Ship’s Company Theatre Receives Merritt Award Nominations

Theatre Nova Scotia has announced the nominees for the 2008 Merritt Awards in recognition of outstanding achievement in professional theatre in Nova Scotia , and Parrsboro’s Ship’s Company Theatre has been honoured with a number of nominations.

Included are Michael Fuller, Set Design, and Bruce MacLennan, Lighting Design, both for the production of MacGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas by playwright Daniel Macdonald.

Bone Cage, by playwright Catherine Banks, produced by Forerunner Playwrights’ Co-op in partnership with Ship’s Company Theatre, is nominated for Best New Play, along with nods for Sarah English as Best Supporting Actress and Terry Pulliam for Sound Design.

Ship’s Company Theatre Artistic Producer Pamela Halstead is honoured with a nomination as Best Director for her work on How I Learned To Drive, produced under the banner of DMV Co-operative by Halstead with Ships Company alumni Kate Lavender and Matthew Stephenson.

The winners of the 2008 Merritt Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Monday, March 3rd at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.