# 1981 Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The 1981 Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrated excellence in theatre from the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.

## Winners and nominees
### General Theatre Division

| Production | Original Play |
| Theatre of the Film Noir – Factory Theatre Lab Arms and the Man – Douglas Beattie and Toronto Truck Theatre Loose Ends – Tarragon Theatre The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia – Theatre Plus | Rexy by Allan Stratton – Phoenix Theatre ECU by Neil Munro – Toronto Free Theatre The Crackwalker by Judith Thompson – Theatre Passe Muraille Theatre of the Film Noir by George F. Walker – Factory Theatre Lab |
| Leading Actor | Leading Actress |
| Brent Carver for Bent – Schwarz/Sewell Productions Donald Davis for ECU – Toronto Free Theatre Donald Davis for On Golden Pond – Theatre Plus Hardee T. Lineham for The Crackwalker – Theatre Passe Muraille | Roberta Maxwell for Stevie – Young People's Theatre Michelle Fisk for Loose Ends – Tarragon Theatre Lynne Griffin for Arms and the Man – Douglas Beattie and Toronto Truck Theatre Joann McIntyre for The Crackwalker – Theatre Passe Muraille |
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress |
| Ed McNamara for Generations Stewart Arnott for ECU – Toronto Free Theatre Robert Haley for Arms and the Man – Douglas Beattie and Toronto Truck Theatre Patrick Sinclair for The Team | Kate Reid for Stevie – Young People's Theatre Robin Craig for Loose Ends – Tarragon Theatre Nicky Guadagni for Plenty – CentreStage Theatre Mary Savidge for Dracula – Young People's Theatre |
| Direction | Scenic Design |
| George F. Walker for Theatre of the Film Noir – Factory Theatre Lab William Lane for Loose Ends – Tarragon Theatre Alan Scarfe for The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia – Theatre Plus Ray Whelan for Arms and the Man – Douglas Beattie and Toronto Truck Theatre | Jim Plaxton for Loose Ends – Tarragon Theatre John Ferguson for Plenty – CentreStage Theatre Astrid Janson for Christopher Columbus – Toronto Workshop Productions Allan Stichbury for The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia – Theatre Plus |
| Costume Design | Lighting Design |
| Susan Benson for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Toronto Arts Productions Olga Dimitrov for The Boy Friend – Errant Productions Juul Haalmeyer for Valentine Brown – Valentine Productions with Toronto Workshop Productions | Jim Plaxton for Theatre of the Film Noir – Factory Theatre Lab Sholem Dolgoy for Rexy – Phoenix Theatre Jim Plaxton for Loose Ends – Tarragon Theatre Robert Thomson for Happy End – Tarragon Theatre |

### Musical Theatre or Revue Division

| Production (Musical) | Production (Revue or Cabaret) |
| The Boy Friend – Errant Productions A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Toronto Arts Productions Happy End – Tarragon Theatre The Boy Friend – Errant Productions Valentine Brown – Valentine Productions with Toronto Workshop Productions | Toronto, Toronto – Warrack Productions Judy – Pop Productions with David Paquet Two Minutes for High-Schticking – Second City We Got Love – Warrack Productions with Tetrad Group |
| Actor | Actress |
| Heath Lamberts for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Toronto Arts Productions Brian McKay for The Boy Friend – Errant Productions Rudy Webb for We Got Love – Warrack Productions with Tetrad Group Elias Zarou for Toronto, Toronto – Warrack Productions | Susan Cox for Valentine Brown – Valentine Productions with Toronto Workshop Productions Denise Ferguson for The Boy Friend – Errant Productions Jodi Glassman for Toronto, Toronto – Warrack Productions Liliane Stilwell for We Got Love – Warrack Productions with Tetrad Group |
| Original Score ||
| John Roby for Theatre of the Film Noir – Factory Theatre Lab Susan Cox for Valentine Brown – Valentine Productions with Toronto Workshop Productions Mark Shekter and Charles Weir for Toronto, Toronto – Warrack Productions David E. Walden for Oh! My Stars ||