Pivot Theatre Wins at Mainstage

Perfect Arrangement picks up four Thespian awards from TheatreBC's Festival

On July 12th, the cast and crew of Perfect Arrangement represented the Fraser Valley Zone at TheatreBC's Mainstage Festival, this year held right in our backyard at the Surrey Arts Centre. This year's adjudicator, Kathryn Shaw, met with the cast and crew the next morning for a coffee critique, where they answered questions and reworked some scenes from the show.

Pivot's Mainstage 2023 Awards (Credit: Amanda Smith-Weston)

At the awards gala on July 16th, Pivot was presented with four Thespian awards:

• Best Costumes: Beck Marie

• Best Supporting Actor in a Male Role: Chuck Mayne (for his role as Theodore Sunderson)

• Best Supporting Actor in a Female Role: Amanda Smith-Weston (for her role as Kitty Sunderson)

• Best Ensemble

We’d like to say a huge thank you to our amazing cast:

• Brittany Vesterback

• Suksham Shan

• Beck Marie

• Kevin Ibbotson

• Amanda Smith-Weston

• Chuck Mayne

• Katarina Keča

And our production team:

• Kayt Roth

• Monica Iyer

• Margaret Shearman

• Scarlett Bruns

• Rebeka Mercy

• Abigail Walkner

• Cindy Dean

• Jenica Ross

• Kyra Fequet

• Madelyn Adama

• Surudh Bhutani

We’re grateful to everyone who came out and supported the show, the friends and experts we consulted with, all the theatres who loaned us costumes, set, furniture, and props, and the TheatreBC community that helped Pivot bring this show to a larger audience. And finally, thank you to Topher Payne for writing such an incredible story that shines a light not only on past events, but highlights the divisions and prejudices that we still have to overcome.

See you at Mainstage 2024!

(L-R): Abigail Walkner, Chuck Mayne, Kayt Roth, Margaret Shearman, Beck Marie, Brittany Vesterback, Amanda Smith-Weston, Kevin Ibbotson, Monica Iyer