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Nominees announced for Rintoul award for top MB play

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With the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival headed into its final stretch, the Manitoba Association of Playwrights announced which six original local productions have made the cut for the prestigious Harry S. Rintoul Award, given out each summer to the top new Manitoban play.

Named for the late founder of Theatre Projects Manitoba, the Rintoul Award winners receive a $750 cash prize, while the honourable mention recipient takes home $250 for their creative efforts.

This year’s list features several playwrights who’ve established reputations for critical and commercial successes at the festival, along with a few first-time Rintoul honorees.

For JHG Creative’s Monique Gauthier, Ian Ingram and brothers Cuinn and Connor Joseph, a spot on the Rintoul shortlist is on the menu for Dead Chef, a black comedy musical set at the French restaurant Eau Bouillante which earned a “chef’s kiss” from Free Press reviewer Jen Zoratti. The winners of the 2023 prize for their World’s Fair 1876: The Centennial Exposition, JHG was also the honourable mention recipient in 2024 for their delivery comedy The Mailroom. The Josephs also won the award in 2019 for The Cause.

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