The Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera is an annual award celebrating achievements in Toronto theatre.
Awards and nominations 1990s YearPlaywrightTitleRef 1998 Guy Mignault, Félix Leclerc C'était un p'tit bonheur Atom Egoyan, Rodney Sharman Elsewhereless Mordecai Richler, John Roby Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case Second City Ensemble What Fresh Mel Is This? 1999 Richardo Keens-Douglas The Nutmeg Princess Robertson Davies, Randolph Peters The Golden Ass Jim Garrard, Grant Heckman Sir John, Eh? Tom Lackey, Rick Fox Needfire Richard Maltby, Jr., Chet Walker, Ann Reinking Fosse
2000s YearPlaywrightTitleRef 2000 Ann-Marie MacDonald, Allen Cole, Alisa Palmer Anything That Moves Leslie Arden A Meeting of Minds Dean Regan, Sam Lutfiyya Forever Swing Gavin Crawford, Tracy Dawson, Marypat Farrell, Melody Johnson, Doug Morency, Lee Smart Nude Beach Wear 100% Off Ted Swindley, Ted Dykstra, Charles T. Cozens, Stephen Mayoff Swingstep 2001 Chan Ka Nin, Mark Brownell Iron Road Marek Norman, Richard Ouzounian Larry's Party Joey Miller, Brad Fraser Outrageous Allen Cole, Glen Cairns The Crimson Veil 2002 Damien Atkins Real Live Girl Guy Mignault La, la, la, mine de rien 2003 Jay Turvey, Paul Sportelli, Morwyn Brebner Little Mercy's First Murder Greg Robic Assemblywomen! Allen Cole, J. Douglas Dodd, Stephen Eddins, Jim Kass, Vincent de Tourdonnet Snappy Tales: Short Satirical Musicals 2004 Kevin Quain Tequila Vampire Matinee Karen Hines Hello...Hello Allen Cole, Vincent de Tourdonnet Pélagie Denis McGrath, Scott White Top Gun! The Musical 2005 David Finley Aladdin Guy Mignault Autour de Kurt Weill 2006 Shaun McKenna, Matthew Warchus Lord of the Rings David Finley Snow White and the Group of Seven Chris Craddock, Aaron Macri BoyGroove 2007 Florence Gibson, Shawn Byfield i think i can Neil Bartram, Brian Hill The Story of My Life Second City Ensemble Bird Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest 2008 Jim LeFrancois, David Oiye Arthouse Cabaret Guy Mignault Et si on chantait... Chris Earle Peter Pan" The Family Musical Juliet Palmer, Anna Chatterton Stitch Lizt Alfonso, Kelly Robinson VIDA! 2009 Abigail Richardson, Marjorie Chan Sanctuary Song Alexis Diamond, Abigail Richardson Opera to Go: The Perfect Screw Taylor Graham, William Rowson Opera to Go: The Virgin Charlie Marcia Johnson, Stephen Andrew Taylor Opera to Go: My Mother's Ring James Rolfe, Paul Bentley Inês
2010s YearPlaywrightTitleRef 2010 R. Murray Schafer The Children's Crusade Leslie Arden, The Princess & the Handmaiden Allen Cole, Melody Johnson, Rick Roberts Mimi Chris Earle Robin Hood, The Environmental Family Musical Catherine Magowan, Spy Dénommé-Welch Giiwedin 2011 Rufus Wainwright Prima Donna Timothy French, Avery Saltzman To Life The Ensemble (Re)Birth: E.E. Cummings in Song 2012 Ana Sokolovic SVADBA - Wedding Nicole Brooks Obeah Opera Brian Goldenberg, Anthony Bastianon Off-Broadway On Stage 2013 Alice Ping Yee Ho, Marjorie Chan The Lesson of Da Ji (The Lessons of Love) Joseph Aragon Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare Alistair Newton Of A Monstrous Child: a gaga musical Deborah Pearson A Synonym for Love Tom Walmsley, Louis Dufort Julie Sits Waiting 2014 Joel Ivany Figaro's Wedding Rob Kempson The Way Back to Thursday John Millard, Michael O'Brien The Barber of Seville Luc Moquin, Claude Naubert le fa le do 2015 Mike Ross, Albert Schultz Spoon River Ivan Barbotin, Nicolas Billon, Dean Burry, Nicole Lizée, Hannah Moscovitch, Morris Panych, Benton Roark, James Rolfe, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Chris Thornborrow, David Yee Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots Brian Current, Anton Piatigorsky Airline Icarus Joel Ivany #UncleJohn 2016 Marjorie Chan, John Harris M'dea Undone Wesley J. Colford Heart of Steel Sara Farb, Britta Johnson, Bryce Kulak, Erin Shields, Julie Tepperman, Kevin Wong Reframed Anika Johnson, Britta Johnson Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang Alan Kliffer One Night Only: The Greatest Musical Never Written 2017 David Hein, Irene Sankoff Come from Away Waleed Abdulhamid, John Millard John & Waleed Anna Chatterton, Gareth Williams Rocking Horse Winner Joel Ivany A Little Too Cozy 2018 Britta Johnson Life After Aaron Gervais, Colleen Murphy Oksana G Joel Ivany La Bohème Morris Panych, James Rolfe The Overcoat - A Musical Tailoring Wong Teng Chi, Njo Kong Kie Mr. Shi and His Lover 2019 Mike Ross, Sarah Wilson Rose Kevin Dyer, Reza Jacobs Under the Stairs Anika Johnson, Britta Johnson Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life
2020s YearPlaywrightTitleRef 2020 Landon Doak, Matthew Finlan Life in a Box John Millard The Cave Erin Shields, Daniel Große Boymann, Thomas Kahry Piaf/Dietrich 2021 Ceremony not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Fatuma Adar Dixon Road Jake Epstein Boy Falls From the Sky Anika Johnson, David Danzon, Matthew O'Connor Divine Interventions Ben Kopp, Margot Greve Killing Time: A Game Show Musical 2023 Fiona Sauder, Landon Doak, Victor Pokinko, Matt Pilipiak Alice in Wonderland Frank Cox-O’Connell, Beau Dixon, Hailey Gillis, Marni Jackson, Raha Javanfar, Andrew Penner The Shape of Home Ben Elliott, Fatuma Adar, Suzy Wilde, Rose Napoli, Adam Sakiyama, Kat Sandler Retold 2024 Gregory Prest, Mike Ross, Sarah Wilson De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail Glenn Sumi, "Dora Awards 2024: ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ earns four statuettes at Toronto’s top theatre honours". Toronto Star, June 24, 2024. Britta Johnson, Sara Farb Kelly v. Kelly Aisling Murphy, "TAPA announces 2024 Dora Award nominees". Intermission Magazine, May 28, 2004. Scott Joplin, Jessie Montgomery, Jannina Norpoth, Leah-Simone Bowen, Cheryl L. Davis Scott Joplin's Treemonisha Kye Marshall, Amanda Hale Pomegranate Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava, Akosua Amo-Adem, Seiko Nakazawa, Stefanie Sourial, Vicky Araico Universal Child Care 2025 HAUI x Sean Mayes Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White Joshua Chong, "Dora Awards 2025". Toronto Star, June 30, 2025. Julien Bilodeau, Michel Marc Bouchard La Reine-Garçon Lyndsey Bourne and Sam Kaseta I Was Unbecoming Then Matt Murray The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Aesome Family Musical Igor Stravinsky, Titilope Sonuga Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold
References
External links Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras