Overview
- TAPA announced the 2026 Dora Mavor Moore winners at a Meridian Hall ceremony on Monday, with awards distributed across the general, independent and musical divisions.
- Through the Eyes of God, staged in Theatre Passe Muraille’s Backspace, won Outstanding Production in the general theatre division and also received a trophy for sound design.
- The Division dominated the independent sector, taking outstanding production, direction, writing and ensemble awards for Andrew Kushnir’s play.
- The musical theatre prizes were split between Octet, which won outstanding production, ensemble and sound design, and Narnia, which won outstanding new musical and creative direction.
- Coverage highlighted contested omissions and outcomes, noting Coal Mine Theatre received 13 nominations but no wins and that the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award went to Shifting Ground Collective’s The Drowsy Chaperone, underscoring a gap between juried choices and public taste.