The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre is a Canadian theatre award, presented as part of the
Dora Mavor Moore Awards to honour the year's best new play by a Canadian playwright which had its premiere in the
Toronto theatre market in the previous year.
The award was first presented in 1988 as an award for small theatre productions. In 1993, a separate award for mid-sized theatre was introduced, with the definitions set at 200 seats or less for small theatres and 200 to 500 seats for midsize theatres.[1] The awards were presented alongside each other to different plays until 1997; in 1998, the awards were merged as a single award for independent theatre production.
^Ray Conlogue, "Three Doras each for Billy the Kid, Love and Anger". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1990.
^Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1990.
^"Lilies, 7 Stories win top honors". Ottawa Citizen, June 18, 1991.
^H. J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race: Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.
^H. J. Kirchhoff, "Beattie and Cavendish take home Doras George F. Walker's Escape from Happiness named outstanding new play". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 1992.
^Liam Lacey, "Bob's Kingdom and Ratbag lead Dora nominees". The Globe and Mail, May 11, 1993.
^Robert Crew and Christopher Hutsul, "Tarragon shows no mercy ; Takes 13 of 18 Dora awards in its theatre division Nothing for Mirvish, CanStage, Passe Muraille". Toronto Star, June 24, 2003.
^Carly Maga, "Doras distribute the wealth among T.O.'s best: Canadian Opera big winner - with Siegfried taking five, La Traviata winning three". Toronto Star, June 28, 2016.
^"Dora Awards honour lifetime achievement in theatre as COVID-19 shuts down live shows: Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrates lifetime contributions after COVID-19 pandemic shut down live performances". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021.
The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre is a Canadian theatre award, presented as part of the
Dora Mavor Moore Awards to honour the year's best new play by a Canadian playwright which had its premiere in the
Toronto theatre market in the previous year.
The award was first presented in 1988 as an award for small theatre productions. In 1993, a separate award for mid-sized theatre was introduced, with the definitions set at 200 seats or less for small theatres and 200 to 500 seats for midsize theatres.[1] The awards were presented alongside each other to different plays until 1997; in 1998, the awards were merged as a single award for independent theatre production.
^Ray Conlogue, "Three Doras each for Billy the Kid, Love and Anger". The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1990.
^Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1990.
^"Lilies, 7 Stories win top honors". Ottawa Citizen, June 18, 1991.
^H. J. Kirchhoff, "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race: Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.
^H. J. Kirchhoff, "Beattie and Cavendish take home Doras George F. Walker's Escape from Happiness named outstanding new play". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 1992.
^Liam Lacey, "Bob's Kingdom and Ratbag lead Dora nominees". The Globe and Mail, May 11, 1993.
^Robert Crew and Christopher Hutsul, "Tarragon shows no mercy ; Takes 13 of 18 Dora awards in its theatre division Nothing for Mirvish, CanStage, Passe Muraille". Toronto Star, June 24, 2003.
^Carly Maga, "Doras distribute the wealth among T.O.'s best: Canadian Opera big winner - with Siegfried taking five, La Traviata winning three". Toronto Star, June 28, 2016.
^"Dora Awards honour lifetime achievement in theatre as COVID-19 shuts down live shows: Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrates lifetime contributions after COVID-19 pandemic shut down live performances". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021.