Burnaby was well represented at the 12th annual Ovation! Awards on Sunday night.
The annual awards are presented to the best in musical theatre in Greater Vancouver.
Among the winners was Align Entertainment’s The Addams Family, which ran at the Michael J. Fox Theatre last February.
Marilyn Rapanos and Julie White took the honours for Outstanding Costume Design for their work on the production, and Leah Cuff and Jan Ballard took a special award for their makeup and wigs on the show.
Laura Cowan Beattie, who appeared as Morticia, won for Outstanding Supporting Performance – Female.
Burnaby performer Stefanie Stanley Dalton – in the cast for both The Addams Family and DramaNatrix Productions’ The IT Girl – took honours for Outstanding Chorus Member/Gypsy (Female).
Another Burnaby performer, Katie Purych, was a double winner, taking honours for Outstanding Lead Performance (Female) for her work in Awkward Stage Productions’ Dogfight and for Outstanding Newcomer (Female) for her work in Dogfight, The Addams Family and The IT Girl. (Both categories were ties, shared with Sara Vickruck of Love Bomb and Cecily Day of Hairspray and Murder Ballad, respectively.)
For the full list of Ovation! Award winners, see www.applausemusicals.com.
