting our Awards show.

We will be uploading the pictures in the next day or two. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the end of another Fringe. Thanks also to all those who took the mic and shared their stories through the night. And now the categories and results:

1. Too Bard or not Too Bard: An Award for Shows that Shake Up Shakespeare

1. Fakespeare’s Macbeth [Jack&Marlowe]
2. Tragedy or Triumph: An Improvised Shakespearean Epic [The Spontaneous Shakespeare Company]
3. Julius Caesar [Indifferently Reformed]
4. Iago vs Hamlet [Rod Peter Jr.]
5. The Tempestuous: A Shrew’d New Comedy by Will Shakespeare & Penny Ashton [Penash Productions]
6. Shakespeare: Say It! [Schindel Says Productions]
7. Papa Ubu [Theatre Incarnate]

2. Brains, Brains, Brains: An Award for Brains that Even Zombies Might Not Want To Eat

1. BRAIN [Blair Moro]
2. Jack Goes to Therapy: A [Somewhat] Romantic Comedy [Zac Williams]
3. Nervous Breakdown in G Minor [Lewis Rawlinson]
4. Multiple Neurosis [Karin Fekko Productions]
5. Neurohilarity Exposed [Neurohilarity]
6. Oversharer [Two Bits Productions]
7. Brain Machine [Andrew Bailey]

3. Fear the Reaper: A Death and Near Death Award

1. Adam Bailey: My Three Deaths [Still Your Friend]
2. Seance Sisters [Wickert & Arbogast]
3. Odds Are [Good Grief]
4. Alright: Solving the Problem of Living [Four Face Productions]
5. Cactus [Cactus Theatre Co.]
6. Daredevils [Corael Productions]
7. Finding Richard Close [So I Guess We’re Doing This? Theatre Company]

4. Please Don’t Sue Me: The You Say ‘Intellectual Property’ Infringement, We Say ‘Fair Use Doctrine’ Award

1. A One Human Being Potentially Comedic Performance of Beauty and the Beast [Living the Dream]
2. An Improvised John Hughes Movie [Tectonic Improv]
3. BugJuice [Meraki Theatre]
4. The Puppets of Penzance [Backyard Broadway Theater]
5. Action Movie Mad Libs [SensibleChuckleTheatre]
6. Last Day of Whoopie Kingdom [MTYP’s Summer Studio]
7. Tess Talks [The Tess Effect]

5. True Note Strong and Free: A Singing and Musical Award

1. SugarBoyz: A Boy Band Musical [JHG Creative]
2. The Singing Psychic Game Show [Glint of Light Ltd]
3. Tycho Freakin’ Brahe! [Kiss the Giraffe Productions]
4. The Ballad of Boblin the Goblin (A DnD Musical) [WorkHardPlayBard]
5. The Funny Thing About Men [Olive Productions]
6. Berlin Waltz [Devon More Music]
7. The Best (?) Non-Denominational Holiday Concert Ever! [Rem Lezar Theatre]
8. New Wave Your Behaviour [Hamilton 7]

6. As Advertised: An Award for Shows Whose Titles Tell It Like It Is

1. SHIT: The Musical [Misty Mountain Music]
2. Crabs Gone Wild [Pinchy Productions]
3. Reviewing the Free Press 2 [Happy Capybara Productions]
4. 52 Stories [Dave Morris]
5. The Naked Mennonite [Real Live Entertainment]
6. The Get Laid* Show (*Or a date? Definitely a high five.) [TheOtherVName Productions]
7. Rob and Jenny’s First Date [Dark Horse Theatre]

7. Om Nom Nom: Some Tasty and Not So Tasty Treats Award

1. The Apricot Tree [Yellow Pie Productions]
2. Fiji [Theatre by the River]
3. A Lesbian in the Kitchen [Willow Roots Productions]
4. You’re good for nothing… I’ll milk the cow myself [Natacha Ruck]
5. Jimmy Hogg: Potayto Potahto [Jimmy Hogg]
6. Life Love and Lack Thereof [hiljames movement]
7. EGGSHELLS: The Spectrum of Fatherhood, Imposter Syndrome and Finding my Light [M.P.M.M Productions]
8. Plan V: The Rise of Reverence [Dance Naked Creative]

8. Hoping for House Hippos: An Award for Other Animals

1. Croakinole & Croakette! [Croakinole & Croakette]
2. Small Fish [Small Fish]
3. The Goose [Tin Fish]
4. Debbie Loves Bumblebee [Sour Candy Comedy]
5. DOG [Ross McMillan Again]
6. The Monkey’s Paw [Stumble Upon a Story]
7. Alana and Kaibo [Hijinx Drama Club Inc.]

9. Rainbow Connection: An Award for Shows Connected to the Community

1. Late In Life Lesbian [Kind Crow Productions]
2. Gender Play [Will Wilhelm & Brannon Bowers]
3. Drag Me To The Opera [Aida Cupcake Presents]
4. The Birdcage [Crosswalk Productions]
5. The Gallery Wall [evens and odds]
6. The Raunchy Romp with the Raging Queen [François le Foutre]
7. I Hope You Know [Interstellar Theatre Company]
8. outside in the laneway under the stars [Hard Times]

10. Yes, and Sorry Eh: An Improv Award

1. Saints and Sinners [Crosseyed Rascals]
2. The Big Big Improv Show [The Probable Cast]
3. The DnD Improv Show XVI: The Chosen One [The DnD Improv Show]
4. Bodice Ripper: a love story [Holly M. Brinkman]
5. 🙂 FOOL’S GAMBIT [James & Jamesy]
6. Instant Modern Classic [The Improv Company]
7. ImproVision: Anti Pasta [ImproVision]

11. Elbows Up! An Award for Canadian Content Not from the NFB

1. Hockey Night at the Puck & Pickle Pub [RibbitRePublic Theatre 2]
2. If Day [MaxQ Productions]
3. Hockey Sticks and Beaver Pie [Melanie Gall Presents]
4. Third Party [Brighter Dark Theatre]
5. Emergency Ops [Illustrium Creations]
6. The Auntie Show [Broken Record Productions]
7. Stories I Won’t Tell The Kids / Des histoires (pas) pour les enfants [TiBert inc.]

12. Let’s Get Physical: The We Like the Way You Move Award

1. Seasons of Love [Enigma Performance Company]
2. The Routine [Joylyn Secunda]
3. Money Fish: Balls, Balls, Balls [Hercinia Arts Collective]
4. Sarah Teakle’s Circus Show! [Sarah Teakle]
5. Where Does Bob Belong? [Super Duper Productions]
6. Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You! [Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You!]
7. Moms Moms Moms [DD Brassiere]

13. Time for a Heritage Minute (or 60): An Award for Some Live Action Bio Pics

1. Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII [Tara Travis]
2. A Pete Seeger Tribute [Woody’s Choice]
3. Randy & Elizabeth: A Savage Love Story [Macho Manitoban]
4. WIT & WRATH: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker [MissClaudiaPresents]
5. Houdini: The Man The Myth The Legend [Oddly Entertainment]
6. Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World [Duane Forrest]

Editor’s Note: Bob Marley won, however they were on their way to Edinburgh, so the Jenny went to the second place contenders, which was a tie between Til Death and Randy & Elizabeth. While Tara answered the Trivia tie breaker about the First year of the Winnipeg Fringe correctly she graciously ceded the Jenny to the Macho Manitoban (who answered first but was off by one year).

July 26th-It’s the last weekend of Fringe and it is sure to be crazy.

There seem to be a growing number of ‘Sold Out’ in advance shows, so check the Fringe website for up to date info, but remember that it doesn’t include the many more shows that sell out with walk up ticket sales. Great to see so many tickets being sold.

The Fabulous Jenny Awards!—Our yearly awards ceremony and Fringe wrap party will be Sunday night at Across the Board Game Cafe (211 Bannatyne). Doors will open at 9:30pm with the show starting at 10ish. Congrats to Improvision who have won our “Share a Table With Jenny” Instagram Contest. They will be the only people with a guaranteed table. For everyone else please remember that seating is going to be limited. If you have been nominated but will have left town before the awards show please let us know, as you need to be in town to collect the award. We normally require a company to be in the crowd to collect the award, but this year if there is someone you designate as a proxy, we will allow them to receive the award for you.

The Fabulous Jenny Award Nominees— You will have to wait until the show to find out the actual categories, and to see our lovely hand-stitched Jenny Awards but the list of nominees is as follows:

• 52 Stories [Dave Morris]
• Action Movie Mad Libs [SensibleChuckleTheatre]
• Adam Bailey: My Three Deaths [Still Your Friend]
• Alana and Kaibo [Hijinx Drama Club Inc.]
• A Lesbian in the Kitchen [Willow Roots Productions]
• Alright: Solving the Problem of Living [Four Face Productions]
• An Improvised John Hughes Movie [Tectonic Improv]
• A One Human Being Potentially Comedic Performance of Beauty and the Beast [Living the Dream]
• A Pete Seeger Tribute [Woody’s Choice]
• Berlin Waltz [Devon More Music]
• Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World [Duane Forrest]
• Bodice Ripper: a love story [Holly M. Brinkman]
• BRAIN [Blair Moro]
• Brain Machine [Andrew Bailey]
• BugJuice [Meraki Theatre]
• Cactus [Cactus Theatre Co.]
• Crabs Gone Wild [Pinchy Productions]
• Croakinole & Croakette! [Croakinole & Croakette]
• Daredevils [Corael Productions]
• Debbie Loves Bumblebee [Sour Candy Comedy]
• DOG [Ross McMillan Again]
• Drag Me To The Opera [Aida Cupcake Presents]
• EGGSHELLS: The Spectrum of Fatherhood, Imposter Syndrome and Finding my Light [M.P.M.M Productions]
• Emergency Ops [Illustrium Creations]
• Fakespeare’s Macbeth [Jack&Marlowe]
• Fiji [Theatre by the River]
• Finding Richard Close [So I Guess We’re Doing This? Theatre Company]
• 🙂 FOOL’S GAMBIT [James & Jamesy]
• Gender Play [Will Wilhelm & Brannon Bowers]
• Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You! [Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You!]
• Hockey Night at the Puck & Pickle Pub [RibbitRePublic Theatre 2]
• Hockey Sticks and Beaver Pie [Melanie Gall Presents]
• Houdini: The Man The Myth The Legend [Oddly Entertainment]
• Iago vs Hamlet [Rod Peter Jr.]
• If Day [MaxQ Productions]
• I Hope You Know [Interstellar Theatre Company]
• ImproVision: Anti Pasta [ImproVision]
• Instant Modern Classic [The Improv Company]
• Jack Goes to Therapy: A [Somewhat] Romantic Comedy [Zac Williams]
• Jimmy Hogg: Potayto Potahto [Jimmy Hogg]
• Julius Caesar [Indifferently Reformed]
• Last Day of Whoopie Kingdom [MTYP’s Summer Studio]
• Late In Life Lesbian [Kind Crow Productions]
• Life Love and Lack Thereof [hiljames movement]
• Moms Moms Moms [DD Brassiere]
• Money Fish: Balls, Balls, Balls [Hercinia Arts Collective]
• Multiple Neurosis [Karin Fekko Productions]
• Nervous Breakdown in G Minor [Lewis Rawlinson]
• Neurohilarity Exposed [Neurohilarity]
• Odds Are [Good Grief]
• outside in the laneway under the stars [Hard Times]
• Oversharer [Two Bits Productions]
• Papa Ubu [Theatre Incarnate]
• Plan V: The Rise of Reverence [Dance Naked Creative]
• Randy & Elizabeth: A Savage Love Story [Macho Manitoban]
• Reviewing the Free Press 2 [Happy Capybara Productions]
• Rob and Jenny’s First Date [Dark Horse Theatre]
• Saints and Sinners [Crosseyed Rascals]
• Sarah Teakle’s Circus Show! [Sarah Teakle]
• Seance Sisters [Wickert & Arbogast]
• Seasons of Love [Enigma Performance Company]
• Shakespeare: Say It! [Schindel Says Productions]
• SHIT: The Musical [Misty Mountain Music]
• Small Fish [Small Fish]
• Stories I Won’t Tell The Kids / Des histoires (pas) pour les enfants [TiBert inc.]
• SugarBoyz: A Boy Band Musical [JHG Creative]
• Tess Talks [The Tess Effect]
• The Apricot Tree [Yellow Pie Productions]
• The Auntie Show [Broken Record Productions]
• The Ballad of Boblin the Goblin (A DnD Musical) [WorkHardPlayBard]
• The Best (?) Non-Denominational Holiday Concert Ever! [Rem Lezar Theatre]
• The Big Big Improv Show [The Probable Cast]
• The Birdcage [Crosswalk Productions]
• The DnD Improv Show XVI: The Chosen One [The DnD Improv Show]
• The Funny Thing About Men [Olive Productions]
• The Gallery Wall [evens and odds]
• The Get Laid* Show (*Or a date? Definitely a high five.) [TheOtherVName Productions]
• The Goose [Tin Fish]
• The Monkey’s Paw [Stumble Upon a Story]
• The Naked Mennonite [Real Live Entertainment]
• The Puppets of Penzance [Backyard Broadway Theater]
• The Raunchy Romp with the Raging Queen [François le Foutre]
• The Routine [Joylyn Secunda]
• The Singing Psychic Game Show [Glint of Light Ltd]
• The Tempestuous: A Shrew’d New Comedy by Will Shakespeare & Penny Ashton [Penash Productions]
• Third Party [Brighter Dark Theatre]
• Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII [Tara Travis]
• Tragedy or Triumph: An Improvised Shakespearean Epic [The Spontaneous Shakespeare Company]
• Tycho Freakin’ Brahe! [Kiss the Giraffe Productions]
• Where Does Bob Belong? [Super Duper Productions]
• WIT & WRATH: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker [MissClaudiaPresents]
• You’re good for nothing… I’ll milk the cow myself [Natacha Ruck]

-Murray Hunter