Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Open Section Bruce Award Winners 2014

Presentations for the winners of the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria's 28th Annual Bruce Awards were held on December 13, 2014 at the George Woods Performing Arts Centre, Yarra Valley Grammar.

Wonthaggi Theatrical Group's production of Jesus Christ Superstar was the big winner at the 2014 Bruce Awards, taking out six awards including the  Production of the Year and Direction Awards.

The Open Section Winners are:

Production of the Year (Bruce McBrien Award)

Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Direction (Vin Foster Award)

Wayne Moloney, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Musical Direction

Bev Woodford, 42^ndStreet, CLOC Musical Theatre

Choreography (Marie Cumisky Award)

Susan Lewis, 42^ndStreet, CLOC Musical Theatre

Settings (Grahame Murphy Award)

Tad Hendry, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Wardrobe (Hazel Rodgers Award)

Victoria Horne, Crazy for You, Babirra Music Theatre

Lighting

Jason Bovaird / Deryk Hartwick, Frankenstein, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company

Technical Achievement (Nigel Wallace Award)

The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre

Male Performer in a Leading Role (Harold Burrows Award)

Tom Green, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Female Performer in a Leading Role (Doreen Burrows Award)

Carla White, Narrator, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Windmill Theatre Company

Male Performer in a Supporting Role (Rob Constable Award)

Lachlan Turner, Alfred Doolittle, My Fair Lady, Footlight Productions

Female Performer in a Supporting Role

Sarah Kate Hanley, Louise, Gypsy, Williamstown Musical Theatre Company

Junior Performer in an Open Production

Molly Fry, Christine Daae, The Phantom of the Opera, Ballarat Lyric Theatre

First Performance in a Featured Role (Gladys Moncrieff Award)

Tom Green, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Dancer’s Award (Tony McShanagh Award)

The Dancers, 42^ndStreet, CLOC Musical Theatre

Cameo Performance

Nick Wilson, Palace Guard 1, Judith Prior’s What’s New Pussycat?, Horsham Arts Council

Ensemble Performance

The ensemble, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Concert/Revue Performance

Bend It Like Broadway, Wonthaggi Theatrical Group

Musicians Award: Debra McLeod

Life Membership: Beverly Meldrum

Edith Harrhy aAward: Darrell Boyd

MTGV Panelists are precluded from participating in discussion of a show with which they have been associated and other productions of the same show in the same year. Panelists are not eligible for Awards.

There were 61 Open Section productions in 2014.