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2022 TheatreFest National ShowCase Awards

Te Whaea, Wellington, 17-18 September 2022

 
The Playmarket Playwriting Award: New work from Aotearoa
- Alistair Bean - The Red Couch
 
Drama Development Trust Award: Best New Director
– Lara Brownie, If Only by Lara Brownie and Nico Zwaans, Dargaville Little Theatre, Northland
 
Jannat Aitchison Memorial Award for Distinctive Emerging Talent
- Julianne Parkinson for musical composition - Out of Mind by Deborah Steele and Julianne Parkinson, directed by Eryn Collins-Wilson, Dargaville Little Theatre
- Molly Powell – for adaptation and direction - Romeo and Juliet Act I, Scene v by William Shakespeare, directed by Molly Powell, Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth
- Heather Wright – for writer, director, actor – “Oh” Week, written and directed by Heathr Wright - Covid Club, Dunedin
 
Best use of soundscape and sound-effects. – sponsored by APRA
- Masterton Theatre Company Youth, Masterton – Shuddersome, “Tales of Poe” adapted by Lindsey Price from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, directed by Linda Voice
 
Michael Norris Award - Use of original or live music
- Dargaville Little Theatre, Northland - Out of Mind by Deborah Steele and Julianne Parkinson, directed by Eryn Collins-Wilson
 
Steven Arnold Creative Design Award
- Masterton Theatre Company Youth, Masterton – Shuddersome, “Tales of Poe” adapted by Lindsey Price from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, directed by Linda Voice
 
He Pito Aronui Award – The Seeding of Creative Potential
- Siva with Varnz, Masterton - Samoa Mo Samoa by Melnissa Faumui, directed by Melnissa Faumui
 
Theatre New Zealand Award: Excellence in Acting
- Ensemble Acting - Dargaville Little Theatre, Northland - Out of Mind by Deborah Steele and Julianne Parkinson, directed by Eryn Collins-Wilson
- Will Tickner – Embodiment - Wairarapa College, Masterton - Fairylights written and directed by Will Tickner
 
Denise Walsh Award - Best Production of a New Zealand Play
- Dargaville Little Theatre, Northland - Out of Mind by Deborah Steele and Julianne Parkinson, directed by Eryn Collins-Wilson
 
Bryan Aitken Youth Theatre Award - Best Youth Production
- Garin College, Nelson – Out of the Flying Pan by David Campton, directed by Nathan King & Jesse Sherlock
 
Ewen Coleman Award - Best Adult Production
- Dargaville Little Theatre, Northland - Out of Mind by Deborah Steele and Julianne Parkinson, directed by Eryn Collins-Wilson
 
Theatre New Zealand Book of Honour - Best Overall Production
- Dargaville Little Theatre, Northland - Out of Mind by Deborah Steele and Julianne Parkinson, directed by Eryn Collins-Wilson